Volume 2 Chapter 3 (2/2)
”Ahh!” A screech was heard from the other end of the mirror
The de out a hand to touch the surface They realized that they could go through it, juh it in succession
The seven figures vanished near the staircase, leaving the school building to return to tranquility
The ht and noisy human noises welcomed them
”So this is the Shadow Acade in wonderment, ”To be able to create such spacious wards on a ood to provoke…”
”Where's Feng Ping Lan?” Conglong glanced left and right
”Under you!”
Conglong lowered his head, realizing that he was stepping on Feng Ping Lan and immediately lifted his foot
Feng Ping Lan crawled up from the floor The fall earlier had been so painful that he was unable to stand up immediately, which was the reason why he had becoazing at the sight he had never seen before in this school
”Wow! So cool!”
The lights by the ere brightly lit, students walking past, and the classroo in theht, everything else was similar to the scenery of the school at daytime
The only thing different, was that other than the students ore the school uniforms, there was an addition of differently-dressed people walking around Looking froe, and although some of them looked like students, most of them had inhuman features on them
Pointy ears, colorful scales, wings… The excessively distinct features exposed their actual identities
—Demons, semi-transformed demons
The group of peopleLan stared at the passing de out of his mouth in succession
”Shocked to see these , ”Want to exchange us for a more beautiful and obedient demon?”
”You're not evenLan replied as if it was obvious, then lowered his voice to say secretively, ”And I feel that you guys are the most handsome, you'll easily beat them all Hehehe…”
Byriel knitted his eyebrows, just s
There weren't s inside or outside the mirror, as if it was a reflection of the school itself Just soer space, and some had been turned into smaller rooms
Arriving at their classroom, the plaque on it said 'Shadow 1A'
Feng Ping Lan pulled the door open, and everyone in the classroo Lan and the others
There were about twenty or so people in the classroonize some people ere from the class next door Of course, there were also so Su Li Wan, the twins, Zong Yu, the class rep Other than the students, there were also demons in the classroom He wondered whose demons they were
”Hi! Good evening, I' hi at the Shadow Academy from now on, so please take care of me, hahaha!”
nobody answered, and only Su Li Wan waved with a sreet them
Feng Ping Lan and the others walked to the empty seats in the classroom
”That's the Summoner who possesses six demons…”
”I heard he was originally a nore amount of power to make the demons obey…”
Whispers rang out
”They all see Lan grabbed his head
”Don't mind it, you don't need to clear it up” Byriel smiled at said with a low voice, ”The more they don't know about you, the more they will treat you with reverence”
”But I don't need to be revered?”
Byriel s on the same side, I would happily appreciate the way your naivety will be crushed by reality, bit by bit Hehehe…”
Feng Ping Lan's group sat in their places, which was close to where Su Li Wan sat
Theat was currently shut close
”Good evening” Su Li Wan smiled
”GoodLan smiled at Su Li Wan and looked around her, ”Where is your… contracted partner?”
”You mean my Contract? Very few people call Contracts that”
”You should probably keep quiet,” Conglong spoke in a low voice to remind him
Su Li Wan s around to call out to a man with a black Chinese robe at another corner of the roo Xian”
Thean apathetic gaze at Su Li Wan, ”What is it?”
”Just a greeting” Su Li Wan s Lan and his Contracts”
Zhong Xian's gaze swept across Feng Ping Lan and the six deether for warhtily
Morris glared at Zhong Xian's back, clenching his teeth andface in…”
”Me too” Conglong agreed, ”I want to light his braid on fire…”
”Is that your Contract? He looks really cool hahaha!” Feng Ping Lan hurriedly cut in ”Why doesn't he come over and sit with us?”
