Han wondered why he had to bring a lump of water, but he quietly listened.
As it was an order from Professor Thunderstruck, he must have had some thoughts.
âA mage whose aptitude is usually suited to the element of water is likely to be compatible with the element of cold. However, if you ask me if it is easy to practice the cold element on a daily basis, then again it is not.â
If there are elements that are relatively easy to handle, there are elements that are difficult to handle.
Elements like fire, water, and soil are typically easy to handle (of course, there were wizards who had a hard time handling fire), but elements like lightning, darkness, and cold were difficult to handle.
âLightning is difficult to control, darkness is hard to implement, and cold is difficult to maintain.â
Professor Thunderwalk created snowflakes in the air with his words.
The snowflakes that formed inside the warm cabin instantly turned into water droplets.
âUnlike water or earth, the elemental cold tends to lose its power and dissipate unless the mage is constantly focused on it. You have to keep concentrating and injecting magic power into it.â
âindeed. Just as it is difficult to summon and float dozens of water orbs, the cold element is just as difficultâ¦â â
â¦No, not to that extent.â
Professor Wooreeul was taken aback while speaking.
The cold element was a difficult element, but it wasnât that high.
âBut in this environment, the cold element is much easier to maintain. Donât you think itâs the best environment for new mages to train and learn their senses?â
âIt makes sense.â
Lee Han nodded and paused.
âOops. For a moment, I sincerely thought that it might be luck.â
It was a moment, but it was an experience that made me a little afraid of myself.
Absolutely no luck!
âAnd like I said before, because the spirit realm is getting closer, the cold spirits will be summoned everywhere⦠There will be opportunities to receive teachings and blessings while contacting the spirits.â
âThe last time I went to the spirit realm, the spirits avoided me. Is there any possibility that this environment will remove the spiritsâ fear and increase their friendship?â
âThere is no chance of that.â
ââ¦â¦â
Lee Han was a bit sullen.
Is it not possible though?
âThanks for the advice. professor.â
âokay. take care of yourself It probably wonât last very long.â
âday?â
âLonger than a day.â
âTwo days?â
âI just said it. Just imagine that you never know when it will end.â
Professor Thunderwalk shook his head at the persistent studentâs words and pulled out a box and held it out.
The round glass bottles were filled with a brown liquid slicking around.
âThis is a gift. It will help with the cold.â
âIs it a potion?â
âno. Itâs brandy.â
ââ¦thank you anyway.â
Lee Han took the chest and left the cabin.
Then he tilted his head.
âfor a moment. So why did you create water?â
* * *
Hui Yiing â
âLight the fire!â
âno. I ran out of oil!â
âPush it with force before it hardens!â
âIâm going to hit the wall with dirt!â
The Black Turtle Tower students struggled to clear the snow in front of the tower.
The blue dragonâs tower had a madman whose magical power did not diminish, and pierced the path with flames, but the other towers couldnât use that method either.
Instead, the students of the Black Turtle Tower used their various wits to clear the snow little by little.
All sorts of methods were used.
âPush with Ymirg power! I will build a wall!â
âfor a moment. Someone is coming!â
âAre you the professor?â
âIt canât beâ¦â
The Black Turtle Tower students felt it too.
The professor wonât come and help!
Of course, it was Lee Han who came.
âItâs Wodanaz!? How did you manage to get through this blizzardâ¦â
âWodanaz! How did you come!â
The Black Turtle Tower students shouted loudly.
Because of the strong blizzard, I couldnât hear unless I shouted with strength.
Whoa!
âIâm here toâ¦!â
âwhat?â
âI came toâ¦!â
âYou came to help?â
âno! I came to barter!â
thud!
Lee Han put down the chest.
The chest was full of thick cloth.
Because he bought it like a madman, he had enough left over even after making various cold-weather items.
âWhere did you get it?!â
âThere are ways. ruler. So⦠would you like to exchange?â
âI will freeze to death talking here. come here! Come over here and letâs talk!â
In the place where the black market used to be in front of the tower, there were a few makeshift snow huts.
It was a temporary shelter built by the Black Turtle Tower students to clear snow outside.
The students checked the cloth Lee Han had brought and made a surprised expression.
âNo, really, where did you get this?â
âHow can that boy from Wardanaz be more resourceful than a member of the thievesâ guild?â
âKyo.. I want to exchange. Wodanaz.â
âokay. Thatâs what I came for.â
Lee Han looked at his friends with slightly expectant eyes.
âHow much food do you have left?â
ââ¦â¦â
ââ¦â¦â
The Black Turtle Tower students hesitantly looked at each other. Then someone opened up.
âdoes not exist.â
âWhat nonsense? I know you guys are constantly collecting them.â
In fact, the Tower of the Blue Dragon was able to live without starving because Lee Han uniquely brought in supplies.
On the other hand, the Black Turtle Tower students were able to get their own food even if many of them were thrown into the mountains.
The Blue Dragonâs Tower is purchased.
If the White Tiger Tower is huntingâ¦
the Black Turtle Tower is using all kinds of methods, such as gathering, farming, exchanging, and hunting!
Even if there are no high-end items or luxuries like the Blue Dragonâs Tower, there must be more if you look at the food coming in?
âThe warehouse was blown away by a snowstormâ¦â
ââ¦â¦â
Unlike Lee Han, who could store most of the small-sized preserved foods and seasonings in the break room, the Black Turtle Tower students used the outside storage a lot.
