Mentioning an existence of this level seemed to lower the temperature in the room by several degrees.
"'Dragon-Headed Fiend' Chaye, that irritable madman, has been in an especially foul mood lately." Yuter's phantom trembled slightly.
"He sensed the excavation activities on the Fourth Layer, and then... Well, you know what he's like."
Of course, Ron knew.
Chaye was renowned among the Supreme Apostles for his brutality and volatile temper, and his favorite pastime was finding people to fight.
A group of wizards making noise right outside his "home" had given him the perfect excuse to vent.
He also knew that if he tried to kill them, a Grand Wizard monitoring the area would surely come to stop him.
"So you had no choice but to go there personally."
"Yes. Before that, I conducted detailed predictions and deductions." Yuter's tone became more solemn.
"The results showed that, if I used certain special methods, I had a seventy percent chance of driving Chaye back. Those odds... were worth taking a chance on."
As he spoke, the old professor took a storage crystal emitting a silvery radiance from his robes.
"This experience also gave me excellent teaching material. Ron, would you like to personally observe a battle against a Supreme Apostle?"
The crystal seemed to contain a miniature galaxy, with countless points of light slowly revolving inside.
But upon closer inspection, those points of light were not stars. They were some kind of more complex information structures.
"This is the complete memory I extracted from that battle. It includes the thought process, the sensations of casting spells, and even some analysis of Chaye."
A look of anticipation flashed through Yuter's eyes.
"Through your Adaptive Chaos Simulation Device, you can fully experience how an occultist battles a Supreme Apostle. And, more importantly..."
He paused,