Chapter 276: Shadow monarch.

Alex still had some days left before he would need to return to classes; he chose to use the rest of his time to search for the materials instead of returning before the deadline for his leave.Today, Alex went to see Vice Dean Hannah, the Vice Dean of Brandvel Magic University.

The woman was a Sorcerer rank mage like Maria so Alex expected her to know some things about the items that he was looking for.

He appeared in Vice Dean Hannah’s office without warning, he found the other party reading a thick book when he appeared.

Vice Dean Hannah felt Alex’s presence as well and lifted her gaze from the book.

"Mr Chen, I didn’t expect to see you again since you already finished your classes. Please, have a seat." The woman said with a friendly smile.

Alex silently approached one of the chairs and sat down.

"I heard you’re searching for a space element essence stone. The mission issued by the Union Core Centre has caused quite a stir in Brandvel." Hannah said softly after Alex sat down.

"Do you have one?" Alex asked and the other party let out a small laugh before responding.

"Of course not, if I did, I would have already gone to claim the reward for the mission myself. A hundred billion Zen is a lot of money even for someone like me," Hannah paused before asking. "Was that why you came to look for me?"

"No, I came for a different reason," Alex replied.

"Is that so? Tell me then, I’m more than happy to be of assistance. Besides, you’re an honorary instructor of this university, providing assistance to you is one of our obligations." Hannah smiled.

"Soul jewel, and void eye, do you know about them?" Alex asked.

A look of surprise appeared on Hannah’s aged face after Alex mentioned those names.

"Are you looking for those items as well?" She asked after her expression returned to normal.

"Yes," Alex answered shortly.

"Hmm, this is going to be difficult," Hannah said with a heavy sigh. She stood up and went to the nearby bookshelf in the office, her fingers ran over some of the books before stopping on a very thick book that looked like it was made out of the combination of 10 books.

After which her fingers slightly moved to the side and she pulled out a single piece of white paper.

Alex "..."

He didn’t expect her to bring out a single piece of paper after her fingers stopped on such a thick book.

After grabbing the paper, Hannah came back to sit in front of Alex and placed the paper on the table before pushing it towards him.

"This is the only information regarding the soul jewel in my possession, you can have it," Hannah said.

"Didn’t you say that it’s the only information you have, why give it away?" Alex asked.

Hannah shrugged before speaking. "It really is the only information I have, but I never said it was the only copy; information like this is printed several times just to make sure that they never truly disappear."

’I see,’ Alex thought inwardly before looking at the contents of the paper.

A diagram of the soul jewel and some explanations written under it.

The soul jewel looked like a green coloured tear shaped gemstone housed in a golden bezel setting with delicate anchor hoops on both sides. The green colour of the gemstone looked like frozen green gas, even though what Alex was seeing was a diagram.

As for the details written under, they explained that the soul jewel could protect one’s soul and soul sea from attacks that went directly for them.

It could also strengthen and even enhance the soul of the wielder, increasing the force and mass of their mana.

The paper also said that the soul jewel was guarded by a soul soldier and could only be found in a place where death could be felt.

’Like a cemetery?’ Alex wondered.

"Do you know where I can find it?" He asked Hannah without lifting his head.

Hannah shook her head. "The soul jewel is one of the rarest items on the planet, no one would be stupid enough to tell its location if they managed to find it, but..." Hannah’s eyelids lowered slightly as her tone suddenly turned serious.

"I once heard that the lord of the head of the Osworth family, the shadow monarch, had one in his possession which was why he was able to go against three Saints from the Dark Union fifty years ago.

I don’t know if this is true, but you can try asking him, although I doubt that he’ll ever agree to give it away, considering how helpful it is."

’The head of the Osworth family? Wasn’t Eric from that family?’ Alex thought to himself in surprise.

"I understand, what about the void eye?" Alex said.

Unfortunately, Hannah didn’t have any information about the void eye. Although she still told Alex what she knew about the void eye. "The last void eye I’m aware of was in the possession of a Saint in the third continent."

’The third continent huh?’ Alex thought to himself as a glint flashed past his eyes under his mask.

Since he was done asking what he came for, it was time for him to leave.

"Thank you for your help," he said after standing up.

"It’s no problem, I’m actually embarrassed that I couldn’t be of more help," Hannah replied with a sad smile.

Alex paused as he thought about something, in the end, he decided to ask.

"Do you know of the twelfth and thirteenth elements?"

Hannah’s eyes widened with visible shock after hearing this; her mouth opened, but no words came out.

....

Alex left the university and made his way to the Union Core Centre not long after. Turned out that Hannah didn’t know about the additional 2 elements to the eleven that everyone already knew.

She had guessed that there could be more elements, but she didn’t have any proof. Alex’s question had strengthened her speculation about the elements.

There were more elements that humans didn’t know about!

In the end, Alex didn’t ask about the chaos element essence stone; the woman didn’t even know about the chaos element.

With this still on his mind, Alex arrived at the Union Core Centre and went to Maria’s office directly.

"Mr Chen, you’re here. A lot of people have come to give information about the space element essence stone." Maria reported immediately after seeing Alex.

"Hmm, no one came with the essence stone?" Alex asked.

Maria’s expression turned strange for a moment before letting out a sigh.

"Don’t joke like that, essence stones are guarded by elemental spirits. The space element essence stone would obviously have a space elemental spirit guarding it, who would want to fight such a creature? Taking away the space element essence stone would be difficult."

"I understand, so how is the information that they brought?" Alex asked after sighing inwardly. Still thinking of when he should head to the third continent.

"I’ve sent some of the Union explorers to go confirm the information, once they are verified, I plan to head there personally with some elders or inform you." She said,

"You want the reward for the space element essence stone as well?" Alex was slightly stunned that Maria wanted to complete the mission too.

"Of course not, I just want to help you get it. I don’t want to take the money, I’m still grateful for what you did at the joint operation, helping you get the essence stone is nothing." Maria explained.

Alex blinked at her, slightly stunned.