Chapter 145 – One Strike Instructor Theorard (2)
The next day, on the 21st floor of the Imperial University Magic Tower.
Large river floor.
‘It’s finally today.’
I calmed down in front of the automatic door decorated with magic stones. Perhaps because of nervousness, the hand holding the magic paper becomes strained.
‘Can I do the lecture properly? No, more…….’
Unknowingly, I became conscious of the elf standing tall next to me.
Fortunately, the situation I feared last night did not happen. The elves never tried to attack me or seduce me.
Strangely enough, he was just helping me with the last part of my lecture preparation.
Since the next day is lecture, did you take care of the situation? I did n’t know his intentions, but I did n’t hate it as much as it was true that I had received help.
“…… ?”
The elf looks up at me, perhaps feeling his gaze at him. A somewhat tired expression. Red eyes blinked slowly.
“Are you not going in? The students will be waiting.”
“…… I plan to go in soon.”
“Is that so. Don’t tremble I’ll take care of the rest.”
After spitting out simple advice, the elf turned his head toward the door. I don’t know what you’re doing, but I didn’t bother to ask. Because time was running out for small talk.
“Go in.”
Taking a deep breath, I moved forward. Upon entering through the automatic door that opens on both sides, an antique lecture room unfolds.
Numerous students were sitting and looking in this direction at the tiered desks spread out in a fan shape based on a platform with a huge blackboard.
At first glance, the number seemed close to one hundred. Even at the end of the lecture hall, students and several professors who wished to stand were huddled together.
‘It feels like I’m being evaluated instead of giving a lecture.’
I was glad to see the curiosity and intellectual inquiry that entered every aspect of the students, but I was very afraid of the faculty who were staring at this side with angular eyes without shaking off their doubts.
The moment your voice trembles or you show your lack of confidence, they will bite you mercilessly. I felt like I had to give a lecture to the hyenas, so I felt a lot of pressure.
‘Still…….’
I had prepared hard so far, so at least I was confident that I wouldn’t listen to the sound of ‘useless lecture’. I stepped up to the podium with a confident gait, put down the magic paper neatly and raised my head.
“Nice to meet. My name is Theorad Deham, the creator of artificial rain magic.”
Since I came to give a lecture, I did not introduce unnecessary things. In addition, based on the elf’s advice to be arrogant, he spat out flat words.
I wondered what to do if the professors didn’t like it, but contrary to my expectations, there was no reaction. Rather, the female students were making a fuss and chatting among themselves.
“Not quiet. The lecture will begin now.”
I noticed the female students and looked around the crowd.
“I heard that a large number of guys who are not interested in magic design have applied. So let me explain from the basics.”
I raised my hand and lightly snapped my fingers. Then, a small spark is born in the air. It was a ‘flaming flame’ widely used as a life magic.
“To use the blazing flame, just remember the pattern in the image and that’s it. It’s such a simple magic that no one can’t use it if there’s only mana in the body. However.”
I extinguished the flame and tapped the magic paper. The fire paper, rich in psychokinesis, unfolded next to me and showed the magic circle of ‘Fireball’, a basic attack magic.
Of course, Yeomdong was not written by me. The elf I’ve teamed up with for the past week was just making it look like I was using magic.
“Fireball, a beginner attack magic, uses both ‘burning flames’ and ‘elemental condensation’. In this way, when there are two or more patterns, it is necessary to work hard to harmoniously connect each pattern through a circuit. Connecting two magics through a circuit and manifesting them in reality, this is called chanting in the academic world.”
After the explanation, the magic flower paper folds by itself. I could see several students looking this way with some interest.
“As is well known, in the case of simple magic such as a fireball, magic can be used by imagining a magic circle in your mind and reciting a chant. If you have a wand, the icing on the cake. Does anyone know what could be the reason?”
One of the students who was concentrating on the lecture raised his hand.
I politely pointed at the student.
“Tell me.”
“Yes. When using a wand, it exponentially reduces the mana consumed and increases the output of magical power, so it is easy to implement magic beyond the normal level. In addition, using the auxiliary memory device built into the wand, it is possible to simplify the chanting!”
“That is correct.”
It was a textbook answer, so there was nothing to point out. I nodded and tapped the second magic paper I brought.
A magic flower paper several times larger than a fireball unfolds magnificently in the air.
The 14 patterns, 58 symbols, and 342 circuits make everyone in the audience freeze. It was because the magic circle that was so complicated that it looked serious made my head hurt.
More importantly, even though patterns, symbols, and circuits are intertwined in a mess, there is no visible error. The magic circle, which is perfectly woven as if it was made by God himself, makes you doubt your eyes.
“This is a schematic of my artificial rain magic. In the case of such high-level magic, it is common sense that magic cannot be manifested with only chanting. This is the reason why magic design continues to exist even today, despite the decline in the usefulness of magic circles due to the spread of wands and the simplification of chanting.”
Everyone let out a sigh of relief at my words. The magic circle of artificial rain seems to be the first time that everyone has seen it, and many of them have lost their senses. Some of the people who came to their senses picked up their notebooks and started taking notes.
