Of course, Josh had been joking.
Although Akathosh's giant eyeball was still active, Josh wasn't sure that thing was really suitable for him. Put simply, the power that eyeball had endured before was far too great—something someone at Josh's level simply couldn't touch.
The most realistic outcome was that if Josh forcibly installed it in his eye socket, then if he was lucky, he might regain his sight—but it would drain his magic power every day, possibly sucking him dry outright. If he was unlucky, it would explode the moment it was installed due to incompatibility, and Josh could only hope Akathosh knew how to perform Impure World Reincarnation.
After all, if his head exploded, resurrection would be troublesome without an intact corpse. Josh had no intention of actually getting his head blown off, but if it really didn't work, he would probably have to think of another solution.
What Josh hadn't expected was that this process, which could barely be called a ritual, was far simpler than he could have imagined—and its success was even more beyond his expectations.
Akathosh didn't waste words with Josh. Once Josh agreed, he had him take out his old giant eyeball. Then, he extracted some Fire element from it, refined and compressed it, and finally used sealing magic to press those Magic elements into Josh's eyes—both of them.
The whole operation was skilled and efficient. Before Josh could even react, his vision vanished completely. He didn't see darkness, but a vast sea of blazing red! The searing heat brought intense pain, and Josh immediately cried out.
Instinctively, he channeled some magic power into his eyes. The pain immediately disappeared. Other than the fact that he still couldn't see anything, it didn't seem as exaggerated as Akathosh had said. Could it be because of