Chapter 289 (1/2)

A glowing tiny version of Zhang Dong was floating beside Beatrice as they walked through a long corridor. Next to them was the Principal and the Vice Principal that looked like your regular white-bearded wizard.

”So you have everything prepared?”

”Yes, honorable Leigong.”

”No one besides you two and a couple more know what this is really about?”

”That is right, everyone that we trust have already been seen by you.”

Zhang Dong nodded while looking forward. A few moments ago at the Principal's office, there were more people present. All of them were examined by him and deemed safe to work with. Now they were on the way to a secluded location where the screening process for the demons would be taking place.

”Fine, just remember that Beatrice is not to be seen.”

He looked to the side, his summoner was walking right next to him and going towards a dangerous location. There was no way of knowing how strong the demons here were. The catgirl that he discovered was a minor one that was apprehended by the Vice-Principal. If they others would be that easy to catch remained to be seen.

The most trusted people that the Principal brought over were just part of the staff and not very strong in general. The biggest threat to the students would come from the other four Vice-Principals. They were already posing as strong people of the races, if they were more powerful in reality defeating them would be hard.

”Don't worry, we would never let any harm come to one of our students.”

”Oh really?”

Zhang Dong thought back to the countless times he saw students bullying other students in this magical academy. Was this dark elf just oblivious to things like this or did she just not care. This also made him think about his own sect and clan.

He was the leader there and quite similar to this dark-skinned lady. Were some of the disciples getting oppressed by the more influential sect members? What could a new member from a lesser clan do against someone from the main Zhang Clan line if they chose to terrorize them? Would any word of this reach his ears? Probably not, he thought.

”Is there a problem, honorable Leigong?”

”No… it's fine, but you should probably do something about the power dynamics in this school.”

Zhang Dong mentioned to the surprise of the Principal that he still didn't know the name off. They had finally reached their destination and were greeted by the people he examined before.

This was quite the varied bunch of individuals. There was a bearded dwarf, a smaller gnome, and even some half orc that was almost three meters in height. All of them were trusted retainers of this Principal and also instructors in this academy.

”Is everything ready?”

”Indeed.”

The dwarf answered while leading everyone to a side room. It gave him some law and order vibes, with him and Beatrice being on the other side of the mirror. The room was dimly lit with a large glass window. Through this window, they could look into the chamber beyond it. Inside of it would be the place where the instructors would gather.

These teachers would then be examined by Zhang Dong. If deemed clean they would just continue on with their day, if not they would be apprehended and questioned for details related to demon activities.

Beatrice looked around while the Principal moved over to the glass window. It had the function of two-way glass. The person on the inside would not be able to see what was inside this room while they had a clear view inside.

”Well, this might take a while Beatrice so you might want to keep yourself busy.”

The blond girl nodded while Zhang Dong floated away. There was a chair and some books for her to keep her busy but she decided to do something else. He had taught her some breathing exercises that would push her mana capacity forward. They would also boost her body functions as if she was cultivating a lesser body refining technique.

”Interesting…”

The Vice-Principal played around with his beard while looking at this blond girl. She sat down in a lotus position and started performing a strange exercise. He could see mana entering her body through passages that he didn't think were possible.

”Interested?”

The old man snapped back into reality after a small Zhang Dong floated over to him. The old man was a bit sheepish around him after he had placed a mark on his soul. Thus he thought the Lightning Emperor was angry with him after he looked at his contractor performing a secret art.

”Relax, I'm not going to do anything to you. We are allies now, if you help me find what I am looking for I could even part with some secret knowledge that just a spirit of my caliber is capable of!”

There was no way of knowing how long this would take. If he promised more rewards these people might prioritize helping him find the cubes.

Finally, the wait stopped and people started entering the room. This whole thing would take quite a bit of time. The magic academy wasn't as big as a sect from his world but there were still many people here. They were going through every instructor today and being safe by forcing them inside a closed-off room.

”Hm… she is clean…”

The person inside the room looked a bit surprised after walking in and even more, after she was told to leave after a few moments.

”What did you tell them this was?”

Zhang Dong asked while the old lady that was a teacher left the chamber through a different door that she came from.

”That it's just a standard examination. We sometimes have instructors make a report of their yearly work.”