Idealism Is Great!
If we convert Mana power into data...
The cost of a [Ordinary Offensive Magic] is a fixed 10 Mana.
Compressing and solidifying Mana means compressing 10 points of Mana into 5 points.
The [Ordinary Offensive Magic], which originally cost 10 Mana, actually cost 20 Mana.
Undoubtedly, [Ordinary Offensive Magic] that consume more Mana will be much more powerful in terms of damage.
So, here's the question.
Rienta possesses [Primordial Source], which provides him with five times Primordial Source recovery speed.
Was the restored Mana compressed and Mana, or was it the original Mana?
The answer is subjective.
The [Primordial Source] will be restored in proportion to the ratio between the two.
Regardless of whether this Mana is compressed, solidified, or original.
The Primordial Source simply follows the concept of "Fivefold Recovery Speed" step by step.
Rienta didn't know how long it took Solitär to compress and solidify her own Mana.
But for him, compressing and solidifying all his Mana was a quick process.
Rienta wasn't good at math, and he didn't know how to describe it.
Percentage?
Index?
It feels like a math problem...
But upon closer examination, it seems to be missing a few conditions as a math problem.
Its own recovery speed, compression and solidification speed, etc.
Oh no, I need to start using my brain.
Rienta frowned and cast a [Magic That Heals Everything] on herself to suppress these chaotic thoughts.
Solitär's ability to incite and amplify the distracting thoughts in others is truly excessive.
When did Rienta become someone who could think about math problems?
Isn't this ridiculous?
I'm starting to dislike you.
Rienta glared at Solitär and muttered softly.
A Hexagram-shaped Magic Array Pattern appeared beneath his feet.
[High-Speed Movement Magic] Blessed!
[Telekinesis] Lock on!
At the same time, a chilling feeling suddenly swept over Solitär's entire body.
From its perspective, Rienta was still standing in the same spot, only now it was in a forward-charging posture.
Something's not right!
Alarm bells rang in Solitär's mind; it wanted to do something, but its body wouldn't obey, as if bound by air.
Two vibrant streaks of light, one purple-red and the other white-red, drew ever closer.
Solitär could only control the cone-shaped longsword in the sky to plummet rapidly towards the path between it and Rienta.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ground was ravaged by the cone-shaped longsword carrying a black, flowing light, kicking up clouds of dust.
It makes it impossible to see the situation on the battlefield.
A moment later, the smoke and dust settled.
Rienta twirled her sword, reversed her grip on the Green Duckweed Sword, and Candle-Clasping Blade pointed diagonally in front of her.
(Sorry, the protagonist has once again stolen the entrance animation of Shinobi Sasuke here.)
"... This is truly unbelievable."
"In just over a week, you've cracked the [Magic That Turns All Things to Gold]."
Frieren sighed and said softly, "Macht, you really are forgetful."
"However, I can help you recall it now."
Macht had heard similar words once before, a week ago.
But it couldn't recall ever fighting Frieren Six Hundred Years Ago.
However, that doesn't matter anymore.
Dunkel, who possesses [Curse-Reversing Magic], has already solved the problem.
If we kill Frieren again, we can start the experiment again in a different location.
With Solitär possessing human emotions, the next experiment will surely be a success.
"Now that you've seen my memories, you should understand that I genuinely want to coexist with humanity."
"You're an elf, you should be able to understand me, right?"
Frieren paused for a moment, then said, "You are the second Demons I know who wants to coexist with humans."
"I pay the highest respect to your ideals."
"But that's also why we can't understand each other."
"Macht, the more you yearn for coexistence, the more people will die at your hands."
"So what?" Macht said quite naturally, "As long as we understand humanity, the path to coexistence..."
"Is that so?" Frieren interrupted Macht, asking, "Then how many more people do you think we need to kill before we can understand humanity?"
Before Macht could answer, Frieren continued:
"The former Demon King also longed to coexist with humans. To achieve this ideal, he destroyed the nations and ethnic groups that comprised approximately two-thirds of the total human population."
"Macht, what awaits you at the end of your ideals is the extinction of humanity."
"Humans aren't so kind as to just obediently wait for that day to come."
At this point, Frieren felt there was no need to continue the conversation.
Raising his Staff, he pointed it at Macht and said, "Macht of [Golden Land], the cycle of Heavenly Principle, and cause and effect will be rewarded."
"Now, your retribution has come."
Upon hearing Frieren's words, Macht suddenly recalled that when he transformed Weise into the [Golden Land], the lord of the Gluck Family, the human who had been with it the longest, had said something similar.
'One day, you'll get your comeuppance, just like I am now.'
Thinking of this, a feeling of joy rose in Macht's heart.
In Frieren's words, it has now become [evil].
It never expected that the experiment, which it thought had failed, would actually yield results just as it was about to leave.
This is such a pleasant surprise!
Macht dropped the menacing longsword in his hand, and held it loosely in front of him with both hands, one above the other.
Human Mages summon Staff during battle, but this is still an evolutionary imitation of Demons.
The menacing longsword in its hand just now was not its [Staff].
That was nothing more than a weapon most conveniently used to kill humans.
As Mana surged, a magnificent Trident, about three meters long, appeared in its hand.
It hasn't used this weapon in a very, very long time.
But the feeling of being able to use the Trident as naturally as an extension of my own body was still there the moment I held it.
Macht turned the Trident around and lightly touched the ground with its tip.
Boom!
Whether it was due to Mana or the weight of the Trident itself, the seemingly effortless movement created a large crater in the ground, riddled with spiderweb-like cracks.
Macht chuckled softly, looked at Frieren, and said, "Let's do it, Frieren."
I feel like I'm very close to the answer.
Having said that, Macht held the halberd in one hand, his expression calm but his tone very solemn.
Road:
"Macht, one of the Seven Sages of Destruction of the Demon King's Army, from the Golden Land,"
"Here."
Under Macht's control, countless Gold Fragments transformed into a torrent, swirling around it.
As an elf mage in the hero's party who defeated the Demon King, and having also broken the [Magic That Turns All Things to Gold],
Frieren deserves its full strength in serving it.
Unlike Macht, Frieren did not unleash her Mana; instead, she maintained a state of suppressing her own Mana.
Despite facing Macht's full-force attack, she remained calm, a white light emanating from the tip of her Staff, and a Hexagram-shaped Magic Array Pattern quietly appeared.
However, since even Macht, Demons, was taking it so seriously, she couldn't be left behind.
"The Great Mage - Frieren".