Chapter 551
A moment later.
Professor Uregor moved his steps outside the hut, complaining.
"You may not know this, Wardanaz, but originally, the professors and students of Einroguard don't invade each other's territories. Just as well water doesn't invade river water..."
"I'm sorry. Professor."
"Ahem. Don't forget to clean the warehouse."
In the end, Professor Uregor had no choice but to surrender, unable to win against his disciple who persistently clung to him.
If it were any other disciple, it would be different, but Professor Uregor couldn't easily ignore a disciple like Yi-Han.
Since he was a precious disciple who usually did a lot of work...
"Now. Then let's go find the spirits."
"Why are you so obsessed with spirits? Huh?"
Professor Uregor couldn't understand.
Of course, if one could receive the help of spirits, a mage's realm would become much wider.
However, no matter how he looked at it, Yi-Han was a disciple who could live well without spirits, like the skull principal.
"Professor, how many spirits have you contracted with?"
"...I don't think that's related to the current topic..."
"Let's go quickly."
Yi-Han seemed determined not to listen to anyone who was even slightly friendlier with spirits than himself.
Professor Uregor had no choice but to move his steps while shaking his head.
***
"Everyone, move aside."
The dwarf professor took out a crossbow and pulled the trigger. With a thud, the bolt tore through the surrounding space.
Kwajik!
A contaminant that had taken a giant oak tree as its core body, looking like a tree monster, collapsed with a single blow.
Yi-Han couldn't help but admire it.
Even though he couldn't fully grasp all the magic attached to that crossbow, he could feel how amazing it was.
Moreover, the bolt was not an ordinary bolt. The wick of the bolt, which looked like a short arrow, contained a long flask with alchemical solution swirling inside.
'Can I get one of those?'
"Strange."
"Pardon?"
Yi-Han flinched, thinking his inner thoughts had been exposed.
"Even if the number is large, it's too large. If it's a natural occurrence, it wouldn't increase so rapidly."
Professor Uregor was an outstanding alchemist, but at the same time, he was also an outstanding ranger.
And there were few people as sensitive to changes in their assigned territory as rangers.
The forest now was pitch-black and dark, like the middle of the night, even though they hadn't gone in very far. It was proof that the power of the dark element was growing stronger.
Originally, contaminants didn't increase this quickly...
"Then could it be that the principal..."
"It must be your seniors' mistake."
"Aha. It must be the seniors' mistake."
"Didn't you just mention the principal?"
"Did I?"
Yonaire and Priestess Siana, who were next to Yi-Han, quietly turned their gazes away.
Professor Uregor shook his head and spoke.
"The principal is someone who could sufficiently do this, but he wouldn't have done such a thing. Contaminants are too troublesome to clean up afterward."
"Did you just say he's someone who could do this?"
Priestess Siana asked Yi-Han and Yonaire, doubting her ears, but the two nodded their heads expressionlessly.
"You heard it right."
"He is someone who could do it."
"!?"
While Priestess Siana was appalled, Yi-Han asked what he was curious about.
"By troublesome to clean up, do you mean the surrounding contamination?"
"Yes."
Professor Uregor looked at his disciple as if he was proud.
Even though he was resentful that he had been dragged into the students' affairs, when he saw his disciple knowing ten things without being taught one, that resentment would disappear.
"The principal's attacks change their methods every year, but they are usually clean in the aftermath. Otherwise, he would have to clean it up himself. This is most likely the students' mistake."
"I see."
"It's probably the dark magic students."
"Pardon?"
Yi-Han was slightly upset.
The image of the dark magic department seniors, who always had their shoulders slumped unlike the seniors of other departments, came to mind.
"No, is it always the dark magic department when problems like this occur? Isn't that too much?"
"Ah, no..."
Only then did Professor Uregor, who recalled that Yi-Han was also taking dark magic, speak with a slightly apologetic tone.
"I'm not suspecting the dark magic department students unconditionally. Look. They're dark spirit contaminants, aren't they?"
"..."
"Shall we go by ourselves? We're almost there anyway."
"We should."
Yi-Han nodded at Priestess Siana's words.
He was quite anxious since he didn't know when the spirits would return.
"Darkness, gather here."
Yi-Han chanted a spell to clear the dark fog that had spread around.
As if proving that it was one of the most heterogeneous elemental attributes, dark elements approached as hostile obstacles to life itself.
Even ordinary fog in the forest became a fatal trap that drained vitality when combined with dark elements.
Fortunately, Yi-Han was a rare dark element user even in the dark magic department.
Yi-Han swung his staff and drew in the fog.
The dark elements that were so difficult to gather outside were easily gathered in this forest.
'I have to get rid of it.'
Although it was such a rare element, paradoxically, it became less useful in the forest.
Since they were contaminants combined with dark spirits, the dark elements themselves didn't have much impact.
"Wait, wait, wait!"
"????"
Priestess Siana screamed "Eek!" and hid behind Yi-Han.
A person had suddenly appeared in midair.
"Don't throw away those dark elements! Can you put them in this bottle?"
The other person had an appearance reminiscent of Puyo or Professor Willow, a banyan tree spirit mixed-blood. It was clearly a plant-type mixed-blood.
"Who are you?"
"First, put the dark elements in. They'll disappear soon!"
"They won't disappear."
Yi-Han skillfully controlled the dark elements and aimed at the other person. It was a clear act of wariness.
Dark elements were even more difficult to control due to their heterogeneity, but it was an exception for some naturally gifted mages.
Yi-Han, who maintained the dark elements like a spear at the tip of his staff, prepared to respond immediately.
"Wa-Wardanaz. Isn't she a senior?"
"Priestess Siana. Originally, seniors are more dangerous. In order of danger, it's the principal, professors, and then seniors."
"Bu-but still..."
Priestess Siana, who was still bound by common sense, hesitated, perhaps afraid of the act of aiming at a senior.
Yonaire also had a worried look.
"Wait. I'll apologize. But I really didn't intend to."
"What are you apologizing for?"
"For this whole situation...?"
Ilendil spoke, tilting her head.
The three 1st-year students realized everything upon hearing those words.
The culprit was right in front of them!
"Attack! Attack!"
"Yi-Han, give the signal!"
Ilendil was startled by the juniors' fierce reaction and waved her hands.
"I didn't intend to...?!"
"Whether you intended to or not, didn't you summon all of this?!"
The dryad mixed-blood senior pondered for a moment on how to persuade them, then made a decision.
She gave up.
"Hey... You can attack, but can you put the dark elements in for me?"
"..."
"She-she seems crazy."
Priestess Siana muttered from behind.
***
Yi-Han lowered his staff for now.
Although the other person seemed crazy, she didn't seem like someone who would launch a surprise attack.
Ilendil, who explained what had happened in a slow tone, asked the three.
"So why did you come all the way here?"
"Well..."
"That's..."
Yonaire and Priestess Siana unconsciously looked at Yi-Han. Yi-Han answered firmly.
"I couldn't just watch the spirits being chased by contaminants, so I came in like this."
"You..."
For the first time today, Ilendil widened her eyes and showed an intense reaction.
It was rare for someone among Einroguard students to show such interest in the forest or spirits.
"You're a really kind person!"
"No. It's just what a mage should do."
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