How To Survive at the Demon Academy

Toby was still talking to Jetty.

“Wow, does that work?”

“Of course. It is not as difficult as it looks.”

“Can Jetty do it?”

“Sure. If you study hard enough, it is possible.”

Looking at Toby, who is eagerly explaining something, and Jetty, who keeps bouncing next to him, the conversation seems to go better than I thought.

‘It’s good that I brought you.’

As Erina said, in the case of races other than demons, it must have been the correct answer to approach them in a different way from ours.

‘I still don’t know what you mean.’

Looking at the atmosphere, it didn’t look like it would end anytime soon.

It seemed to roughly explain the evil force, but in fact, it is information that I do not need.

So it’s an ambiguous situation to intervene in the conversation between the two.

My eyes naturally turned to the books around me.

‘Why are there so many books?’

I felt it when I first came in, but it was really too much.

I wasn’t the only one surprised by the amount of books that filled the room.

“Mister, why do you have so many books?”

“yes? Ah, am I not very interested in research? So, as I collected books in various fields, they piled up like this.”

“It will take me a year to read all of this.”

“Haha, I don’t train like everyone else, because I have plenty of time.”

Toby bursts out laughing.

If I hadn’t known anything, I would have believed it.

However, I know Toby’s strength to some extent.

I couldn’t help but doubt that even that statement was a lie.

‘It is impossible to become strong without training.’

No matter how strong you are, everyone needs time to sharpen.

It is the power of training and training that makes the weak strong and the strong stronger.

It didn’t make sense for a strong person like Veigar or Harold not to train.

Of course, if you know your limits and are comfortable with the present, you might not try any more, but do you have such a clumsy mindset in this demon realm?

If that were the case, Toby wouldn’t have become a strong man.

“Would it be all right if I read some books?”

“Well? Sure. It’s okay to look at it. However, it may be difficult to understand because there are a lot of difficult contents.”

“thank you.”

I looked at the books scattered everywhere.

“Well… .”

As Toby said, there were many books with quite esoteric content.

But there was one area that intrigued me.

‘These are books related to magic.’

Those were magic books.

In Hunter days, magic was a type of skill.

There were classes classified as wizards, but the magic they used was also a concept of skill, and was clearly different from the magic in the novel.

There was no such thing as a 9th class archmage, and he did not go through complicated techniques or procedures to use magic.

It was just that the skills they used were of the kind called magic.

But this demon realm was different.

Although he hadn’t learned magic yet, when he observed Cedric’s case and various magical phenomena, it was almost similar to the magic in the novel.

“Magic is difficult no matter how many times you try it. Kyler, did you learn magic?”

I slowly shook my head at the words of Erina who was looking at the book next to me.

“no. I never learned magic.”

Of course, it wasn’t there when he was Kang In-hyeok, and even in Kyler Diablick’s diary, there was hardly any talk about magic.

Only sightings were recorded.

“Do you have any thoughts of wanting to learn?”

“You mean magic?”

“yes.”

“Well… .”

Of course, I am interested in magic.

Learning something new was something I enjoyed quite a bit in the past.

In addition, magic was a field that was helpful in a variety of ways depending on how it was used, so there was nothing wrong with learning it.

However, in the current situation, the first thing to do was to polish the Diablic Force and other skills.

‘It’s right to invest time and effort where I can do it and do it better.’

My level was still not enough to learn something new and use it as a weapon.

What I aimed for was not students, but above that, at least the ability of professors.

“I have no intention of learning right now. There is no need to rush to learn.”

Erina nodded her head in agreement with my words.

“Right. Actually, I tried to learn magic too, but it was too difficult, so I gave up.”

“That is because you are lacking. I am different.”

“what?”

Erina is hot.

He’s definitely a kid with a taste for teasing.

I picked up the book, ignoring Erina who was chattering next to me.

‘I don’t need to learn it, but reading it for a while would be fine.’

I read the book slowly.

“Well… .”

Reading is no problem.

However, it was also difficult to understand what was in it.

‘By interfering with the circulation and rearrangement of the demons, the six elements, and the surrounding space… What do you mean?’

It was similar to Evil Force, but different.

It might have been difficult to use the Evil Force if it hadn’t been skillized, but in the case of magic, it seemed even more complicated.

It may take a very long time to learn.

I read a few more books, but nothing changed.

It’s still difficult, and I still don’t understand.

I think I know why wizards have to be smart.

‘I don’t know if I can learn magic as a skill like the Evil Force.’

Of course, it won’t be easy to get that easily.

Because it had to be accompanied by an understanding of the field of magic right away.

The moment I tried to put an end to my lingering attachment to magic.

-Acquired the skill ＜Beginner Sorcery＞.

‘what?’

Something unexpected happened.

* * *

‘What is this again?’

A system message suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.

The message was informing about acquiring a new skill.

＜Beginner Sorcery (C)＞

Magic is a very difficult discipline.

The power given to help those who are starting to walk the long and distant path of learning.

Your understanding of beginner magic increases.

Increases the chance of learning basic magic.

