CHAPTER 338: ANGELS AND WHAT IS TRULY LACKING TO CREATE LIFE

"..." I went with number 1 to her room at the academy, I’m going to give her a reward for her hard work in managing the place, I don’t usually come in here, but that’s going to change in the future.

’During the war this place will be safe, the universe is already stable so even without me here this universe won’t break or be destroyed, maybe I should leave my daughter and Zephyra with Tsukuyomi in here’ They’ll be safe here.

But I’m still thinking, should I keep them in my castle? Or bring them in here? I have no way of knowing if an enemy will be able to infiltrate the castle and put Eclipsya’s life at risk.

Honestly, I’m not too worried about Tsukuyomi and Zephyra in this regard, Zephyra can’t die as long as I’m alive because of what I did, if Zephyra is attacked, a large part of the damage comes to me and even if she’s torn to pieces or practically vaporized, she still stays alive.

And Tsukuyomi is very strong by several standards, so she would hardly be at risk since she has basically half of my current strength, which means Tsukuyomi is at around level 50k.

The biggest problem is Eclipsya, who has no real guarantee of protection, that’s why I’m thinking if I should put them in my universe, the reason I don’t want to put them here and am thinking about it is very simple.

Hiding them will make me look like a coward, as if I can’t even protect those who are important to me, and that’s not good for my image, even though the demons’ loyalty is blind.

In addition, I have the shadows, I can just fill the castle with so many that it will be impossible for any intruder to walk around there without being attacked.

’Well, I’ll deal with that another time, it all depends on how the humans will behave in the war’

"Number 1, I’m going to reward you a little, are you ready?" I ask as she stands in front of me, too eager for what I’m going to do, her excitement is funny as her tail can barely stay still.

"S-Sure, goddess" She says as I hold her waist, she turns completely red while breathing euphorically, seeming like she’s going to pass out from pleasure at any moment.

Soon I kiss her, a deep kiss that she seems to love, our tongues intertwining as our chests press against each other, I easily feel her softness even through the clothes.

I hug her tightly, our chests pressing against each other as her tail stops moving.

"...Number 1? Hey, number 1?" I notice she has stopped reacting, I move away from her and let her go, soon she collapses on the floor, having spasms of pleasure as her clothes get soaked in the intimate area.

’She...passed out because of a kiss?’ This is absurd, it seems their adoration for me is too high, it must be incredible for her to have her goddess kissing her.

"Well, I guess that means your reward ends here, what a shame" I say, picking up the papers from her desk and a pen to leave a note, I write that since she passed out from pleasure, the current reward is enough.

Soon I leave my universe, appearing in Veritus’ mansion, I hope she at least likes the note, there’s also a request for her to train more if she wants a bigger reward, since there’s no fun in doing something with her unconscious.

’There are still two hours until it’s time for me to go to the academy as a teacher, I think I’ll try to spend some time with potions’ I go to a room in the mansion that has various potion materials.

I’ve had plenty of time to learn, so in my free time I study different fighting styles, alchemy, potion making, and other things, some of which are quite useful.

Thanks to potion making and alchemy, I was able to create a potion that changes someone’s race to a demon, it’s actually incredibly simple to make, but at the same time it’s incredibly difficult.

In alchemy, your magic matters, very advanced techniques require massive amounts of Mana, which also applies to potion making. The reason no one has made a potion that changes someone’s race is twofold.

First, it’s the belief, all races greatly revere their respective goddesses, so they don’t have the idea of transforming beings of other races into their own race. And second, to make this potion, you need a very high amount of magic and DNA from various sub-races of the main race.

In my case, I collected blood and flesh from many different demons, and that made the potion work correctly, not to mention monster materials to generate some things for the potion.

The monsters I used were mainly monsters that can alter their own biology like me, since the potion literally needed to convert a being into another, so the entire biology needs to be altered.

The reason I want to learn this is not because I want to turn other races into demons, but because I became interested in how the church is trying to create those artificial angels.

To begin with, I’ve never seen an angel, this is not a race that exists in this world, but it is real and some goddesses even have angels as servants, which means humans are failing to create angels because they don’t have angel DNA.

This means that Lucius is using the sacred element as a substitute for angelic DNA.

I talked to Delphina about what angels are, and Delphina explained to me, even without knowing why I wanted this information, that unlike other races, angels are closer to being considered [Spirits].

Angels are like a kind of "neutral monster", they are composed of an agglomeration of pure elemental sacred Mana, basically when a lot of Mana of an element accumulates, a spirit can be born from it.

Which is a type of elemental monster, but most of these spirits are of more common elements like fire, earth, water, air, etc.

Only that all elements can generate a spirit, but when a being is born from the Mana of an uncommon element, the being loses the classification of spirit and gains a new one.

The sacred element is quite unique in every way, being kind of an artificial element because of everything about it, and naturally the "spirit" of this element would also be unique.

And in this case, the sacred spirit is named an angel, it’s not common knowledge and the humans certainly don’t know that angels are basically a race of monsters.

But it is a fact that Lucius must have at least basic knowledge about angels, since he knows that with the sacred element he can create angels, of course, thanks to this, now I know how to change a being’s race through potions.

So the focus has changed, if artificial beings like the false angels of the church can be created in this way, can I not also create true life?

This is one of the biggest problems in my universe, I don’t know how to create real living beings, so much so that the inhabitants are not an original living being, being based on my existence as small autonomous avatars of myself.

But with this new knowledge, maybe I can create real living beings to populate my universe. For now, I want to try with animals, it would be great to be able to create animals within my universe.

And after animals, I’ll try to create something with intelligence and self-awareness.

"Okay, but I still lack something to be able to do this..." I murmur, entering the room full of materials.

What I’m missing is something simple, but complex, there’s a difference between life that is born from Mana naturally and life conceived by living beings.

Beings born from Mana are formed 100% from it, that is, they are not common living beings born from reproduction, and what I want is not to create something that is born only from Mana, but to create a normal living being that can be born, grow, reproduce and die.

The basic cycle of life in a natural way, which means that I still lack knowledge, the skill [Essence of Creation] has a lot of hidden potential, but without knowledge it’s complicated to use it.

"Living beings, what makes all living beings the same besides death? The miracle of life is so complex even though it exists everywhere" I murmur, dissatisfied, sitting in a chair as I start drawing something on a paper.

I’m a genius because of my race, but even the most intelligent of all beings will ultimately encounter barriers that challenge their abilities, what remains is to overcome this barrier.

’I know well the anatomy and body structure, I have high magical knowledge, both practical and theoretical, and I understand how the basis of a living being works...what’s missing?’ In this regard, Lucius was impressive.

He, as a mere human, managed to achieve the feat of creating false angels, they may be flaws, but at least it’s an undeniable progress.

"Haaa...this is so annoying" I murmur, frustrated, I rarely encounter difficulties, most of the time I easily overcome the barriers in my path, but even I can be blocked by such walls.

And the worst part is that this wall is "old", it’s been months since I’ve never found the answer to how to create life, it’s close to my second birthday, and I’ve had [Essence of Creation] since I was born.

I’ve already trained a lot with this skill after knowing its insane potential, but no matter how much I train, creating something truly alive 100% from scratch seems impossible.

’No wonder they say that living beings are a masterpiece made by God, it’s so difficult to replicate what he did’ The Primordial Goddess is insane for having managed to do this.

And unlike me, she probably didn’t have anything as a basis to study and try to replicate, she did everything from absolute nothingness, showing her incredible abilities.

"Well, boasting or exalting the Primordial Goddess doesn’t make any difference, for now I just have to continue my training and see what I get from it" I murmur, going back to drawing projects on the paper.