After Headmaster Delbrand flew into space aiming to join the ongoing space battle, just as ordered, Ery went into action and quickly gathered all the spirit souls of the dead magus.
He collected the spirit soul of the Full Moon female magus, the Half Moons, and seven out of the eight Crescent Moons. As for the humans', he got none even though he had tried hard to find them.
It was actually common knowledge that Crescent Moon human magus tended to have a lower chance of having its spirit soul intact after death. This was very different compared to the elves; a fact that so parties used to prove the argunt that the elves were a race that was more advanced than humans.
After storing all the spirit souls he collected in his Spatial Space, Ery opened a portal for Klea and Chumo so that the two of them could reach and help Thrax faster. He cast the spell one more ti to send Twik and Chiku to stay guard on two opposite sides of the outpost, asking them to be his eyes and ears for any threat that might co.
Then, he started moving around, helping to heal all the injured. While casting [Rejuvenating Mushroom] as much as he could, Ery also distributed his [Health Regenerating Pill], and even [Revival Pill], to those in need. Yet, despite his hard work, still only two dozen among the hundreds were saved.
Among these survivors were Magus Aruka and the rebel leader Stildar who were on the brink of death. Ery helped the two magus until they were strong enough to start healing themselves, then he went to check on his friend Julian.
The Roman was still unconscious, so Ery gave himself another try to wake his friend. Alas, his efforts were fruitless as Julian was still lying with his eyes closed shut, seemingly having no intention to open.
"It might be necessary to take him quickly to the academy.."
Bardock was the only other person who was nearby, and from the man, Ery knew that the portal that should be connected to the Magus Academy was ready if he needed to use it right away.
"No, not right now."
Knowing that unauthorized teleportation would bring about more problems, despite Julian's condition, Ery couldn't help but feel restrained from using it unless the situation was extrely urgent.
Since Julian's vitals seed stable, Ery decided to wait until the Headmaster returned to decide.
With nothing else to do, he then decided to assu the lotus position. While guarding the portal from any unexpected variables, Ery opted to spend his free ti dealing with the problem that plagued him.
It was one that involved his spirit cores, which had been aching since the fight against the dark elf magus.
Delving into his body, Ery found the cause of the affliction. An extrely thick dark mist that had covered his spirit core. It was the result of devouring two magus-level figures – one Crescent Moon and the Half Moon Kasin.
The mist existed in such an enormous amount that he had never had before.
Fortunately, despite its dangerous quantity, the mist was in a stable state; most likely because both were of dark elent, which was the elent he had most proficiency in and had much more connection to his Devour ability.
But ultimately, there was only one way that Ery knew to relieve himself from such a problem.
[Spirit Absorption]
While still keeping his attention on Julian and the Stargate, Ery activated the skill and gradually absorbed the dark mist. Slowly but surely, the spirit energy that he had devoured and accrued within him was refined and absorbed.
[Spirit force increased]
[Spirit force increased]
…
[Spirit force 1728 (1732)]
Three hours later, Ery was overjoyed when he saw his spirit force increase by four points. Not only that, the thickness of the mist barely decreased. This finding surprised as well as pleased him, and without further ado, Ery continued the absorption process.
…
[Spirit force increased]
[Spirit force 1732 (1736)]
Another three hours and Ery received the sa result.
If this rate of increase continued, it ant that Ery could at least gain another 20 or 30 spirit power from this absorption, which was crazy considering that a Mythical creature barely gave him one spirit force increase during his training ti with Zach.
The only reason Ery could think of as the cause of this phenonon was because the elves gave a much stronger, better quality spirit force compared to humans or other creatures. This guess of his couldn't help but make him consider joining Lord Izta to the frontline where he could have plenty of opportunities to devour more elves.
His thoughts were then cut off as his Spirit Reading perceived the arrival of several powerful forces from above.
Ery quickly stood up and went outside of the facility. Looking up at the sky, he found one tal bronze nacing looking Cruiser descending from the sky. Inside it were at least half a dozen magus, with among them the unique signature of Headmaster Delbrand himself.
While Ery knew the identity of the other party, the mysterious ship's arrival quickly made all the people on the ground anxious. The two surviving magus, Stildar and Aruka who had recovered most of their health, quickly made their way to Ery.
Having experienced fighting in the frontline for quite so ti, Magus Aruka seed to know who the ship belonged to.
"It's the Royal Imperium!"
The Royal Imperium was not rely one of the twelve Grade 5 factions of the Magus Alliance. They were also one of the largest dominating armies on the frontline, which spoke clearly of their capabilities.
Under everyone's gaze, the Cruiser landed on the outskirts of the outpost. Before long, the ship's hatch opened and walked out troops in red and black uniforms, followed by dozens of figures in oversized bronze armor – the Space Knights.
After these people were a group filled with eye-catching figures. Headmaster Delbrand, Magus Wilf, Minister Otto, and a peak Full Moon magus wearing a similar uniform to the soldiers, just with more epaulet.
This group eventually arrived in front of Ery and the two magus.
"This is Ery, the envoy responsible for uncovering the threat of elves on this planet," said the Headmaster to the unfamiliar magus.
The peak level magus was a general of the Royal Imperium Army, and his arrival was mandated to inspect the stargate incident and relay judgent to Nexus faction.
This includes laying a decision for him and his friends action during the mission which will also reflect on their final exam score.
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