Episode 445
Kainando, who had not yet grasped the situation, asked in confusion.
“You said you could go fishing, right?”
“… Is that okay?”
The students weren’t stupid.
Einrogard was not soft enough to bring in the aquatic life needed for fishing in this weather and situation.
And in fact, even if the weather was fine, most of the underwater creatures were difficult to catch by fishing. If you throw a float too hastily, it’s a monster that drags the angler in.
“If you catch one fish… ”
Fish like this… Not in the weather.
Tanjur, who was resting behind him, answered as if he were dumbfounded.
I didn’t want to get involved in the wizards’ conversation, but Gainando’s words were too absurd.
“Going into the water in this weather? really?”
“I told you. “Never trust your professors.”
“Anyway, it’s like that… ”
“Can’t you insist that you caught that tanju fish?”
Tanjuer squirted water at the student who had just spoken.
with a plop!
The student who was hit by the water fell straight into the sea. The students became quiet.
“after… ”
“What can I do? “Let’s get ready.”
If I stayed in Einrogard for a long time, I was able to quickly go through the stages of denial, anger, negotiation, depression, and acceptance in 30 seconds instead of having to go through them one after another, which would take several days.
The students who accepted it in an instant sighed deeply and were lost in thought about how to get into the water.
“Breathing underwater… “What else do you need?”
“I need some light to brighten my vision. “Even if it’s not waterproof, I think you need heat to avoid freezing to death.”
“It’s a good thing I learned the >Latent Heat Grant> magic.”
>Latent Heat Grant> The students who successfully learned the magic raised their wands with pride.
Lee Han became sullen. Yoner, who was listening next to him, quickly comforted him.
“… Lee, Lee Han. “You’re good at other things.”
“Wouldn’t it be better if it rained?”
Lee Han waved his staff along with a spell just in case. Then flames shot out from the cloak.
“It’s fire!!!”
“Wardanaz! Put it in water!!”
I quickly put the cloak in the water, but the fire did not go out easily. The students were astonished by the flames burning even in the water.
“… … ”
“… … ”
Chi-Ik-
Lee Han took out his cloak with a bitter expression. The friends around me spoke urgently.
“I’ll give you sleep and latent heat. “To be honest, that’s not a very important magic.”
“You can hang something else! “We can help each other!”
Although many of the top students usually scoffed at other tower friends when they made a magic mistake, they were of one mind and quickly stopped them this time.
* * *
“shit!! “It’s me again?!”
“sorry. “Come in quickly.”
“Tsk… ”
The student who lost the lottery tied himself with a rope and jumped in.
‘The first years here are quick-witted.’
Professor Lightning Walk looked around at the students with a satisfied expression.
Since the test was originally taken individually, it was okay for students to move separately.
But now the students were gathering in groups of threes and threes and collaborating without anyone asking them to do so.
These were students who already knew wisdom that was more valuable than arcane magic spells.
“You bastard… You bastard! Manipulating the swallows!?”
“Hey, don’t talk nonsense! “What kind of swallow are you manipulating?”
“Wardanaz! Come here! Look at the referee! “This bastard rigged the swallow!”
“Why are you calling me Wodanaz! Wodanaz! “Don’t come!”
Of course, there were places where there were fights, but where people gather, there are bound to be fights.
This alone was great enough.
Splash, splash, splash!
Students dived and came up from all over the place. Thanks to the light spheres floated by Lee Han, the dock was as bright as daylight.
‘… ‘Let’s look at that.’
It was also an ability for the students to have outstanding first-year friends. The lightning-walking professor decided to overlook that.
“What do you see?”
“Can’t you see anything? “I think I need to go further down.”
The students who came up exchanged information with puzzled faces.
If we went in here, something should have come out, but perhaps because the sea was so noisy, there wasn’t a single living thing to be seen.
“It’s my turn.”
Lee Han chanted the underwater breathing spell and prepared to go in.
>The Dark Vision of Gonadaltes> and >The Swift Steps of Gonadaltes>.
And >spatial recognition> and >granting the light of truth>…
‘How many are you betting?’
Professor Lightning Walk was amazed as he watched.
If anyone goes in, they will think that they are infiltrating the demon peacock’s resistance rather than water!
“Goes!”
“Sleep, wait a minute.”
Kainando, who was in the same turn, shouted hesitantly.
“why?”
“Be mentally prepared… ”
with a plop!
Lee Han kicked Gai Nan Do and then jumped in.
‘It goes down deep.’
Even though the body was tightly tied with a rope, it shook violently when it entered the water. The aftereffects of the chaos caused by the spirits were reaching even into the water.
The students who came down with us were also struggling because their hands and feet were tangled up in the unexpectedly fast speed of the water.
-Everyone, calm down.
Lee Han first called his friends together.
As I had to go down further, I had to adapt and go down here.
-The flow speed is faster than expected, but it can be overcome with magic. I learned water element magic in the first semester. Anyone who is confident in water element magic here, please raise your hand.
Three of my friends raised their hands. Lee Han nodded his head.
-It’s about controlling the water element. Like this… Move!
Lee Han applied magic cleverly.
Originally, it was a magic that could create or move water by moving it, but it became a means of gaining quite a bit of propulsion under water.
Sigh-
As the water parted and Lee Han was pushed forward, his friends nodded.
I understand what the principle is.
-I understand. Wardanaz.
-I’ll try. Move!
-… …
-… ???
The students were embarrassed to see no change.
-Move! Move! Move?? … Pfft!
One of my friends who was chanting a spell suddenly got worse.
