Cofagrigus savored the Underworld Flame as if it were a lollipop, radiating delight from head to toe.
Based on a sixteen-hour workday, its maximum magic power could increase by around 160 points in a single day.
However, Dark could already clearly sense the Underworld Flame gradually weakening.
It was evident that this method of absorption, which increased the maximum magic power, caused tremendous damage to the Underworld Flame.
"Perhaps it won't even last a day?"
Dark frowned as he weighed the matter, then instructed, "Remember to preserve the flame seed."
"Desu!" Cofagrigus bent over and nodded vigorously, its four shadowy hands reaching out to hug him again.
Dark hurriedly stopped it.
This kind of depletion of the Underworld Flame was irreversible.
Dark's reason for preserving the flame seed was merely to retain his status as a "[Holder of the Underworld Flame]," so that he could continue to observe and sense the Underworld Flame.
However, after the afternoon's duel, he would immediately head to Traveler Street and have Eve use the Mind Link Technique to contact the Duke's Mansion, informing Claire and Alvitr of this discovery.
By now, he had basically confirmed that Cofagrigus could completely eliminate the Underworld Flame!
Furthermore, if he wanted to continuously raise Cofagrigus's maximum magic power, he would need an endless supply of Underworld Flames as food.
Assuming one Underworld Flame could provide 100 points of maximum magic power, absorbing more than a hundred Underworld Flames would raise its maximum magic power by a full 10,000 points!
A six-star Magic Spirit with 10,000 maximum magic power—tell him, wouldn't that terrify anyone?
Besides that, he wanted to conduct a "separation experiment" to see whether Cofagrigus could separate the Underworld Flame from a human body through its devouring method of "sealing."
If it could remove only the Underworld