Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 151

Chapter 151

Magic Survival (3)

“Hmm…”

After using the Scanning Field, I hid in the corner of a ruined building and checked the map.

One participant was marked.

Even though marked by the Scanning Field, they weren’t moving and remained still… likely attacked by Berankal.

[If you go to the bathroom on the 7th floor of the ruined building in the northeastern Selerdan village, you can obtain the ‘Scanning Field’ artifact.]

[Quickly head to the southwestern mountain ridge and use it there.]

[If the timing is right, you might be able to save a victim.]

As expected of the strategy guides written by veterans.

They had remembered exactly where and when Berankal would commit his first murder and included it in the guide.

Anyway, being marked on the map meant they were still alive.
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If other participants approached him and intentionally depleted his life points, he would automatically be eliminated and sent back outside.

Also, anyone witnessing the event would realize that someone with suspicious powers existed in this field.

After a while, the marker on the map disappeared, and the survivor count changed.

[99/100]

Probably, someone found the victim and properly handled the elimination.

For now, I could breathe a sigh of relief.

“Phew…”

Leaning against a crumbling pillar, I tried to put the Scanning Field, which had served its purpose, back into my survival backpack when my ‘Intuition’ detected a presence.

The location was just outside the building. Someone was climbing the building.

‘Well, it would be strange not to be noticed.’

In my hurry to farm the Scanning Field quickly, I had left clear footprints and traces.

Moreover, my location had been exposed to other nearby participants.

The distance to the center was still far, but under these circumstances, a battle was inevitable.

I took out a weapon I had just gathered along with the Scanning Field from my backpack.

[Lv.1 Wooden Club]

It looked unimpressive, but in Magic Survival, it was quite a powerful weapon.

It was a backup weapon meant to be swung in emergencies, and only a few eccentric players carried it around.

…It’s quite sad that I had to include myself among those eccentrics.

Anyway, it was time to make some noise.

I quietly approached an open window, feeling the presence more clearly.

The enemy outside the window seemed to have undergone advanced mana control training, as I could barely sense the flow of mana even though they were clinging to the building’s exterior wall.

They seemed to be of the Knight class.

Still, it was not a problem.

I was confident in close combat.

[Blink]

“…Huh!”

Using Blink to escape outside the window and float in the air, I saw the astonishment on the face of the boy clinging to the wall.

He seemed to be trying to draw his wand and cast a spell, but I knew that casting magic while stuck to a wall would be slow.

[Blink]
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I moved closer again and swung the wooden club forcefully.

Thwack!!

“Argh!”

He seemed to have hastily deployed a shield, but he couldn’t withstand the impact and fell to the ground.

If we had fought on flat ground, I might have struggled, but his mistake was trying to ambush me from the wall.

Thud…!

I quickly ran down the wall and finished him off with the wooden club.

[1 KILL!]

The cheerful sound of confirming an enemy’s elimination echoed in my ears.

“Phew.”

I had dealt with the immediate threat, but this was just the beginning.
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I planned to attack every enemy I encountered from now on.

‘I hope I don’t end up dying needlessly…’

Hoping not to meet an overwhelmingly strong opponent, I headed for the central urban area.

Magic Survival was one of the most anticipated matches for spectators. It was where the most talented boys and girls gathered to determine the last one standing.

Strategy, tactics, magic, luck, terrain, weather—all these elements came together to crown the ultimate survivor.

Also, since the topic of which school was superior was always a popular topic among mages, Magic Survival, where thirty prestigious schools competed, turned into a battle of pride.

It had become so common for kings to personally attend and occupy the best VIP seats to see how excellent their country’s students were that stopping Magic Survival was almost impossible.

“…Stopping it now would cause a huge uproar.”

That was Eltemon Eltrine’s opinion.

“Recently, the School Competition has grown beyond the level of just a school festival. You know that, right, Flame?”

