After advancing to Level-7 Peak, Saine did not grow complacent.
He quickly settled his emotions and returned to the experiments he had yet to finish.
Phantom, the level-7 late-stage Dominator-class dragon beast, had long since awakened during the years Saine spent in seclusion making his breakthrough.
Her brand-new mechanical body clearly took some getting used to.
When Saine saw the female dragon again, she appeared before him as a young woman in humanoid form.
Among Dominator-class beings, Phantom was not particularly old.
Perhaps because she had spent the past decade or so in the Wizard World, Phantom's humanoid form no longer resembled the inhabitants of Pantera World, but instead looked more at home in the Wizard Civilization.
Her skin was snowy white, and a small red horn on her forehead drew the eye.
That was her dragon horn.
In addition, a peculiar, fleshy organ sat behind Phantom's ear.
It was a sensitive spot for Phantom, as well as the transformed manifestation of the umbilical cord on her Dominator true body.
Saine had previously completed mechanical modifications on more than seventy percent of Phantom's skin and scales.
The only thing he had left untouched was that umbilical cord.
It was the vital medium through which Phantom could connect with Nettini.
If the opportunity arose in the future, Saine wanted to try it himself.
When it came to exploring truth, Saine possessed the same fervor as most mages.
Phantom, however, had yet to grow accustomed to Saine's brazen gaze or his frequent demands that she bare herself on the laboratory table.
She was not an ideal experimental subject.
When Phantom had been gravely wounded or anesthetized, Saine had naturally been free to do whatever he wished.
But now that she had regained consciousness and recovered much of her strength, she was no