Chapter 90

"Everyone, gather! Dergyu has been caught!"

"?"

It seemed that not only Gaynando was caught. Lee Han turned his head at the sound from the side.

In the courtyard a little distance away, the White Tiger Tower students were in a mess, flailing about.

"Was the White Tiger Tower caught too? Could it be that those guys deliberately threw Gaynando?"

Lee Han asked, just in case.

He thought that the White Tiger Tower students, enraged by Dergyu's capture, might have rushed over and thrown Gaynando.

"No. Gaynando just tripped over his own feet and fell."

"...I see."

* * *

While Lee Han and Yoner were being held by the two professors and listening to the story about "real magicians going to graduate school instead of becoming bureaucrats," the students who had finished the lecture on "Basic Imperial Geometry and Arithmetic" hurried out of the classroom.

The lecture was so suffocating that everyone would rush outside to breathe fresh air once it ended.

- Pull yourself together! Don't fall! There's another lecture!

- I... I'll just stay here... I need to sleep...

Students on the verge of collapsing were not limited to the Blue Dragon Tower.

It was a boring and painful lecture for students of any tower.

- But are Wodanaz and Meikin really okay? What if the professor notices?

- The professor won't even notice if we sit monsters in our place instead of us.

- Yeah...

- No, it's really serious. I feel like I'll fall into a permanent sleep if I attend this lecture a few more times.

- If the homework is this hard, how will we handle the midterm? Would it be okay to submit a blank paper? If we get dragged to the punishment room...

- To be honest, while listening to the lecture, I thought about setting fire.

- Me too. I wish the summoned creatures had appeared instead.

Bang!

Whether they heard the students' conversation or were just annoyed by the noise, summoned creatures really did appear from the bushes.

Some students screamed in surprise when they saw the vine monster they had seen before.

- Everyone, run!

- Run into the building!

- Someone, get the professor!

- No! Calling the professor won't help! Run while you have the time!

While some students ran quickly, others, like Gaynando, tripped over their own feet and fell.

The vine monster didn't chase the fleeing students.

It leisurely bound a few fallen students with vines, lifted them up, and left happily.

"...Wait. Did Dergyu fall too? He's not the type to fall."

"That orc friend from the White Tiger Tower was trying to save Gaynando and got caught."

"......"

Lee Han felt sorry for Dergyu. He got caught just because he tried to help Gaynando...

Inside the main building, a White Tiger Tower student ran out, panting.

"How did it go?! The professor?!"

"He... said to handle it ourselves..."

"......"

"......"

The absurd answer brought back by the student who went to call the professor left not only the White Tiger Tower students but also students from other towers speechless.

Isn't this too much??

However, Lee Han remained calm.

'I should have chosen a better professor. I acted too hastily.'

It wasn't right to grab any professor and ask for help in a hurry. He should have chosen someone relatively close and with a conscience...

'Wait. There are no professors with a conscience.'

...He should have asked a professor who was relatively close and still had some gullibility.

The White Tiger Tower student probably grabbed anyone in a hurry and asked for help.

"What should we do? Wodanaz? What should we do?"

Without a word, the Blue Dragon Tower students looked at Lee Han with desperate eyes.

Should they chase now?

Or should they look for another way?

It was a tough choice for them to decide.

"Let's chase. We don't know where the professors are, and if we lose the trail, it will be troublesome to find them."

Right now, the trail left by the summoned creature was clearly visible, and the distance wasn't too far. But if more time passed, it would be harder to catch up.

Moreover, Lee Han had one more reason to believe.

'Percuntra!'

When Lee Han called the name, the fragment of Percuntra, which had been sleeping inside, resonated.

Now, the contractor was summoning the spirit with a legitimate right.

"Sing the thunder, spirit! The roar and the lightning! The bell-ringer of the ruined kingdom's clock tower and the lookout of the small boat wandering the vast sea fear your name. I summon you with the rightful authority of our contract!"

Seeing Lee Han recite the spell, the princess was surprised.

As the fastest spirit summoner here, she could guess which spirit Lee Han was summoning.

The spell used to summon a spirit revealed the spirit's dignity and rank.

Such a long and complex spell must be...

Crack!

At the spot where Lee Han planted his staff, a flower of lightning bloomed, and the spirit began to take shape.

'Spirit of lightning!'

The knight, Rowena, who was beside the princess, was even more surprised.

She could accept that the princess had a contract with a more powerful spirit. Wodanaz was a magician with absurd, monstrous talent.

However, the spirit of lightning was one of the most violent and fierce among spirits.

Moreover, if it required such a long incantation, it couldn't be weak.

'How? What method did he use to make the contract?'

"Come forth!"

With Lee Han's request, a manifestation of Percuntra appeared.

A fist-sized sphere of lightning, sparking, took shape.

The students were taken aback.

Huh?

"???"

"...Ah! That's right! The strength of a spirit has nothing to do with its size!"

She had heard that the rabbit-shaped spirit shown by the thunder step was incredibly powerful.

This spirit, despite its ordinary appearance, must also hide extraordinary power.

Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense for Wodanaz to have gone through so much trouble to summon it.

Wodanaz wouldn't make such a mistake!

The students nodded in understanding, but Lee Han was not convinced.

It was too different from the Percuntra he had met initially.

Even if it was a manifestation...?

- What is this? Is this just a small part of you?

- Have you forgotten that I am currently trapped by your command...!

Percuntra shouted telepathically to Lee Han, frustrated.

Of course, Percuntra had told Lee Han, "Don't forget to summon me when you go outside! My abilities are not just this!"

However, that was supposed to be after a few days.

Right now, Percuntra was in a situation where Lee Han had ordered him to "stay here for a while" to leave the punishment room.

It was impossible for him to be summoned outside while this was still ongoing.

Percuntra, being a powerful spirit, could barely summon a small part of himself, but normally, he shouldn't be able to be summoned until the end.

Despite explaining the situation, Percuntra's eyes were cold.

- Don't you believe me...?!

- I don't doubt you, but if every time I need help, there's a reason it can't be done, what am I supposed to believe?

Percuntra missed the old magicians.

Arrogant, bad-tempered, and illogical, they would make unreasonable demands.

Percuntra could strongly counter and burn them to death.

But this young magician politely made annoying remarks.

Worse, it was hard to refute them.

- Don't worry. I don't know why you summoned me, but I can handle it with this much power. Just wait and see!

'Is that really the case?'

- I can feel your emotions!

- No. Can't you think? Let's respect each other's privacy.

* * *

Lee Han hurriedly chased the trail with the Blue Dragon Tower students.

Looking ahead, the White Tiger Tower students were also running, apparently deciding to track as well.

"You guys! Don't follow!"

"That's what we should say! You guys get lost!"

"Can't even use magic properly... huff huff huff."

The outcome of this race was almost predetermined.

The White Tiger Tower students, who also took swordsmanship and physical training classes, were physically superior to the Blue Dragon Tower students.

Lee Han looked at the students with a sympathetic gaze.

"You should have exercised more regularly."

"Those... those guys have absurd endurance... huff huff."

"I'll go ahead. Follow as much as you can."

"No! Wodanaz! Huff... If you go alone, the White Tiger Tower guys will..."

'They won't.'

'They won't...'

Friends who knew Lee Han well, like Rowena and Ahsan, thought so.

If it were another student, it would be dangerous to face the White Tiger Tower students alone, but Lee Han was different.

Wouldn't the White Tiger Tower students be in danger if left alone with him