Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 64

The Battle of Artavia, Starts! Part-2.
It is common knowledge that basic magic is not supposed to be lethal.

It’s used for daily life purposes and doesn’t play a major role in battles. Most mages don’t even bother to learn too many basic magic spells.

Still, every mage starts their journey by learning basic magic.

That’s because basic magic is easy to learn and control, making it an excellent way for novice mage to improve their mana control.

Barely any mage learns more than ten basic magic spells, and then they move on to focus on their own attribute magic.

The same is true for Thomas.

He grew up in a family of ordinary people and worked his way up to the peak of grade 2.

In terms of barrier magic, he’s only second to grade-1 individuals, and his wind magic is heavily focused on defense.

But as a child, he was fascinated by the basic magic spells.

His favorite basic-grade spell was ‘Rotating Mana Beams’, which is an advanced version of another basic spell called ‘Mana Beam’.

This spell created multiple small magic circles that fire mana beams, and these magic circles rotate at a high speed like a motor.

As a result, the mana beams appear to fire in all directions in a circular motion.

This spell was created as a joke by a bored mage.

In the early stages of your journey as a magician, you can use this type of spell to train mana control, but as you learn stronger spells, this spell quickly becomes obsolete.

Thomas enjoyed this spell so much that he didn’t want to learn anything else after it.

But as he had high ambitions, he had to move on eventually.

He wanted to master this spell to its full potential, but he didn’t have the luxury to do so.

But today was different.

When Jareth said that he would break the mana barrier in the town, a massive number of monsters started to rush at them.

In response to their actions, Jareth cast his mana barrier before jumping down.

He took a step forward, and ten massive magic circles the size of two-story buildings appeared around him in all directions.

Without a doubt, that spell was

[Basic Magic: Rotating mana beams!]

Once the spell was cast, what followed was an absolute massacre.

Jareth walked unharmed through the chaos, but the ten gigantic magic circles rotated around him five times faster than sound itself.

All those magic circles spewed out gigantic mana beams in all directions, blasting off all the monsters that dared come near Jareth into smithereens.

Jareth used ‘Mana Singularity’ to enhance the range and power of that basic grade spell by more than a hundred times.

With those massive rotating mana beams, Jareth became a walking disaster for the monster.

He kept walking towards the city walls at a steady and slow pace, mowing down hundreds of monsters in a single second, as if he were chopping some vegetables with ease.

Seeing the insanity that Jareth was creating, Thomas’s eyes widened in sheer shock.

He knew all too well what spell Jareth was using, but the power difference was just too big.

“What the actual f*ck!? Is that really the same ‘rotating mana beams’ spell that I know of!? Why does it have the power of grade 2 magic!?”

Hearing Thomas’s shocked words, all of the people nearby were equally bewildered.

Black lines appeared all over their faces as they had all learned that same spell in their childhood, but none of them could use it as efficiently as Jareth was.

Shin was the only one who wasn’t surprised at all; he just shook his head and said, in a complicated tone,

“uh… well… I think this guy is obsessed with low-grade spells; all of his low-grade spells have immense power… I have yet to see him use a high-grade spell…”

Shin had seen Jareth kill a cyclops with a grade-5 fire magic, so he wasn’t surprised by the fact that Jareth was good at basic magic too.

“Those mana beams seem huge, but Jareth is barely using any mana, in my opinion… After all, his mana control is insanely good…”

Thomas and others also nodded their heads in acknowledgement of Shin’s words; they also knew how amazing Jareth’s control over Mana was.

“He’s just walking there… Menacingly!!”

Hearing Thomas’s words, Shin nodded his head, and his tone became serious as he stared at Jareth’s back,

“What is more insane about all this is… Fire magic is his main magic, and he isn’t even using it right now, which means he is still holding back…”

The expressions of all the professors turned serious as they witnessed Jareth’s immense magic capabilities with their own eyes.

Shin was the first to break out of this stalemate; he immediately waved his wand and said it with an excited look on his face.

