Chapter 138
Zephyr heard that quickly nodded as he left to gather his men, as for Ikem himself, he was going after the demon following the traces that Tula left along the way. On his way to find the demon Ikem thought back to when he and his son Zephyr first found out that the apeling was a demon.
That start of the academy started well but the common apelings even though there were some geniuses among them, they still found it hard to tackle the difficulty that came with mana training, that was when the apelings took stage and he brought with him an ingenious idea.
Everyone was happy that a common apeling was able to find a way out for them for their predicament but Ikem after knowing that a possible demon could be among his people didn’t easily fall with the trend but of course as a king and a leader he has to show that he stands and was happy for the common apeling on there success so he made sure to reward the genius apeling well.
Meanwhile he had his best scout keeping an eye on the demon but unlike before he learnt his lesson as he knew that the demons had acute senses so he only sent out Tula who by the time has been rewarded with the best concealment artifact the apelings kingdom has.
And truly, Ikem didn’t need Tula to report to him that something was wrong with the apeling, he already knew of it himself. The problem with the apeling was that he was too much of a genius which Ikem felt guilty for thinking that way at first as to him it seemed like he was doubting his own people’s intelligence capacity.
But this demon was too precise in every problem he solved that it was made clear that he already had profound knowledge on what he was sharing, for example one of the solution for the apeling mana training was "A potion that heightened the perception on a apeling according to their element" With the potion apeling were able to easily get past the other mana element around and focus solely on the one that they want.
The process for the potion was usage of different herbs and carefully placed steps to follow before the potion is cooked right, yet under a few months of the school opening the apeling came up with the precise right method of making the potion.
It was even more confirmed when Tula was observing the demon cooking up the potion himself, Tula described it as "Simplicity" According to her words she have watched the demon teach others how to cook the potion and even if there was some genius who manages to pick it up quick, they all put their best into the making the potion to make sure that it was done right yet they still make mistake.
But with the demon, he throws herbs in without even looking, he doesn’t stand over the pots looking for any small mistake instead he casually throws in herbs while he focuses on other projects he does like dissecting monkeys. Even with all this divided attention the potion the demon cooks always succeeds and comes out great even better.
Once Ikem heard that he knew he got his target but unlike before he was clueless he already had every information he needed about the demons from Osita so all he did was officially appoint Tula to observe the demon’s every movement but not before he finished training her himself.
At the same time, Ikem saw the demon as an opportunity for his people, he plays stupid and lets the deon do whatever it wants under his watch while they demon in it’s effort to get the common apeling to his side will raise the knowledge and technological level for his people.