But at this moment, in the sky above the Lord's Mansion, which was wrapped in layers of magic arrays, an unprecedented "accident" happened.

Although it "happened", Edward was unable to explain "how it happened" with his own knowledge.

Even the most knowledgeable of him could not accurately recognize the phenomenon in front of him.

In the empty air, without warning, a "pitch-black ball" appeared out of thin air.

It can only be described as a "pitch-black ball", which is a "particle" condensed from pure darkness without any luster or texture.

If Edward were to use what he knew to make some appropriate analogies, it would be like a gap to the underworld.

Because, as soon as the "pitch-black sphere" appeared, it began to greedily devour everything except itself.

The gravitational pull of the "pitch-black sphere" is so great that nothing can escape from it.

The façade of the building was torn, the rubble was sucked in, and it disappeared.

The soil of the courtyard was rolled up, the grass and trees were sucked in, and they disappeared.

The air is swept into a whirlwind, sucked in like a whirlpool, and disappears.

The silence around is unbelievable, as the sound is inhaled...... Disappear......

The "pitch-black ball" was deep and quiet, and even the light patterns of the magic array were distorted, forcibly twisted into a spiral, sucked in, and disappeared......

Edward was shocked, for "black jade" was a dangerous phenomenon that was enough to shatter all the common sense he had accumulated over his long life.

――...... Worst...... Too bad!

It was incomprehensible, and it was precisely because it was incomprehensible that he was convinced that it was an unprecedented danger.

The "pitch-black ball" is getting bigger and bigger, and [Discovery of Everything] is detecting energy and mass beyond imagination, I'm afraid ...... will explode.

Just as this thought flashed, the "pitch-black ball" exploded.

With a bright light that burned his eyes, it released a violent shockwave that exploded.

Fortunately, the position was higher, and the blow did not directly affect the lord's mansion.

However, the aftermath of the explosion was enough to shake the entire building, and at the same time worried Edward.

Edward hurriedly took control of his spirits, rapidly consuming the entire city of the undead slaughtered by the army of the undead, advancing the pace of ritual completion.

But suddenly, a voice sounded, interrupting the ritual.

'Oh~~ Old man, it looks like you're doing a very interesting experiment, right?'

――！？

The sudden sound of words shocked Edward's spirit.

Because he knew that in the state of the spirit, there was only one spirit who could send a message to himself.

And in this city, there is no way that there will be a powerful necromancer who will still be able to die enough to remain sane.

――Could it be that it came out of the "black sphere"!?

If this is the case, Edward is facing the same crisis as he did before.

If, as he thought, the opposite side of the pitch-black realm was the so-called "underworld", then the spirit that escaped from it was likely to be an extremely high demon beyond human imagination.

In fact, the magic of [Séance Reincarnation] has always had a fatal flaw.

When [Séance Reincarnation] is activated, you do not have absolute priority for reincarnation, and the priority will only belong to the most powerful spirit.

The strength of the soul depends on the memory and knowledge of the soul.

All along, the location and area where the ritual took place was under Edward's complete control, and even this time, as it should be.

A self-proclaimed "sage" of the most knowledgeable of mankind, Edward had absolute confidence in his own experience and knowledge.

But what if the other party is not human, but a spirit that lives so long that there is no concept of lifespan at all? Edward's advantage will be lost.

Once he loses the priority of reincarnation, then the only thing that awaits him is destruction.

Of course, Edward didn't intend to sit still, he still had a killer feature, and that was the second [inherent skill] he mastered - [Knowledge Sharing].

No matter if the other party is a "demon" or something else, as long as you can seize the knowledge of the other party, then you will undoubtedly be invincible.

In fact, Edward's choice also carries a lot of risk.

Because [knowledge sharing], as the name suggests, is not the convenient ability to unilaterally seize the knowledge of the other party, but the two sides block their own "memory" for a fair competition.

Memory, if not understood and absorbed, is at best a form of information, derived from one's own experience.

