Chapter 262
Carrying the book half her height, the Prophet returned to an area beneath the Royal Capital. This place was her ‘laboratory.’
She would conduct all her experiments related to magic beneath the Royal Capital.
Even though the basement was quite dark, the books on the shelves were all placed very orderly. One cannot find any dust or cobweb on the shelves at all.
The Prophet was someone who cared a whole lot about the cleanliness and tidiness of things. It could even be said that she had OCD...
Even though she would have to carry a stool between the shelves repeatedly in order to clean them, she would rather do that than to act like a certain Demon Realm’s Third Prince who would throw books all around the floor.
The Prophet placed the book ‘History of the Demon Realm’ back to where it belonged. Then, she took out an originium crystal from her desk drawer. It was an originium crystal enveloped in a special material.
That originium crystal was a successful invention from the Demon Realm’s Third Prince. Once one activates it, one will be able to record one’s voice.
"This is the seventy-second recording since the invention of the Voice Recording Crystal. It is now year 1525 in the Demon Realm’s calendar. The recorder of this message is Prophet."
The Prophet placed the originium crystal beside her mouth and quietly spoke into it.
Since she began researching into magic, she formed a habit of keeping a diary. But, since she learned how to create originium crystals that could record one’s voice, she discovered that it was too cumbersome to use a diary to record her explorations into the unknown and started making voice recordings instead.
Holding the ‘Voice Recording Crystal,’ Prophet walked deeper into the basement.
This place was a cage formed with high-intensity transparent Dragon Crystals. A week ago, the Head Sentinel Cecily had ordered the few craftsmen of the Demon Realm to construct this cage. The construction of this rectangular cage used nearly all the Dragon Crystals in the Royal Capital.
As for the creature imprisoned in the cage...
The Prophet lifted open the gray cloth covering the cage. The creature inside the cage sensed the brightness and immediately charged toward the light while roaring. But, that creature collided into the transparent Dragon Crystal wall.
"After all this time, the abnormal Water Elemental has yet to return to normal. It has been completely taken over by some sort of frantic impulse and will attack all living creatures within its sight without stopping."
The Prophet stared at the water elemental behind the transparent wall. It can no longer be considered a water elemental.
Even though the water elemental serving as attendants in the Royal Capital does not possess self-awareness, they would maintain an external appearance to resemble a Chaos Demon. But, this water elemental has lost that external appearance and transformed into a glob of gray liquid.
From time to time, this liquid glob would even form thorns to strike at the transparent wall. It seemed as if it was attempting to tear to pieces Prophet’s petite body.
"Last time, I attempted to use ‘purify’ to eliminate the strange matter in the body of the water elemental. That experiment seemed to have ended in a failure. The water elemental is still extremely hostile."
As she said those words, the Prophet looked to the water elemental behind the transparent wall. It was still attempting to attack her. She sighed.