The Empire's Exploration Era: Fatima Fattash's Method of Healing

Countless magic arrays and screens surrounded her. At times, she observed one, clicked another, or moved the screens before her. The process was long and tedious, but she meticulously dissected the Shadow god's corpse, extracted all its Divine Power, and refined it.

As soon as the process ended, Fatima hurried to perform surgery on her daughter. She did not care that she possessed a perfectly preserved divine soul, a divine altar, a small portion of Sacred Flame, and a Shadow Authority Crystal that could allow any Arcanist to become an Archmage by studying the Law of Shadow. The only thing she cared about was her daughter.

Fatima teleported to the operating room, but stopped at the entrance. She did not begin immediately. Instead, she prayed/meditated for another hour before entering the operating room. Lana's condition was very similar to Koa's, which was why she had been able to come up with this method so quickly. However, Lana's condition was worse, because [Cthulhu Power] had already destroyed the first and second layers of her soul, which contained her mind and memories.

It had almost destroyed the third layer as well, corrupting 99% of Lana's soul and 90% of her Soulfire. The only good news was that the Soulfire had borne the full brunt of the corruption, allowing the fourth layer to remain intact.

Fatima observed the black chains around her daughter's Soulfire. This manifestation of deathly power sustained her life—if her current state could still be called living. Let's begin, she thought. The first step of the surgery was removing the necrotic parts.

"Activate the Old Ones Protocol," Fatima declared.

"Protocol E9876J6775 activated. Confirm?" Kadija asked.

"Confirm," she replied firmly. Ian had designed this protocol to deal with research on the Cthulhu monsters in the sea. Once activated, the designated area