Chapter 2531 – 2531. Savior Of The Academy

Dozens of spirits, at least of the high-grade level. There were even a few of the highest grade mixed in.

‘It’s hard to see even one high-grade spirit on Earth, but here they’re swarming in packs. …Is it because this is the spirit realm?’

What’s worse is that, unlike on Earth, the spirits here are using their full power.

The good thing is that White Tiger is glaring at the spirits, not me, and blocking my path.

White Tiger roared at the approaching spirits. Kwarurururung! The sound of thunder echoed all around.

-This is my territory! How dare you trespass without my permission! Return to where you belong!

The spirits hesitated at White Tiger’s voice. Then, they looked at each other and moved again. The spirits also seemed to believe in their numbers.

-Lairo! Our goal isn’t the spring of lightning!

-We want the spirit orbs! We’re curious how great those delicious spirit orbs are!

-I heard that eating spirit orbs can raise our grade!

-I’m going to become a top-grade spirit too!

There was no sign of them calming down.

I took out a spirit orb from my inventory and held it in my hand. The spirits’ gazes turned to me. Before the spirits could get any closer, I threw it far away and shouted.

“I threw the spirit orb over there! The strong take the treasure! Those who want it, fight each other!”

Some of the spirits flew towards the spirit orb like arrows. It looked like three of them were top-grade spirits. They didn’t fight each other but started talking. The rest of the spirits? They were looking at me.

-Why should we listen to you?

-Fighting the top-grade spirits will only exhaust us.

-Human. If you don’t want to die, hand over the spirit orbs to us!

-Human, scatter the spirit orbs!

The higher the grade of a spirit, the higher its intelligence. You could say that their ego becomes more established. Even at the mid-grade level, they establish an ego similar to that of a human. And here, there were only spirits of at least high-grade.

The spirits exuded their energy. The formless power of nature fluctuated and manifested. Flames soared, darkness writhed, and water droplets formed in the air. Light flashed like an explosion, wind swirled, and the ground trembled.

Countless aspects of nature emitted their presence. This was no longer nature, but chaos.

The only good thing was that there was no lightning or ice mixed in.

-How dare these things…!

White Tiger became enraged, and at the same time, waves of lightning spread in all directions. The spirits seemed startled, but their momentum didn’t decrease.

-Lairo! I know you’re strong! I know this is your territory! But you can’t fight all of us!

-Lairo. Hand over that human to us!

-We want to raise our grades too!

-You, who were born as a top-grade spirit, wouldn’t understand us.

The spirits’ power reached out towards me. Lairo’s power was blocking it, but it was also reaching its limit. I could feel it gradually being pushed back.

[Yujin! Do something!]

I racked my brain. What could I do right now? There was no answer in fighting head-on. The power of Machina was also weak here.

‘There’s only one thing a spirit user can do. Do it.’

I summoned the spirits I had contracted with.

First, the wind orca, Arrest.

‘Arrest. This is all because you spread information about the spirit orbs. Come and help.’

[…This time, it’s my responsibility. I will take responsibility. I didn’t know you would come to the spirit realm.]

I could feel Arrest’s will.

And Arrest was summoned from the sky above. I felt Arrest’s presence, but I didn’t feel any energy being consumed.

Perhaps it was because this was the spirit realm, the world of spirits.

Arrest, who had appeared in the sky, dived to the ground.

-Don’t harass my contractor.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

A huge gust of wind exploded, sweeping away the spirits. Some spirits were blown away, but most of them held on.

-Arrest! Don’t interfere with us!

-Spirit orbs!

The spirits rushed at Arrest. Looking at the spirits’ state, they were far beyond the level of being able to resolve things through conversation.

‘Inferna.’

A naked beauty with fiery red hair and snow-white skin appeared. It was Inferna, the top-grade fire spirit who used to be a lava turtle. Surprisingly, Inferna responded to my call immediately.

“How dare you target my contractor? You lot?”