“I do, but…”

Flame, who had come to the Principal’s office of the First Tower, bowed her head deeply and bit her lip. Eltemon flipped through documents with a sympathetic expression.

“…I was already in the process of uncovering a rat. It’s certain that a Dark Mage qualified to access the core of the Stella Dome has infiltrated… but with current technology, it’s impossible to find them.”

Eltemon Eltrine, a 9-class mage and one of only ten Archmages in the world.

Flame knew better than anyone how wounded his pride was. In the original novel, Eltemon had bled himself dry trying to detect Dark Mana.
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Even now, his mind was probably in turmoil.

“…Of course, I don’t intend to do nothing. Measures must be taken.”

Even if he immediately started casting the magic to bring the students back from the isolated space, it would take considerable time. By then, there would already be many casualties.

So, it might be better to secretly help one of the participants in the survival game and eliminate the Dark Mage separately.

“But… we don’t even know which one is the Dark Mage. Besides, even if we help, who should we help…?”

“Baek Yu-seol. I plan to help that kid.”

“What…?”

Flame widened her eyes, unable to believe the name that was mentioned.

“Well, the other students from other schools are elites as well. They probably have considerable practical experience. But I trust my school’s student.”

There were many participants from Stella’s second and third years, but Eltemon specifically named the first-year student Baek Yu-seol as the one he trusted the most.

“That child… as you know, is special.”

Eltemon said, looking at Anella, who was hiding behind Flame, nervously fidgeting with her fingers.

‘An exchange student…?’

Her gaze was suspicious, but even with a mana scan, there was nothing to find. All he could tell was that her mana level was lower than that of ordinary students.

Well, if she were a normal student from outside Stella, that might be the average mana level.

“Did you find out about this?”

“Yes? Yes…”

Though Eltemon spoke kindly, Anella felt like she was choking and dying.

No Dark Mage in the world could remain calm in front of Eltemon, the notorious Dark Mage exterminator.

“Hmm… how did you find out?”

“Uh, well…”

“Oh, I’m not interrogating you. But it’s a significant matter, so I want to know the source of the information. Don’t feel pressured.”

Anella fidgeted with her fingers and carefully spoke.

“…I eavesdropped on a conversation.”

“Eavesdropped?”

“Yes… I got into the Stella Dome management area with the help of Baek Yu-seol, but I got lost in the maze…”

It was quite a plausible story.

It was true that she had received help from Baek Yu-seol, and the Stella Dome management area was indeed maze-like.

“Hmm, I see. I guess we need to overhaul the structure of the Stella Dome…”

“Oh no.”

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She worried that her words might lead to the Stella Dome being overhauled and tried to retract her statement, but Eltemon quickly moved on.

“Then, whose conversation did you eavesdrop on?”

Gulp.

Anella’s throat bobbed up and down.

Here it comes.

If she said she didn’t see the face, she could save her kin.

But if she revealed his identity to Eltemon here and now…

‘I will be betraying my kin.’

One of the strictly forbidden actions among Dark Mages who moved based on power and desire.

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‘Never betray your kin.’

Dark Mages already had to live hidden in the shadows of the world.

If they tore each other apart, they could never achieve great feats. That was why the Dark Mage King, the Dark Mage Cult Leader, and the Dark Mage Union President had come together in the past to establish one grand rule.

It remained as a kind of ‘word of the pact,’ a common belief that all Dark Mages held close to their hearts…

‘…I decided to give up being a Dark Mage.’

Anella overcame the word of the pact with her will and spoke the name.

“Kavaren. He called himself Kavaren.”

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Before long, the game was heading towards the mid-phase.

-As expected, most of the players chose to hide. Securing positions and observing and restraining enemies is also a great skill!

The commentator was trying to hype it up, but this was actually the most boring part of the game.

The game area was still quite large, so encounters between players were rare, and even when they did meet, they mostly just exchanged light skirmishes before going their separate ways.

The game only got interesting in the later stages when they had to kill each other to survive, so this was a good time to take a bathroom break.

