Removing the Skill from Felimeth wasn't a problem. Using an instant-death magic that targeted the soul could easily solve this issue. Since Tsukasa's Necromancy Magic wasn't acquired through system Skills but through her own training, the specific Skills she could unleash weren't entirely limited by the Skill panel.
Once she mastered the fundamental Skill "Necromancy Magic," she could simply copy the magic from the Grimoire to find what she needed, without spending any more skill points to specifically learn Skills.
Although Potimas had the ability to split his soul to control others, the split souls weren't powerful. It was just because soul-based Necromancy Magic had been lost since ancient times, and the system hadn't opened the conditions for learning Necromancy Magic, allowing Potimas's petty tricks to go unpunished for a while.
Now that the right method had been found, Potimas's split soul was easily dealt with.
The moment Potimas's split soul woke up, it saw a giant hand grabbing it. It barely managed to let out a wail before being crushed to pieces.
Felimeth stood in the magic circle, feeling the evil magic power and trembling uncontrollably. Suddenly hearing a ghostly wail, she didn't react until she saw the magic circle gradually stop and Tsukasa open her eyes. Only then did she belatedly realize that the voice sounded somewhat like Potimas.
As if she had done something trivial, Tsukasa calmly said, "It's resolved. You don't need to worry about being controlled by Potimas anymore. The soul he left in your body is completely gone. Moreover, I think that soul-splitting Skill must have its limitations. It's impossible for him to secretly plant a new soul seed in you again while you're extremely resistant."
Felimeth felt
a slight relaxation in her body. The pressure that had been crushing her, making it hard to breathe, seemed to have eased, giving her room to breathe. Overwhelmed with emotion, she said to the student who had helped her, "Thank you, Tsukasa-chan. Teacher really doesn't know how to express her gratitude at this moment."
"..."
Tsukasa didn't take it to heart. In her view, she had finally completed the first phase of her mission. Next, she could begin the second phase: preparing a team to subjugate the Elf Race, this world's malignant tumor. Although it was just her intuition, it seemed that completing this task would yield great rewards. For no particular reason, she believed this feeling wasn't an illusion.
Leaving her teacher alone,
Tsukasa returned to her room and lay on the bed, somewhat exhausted.
Using Necromancy Magic was really taxing.
It seemed this Grimoire might not have been meant for humans to learn at all—it was likely a legacy left by the King of the Undead from ancient times. Just cultivating the corresponding magic power according to its methods caused significant damage to her current body. If an ordinary person trained using these methods, they might turn into a zombie or some other low-level Undead right from the start.
But if one could endure this stage and later master magic like Undead Transformation or Lich Transformation, they could potentially transform into a powerful Undead, step by step climbing back to the peak of the King of the Undead.
This Grimoire was just that incredible.
However, for Tsukasa, it was like a tasteless chicken rib—not worth keeping but a pity to discard.
Although she wasn't overly attached to her human identity, if she had to abandon her flesh to become a decaying Undead, she would have to say a firm no.
She absolutely did not want to become an Undead, so she probably wouldn't use this magic anymore after this.
But since it was such an advanced magic system, and the Grimoire recording the magic spells was no ordinary item—something worthy of being in Eidor's collection—it would be a shame to just throw it away.
"I'll put it away for now. Right now, I need to think about how to deal with the Elf Race, how to handle the aftermath, and also be wary of whether Potimas's Main Body might possess overpowered strength. The Elf Race is, after all, the strongest race below the Demon Race and Human Race. Considering their identity, they might even hide even greater power, possibly capable of wiping out the Human Race as easily as the Demon Race."
Tsukasa silently thought to herself, feeling that her training speed over the past two years was still too slow.
Unfortunately, there weren't many monsters left in the labyrinth suitable for her to level up with. Moreover, she realized that focusing solely on leveling up was somewhat meaningless. The two benefits of leveling up were Skill upgrades and gaining skill points, but she could already obtain skill points by grinding monsters from the start, so these benefits didn't mean much to her. Most of her attribute values came from training and some Skills.
Also, leveling up now was just too difficult.
The experience required for leveling up kept increasing, but the monsters' levels didn't rise with her strength. Unless she went to hunt the boss-level monsters in the deepest layers, quickly leveling up in a short time was unrealistic. However, those boss-level monsters were all very dangerous. Hunting them just to level up wasn't worth it—she wasn't that crazy.
"And it's better not to explore the labyrinth recently. It feels very dangerous. That Legion Commander of the Demon Lords Army is definitely stronger than the girl I encountered before. I might not even win one-on-one against that girl. If I encounter an even stronger Legion Commander, I might not even have time to unleash Twilight before being instantly killed."
She thought of the Demon Race boy and girl she saw in the labyrinth today. The Demon Race's strength was much greater than she had imagined. Even their foot soldiers had combat power like that boy's, matching the strength of high-ranking Human Race officers and generals, though not quite on par with the Human Race's Heroes. That Vampire Girl's attributes far surpassed the Hero's Team. If not for the Heroes wielding the Holy Sword as a sure-kill, the Demon Race and Human Race probably wouldn't even be able to fight.
Because the Human Race simply wasn't worthy of being their opponent.
"Right, I also need to find a way to get news from the front lines. The Demon Lords Army is training in the labyrinth, so they'll likely start a war soon. I wonder if the Human Race has any strategists making proper preparations. Surely the Human front lines won't collapse immediately when the Demon army attacks? The Human Race has been fighting the Demon Race for so many years, after all."
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