‘Acute mana depletion!’
Lee Han quickly grabbed his friend and climbed upstairs. When Lee Han came out of the water, the students who were waiting asked.
“What happened?!”
“Help him get some rest!”
“???”
Lee Han did not respond and threw his fallen friend onto the dock. And then went down again.
-Try again…
-Huh…
‘shit.’
When one of his friends fell again, Lee Han grabbed him and climbed up again.
“I ask for this too!”
with a splash!
“… … ”
“… “Oh, what is going on?”
As Lee Han went down together and threw his friends upward one by one, the students waiting above slowly became afraid.
Are you angry because of the >latent heat grant> from earlier?
“I told you not to brag about your magic!”
“I didn’t think showing magic in front of Wardanaz was something to be proud of… ! Would you consider that something to be proud of? “It’s in front of Wardanaz!”
“Aren’t you angry because I manipulated the swallow earlier?”
While they were whispering above, Lee Han was figuring out the situation.
‘It’s not normal to use magic in the water.’
A wizard’s magic may seem easy, but it was a mental process that required a high degree of concentration.
Just as wizards who were not immediately trained as combat wizards were unable to use spells if they fell into a deadly battlefield, a sudden change in the environment disrupted the wizard’s magic.
The cold, dark, and strong water like now would be enough to disturb the wizard.
‘… for a moment. I cast it?’
Lee Han suddenly had that thought, but decided not to say it out loud.
-It seems that the chance of failure increases if you chant a spell underwater. Everyone be careful.
-But you’re using it well… no. I think I asked something pointless. Wardanaz.
My friend, who was about to ask something, was quickly convinced.
Actually, it seemed like Wardanaz could cast spells even if he was hung upside down on lava instead of underwater.
-Instead, I will push you so you can go down again.
Lee Han launched a light sphere and slowly went down.
How far did it go?
The dirt bottom in the sea caught my eye. It was a familiar place, as if I had seen it a few times.
‘… It’s a race track we made… ‘
Although it was absurd, Lee Han tried not to lose focus.
I had to find something alive.
-Wardanaz. here. here.
One of his friends tapped Lee Han on the shoulder and pointed down.
Surprisingly, there was a pattern engraved on the floor indicating the direction.
‘what? ‘Did the professor engrave it?’
-Let’s go. Follow me.
-okay.
Lee Han slowly swam in, following the signboard engraved on the bottom. The road led to an underwater cave.
-… …
No matter how you looked at it, it was a cave that looked very unpleasant to enter.
‘I guess the professor prepared it, right?’
If the aquatic creatures were just released into the sea, they would be scattered throughout Einrogard, so I wondered how they had prepared them, but they released them in an underwater cave like this.
Even though he was a fast-paced professor, he sighed.
‘There’s something else inside… ‘
-♪♬♩♩♩♬
‘?’
Lee Han paused.
A clear, clear singing voice began to be heard from afar.
‘… This is in the water… ?’
The eyes of Guy Nando next to me suddenly turned cloudy and he began to look possessed and happy.
Lee Han was so shocked that he slapped Guy Nando on the cheek.
* * *
“professor!!!!”
One of the Black Turtle Tower students who had gone in from the other side was scared and ran out.
I was so shocked that I didn’t even think to dry myself.
“What is this!! that… that… “What is in front of that cave!!”
“oh. “Have you found it now?”
The lightning-walking professor who was sitting answered with a bit of joy.
“You have to let me into the cave!!”
“No matter how rough the sea is, there’s no way a test would be to just go into a cave and bring back a cold drink. Of course I have to overcome it.”
Professor Lightning Walk said as if he was asking what he was talking about.
In preparation for this test, Professor Lightning Walk released various difficult-to-catch aquatic creatures into an underwater cave.
Of these, the more you catch the one that is the most agile, hides well, and runs away, the higher your score.
Of course, it wasn’t that easy to catch. Naturally, there were those who disturbed the students.
“my… If it weren’t for the fact that I came in from behind… !”
The Black Turtle Tower student, who was excited because he thought he had found the underwater cave faster than others, was still amazed.
Siren!
The friends who had found the undersea cave and tried to enter it were now in a state of being possessed and unable to come to their senses. If there wasn’t a rope, he would have been caught.
“for a moment. calm down. I did it because I didn’t know. Now that I know who it is, there will be a way to deal with it. If it’s a siren… ”
Siren, a hybrid of mermaid and spirit, contained ancient magic in her voice.
Wizards were quite resistant to monsters’ unique abilities as they were capable of handling magical powers, but…
The siren’s song was powerful enough to pierce through it.
But once you knew its identity, there was always a way to attack it.
“Let’s cover our ears and go in.”
“that… okay! “That will do.”
Professor Lightning Walk grinned. The students who saw that laughter suddenly felt ominous.
… is not it?
“Covering your ears doesn’t mean you can’t hear the siren’s song. “It comes all over her body.”
said Angago, who is from the coast.
Everyone was surprised at how incredibly intelligent he was for a White Tiger Tower student.
“Well, then? Alpha. What should I do? “How should I attack it?”
“uh?”
Anrago was taken aback.
“uh… The sailors tie themselves to the boat… ”
“… “We have to go inside.”
“Are you someone who is impossible to talk to or persuade? “What do sirens like?”
“I know you like messing with people… ”
with a splash!
Meanwhile, I heard someone coming up from behind. Angago and his friends turned their heads involuntarily.
Lee Han was holding Siren and coming up.
“… … ”
“… … ”
