Arcane Academy: The Divine Extraction Legacy
chapter-178

"Vale, come here." Headmaster Jean spoke as he gestured to Vale inviting him to stand on his side.

Vale obliged as he approached the Headmaster and the man who seem to be the owner of this building.

"This is Isaac Vermont. As I mentioned before, he is from Dark Magic Branch and is considered to be a First-Class Spellcaster. However, he should be in the Expert Realm… I believe he is only hiding his real strength." Headmaster Jean introduced the man who seem to be a custodian.

Yes, the man was quite dirty and he was also wearing thick dirty gloves as if he just crawled out of a chimney.

Nevertheless, Vale can still tell that he should be in his forties…

"Haha! Expert Realm?! I hope so… I really hope so…" Isaac said with a laugh.

He then shook his head as he looked at the young student in front of him.

"Hello, Sir Isaac… I'm Vale Chambers." Vale introduced himself as he looked up to see the man's face.

Isaac is a head taller than the Headmaster and he has long red hair tied in a ponytail.

He is probably the tallest person he had seen ever since he had transmigrated here.

"You're from the Chambers Family? Interesting, I thought that your family has already declined. I didn't expect that a talented seedling has appeared in this generation."

Isaac said with his deep and hoarse voice.

Vale smiled at this not thinking of further explaining about his relationship with the family.

Headmaster Jean also left it at that as he continued…

"Alright… I'll leave Vale here to you. He only wants to see these corpses. He should be able to walk back to the Academy once he's done."

"It's fine… It's been a while since I had a visitor here. Right, is Lesley not planning to visit? You should tell her to come here if she contacts you." Isaac said to the Headmaster Jean.

"I'll let her know. The last time she wrote a letter was just three weeks ago. She's still finding a decent body for research. Anyway, it's only been 6 months since you've last seen her."

"Haha… That's true…" Isaac laughed it off as he ended his conversation with the Headmaster.

The latter soon left the building after instructing Vale to follow Isaac's words.

"Very well… You can inspect the corpses in this laboratory… However, these corpses died because of a plague so you might get affected by the disease if you opened the bags. Have you mastered your Darkness Manipulation? It has to be in the Intermediate Realm so you can at least protect yourself."

"Intermediate Realm?" Vale hesitated after hearing this.

With his 1,245 Energy Points, he can upgrade his Darkness Manipulation a couple of times and it will only cost 40 and 80, or a total of 120 Energy Points to reach the Intermediate Realm.

However, he is only a first-year student, and increasing his mastery to that level so quickly would garner suspicions and attract unnecessary attention…

Although he is certainly in the limelight among first-year students, it is still quite acceptable in his opinion.

Of course, it might be too much in other's view but he has his own way of measuring his activeness in the Academy.

"I've just recently learned the Darkness Manipulation, Sir Isaac… Is there any other way to avoid being infected?" Vale asked after some thought.

"That's expected. I was even surprised you hesitated for so long. Take this…"

In the end, Isaac gave him a black glove. It can only be used on his left hand but Vale still accepted it.

"Just wear it and you'll be fine. It will consume a bit of your energy but you'll be fine…"

"Thank you, Sir Isaac!" Vale thanked the man and couldn't help but rejoice at his decision.

Indeed, it is better to just be honest in front of an expert.

"Ahh… Are there any restrictions or side effects using this mystical item?" Vale asked as he felt a film of energy protecting his whole body as soon as he wore the glove. It was subtle and it seems that it can't protect him from physical attacks.

If he wasn't mistaken, this glove is probably an item meant for Alchemists to ensure that they won't get infected or catch any disease from various ingredients they encounter…

"Yes… You can only wear it for 30 minutes or it will stick to your skin. That would be a bit difficult to remove so be mindful of it."

"I'll remember it… Thank you." Vale took a deep breath as he looked at the black glove on his left hand. He had an urge of removing it after hearing that it will stick to his skin after half an hour…

"Very well… You can go ahead and do what you want. I'll be staying here on my workbench."

Vale nodded and thanked the man again before walking closer to the first cadaver bag…

As he opened the bag and saw the purple human corpse with blue veins bulging out on its skin, he hesitated for a moment before looking at Sir Isaac once more.

"Sir Isaac, can I use my Dark Spirit to inspect the bodies?" Vale asked.

"Oh? You have contracted with a Dark Spirit? No wonder you want to see some corpses. If it wants to collect Negative Energy to recuperate, it's not a problem…"

Isaac said as he knows Dark Spirits more than Vale…

Vale was momentarily stunned after hearing this… However, he immediately showed a grateful expression as he was thankful for his generosity.

After thanking him once again, he instructed Lotus to fill herself up. Apparently, as soon as he entered the laboratory, Lotus already informed him that she can use the corpses to replenish her energy…

Soon, Vale assisted Lotus in opening the cadaver bags so she can extract the energy she needed from the corpses.

Isaac watched him doing this for a few minutes before he spoke to Vale with his deep voice…

"Dark Spirits can also collect energy from the living… Do you want to try?"