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.
“It is very possible that the cause for this water elemental’s loss of control has something to do with the plight affecting the Royal Capital’s crops. However, I’ve attempted over twenty different experiments to no avail. As such, I can only comply with Her Highness Cecily’s suggestion and destroy this water elemental.”
After saying those words, a heat rune appeared on the Prophet’s hand. After she touched the surface of the transparent Dragon Crystal, the temperature inside the cage started to rise. The temperature continued to rise. Eventually, the water elemental’s core started to evaporate under the intense heat and the water elemental began to disappear before the Propet’s field of vision.
After she finished taking care of the water elemental, the Prophet returned to her desk and took out a backpack for long journeys.
After a brief moment of hesitation, she began to place some of the items on her desk inside her backpack. While doing that, she also continued to record all the things she did today into the Voice Recording Crystal.
“Her Highness Cecily wanted me to proceed to Norland to learn human magic. I cannot deny that humanity’s attainments in magic far surpassed our own. Perhaps I will be able to discover the method to treat water elementals that have lost control in the capital of magic, Norland. But...”
As her words reached this point, her hands suddenly came to a halt. She picked up the originium crystal recording her voice. Her scarlet pupils were reflected on the clear surface of the originium crystal.
“I am incapable of believing that humans will truly be willing to accept demons. I’ve witnessed the most despicable side of humanity and their hatred for demons with my very eyes. As such, I suspect that this might be a plot from the Third Prince utilizing the help of humans... But, even if it is a plot, I’ve already prepared a way to handle it.”
The Prophet placed down her Voice Recording Crystal. Then, she removed her wooden glasses. Her scarlet pupils turned pitch-black. Her demon horns also gradually disappeared from her head.
Right now, the Prophet looked like an ordinary human girl.
“I hope the small changes to my body will come in handy,” The Prophet placed her glasses back on. She finished packing the things in her backpack and tried to carry it on her back.
Unfortunately, with all the things she had crammed into the backpack, the backpack was nearly her height. Right after she carried the backpack, she immediately lost balance and fell on her butt.
“A mistake...”
Sitting on the ground, the Prophet fixed her crooked glasses. Then, she tensed up her legs and gathered all her strength to stand back up. Unfortunately, after several attempts, she still didn’t manage to get up.
“This body cannot withstand such a heavy backpack. The burden needs to be lessened.”
.........
Glowtree Garden at the center of the Royal Capital. Having finished packing her luggage, the Prophet arrived at the garden. Her four apprentices were already waiting for her at the garden.
“Her Highness Cecily must’ve explained the destination of our mission to you all,” said the Prophet.
“But... Esteemed Teacher, will the humans of Norland really be willing to admit us?”
The person who asked that question was a mixed-blood born from a Horned Demon and a Succubus. Mixed-blooded demons were extremely rare. A person like him would only appear one in ten million.
While the Prophet was carrying on a mission from Cecily, she came across this mixed-blooded demon outcast and decided to take him as her student.
“That’s a question without an answer. As such, you will have to remain on guard.”
The Prophet was able to hear the excitement in her student’s voice. It would appear that he was looking forward to the human world. Or perhaps, he was looking forward to the legendary Capital of Magic, Norland.
Unfortunately, the spiral horn on his head destined him to be unable to assimilate with humanity. Even if he was to reach the human world, it was likely that he would be banished from humanity by the mages due to his identity as a demon. Worse yet, he might even be hunted down for rewards.
The Prophet’s other four students also, more or less, possess some demonic characteristics. But, it was her attendant that gave her the most problems.
“Zeru, is the teleportation gate ready?”
The Prophet looked to the giant figure standing in the garden. That giant resembled a product created by combining a lizard with a lion. Merely those green flames emitting out from between his scales were enough to make humans raise their weapons to attack it.
Her attendant was a Sin Demon.
If her students were to try to hide their demon characteristics, they would be able to move around the human city for a while. But, it was different for this Sin Demon. He would immediately cause the city to enter a state of alert just by entering it. Furthermore, a large amount of human soldiers would immediately come to surround him.
“The preparations are ready, Lady Prophet,” said the Sin Demon.
The Prophet knew that it was most definitely a mistake to bring a Sin Demon along to the human world.
But, in order to guarantee her safety and the safety of her students, she had no choice but to make this mistaken decision. Even if she was to be surrounded by a group of soldiers, she was confident that this Sin Demon would be able to help them escape from the soldiers and back to the Demon Realm.
Furthermore, the place they will be proceeding toward was the Forest of Twilight’s Shadow. That death-filled forest was no less dangerous than the Scorching Flames Mountain Range ruled by Duke Black Dragon.
If one was to rank the Demon Realm’s Four Dukes in how difficult it was to ‘communicate’ with them, the Duke ranked first would definitely not be that vicious Duke Black Dragon.
No matter how ruthless that Duke Black Dragon might be, he would be willing to compromise as long as one presents to him a sufficient amount of shiny objects.
But, the Duke of Bones residing in the Forest of Twilight’s Shadow was someone truly difficult to deal with. Very rarely were living creatures able to exit that forest alive.
Thus, for insurance’s sake...
“Zeru, accompany me.”
After saying those words, the Prophet stepped into the opened teleportation gate.