Chapter 68

At that very moment, when the skeleton principal was flabbergasted, Lee Han and his friends from the Blue Dragon Tower were running down the stairs.

'Magic is gathering again!'

Lee Han could feel it.

The scattered magic of the tower was quickly regaining its form and reuniting.

Although it had been scattered momentarily due to an unexpected shock, the magic of the magic school was indeed powerful.

It was prepared to recover even in such a situation.

And when everything recovers...

'The plan might go awry.'

Lee Han didn't know how many spells were cast in the tower or what their effects were.

But he could guess that if those spells were to come back, it wouldn't be good for the intruders, including himself.

Whoosh!

"Uaaaaah!"

"Kainando! Kainando!!"

It seemed that one of the spells had been completed during the process of the magic gathering. The spell activated in a flickering manner.

Kainando, who was unfortunately caught by the spell, was flung backward as if someone had hooked his collar and pulled him.

"Ugh!"

Kainando was catapulted out of the White Tiger Tower's main entrance and rolled over.

It was clearly a spell to expel intruders.

"Hurry up! If other spells are completed, things will get complicated!"

"Got it, got it!"

The students of the Blue Dragon Tower nodded.

They were about to panic, but they had a reliable leader.

Seeing Lee Han, with his chiseled face, calmly giving commands, the students regained their composure and followed him.

Bang!

The door to the lounge opened.

Lee Han and Rattford quickly searched for things that could be valuable, or rather, flags.

"What... What is this?!"

Durguy, who had come down from his private room due to the faint commotion, blinked in confusion.

Students from the Blue Dragon Tower, who shouldn't have been there, were swarming into the first-year lounge.

Durguy, recognizing a familiar face, asked in a hoarse voice.

"Lee Han! What's going on...?"

"Durguy!"

"Huh?"

"Behind you!"

"Huh?"

Durguy turned around without thinking. Lee Han took the opportunity to throw a bead, striking Durguy's jaw.

The poor orc friend, still half-asleep, fell again because he trusted Lee Han.

"...Haha! You White Tiger Tower guys! Pay for your arrogance to Wodanaz!"

One of the Blue Dragon Tower students cheered, and Yoner looked at Lee Han with a confused expression.

'Is this really okay?'

Lee Han shook his head and said,

"This is for Durguy's own good."

The reason Lee Han didn't tell Durguy about the attack plan was simple.

Durguy was, after all, a student of the White Tiger Tower.

It wasn't because he was worried Durguy would betray them.

He was worried that if Durguy participated in this plan, he would be ostracized even more in the White Tiger Tower.

Yoner also knew this and agreed, but...

'Even considering that, didn't you hit him too hard?'

"Seeing him like this, other White Tiger Tower students won't misunderstand. Durguy doesn't need to be an outcast like Nilia in the tower."

"Yeah... But did you really have to use Nilia as an example...?"

"I found it!"

True to his thieving skills, Rattford quickly found the flags.

The problem was that there wasn't just one flag.

"Here too!"

"There are more here...?!"

Flags that the White Tiger Tower students had made as practice and failed at appeared in various places.

The patterns were crude, but it was hard to distinguish them in the dark.

Lee Han made a quick decision.

"Take them all."

"!"

That's it!

We just need to take them all!

The Blue Dragon Tower students picked up the flags as they saw them.

"...What, what's happening?!"

A second White Tiger Tower student appeared.

It was Rowena, a black-haired elf whom Lee Han recognized.

Rowena, with a blank expression, met the eyes of the princess, who was putting the flags in her pocket, and was startled.

"What's going on?!"

"Stay quiet and don't move! If you move, I won't hesitate to hurt the princess!"

"?! "

The princess, who had come to help, was slightly shaken.

Rowena, startled, raised her arms.

"No, no! I'll stay still!"

"Good! Stay still!"

Lee Han immobilized Rowena with a single word.

Rattford called out urgently.

"I've checked! There are no more!"

"Good. Let's go!"

Whoosh!

As the magic, which had lost its form, regained its strength, signs began to appear.

Two students from the Blue Dragon Tower were flung out like Kainando earlier.

"Those who escaped, head to the Blue Dragon Tower! Rattford, run!"

"Yes!"

"The Blue Dragon Tower students have invaded the lounge!!!!"

As the commotion continued, the White Tiger Tower students started to wake up.

Those who came down to check the situation were shocked and woke up their friends loudly.

"Rowena! Why are you standing still?!"

"They said they'll hurt the princess if I move..."

"What are you talking about! They're from the same tower and came with us!"

"..."

"Chase them!! Don't let them get away!!"

* * *

Some were forced, others went on their own.

Lee Han and his friends successfully escaped from the White Tiger Tower.

Lee Han, who narrowly escaped last, felt the anti-intruder spell of the tower brush past the back of his neck, making him shiver.

"U... Ugh."

The students who were expelled by the spell lost their balance and stumbled, as if suffering from severe seasickness. Kainando couldn't even stand up and was flailing on the ground.

"Carry the fallen friends and run! The White Tiger Tower guys are coming!"

"O... Okay!"