Su Li Wan forced a s Xian was passed down by e et near me”
”I see…”
Feng Ping Lan wasn't really clear on the relationshi+ps between Su a contract with a demon meant that they had obtained their approval and had a consensus, but it seemed like it wasn't like that at all
So de them as possessions…
”Do you guys have anyone you know here?” Feng Ping Lan changed the subject
”The time that passes between the human world and the underworld is different Sometimes a year passes when ten years pass in the underworld; sometimes there is more than a ten-year difference between both worlds As a whole, the time that passes in the human is quicker than in the underworld All these people should be the demons of the newbies in these past few years, so it's very possible that they had already arrived to the hu while now They could have ya explained
”I see!” Feng Ping Lan turned towards Su Li Wan, ”Oh right, how are classes conducted here? Is there appointed hoet held back?”
”The classes that Shadow Academy has a theoretical and practical part, with e as the four main subjects If you cannot make it to the school's requirements, you don't need to retake, you'll be—”
”Immediately expelled”
Su Li Wan was cut off, and a bossy figure appeared before Feng Ping Lan in an instant
Feng Ping Lan raised his head, recognizing hi in Bai Li Rui's room
”Hi hello!” He waved his hand happily, ”I didn't know you were a Summoner too, what a coincidence”
”Who's this guy?” Morris looked at Kaido, i him
”Li Rui's new roommate”
”I heard that you were a Summoner who possesses six demons?” Kaido humphed in contempt, ”You don't look like it”
”Kaido, don't be like this…” Su Li Wan urged gently
”Weaklings that can't even control their Contract keep quiet” Kaido glared at Su Li Wan in disdain, then scrutinized the six de as if he was a custoood, ”Not bad, but their demonic aura is pretty mediocre”
”It is possibly because they are li beside Kaido said respectfully
Her gaze swept across the six deya for a second, then lowered her eyes to listen to her master's orders
”You are not fit to own such good tools” Kaido smiled at Quetzal and the others
”Huh? Sorry, are you talking toLan blinked ”Youto themselves; secondly, they are not tools, they are my companions”
Feng Ping Lan stared at Kaido's face, unblinkingly
”…Has anybody told you before that your eyebrows are really beautiful? This issuch fine and perfect eyebrows! Do you pluck them? Hahahahaha!”
Kaido's expression chilled, and he grasped violently at Feng Ping Lan's throat
A sword shot out by Feng Ping Lan's neck, pressing up against the collar, stabbing towards Kaido's hand
Kaido hurriedly put his hand away, but the tip of the sword grazed his finger, and a drop of blood dripped onto Feng Ping Lan's table He didn'tLan
Quetzal stuck his sword back into his shadows, gazing apathetically out the , not even looking at Kaido and the others
Kaido glared at Feng Ping Lan, speaking fiercely, ”I will remember th—”
His threatening words were cut off by a joyful cry
”Goodness! Quetzal are you protectingto circle this date on the calendar andLan was e at Quetzal
Quetzal avoided Feng Ping Lan's sudden attack niust, ”Get away from me…”
Kaido stood in his place, looking at Feng Ping Lan as running around harassing Quetzal, ery
”You're being ignored” Byriel propped up his head, snored,for you, hehehe…”
Kaido glared at Byriel, lifting up a violent sant soon”
”Tell that to yourself” Byriel s, ”Time for class, see ya”
Feng Ping Lan only returned to his seat after Quetzal had entered his shadows, ”Mo?”
All five demons rolled their eyes
”Are you alright?” Su Li Wan asked Feng Ping Lan concernedly, ”Kaido is a troublesohts on you You'd better distance yourself from him”
”Really? Although he speaks weirdly, Li Rui speaks weirdly too, it's probably nothing!”
”If Bai Li Rui is hated by all feuy is probably hated by all of humanity” Morris humphed coldly in disdain
Su Li Wan sighed lightly, ”It's going to be coe of that to cause trouble You better be careful”
”He's hasn't actually become a Summoner yet, he probably doesn't have much ability either”
”I don't think so” Dongya looked at Tan Hua's back, lowering his voice to say, ”That is 'Iron-Blooded Flower' Tan Hua, she used to be the Second Prince's trusted general That child is not a normal person to be able to make Tan Hua obey”
”Why have I never heard of such a person?”
