Thump!
A reverberating sound suddenly stopped all the students from praying using their Oardic Prayer Stones.
"Aack!"
"W-what was that?"
"I was almost there... Who interrupted?"
"Tsk... I almost pissed my pants."
The class started complaining after being interrupted.
Professor Stella Harwin simply clapped her hands to create a sound attack enough to disrupt everyone from what they were doing…
Stella ignored the students and looked at her assistants.
"Calm down. Stacy, Cliff… Both of you should step back." Stella warned the two as she also informed everyone else who might get scared of the Dark Spirit.
All the students in the class were truly shocked and disgruntled by the professor's sudden action. This includes Vale who was still stunned by the reply of the mysterious beings from the Spirit World…
He may not have heard their voices but their reply was obvious. They had sent a spirit to him just like that!
He thought that he would have to do four or five attempts to get a proper prayer.
'It was really effective… Those things that Professor Harwin taught us can't be considered at all if I use that strange Magic Circle… I wonder what Master Heinz was thinking for placing it there. It's definitely not a normal Magic Circle.
At this time, the bone powder on his table has already disappeared not leaving any marks at all.
As for the Dark Spirit, Vale can tell that it had already formed a rare connection in his soul and he could feel that it was agitated by Professor Harwin's sound wave attack.
It was a normal reaction since Professor Harwin is an expert on the Darkness Arcane Path. The Dark Energy around her is thicker and stronger compared to the Dark Spirit that Vale had summoned.
Vale wasn't sure how to communicate with it but he still tried as he treated the spirit similar to his Extraction System…
'Professor Harwin called it Dark Spirit… However, I haven't read anything about it in the books in the library.' Vale thought as he hesitated for a moment before he speak to the spirit in his mind.
'Calm down… Don't attack anyone… If you really want to befriend me, you can't harm anyone here.'
Luckily, even though he didn't receive a reply, he can tell that the Dark Spirit started calming down as it hid behind him… No, to be exact, the spirit went to his shadow!
'What is this thing?' Vale was stunned once more at the behavior of the Dark Spirit.
However, a sudden thought flashed in his mind…
Before Master Heinz left with Baroness Florence Chambers, he had left him a book. This book has a title that made him hide it with a fake cover and it was always hidden in his stack of clothes.
The book titled 'The Forbidden Practice of the Unlighted', contained a detailed description of practices that were banned by the Association of the Harmonius Arcane Paths.
This includes practices that can enslave a person's nine generations of family. Vale also read about the curse that can heavily affect not just humans but the land, air, or even water. There were also chilling summoning practices that open the gates of the world of demons.
Furthermore, Vale also vaguely read about a practice that extends human life by consuming tons of human flesh, infants to be exact.
There were many horrifying practices listed in the book and Vale could barely read them since the book contains mysterious powers that make it difficult for him to properly read unless he spends his Dark Energy.
Nevertheless, he can vaguely recall the Dark Spirits written in the book… He didn't think too much of it before since he thought that he wouldn't encounter such a thing.
Professor Harwin's words finally made him recall the content of the book regarding these Dark Spirits.
'Dark Spirits… Dark Spirits… If I'm not mistaken, they were indeed beings living in the Spirit World… However, in the book I've read, they're considered to be the protectors or soldiers of the Soul Society. They're the first ones to attack the people that had offended the Spirit World!'
Vale suddenly froze as he looked at Professor Harwin who was also observing him carefully.
"Vale, is there something wrong with the Spirit you summoned?" She asked.
Vale didn't immediately answer as he carefully chose his words.
"If you think that a spirit hiding in my shadow is considered "something wrong", then yes."
"Well… It's good that you can still reply like a human. You're not possessed. However, I said that you should summon a friendly spirit, didn't I?"
"Of course. Here, I'll tell the Dark Spirit to come out." Vale said as this is where everyone can tell whether he passed the monthly assessment or not…
"Go ahead… I'm waiting. Stacy and Cliff, don't use those spells you're preparing. Although Dark Spirits are considered harmful, you have to remember that we don't know many things about them. Perhaps, a lack of understanding about them is the reason why we consider them harmful or dangerous spirits."
With that said, Stacy and Cliff took a deep breath and relaxed their posture. However, they remained vigilant in case something went wrong.
"Yes, Professor. We'll only watch him."
"You can continue now, Vale. We won't act unless the Professor tells us to do so."
Cliff and Stacy answered.
Vale nodded at this as he also noticed their attacking stance a while ago.
Now that they've relaxed themselves a bit, Vale started communicating with the Dark Spirit hiding in his shadow.
Soon, a dark mist came out of Vale's shadow and remained hovering around him.
No one can tell its appearance since it was deliberately hiding itself.
It was quite frustrating for Stella not to see the Dark Spirit's appearance but there was nothing she could do about it.
"Professor, did I pass the test?" Vale asked.
"Not yet… However, I can assess that it has good behavior. Let me ask you instead. How do you consider this summoned spirit as friendly?" Professor Stella asked.
Vale didn't hesitate and simply answered.
"It seems kind and it doesn't make me uncomfortable in its presence… I can also feel that it respects me. We somehow formed a connection after I successfully summoned it."
As Vale said this, he looked at the Dark Spirit beside him who had suddenly decided to show its face!
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