Chapter 394

Chapter 394

Chapter 394

"????"

The two White Tiger Tower students were taken aback by their friend's sudden question, but they answered anyway.

"He probably won't react well. Maybe."

"Even though Professor Ingurdel is a lenient person, I don't think it would be good to meet him. Yi-Han."

"Hmm. I see. There's a high possibility that Anglago's gang is currently skipping the lecture and playing in the forest."

"?!"

The two couldn't believe how that made sense.

"Yi-Han. Even though Anglago doesn't like studying that much, to skip the swordsmanship lecture..."

"To fix the golem."

"Ah. If it's that, it makes sense. I can understand."

Dolgyu immediately understood.

Anglago and his friends had been whining inside the tower, saying 'The golem is broken, how can you not fix it?'

So much so that Jijel couldn't stand it and swung her dual swords.

"We should tell them to avoid it well. I don't want to see an angry professor."

"...How?"

"Uh... Don't you guys have a means of communicating with each other? Like a secret sign..."

At Yi-Han's question, the two students looked at him as if asking what nonsense he was talking about.

Why would they have such a thing?

"Are you being serious? Yi-Han? Does the Blue Dragon Tower have that?"

"Yeah. I learned it from someone from the Shadow Patrol and we're using it. When entering places like forests, we leave signs before going in."

"..."

"..."

The two were overwhelmed by the unexpected crazy talk.

Jijel inwardly vowed that from now on, she should tell the White Tiger Tower students to leave signs like that too.

—

Anglago swung his wooden sword and cut down the bushes blocking the path.

Kiiiiit-

"Blade flies again?!"

"Duck!"

A sparrow-sized insect flew in with a sharp sound. The continuously vibrating wings were sharper than expected, so if hit wrong, it could inflict a deeper wound than a blade.

However, unlike before, the White Tiger Tower students' senses had been sharply honed through rigorous training.

Not to mention the missions they completed during the 1st-semester break...

"Burn!"

As the burning wooden sword brushed past, the insect crashed down.

"Hmph. Compared to that guy Wardanaz's magic, you're nothing."

"Hey. Do you have to say that?"

"So, sorry. I didn't mean to."

"...No. I'm sorry."

Anglago and his friends looked at each other passionately.

The close friendship formed while facing an evil great mage could not be destroyed by a trivial argument.

"According to the map, it should be around here..."

"The Black Tortoise Tower guys didn't trick us, right? Those guys have no conscience."

"No way. Even so, would they do that? Wardanaz also deals with them."

"...Even if they can't trick Wardanaz out of fear, they can still play tricks on us, right?"

"..."

Anglago suddenly started to feel suspicious of the forest map he was holding.

Thud!

"!"

The White Tiger Tower students were startled.

A heavy sound echoed from inside the forest.

"...What is it?"

"Be careful. Strength, dwell in me!"

"Sound, linger in my ears."

The White Tiger Tower students cast enhancement magic and raised their guard.

Although they were mocked by other tower students, saying 'If you're going to fight with your body, why did you enter Einroguard instead of joining a knight order?' the White Tiger Tower students also had areas they excelled in.

Especially for enhancement magic, which required a skilled sense of the body, their progress was faster than other tower students.

The magic they just cast was not as high-level as comprehensive enhancement magic like , but even this much had a substantial effect.

...And the magic Wardanaz cast for them had too many side effects.

"I don't see it..."

The White Tiger Tower students walked forward with tension.

It would have been a scene that Yi-Han would have lamented if he saw it.

If a strange sound was heard and the identity of the enemy was not visible, one should explore in as many ways as possible and gather information, not just recklessly go in.

And that carelessness immediately paid the price.

Swish!

Thick branches shot up from the ground and grabbed the White Tiger Tower students' ankles, lifting them upside down.

"!!!!"

"It's a ghost tree!"

It was a monster where an evil spirit, instead of forming a spiritual body, merged with a tree.

The 'thud' sound heard earlier must have been the sound of the tree waking up.

"Burn... Ugh!"

