The feeling of using a spell after it had been elevated into Thaumaturgy was roughly like the difference between pushing open a door with rusty hinges and pushing open one coated in metal lubricant.
As Daniste experienced a faint sensation of being peeled away, a tiny, incredibly weak flame was extracted from within her by Shade. Shade immediately brought that flame close to the dragon egg and sent it into the egg.
This dragon egg naturally had its own Life Force. It was merely dormant, not dead. Once external Life Force was injected into it, a distinct heartbeat immediately sounded from inside the shell, and both Shade and Daniste widened their eyes in anticipation.
But the heartbeat only sounded once before vanishing again. The Red-haired Sorceress immediately looked at Shade, who nodded.
"I'll do it myself this time."
He pressed his right hand against his chest.
"Thaumaturgy: Life Fire Seed."
An external fire seed was once again injected into the dragon egg. The clear heartbeat sounded again, but only once.
"It worked! Giving it a Life Fire Seed really worked!"
Daniste was extraordinarily excited. Since returning from Kalas Mountain, this was their most successful experiment so far.
"The Academy has plenty of animals we can use for experiments. Wait here, I'll go find an animal that can keep providing Life Force!"
"Wait a moment."
Shade hurriedly stopped her. His Thaumaturgy gave him a more delicate perception of Life Force than Daniste possessed.
"If I understood correctly, this dragon egg reacts to Life Force, but it needs more than a huge amount of it. It also needs that Life Force to be stable and continuous. Put simply, repeatedly injecting external Life Force may cause Mrs. Carter inside the Moon Egg to react, but those reactions also consume the strength of her