Chapter 312 (1/2)

Zhang Dong along with his two golden-haired summoners rushed to where this secret meeting was taking place. Apparently, his side was not informed for some reason or another.

He was more inclined to believe that the people from the royal family pulled some strings instead of the dwarf side. This race of people didn't really interact with him in anyway shape or form before this so there shouldn't be any animosity between them.

'They probably want to keep us from gathering any more power.'

For him, it was a race for time. He wanted to defeat the demon lords, get the cube parts and then go home. For the humans living here, it was different, they probably saw him as someone that could affect the status quo.

From the perspective of the royal family, he could be someone more dangerous than the demon king. He already showed that he could handle the human monarch and the elven queen.

What would stop him from taking over the world after they were done with clearing up the demonic beings? What was to stop him from doing it even before he faced the demon king? This was probably what the human King and his children were worried about now. They were on the very top of this world and would without a doubt like to remain in this position.

”Halt! The council meeting is in session, no one is allowed to enter!”

A group of heavily armored dwarves cut off their path. They had quite the peculiar-looking exosuits. It looked like they were inside of metallic golems but with tiny heads. This head part belonged to the soldier that was in this mechanical suit of armor.

”Make way for the Spirit Emperor!”

The two elven mages saw the group of mechanical golems blocking their path. They had large two-handed halberds in their hands and were blocking the way. The two women found it rude for these people to be addressing Leigong in such a way. The two were instructed to protect and follow the instructions of this Spirit Emperor by their queen. They intended to do that, even if they would need to fight.

”No wait, let us talk this over…”

Zhang Dong put himself between the battalion of dwarven defenders. They looked like they were riding some primitive mechs which took him a little bit to process. He couldn't let a fight break out, the royal members would just use this as a pretext to have him removed from this city.

”If the Spirit Emperor commands, it shall be done.”

The two women bowed their heads at his request and moved to the sides. The group of dwarves didn't move out of the way which meant that Isabella would need to take care of this. She had one of her men move forward and present their case.

”You are with the heroes?”

The commander of these guards stepped forward and they began figuring things out. They had all the paperwork that identified them as part of the hero party.

”The council meeting is close to being over, was there some kind of mistake? I fear we aren't allowed to open the doors before the meeting is over...”

The man gave the papers back to the group but there was a problem. The meeting had already started. Inside were the most influential people from this city and they were all rich and powerful nobles. They couldn't just barge in at this point, these guards would not let them. Zhang Dong didn't blame them as they were only doing their job.

”How could they do this to us?”

”This is unforgivable!”

Beatrice and Isabella stomped their feet on the ground while outside the large building. They were mad about the royal members not telling them about the meeting more than about the dwarves not allowing them to venture forward.

'It's fine… I'll just go take a peek instead…'

He smiled and moved a bit to the side with the girls while sending them a telepathic message.

There was not much that they could do to get inside without making a big scene. It would not be hard to blast their way inside but then they would probably be banned from the city. He feared that if that happened it could take god knows how long to get everything sorted out inside.

”Okay, this will be enough girls.”

The plan was easy, he just needed some more juice from his two girl sized magical batteries. The range he could operate in had increased ever since the two had gotten stronger. He had also learned many spells and incantations that would aid him in this task.

Zhang Dong's body flickered and soon he was invisible to the n.a.k.e.d eye.

”Just wait here and I'll see what those chuckleheads are up to.”

Beatrice and Isabella just waved at the floating voice while holding hands. They and their guards were sitting in a nearby cafe while Zhang Dong floated as a mana cloud towards the building where the meeting was taking place.

He might have looked like a regular person to the people here but his body was made from mana particles. These particles could take any shape that he wanted, even make themselves invisible.

While utilizing some of his knowledge he made himself undetectable to any living being or machine. Even with their advanced dwarven technology, he was able to get past the guards. In this shapeless form, he squeezed through the doorway and arrived inside the large building.

Inside there were even more guards, these weren't in huge mechanical suits but in more traditional-looking armor. They were patrolling the halls but were unable to see or feel Zhang Dong's presence.