Even among the professors, there were even people who secretly took out their notebooks while paying attention to those around them.
It is natural to be surprised. It was rare for such a complicated magic circle to mesh together without a single error. It was not for nothing that Roylen made a fuss about the birth of great magic and that it was a feat that would mark a milestone in the world of magic.
Of course, when it comes to magic, it leans a lot towards elves…….
As long as the elf was engrossed in the role of a slave, even if he wanted to say that he was a co-author, he couldn’t. Having killed my conscience, I started the lecture as I had prepared.
“Magical design has a close relationship with natural phenomena. Therefore, in order to properly design magic, it is necessary to draw a magic circle from a scholar’s point of view. For example, in this part, floating magic and gravitational reversal magic were interlocked to artificially create an adiabatic expansion phenomenon…….”
The listeners began to concentrate, so the lecture flowed naturally like water. Occasionally, when students asked questions, he answered them leisurely, and explained the mechanism of artificial rain magic to bludgeon students who had misunderstandings and fears about magic design.
The lecture lasted for nearly an hour, and as we slowly entered the advanced course, a student raised his hand. The momentum of looking at this side is quite ferocious. I thought for a moment, then nodded.
“Speak.”
“Yes. My name is ‘Albizabe’ and I am learning military at the school corps. I listen carefully to the lecturer, but I believe that the most important thing in the end for a magician, not a scholar, is magical intuition, skill , and the manifestation of phenomena.”
“It is not wrong.”
“Thank you for agreeing with me. However, as a result of my observations of the instructor, it seems that although he is knowledgeable in theory, he is far from practice.”
Albizabe’s words catch me off guard. One should not express oneself.
I took a deep breath and spoke coldly.
“Why?”
“Other instructors continue their lectures by implementing various magics themselves to prove their skills, but in the case of Instructor Theorad, there was nothing other than basic magic that anyone could use.”
The place instantly becomes quiet. Most of the class looked down on Albizabe for interrupting the flow of class, but some said, “I see. Why?’ He had the same question as Albizabe.
It was fine until there. The problem was that the elf next to me was glaring at Albizabe as if he were going to kill him.
If you don’t let me keep her mouth shut, Al-Bizabe may really die. Feeling a sense of crisis, I looked down on Albizabe as arrogantly as possible.
“Do you think you’ll understand just because I show you my magic?”
But Albizabe did not back down.
“If you show me, I will-“
Whoaaaaah
At that time, bright flames raged in the air in the lecture hall. As if it were alive, the flames that scattered sparks condensed into a sphere.
The ball of fire that became a sphere glowed brightly like the sun. Everyone was shocked, but the elves’ magic didn’t end there.
For an instant, the light flickered in the small, condensed fireball.
Pan-!
As the fireball explodes, screams rise from all sides. Numerous shrapnel were scattered throughout the lecture hall, but no one was injured.
It was because the fragments that intentionally avoided living things were floating in the air. Fragments of fire embroidering the lecture hall like stars remind us of the universe.
While everyone was staring at the fragment in a state of fascination, I hurriedly shouted as one student tried to pick it up as if possessed.
“Do not touch!”
Thanks to this, the eyes of the students as well as the hall are focused on me. After catching my breath, I picked up the fountain pen on the platform and placed it on the fragment in front of me.
Chi-Ik-
The fountain pen melted as soon as it touched the fragments. It didn’t burn, it literally melted.
‘Crazy…… !’
Embarrassed, I almost came out with swear words. I put the fountain pen back down as calmly as I could while watching the elf notice.
“As you just saw, each fragment embroidered in the classroom has a super-high temperature. If you hold on to it because you don’t feel the heat, your hand will fly off.”
As soon as I finish my explanation, the fragments of fire disappear like melting snow. The elf had dispelled the magic.
After that, a chilling silence descends. Most of the students were stunned and their hands were shaking, and the professors were chattering among themselves with serious expressions.
Albizabe, who had pointed this out, also just stiffened with a dumbfounded expression.
“I have no intention of blaming you for being a frog in a well.”
I was embarrassed as well, but I have to finish the situation somehow. I glared at Albizabe with cold eyes.
“One, a frog with a lion in front of her eyes shouldn’t talk nonsense.”
If you met at a place other than the location of the student and instructor, you could be dead. Albizabe gasped at the words with such a meaning.
In this state, the lecture would not be able to continue. I sighed and took the magic flower paper.
“The lecture ends here. Now look back on what you guys did wrong.”
After gathering the paper, I turned around and walked towards the door. In a space where the sound of footsteps echoed quietly, a student exclaimed enthusiastically.
“Go, Instructor! If we try, will we be able to use the magic you just showed us?”
Another angle-
I stopped my steps and only turned my head to answer.
“Even if you cling to magic all your life…….”
It’s a pity, but the instructor has to tell the truth.
I narrowed my eyes and murmured coldly.
“You won’t even be able to keep up with your toes.”