Lee Han lifted Kainando onto his shoulder. Kainando screamed.

"Coach! Go easy!! Go easy!!"

"It's not a coach, Kainando! Get a grip!"

Thud-thud-thud-

"Hey, you thief bastards!!!"

Torches were lit, and the shouts of the White Tiger Tower students erupted.

Not only had they been attacked at night, but the flags were also gone.

Ahsan, from the Blue Dragon Tower, shouted back.

"It's what we should say! You cowardly cheats! Making fake flags! You're 100% cheats!"

"Stop provoking and run, Ahsan!"

Even with Kainando on his shoulder, Lee Han was faster than the other students. However, he stopped.

The White Tiger Tower students were faster than expected.

'If we keep going, some will be caught!'

Rattford, panting, asked.

"Do you plan to use the prince as bait?"

"...No!"

Lee Han was momentarily flustered.

He really didn't.

"Wodanaz! You despicable and vile scoundrel! Using the princess as a hostage to threaten Rowena is one thing, but Durguy trusted your honor! And you knocked him out?!"

Anargo, the goat centaur, shouted angrily.

Taking advantage of the situation, Lee Han replied coldly.

"Durguy? He was just a convenient pawn. It's foolish to fall for it."

"...Wodanaz, you scoundrel!!!"

Anargo lunged forward in a rage. However, he was no match for Lee Han alone.

Lee Han, already rigorously trained by Professor Vlad, was not just skilled in swordsmanship.

He immediately summoned a water bead.

"Surge forth!"

The compressed water bead appeared. Without a moment's rest, Lee Han cast the next spell.

"Move!"

With a dull thud, Anargo was knocked down. The heavy water bead had enough force to sap the strength from his limbs.

Anargo, lying on the ground, gritted his teeth and glared at Lee Han.

The flickering torches behind the tower cast shadows on Lee Han's face, making his already cold, chiseled features seem even more chilling.

Thinking of Durguy, who had passed out in the lounge, Anargo's heart burned with anger and sorrow.

"Ugh...! Wodanaz! You monster who only knows magic...!!"

"Anargo!!"

The White Tiger Tower students, who had just arrived, lifted the fallen Anargo and shouted in distress.

Seeing their fallen friend, it felt like they were witnessing a righteous knight being victimized by an evil black magician, causing them deep pain.

"Ugh... Ugh! You can never defeat Wodanaz... Ugh."

"Stop provoking and stay still."

Kainando, regaining his senses, tried to provoke from Lee Han's shoulder, but Lee Han hit his mouth again. Kainando closed his mouth.

"Since this was for a class assignment, let's not hold unnecessary grudges."

"Are you saying that as if it's a reason!"

'Well, even I think it's a bit shameless.'

Lee Han thought so.

Even if he told the White Tiger Tower students, who had already been hit, that 'the cause of all this is the skeleton principal, who divided the tower into four and created such a harsh environment, let's not fight among ourselves,' they wouldn't listen.

They would probably respond with something like, 'I'll think about it after I beat you up.'

Lee Han sighed. Ultimately, only strength would resolve this.

Of course, to the White Tiger Tower students, Lee Han's sigh, due to the darkness, felt like a mocking sneer.

"Y... You...!"

"Don't chase us. I can use the same magic again. It might be hard to keep dodging in this darkness, but I can do it."

Lee Han planned to escape before more White Tiger Tower students came down.

He could handle a few, but if more came, he couldn't predict their reaction.

"...I don't care! Friends! Avenge Durguy! Avenge Durguy, who was only used by Wodanaz!"

Anargo shouted in distress. Lee Han slightly regretted not knocking Anargo out.

The eyes of the White Tiger Tower students changed.

'Damn.'

Whether they fell or not, the determination to avenge Durguy was evident in their eyes.

They were indeed not just any knight families. In such a situation, they chose their friend's dignity over their own limbs.

Kainando whispered in a frightened voice.

"...Is this over?"

Lee Han, instead of answering, hit Kainando's mouth again.

'Hold the left side with the water bead, block the ones coming from the right with a sword... Once I blind them, turn around and run...'

It was an unexpected situation, but Lee Han quickly calculated.

However, his calculations became meaningless.

Kainando, on his shoulder, pointed behind the White Tiger Tower students and screamed.

"...Behind!! Behind!!"

"Wodanaz, how stupid do you think we are!? Do you think we'll fall for that?!"

"Look behind!!!"

"Absolutely not... Uaaaaah!"

Whoosh!

A giant vine flew in, wrapped around a White Tiger Tower student, and lifted him into the air.

Seeing the unrealistically large vine monster that appeared out of the darkness, Lee Han momentarily thought he had triggered the tower's defense magic.

Fortunately, it wasn't.

-A summoning creature has escaped from the greenhouse! A summoning creature has escaped from the greenhouse!

-It's heading towards the freshmen! ...I don't know anything about it! The punishment room is where this guy should go!

-Stop talking and deal with it!?

The familiar shouts from a distance were faintly heard.

It was a warm conversation that only the apprentices of a professor who had failed an experiment could share.

Thud!

Professor Garcia, appearing