Chapter 286 (1/2)

Zhang Dong watched the monster jump out of the window and the Gandalf look-alike Vice-Principal chasing after it. He was lucky that he noticed the cat girl's transformation technique, this he achieved after he started poking some of the old-looking books.

As always he was looking for information but he witnessed the third eye flickering into existence after he got closer. His power was diminished so he couldn't spread his senses into the surroundings to scan people. In this form, he was limited to a couple of meters, maybe more if he had Beatrice lend him some mana. Now after dispelling the disguise he had left the poor girl with another headache.

”Would you be so kind as to give Beatrice a mana potion?”

He asked the dark elf lady who was holding some kind of crystal orb. She was already sending out some orders to other teachers and academy enforcers to catch the shape-shifting monster.

”Ahh… of course…”

The interruption didn't go unnoticed and the mana potion was delivered. Zhang Dong in his smaller form pointed to a nice leather couch to the side while speaking to Beatrice.

”Beatrice, how about you rest there and I'll discuss a few things with the Principal.”

The blond girl just nodded while drinking the bitter mana potion. It was clear that she was reaching her limit after the stressful day filled with tests and trials. For now, she could take a nap while he maintained his form with minimal mana use.

The Principal looked to the blond lady that followed the spirit's instructions. It was strange to see a summoner listening to their spirit and not the other way around. It was also strange to see this spirit maintaining his form without the need for the summoner to concentrate much.

From where she was looking the girl named Beatrice was quite tired, a normal summoner would need to concentrate at least a bit for the spirit to remain in the material realm. Otherwise, they would be forced back into the spirit realm. This worked by the summoner feeding the mana into the spirit themselves.

Summoned spirits couldn't absorb mana out of the world themselves. They needed the help of their contractor to filter the energy for them and then inject it back for them to work. This spirit here was somehow able to either minimize the effect or go around it in some way. The way it changed its forms to suit the mana usage was also something unique, normally a summoner couldn't just summon a part of a spirit. It was either all in or nothing.

”While your subordinate chases after that three-eyed goblin we can discuss our new business venture.”

”Business venture?”

The dark elf replied while the small white haired Zhang Dong floated on top of her white desk. The two were now looking at each other. The woman had called Beatrice over here to get some answers and have the Vice-Principals mark be removed. Now after that was resolved she was left with many more questions, the biggest one being who this spirit was and how was it so intelligent. It didn't even feel like a spirit but more like a human.

”Yes, I already showed you some of my capabilities.”

Zhang Dong said while leaning back, his form was smaller so he could sustain his flight with minimal mana usage.

”Now I would ask you for something in return…”

”Something in return?”

The Principal narrowed her eyes as she had never heard about anything like this. Summoned spirits only came to this world to form contracts with the mages. Mana that was abundant in this world was the only thing they were interested in taking. The spirits didn't make any demands of other people after forming a contract, only when it was broken would they try to find a new summoner.

This one on the other hand was about to make some demands while offering his demon detection capabilities. The elf thought that this spirit was a lot more cunning, more like a person as it understood how to barter.

”Yes, please take a look at this.”

Zhang Dong replied while waving his finger. He produced a few cubes that looked like the ones that he was looking for. The ones that he had found didn't always have the same shape and sometimes had strange runic symbols on them. He recreated all of those that he came across so the dark elf would have more to work with.

”I need you to help me find artifacts that look like this. They might not look like much but I'm willing to share some of my knowledge and services if you help me find them.”

The cubes that Zhang Dong produced were just holographic recreations of the originals. The Principal looked at them with interest as the runic patterns weren't something that she was familiar with.

”This…”

”I know that it might be hard but any help would be appreciated, you would have this Leigongs eternal gratitude!”

”I don't think that I have ever seen artifacts such as these honorable Lightning Emperor… I will have to consult the old scriptures…”

”That is fine, I would also wish to visit places where some old famous figures were first spotted… I think you also sometimes perform hero summoning rituals…”

Zhang Dong knew where these cubes could be hidden. They were probably buried deep underground where no one could spot them. It was normal for the elf to not know where they were.