Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy -
Chapter 771
“Surely you don’t think I spread the poison, do you?”
For one thing, Lee Han had not set off the poisonous swamp on the sixth floor…
…and even if the poisonous swamp had not burst open, Lee Han was sure this <Gonadaltes’s Dark Magic Cloak>—no, this <Dark Magic School’s Protective Cloak>—would have sold well.
No matter how you looked at it, it was the kind of item that had to sell.
“Of course not, Wardanaz.”
Ogoldos agreed and gave a wink.
“…You’re not answering no on the surface while thinking yes underneath, are you?”
“Hm? Wasn’t that it?”
“No.”
Lee Han answered with a stony face.
What did Ogoldos take him for?
“Who would even do something like that?”
“Last year, Senior Diret and Senior Koholti spread poison together to lock down an area.”
“……”
Now that Lee Han thought about it, the upperclassmen of the dark magic school had once spread poison through a hallway to help hide giants underground.
Lee Han reflected on what Lee Han had just said.
Hmm. You really never know what people might do.
“Anyway, it wasn’t me this time.”
Even after Lee Han said that, the other students of the dark magic school looked ready to start debating whether that was really true.
Annoyed, Lee Han called everyone over.
“That isn’t what matters right now.”
“Oh, right. We need to make more cloaks. It’d be easier if the professor helped.”
“The professor disappeared. I think the professor ran away.”
“Should we call Senior Diret?”
Lee Han smacked the floor with a bang of the wand. The students of the dark magic school turned their heads in confusion.
“For now, don’t call Senior Diret.”
“Huh? Why?”
“If I said don’t call Diret, then don’t call Diret, damn it.”
Gainando shrank back when Lee Han snapped.
I was just asking…!
“The dye is already soaking, so once the basic process is done, we can keep working on the cloaks. I wasn’t talking about something that obvious.”
“Then what?”
“We sell something else while we can! Senior, do you really not see it?”
“I-I don’t. What is it?”
Ogoldos was slightly overwhelmed by Lee Han’s intensity.
Whenever Imperial gold was involved, this junior carried an aura that overpowered not only upperclassmen, but professors too.
“I mean antidote-related items! If we sell them cheaper than the cloaks, they’ll be competitive enough.”
Just because they had made cloaks and the cloaks were selling well did not mean selling only cloaks was smart.
Lee Han had no idea who had set off the poisonous swamp, but once an opportunity had appeared, the only sensible thing to do was exploit it as thoroughly as possible.
“What? So you mean sell things like antidote potions or poison-repelling liquor?”
“That’s right.”
Items like antidote potions, which temporarily protected against poisoning, or poison-repelling liquor, which kept poison from approaching.
They were essential items for adventurers exploring dungeons, but not quite as essential for Einroguard students.
As Lee Han had already said, unless the performance was truly exceptional, students had no reason to spend a large amount of money on them.
They could just go learn it themselves.
“Would anyone buy something that middling? Seems like they’d want to do it themselves or buy something better.”
“Senior!”
“??”
“Students from other schools don’t know much about dark magic!”
“……”
“So let’s stop assuming they’ll think deeply about dark magic items. If we just advertise them as good, everyone will believe it.”
Being hit so hard with the truth made Ogoldos’s face fall.
Now that Ogoldos thought about it, students from other schools probably really had no ability to distinguish between easy dark magic and difficult dark magic.
They had never cared in the first place…
“Wardanaz. One more thing.”
Agdung cut into the conversation.
“What is it, Senior?”
“From what I’ve heard, the poisonous swamp did burst open on the sixth floor, but it sounds like there are several swamps with weak toxicity and a lot of empty space between them, so if you know what you’re doing, it should be easy enough to deal with. Would consumables like that really sell?”
“Hmm.”
Lee Han listened to the advice from the upperclassman from Kalarogard and fell into thought.
Then Lee Han spoke.
“I think I’ll need your help with that, Senior.”
“Me? I can help with anything, sure, but what exactly would I—”
*****
“Everyone, please listen! I’m from Kalarogard!”
“Kalarogard? That’s the dark magic school, right?”
“That’s a relief. If it were Valdrogard, I was about to throw a rock.”
The students moving through the seventh floor stopped and pricked up their ears at the sight of a Kalarogard student.
What was this about?
“A poisonous swamp has burst open on the sixth floor, and it’s truly dangerous!”
“How is it dangerous?”
“…It’s very dangerous!”
“I mean specifically how? Does it restrict the use of certain elements, or interfere with mana control, or—”
“It’s even more dangerous than that!”
“???”
Agdung dodged the question and swung Agdung’s arms with exaggerated gestures.
“Do not go down to the sixth floor for a while, but if you absolutely must, then buy antidote potions from those dark magic school students over there! They also have poison-repelling liquor and protective cloaks!”
No sooner had the words left Agdung’s mouth than a boy with gold-colored hair came running up and collapsed to the ground.
“Urgh… the poison…!”
“Oh no! Here, drink this antidote potion!”
The students of the dark magic school hurried over, propped Gainando up, and forced a potion down Gainando’s throat.
“Everyone. Did you see that?!”
Agdung was inwardly relieved to be in skeleton form.
If Agdung had not been, the discomfort on Agdung’s face would have shown through the skin.
“If you go down to the sixth floor without preparing, you’re in danger!”
The students murmured among themselves, discussing what they had just heard.
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