Only then did he move to the center and join the others in examining the mass of flesh. At this point, the significance of that flesh was no longer obvious. Studying it would be less useful than directly studying the two "counterparts."
Academy Championship · Epilogue
With the "counterparts," Dark and the others could obtain Demon King blood whenever they wished.
Using Demon King blood as a foundation, together with the Book of Souls woven from the knowledge inside Demon King Number Two's brain, they could cultivate Demon Race creatures in large numbers.
However, the professors had actually stored Demon King blood long ago, yet had never used it.
Thus, their practical need for the "counterparts" was not all that great.
Saint Marian Academy had the Dungeon and did not lack ordinary materials. Cultivation was only necessary when they required certain exceedingly rare Demon Race materials.
The greatest value of those "counterparts" still lay in the memories within their brains. What concerned them more was the portion of those memories concerning Bright Gaude.
The other use involved taboos.
After carefully inspecting the mass of flesh and confirming that it contained none of that exceptionally special substance, Dark and the others conjured a flame and burned it to ashes, lest the Demon King had left behind some contingency within it.
After that, the group continued upward and finally arrived at the shattered, collapsed third floor of the temple.
Amid the broken walls and rubble, numerous shrines remained embedded in place. Reliefs of divine statues exuded an eerie aura, while black mist drifted everywhere.
At the very back, the sacrificial altar was surprisingly still intact. The three statues behind it had not been completely destroyed either. Apart from its head having been severed and fallen to the ground, the largest evil