Desmond had already had his breakfast and had been standing in the middle of his alchemy area for nearly five hours. The formula he had created was proceeding without a hitch. Absolutely.Desmond had thought he would succeed on his seventh attempt and was delighted, and indeed he would.The liquid inside the cauldron had begun to slowly turn a pale green. Perhaps three, perhaps two minutes remained.The young man spent this time carefully, trying not to move even for a second. He just waited at the cauldron.With each passing second, the liquid inside the cauldron turned a brighter green, and indeed, within a short time, it had turned completely bright green.With that, the potion was complete.Desmond calmly used his mana to cover all the liquid inside the cauldron and began slowly pouring the potion liquid into the bottles he had placed on the table.After finishing this process, he removed every alchemy ingredient from the tables, then closed the caps of the bottles and placed them

By the time noon turned to evening, Desmond had already managed to connect to Estella in the capital thanks to Maria.Estella was incredibly worried when she saw the concern in her little nephew Desmond's eyes and the dark circles under his eyes."Des... Are you alright? I was surprised when Cardinal Maria wanted to see me urgently; I heard she had seen a prophecy. What's going on?" Estella asked calmly.Desmond looked at the communication device in front of him, the magical orb, and told Estella on the other side of the orb everything he had seen.Estella was naturally worried.One didn't need to be a genius to understand how terrible this kind of prophecy was. Estella herself had begun to worry about Claire, but the real problem was that they didn't know when this prophecy was likely to come true.It was truly worrying."All right, I'll contact Claire as soon as possible. Empress Andromeda has already contacted us. More precisely, the empress contacted Evander. Don't worry, I'll get

The spell had advanced towards the demons and had already slowed them down considerably, striking them.The demons had slowed down significantly, which naturally suited Desmond. The young man immediately left his spot and, in doing so, transformed the staff in his hand back into a sword.He lunged towards the demons and, as he did so, enveloped his sword in pitch-black fire.As he did this, the aura of darkness and starlight around his body flowed into the sword, making the pitch-black fire sharper, purer, and more powerful.At that moment, Desmond saw the demons amidst the ice dust.The pair hadn't just slowed down; they appeared to be completely frozen in place.The young man, seeing them pinned down, didn't hesitate for a second and calmly said, "Dash."Activating his ability, he appeared in front of a demon and plunged his sword directly into its throat.The sword entered the demon's throat like a knife cutting through butter.As soon as Desmond thrust the sword into the demon's t

The young man took off the glasses he had placed in his inventory and then put them on. By doing so, he gained insight into what foresight meant.Once he put on the glasses, his surroundings became much clearer, and that wasn't all... Desmond could almost see the traces of meaning in the dungeon. It was as if he could see how the dungeon was formed.It was an incredible ability, and it was only a 50% increase.It had confused him so much... Seriously.The young man began to focus on the scene in front of his eyes for a while, and his old vision returned after a while.Desmond could really tell that everything was back to normal, and with that, he could feel more at ease; everything seemed more normal."Alright, let's get this done," Desmond said suddenly, and then, taking a deep breath, pressed the button for the sixty-first floor.In a short while, he would be on the seventy-fifth floor. He would indeed accomplish this very easily. It would take barely five hours, perhaps even less.

“DONG!!!!”It was like a bell, a massive bell.Desmond could feel his entire body shaking from the sound, yet despite all this, his feet remained firmly planted on the ground, and he was able to hold himself steady.The attack was still ongoing, a single, unending assault, like an unrelenting beam of light.Even though Desmond could see that the qi barrier was holding up completely, he could tell that some parts were starting to crack due to the barrier's low quality.A cracked barrier could only be repaired if it was made with holy power, meaning Desmond couldn't strengthen the barrier by using extra qi.Still, perhaps, just perhaps, he could pull one hand away from the barrier he had just created and manage to form another qi barrier.The barrier he had already erected was nearly three metres outside the six-metre diameter circle where the test area was located. So, if Desmond acted quickly enough, he might be able to avoid the attack, or rather, not just weakly block it, but actual