Beatrice covered her eyes along with all the other people as Zhang Dong was performing his attack. She felt rather small and weak the moment the giant dragon head popped out into the outside world. She recognized this as the golden dragon that she saw in her spirit’s soul dimension.
It was unknown to her what this dragon was as it behaved like a dog. The dragon didn’t really behave as the legendary beings that she read about in the books. These giant scaly lizards were supposed to be very prideful, wise, and domineering. This one on the other hand always acted like a big puppy whenever she was over for a training session.
This time around it was clear that this puppy had some sharp chompers. The moment it opened its mouth a giant torrent of golden light connected with the ground below. A massive explosion followed suit but for some reason, she didn’t really feel the impact. A barrier of golden light surrounded her and gave her protection.
The moment the attack landed on its target Beatrice felt weakness taking over her. She could feel most of her mana leaving her along with another migraine coming alone. At this point in time, she was a bit used to this feeling of mana deprivation but she still had to focus, otherwise, she would surely pass out.
After the flash of light subsided everyone could finally see the aftermath. There was no Land Dragon in sight, instead there was a giant hole that filled out two-thirds of this training arena. The instructor named Isilin was passed out in the corner with part of his robe missing due to the blast. He was alive but just out cold.
The people outside the blast radius were protected by the magical barriers that barely survived this attack. This was mostly the case due to the dragon head aiming a concentrated breath attack straight down. The beam of light left a huge pit behind that stretched for an unknown number of meters, the bottom nowhere in sight.
“H-how is this possible?”
“W-was that a d-dragon? A g-golden dragon?”
“Why was it only a head? Why was it so big?”
The students and adults that were gathered here started reacting to what they saw. Zhang Dong used the rest of his energy to summon his soul beast to deliver its breath attack to finish the job. It was all done to be flashy, he knew that dragons were legendary beings in this world. They could also apparently change their appearance to humans, thus now everyone would think that the girl had made a contract with such a being.
‘Beatrice are you all right? I’m sorry I had to use more mana than I previously anticipated. Maybe next time I’ll put on a smaller loincloth.’
‘W-what? Please don’t do that Mr. Leigong…’
Beatrice held her forehead for a moment while taking in a deep breath. She could now see everyone looking in her direction. It was clear that everyone here had shocked expressions. From this point on it would probably be hard for her to be seen as one of the regular students.
‘Don’t worry, he is alive, I was sure not to hit him and just his summoned spirit.’
Zhang Dong said as Beatrice was looking at the passed out instructor. He was thrown to the side and his underwear was visible to anyone that was there. The man was wearing something similar to regular boxers but the coloring was a bit off with all the pink hearts there.
‘Should we head back, or do we need for the instructor to wake up?’
Zhang Dong asked as he wasn’t sure. From what he knew the teacher needed to announce the end of the testing battle. They would then give the young summoner a grade. Regretfully the man that was supposed to do that was out cold.
‘I think we need to wait…’
‘How about we asked that old guy?’
‘Old guy?’
‘Yeah, that Vice-Principal, I bet he could just give you the grade.’
‘T-the Vice-Principal?’
Beatrice responded in fright as asking someone like a Vice-Principal was something a student in her position couldn’t just do. She didn’t know that the old man had met Zhang Dong and was now bound to him.
‘Think they were sitting up in that booth, he should be right next to that dark-skinned elf lady.’
Beatrice looked up to where the Principal was sitting, both she and the old man were there. They were all looking at her as if she was some kind of rare animal. It was clear that Zhang Dong’s little performance left quite the impact.
Still, she wasn’t someone in a position to speak out, the Principal was also a noble and the strongest mage in the whole academy. Her noble rank might not have been of a Duchess but strength-wise she wasn’t far behind.
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‘See they are looking at you, just wave them over but if you want I could talk to them.’
Zhang Dong called out while Beatrice started panicking. Coming into this she was already worried about what might have happened. Now she was looking at one of the most influential figures in the whole empire. She wasn’t sure what her summoned spirit was planning but at this point, she felt like he might make things worse.
‘I don’t think I have enough mana for that…’
Beatrice replied while trying to talk Zhang Dong out of it.
‘You don’t need to worry about that, I can take on a less strenuous form, you won’t even feel a thing.’
‘Ah...t-that’s reassuring Mr. Leigong…’
She slumped her shoulders forward after he replied.
“Silence!”
A loud booming voice filled the whole arena and everyone went quiet. It was clearly backed by some magic as it traveled through the whole place.
“Student Beatrice, report to my office immediately!”
