At the entrance of the third tallest tower, a beautiful woman with almost waist-length silver-gold hair stood waiting quietly. There was a trace of nervousness in her blue eyes, and she was wearing a gorgeous outfit similar to Hermione [Archmage's Robe].
After Ian arrived, he also stepped forward and kissed her. However, unlike Hermione, Pheobe·Delacour did not express blame for his behavior, nor was she embarrassed by this public act of intimacy. This interaction actually calmed her down.
At Amelia's reminder, Pheobe led everyone into the tower and began her report.
"As you all know," Pheobe's voice was clear and steady, "I am responsible for 'Wizard Project' - which aims to transform ordinary people into wizards through blood transplantation. Unfortunately, this has proven to be unfeasible."
She showed a series of videos, in which both clones and ordinary people were convulsing in violent rejection reactions, bleeding to death from their orifices.
"Even after purification, Fantastic Beasts's blood still cannot be successfully transplanted. On the contrary, the rejection reaction becomes more severe."
"This series of failures continued until 'Mage Project' succeeded." Pheobe called out new data, "Mages with magic protection can indeed survive the blood infusion process and transform into wizards."
She showed the subjects who had successful surgeries to everyone. However, the Council members, who were originally excited about the news, soon noticed something unusual about these people.
"As you can see," Pheobe explained, "These Bloodline Wizard have inherited some of the characteristics of the source Fantastic Beasts. For example, they have tails, sharp claws, reptile-like vertical pupils, scales, etc."
"Through training, they can return to normal, but once they get emotional, they can easily lose control."
Ian examined the data carefully. "They inherited all the characteristics of the source Fantastic Beasts?"
"Yes." Pheobe nodded, "Through research, we found that ordinary Fantastic Beasts cannot be directly used for blood transplantation. For example, we cannot directly implant the blood of Niffler into a mage."
"The bloodline must be purified first. However, in the process, we discovered that there is a strange 'will' in these bloodlines. During the infusion process, the mage must fight against it and conquer it. Failure usually results in the destruction of the soul."
"But even if they succeed, that will will still remain in their bodies and continue to have an impact."
When reviewing Pheobe's experimental data, Ian pointed out. "Based on Life Code's analysis, their bloodline is completely different from ours."
"Yes," Pheobe agreed, "To be precise, our bloodline can be regarded as human bloodline. It may have originated from the ancient Fantastic Beasts, but after being passed down from generation to generation, it has evolved into a brand new existence that is unique to us humans."
"Although we have lost many bloodline abilities, in exchange, our bloodline has become more stable, versatile, and less restrictive."
Ian nodded. "We can gradually develop methods to control their instinctive impulses, and research better bloodline implantation technology in the future. Now, how is the progress of 'Dragon God Project'?"
Hearing this question, Pheobe paused for a moment, and then led the team to another floor of the tower. This floor is full of rooms with glass observation windows. In one of the rooms, there is a huge blue dragon with two horns on its head, similar in appearance to Albion. There are many four-legged True Dragon in other rooms, and some rooms contain dragon eggs.
"After years of research," Pheobe said with a hint of regret in his tone, "I only succeeded in reproducing Ice Dragon King through bloodline purification. As for the other dragon eggs, they only hatched into True Dragon, not the Dragon King. To be honest, I am confused about this; I can't find the reason for this phenomenon."
"Some dragon eggs can produce dragon kings, while others can only produce ordinary dragons."
"You don't have to blame yourself," Ian comforted, "If my guess is correct, this has nothing to do with you."
"Do you have an idea?" Pheobe asked curiously.
"I guess that each dragon Royal Capital is unique, and there can only be one in the entire universe at the same time." Ian explained.
Pheobe suddenly realized. "You mean, other dragon kings are existing somewhere in the universe at this moment, and we can reproduce Albion and this Ice Dragon King because the predecessor has died. This is a form of Resurrection?"
"Considering that they can pass on memories through blood, this idea is not far-fetched. When a dragon king dies and a new dragon king is born in his race, he will inherit the memory of his predecessor." Ian added.
"Have you asked Albion for verification?"
"I asked, but no matter how hard I tried, he refused to reveal any information."
