Josue's Path, Power Equal to Nicholas!

From Nicholas, everyone learned that the alchemist who had masterminded the Human Alchemy experiments of the American Magical Congress—the man named Josue—was the one Nicholas had exiled from the French wizarding world over two hundred years ago.

And what Josue had said more than two hundred years ago had likely not been empty boasting, but the truth. He was a complete Human Alchemy modification, save for his soul; most of his body had been replaced with alchemical materials.

Not only that, he had been the first successful Human Alchemy modification, even sparking a wave of Human Alchemy throughout the French wizarding world, which had revered alchemy for two centuries.

"If only the identity of the culprit had been confirmed, I doubt it would be enough for the renowned Nicolas Flamel to call it such terrible news, would it?"

Grindelwald said blandly, his heterochromatic eyes fixed on Nicholas.

At Grindelwald's words, Nicholas's expression grew even more solemn. He spoke in a low voice, "That's right. And now comes the bad news I wanted to tell you."

"That is, Josue, the leader of Human Alchemy, laid the foundation for the path of Human Alchemy—and he has succeeded on that path."

"As everyone knows, Magic is idealistic, and alchemy is no different. He opened up the path of Human Alchemy and achieved success in the field he recognized as his own."

"That means that over two hundred years ago, on the day I exiled him from the French wizarding world and he defected to the American wizarding world, where his Human Alchemy project was accepted, he may already have advanced to become a Demon King level wizard!"

"And now, the Human Alchemy laboratory he single-handedly established has achieved such results: the development of war machines, the emergence of a Mechanical Army tens of