Shaking his head slightly, the Demon Wizard stopped summoning demons after being interrupted and simply dismissed the summoning spell. His experiment had made little progress, but another year or two hardly mattered. Normally, at their level, magical research was measured in years.
Some particularly difficult, large-scale magical research projects were even measured in centuries!
That was because the process involved extensive trial and error, and most wrong paths required a certain investment of time, resources, and effort. Only the rare directions that were outrageously wrong could be ruled out right from the start.
Even then, sometimes, when they had no other leads, they had to grit their teeth and continue researching a direction they knew was wrong, just to accumulate experimental data.
That was magical research!
That was fucking normal magical research!
The Demon Wizard sighed wearily, feeling another pang of regret. Perhaps he should not have been so decisive back then. He should have left himself a way back. Otherwise, he could have shared in the wonders of the Wizard Civilization—
Unfortunately, it was too late for regrets. The abyssal will would never let him go. Besides, until he completed that research, he would not leave even if the Abyss released him!
His thoughts wandered as the six of them stood in the air, silently facing off and waiting, accompanied by waves of agonized cries from demons being swallowed by the Boundless Void.
Without the Demon Wizard's support, the battle in the Small World ended smoothly. Anjie and the others drove straight toward the heart of the Abyssal Depths like a sharp blade!
They left numerous Witch Towers along the way to hold their defensive lines. Advancing while securing their rear, they swept all resistance aside and charged into the heart of the Abyssal Depths!
The entire process took