Reader Mage-Stubbing August 10! Chapter 157: 157-Be Prepared To Bleed For It

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…Or a Mineral Mage? Merlin wasn’t sure anymore if Metal Mage was the right title to hand to Dr. Eleanor. He had tried searching for details on what her magic entailed, as well as that of the Russian instructor, just to get an idea of what they could do. Know the competition. But all he had come across were surface level descriptions that didn’t go into details about anything. He understood that the confidentiality, even on the portals of the academies, was as a means of protecting the abilities of Mages from the prying eyes of the villains of the world, which was why he had no choice but to rely on Reader Mage to boost his understanding. And it turned out his guess was right. The reason why Dr. Eleanor was always taking supplements was as a means to replenish her body’s minerals as she constantly cast spells. His brows furrowed. But she hadn’t been casting any spell back in the auditorium, and yet she had been twitching and taking the pills regardless. He tilted his head. No way. Had she become addicted to the feeling of the twitches and the supplements, her body no longer recognizing them as something unnatural? Or was it that she could no longer replenish the minerals she had lost, and would forever be mineral deficient? Merlin gulped. All of a sudden, he felt sorry for her. But that was not the reason why he decided to cancel Reader Mage. That was due to the warning of the System. There was a difference between risking using his Perk against young, inexperienced Mages who were no higher than the Novice class. An experienced Mage, who was not only an instructor but an A-Class Mage of the Advanced class was a no-go area. Risking it would definitely put him out of commission, his Resilience be damned. It did not save him from taking on things way above his level. He was not yet at the point where pain and injuries were a distant memory. Weird, considering he could stand cold and poison at this point, but the repercussions that came with going against the System weren’t bound by logic. He hadn’t listened once during his brief squabble against Choi Sangook and almost lost his life. He wouldn’t dare it this time. Also, if he was to be completely honest, he was scared of making an error and incapacitating or killing Dr. Eleanor in the process. Murphy’s law. Whatever could go wrong, would go wrong. Merlin stood up, and Hakyun noticed. The boulder around him crumbled to the ground, and Merlin ran back to his roommate. “Change of plans,” he said. “Nullifying her magic will be a bad idea.” Hakyun’s brows twitched, and his expression changed. He tensed. “If you can’t nullify her magic, then we’re cooked.” He pointed at Dr. Eleanor. She looked relaxed, despite dancing around, evading Sangook’s consistent barrage of ice magic. Then his finger shifted to Choi Sangook. His face was a wrinkled mess of frustration and annoyance. And his latex suit was riddled with more tears and holes than it had had before. “How do we defeat that?” Merlin had a few ideas. He wasn’t just certain which one he should go ahead with. There was using [Special Editor] to boost Choi Sangook’s spells to enable it to cause more damage to Dr. Eleanor. But the boy was very uncooperative. And to edit a spell, Merlin had to understand the inherent laws behind it. He knew the basics of ice magic, but the basics could only take one so far. And even if he said “fuck it” and went ahead, Choi Sangook would definitely notice that he had done something. Which would be the same with Dr. Eleanor, regardless of if he decided to take Sangook out of the equation and rely on Hakyun instead. He was not ready to expose to the whole world, including those watching, that he had more than just the ability to nullify magic in his arsenal. His mates in the Tower of Xeros hadn’t known, because the conversation where he had agreed to bolster Zauberer’s magic with [Special Editor] was blocked out due to the language barrier. And thankfully, he hadn’t had to explain anything after leaving the T