Chapter 281 (1/2)

A loud knock on a white ornate door was heard. Behind that exquisite looking entrance there was a spacious room. On the sides, there were blue crystals that illuminated it from all sides while the windows seemed to be not letting much sunlight in.

Inside there, various bookcases with various grimoires could be spotted. But the most characteristic item that was there looked to be a large white desk. Behind it there was a person looking over some scrolls, this person seemed quite annoyed at the loud knocking at the door.

”Who is it? I said that I didn't want to be disturbed!”

”Excuse me Principal, it's me…”

”Vice Principal?...”

The person behind the desk grumbled while putting the scrolls back onto the desk. Within a few moments, a feminine voice replied.

”You can enter.”

The Principal that was sitting behind the desk was wearing a baggy wizard robe but her head was visible. She had long snow-white hair very akin to a certain Lightning Emperor. Her skin was much darker though but the most characteristic thing about this person were the thin long ears.

”Thank you Principal, you have to help me!”

The woman that looked like your typical dark elf from a fantasy book narrowed her crimson eyes at the old man that came crashing through her door. He even tripped on the carpet and face planted onto the ground. It was clear that something had to have happened as she never saw him lose his composure like this.

”Vice Principal Elobarin, control yourself!”

The dark-skinned woman wiggled her finger around and some sparkles appeared in front of it. A torrent of wind surrounded the fallen man and brought him to his two feet.

”I apologize Principal, but the situation is dire… I have been marked!”

”You have been marked? By who? Who would be powerful enough to put a mark on a mage of your caliber?”

The woman frowned while standing up. She was the principal of this whole academy and also the most powerful mage in it. After her came the vice principals, there were more than one of them around. They were weaker than her but still should be amongst the best in this academy and even this world.

”Was it one of the demons? Did it infiltrate our academy!?”

”No.. it wasn't a demon…”

The man grasped his chest as he tried to calm himself down. In a few moments, he looked at the woman and started explaining. He told her about the strange boost in Beatrice's stats during the assessment test. How he tried testing her himself to see if she was one of the demons in disguise and then how he was confronted by a mighty spirit that left a mark on his soul with an ultimatum.

”A spirit you say? How powerful could it have been to do such a thing, a Spirit King?”

The man was finished with his explanation but was still sweating. In a moment he spoke up to correct the person he was working for.

”A spirit king… I don't think so… I think that spirit was much greater than that…”

”You don't mean?”

The man nodded while looking at the dark elven lady with a sweaty forehead.

”A Spirit Emperor? Why would a Spirit Emperor form a contract with that student, is there something special about her?”

”I don't know… but he gave me a message to pass on to you before he let me go…”

”A message? To me?”

The woman raised her brow, not really sure why a powerful spirit like that would even be in the picture. Though magical spirits had their own ways of doing things so this situation wasn't all that inconceivable.

”Well, not specifically to the Principal. The spirit wanted me to procure a strong summoner for the last test.”

The old man started explaining some more. The spirit left a mark on his soul that could be triggered to kill him. Only if he brought over a strong summoner to face off against Beatrice in the coming test would he be able to get rid of it.

”I'm not sure what its purpose is… maybe it wants to fight a strong opponent?... He did look very ferocious and powerful…”

The elven woman started rubbing her chin while moving over to the old man. She touched his shoulder while concentrating. While using her knowledge she looked at the Vice Principal's condition. She could see some kind of strange spell being attached to his soul.

She wouldn't just let someone under her be exposed to something like this so she started casting some spells to get rid of this mark. Though the moment she attempted a removal there was an unwanted reaction in the form of electrocution.

A large explosion was heard from the office of the academy's Principal. This alerted the secretary that was working outside. The young woman quickly ran into the room to see what was going on.

”Principal are you okay! W-What happened!”

The woman was greeted by a partially destroyed room. Many torn up books pages were still floating around and falling down on two people that were down on the ground. Both the Principal and Vice-Principal were twitching around their hair had been electrocuted which made the two look like they had afros.

”Elobarin… get Isilin to test that spirit…”