I Became an Extra Who Died Instead of the Main Character - I Became an Extra Who Died Instead of the Main Character chapter 18

18 – Mentor Assignment (3)

The next day.

As Professor Javert said beforehand, he gathered the first class students in the magic lab instead of the first class for the special mentor assignment class.

The sophomore mentors, who had already gone through this class, were sitting at distant desks watching how we were doing.

“From today, as announced yesterday, special classes will be held until the mentor assignment is over.”

I’ll be using magic from now on, so watch carefully and copy it.

After speaking, Professor Javert immediately chanted.

“Light.”

Then, a small sphere of light was created in Professor Javert’s hand.

“What is it, right?”

“That’s the first magic I did when I was 10 years old.”

“I was nervous because it said it was a special class for group assignments, but it’s nothing special.”

As the other students said, light was magic, the foundation of the basics in the 1st circle.

A simple magic that summons small spheres of light to illuminate the surroundings.

And in class 1, where the most talented students gathered, there was no one who couldn’t use simple magic like light.

However, as if Professor Javert expected this kind of reaction from the students, he said without even a slight change in his expression.

“If you’re in Class 1, you’ll know how to use the Circle 1 magic, Light.”

“So, today I aim to keep this simple magic light on until class is over.”

‘······Keep until the end of today’s class?’

Well, that would be a bit tough.

No matter how 1st circle magic was, there was a big difference between casting it briefly and maintaining it for a long time.

Magic consumes mana the first time it is chanted, but if it is a maintenance type of magic, mana is consumed even while maintaining it.

Of course, mana doesn’t drain as quickly as when chanting.

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If you are not familiar with mana management, you could quickly fall into a state of magical exhaustion because you couldn’t control the amount of mana you were using.

And most of the first class students had a higher circle than the other students, but few students were familiar with mana management.

Mana management isn’t simply a skill with a high circle, it’s a skill that comes only from the experience of using magic.

As I expected, all sorts of dissatisfaction erupted from the students as soon as Professor Javert’s thunderous words ended.

“Until today’s class is over?”

“That’s kind of…”

“Does this simple magic really have to last that long?”

As expected, it should be said that Philip was the pinnacle of them.

As soon as Professor Javert finished speaking, he raised his hand.

“You have any complaints, Philip Edgar.”

“Yes. I don’t know why we, the class 1 students who have gathered only the best of the students, have to practice that light magic.”

“Do you really think so?”

“I don’t see any difference.”

“I understand.”

Click-

As soon as Professor Javert finished speaking, all magic lights in the lab turned off.

“What?”

“The light went out suddenly?”

Some students were trembling with anxiety over the sudden abnormal phenomenon.

“Doesn’t the professor… Turn it off?”

“Yes. Maybe.”

Some students noticed Professor Javert’s will in advance and did not waver.

In the pitch-black laboratory, Professor Javert’s voice resounded.

“In this darkness where nothing can be seen, if a strange creature suddenly rushes towards you.”

Aang-!

With him, something rushed at Philip with a loud howl.

“aaagh!”

Of course, Philip, who was startled, collapsed on the spot.

I must have fallen down in a very funny way, but unfortunately I couldn’t see it myself because I couldn’t see anything.

“Light.”

Once again, with Light’s chanting, Professor Javert’s light magic began to drive away the darkness.

The light magic that drove out the darkness went up to the ceiling and turned on the magic lights again.

Soon, the dark lab began to light up again.

“Can you guys react?”

Let all the lights turn on.

I could see Professor Javert yelling at the fallen Philip and all the other class 1 students.

“What, is that just a stuffed tiger?”

“Are you just surprised by that?”

“Philip Edgar isn’t a big deal either.”

And the identity of the mysterious creature that surprised Philip was none other than a cute little tiger doll.

“Now… What are you doing?”

Philip’s self-esteem must have been so badly hurt by his unsightly fall in front of so many students that he lost his temper as if he had forgotten that he was a professor.

“Is it unfair?”

“Of course it’s unfair…”

“What if it wasn’t a stuffed tiger that attacked you, but a real tiger?”

“···”

At that, Philip seemed to be speechless.

‘Nothing to say.’

As Professor Javert said, if that were a real wild animal, not a doll.

Philip would have died just like that with that unsightly scream.

I wouldn’t have anything to say even if I had ten mouths.

When Philippe was speechless, Professor Javert looked around at the students around him and said.

“Do you think you deserve to laugh at Edgar?”

“···”

“Edgar was only defeated as a representative, but do you think it would have been different if you were in Edgar’s situation?”