The White Tiger Tower student who tried to chant a spell dropped his staff from his hand.

"I think that side is weak!"

"Thanks! Wardanaz... Ugh!"

"Let's go!"

Yi-Han, who sent another student first to shake the encirclement, hurriedly ran out.

As the wooden puppets rushed in, Yi-Han drew his wooden sword and chanted a spell.

"Cold, dwell in me!"

The strength of cold magic was that even if you couldn't land a direct hit, you could still damage the opponent.

Frost swirled and stopped the wooden puppet's feet.

Yi-Han thought it was enough for the open space ahead.

'I broke through!'

Although there were still many wooden puppets left, they were far away and many students had scattered.

If they suppressed the other students first, they wouldn't chase after Yi-Han's group...

"I underestimated you all. I should have thought of it as a real battle."

Professor Ingurdel's serious voice was heard from behind.

Yi-Han suddenly became uneasy.

It was rare for things to go well when professors spoke seriously.

Swish!

With the sound of tearing a scroll, a powerful wave of mana spread out.

And the number of wooden puppets started to increase like crazy.

"Although it's different from the plan, a chase in the forest will also be a good experience. Everyone, try your best to avoid them!"

'Damn it.'

Yi-Han vowed that from now on, he must stop the students if they try to ignore the professor's curriculum and act on their own.

"Turn into iron! O cloak!"

Clang!

The cloak, turned into iron, blocked the wooden puppet's attack and made a dull sound.

Five wooden puppets popped out at the same time and tried to beat Yi-Han. Yi-Han defended against the attacks with his cloak and rolled his feet. The footwork he learned from Arlong saved his life.

'Too many!'

He newly realized that numbers were a formidable weapon.

Seeing that the numbers were still increasing...

Yi-Han gritted his teeth and glanced at Professor Ingurdel in the distance.

"Wardanaz, you can't fight with magic other than enchantment or transformation magic!"

"...Tsk."

How did he know?

Yi-Han, who was trying to secretly use other magic, clicked his tongue.

Jijel twisted the wooden puppet's legs with her dual swords, knocking it down, and shouted.

"Let's scatter too!"

In a situation where the enemies had become several times more than before, it was a luxury for the three of them to stick together.

Yi-Han nodded and raised his hand. Jijel also raised her hand.

Dolgyu looked at the two in confusion.

Why were they raising their hands...?

"...I won! I won!!"

Jijel shouted with a highly excited face. It was the first time Dolgyu saw Jijel so happy.

"Damn it."

"...Did, did you just decide who gets to choose the direction to escape first...?"

"What. You didn't know? It can't be helped. Dolgyu, you choose first."

Yi-Han yielded the second turn.

Dolgyu had many things he wanted to say, but there was no time left now. He had no choice but to hurry and run out. Yi-Han, who was left last, looked at the wooden puppets rushing from behind and took out an iron orb.

"Move!"

It wasn't taken out to use in battle.

The method he thought of earlier but postponed.

Yi-Han ran towards the cliff with no path, grabbed the iron orb, and hung his body in the air.

Thud!

However, the wooden puppets were more persistent than expected.

They started jumping into the air together to grab Yi-Han.

'Which professor's summons are these!?'

Yi-Han cursed inwardly and swung his staff.

Although it was a confusing situation, it wasn't unexpected.

"Water..."

With the incantation, water quickly took shape and gathered from below.

Even in a desperate situation where he was holding the iron orb with one hand, supporting his body, and wooden puppets were jumping down in front of him, the incantation was completed without wavering.

"...Unfold!"

Professor Ingurdel had no choice but to admire it honestly.

He wanted to see only swordsmanship, but how could he criticize a student who cleverly escaped like that?

Splash!

Yi-Han, who landed on the water, rolled to the side and quickly took a stance.

The wooden puppets shattered as they fell behind, but he couldn't let his guard down. They might resurrect.

'Quickly escape and go down...'

"Wardanaz!!"

"...What are you guys doing??"

Yi-Han was genuinely taken aback when he saw Anglago and his friends hanging upside down.

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