Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 293

Chapter 293

League of Spirit (6)

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The League of Spirit players within Stella Academy are trained under the guidance of professional coaches, systematic medical systems, and strategy analaysis experts, all within a cutting-edge, advanced environment.

It’s almost expected, as Stella consistently produces world-class players.

But a player management system of this caliber is rare, with only a few existing worldwide.

Perhaps only the Adolevit royal family’s ‘Team Phoenix’ and the Scalven imperial family’s ‘Emperor Goldens’ could be considered comparable.

“Did you find out?”

Stella’s professional League of Spirit enrollment.

Gayurin, a second-year professional in the League of Spirit division.

Unlike the magic warriors who are divided into classes from F to S, other mages didn’t have a specific ‘class’ system.

There was simply no need to divide them into grades or classes.

But if there were classes and rankings within the League of Spirit division, Gayurin would undoubtedly be in the top S class, ranked first.

If Ma Yuseong and Aiselle were considered unparalleled geniuses among magic warriors, then Gayurin held that position among League of Spirit players.

“Oh, the Full Frame team?”

The coach, looking tired as if he had just returned, put down the chart.

“I analyzed them.”

“Tell me.”

The coach almost frowned at Gayurin’s blunt tone but managed to hide his displeasure.

“Well, they are unique. Quite unique and interesting to watch.”

“Are they a threat to me?”

As Gayurin narrowed her eyes, the coach casually handed over the chart.

“No. Not at all. They’re just unique, not your match. Do you want to see for yourself?”

“I will. My eyes are more accurate than yours.”

The chart contained the ‘Full Frame Team’s’ strategy.

Their combat power, movement routes, style, magic tree, item builds, and meta were all recorded.

“Hmm…”

She first checked out Flame.

Her magic tree was unique, as expected of a mage who handled light and plants, but this was nothing special.

Many players in the League of Spirit used even more unique magic than light and plants.

“Baek Yu-seol is a bit unique, but…”

“The strategy team is already working on a countermeasure. They said they could have a perfect item build to counter him in 30 minutes. That’s how easy he is to deal with.”

It made sense. Baek Yu-seol always fought with monsters around him.

The item effect only activated after hitting an enemy ten times with a sword, and since no enemy would stand still like an idiot, achieving that was nearly impossible.

Baek Yu-seol had no magic to restrict an opponent’s movement, relying solely on his items. Thus, countering him would be easy by using blink magic and terrain control magic.

“Baek Yu-seol isn’t a problem. The most bothersome one is… as you expected, Ma Yuseong.”

Ma Yuseong, who held the central line with ironclad defense and fiery offense, was certainly at an amateur level.

His item tree followed a standard build without any flaws, and his strategies seemed to be learned from somewhere, taking techniques used by current players and improving them in his own style.

But that was it.

He could grow into a great player, but he was still a newborn.

Even his final victory against the level 12 AI was thanks to Baek Yu-seol’s suicide attack.

It was laughable.

“They’re trash not even worth worrying about.”

“But don’t let your guard down. I have a bad feeling about these kids. Especially this Baek Yu-seol guy…”

“I’ll make my own judgment.”

Gayurin cut off the coach and went into her practice room.

“Sigh…”

The coach rubbed his forehead and shook his head.

“I’d rather have the Full Frame team beat Gayurin…”

An undefeated myth.

Gayurin was a genius among geniuses who had never lost, and it was no exaggeration to say that no teenager amateur player could match her.

That’s why the coach was worried.

Because she had never lost, she didn’t know fear.

‘Oh, come on.’

Even so, the Full Frame team beating Gayurin?

This was nonsense, regardless of team spirit.

The Full Frame team’s level was no match for Gayurin.

“What am I thinking?”

The coach shook his head again and tossed the chart into a corner. He probably wouldn’t need to look at it again.

On Saturday, the Full Frame team’s practice ended with a total of five matches.

Against the level 12 AI, they had 2 wins and 3 losses.

They won two in a row, but the last three were spent experimenting with their item trees, builds, and individual ideas, ending in losses without any proper team fights.

The first win was due to Ma Yuseong’s dominance, and the second was due to Baek Yu-seol’s suicide attack, so it could be said that they won two out of five matches they should have lost.

And Sunday passed, and Monday arrived.

They didn’t practice on Sunday.

The reason was Baek Yu-seol’s strong opinion that they should rest on weekends.

Since they weren’t professional players risking their lives for the League of Spirit, Flame immediately agreed. She also wanted to lie down and take a nap on Sundays.

“Do you know how humans move? They move through muscles. Muscles need oxygen and nutrients to contract and relax.”

The professor’s question, which everyone knew the answer to, was quite boring for Baek Yu-seol.

He doodled in his notebook, not paying attention. He had given up on studying long ago.

His notebook contained past strategies and item trees of Korean League of Spirit players, extracted from his Bulbul Glasses. On another page, he had notes on upcoming episodes and the Twelve Divine Moons.

