Academy Munchkin Enslaved

22 – How long did it take you to calculate this?

“This is what I was thinking from the beginning… The imperial family interfered with the Hidden Rule. If this fact is known, it will be a problem with fairness. Why did you accept these conditions, President?”

“Shouldn’t we also test what kind of person he is?”

Hidden Rule: Last Man Standing.

Of course, that rule was changed due to pressure from the imperial family right before the subjugation system.

If it was the original chancellor, of course there was no way he would listen to the emperor.

‘To bring up the story with this problem… As expected, the narrow-mindedness of the knights is still the same.’

However, even as the president, the pressure was unavoidable.

There was also a question about Lee Ahn’s identity, so the president accepted the royal family’s offer of a hidden rule by pretending to be unable to win.

Of course, it was the princess, Julia, who first devised such a hidden rule.

Because of his remonstrance, the emperor put pressure on the academy.

“Of course, from Lee An-goon’s point of view, it may feel unfair… “

“I can only hope that the right thing will happen.”

Crayton is strong. More than anyone else among the current academy students.

No, maybe it could have been stronger than the students of past graduates.

That’s why the two of them were even more worried about this confrontation.

A confrontation where Ian’s life was at stake.

As a professor, it was ambiguous whether to support Ian or support Creighton.

Like Lydia said, I just want the right thing to happen.

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“I was puzzled when I heard the princess’s words, but she was no ordinary slave after all.”

“I was in a team with the princess from the start. Somehow, they said it was strange that they didn’t increase the points.”

“Rather than a gang… I guess it’s a matter of mutual interest. The 6 students who were just eliminated in denial must also have had a deal with the imperial family. Well, a slave like you wouldn’t understand the business of a noble family.”

From the beginning, Creighton did not agree with the princess’ plan.

A transaction between the family and the imperial family. Had it not been for the pressure from his family, Creighton would not have wanted to participate in such a thing.

I didn’t feel sorry for Ian’s situation.

Because it was just annoying.

For him who had already reached the highest position in history among the academy cadets, he did not want to worry about dropping a slave.

‘Do you mean to conserve strength from the beginning?’

‘Yes. At the end, if he reaches the hidden rule, the only thing left is Youngshik. At that time, Yeongsik must defeat him at all costs.’

‘No, no matter how much… In the first place, it seems like slaves won’t even pass through the Big Wave.’

‘It’s about preparing for just in case. If it’s Youngsik anyway, wouldn’t it be possible to win by driving points in the second half?’

‘That’s possible enough, but… ‘

Furthermore, the princess’ request was also vague.

From the beginning, the last hidden rule, conserving your strength while thinking of the last person.

It was almost laughable that the imperial family applied direct pressure to touch even the hidden rules, and that the princess be so careful and insist on catching one of her slaves.

While he was inevitably accepting the princess’s insistence, there was a situation that changed Creighton’s mind.

‘Dear Heart Young Ae-ra… It’s fun.’

Because the author called the slave was eating together with his fiancé.

In the first place, their engagement wasn’t the one Lorraine wanted, but it was still enough to incur Creighton’s anger.

From then on, Creighton rather hoped that her Ian would survive to the end.

And for him, he maintained moderate strength and maintained points.

And in the end, Ian passed the big wave, and after that he raised his points at a frightening speed.

And then I faced Creighton.

“It was a waste of time.”

“What do you mean it’s a waste of time?”

“Because I will win anyway. They won’t be able to stop my victory, and on the condition that they stop my victory, the deal their family made with the imperial family will become useless. Whatever it was, there would be no reason for the imperial family to take responsibility for the one who failed.”

“You don’t know anything, but your mouth makes fun of you. And I’ll have to correct it. I will win.”

Crayton’s eyes were still drawing an arc.

However, in the ship that half covered his eyes, the way he looked at Ian was different.

‘Something like a cheeky slave… ‘

It’s cheeky. No, it was a shame to say that he was arrogant towards slaves.

It was disgusting. It’s like watching a bug that sucks human blood.

It was as repulsive as a worm to be a nuisance without any threat.

“I won’t be held responsible even if I accidentally die here.”

“If I thought I was going to die, the professors would come out anyway. And it must be you who could accidentally die?”

Originally, if it was Ian, he wouldn’t have said something that scratched the other person’s stomach like this.

However, the princess’s scheme was revealed, and an unlucky man named Creighton who sympathized with the scheme and tried to kill himself.

And the treatment of insignificant slavery that continues to be received.

The whole situation was dragging Ian’s mood to the ground.

“I gave slaves too much say.”

And the same goes for Clayton.

Since the insignificant insect covets its fiancée and is spitting out words that are not the same as saying that it will kill itself.

For him, even if he burned me, he wouldn’t be satisfied.

Paching-

“… Oh.”

Electric Dart.

A third-tier magic that temporarily stuns the opponent by launching darts that are so small and fast that the eye cannot catch them.

Although it has almost no lethal power, it was quite a useful magic in that it could create a gap momentarily during battle.