”Because she vanished not long after the fight for the throne between the princes commenced I didn't think it was because she was summoned to the human world…”
”How does Dongya know her?” Feng Ping Lan laughed stupidly, ”Is she your ex-girlfriend?”
”We just met once, we're not counted as acquainted”
Not long after the bell rang, a s into the room
Ying Su Shuang stepped onto the teacher's podiu around the room irritably
”I've already talked about the rules When the ti the rules” With that said, he glared at Kaido ”Time for class”
”Teacher!” Ivan raised his hand, saying innocently, ”Doesn't the new student need to introduce hiray eyes swirled with an intent to watch so play out
”You're classmates, no need to introduce yourselves, don't berejected him
”Ah? But I want to introduceLan said with anticipation, ”Because I don't know half the people here, it's hard to become friends with them!”
Yin Su Shuang breathed in deeply, and the students beloorried that he'd explode
”I give you thirty seconds”
”Thanks, Class Advisor!” Feng Ping Lan s Lan, a student in Year 1 Class 2 in the day, counted as a newbie Sus I don't know about, so please take care of me! My FB username is my own name, the one with a crab profile picture! My LINE username is SLFPL, I don't know if anyone's realized it yet, but itLan'! Hahahahaha! Also roup AKB48 the most, my favorite food is cra—”
”Enough, sit down”
”Time isn't up yet, is it? There should be ten seconds left”
”It's up now Shut up, sit down, right now!”
Feng Ping Lan obediently sat down, at the sa at the people on both sides of him
”Are you scared people won't know you're an idiot?” Conglong tsked disapprovingly
”Aiya, we're the newcomers, so I want to introduce ood karma will help us all”
”I think that self-introduction of yours will garner you more enemies instead”
Yin Su Shuang wrote so around to speak
”Magical prowess, is deain from our Contracts, and e put to use The demonic power that we extract can be used on powerful spells, and, hoe can use to attack demons The amount of deth…”
Feng Ping Lan propped his head up, listening eagerly Yin Su Shuang's lesson was talking about the basics, and besides some terms that he didn't understand, the other stuff was like listening to a story, and he could understand the most of the story's worldview
”Why do we need to learn this?” Feng Ping Lan questioned Su Li Wan quietly, ”I thought Summoners just summoned demons and that was it”
”Not all Summoners can summon demons, a lot of the Xian has been in my family for hundreds of years” Su Li Wan answered quietly, ”Soh yet, their powers insufficient, and can only co-exist with their Contracts due to their contracts and the seals that are put on the de us how to increase our abilities and control demonic power to handle demons”
”Why not directly ask your own demon?”
”Because e are in battle, Sueous to just rely on your de her voice even more, ”And most of the time, demons do not obey Summoners If they weren't restricted by the contract, they wouldn't be willing to listen to coet the chance They can even find loopholes in the contract to escape by causing trouble for the Su, we'd rather extract dey from them to use for ourselves, this would save us trouble”
”Is that so” Feng Ping Lan frowned, ”Feels like digging an oil well and exploiting the oil for yourself”
”I don't like this kind of practice either” Su Li Wan whispered, ”Using spells to force the de…”
”Mm? What?”
”The way you and your demons interact is quite special Very few people would let their Contracts ether, and six at once” Her handXian usually stays in the boundary in this mirror The mirror is connected to the Shadow Acade the day”
”So convenient! If we knew about this ouldn't have to waste five tuition fees!” But if it was like this, they wouldn't be able to attend class together, he wanted this toyour hair to look at Zhong Xian?”
Su Li Wan laughed in embarrassment, ”Mm…”
”That's good, if he knew that you cared so much about him, maybe he would treat you better”
Su Li Wan stared at Feng Ping Lan, and after a while, she lifted up a smile, ”You're really optimistic and naive”
”Hehe…”
At this while, Yin Su Shuang spoke froic circle spread out in the air
In the next second, the center of the classroo to the sides and the space turning into as large as two basketball courts About two meters away froe block, where it encircled all the Summoners
”It's tiical prowess We spar in pairs, use your deht” Su Li Wan whispered, ”Don't worry, I will go easy on you”
She grabbed the red string fastened on her hair, pulling it down slowly The string seeer as it was pulled, as if it didn't have an end to it ”Actually, this is the first ti with someone I'm a bit nervous too”
”Oh oh, then what should I do?”
