Chapter 11: The Titan's Blood

Leylin's POV

Why do magus travel through multiverses?

The reason is simple: they needed resources as those in their world became insufficient.

That's also my current situation. I'm an aspiring Magus training an acolyte, but I don't have access to the resources of the magus world, only those of the demon world.

As a result, I'll have to adapt with the means at my disposal, like the ancient magus who studied the powers and resources of various strange worlds.

"Where are we going?" Willow asks worriedly, looking around the cave.

We're currently at the titan's knee.

Normally, I wouldn't have undertaken such a long journey, but I really need this resource for my future projects.

There's a limit to what a 10-year-old child can do, and even now, I know Odalia won't appreciate my prolonged absence.

I've already obtained the Palistrom wood, which is necessary for my future experiment. I had to steal it from the plant coven using a combination of glyphs to become invisible.

"I'm telling you, Willow, you'll soon need certain resources that will be hard to obtain, so I'm preparing the ground," I say, giving her a reassuring smile.

I didn't lie, but I didn't tell the whole truth. Willow is about to be ready to learn her first level 0 spell, and I have proper meditation methods for her.

The problem is me. I also want to follow the path of a demonist, but for that, I need to fully enter the world of magus or that of purgatory.

To achieve this goal, I need a modified astral gate since I can't withstand the journey between worlds with an ordinary astral gate.

So yes, I didn't come here just for Willow, but also for myself.

I need to obtain the titan's blood to try to combine the technology behind Eda's door and the magi's astral gate.

The human Luz was able to travel without risking her life between the human and demon worlds.

In truth, just the bone marrow should be enough to recreate the titan's blood in my workshop, or should I call it my laboratory now?

I've already been able to reproduce most of the simple tools of a magus laboratory, although they're not as effective as those of a powerful magus laboratory like rank 4.

Regarding the titan's blood reproduced from its bone marrow, I'm just afraid that its quality might not be as good as the one Eda currently possesses.

But I have the necessary confidence to stimulate the DNA contained in the titan's blood to improve its quality.

Leylin Farlier was able to extract the blood or DNA of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent from the blood of a Horrall Snake.

He even managed to stimulate the Giant Kemoyin Serpent's blood with the blood of a fallen rank 7 being to evolve his lineage to rank 5.

So the blood I could obtain from the titan's bone marrow in the laboratory can be purified and stimulated later.

"What's this blue stuff, teacher?" Willow asks, illuminating the area with light glyphs.

"Don't get close, it's something called mad blood," I say, quickly pulling her away from the natural trap.

"Sorry," Willow mumbles. It seems that the act of slightly quickly moving her away from the mad blood with my telekinesis has depressed her.

She must think she's a dead weight to me, when it's quite the opposite.

Once she becomes an official magus, she'll have a long life expectancy to serve me better, and with the meditation method I've planned for her, level 4 or 5 is possible with enough time.

"I sometimes forget that you're too young, Willow," I say with a sigh before approaching her to perform Itachi Uchiha's legendary gesture.

"Uh," a surprised sound escapes Willow's lips.

"Don't put pressure on yourself, Willow. You've become very strong in a short time," I say, smiling at her before leaving.

Originally, she became my student to revolutionize magic and also to become stronger.

She lost Amity because of her weakness, and her parents submitted at best for the same reason, so Willow has a certain fear of not being useful or strong enough with me.

It's a funny situation. Despite my reincarnation in this world, she still resembles "Hunter," the golden guard.

"I think this will be perfect," I say, touching the cave wall.

"I'm going to teach you a practical use of the light glyph," I tell Willow.

"Isn't it only useful for blinding the opponent or illuminating an area?" she asks, clearly confused.

"Yes, but for your information, light itself is composed of particles," I say, striking a plant glyph on the ground to grow a small tree.

I tore off a branch on which I drew the light glyph and, as expected, I have a light sword like Borsalino from One Piece.

"Wow," she expresses, impressed.

Glyph magic is really incredible. With enough creativity, I can literally create countless combinations to obtain various effects.

While Willow was still amazed by my way of using the light glyph, I started digging into the titan's knee bone with the help of the abominations I summoned to find the titan's bone marrow.

"Note to self to bring my modified abominations on the next expedition," I say, frowning.

...

A few more days have passed since I extracted the titan's bone marrow.

As I suspected at first, its appearance was nothing extraordinary, but I knew that was just appearances.

"I've succeeded," I say, staring at the vial containing a small amount of blue liquid.

The quantity is really pitiful compared to the huge amount of bone marrow I used to extract the DNA and produce its blood.

"If people discover that I can produce this thing, I'll be in trouble," I mutter, sealing the blood in a vial before hiding it.

"Willow, come to the laboratory," I say to a raven that functions here as a phone.

"I'm coming right away," she replies. It seemed she was busy.

During my experiment, I preferred to keep Willow away from the laboratory.

Titan's blood is an extremely rare resource on the Boiling Isles, and I know someone who could kill for it.

It's just too practical a magical element in various fields; it can even allow time travel or travel to the human world.

"You called, teacher?" she says, slightly out of breath. I must have interrupted her during her sword training.

I concluded this because of her outfit and the training sword she's using, and I'm glad she's taking her physical training seriously. I want Willow not to neglect her physical form.

You never know when magic is useless at certain times.

"Go see the sculptor, he must have finished creating the Palistrom puppets I ordered," I explain in a good mood.

"Right away. And for the famous spell?" she asks expectantly.

Yes, Willow has finally been able to visualize 24 runes, she's currently a rank 2 acolyte, but I preferred to wait for her to relax before she tries to learn a rank 0 spell.

I don't want her to suffer a setback because of a failure; it would take her too long to recover.

"All in good time, Willow. But for now, hurry up."

I need more competent people as subordinates, preferably the kind who can't defy my orders or who won't ask too many questions.

"You two will be perfect," I mutter, looking at the drawings of two creatures.