Life of a Magic Academy Mage

Chapter 244

‘Oops. What mistake have I made?’

Lee Han replied and regretted it.

The words came out first than I thought, probably because the fatigue had not yet healed.

Have you ever worked as a professor?

Such an insult…

-I’m not that wise.

The giant replied with a slight embarrassment.

“…ah. okay.”

Fortunately, it passed without any problems.

“All right. Then would you like to play another game of chess?”

What if the opponent is a bit like a professor?

As much as he had the grace to save him, Lee Han was determined to respect the other person even if they were a bit forced.

…And it looked a bit strong too.

-no. The bets should be fair to each other.

“There is no other game as fair as chess…”

The giant ignored Lee Han’s words as if he hadn’t heard them.

– I’ll have to find another bet. what would be good

“…I think I got it wrong.”

Lee Han whispered to Giselle. Giselle nodded slightly as if agreeing.

“Is there any way to suppress it?”

“Moradi. Can’t you see that size?”

Lee Han was dumbfounded.

To ask if there is any way to subdue such a mighty giant?

just tell me to die?

“The king of the frost giants was bigger, but he attacked.”

“…So why did you move Rook earlier?”

Lee Han, speechless, cowardly changed the subject. The lethal attack left Giselle speechless.

“You mean that now…?!”

-What’s good… The numbers don’t match in the pyokgu, and the riddle was done the other day… The drinking contest

…

“You say bets should be fair, but how can a drinking contest be a fair match?”

-There seems to be a misunderstanding. It’s not about winning by drinking too much.

“then?”

-If you are an alchemist, it’s a bet you often make, but I guess you don’t know because you’re still in the first year.

The giant kindly explained what the drinking contest was.

When the confrontation began, the alchemists used various ingredients and potions to make their own alcohol for the opponent to drink.

After receiving the drink, the alchemist had to make a new drink and pass it on to the other party.

-If you fall down first while doing that, it’s a defeat.

“…for a moment. It’s not alcohol, it’s a potion, right?”

Lee Han, who was listening to the explanation, hesitated.

If you make it using ingredients and potions, isn’t it a potion after all?

-yes? It’s an analogy. And like I said, it’s okay if you don’t accept it if you think it’s unfair.

“Uh… no. Sounds like something I could do.”

– Is it really?

The giant looked at Lee Han as if wondering.

In fact, as the student next to Lee Han said, this confrontation favored the giant.

Wizards who deal with magical powers also had a strong resistance to potions, but giants had a stronger resistance innately than him.

-I’ll give you another chance to choose.

“no. Even if I look like this, I took first place in the alchemy lecture.”

“……”

-……

Giselle and the giant looked at Lee Han with eyes that did not know what to say.

‘You wodanaz… are you still awake?’

-hmm. I don’t think I learned everything about alchemy just because I took the top spot in the first year lecture.

The giant said worriedly.

Of course, Lee Han’s ulterior motive was elsewhere.

‘If I compete with resistance, I will never be pushed back.’

As much as he had experienced it several times so far, Lee Han had confidence.

Enormous magical power equals enormous resistance.

However, if this was caught by the opponent, the betting event could have changed. Lee Han tried to look like a stupid freshman as much as possible.

‘It reminds me of Kainan Island.’

“A genius like me can learn almost everything just by listening to a first-year lecture. What are you studying for?”

“……”

-…That’s right. Right. okay. But objectively speaking, it’s a bad bet… If you win, I’ll give you another reward. You can take anything you want from my house.

“!”

Lee Han’s eyes twinkled.

‘…no. It’s not that good.’

When I first heard it, I thought ‘Huh?’, but when I looked around, I thought ‘Huh…’.

The giant’s house was more frugal and messy than expected.

Even if Lee Han whimpered and took something that looked like a large, rusty weapon…

“Hey.”

Giselle couldn’t stand it and stabbed Lee Han in the side and whispered.

I tried to keep my expression as long as possible, but I couldn’t stand it any longer.

“Are you doing this on purpose? Why are you doing this?”

Lee Han tried to tell the story, but held back in case the giant heard it.

“Moradi. Who am I? I am a genius on a different level from other geniuses.”

“……”

Giselle seemed to be crazy.

* * *

The giant was certainly well versed in alchemy.

While rummaging through the clutter and clutter, he took out and poured something at random, but there was no blockage in his movements.

Even though Kainando’s private room looked like a garbage dump, it was clear that the giant’s cave was like that, just as Kainando himself had his own order.

Of course, all of this worked against Lee Han.

An alchemist who knows all the ingredients and an alchemist who has to make them in an unfamiliar place.

Needless to say, who would have the advantage?

‘Should I throw it away?’

Giselle thought quietly.

No matter how much I thought about it, it didn’t seem like Wodanaz would win.

And more than anything else, I’m very anxious about what I’m doing right now…

Kung!

– That’s it! I call it < giant's mead >.

It took an hour and the giant finally finished the potion.

“May I ask for the recipe?”

In the midst of this, Lee Han asked a question in case he had something to write about later. There was not even enough left to disappear from Giselle’s sarcasm.

– I can’t tell you everything, but I’ll tell you briefly. Honey and rose petals. Sleepweed and double-headed snake’s blood. The mud of an acid swamp. Can you feel it just by listening to this?