The pissed-off Inferna spat out words and spewed flames in all directions. Inferna’s flames were dangerous even to the spirits, and they scattered in panic to avoid the flames.

-Uwaaaah! These flames are too hot!

-Water! Water! Water! Put it out with water!

The water spirits raised water to counter Inferna’s fire.

Even if this was the spirit realm, the laws of nature still applied. It was because the essence of spirits was nature. Of course, due to the difference in grade, it took more than 10 high-grade water spirits to struggle to put out Inferna’s fire.

‘Terra. Help me.’

[As much as you want.]

A swirling ball of water appeared in the air.

As Terra rotated, a huge tsunami appeared around her, sweeping away the spirits. The high-grade spirits were being subdued by the three top-grade spirits.

‘Mana is continuously draining. Am I using my power even in the spirit realm?’

I crossed my arms with a triumphant expression. At this rate, it was my victory.

‘As expected, spirit users are the best job. The spirits do everything for you.’

But a variable appeared. No, it wasn’t a variable. It was a presence that had been there from the beginning. The three top-grade spirits who had been temporarily distracted by the spirit orb I had thrown. They started moving towards me.

-Give us more spirit orbs.

-About 10 should be enough.

-What are you talking about? We just talked. 10 each. So, 30 in total.

The top-grade spirits of fire, darkness, and earth each exuded a fierce aura.

The momentum of Arrest, Inferna, and Terra, who had been dominating the battlefield with overwhelming power, began to falter.

Krrreung….

A low, thunder-like howling was heard from the side. It was White Tiger.

-Young storm. I want a temporary contract.

“Does a contract even mean anything?”

-Do you not yet understand your own power? The reason the Thunder Owl was able to grow dozens of times faster than other spirits was not simply because of the spirit orb. It was because of your influence.

“…Can’t we just make a regular contract instead of a temporary one?”

-No. I am the guardian of the spring of lightning. My destiny is to protect the spring of lightning.

“Okay. It’s a temporary contract.”

A temporary contract was formed between me and White Tiger. My mana was sucked into White Tiger. It took more than the other spirits.

Crack, crackle!

Blue lightning sparked from White Tiger’s body. Lightning crackled as if all the fur on his body was standing on end.

-Indeed. Is this the power of order….

White Tiger leaped towards the top-grade spirits.

Kwarururururung!

The sound of thunder echoed belatedly. White Tiger had already collided with, struck, and bitten the top-grade spirits.

White Tiger’s body was lightning. When he struck with his front paw, lightning erupted, tearing apart the ground, the sky, and the space in between. What was even more dangerous was his direct biting. When White Tiger bit a top-grade spirit’s body, the top-grade spirit weakened with a scream.

-Kkyaaaaaaak! I was wrong! I was wrong!

This was the spirit realm. A place where the essence of spirits existed. If a spirit died here, it would lead to complete annihilation.

White Tiger didn’t kill the spirits. After subduing them, he glared around and shouted.

-This is my territory. Get out!

The spirits fled.

“To fight three top-grade spirits at the same time? He’s damn strong.”

Inferna, who had approached my side at some point, responded to my words.

“Lairo was a top-grade spirit from birth. I heard he was born from the breath of the Spirit King? That’s why he’s so strong. And he also made a temporary contract with you.”

“Do you get stronger when you contract with me?”

“I don’t know because you’re restricted on Earth… but in the spirit realm, I’m definitely stronger than usual.”

“Really? Why?”

“I don’t know. Don’t ask.”

White Tiger, who had finished cleaning up, approached. As soon as the situation was resolved, White Tiger broke the temporary contract. There was not even a hint of lingering attachment. I gave up on my plan to persuade him when I saw an opening.

I reverse-summoned Inferna, Arrest, and Terra.

“Hey. What is this power of order?”

-You already know.

There was something I could guess. Good karma.

I asked White Tiger about various things. But White Tiger only answered when he felt like it. He ignored everything else.

‘This bastard is also a jerk.’

About an hour later, Mocha popped out of the spring of lightning.

