Benjamin plunged headfirst into the laboratory, tirelessly studying the secrets hidden deep within the Lava Giant's body.
Day and night blurred together. He never tired, and time seemed to have lost all meaning to him.
Yet after several days of this "research frenzy," the trance was finally shattered by a "beep-beep" notification from the Magic Network Terminal.
Benjamin raised his head from the ocean of data, looking slightly dazed, and instinctively opened the Magic Network Terminal.
At that moment, his highly active mind was still calculating data and experimental information related to modifying the Lava Giant.
The message on the terminal had come from David.
The other party stated concisely that he had completed his advancement to Level 2 Wizard. He had specifically sent this message to thank Benjamin for his previous modifications to the survivors of the Eloria Plane.
Those modified survivors had also helped him fulfill the promise he had once made to the Sage of the Eloria Plane.
Benjamin blinked, and only after several seconds did he snap back to his senses.
Only then did he realize that, since his last communication with David, he had unknowingly spent several more decades immersed in research!
"No wonder," Benjamin murmured, his fingertips brushing over the research records on the light screen. "The research into the Lava Giant's biological evolution is already nearing its end. So much time has passed."
But then Benjamin's brows suddenly knit together.
He abruptly felt as though... he had overlooked something extremely important.
Instinctively, he began reviewing every message record on the Magic Network Terminal.
The unread messages he had ignored over the decades flooded into his already hyperactive mind like a rising tide.
After a long while, Benjamin finally realized what was so wrong that it made his heart pound: since Victor and Amy