Chapter 243
Chapter 244 The Sleeping Dragon
Now, Helen had been injured on the Divine Battlefield, petrified there, and unable to return.
Laurence had said it before: Once you’re buried in academics, why run off to a battlefield to fight and kill? Something was bound to go wrong.
Laurence took the opportunity, arranging for Helen’s laboratory to be shut down, and after some time, he even planned to temporarily remove Helen from her professor position.
That way, Joanna might look for another advisor, and as department head, he would naturally be the best choice.
Joanna was very capable-she could work for him in the future.
What he never expected was that Joanna was strong to an absurd degree.
She cleared a Mythic-level task this fast, and with an SSS-rank evaluation at that. Back then, his own best was only S-rank.
It could be said that Joanna’s potential had already surpassed his.
No matter how intense the internal power struggles were at the academy, there were still rules. Once Joanna completed her class change, she had to be properly rewarded. Beyond credits, her applications had to be taken seriously.
But Joanna was a student across three systems.
The resources couldn’t all come from him.
And even if they were issued, it wouldn’t be now.
So Laurence pushed the responsibility onto the other two systems.
The Strategy Group Major department head, Alonzo, raised an eyebrow and said, “Issue it. Why not? But Joanna only minors in our classes. Why are you asking us p>
The department head of Public Dungeon Studies, Joshua, replied, “She’s contributed, sure, but she’s only a freshman. Why not temper her a bit more p>
Neither of them really cared about Joanna’s situation.
The reason was simple.
Joanna had nothing to do with them, and the lecturers trying to recruit her wanted to use her achievements to push their own evaluations, to become associate professors or full professors.
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Once those people rose up, wouldn’t that threaten the department heads’ positions?
Everything came down to benefits.
So even though Joanna worked hard, earned tons of credits, and boosted their systems’ scores, getting them to hand over resources was impossible.
Laurence said coldly, “What, the credits she earned didn’t come from your departments? But when it’s time to split resources, you start dodging? I’ll cover 40%, the remaining 60%, you two split 30% each. How about that?
“We’ve got fewer people in the Strategy Group-our share’s smaller. We don’t have resources p>
“That’s not very fair of you to say. You’re the guide hotshots p>
Just as they were arguing, an administrator-level notification forcibly popped into their view.
Saul asked, “A freshman, Joanna, advanced to mid-tier professional?
“I didn’t see this in the report. It seems everyone’s concern for the top student is still lacking. Every student’s level-up and promotion matters and cannot be handled casually. Her rapid advancement this time may influence other students. Make sure you clearly explain the importance of promotion to them.
“Fortunately, this student is strong. She personally cleared a Mythic-level task with an SSS-rank evaluation. She will definitely exchange for a Mythic-level skill upgrade stone soon. Give her priority.
“Got it. Mr. Reid p>
“Got it, Mr. Reid p>
“Understood, Mr. Reid. We’ll handle it p>
With the principal applying pressure, they could only grit their teeth and accept it, but the 4:3:3 split was impossible.
In the end, Laurence covered 50%, the other two departments put up 25% each, barely gathering the required resources.
They only waited for Joanna to come and exchange them.
Joanna came back three days later.
After coming back, she also received several academy notifications.
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“To prevent failures during advancement missions, students intending to advance must report to their advisor one week in advance…
“Carry forward the department head’s steady, methodical academic spirit p>
Joanna glanced through them and found they had nothing to do with her.
Her next promotion would be at Level 60, which was still far off. Maybe these were meant for seniors.
As for being steady and grounded, she had relied on contract beasts to advance step by step.
Joanna was someone who progressed honestly.
After returning, she bought materials and set up a summoning circle inside the villa.
She couldn’t wait any longer to summon her fourth contract beast.
However, even though she had handed the stabilized techniques to the lab, she had no intention of fixing the coordinates.
After all, those places probably no longer had any Transcendent-level beings left.
Better to keep it random and leave it to fate.
This time, she injected a full 100 thousand units of affinity aura.
Who knew what kind of existence it would summon?
na infused her blood and affinity aura together, and the summoning circle lit up.
sing countless dimensions, it reached the dimension and planet most compatible with her.
Interstellar dimension.
On a dead, pitch-black planet, a massive dragon covered in black scales lay sleeping with its eyes closed.
A dragon’s breathing should have been terrifying and thunderous, but this one was unnaturally quiet, like an enormous corpse.
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