The one shouting was the dark elven girl which was also the Principal. Beatrice wasn’t in a position to refuse. Even though she just wanted to go back to her dorm room and lay down, she needed to follow the order.
“Y-yes Principal…”
She replied while nodding as she wasn’t sure if the Principal heard her.
“Please clear this training arena out and someone get instructor Isilin to the priest. The other tests will be moved to another location!”
The announcement continued as the Principal started shouting out orders for the other teachers. The test wasn’t over for the other students but Beatrice was now obliged to follow the order.
After the announcement, the students started leaving this place. Beatrice returned to the room she was previously waiting in. The students that were there were now looking at her with even more astonishment. It was clear that they were acting sheepish, clearly, her show of might was making them more submissive.
“Beatrice Hohenberg of Dawn Lake?”
“Yes?”
A man with a large white beard and of older age was waiting outside. Beatrice knew him as he sometimes made some long-winded speeches. He went by the name Elobarin and was one of the Vice-Principals from this academy. If they went by noble ranks this man would be akin to a Count.
‘Don’t worry, he is on our side, you can go with him. Tell him that the Lightning Emperor sends his regards.’
‘W-why?’
‘Don’t worry, just do it.’
Elobarin looked at Beatrice that came out of the room. She bowed her head before him as a proper lady which caused him to wonder how someone like her was able to possess a special spirit.
“I’ll escort you to the Principal’s office, follow me.”
“Ah yes Sir, also… uh…”
“What is it, young lady?”
Elobarin asked while the two were slowly moving away from the other students.
“Um,... The Lightning Emperor sends his regards?”
She said in a weak voice while trying not to offend the old man. She was having trouble with so many powerful people and beings around her. She didn’t want to offend the Vice Principal but her summoned spirit was scarier. After the training fight she had with the instructor, this fact was cemented in her mind. Even she knew that what Zhang Dong did there was unprecedented.
The moment she uttered the words she could see the old man’s face contorting in a weird way. He looked like he had seen a ghost, the old man almost tripped and fell as well.
“H-he does? D-did he say anything else?”
“Um… please wait a moment…”
The two started walking slowly towards the Principal’s office. It looked as if Beatrice was looking up into the air but in reality, she was talking with her summoned spirit.
“Ah… he said that when we arrive at the Principal’s office he will talk with you both…”
Beatrice and Elobarin both didn’t like this reply. None of them knew what Zhang Dong was thinking and what his true goal here was.
“Is that so… let us continue.”
“Yes, I’ll be in your care…”
Both of them started laughing nervously while moving on. The people continued to whisper each time they saw the cute blond summoner, it was clear that her infamy was slowly starting to spread through the whole academy.
“The Principal is waiting for you.”
A lady was sitting by the desk. She had glasses on and looked very professional. They were finally at the Principal’s office after walking mostly in silence. The Vice Principal knocked on the closed door before going inside.
Beatrice and Zhang Dong could see more than one person inside. Besides the dark elf that was sitting behind the desk, there was a woman in a maid uniform. Beatrice looked out of the corner of her eyes at this person but then turned back to the dark-skinned lady. Zhang Dong on the other hand focused on this person’s ears which were quite large.
‘Is that a cat girl?’
He thought to himself while examining the whole place further. He could also feel that some of his own spiritual energy was still floating around in this room. It was clear that the little safety measure that he attached to the Vice Principal’s mark had gone off here. Some books were still on the ground and the made was in the process of cleaning up.
“Welcome Student Beatrice.”
The elf lady called out in quite the seductive voice while looking at Beatrice. Zhang Dong took note that this woman was quite seductive looking but not quite on the level as his own wife in the curves department. Beatrice performed a proper curtsy before the woman of status while the Vice Principal remained in the back.
“You wished to speak to me, Principal?”
“Yes, you probably know why.”
“It’s about the honorable Lightning Emperor Leigong… he also wanted to talk with you…”
Before the elf could reply or agree to Leigong’s arrival something happened. The mark on Beatrice’s right hand started glowing. The two mages in the room backed away while putting up some magic defenses at this sudden surge of magic.
“No need to worry, This Leigong won’t hurt anyone, unless they wish to do injustice against my contractor!”
A small golden orb of light appeared before Beatrice, the strange thing about this was that this summoned spirit was showing itself without its summoner’s chant.
“Is that…”
“Yes, I am the great Lightning Emperor Leigong!”
Zhang Dong pronounced his name with a thunderclap going off in the distance. Everyone in this room looked at the form that he took on. He wasn’t full-sized or naked, nor was he a body part either. Instead, he looked like a tiny cute action figure of his original self in a white robe, standing at a very imposing ten inches of height.