“Let’s go! We can’t let him steal the whole show! We must not get outdone by him!”

With that said, all of them nodded their heads and entered the battlefield one by one.

Unaware of the thoughts of the professors behind him, Jareth simply walked towards the mana barrier as if he was taking a walk in a park.

The professors misunderstood that Jareth must be exceptionally skilled at fire magic, given the strength of his basic magic, when in fact, Jareth’s fire magic is not yet exceptional.

Even though mana singularity enhances his magic, its effect on attribute magic is significantly lower.

Moreover, Jareth hasn’t yet learned any fire spells above grade 5, so he can’t use them even if he wanted to.

Which means he still has a long way to go.

…

As he walked, his face remained as cold as always, and his mind remained relaxed.

‘Hmm, I think I can break the barrier… With’mana singularity’ I have the cheat that can deal with most of the situations in this world…’

After half an hour of leisurely walking, Jareth crossed the whole battlefield without any trouble.

He killed thousands of monsters in the past thirty minutes as he walked straight through the monster siege.

Anything that came in his way was obliterated and killed automatically by those mana beams.

Jareth didn’t even have to bother targeting monsters one by one; his magic did all the work for him.

‘Finally here, it was a long walk… If I had used float magic, I would have been faster, but then I would have consumed more mana as it would have been triple-casting…’

Not only was Jareth using ‘Mana Shield’, he was also using ‘Rotating Mana Beams’ both at the same time, which means he was dual-cast continuously for half an hour, and that consumed a lot of his mana.

He doesn’t have the massive mana reserve of a genuine grade-2 mage, so he can’t keep stacking more spells on another.

If he had more mana, he could have used triple-casting instead.

‘Forget it; I will improve my mana quality and capacity more lately…. I guess there will be some peace after this battle ends…. I will use that time to improve…’

While thinking about that, Jareth placed his right hand on the city wall, which was covered with a mana barrier.

The barrier seemed to reject Jareth strongly and was pushing him away.

But Jareth remained unfazed by all this.

‘Here we go…’

[Basic Magic: Mana interruption!]

Mana Interruption is a spell that is compulsory for every mage to learn.

It can be used to deactivate mana bombs or other types of harmful mana powered equipment.

People who are skilled in this magic usually join the anti-terrorist military squads and work for the government to ensure the safety of the common people.

Disarming mana bombs is one of their most basic tasks.

And that’s not all; ‘Mana interruption’ can also be used to break mana barriers and magic circles cast by others.

Mana interruption is a handy spell that is particularly useful in emergency situations.

However, like other basic magic spells, its output is simply too weak.

It’s useless against high-grade mana bombs and mana barriers, and it is ineffective against mages in grades 4 or above, so it can’t be used in combat either.

But that’s only true for others.

Jareth has ‘Mana Singularity’; his mana interruption is at an insane level, and he can analyze and destroy high-grade mana barriers easily if given enough time.

And that’s exactly what he’s doing right now.

‘Although Abella used soul power to change the properties of this barrier, its core magic circuit remains the same… It’s still primarily made up of mana; I can interfere with it…’

After a few seconds of analysis, Jareth had already figured out everything.

Jareth had stopped using the ‘rotating mana beams’ at this point, and he used his mana barrier to defend against the endless monsters that were swarming out of the city.

He increased his mana output and focused himself on the barrier.

*Crack**Crack*

‘This is it!’

Massive cracks appeared on the mana barrier, and it slowly started to collapse and dissipate into nothingness.

Jareth’s relentless mana interruptions caused the core of the magic barrier to collapse, opening the way for the army to enter the city.

[Basic Magic: Float!]

Jareth flew into the air and glanced inside the city from above.

His face turned even colder when he saw what was going on inside.

‘This is… forbidden magic!? They are summoning a demon’s incarnation!?’

Jareth’s face remained as cold as ever, but he was truly shocked in his mind.

‘I have to stop this right now! If the demon’s incarnation gets summoned, millions will die!’