“…ah. yes.”

No matter how you look at it, Lee Han’s expression was shaken by poisons that were far from alcohol.

At this point, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was not < Giant's Mead >, but < Giant's Dead Medicine >.

‘Believe.’

Lee Han thought so and drank a large glass.

Gulp-gulp-

Surprisingly, the mead was more delicious than expected. No matter how the combination was made, the sweet and cool taste flowed down my throat.

And at the same time, an enormous amount of drowsiness was about to burst out of my body.

“!”

It was completely different from any abnormal condition he had experienced before.

The previous status abnormalities were nullified before Lee Han was even aware of it…

‘I see. I drank the potion myself…!’

Of course, the potion he drank himself had to be stronger than the external attack. Lee Han focused his mind and raised the magic power of his whole body.

A huge torrent of magical power suppressed the drowsiness brought on by the mead and extinguished the embers.

once.

twice.

Three…

‘Huh? Is it over?’

Lee Han, who was nervous, was slightly taken aback when the effect of the mead disappeared in an instant.

I was nervous because it suddenly came up, but it ended much easier than I thought.

‘Mmm. I feel like I lost because I was scared.’

It was probably a potion that staked everything on the initial effect. Beyond that, the effect isn’t that strong.

Lee Han opened his mouth, thinking that he would shed tears of humiliation if the giant found out.

“Then it is my turn.”

-……

The giant glanced up and down at Lee Han with his eyes wide open.

I was so flustered that I couldn’t even answer, I just nodded my head.

‘how!?’

I couldn’t believe it.

To think he was fine after drinking his homemade < Giant's Mead >.

That student wouldn’t be an undead or a magician with dragon-like magic…

There was only one reason that made sense.

He made an antidote that could withstand < Giant's Mead > in advance and drank it.

‘There’s no way the level of students at the magic school could have risen like this?’

But it was just as amazing.

A mere first-year student saw a potion he had never seen before and prepared an antidote right away. And that too in an unfamiliar place, not in his workshop.

The giant remembered what Lee Han had said.

-no. Regardless of what I look like, I took first place in the Alchemy class.

– A genius like me can know almost everything just by listening to a first-year lecture. What do you study for?

At first, I thought it was a young horse of a young student, but when the situation turned out like this, it sent chills down my spine.

If arrogance proves itself as a result, isn’t it arrogance and reasonable confidence?

Perhaps the most outstanding alchemist I’ve ever seen…

“It’s done.”

-what!?

“what!?”

Not only the giant, but even Giselle were stunned.

I don’t think I spent even ten minutes, but I already finished it?

“Wardanaz. If you have any complaints, speak up! Don’t be stupid like my top guys! Because I feel like I’m going to go back!!”

Giselle eventually exploded and grabbed her by the collar. Seeing that, Lee Han thought.

‘The students at the White Tiger Tower must be stressing me out a lot.’

– It has already been declared, so there is no turning back. what is the name of this drink?

“Uh… I think it’s about the medicine that puts the giant to sleep.”

– That’s an honest name. Where should I drink

The giant laughed confidently and drank the whole pot.

And then his expression changed.

-…!!!

Suddenly, unbearable drowsiness began to set in.

I was resisting as much as I could, but my instincts were telling me.

I won’t last long and fall asleep.

The giant staggered and looked at Lee Han. Then he said in a stuttering voice.

-This… I didn’t think he was such a genius…! Yes… Your name…?

“This is Moradi.”

“Not me. You asked.”

Giselle looked at Lee Han as if she was talking about something.

It seemed that the fatigue had lessened.

“Oops. It did. This is Lee Han of the Wardanaj family.”

-Right. I am Ikrusha. It’s the giant Ikrusha.

When Lee Han asked for his name earlier, the giant slightly changed his words.

Originally, giants do not reveal their names to opponents who do not recognize them.

I changed the topic out of consideration for the wizard’s pride, but…

…A genius of this level deserved to be known.

-…Yeah… It’s a victory… What you want… Take… and go.

thud!

With a snoring sound that shook the cave, Ikrusha collapsed backwards.

Lee Han let out a sigh of relief.

“thanks. Bartrek.”

An elixir that puts the giant to sleep that the White Tiger Tower students have worked hard to make in their hideout.

I thought the students had made it right, but I was nervous that it wouldn’t work.

“Bartrek of the Bark family? Why is that name coming up now?”

“It’s a potion made by that friend.”

Lee Han took out a potion bottle from his bosom and answered while waving it.

“…!!!!”

Giselle cursed herself for thinking, ‘To make such a powerful potion in less than ten minutes, that’s… what an insane talent!’

Such a scammer…!

“ah. Sorry for not explaining in advance. In case Ikurusha-san hears it and changes the betting event.”

“…let’s just get out.”

Giselle didn’t even have the energy to get angry anymore.

“for a moment. I won the bet, so let’s take the reward.”

“Is there something you’re interested in…?”

Giselle asked, frowning. No matter how you looked at it, there seemed to be no useful treasure in this mess.

Awesome!

Lee Han cut off the tip of the sleeping giant’s hair.

I’ve been thinking about it ever since the story came out.

“With this, one final exam is over.”

“You… are really crazier than me…”

“Why are you swearing all of a sudden?”