Inferna had transformed into a beauty due to my influence when she became a top-grade spirit, and Mocha also changed her appearance when she became a top-grade spirit. However, she was not a beauty.

She had transformed from an innocent-looking owl into a giant eagle over 5 meters tall. Her color was still white. Electricity crackled all over her body.

‘She’s finally evolved into a thunderbird.’

As I watched in admiration, Mocha spread her wings wide. When she spread her wings, she looked more than twice as big. And lightning struck all around her.

“Kkuuk!”

“Her cry is still the same. …Even though she’s become a top-grade, she still doesn’t talk.”

“Kkuk.”

She retorted that her will was conveyed anyway.

“Okay. Do as you please.”

I climbed onto the back of Mocha, who had become a top-grade spirit. She was more stable, perhaps because she was bigger.

‘But why didn’t she become a beauty?’

There was one thing I could guess. It was because Mocha’s image was that of a firmly established owl. I imagined Mocha as a beauty. I was a little reluctant. Mocha had to be a thunder owl. That was natural to me.

‘Inferna evolved into a top-grade spirit not long after we met. I didn’t have any preconceived notions about Inferna.’

On the other hand, Mocha had been by my side for a long time. Perhaps that was why she evolved into an eagle, a bird of prey like an owl.

‘She’s called an eagle, but this is a thunderbird that scatters lightning.’

At least, her style was amazing.

“Let’s go.”

“Kkuuuuk.”

Mocha spread her wings. Kwarururung! Lightning spread with the sound of thunder. Fortunately, the lightning had no effect on me.

And Mocha and I flew away as lightning.

We arrived in front of the Spirit King in an instant. It was natural since we flew at the speed of lightning.

‘Even if I use Flying Thunder God, it doesn’t match the speed of real lightning….’

I was thrilled.

Mocha had become incredibly strong.

‘What the hell is the spring of lightning….’

I decided to put my curiosity aside for now.

Because the Spirit King was in front of me.

The giant tree giant was quietly closing his eyes. Since I couldn’t even feel his breathing, he looked like a tree that resembled a giant. But the presence felt from this tree was enormous.

Mocha, who had become a top-grade spirit, and Machina, who was a high-grade spirit, were trembling, sensing the Spirit King’s presence. I could feel that they were nervous and afraid. Especially Machina, who was on the verge of panicking.

‘If this goes on, the spirit possession will be released. Machina. Calm down. I’m here. I won’t abandon you. And if you think about it, I’m more amazing than the Spirit King.’

[…….]

Machina calmed down. But she was still watching the Spirit King’s every move.

I gathered my courage and shouted at the giant tree.

“Spirit King!! I’ve come to ask for a favor!!!”

The Spirit King slowly opened his eyes.

The gaze of his two rainbow-colored eyes turned to me. I felt the source of nature in those eyes.

The spirit possession was released. Machina and Mocha disappeared somewhere. I was standing in the air. The moment the Spirit King’s gaze touched me, I knew I was within his laws.

-A favor. Has the scale been tilted towards order? Good. Flow of order. Speak.

Surprisingly, the Spirit King’s will contained goodwill.

‘Judging by the fact that he’s talking about the scale, he’s definitely talking about good karma.’

『Name: Sung Yujin
Strength: S- Stamina: A+ Agility: A+ Durability: A Mana: S
Traits: Spirit Eye (S+) Demon Hunter (SS) God of Storms (A)
Skills: Spirit Contract (A+) Spirit Possession (A) Barrier (C+) Swordsmanship (A-)
Karma: Good (善) 811』

This was my status window right now.

Thanks to hunting down and killing demons, fiends, and villains every day, my good karma had exceeded 800.

“Release the curse placed on my mother, Sung Hari. Sung Hari has already suffered enough.”

The Spirit King looked at me. I felt an enormous pressure, but I didn’t back down and faced him.

-I see. So, order flows that way…. There is a condition, order-keeper.

“Tell me.”