However, this year’s match was different. Because of one player, the tension couldn’t be eased for even a moment.

-Ah, Stella’s Baek Yu-seol! As soon as he spots an enemy, he quickly approaches! His superior mobility with unique Blink magic! His dazzling and artistic control as he freely traverses three-dimensional space!

In the center of the stadium was a gigantic hologram. Most of the stage was shrouded in shadows, so it was invisible, but players in places illuminated by the artificial sun could be seen by the spectators.

And Baek Yu-seol conducted most of his battles in places bathed in sunlight.

-Boom! Bang!

Flames scattered, and ice shards fell.

Baek Yu-seol blinked through the chaos, looking for an opening, but the players, aware of his frequent kills, were prepared for his Blink.

-Crash!!

As soon as he reached his target, ice spikes shot up from all directions! However, he smoothly slid to the ground and then soared into the sky, easily escaping the field.

“He fights well.”

Hong Bi-yeon casually remarked.

“Right? I told you so.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“The princess has a good eye for people, doesn’t she?”

Flanking her, her followers echoed meaningless compliments.

She thought a recording device would just repeat the same words, but since she liked such flattery, she didn’t stop them.

-Ah, Baek Yu-seol takes down another enemy! Should we say he crushed the head this time? That’s his eighth kill already!

Perhaps he didn’t even need to use his sword against these kids. Baek Yu-seol wielded a low-level wooden club he found somewhere and took down enemies one by one.

But that wasn’t all.

He used various artifacts in innovative ways, surprising people with his unprecedented applications.

-Oh, using the ‘Sky Walking’ artifact that way… Walking through the air as if there were terrain, he tricked the enemy into falling!

-He tied a ‘Throwing Hook’ to a ‘Target Sphere’ and launched himself forward! What amazing adaptability. I never even imagined it!

While the standard strategy in Magic Survival was to stay hidden, many people cheered for Baek Yu-seol’s flashy performance.

‘Not even trying to hide, huh…’

In the past, Baek Yu-seol would have fought moderately, but now he was desperately taking down enemies one by one.

Given his mental age, a kids’ school competition would be cute and amusing, so why was he trying so hard?

‘Hmm?’

Then, she spotted a familiar face in the opposite stands.

Flame was rushing somewhere with a girl, looking quite serious.

Wondering what was happening this time, she frowned, and then an anomaly occurred on the field.

-Oh no, what’s happening! Three players are attacking Baek Yu-seol at once!

“What?”

Turning quickly to the stadium, she saw three boys surrounding Baek Yu-seol, closing in on him.

-To take down a strong opponent, it seems they’ve formed a temporary alliance!

The commentator framed it that way, but Hong Bi-yeon thought differently.

‘A temporary alliance, my foot…’

She recognized those three faces.

They were all members of Prince Jeremie’s faction.

For those three to coincidentally meet at that spot and join Baek Yu-seol’s attack?

Nonsense.

They must have deliberately gathered to eliminate Baek Yu-seol.

‘Well, he won’t fall to mere students.’

Thinking he would perform well and escape, Hong Bi-yeon lost interest and stood up to find Flame.

-Oh no! Baek Yu-seol is struggling against the combined attack of the three players. Is his journey ending here?

The ground shook, and magic fired from all directions overwhelmed Baek Yu-seol, leaving him with nothing but the option to flee.

“Too bad.”

“He fights well.”

“Is he getting eliminated here…?”

Disappointed sighs echoed from all around, but Hong Bi-yeon scoffed.

‘Eliminated, my foot.’

She almost thought Baek Yu-seol was being malicious.

He was probably faking an extreme situation to get a better reaction when he escaped.

…However.

Hong Bi-yeon would never know.

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-Damn it! You crazy bastards! Teaming is a bannable offense! Admin! Admin, what are you doing!
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That Baek Yu-seol was really, desperately running for his life.

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