”Do you need help?” Morris walked towards Feng Ping Lan's side, turning his hand into a fist eagerly, ”Can I punch that long-braids guy now?”
Zhong Xian stood outside the red lines, leaning on the wall He huical prowess, all demons are to stay out of the compound, we cannot help You're as stupid as your master”
”Very good! I'll coht now to beat you up!”
”Do not disturb!” Yin Su Shuang reprimanded
Then, Morris' wrist shone with a red circle, and a shockwave-like cry rang into his brain, as if his htened by a steel wire
Morris halted, looking at his wrist in shock ”There's a spell on this thing!” He frantically gripped his wrist, ”fuck, take it off!”
”If there isn't a restriction effect, ould they ask us to put them on?” Byriel said sarcastically, ”We don't trust the Summoners, the Sule and let theain peace, we can only compromise”
”But—” Morris wanted to rebuke, but seeing that there was a room full of Summoner apprentices, he became speechless He could only retreat out of the compound in dismay
Feng Ping Lan stood in the co out the compound He asked curiously, ”What do we do now?”
”We spar If you cannot take out your demons' power, then use the common spells to attack!”
”Spells… That's a bit hard to do…” Feng Ping Lan raised his hands, ”Can I use rabbed the air
Su Li Wan frowned, ”You don't have weapons?”
”Bladed weapons are prohibited, so I can't bring them to school”
Su Li Wan stared at Feng Ping Lan for awas not, ”Are you— uh!”
A white ray shot violently through and pushed Su Li Wan barbarously onto the ground
”Are you alright?” Feng Ping Lan helped her up, but another ray of light rushed towards him He hurriedly avoided it
”You can hide quite well” Kaido held a curved blade, s cruelly as he neared them ”You don't have a weapon? A pure spell-caster?”
”You're really rough” Feng Ping Lan saw Su Li Wan slowly cliround, and couldn't help but frown, ”Li Rui should have brought you to one of his fellowshi+p irls”
”Let's not talk rubbish” Kaido pointed the tip of his blade at Feng Ping Lan, ”We'll do a transaction Every tiive up one demon for every loss to me”
”Quetzal and the others are things, they can't be used in a transaction” Feng Ping Lan rejected him firmly, ”If you like them that uys shake hands, why do you need to involve weapons in this…”
”You have no choice!” With that, he twirled his blade and cut down on Feng Ping Lan
Feng Ping Lan crouched hurriedly to avoid it, but in the next wave of attacks, the white light shot directly at him He rolled to the side by the breadth of his hair, barely avoiding the succession of light waves
Conglong, Simo and Morris who stood outside wanted to help him, but they were blocked the moment they tried to step into the red lines
”Right now is the Su session, de warned
The de at the situation in the compound anxiously
”Why is he only running? Can't he attack?”
”Those six demons must have been passed down, they probably hadn't been suth”
”Looking at his movements, he's probably at Level 0…”
Questioning whispers rang out froly, everyone in it had stopped what they were doing to watch Kaido chasing after Feng Ping Lan
”That guy is an exe attack after attack, ”Insatiable greed towards power and privilege, treating de Lan was an actual Suuy”
Quetzal did not say anything, watching the Feng Ping Lan being chased into a battered state coldly
”Admit defeat! Useless trash!+”
”No way! Poooooh! You ad Ping Lan ran while throwing insults at him
”Shut up! Stupidit down hard
Because his e scope, the attacks could be predicted easily His speed wasn't that high either, so Feng Ping Lan could have time to avoid them
Quetzal frowned
…Did he do it because he had realized this? Or was it purely a coincidence?
Kaido attacked in succession, and although Feng Ping Lan's movements were clumsy as a monkey, he evaded them one by one
”Do you only kno to run?” Kaido raged, ”What level are you? It's probably Level 0, isn't it? Aren't you embarrassed, with the six demons that you own?”
