Chapter 276 (1/2)

”T-that's the last one, great spirit…”

Beatrice called out while slumping against a tall bookshelf. She was stuck running through her noble house's library touching every single book that was here. Even if it was a cookbook or one with poems, her summoned spirit requested her to give all the books a nudge.

The girl wasn't sure what this was all about by the spirit gave her a demand and as his summoner, she had to take care of it. She knew that a spirit could hold a grudge if their summoners didn't treat it properly, even more, if they were a highly intelligent one that could even speak directly to her.

”Was that it?... I guess this will do for now, when we return to that magic academy of yours we will have to go visit the library there.”

”The a-academy library?”

Beatrice went pale in the face, the library at the academy was many times larger than this. It would probably take her ten times longer to touch every book there. Those would also only be the books that she was allowed to browse as a lower tier student. If the gates to the better books were opened this time would be doubled.

”Sure, the more information I get the faster I can increase your mana capacity.”

”My mana capacity?”

”Oh, I guess I haven't spoken to you about that part. How should I say this without hurting your feelings Beatrice… you're kind of… behind your peers when it comes to many things, mana included…”

Beatrice flopped her head down in shame. She knew this fact well, her talent was mediocre at best. The three girls that were egging her on after the summoning ritual were all better than her when it came to mana and spells.

Even though she was a summoner there were certain low level spells that every mage type could learn. She had trouble maintaining those simple spells and she trailed behind most of the other students. The only way that she was able to make up for it was through slightly better grades that came at the expense of hard studying.

”Your mana capacity is too minuscule to summon me fully into this world, that is why at most I am able to materialize my body parts. Even then you probably noticed the headaches?”

Beatrice nodded with indignation, she had a suspicion that it was her fault that the spirit couldn't fully appear. Though this brought another thing to light, just how strong was this heroic spirit? Even though her mana capabilities trailed behind most of her peers, it wasn't by such a staggering amount. Adabelle was able to control her snake without much trouble, she felt like that would also be something that she could do.

”Yes… I'll try to increase my mana, I'm sorry…”

”Don't worry, I'll take care of that. With these basic spellbooks I should be able to convert some of my own techniques… but you might have to prepare for some harsh training if you want to get stronger…”

When the word 'stronger' was uttered Beatrice thought back to what she and her parents discussed. Her grandfather had been disposed of by the main family that they were serving. Even if she didn't want to admit it, in her heart there was only rage and vengeance.

”Don't even think about that, at least not yet.”

”Great spirit?”

”We are connected, I know what you want but you won't find any answers at the end of that road.”

”But…”

”Well, for now, go back to your family and rest. I have some work to do…”

The connection between the two was cut as if Zhang Dong turned off a phone. It seemed like she wouldn't really be able to control this heroic spirit at least not till her mana somewhat matched his.

In his soul dimension, Zhang Dong looked at a tired Beatrice leaving the library. While she was touching the books he was able to absorb all the knowledge into his system. This knowledge was now part of his and thanks to it he already knew the situation in this world.

It wasn't that different from where he came from, just as he thought before the noble houses here were analogs to clans in his own. The biggest difference was the size which was much lower, this world's planet was also much smaller than the immortal type world that he came from. It was about double the size of his old earth but compared to the giant landmass he traveled daily as a nascent soul master this place was quite tiny.

”I guess when the gaps in individual strength get large enough and a single person can topple governments by themselves, worlds like these are the results…”

He mumbled to himself while waving his finger around. As he did the scenery shifted to something more familiar, his old crafting abode. Instead of him now teleporting into it through the system it was created directly in this soul dimension. He needed the facilities here to combine a few things together, mainly some cultivation manuals with the magic manuals from this world.

”They are quite similar to the ones I've studied but it will be safer to do this through the system.”

Through the years he had become quite an expert but this didn't mean that he was all-knowing. He had a general idea on how to boost Beatrice's mana reserves through some soul arts but it was better to spend some points first. He had gained quite a bit of them after absorbing that corrupt cube.

Zhang Dong arrived at a familiar-looking desk with a lot of drawers. This was the device that he used to upgrade almost all of his and his sect's techniques. With a little wave of his hand, he produced a book of magic. This one had the main mana technique that Beatrice's branch family was using.