After Professor Javert’s heavy dagger-like words, there was no one left to laugh at Philip.

Perhaps everyone is thinking the same thing.

‘Could I have coped with that situation?’

And at the level of class 1 students I think, there is no one among them who can cope with that raid.

In order to cope with the attack in the darkness, you need to reach a level where you can read the mana flowing in the body of a creature, but that level is only possible when you reach the level of the 5th circle.

Of course no one could do that, and even Adele, a genius girl, was highly likely to die in that situation.

“However, if you were in this darkness with your light magic maintained.”

With him, the magic lights go out again.

“Light!”

“Light.”

At this point, the quick-witted students quickly chanted light magic.

“······Light.”

I also chanted light magic using the mana I absorbed from Philip when Philip fell down earlier.

Aang-!

As Philip was attacked earlier, the strange creature roared and attacked.

“Barrier!”

“Holy Barrier!”

This time, with the light magic, I could clearly see the trajectory of the strange creatures rushing in, so I was able to cast the barrier magic at the right timing.

Pain-

The strange creatures fell to the floor with a sound like hitting a wall.

Click-

With that sound, all the lights in the magic lab turned on.

“Blocked…”

“Me too…”

There were a few students who couldn’t block it because they couldn’t use light magic like Philip, who had been lying down all along, but most of the students blocked the flying dolls with light magic.

“Ah, that’s why…”

“The reason you asked me to practice maintaining light magic…”

After blocking the flying dolls with light magic, I finally realized why everyone practiced maintaining light magic.

‘There is nothing as important as a clear view in a dark place.’

In a way, it was a very obvious statement, but don’t people say you have to experience it yourself to know?

Light magic gave the 1st class students who were full of pride an opportunity to see the basic magic that they had been ignoring until now.

“Do you understand now? The reason for practicing light magic that you guys ignored.”

No one answered verbally, but everyone nodded, even Philip.

“Light!”

“Light.”

Everyone cast light magic.

That’s how the first day of the special mentor assignment class passed.

*****

The special class after that went no different from the first day.

Basic and simple, but difficult to maintain for a long time.

I learned mana management step by step centering on those magics.

“······Ugh.”

“Professor! Karinaga…”

Of course, there were some students who ended up in a state of magical exhaustion due to excessive use of mana.

“Feed this.”

“Is this… A mana potion?”

“Wow, this is expensive.”

With the prepared mana potion, the magic exhaustion problem was quickly resolved.

Originally, mana potions were very expensive, about 1 gold per piece, but because Selenium Academy had so much money, mana potions overflowed.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that magic exhaustion can be easily solved with mana potions alone.

However, if you did not fall into magical exhaustion due to a large amount of mana poured in in a short time, but if you fell into magical exhaustion after using one magic for a long time, a mana potion was enough to solve the problem.

In the first place, the probability of experiencing the first case is very small, and if it happens, it is a dangerous situation with the possibility of permanently losing the circle.

Because of that case, magicians were afraid of magic exhaustion.

It was the reason why he was reluctant to use excessive magic or to use magic that consumes a lot of mana.

It was also why sorcerers were called cowards by those who wielded direct weapons.

Swordsmen, spearmen, and even archers who fight from a distance aren’t afraid to fight, but there are times when only magicians are afraid to fight because of magic exhaustion.

It is natural for a wizard to be afraid, but it was completely incomprehensible to someone who uses another weapon.

‘It’s also the reason Selenium Academy divides the wizards and other occupations in half.’

I didn’t explain this in detail, but Selenium Academy wasn’t the only wizard student.

Swordsman, archer, and spearman students also enter the academy, but they are mostly separated from mage students.

There was also a bad relationship between wizards and other occupations, and there was no meaning to living together because the learning was completely different.

If a general swordsman learned how to use magic, what would it be like?

As a swordsman radiates his magical energy through Sword Aura, it was meaningless to learn how to use magic.

It was the same with archers and spearmen.

He uses the magic within his body, but the way he uses it is vastly different from that of wizards.

There was a ‘magical swordsman’ who used magic and swordsmanship at the same time, but in reality, most of them were people who were not very good at magic and bad at swordsmanship.

This is because the method of using mana for wizards and other professions is different.

In Selenium Academy, the only way for a wizard student to meet a student from another occupational group was to go to the final ranking match or the entire school year.

However, the final ranking match is an event that takes place only at the end of the semester, and there was no reason to worry about it right now.

If you don’t have to worry about that, it would be a wise choice to prepare for the upcoming mentor assignment.

Suddenly, there was only one day left until the day of the mentor assignment.