Chapter 289 (2/2)

He nodded and got back to work. The teachers and instructors were ordered to sit by a desk that was close to this mirror. Zhang Dong's scanning range had been diminished by quite a bit but this was enough for him to notice any third eyes that were being hidden. Even the blue-haired handsome teacher made his appearance but he had already seen him during the lectures so he was clean.

After about an hour the first demon appeared. It took the appearance of an old man that was similar to the Vice-Principal.

”Are you going to capture him here?”

The Principal shook her head while telling this demon to move to another room. There were actually more than one exit from this room.

”Follow me honorable spirit, I'll be counting on you to dispel the creature's disguise!”

”Sure, wait here Beatrice.”

He was able to move away from his summoner without feeling any losses in power. For now, it was about three hundred meters but if Beatrice continued with her training then it would only increase.

In the other room, the Vice-Principal was already waiting with two other mean-looking men. The old man that was the demon looked surprised but he wasn't blowing his cover yet.

Zhang Dong looked to the Principal that nodded at him. He performed the same technique that he previously used on the catgirl and the old man started losing hair and changing into a red-skinned goblin of a monster.

The monster performed a similar scream of anger at the people inside but before it could charge at anyone a magical circle appeared on the floor. This circle started glowing in green color and caused the red demon to drop down to its knees. It was as if gravity was pulling him down and he wasn't able to move.

Then the two men that were standing together with the Vice-Principal moved in. They placed some kind of collar on this creature that had some strange runic patterns on it.

”Is that?”

”Yes, it's a slave collar, with it on the demon will have to follow our instructions, the magic in the collar will compel it to act.”

Zhang Dong rubbed his chin as there were versions of this slave collar in his own world. This one seemed to force people to follow the instructions of someone with a special command item. It was mostly a ring or some necklace that the person wore.

The magic item couldn't brainwash the person that was wearing the collar. It would send painful shocks down anyone's spine that wore it. It even worked on non-organic beings and could cause huge amounts of pain to anyone. It was possible to resist this collar but a slow death in agony awaited anyone who did that. The collar would also activate whenever a person lied or harbored bad intentions directed at their master.

”Place it in the dungeon!”

The elven lady called out while the creature was dragged out. This made it the second demon that had infiltrated the academy which didn't bode well for any other institution. This was one of the most prestigious places in the world. A place to train noble magic users, if demons got in here then they certainly would be able to infiltrate lesser guarded organizations.

”I used to play chess with that man…”

The Vice-Principal called out from the side with concern on his face.

”Let us continue… the sooner we get all of those demons, the better!”

”As long as you hold your side of the bargain, I'm all for it.”

Zhang Dong chimed in from the side while the three went back to the room with the two way glass. He wasn't given much just yet but he was promised a flying ship to visit other regions that could hold the item that he was looking for. The Principal didn't give him any other good news as she was not able to come up with any cubes.

This was something that he was expecting as regular people wouldn't really be able to distinguish them from other artifacts. These strange items could be anywhere and they also varied in size. One could be inside some volcano, while another down at the bottom of the sea. The fastest way for him to find them would be to get himself back up to the nascent soul level. Then to just use his map around this globe but this would take some time.

So the scanning process continued. The vast majority of the instructors and teachers came out clean but like the old man before there were some shapeshifters hiding around. The monsters were probably taking over the lives of these people before using the grand teleportation magic to get here.

Their technique was quite good as they could even mimic a person's soul and DNA to an almost perfect degree. The only reason Zhang Dong was able to see through this disguise was due to his own technique that allowed him to fool even nascent soul masters.

”Hm… you're not going to like this, but that one is also a demon… and I think it's a lot stronger than the rest…”

What he was looking at now was one of the Vice-Principals. The demon was masking itself as someone at the lower end of core formation but in reality, it was a lot stronger. By how much he wasn't sure as he was still limited with his senses.

”Well, if it's too hard to handle I'll be glad to lend a hand… for a little price of course…”

”Price?”

The Principal asked.

”Yes, how about instead of lending me a flying ship… you just give me it. Also some elixirs for Beatrice there would be nice…”

He smiled while the dark elf's eyebrows twitched in annoyance.

”I'll think about it, great spirit…”

”Well good luck then!”

A big thumbs up was raised by this small Zhang Dong while the two magicians pulled out their magic staves and got ready for the coming battle.