Madness and Madness

On the outskirts of the Muria Archipelago, deep within the Shattered Star Sea.

Inside the pure-white bridge of the Gemstone River, the group of four sat or stood, each busy with their own work. Yet from time to time, they looked toward Muria Main Island in the distance through the 360-degree projected view.

Evan sat in his pilot's seat.

He idly played with a vial of medicine that looked remarkably similar to Blood of the Creator, yet showed no trace of anything supernatural—the Alchemy School's most complete Elixir of Immortality.

It was also the key to whether Mennon Watt, the Alchemy School's Chief, could successfully advance to Truth Embodiment.

Beside him, Olivia, dressed in a plain long skirt, carefully held the emerald tablet, Magic Book Emerald Tablet.

Simply holding it in her hands and looking at it with her True Sight Magic Eye caused countless mysteries of Material Transformation to evolve from the thirteen aphorisms and surge into the girl's heart.

Jerros read through a thick stack of research materials on Bio-Energy Conversion Switch Technology with great interest.

After all, the Rebirth Puppet he had obtained from Sorcery Garden · Uruk Great Temple had originated here at its roots.

Only Milan had suffered "psychological trauma" in Animal Kingdom because of certain fluffy things, then been thoroughly beaten by Kong Yu, and finally burdened with the earnest expectations of a Crown Wizard on Muria Island.

It had nearly made him wonder whether fate had abandoned him.

Now, he could only casually flip through Echoes of Time and Space in his hands, staring listlessly in the direction of Muria Main Island.

Their trip had gone fairly smoothly. It had taken only a month from start to finish, and Muria Civilization's reset was still far off.

To resolve that final doubt, they had