I Became A Flashing Genius At The Magic Academy

03: Admission (1)

Thud! As the warrior collapsed to the ground, I too sank down, sitting on the floor.

“Huff, huff…”

My hands trembled uncontrollably. It wasn't just fear of death, but also because I had never pushed myself to such extremes before.

My first battle, my first blink, my first kill.

Pain surged from my fractured shin, and the five corpses scattered around made me acutely aware that I had become a different person.

This is reality, and I am Baek Yuseol, a blink mage.

And I killed them all to survive.

“Ugh…!”

The pain in my shin was unbearable, leaving me no time to be swept away by any emotional turmoil. I hastily rummaged through the warrior’s pockets.

Fortunately, there was indeed a potion.

As I swallowed it, a bitter taste spread, inducing gagging. The taste of the potion was both bitter and sweet.

Taking out another bottle, I sprinkled it on my shin, feeling the pain gradually subside. It seemed to be the 'analgesic' effect attached to the potion. It didn't heal immediately, as it was a cheap potion, but it was sufficient for now.

“I survived…”

A wave of relief washed over me, and I finally relaxed. I realized my legs were trembling uncontrollably.

'I need to get out of here…'

As I slowly stood up, I noticed that all the corpses had pockets. Since I was a penniless person with little money, I had to be practical.

They say bloody money is unpleasant, but that means nothing to someone who has none.

I rummaged through the pursuers' pockets, gathering useful odds and ends and stuffing them into my backpack. I managed to collect about 2 million credits, roughly equivalent to 2 million won in Korean currency.

As weapons, I took a spear, a crossbow, and a self-defense dagger. In the game, instead of a crossbow, a special rifle developed by alchemical magic engineering was used as a secondary weapon, but since I couldn't get that yet, I needed a temporary replacement.

I used the spear as my main weapon, but when necessary, I also handled axes or swords. Since I couldn't attack enemies with blink acceleration, heavy weapons were often useful.

Of course, these weapons would likely be useless against a real mage.

Think of trying to slash with a sword while teleporting around someone wearing armor and wielding an assault rifle.

If lucky, a single teleport could win the fight, but once they realized teleportation was all I could do, they would focus more on defense, and I, with weak attack power, would eventually lose the endurance battle.

'Still, if I go to the city and sell these, they all turn into money.'

Until I raise the level of my mana leakage delay and awaken, I'll have to endure with these crude weapons.

In this world, there were no sword auras or anything like an aura blade, but Baek Yuseol, with his mana leakage delay, could imitate something close to it.

When I could wrap my weapons in mana and explosively release it, I would have decent attack power.

'Hah, how did my fate get so tangled?'