The function of "knowledge sharing" is only to allow both parties to share the information that the other party knows, but it cannot explain the content of the information.

In other words, the premise of gaining knowledge is to be able to understand the information of the other party, and only by doing this can you truly improve the strength of your own spirit body and regain the priority of rebirth.

At the end of the day, it's a race for "understanding."

Edward was quite conceited about it.

Known as the "Sage", one of the wisest great magicians in the human race, he believes that there is no information in the world that he cannot understand.

Especially in the field of magic, he has accumulated hundreds of years of experience, and he has the ability to act as a genius, even if the opponent is a demon, he is confident that he will not be defeated.

However, his conceit unfortunately did not support it until the next second.

The moment [Knowledge Sharing] was launched, the content of the storm came flooding in.

Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Quantum Mechanics, Genetic Engineering, Programming Linguistics......

Endless, indecipherable, like a book from heaven, full of strange images and symbols, the spell that constantly destroys his consciousness.

At the same moment, he could sense that his magical knowledge was being absorbed by the other party at an incredible rate.

Centuries-old theories leak out as if a big hole had been opened under a pool, and then come back with some intense satisfaction and joy.

That feeling of joy was quite familiar to Edward.

When the thirst for knowledge is filled, it is like the joy and comfort of sex.

Not only that, but while seeing each other's memories through "knowledge sharing", there is a cruel fact in front of Edward's eyes.

How could it be ......! How could it be! Human beings, human beings!? How could human beings possess such rich and strange knowledge!

That's right, the opponent is human.

If the other party was a demon, maybe Edward would be able to accept it, but he never expected that the opponent was actually the same race as himself.

Moreover, he is still very young, probably only in his twenties.

"Hahaha, old man, you know a lot~~'

In the young and hearty message, it is difficult to hide the joy.

Edward could feel that the spirit had a purer, more greedy, more bottomless thirst for knowledge than himself, and he was devouring all his knowledge and learning.

'Magic~~Hehe...... Interesting~~Especially the old man's original spell~~ The structure is too amazing~~ Six basic attributes, building twelve groups of magic patterns, juxtaposing seventy-two function images, and overlapping three-dimensional arrangement, so that the magic operation mechanism can achieve geometric multiplier growth~~ Of course, each function structure itself is not too complicated, but the concept of combination is really amazing, and the high-precision automatic juxtaposition operation achieved by this is not simple~~ The whole set of operation structure is a protection program made to prevent the deterioration of one's own spirit~~Unleash necromancy to replenish and repair lost spirit energy, and use a variety of elven spells to fine-tune the ratio of the elements, so that the new body and soul fit can be increased dramatically. However, there should be a technical bottleneck here~~ How to deal with the rejection of the soul by the body...... Oh~~!I see, the original soul of the little girl is used as a medium~~ In this way, it is only necessary to cover the memory on the original personality information, which can avoid the defect of the spirit body, and then apply a code compression to the electromagnetic ripples that make up the personality information...... Hahaha~~ It's so exciting, this technology is far ahead of the practical level of modern brain medicine~~'

In the blink of an eye, Edward's theory of magic, which had spent half his life's work, was robbed by the young spirits.

However, the nightmare has only just begun.

It's just that although the magic of the old man is exquisite, in order to resurrect one person, it consumes the souls and magic of hundreds of people~~ As a product, the energy consumption ratio is inevitably too low~~ No matter how cross-era technological innovation, if you can't solve the problem of high energy consumption, you can't put it into practical links~~ After all, economic benefits are the ultimate goal of technological development~~ In this regard, I have some improvement plans for reference~~'

Just after the young spirit said it lightly, Edward only felt that something deep inside him was being shattered by him.

――What do you say...... ...... improvement?