As your proficiency increases, you can change to Intermediate Sorcery.

‘It hasn’t been long since I gained fortitude… To get another skill.’

I wish I was this lucky

That’s because it was rare to acquire skills in a way other than a skill book.

In addition, it is surprising that the necessary skills appeared as if they had been waiting for them.

I slowly checked my newly acquired skills.

‘Beginner sorcery.’

Like Indomitable, it is a passive skill.

The grade wasn’t that high, but depending on how I polished it, the skill could evolve, so there was no need to be disappointed with the low grade.

‘The sooner I get an evolutionary skill, the better it is, but it worked.’

Evolutionary skills ultimately depend on how much time you invest.

Of course, it was the best direction to get it quickly and quickly raise your proficiency.

‘But what effect does it have?’

It was difficult to confirm the effect of the skill right away with only vague explanations about increasing understanding.

I checked the book I put down earlier.

‘Let’s see. what?’

Clearly, these were words that I had never understood before.

I could only read the text, but I couldn’t understand any of the contents inside, but now it was different.

It feels like the information that flows naturally into my head is gradually accumulating.

I read the books as if possessed.

‘Well… .’

There are books that you can understand all the contents, and there are books that you can understand only part of it.

And just like before acquiring the skill, there were books that I didn’t understand at all.

‘This is probably due to the limitations of beginner skills.’

Since it is high-level knowledge, it seems to be a situation that beginner magicians cannot understand.

‘But this is enough for now.’

It was greed to learn and use great magic from the beginning.

Now, the priority is to polish the basics.

And now, the root of my strength is the Diabloc Force.

Magic is always a secondary concept.

It is not too late to learn magic after mastering the Diablic Force more perfectly.

“It’s not bad though.”

“yes? What?”

“It is nothing.”

“Not funny.”

Looking at Erina pouting, something suddenly came to mind.

“Come to think of it, do you often go to the arena?”

“!”

For a moment, Erina flinched.

Seeing his shaking eyes and firm shoulders, he seemed very surprised.

“Um, I don’t know what you mean?”

“Wearing a white mask and having fun fighting in the arena… town.”

“Joe, be quiet!”

Erina covered my mouth and whispered.

“Uh, how did you know?”

Looking at Toby’s eyes from far away, it seems that going in and out of the arena is an absolute secret.

‘What, of course.’

She is the daughter of the Demon King.

It is clear that he was pampered and taken care of.

If such a daughter were to fight in a rough arena, her aides would certainly not stand still.

‘Actually, it’s not normal since he ran away from home.’

No matter how much she ran away from home, staying inside the Demonic, where safety was guaranteed to some extent, and wandering around the outside relatively defenseless were different, so if this fact was known, Erina might be in quite trouble.

“How did you know I went to the arena?”

“Yeah, because I was there too.”

“Did you go to the arena too?”

“Is there any reason not to go?”

“Aha, that’s right.”

A smile appeared on Erina’s face, which had been restless until a moment ago.

Erina opened her mouth with a look of composure.

“We’re accomplices, so let’s keep this fact buried.”

“It must be difficult for Harold-sama or Toby-sama to know about it.”

“Absolutely! So please cooperate too.”

“why me?”

“Why? Otherwise, I will tell you that you went to the arena.”

look at this

‘This guy seems to be misunderstanding something.’

Erina continued speaking in a threatening tone.

“Wouldn’t you like to go quietly too?”

“by the way.”

“yes.”

“Is going to the arena prohibited by the Demonic?”

“that… No.”

“right. I have never heard of such a story.”

If it was like that in the first place, there would have been sanctions in some way.

No, it may have been blocked from the beginning to prevent students from wandering around.

But since I didn’t show any signs of that, it didn’t matter that I went to and from the arena.

“Well, then there is no point in informing Demonic.”

“uh… .”

“Who do you want to tell next?”

“All, to those who serve you.”

“Of course, I also have people nagging me like you.”

“No, that’s right. So you too… .”

“But what about this? At least there are no such people in this demonic right now.”

“… … .”

In the case of Erina, there is Harold who led the Frozen to meet her.

And if this fact reached Harold’s ears, he might be arrested again.

However, except for Sebastian, I have no existence related to the Demon Castle.

And while Sebastian was fused with the Hunter Launcher, he became my limbs perfectly.

It is a story that there is no need to get into an embarrassing situation because someone knows.

‘I don’t think there will be much reaction even if it is known.’

Diablo and the people around him, confirmed by Kyler’s diary, seemed to praise me for training even in the arena.

“Well then, what should we do now?”

I looked at Erina with a victor’s smile.

“I’m sorry.”

Erina lowered her head with a downcast expression.

Just by looking at his expression, he seems to be very remorseful.

But I don’t think that gangster will surrender so easily.

“If I talk to Harold-sama, there will be quite trouble.”

“Well, it’s not that difficult.”

“Then you may speak.”

“no! It’s difficult. That’s great too!”

“great. Then what shall we do?”

I started thinking of different ways to use Erina.