“Humans supply oxygen through breathing and convert nutrients from food into energy, circulating it through the bloodstream. That’s why you feel weak when hungry and breathless after hard work.”

The professor tapped the blackboard.

“Now, here’s a question. Do skeletons and zombies undergo the same metabolic processes?”

Skeletons and zombies are dead bodies that have stopped functioning but still move.

It’s quite ironic.

How can they move without muscles?

“In response, dark mages have implemented dark mana for muscles and the nervous system. Their ability to replicate the body’s delicate structure with dark mana is truly remarkable, but… ahem, as mages, we shouldn’t praise them.”

He looked around at the students and spoke in a low voice.

“However, their techniques were worth copying. Replicating the body structure with mana was unimaginable for contemporary mages.”

It was a boring repertoire, and Baek Yu-seol yawned.

Dark mages’ dark mana could do many things that regular blue magic couldn’t. Efforts were made to steal their technology, but it was impossible, leading to the development of other technologies.

…That was the gist of it.

“The dark mages’ magic was advanced and impressive, but mages were not to be outdone. We use mana for muscles…”

Anyone could tell from his tone that he was praising dark mages. Yes, this professor was a dark mage.

A newbie dark mage who had recently infiltrated Stella as a professor.

It was strange that he hadn’t been caught yet, being so obvious. He would probably be caught by Flame or Aiselle soon, beaten up, and then Eltemon Eltrine would deliver the final blow, turning him into dust.

Ding-dong~

Soon, the bell rang, ending the class. Baek Yu-seol quickly gathered his notes and books and left the classroom.

“Oh, um. Please summarize this part for next time!”

As the students got up and left at the sound of the bell, the professor hurriedly gave out an assignment.

Then he gathered his textbooks and rushed out of the classroom, chasing after Baek Yu-seol, who was already far ahead.

“Wait, student Baek Yu-seol. Let’s talk.”

“Yes? What is it?”

Knowing the person was a dark mage, his tone became naturally blunt.

“Ahem, it’s about… Professor Laydin has a request for you.”

Ah…

Recently, he promised to do a favor for Professor Laydin in exchange for Anella’s transfer to Stella.

This was a ‘legal oath,’ a step below the ‘Mana Oath,’ so he couldn’t break it.

What’s a legal oath?

It’s similar to a real-world contract. If he broke the promise, he could be dishonorably arrested or fined as a mage.

It might seem insignificant, but Laydin held a prestigious position as a professor at Stella, so he couldn’t easily break the legal oath.

If he did, Laydin might have to resign from his position.

Similarly, if Baek Yu-seol broke the oath, he could be expelled, so he had to keep his promise.

“Yes. But you know I won’t do anything unreasonable. I’m not going to do anything crazy just for one student’s transfer.”

“Professor Laydin knows that. You’re not doubting his judgment, are you?”

He seemed to trust Laydin deeply, but Baek Yu-seol didn’t care.

“Yes. I doubt him a lot.”

The professor’s expression hardened for a moment, but he regained his poker face with a cough.

“Anyway, this is the ‘request.’ Please fulfill it.”

The professor handed him a note and disappeared down the hallway. Baek Yu-seol checked the note after looking around.

[In the League of Spirit intramural qualifiers, elevate ‘Marun White Team’ to the representative team.]

Normally, one couldn’t ask a student to do this. But Laydin’s perspective was different.

Baek Yu-seol wasn’t just any student. He believed that Baek Yu-seol had the influence to manipulate the intramural competition scores as he pleased.

“Marun White…”

He had heard of them.

A team of dark mages. He remembered them being defeated by Flame in the original novel, but he couldn’t recall the details.

“It’s not difficult.”

He would have refused a more troublesome request, but since this team was destined to fall to Flame anyway, he could elevate them without issue.

Besides, match-fixing was something Baek Yu-seol, who grew up in the era of manipulation, was most confident in.

He was 99% confident of success, as long as a lawyer specializing in games didn’t suddenly interfere.

‘It’s annoying to elevate dark mages, but…’

It couldn’t be helped.

It was important to fulfill Laydin’s ‘request’ perfectly.

This wasn’t just for Anella’s transfer. Unfortunately, Baek Yu-seol didn’t think Professor Laydin could 100% transfer Anella to Stella.

In the original game, Professor Laydin had transferred students according to his preferences, but that was only possible because those students were dark mages.

But if he failed, wouldn’t that be good too? Baek Yu-seol would have already fulfilled the ‘request,’ so Laydin would have to pay a corresponding price, but he wouldn’t be able to.

In other words, Laydin tried to put Baek Yu-seol in debt, but he would end up being indebted instead.

‘Sorry, Anella…’

For now, she could be thoroughly protected at Zeliel’s Starcloud Trading Company or Flowerseorin’s Heavenly Flower Cradle.

‘Since she looks like a middle schooler anyway, she can just enter as a freshman next year.’

Baek Yu-seol felt better imagining Anella’s happy face at being a year younger.

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