For example, when unleashing the [Kachmith-style] holy magic, the third, seventh, and sixteenth spell patterns are discarded, and the twenty-sixth section pattern is corrected. No...... Correction alone does not seem to be enough. Other kinds of functional structures should be inserted here, and it would be ideal to form a composite structure. Well...... In this way, if all the deteriorating necromancy, combined with [Gorzid-style] necromancy, is theoretically enough to alleviate the deterioration rate of the spirits...... Ah, yes, that's right! Even memories can be protected by assimilation and superposition......"

Seeing that the magic circle of [Spirit Reincarnation] was being tampered with inexplicably at an extremely fast speed, he couldn't muster out a little strength to try to stop it.

"Hmm...... Let's do it for now, although there is still a lot of room for improvement, and there is not much time for now, so let's be content with saving energy consumption by a third - in short, let me do an experiment first. ’

Immediately afterwards, the girl on the bed, in addition to Alyser El Crusnier, the other two sisters who had been killed by Edward together, had a pulse again.

Their pale cheeks gradually regained their blood color.

The girl was resurrected.

It's a breeze.

At the same time, it also means that the bottleneck that Edward has spent hundreds of years helpless can be shattered in just a few seconds.

Together with Edward's self-esteem.

It was only at this moment that Edward realized how funny he had always been called a genius.

In front of the "real genius", he is so vulnerable.

What are you clamoring for to spy into the abyss of the devil's path? It's just a fool's dream.

Looking back on the past hundred years, Edward has not had any outstanding achievements in his actions, and he is faintly aware that the "magic road" he is proud of has already reached a dead end.

Not long ago, Edward had mistakenly believed that he had reached the pinnacle of the Demon Path.

But now, he realizes that he is nothing more than a frog at the bottom of a well.

He couldn't help but ask—what is the point of such a funny self not hesitating to sacrifice innocent lives and survive in an ugly way?

Now that I think about it, it's too brazen.

Even though humanity has been worn out over the centuries, Edward's heart still has faith that cannot be separated.

That is, the pride and pride of being a magician.

From the very beginning, reincarnation was not to satisfy the attachment to "rebirth", but only as a means to continue the study of the Demon Path.

However, at some point, Edward lost his original purpose on this endless road.

To this day, he considers himself lucky.

Because of the brief "accident" he encountered today, it seemed that he recalled his original wish.

That's right—even if you give everything you have, you have to peek into the abyss of the devil's path.

At this moment, just like the first time he cast [Séance Reincarnation], Edward suddenly stood at the crossroads of choice.

At the beginning, what he paid for the devil was his humanity and emotions.

Now, for the same sake of the Demon Dao, of course, he will also give his life and existence.

So, Edward's answer was-

- Young man, you ...... Interested in magic?

'Interested~~Of course~~'

- So...... What is magic ...... to you?

'Huh?......' It doesn't matter what the definition is, as long as it's unknown, I want to get to the bottom of it, it's a habit~~ It's the same whether it's magic or anything else!'

The short question and answer, the innocent thoughts of the young man, left Edward speechless, and at the same time thoroughly understood the difference between each other's realms.

The other party is far more ambitious than he imagined.

Not limited to the devil's path, but standing on a higher position looking down on the world, greedily peeping into all the truths of the world.

If Edward's thirst for knowledge is as deep as a deep lake.

Then the unknown young man is the bottomless trench.

If magic is a miracle-winning technique, then Edward believes that he is now facing "miracles".

There was even a sense of fatalism that kept coming from Edward's chest, as if he had been reincarnated repeatedly, to survive, to abandon humanity for hundreds of years, to wear out his soul, for the moment in front of him, this moment of encounter with the true "genius".

- Okay, young man, you just live. Replace me...... Walk to the pinnacle of the Demon Path......

Without too many words, Edward placed his wish in his place.

At the same time, he also felt peace and contentment for the first time in a long time.

In addition, many emotions that he had forgotten came to his mind.

Unwillingness, exhaustion, low self-esteem, jealousy, joy, emotion, and finally ...... Relieved.

At the same time, Edward also took a step forward in his life after a long absence—and it was the last step in his long life.