Staring at the sleeping dragon, Ian thought to himself, "It seems that my plan to Fusion all the dragon king bloodlines to create the dragon god bloodline still needs to wait for the opportunity."
A congressman asked curiously, "What's going on with this Ice Dragon King? Why is he motionless?"
"Since her birth, she immediately entered a deep sleep state, which has lasted for more than ten years." Pheobe replied.
While everyone was discussing and reviewing the experimental data, Ian and Amelia were communicating with Mind Stone:
'If your conjecture is true,' Amelia said, 'then it is very likely that one day, other dragon kings will come to find members of their race. From our understanding of Albion, we can infer how powerful Dragonkind is as a whole, and with its arrogant temperament, it is likely that it will conflict with us.'
'I realize this.' Ian responded, 'Why do you think I am so eager to go to other worlds? Despite the superficial prosperity of the Empire, we are facing many hidden dangers. Herpo and Dragonkind may be just two of them. Only by acquiring knowledge of other worlds can our magic and technology advance rapidly to deal with these threats.'
After confirming that everything was normal, the delegation headed to the next tower.
In front of the tenth tower, two people are waiting: one is a wizard, and the other is House-elf - to be precise, Free Elves. Before Empire was established, the blood curse imposed on House-elf had been lifted, ending their enslavement to the wizard.
The House-elfs who regained their freedom were able to live a normal life and proved their worth with their magical abilities. They were allowed to enter magic schools to better develop their abilities.
After the Empire was established, they petitioned Council to officially change the name of the race to "Elf". However, Council, influenced by the concept that elves should be a race of handsome men and beautiful women, could not accept this name change proposal.
Subsequent experiments were conducted to explore whether House-elf was related to Elves, but the results were negative. After their bloodline was purified, their ugly appearance was only slightly improved, while their intelligence and magical abilities were improved.
Eventually, as a compromise, House-elf changed the name to "Free Elves".
Before and after arriving at the tower, Ian greeted, "Obudu Alvoro Tower Master, Sali Tower Master, how are you doing lately?"
"Very good, thank you Your Majesty for your concern."
"Then, let's get started."
The two tower owners guided the team into the tower. What appeared in front of everyone was an object that looked like a spaceship, but it looked dilapidated. More importantly, its design was quite strange and it looked very old.
"As you all know," tower master Alvoro explained, "Many archaeological discoveries have revealed the remains of the Lemuria civilization that existed about twelve thousand years ago. As the predecessors of modern magic and technological civilization, the Lemuria people did achieve interstellar travel, or at least were able to travel between other planets in Solar System."
"Over the past few years," Free Elves Tower Master Sali added, "Empire has made significant progress in deciphering their language, so we were able to parse a small amount of information from this spacecraft."
"Based on our findings, the ship's engines use an energy source called 'Elemental Pool'. Our current speculation is that Elemental Pool was created by drawing the energy of different elements from other dimensions."
"Elemental Dimension, to be exact. If that theory holds true, Elemental Pool is essentially the Philosopher's Stone equivalent of the Empire; the Cornerstone that their civilization was built on."
Ian looked at their experimental data. "Have you tried looking for these Elemental Dimension?"
"Tried, but failed. For some reason, it is extremely difficult to access other dimensions around here." Alvoro replied.
Ian nodded, and he also realized this problem. For example, although he learned the method from the <Key of Solomon> stolen by Vatican, it was difficult to summon Demons from Hell. Moreover, the Demons he summoned were very weak and useless.
"Is there any explanation for this phenomenon?"
"We have consulted tower owners who study other dimensions, and the current theory is: the fact that our Solar System is a magic vacuum zone makes it extremely difficult to access other dimensions. In addition, they believe that [Cataclysm], which destroyed the Lemuria civilization, may have cut off our connection to those dimensions."
"So, when Leyline Nodes activates, will those dimensions also reconnect with us?" Ian commented, "Well, that might be a problem."
Everyone present had Empire high-level security clearance and knew many secrets. They immediately understood the implication of Ian.
After leaving the tenth tallest tower, the delegation inspected many other tall towers, a few of which were not included in this inspection, including the fourth tallest tower. After the inspection, Ian and Amelia went there alone.