The devil popped out of Adam and smiled as they picked up the crystal skeleton. However, as soon as they looked at the crystal skeleton, they said with disdain, "Master, this is the dium they use to summon the god -- and it reeks of low-level energy. This is so pathetic! They want to invade the Mage World using... this?"
"No..." the priestess said weakly. "Put down my child..."
"Your child?" the devil asked.
"Please, let go of my child -- the Supre God promised that as long as I help him infiltrate this world, he will resurrect my child..."
"And you believe in such lies?" the devil said, morphing into a human figure.
The devil was both stunned and overjoyed -- they couldn't believe that there are such stupid and foolish people in this world! Resurrection in the true sense cannot be morphing flesh or manipulating the dead -- even the recreation of souls or implanting mories cannot be considered resurrection. As long as the original self is dead, whatever resurrected will always be a shell of its forr self.
Resurrection also ans manipulating the tiline, erasing the fate of the person who died.
"How could you ever understand the power of the Supre God? He will never deceive !" the priestess refuted, but it only sounded as if she was trying to convince herself.
"Hahaha! Master? Did you hear that? She said "resurrect my child"! How could she ever believe that?!"
Adam wasn't interested in mocking a dying person. He calmly stepped forward and took the crystal skeleton from the devil's hands and stepped in front of the priestess, ready to end her suffering.
"I can't die like this... I have to bring my child back..."
Adam reached out, preparing another electric spear.
"It's true, isn't it? The Supre God can resurrect my child..."
Adam imdiately stabbed forward and the priestess disintegrated into ash.
"It is impossible," Adam said solemnly.
A light breeze blew away the remaining traces of the priestess, dood to never know Adam's answer.
After a while, Crystal and Ophelia returned to Adam. Soon, William ca too.
Adam didn't ask about William's whereabouts either. It didn't really matter to him, but William showed a big smile and asked, "Adam, is the matter resolved? Is the skull the dium?"
"Yes," Adam said, surprised at William's tone. "It is."
"Adam," Crystal said while supporting Ophelia. "Miss Ophelia, she's..."
"I'm fine!" Ophelia forced out with a hoarse voice, pushing Crystal's hand away. "Don't you want to go to the North to see your family? Let's go together."
"But... your body..."
"I'm fine," Ophelia reassured. "Let's go."
Adam could sense that sothing was wrong, but he had no interest in asking what she didn't want to disclose.
"Then, I'll wait for you in the Southern Harbour City for seven days. If you do not co back within seven days, I will return to the Academy first."
...
For the next seven days, Adam refused all of the invitations from William and the Duke, and stayed in his room every day, either to test his electric magic, or to study the crystal skeleton.
The devil was a constant annoyance, however.
"Master, do you know why only Level 5 Mages are called Transdinsional Mages?"
Adam was stunned for a mont, and asked, "Why? Has your mory finally been restored?"
The devil laughed, but shook their head, "Only mages above the fifth level have the ability to interpret the coordinates of different worlds through a dium. Don't ask how I know this, but this is the rule of all worlds. If they aren't a transdinsional mage, then they have no way to interpret the coordinates of a world."
Adam glanced at the devil coldly, and the devil felt a shiver run down their back. They quickly transford into a female form and shivered, "Master, what are you trying to do?"
With a swipe of his finger, an electric whip was conjured from his fingertips, punishing the devil rcilessly.
Adam is experinting with his magic.
He used to think that it was aningless to try and manipulate the elents -- a cluster of flas, or a fire dragon could do the sa job, but now, he no longer thinks so.
Altering the elents could heavily improve the lethality of magic -- if he could channel the magic into sothing with a form, then the more elents that specific dium could accommodate, allowing for stronger magics.
Adam found this very interesting -- turns out, all the elental magic books in the library were the results of a mage who had mastered the elents.
This is exactly like programming back on Earth -- a mage is a programr who has mastered its own knowledge. Programs are just like magic.
Adam was incredibly proficient in this. After he figured out what he wanted to do, one by one, different kinds of electric magic were successfully constructed by him. Because he is the one developing this, he can do whatever he wants with him, which saves him money. He has nothing but ti to experint.
Moreover, the runes used to conjure this were relatively simple. As long as he can prove that these runes were consistent and stable, he could sell it to the Academy. As for whether or not others could copy his runes to master electric magic, that wasn't his problem.
After returning to the Academy, Adam plans to use a new batch of runes to apply for the establishnt of his new laboratory. Now, he was sure that the Academy would not reject him.
On the evening of the sixth day, Crystal and Ophelia returned to the Southern Harbour City together, alongside the Earl and Dark Cloud.
Adam and the Earl didn't speak to each other. The Earl simply ca since after the destruction of the Royal City, they needed a new leader.
On the contrary, Dark Cloud was excited to see Adam, and trotted over to Adam, rubbing Adam with its face and licking him affectionately.
Adam rembered that this war-unicorn was the first creature to recognise that he was no longer the previous Adam. He flashed a rare smile, and played with Dark Cloud for a while, and prepared its food as well. The devil was showered with feelings of jealousy, refusing to believe that Adam could be so nice.
While Adam was away, the devil sneaked up to Dark Cloud and ruffled its mane and muttered, "What have you done to my master? Why has he never been nice to ?"
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