Chapter 295 (1/2)

”Huh?”

”Rise and shine~!”

”W-what is this…”

”Glad to welcome you back amongst the living, want something for that dry mouth?”

A dumbfounded Isabella was looking at a white-haired man behind a tiki bar. There were various colorful c.o.c.ktails sitting on that bar counter and the wind was making the bamboo chimes hit against each other.

There were some large totems to the side along with tropical trees and even hula girls dancing in the background. Along with the man there, there was also Beatrice that was slowly getting on one of the wooden barstools. She looked not as bewildered by this whole predicament as if she had gone through the whole thing before.

”Here take a seat, relax. We need to talk about a few things, I bet you are confused but that is because of the soul resonance you two had gone through.”

”Soul resonance?”

This time it was Beatrice that spoke up first.

”Yes, you seem to be connected more than by your bloodline.”

After the battle was over Zhang Dong returned to the soul realm but there he also found both of these blond girls. Seeing Beatrice there wasn't anything out of the ordinary but now he also saw the drill blond that was supposed to be the villain here.

Both of them were a bit out of it after trance they were through so he prepared a nice tropical setting for them. Something like this was quite easy to him, by shaping his soul repeatedly he was gaining familiarity with it. The more he did it, the stronger it became and the more access to his spiritual energy he gained.

”This is knowledge that isn't that well known so let this Leigong explain.”

During the stay here he had gone through all the possible books and scriptures that this academy had to offer. Thanks to his special disposition he could even go through the Principal notes and the old archaic books. Through this, he knew a few things and one of them was this soul resonance.

”You see, this is a very rare occurrence and only happens between two or more members of the same bloodline. It also depends on how remarkable the ancestor was that you were drawing power from.”

”Ancestor?”

Isabella finally decided to join the group as she awkwardly sat on one of the bar stools. Next to her was a drink with a little umbrella in it. It had a strange light pink coloring to it that was strangely alluring. The young girl resisted the temptation of giving it a sip as she had no idea where she was.

”Yes, with the soul resonance you can call up the powers of your ancestor and materialize them to some degree. Your souls must be quite similar to a powerful summoner, thus you were able to lend me enough mana so I could exert more of my original power.”

This is what he learned from the books. He was sure that the other magicians in this world would know about this as well. What they would do with the knowledge he didn't know. Beatrice wasn't fond of the main house that Isabella was from.

Then Isabella wasn't very welcoming to Beatrice that she saw as some upstart trying to go out of line. Now the two girls would need to work together and help him defeat all the demon lords. This was something that he needed to do as it was his only clue to finding more cubes.

”Yes, it must have been someone good with mana as your powers increased exponentially. Thanks to you two I managed to slay the Archdemon.”

”You were able to defeat a Demon Lord?!”

Isabella jumped to her feet while slamming her hands on the tiki bar counter. The drinks started shaking around while she looked at Zhang Dong in disbelief.

”I knew you could do it Mr. Leigong.”

On the other hand, Beatrice gave out a sigh of relief, she at least had belief in his power. After spending so much time in his soul dimension she had also grown accustomed to his quirkiness.

”Of course, that little demon was nothing. If I had access to all of my power I could crush it with my little pinky!”

Zhang Dong gave out a laugh while Beatrice rolled her eyes a bit. After being close to him so much she kind of knew that he liked to joke around a lot. She also knew that he might be telling the truth as his power was something real.

”Where are we... how do we get home… what is this place…”

Isabella on the other hand was slowly waking up to the reality of this moment. She was on a strange tropical island. There was a large golden dragon playing around in the water in the background. It looked to be wrestling with some kind of huge prehistoric-looking fish. There were also the hula dancers that after a while started to vanish into thin air.

”Don't be afraid, we are just in the spirit realm.”

Beatrice smirked a bit while looking at her old enemy. She was glad to rub it in and Zhang Dong could tell that she was liking the fact that Isabella was acting afraid.

”Spirit realm? H-how can this be...how do we go back home…”

”Calm down little girl, no one is going to harm you. Due to the strain on both of your souls, your bodies went into a coma. With time you will recover while I nourish you back to health with the help of my own power. Look.”

Zhang Dong pointed to the side and Isabella followed his finger. There a rift opened up to show what was happening in the real world. Both the girls were together in one room and were being watched by some a.d.u.l.ts. The man that had ridden the dragon was also there, besides him was a familiar-looking man in a mustache.

”Father?”

”Pappa?”