“...... That's the material you brought back?"

In the academy, in the office of the head of the Potions Department, the old man looked at the box of bone scraps on the long table, and said with a cold face.

Across his table were Benjamin and the mages with a helpless expression.

Relying on the "blind eye" that they had improvised research, they successfully escaped from the world of the dead and returned to the Academy of Magic. Of course, the various undead materials collected along the way were also brought back and handed over to the old man.

It's just that the remains of the three most precious wisdom undead have been completely used up, and even the bone staff suddenly shattered into a puddle of powder after the energy was exhausted. As a result, all they could bring back to the academy were some "precious" powder and the remains of ordinary undead.

Obviously, the old man did not seem very happy with this outcome.

"Where are the remains of the lich, and it took you so long to bring me this rotten flesh and bones?"

Benjamin sighed and said, "We have encountered a lot of resistance to exploring the world of the dead this time. Not to mention these things, even the rest of us almost can't come back. ”

Later, they begin to recount a series of events such as encounters with lichs and bone dragons, especially highlighting the dangers along the way. After listening to this, the dissatisfaction on the old man's face finally subsided, and he became more interested.

"A bony dragon the size of a castle...... Didn't you get anything off of it?"

Benjamin and a few mages shook their heads like rattles.

Seeing this, the old man was a little disappointed and said, "Forget it...... What you've seen and heard at least confirms some of my suspicions. If my research is correct, the unknown energies of the undead world should be the same thing as the elements. ”

Benjamin raised an eyebrow when he heard this.

"How?"

"In our concept, the elements are immortal, sometimes in the air, sometimes in magical beasts and plants, sometimes in magical phenomena...... They will only change from one form to another, but they will never be consumed, otherwise there should be fewer and fewer elements in this world as time passes. ”

The male mage immediately said, "But this time, we saw the elemental being burned by a gray-white flame. ”

"Yes, but that's just what you see. Perhaps the elemental does not disappear completely, but transforms into a form that we cannot perceive, as you said, after burning the element, the undead will become more powerful. ”

Hearing this, several mages were stunned.

Benjamin wasn't surprised, after all, he knew that the elements were projections of higher-dimensional beings. Such a thing will definitely not be destroyed casually. The world of the dead may also be influenced by the elemental plane, but in a completely different way from the world of the living.

As for the more detailed stuff...... I'm afraid it will become an inexhaustible problem for them throughout their lives.

Benjamin had another thing on his radar, though.

"After returning from the world of the dead, Miles never woke up. His tone sank and he said slowly, "Do you know if there is any way to save him?"

When the old man heard this, he showed a tricky look: "He...... To be honest, those who have passed the abyss trial are destined to have a short life. I now suspect that he was immune to magic because he had become a half-undead physique, and now that this physique has been activated, I am not optimistic about his situation. ”

"Isn't it even possible to try?"

“...... I'll give it a try. ”

Hearing this, Benjamin also fell silent and let out a long sigh.

The old man and the mage were still discussing the issue of the world of the dead, and he turned around and quietly left from here. Miles was housed in the college's vacant dormitories, which he had seen before. The coma has lasted for three days, and the treatment rain will be repelled by the force field, and the system can't analyze the reason.

If you want to save him now, the only thing you can rely on is the research progress of the academy......

Benjamin returned to the dean's room, feeling exhausted. This time he entered the world of the dead, and too many unexpected things happened, and he really needed to get a good night's sleep.

He fell into bed, covered his head and slept, and slept until noon the next day.

"Dean, we have started a trial treatment for Miles and is currently in stable condition. Even if we can't wake him up, we'll try to keep him alive. ”

A mage came to report, Benjamin heard this, nodded, and also went to visit Miles. He was now transferred to the Potions-Department's classified research room, where he was lying in the center of a rune formation. The old man carefully concocted the potion and forcibly fed it to his mouth through a glass catheter at regular intervals every day.

Miles was surrounded by an undead air, and no one could come close. However, Benjamin noticed that the dead air was being suppressed little by little with the effect of the medicine.

It relieved him a little.

"In terms of materials, if you need anything, just tell me, I can get those things even if I do it myself. He turned to the old man.

"No, I don't have to. The old man said impatiently, "The academy has a special procurement staff and a team of Monster hunting, when do you need to do this?"

“...... All right. ”

"You're also a dean, don't wander around here every day when you're idle and disturb our work. Go, go, go, what to do! ”

Benjamin was kicked out of the lab like this.

He found that he seemed to be a little too willful as the dean. In fact, in the few days he had been on his way to the world of the dead, the academy had also accumulated a lot of visitors waiting to meet him. As soon as he came back yesterday, Wallis came to him with a frenzied look and forced him to make time and work hard.

In desperation, he could only return to his dean's office and start to deal with the daily work of the college.

Two days later.

"This must be the last few visitors, right?"

Benjamin opened the list and glanced at it with a frown. A few merchants from Caritus, two mages who wanted to join the Academy...... As well as an old acquaintance, Elizabeth.

After thinking about it, Benjamin decided to meet Elizabeth first.

Her visit again today must have something to do with the Kingdom of Hori. Recently, the church has been keeping a low profile and has not caused any incidents, but if the Wood family finds any signs, they will definitely notify their daughter who is living abroad and get in touch with the Academy of Magic.

"Head Elizabeth probably came the day before yesterday, and has been waiting in Akademi for the past few days, and I can inform her now. Wallis understood, then nodded, turned around and began to arrange a meeting.

Half an hour later, Elizabeth slowly walked into the dean's room.