52 Chapter 52. The collector of souls
The mission was completed without a hitch and Tirus took the souls of all the warlocks for soul search.
'I can become a master in the field of spatial study within a month if I get enough experience.' He thought excitedly.
Generally speaking, most magi would need to study a subject for several decades in order to become a master in that certain field, but Tirus, with the help from the A.I. chip, could do this within a month.
Tirus's method of gathering knowledge through soul search wasn't really popular, since the soul search technique showed all the target's memories to the caster, usually causing confusion.
But this was only the case for normal magi, since he could have the A.I. chip delete all the useless information and only keep the important ones.
After soul-searching them, he even got hold of their high-grade meditation technique, which only had 5 levels. The details of the cultivation from rank 1 acolyte to rank 3 peak magi was there without a single word missing, but there wasn't much information about the cultivation of the next realms.
But he didn't care, after all, his inherited high-grade meditation technique 'The record of the nameless wanderer' had all 6 levels with just the 6th level being a little incomplete.
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The news of the Ortiz clan's attack against Jupiter's lightning and their fall quickly spread through the central continent like wildfire.
The morning star ancestors of the Ortiz clan were killed, and their souls were taken for experiments.
Amidst all of this, a particular rank 3 magi got into the limelight. Tirus. That was his name. Simple yet it had an elegant feel to it.
He was a rank 3 magi with unknown origins. During the attack on the Ortiz clan, he was the one who used spells of terrifying power to kill one of their most popular rank 3 warlocks.
Not only that, he even took the souls of the deceased for his experiments as well as soul-searching. Although such a thing wasn't uncommon, it still made people think that he had quite an eccentric personality.
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"You wish to join the spatial division?" A female rank 2 magi, who was standing behind a counter, asked Tirus with a serious expression. It had been a week since Tirus had soul searched those warlocks, and now all he needed was practical experience.
"Wait here…" The female magi said as she took out a token from the drawer and gave it to him.
"Go here and show them this token."
"Okay." Tirus nodded and left the place in a blink of an eye.
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Inside spatial division experimental hall of Jupiter's lightning.
"So, you already know the basics?" A 3-meter tall sturdy magi asked Tirus with an astonished expression. This was a rank 3 magi, Kevin, and he worked directly under the head of the spatial studies division who was said to be a rank 4 magi.
"Yes, I do." Tirus answered Kevin with an expressionless face.
"Okay, then, let's start from today."
"Mhm." Both didn't say anything more and moved towards a spatial gate.
"This is a spatial gate, and it is powered by an astral stone, a precious resource. Although our organization is just around a century old, we still have quite the deep foundation."
"We have already spread our influence to a world named the lava world and have our members there, completing secret missions and collecting treasures…" Kevin started explaining the basics of spatial studies as well as their achievements so far, to which Tirus was quite impressed but showed a calm expression.
"I see." Tirus just kept listening carefully, while occasionally answering back.
And just like that, he became a member of the spatial division and started increasing his knowledge in this field, eventually becoming a master.
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After 2 years,
In these 2 years, he didn't return to the twilight zone once, as he was simply too busy with potioneering and his researches.
Tirus had now become quite popular among the rank 3 magi of the central continent and had now started working on a new project.
"Hm, I have solved the problem of breathing, but how do I keep the vitality of the living beings intact?" He pondered.
He, as a transfiguration grand master, wanted to create new alchemy lifeforms that could aid him in battle, but he didn't have a method of carrying them around at all.
He came up with the idea of a storage pouch capable of storing living organisms, although he could just have the A.I. chip find a way to create it, he wanted to try doing it himself. After all, he had a lot of time.
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A few months passed by,
"A.I. chip, show me my current stats."
[Name: Tirus Van Elrod, Occupation: rank 3 magus; crystal phase, strength: 31.1, agility: 40.3, vitality: 52.1, spiritual force: 378.9 (magic power is in sync with spiritual force) status: Healthy]
'Ever since I broke through to crystal phase, my spiritual force cultivation has been quite slow, but not my body cultivation. But once all my physical stats reach the point of 60 units, my current method of body cultivation would become completely ineffective as well."
"Although I would've loved to keep cultivating my body, being too greedy will only cause me trouble later on." He soon reached a conclusion to all the matters he had in mind.
Looking at the bat with blade like wings, he revealed a proud smile on his face.
"I'll name your species 'Blade winged bats', hehe, maybe I really am not good at naming."
This was the new life form that he had created. These bats had high vitality and could fly at a really high speed, and not only that, they could survive by just devouring large amounts of fire energy particles.
"Come." He said while holding a fist size pouch in his hand. Soon, the bat was sucked into the storage bag easily.
"Success!"
To be continued...
