Chapter 293 (1/2)

People were floating around in a bubble while being slowly healed by Zhang Dong's holy energies. He had moved forward to distance himself a bit while facing off against the red demon.

The situation didn't look so good at his end as he could feel that his power was fading the more he remained in this world. The young students that he had left to lend him power were transferring less and less of it his way.

There was also the problem of too many unconscious and injured people around him. With them here he couldn't really let loose any unconcentrated attacks in fear of killing someone in the process. This was also why he was using his thunderlight sword and facing the monster in close quarters combat. This technique was made of holy energy so it worked quite well against a demon like this.

'I need to get them out of here first…'

”Listen up, I'm going to send you all into one location. There you will find my summoner, if you wish for me to defeat this demon you must lend her your mana.”

”Lady Beatrice?”

The one that asked was Isabella, the big drill-haired bully.

”Yes, that one. It would be nice if you forgot about your misgivings about her and lent her your power. ”

Zhang Dong gave the girl a big manly smile before looking down at the Principal. She was the strongest mage here and also had the most mana. If she somewhat recovered and added her mana to the array formation that he created there would be a chance.

”I…”

The young blond lady opened up her eyes wide and it looked like she was thinking about something. There wasn't much more time for chit-chat as the Demon Lord of Pain was now charging their way.

”Death will be your salvation!”

Zhang Dong rolled his eyes after having heard enough edgy one liners from this guy. He used a big chunk of his energy to pull every bruised and battered body towards the energy sphere. This caused some discomfort for the previous people within it but not like they could protest.

”Now go!”

With a little shove, they flew into the air as he aimed to place them somewhere close to the mana gathering magic array formation. Right on cue the monster was there, attacking with his many sickle-like hands. This time around he found it a lot harder to bat them away as his cultivation realm was regressing below into the late stage.

”I must keep my distance and stall for a bit…”

He was mad that no one in this academy was able to actually do anything about this demon. This also made him think back to his own sect grounds. Without his system's detection ability some spies could make it through the cracks. There were the scanners but they weren't at all locations and one rat or another could always make it through.

”Tch… screw of!”

The golden sword of light shone brightly as he brought it down on his enemy. He utilized one of his slashing attacks from his own swordsmanship style. Thanks to having reached sword heart before it gave him enough advantage to keep up even in a lesser realm of power.

”Your power is fading spirit, soon you shall succ.u.mb to pain!”

With the high-powered slice, he had managed to shove his enemy back. He even managed to slice through one of those bladed hands. Regretfully with time, it would regenerate itself back to its original form.

”Yeah well… your breath stinks…”

'Hope they make it there in time…'

He jumped to the side to evade another one of those beam attacks and the battle continued. Back at another location, a group of people were rolling in a big ball of light. This ball burst like a soap bubble to reveal many injured and unconscious people along with the Principal.

”Is everyone okay?”

The elven woman called out, the people that were conscious started groaning. Some of them were able to stand up while others remained silent. It was unknown how injured everyone was but there wasn't really any time to care for everyone. The battle was still not over and the Archdemon still remained.

”Principal, I'm sure my father will arrive soon.”

Isabella commented while gathering herself to her own two feet. During the whole ruckus, she was separated from other people that she knew. The girls that used to hang around her were quick to run towards the shelters without even waiting for her.

”The Duke? … let us hope so…Elobarin, can you walk?”

”Give this old man a second…”

The Vice-Principal was also here, he was missing a foot but after casting a spell green energy started condensing towards this injured spot. The man didn't grow a new foot but a one that looked to be made from wood. It was clear that this procedure wasn't anything comfortable as his eyebrows twitched in pain.

”That should do it...what is that?”

He pointed into the distance where a strange light was coming from. After a moment other people started to notice it too.

”Didn't that spirit say something about this? Could that be where student Beatrice is?”

Leigong the spirit had given them some vague instructions. They didn't really know what he meant by lending Beatrice a hand. They were slowly running out of options, the most powerful magicians from the academy had been defeated. If Leigong didn't come to their aid the group of people here would have been already dead as well.

”It is possible, we should investigate.”

The old man said while producing a wooden cane to help with his prosthetic leg.

”Please everyone, help the ones that can't walk we must move.”

After nodding the Principal moved forward along with the others. There were enough able bodies to help the other people on the way. When they arrived at their destination they noticed the large glowing shield and the students inside of it. Some of them were on the side and clearly passed out. Others were barely keeping up while panting.