”I can play the harmonica, how about that, do you want to cohing, and suddenly choked on his own spit He teh and pant
Taking this chance, Kaido raised his blade to stab at Feng Ping Lan
At this round realized that the shadows before hiht He subconsciously reached his hand out to grab, and his hand touched so physical
The object he was holding rose up violently
A longsas drawn out from the shadows
”Turn around” A low voice rang out from the shadows
Feng Ping Lan obeyed and turned around, and looking closely at it, it was one of Quetzal's double swords
”Wow, so cool!” He sighed in praised as he watched the sword glinting coldly, his hand gripping the hilt tightly, ”Mm! There's Quetzal's hand warmth! Hahahahaha!”
Quetzal standing outside the conance
”I thought you were just going to sit by the side” Byriel s, ”Looks like you're not exactly unconcerned about that guy, huh”
Quetzal humphed coldly
”Why can you send your sword over?” Morris questioned curiously
”The boundary only prohibits de spells and weapons not included,” Quetzal replied indifferently
”Really?!” Conglong heard this, and iave you! It can spread out a protective shi+eld!”
Feng Ping Lan heard it, frantically taking out the scale that he'd turned into a keychain from his pocket
”How do I use it?! Do I need to chant so dance?”
”No need!”
Conglong clapped his hands, and the scale in the coht, a translucent spherical about aLan's side
”Why didn't tellLan looked the protective shi+eld, unable to keep fro, ”I ran until I almost wet my pants!”
”How did I know!”
”It's no use” Kaido s Lan's side, ”If you're currently at Level 0, your Contract's power must be at zero too This level of a barrier can't block my—”
He raised his blade, exerting all his strength to hit the protective shi+eld
However, the instant his blade touched the thin blue wall, it let out a long and echoing sound The two of them froze for countless seconds before the blade plucked aith all his ht
Kaido backed away a few steps before he could stabilize himself
”How can this be!” He glared disbelievingly at Feng Ping Lan, ”How can you, with a Level 0, possibly block my attack!”
”I've been wondering for a while The level that youLan jabbed at his wrist, and a red number 3 appeared on it
As he said this, the blue protective shi+eld di
”Three?” Kaido clenched his teeth, roaring, ”He can't even unleash his ic ability or cast any spells, how can an inferior trash who doesn't even have a weapon be at Level 3? He's a fraud!”
”Not a fraud The levels are distributed according to these four: e” A flat female voice sounded out from the back
Feng Ping Lan turned his head, only to see Liu Yi Chen standing not too far away fro for a while now
”Hi, Class Rep, how're you”
”The levels for freshs of the entrance exath test, so ic ability are all zero for hi Lan, continuing, ”But as for the knowledge part, he added a hundred points, so his level's a three”
”Knowledge?” Kaido stared blankly
”He's a Spec Ad student” Liu Yi Chen gritted her teeth, unclenching it as if she didn't want to admit it, ”The one who placed first with full marks in the entrance exam”
”First place?” Kaido glared at Feng Ping Lan, ”You?”
”Hehe, sorry” Feng Ping Lan grabbed his head, ”That Spec Ad student that got switched out on the first day was me, hahaha”
”How can this be, that guy with such a stupid face—” Conglong outside the compound couldn't believe it
”Did you get the wrong guy?” Morris questioned
”Ping Lan is very kind…” Si…”
”Hey! I didn't get full ! Aren't we tea Lan objected, unable to accept it
”So what if his knowledge is high! That doesn't !”
Liu Yi Chen breathed in, saying lightly at Kaido, ”I heard that yourwere the best of our class” She pushed her glasses up, ”But your level is still at an average three, what could this possibly mean?”
”None of your business!” Kaido raised his blade, thrusting at Liu Yi Chen
Ring! The bell to signify the end of the period rang out
The blade, at the sound of the bell, halted
”Session ended Stop all attacks” Yin Su Shuang said in a hoarse voice ”Class is over!”
Translator's Notes
-lǎoshī is the suffix to call teacher