After reading the memories of the four alchemy masters, Lynn extracted the information from them and stored it in the Memory Library before examining the soul of that mid-level alchemy master.
He found Casper's face in the memories, saw Aldric's profile, and also saw the key defensive areas the six alchemy masters had marked on the map.
Casper had been right. Aldric was attempting to reach the rank of alchemy sage, and he could not leave that alchemy chamber until his breakthrough was complete.
That meant Lynn could act more boldly.
Lynn sealed away those souls, rose to his feet, and mounted the giant dragon again.
The Chaos Dragon shot into the air and began flying toward the world core.
Sitting on the dragon's back, Lynn took out the memory map marking the key defensive areas from his Stigmata Domain and studied it again.
The suppression of the world's will was still there, and it was even stronger than when he had first entered.
As the tremors from the world's ascension gradually subsided, the world's will was shifting its attention from stabilizing its boundaries to defending against invaders. The sense of suppression was steadily intensifying.
That was unquestionably bad news for him.
That invisible weight pressed down on him like a thick coat soaked through with water. Every movement required several times more effort.
He had tried forcibly mobilizing the Myriad Phenomena Stigma to seize control of the world's laws, but it had been impossible to shake.
The will of a large world was more stable than he had expected. Before it, Myriad Phenomena was like a child who had not yet learned to walk, unable even to stand steadily, much less compete for control.
Lynn took out a blank crystal from his Stigmata Domain, spun it once in his