The Dean Has Arrived

When Claude opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the canopy that was constantly swaying in the breeze, and the spots of light sprinkled from the gaps in the umbrellas made of leaves.

"Ah..." The previous memory gradually revived in his chaotic mind: "Because the weather is so good and the wind is very comfortable, I accidentally fell asleep here."

He shook his head, but he couldn't get rid of the muddy feeling in his head, so he raised his hand to pat his head to wake himself up.

However, his hand failed to touch his head, but directly passed through his head.

Dazed for a moment, he stretched out his hands in front of him, and found that what appeared in front of him were not human hands, but a pair of pale green hands with a bit of translucency.

"Are you here again..."

Claude sighed, turned his head, and sure enough saw 'myself' where he was lying just now.

That's his body.

At this moment, Claude still had a contented expression on his body and face, with his hands resting on the back of his head, lying on the soft lawn, with a look of enjoyment.

"Last time I lost my body during the battle. If Franken hadn't appeared suddenly, maybe my body would have been eaten by those hog-toothed hogs."

Claude lay back slowly according to the posture his body was in, and after a while, he opened his eyes again. The sense of fullness in the soul and the heaviness of being grasped by gravity made him understand that he was finally back in the body.

"The ghost disease is getting more and more serious, and it won't work if it goes on like this..." After repeating the movement of clenching his fists and then releasing them a few times, Claude stood up after his stiff body recovered a little. Come, pat the grass blades and dust on your body.

Although on the surface, he left Edric this time to avoid Franken, but in fact it was not the case.

Probably on the eve of Edric's summer vacation, Claude overheard the conversation between Xi Wei and Franken.

from their conversation. He knew how bad his current situation was, and at the same time, he also understood that Franken didn't mean to hurt him, but had been trying to help him with treatment, but it had almost no effect.

In addition, he also discovered from the conversation between the two that this was not the first time Franken had begged Xi Wei for help because of his situation. This made him feel a little bit puzzled while being moved, why that strange-looking Franken would be so kind to him.

It's just that the Lord Dean, who saved Morag and was extremely great even in Claude's eyes, didn't seem to have any good solutions. It's just that the word 'soul territory' was accidentally leaked during the conversation.

Although he didn't quite understand what that meant, Claude could still understand from the lines that there might be a cure for his current situation in the so-called 'soul realm'.

Because he felt that he had already troubled Edric Academy too much, Claude, who was embarrassed to ask again, did not say anything to others, but just used an excuse to avoid Franken's harassment, and embarked on the road of searching for the soul territory alone.

Then he walked about a kilometer on that road. He was taken back by Franken.

After that, Claude wanted to continue to search independently, but Franken insisted not to allow it, and the battle of wits and courage between father and son began...

"wake up?"

A sudden, emotionless voice startled Claude.

Then he realized that Franken was sitting at a distance he didn't want, looking at him with utterly different eyes.

The instincts developed in the chase some time ago allowed Claude to flip back and quickly distanced himself from Franken.

But to his surprise. Franken did not pursue.

He just stood up in a leisurely manner, patted off the dust on his body, then twisted the screw, and said in a somewhat expectant voice: "Since you've woken up, come take a walk with me."

"Hey, are you going back to the academy again..." Claude knew that he would never be able to run away again this time, but he didn't admit his cowardice, just stood there with a face of indifference.

"No. I found a ruin," but Franken's words were beyond his expectations: "I need to go with a team. If I'm lucky, I might be able to find magic related to the soul..."

—Shadow Altar—

"Oh, damn it!" A figure cursed at the altar.

Except for him, all the figures on this altar have disappeared.

The black shofar believers themselves are not an existence that abides by order, and it is normal for them to fly separately when disaster is imminent.

Not so long ago. A sentinel reported that a gargoyle had suddenly appeared outside, apparently in service.

Although manpower has been organized to beat down the gargoyle, this is not a problem. The problem is that the workmanship of the gargoyle is still very new (although it is ugly)!

Since they were willing to throw expensive gargoyles in front of them as consumables to test them, it meant that a certain level of alchemist or magician was eyeing this place.

This is the conclusion drawn by those figures.

So they all retreated quickly. Not even a trace was left.

"Those cowards! Now it's not confirmed that it is the Mage Association who is eyeing us! Maybe it's just a young mage with a strong sense of justice? How dare you call yourself a follower of the Black Goat if you are actually scared by this situation!"

The titular supreme commander roared hysterically.

"No, not only that, even if I am really targeted by the Mage Association, I will carry out my beliefs!"

Well, although Kamiyu is indeed a bit talented, he is still far from the so-called "alchemist or magician with a considerable level", and has nothing to do with the Mage Association.

The only reason why he sent gargoyles to investigate was because he didn't expect that those mysterious and crazy believers with hoods could release some weird magic, and Nima's weird magic could still Shoot down a gargoyle with good magic resistance...

In fact, after confirming that the gargoyle, which is already expensive even if its raw materials, was killed, Kamiyu maintained a frustrated forward bend for quite a long time, which is commonly known as an OTZ action.

"I'm so stupid, really. I only knew that cultists can summon magic, but I didn't expect this kind of long-range attack magic..."

Putting aside Kamiyu's sad thoughts, at least their task of attracting the enemy's attention has been perfectly completed. While the cultists were in confusion because of the gargoyles, An Ke had sneaked into them and started groping towards the core area of ​​the altar.