Chapter 263
Chapter 264 The One Behind It
Joanna hurriedly said, “Professor Carpenter, please don’t say that. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have been petrified p>
Joanna would never forget Helen’s kindness, whether it was releasing the Bloodcall Circle, backing her up during the Garfield deal after entering the Divine and Demonic Training Program, or handing her an SSS-rank Mythic-level talent upgrade stone right at the start of school.
Just thinking about Katherine’s 200 years of debt made it clear how generous her professor truly was.
Helen’s petrified mouth moved slightly as she spoke. “This has nothing to do with you. I came to the battlefield this time to kill the evil god that attacked you. Evil gods are powerful, but most of the time, they don’t really care about humans.
“So fighting them isn’t as dangerous as you imagine.
“How should I put it? It’s like a virus inside a human body fighting the immune system.
“When the virus gains the upper hand, the human can’t solve it with brute force and eventually collapses.
“We’re like the virus, and the evil god is the overwhelmingly powerful individual.
“The problem was that when I fought the evil god, there was another Summoner present. That alerted it, and that’s how I got hit p>
“Another Summoner? Who p>
Helen didn’t hide it.
“The founder of Titan Group, Don Fletcher. He and I have a conflict of interest. The Bloodcall Circle was reported by him back then p>
Helen explained briefly, and Joanna understood immediately.
Titan Group controlled industries like pet egg trading, import and export of summoning circle materials, contracted beast feed, and more.
The absurdly high price of Summoner materials had a lot to do with them.
They even offered special loans for Summoners, openly claiming that Summoners were a class only the wealthy could afford. If a poor professional became a Summoner, they could borrow money from Titan Group.
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Even Joanna herself had benefited from those loans during her first two years of high school.
denly connected the dots. “If the Bloodcall Circle
“So it was because of the lab?” Joanna became widespread, it would hit cannon-fodder Summoners hard. Their beast feed sales would drop, shaking Titan Group at its core p>
Helen looked at Joanna in surprise, clearly not expecting her to be that sharp. She gave a bitter smile. “You’re exactly right, but I didn’t think that far at the time.
“When the lab first started showing results, Don wanted to buy it. He planned to turn it into an exclusive VIP Summoner system, but I refused.
“On one hand, I believed this summoning circle could help more Summoners, even reform the entire Summoner class.
“On the other hand, Titan Group provides summoned beast companionship and entertainment services. Humanoid contracted beasts end up in terrible situations, and because contracts prevent resistance, I could never agree to that.
“Now I’m petrified here, and I don’t even know if the lab has been shut down p>
Joanna rubbed her temples and smiled helplessly.
“It wasn’t shut down, but the lab’s development probably turned out exactly the way Don wanted p>
She briefly explained the lab’s current situation.
The lab had indeed shifted to a VIP model. Summoning circles were provided by the lab team, Summoners were screened and approved, and each had to pay two million Starcoins.
Of that, 1.2 million went to materials, and the remaining 800 thousand covered operations, officially turning a profit.
Compared to Helen’s original vision of releasing it across all dimensions, this was barely scratching the surface.
That was why Joanna hadn’t felt much pressure from Don.
“That’s not a bad thing,” Helen said softly. “Maybe your approach is the right one. If my summoning circle had been flawless back then, Don wouldn’t have attacked me so directly.
“He probably won’t target the lab anymore. After all, you’re still inside Divine and Demonic Academy.
“All he dared to do was trap me here in the Divine Battlefield p>
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And that trap had been devastating.
Joanna frowned. “If it were only Don reting you, I don’t think it would’ve gone this far.
“Divine and Demonic Academy itself has been dragging its feet. They didn’t fully commit to rescuing you.
“If I was able to come here, they certainly had other options p>
This time, Helen laughed.
“No, Joanna. The surprising part is that you managed to come at all.
“Within Divine and Demonic Academy, there are fewer than ten Legendary-tier pastors. But the gap between Legendary-tier and Mythic-level is too great. They can’t dispel this state. And every Legendary-tier pastor already has an overwhelming workload.
“On the other hand, you’re only Level 30, yet you made it into the Divine Battlefield and can even absorb a petrification modifier.
ple who encounter a petrification modifier are rare to begin with, let alone directly prehending it.
“You have to believe this-you’re a genius.
“A genius like you, a top student-there are probably fewer than five in the entire Divine and Demonic Academy.
ut you’re right about one thing. Maybe someone doesn’t want me to return.
“They just didn’t expect my student to be this capable, capable enough to break me out p>
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