The throwing speed of the darts was also incomparably faster than normal projectiles, so it was perfect for a surprise attack.

“As expected, nobles choose to do disgusting things. Electric dart while talking.”

However, Ian calmly spread his arcane shield and blocked Creighton’s attack.

For a slave, no, even an academy’s 3rd year cadet, it’s unbelievably fast calculation.

The calculation process was not as complicated as it was for guard-type magic, but even so, calculating 3rd tier magic at such a high speed meant that his skills had reached a certain level.

“It wasn’t just a mouthful. Do you really have talent?”

Accelerating the accident once again. Then, following the magic circle drawn in my head, I weave the numbers.

The magic you want to calculate is a 3rd tier magic consisting of 3 magic circles.

It was a 3rd tier magic, but its destructive power was more than that.

The default is fire. A cloud-shaped magic circle spreads around him.

The magic circle, a combination of multiple curves, squeezed mental power just by calculating, but Kraton had already surpassed that level a long time ago.

With him as the center, it combines Electric Charge and the top-tier Make Cloud.

And it ends with one last operation that organically and dynamically connects the three magic circles.

A calculation that already took several minutes in Creighton’s accident acceleration.

However, in reality, the last time was less than about 3 seconds.

“Flamestorm.”

A cloud of flame rises from the finally completed magic circle as if it would burst at any moment.

The flame cloud rushed towards him as if it would attack Ian at any moment.

“It took me so long to calculate this.”

Then the flame cloud that reached him engulfed him in an instant and exploded.

That was the attack mechanism of Flame Storm.

By the way,

“What… !”

“It was obvious what he was doing, so it didn’t take long to dispel it.”

The clouds that covered Ian quickly scattered in all directions.

The flame clouds had already lost their heat, and the sparks that collided as if they were going to explode at any moment had already disappeared.

It was just that the surrounding temperature increased as the slightly hot air spread.

Ian’s expression as he looked at Creighton was cold compared to him.

“Dispel… Did you?”

Dispel is based on the reverse operation of the opponent’s magic.

Not only did I have to figure out the opponent’s magic, but I also had to track the operation in reverse, so it naturally took twice as long to dispel.

Furthermore, the magic that Creighton cast was a whopping 3rd tier.

It meant that dispelling at such a fast pace was possible only if you had arithmetic skills that could reach at least 4th level, no, 5th level.

Third tier magic can be dispelled only when you are at Professor level or higher.

4Th tier magic is sometimes difficult even for professors, and there are only a handful of wizards that can dispel 5th tier magic on the continent.

A being that can dispel the 6th tier does not currently exist on the continent.

Things that require computation skills that are several times greater than normal magic calculations. That’s Dispel.

‘A slave or something?’

But such a dispel was done by a slave who had just started practicing magic.

It was a situation that could not be understood with common sense knowledge.

“What… Have you been drinking? Could it be that you were actually a minion of the demons?”

The saying that slaves are servants of demons.

The princess did not even tell Creighton that her Ian was an alien who failed to summon the hero.

Because it was a story connected to the authority of the imperial family.

Instead, he only put forward the justification that he might be a servant of the demons.

It was a believable story in that the slave had a high level of magic skills to be transferred to the academy in a short time.

However, because the story was not realistic, Creighton did not completely believe it.

However, his appearance just now made me think that he was really a minion of the demons.

“Because it’s not like that. At least, the princess must have said that.”

But even so, nothing changed.

If he actually uses the demonic power, the professors will intervene and kill him.

You can’t defeat yourself with only his skills. That was Creighton’s calculation and confidence.

‘If the 3rd tier magic doesn’t work… ‘

Crayton weaved numbers along the magic circle again.

The basic attribute is Lightning.

Weave a magic circle in a similar form to the previous Flame Storm.

The three magic circles are covered with a magic circle of amplification that changes the basic attribute to lightning and increases destructive power.

And lastly, one magic circle that covers all the magic circles.

Complete the last magic circle in the shape of the sky as if it covered the ground.

It took about 6 seconds in reality for all the calculations to finish.

“Omega Storm.”

Dark clouds seemed to cover Ian’s world.

‘I can’t even dispel this.’

The dark clouds that covered Ian’s vision were preparing for the final thunderbolt that would take away his life.

The Omega Storm, already aimed at him, would make sure that no matter what Ian did, he would not be able to avoid the thousand lightning bolts that would rain down on him.

“The 4th rank… “

But Ian just stared at the dark clouds.

Without any appreciation. With the look of just seeing something like that.

Even Ian couldn’t dispel 4th tier magic.

The calculation time was too complex for that, and reversing the calculus process was much more troublesome than just performing calculations.

So what he chose was not dispel, but another method.

“What… ? No way… !”

A cloud covering the Omega Storm that covered Ian again.

No, calling it the sky rather than the clouds was a more appropriate sentiment.

Ian’s magic completely covered the skylight coming into the field.

“Fifth Rank… ?”

His magic was something he was trying to swallow like Kraton’s 4th tier magic.