Various types of work, from smoking to pickling, were carried out, but it was impossible to do it in the break room.
Of course, such warehouses had the weakness of being vulnerable in this situation.
âYou should have been prepared for this situation.â
âHow to prepare for thatâ¦â
âAnyway, I know.â
Lee Han picked up the chest again and stood up from his seat.
It was a waste of effort to come this far, but there was nothing I could do.
âfor a moment! for a moment! Wodanaz!â
âDonât go!â
The Black Turtle Tower students held on to Lee Hanâs collar and stretched out.
Cold weather items were needed more than anyone else.
âWhy are you being so nasty?â
Lee Han said colder than the blizzard outside.
âExternal⦠canât it be external? When I go out later, with silver coinsâ¦â
âHey. Donât talk nonsense. will that work? No matter how much money your family has, the opponent is the Wardanaj family. Whatâs wrong with accepting such an offer?â
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Lee Han hesitated.
âWhich family are you from?â
âItâs the Richmond familyâ¦â
Shiles, from the Richmond family, opened his mouth with a rather embarrassed expression.
Although it was a family that built a fortune in the wagon transportation business in the empire, the dignity of a family was not determined by the familyâs gold, but by the history built up by that family.
From that point of view, the Wardanaz family, one of the greatest aristocratic families in the empire and famous for magic, had a reputation that Shiles could not dare compare.
âNo, this bastard.â
Lee Han was dumbfounded.
If there is a lot of money in the family, they will write it on their foreheads, so why not tell them about it and create an embarrassing situation for each other?
âYou come from a very good family.â
âAre you kidding, Wodanaz?â
âDoes my face look like Iâm joking?â
Lee Hanâs cold statue-like face had the effect of putting pressure on the opponent even when he was still.
Shiles was a little taken aback.
âIâll give it to you on credit. Pay it back later on vacation.â
âwhat? really? Are you okay though?â
âof course. You can trust the Richmond family.â
âWardanasâ¦â
Shiles looked at Yihan with a moved expression.
There was no way Lee Han, from the Wardanaz family, coveted the silver coins, and it was clear that he was considerate of Shilesâ feelings.
Such a warm respect you show in front of other friends.
Is this a quality that only the great nobility possesses?
âThank you so muchâ¦â
âGive me an autograph.â
âAh yes.â
Lee Han turned over the chest.
I couldnât find food, but selling it at such a high price made my heart warm.
âDid you come to Wodhanaz?â
Outside the snow house, Nilia stuck her head out.
âHelp me convince me!â
âNilia⦠itâs impossible. Dangerous.â
âOh, itâs really not dangerous!â
â?â
Nilia came in, beating her chest in frustration.
Wearing animal skins to prepare for the cold, and snowshoes made of vines and tree branches underneath her shoes, Nilia exuded the aura of an expert.
âWhat persuasion are you talking about?â
âIâm going hunting now, but everyone is stopping me.â
âNilia⦠Anyway, going hunting in the current weatherâ¦â
âGood idea. letâs go.â
âyes? Look! Wardanaz agrees!â
ââ¦â¦â
The friends looked at Lee Han in amazement.
What are you doing!?
* * *
âStay still, and food wonât fall from the sky.â
âThat is what I mean. Wodanaz. After all, non-hunters think meat falls from the sky! By the way, Wodanaz. Could you put the fire aside?â
âah. sorry.â
Nilia felt the heat and moved away. The firepower of the flames Lee Han floated all over the surrounding area was too strong.
Lee Han admired the sight of Nilia moving lightly on the thick snow.
I wasnât from the for nothing.
âA blizzard like this is no big deal for the Shadow Patrol, right?â
âno. nothing is right Itâs rare that something so serious happens.â
âindeed. Still, itâs great that youâre breaking through like this. Itâs a poor situation with no other Shadow Rangers.â
Lee Han was amazed.
As a skilled hunter and ranger, Nilia was serving as a proper guide.
The mountain with heavy snowfall became a completely different space than usual, and if you let go of your mind for a little bit, it changed without knowing where you were.
However, Nilia did not hesitate to find a way and create it.
What a great skillâ¦
âNo. It is a much more comfortable situation.â
Nilia looked at Lee Han as if she were talking nonsense.
I was walking around with flames floating around, clearing my eyes and warming my body, but what kind of poor situation do you mean?
If other hunters had heard of it, they would have said, âWow, hunting is easyâ.
âAnyway, I thought you would stop Wodanaz.â
âah. Of course, I also wanted to go after the snow stopped a little, but I couldnât help it.â
â?â
âYou have to take a lecture tomorrow, right? I have to put it together over the weekend.â
ââ¦â¦â
Nilia flinched.
In fact, I was thinking that it would be okay to take a break from the lecture once or twice, using that as an excuse that I must have finished all the midterm exams and that there will be heavy snowfall.
âLecture⦠In an emergency like this, canât we skip at least once?â
âWhat nonsense are you kidding, Nilia?â
ââ¦â¦â
Nilia turned her head and pouted invisibly.
Thatâs why the chief!
For an instant, Niliaâs long ears perked up.
âThere is something. It looks like a spirit or a monsterâ¦â
âCan you tell them apart?â
âIt is not easy.â
The visibility was shortened due to the blizzard, and it was not easy to distinguish between spirits and monsters in a situation where natureâs magic was running rampant.
Pod!
âHuh? Why are you running away?!â
ââ¦Itâs a spirit.â