On the way to the castle, Ian looked at the ten "Sefirah Apostles" and said, "All of you, follow me."
"You too," he said to Secre Swallowtel (Nero), and then flew towards the castle. The elves hesitated for a moment, and then followed along with Secre.
Back in the office, Ian looked at them, and his eyes finally fell on Licht, whose eyes were distracted. Although he had fought side by side with Zagred and Patry before, his soul was actually still in a deep sleep.
So, Ian asked Secre to unlock the seal and fully awaken him. Ian gave these elves a few minutes to reminisce with their leader.
"Magic Emperor, first of all I want to apologize for everything our people have done," Licht said after finishing the exchange with his compatriots.
"I understand the situation, so I won't blame you," Ian replied.
"Thank you for your kindness. So, why did you invite us here?"
"I want to make a deal with you Elves," Ian said.
"Oh? Can you tell me more about it?" Licht asked.
"I will Resurrection your sacrificed tribesmen, in exchange, I need you to do something for me," Ian explained his plan for "Elysium".
"This seems very dangerous," Licht frowned.
"I think the price for Resurrection's dead companions is worth it," Patry interjected. Although many elves did not speak out, they nodded in agreement and waited for Licht's decision.
After thinking for a moment, Licht asked, "How are you going to Resurrection our compatriots?"
"Reincarnation Magic of Zagred has preserved most of their souls, so I can prevent them from going to Afterlife. As for the body, Sali will create artificial bodies for you."
Hearing this name, Patry was a little embarrassed; in order to activate the elf Reincarnation Magic, he sacrificed Sali and other human members of "Eye of the Midnight Sun". Now, he had to rely on her to revive the race. He was once worried that the girl would be angry with them because of what he did.
"Don't worry about her," Ian replied. For the little girl named Sali, she was the perfect "Arcanist" seed: curious about the workings of the world, able to ruthlessly conduct inhumane experiments when necessary, and extremely smart.
Therefore, Ian secretly rescued her and trained her in that direction. The only shortcoming is that she is a bit insane, but Ian has a way to restrain her. As long as she is prevented from contacting Asta and is not affected by the protagonist's "influence halo" and becomes as soft-hearted as the original, she will become the perfect Arcanist.
"Licht, this deal is great. We can finally be reunited," Raya said excitedly.
"No, you won't," Ian said suddenly.
"What do you mean?"
"Licht's soul has been completely corroded after five hundred years and cannot be repaired, so I can't save him," Ian said calmly.
The room fell silent instantly, and sadness enveloped the elves.
"There is no need to be sad, I have accepted death a long time ago," Licht said with a smile. Five hundred years ago, when he lost his wife and children and witnessed his tribe being Carnage and thus transformed into Demons, he had anticipated this ending.
"I'm glad to see you all again and to eliminate the misunderstanding between humans and elves. The only regret is that I couldn't see Lemiel again."
Ian looked at them calmly; he was lying about being unable to save Licht. The elves are a very talented race and will be a valuable asset to the Empire.
However, Licht is too kind and highly respected. Once such a person Resurrection, it will increase the difficulty of controlling Elves. In contrast, although Patry is the temporary leader, the loyalty and respect of other elves for him are far less than Licht, and he has deep guilt towards his tribe, which is a weakness that can be exploited.
Therefore, in order to secretly control Elves, Licht must be "unsaveable".
Ian waved his hand to reveal ten magic stones, and opened a portal. "Follow Secre, and you can see Lemiel for the last time."
The statue of First Wizard King is located on a huge Demons skull near Hage Village, where Asta and Yuno grew up. The portal opened next to the statue, and eleven people walked out.
Using the magic stone, Secre unlocked the seal of First Wizard King, and the two finally reunited five hundred years later. Unlike the original work, the magic stone was not shattered, because Ian ensured this. He then recalled the magic stone to his office for research.
A few hours later, everyone returned with sadness. Licht and Lemiel had gone to Afterlife.
Ian handed them a few pieces of Crystal that sealed the souls of their people, and asked them to hand over the human bodies they currently occupied - even Patry was no exception. He knew the importance of resonance between the soul and the body. If these elves want to realize their full potential, they must have original bodies (or artificial bodies) that match their souls.
After sending them away, Ian looked at their backs and thought to himself: 'I need another person to fill Licht's position on "Tree of Life Stele" to complete the summoning ceremony to Elysium. Licht has descendants, and one of them can be used to replace him.'
Then, he focused his attention on the magic stone because he was about to make a major discovery. He left a clone to take charge of the overall situation, while the main body went to the secret laboratory.
A few days later, Ian looked at the magic stone with shining eyes. "Negative Karma Amplification."
The reason why magic stones can increase the user's magic power is because they are connected to the negative magic power of Underworld. By studying the magic stones and the negative magic power obtained from Megicula and Zagred, he discovered the nature of this increase: Karma Amplification.
Ian has seen characters with "Karma Amplification" in comics before, but has never experienced it personally. What Luck has is that he obtained a piece of "Karma Divine Artifact" from the Library during his last journey and has been studying it.
Based on this, he confirmed that negative magic power is a form of "Negative Karma" that can increase magic power.
He then compared it with the sample magic power (i. e. positive magic power) obtained from Elysium. As expected, it was an amplification form based on "Positive Karma", as opposed to the Negative Karma used by Demons.
This discovery led Ian to conclude that Demons and angels are species that originated from the same source. This also explains why these two races are much more powerful than other races - their magic power is not only huge, but also in a state of "increasing" all the time.
He also wants this increase.
"In addition, I can forge Underworld and Elysium into a magic piece Divine Artifact to increase Floating City. If successful, Karma Amplification should be able to push Floating City to the level of 'Tenth Tier Divine Artifact'."
Thinking of this, Ian was very excited. He originally only planned to enslave Demons of Underworld as weapons - especially after transforming them into Arcanist. But now, they have a greater purpose. He speculated that these Demons have the talent to gather Negative Karma to fill Underworld. If so, their value would be immeasurable.
Ian created another clone to continue studying karma magic, while the main body went to deal with another matter.
One of his greatest discoveries in this world is Gauche Adlai's mirror magic. This allows him to create "Mirror Clone" that possesses part of his own power and thinking. And unlike Shadow Clone in Hokage, he doesn't have to worry about these clones betraying or causing chaos.
In order to prepare for the invasion of Elysium, Ian needed to make two pieces of Divine Artifact. This process took two weeks. During this period, one of his clones had already dealt with the aftermath of the war. His status in the hearts of the people of the Clover Kingdom had reached unimaginable heights.
In the laboratory, Ian suddenly sensed something and muttered to himself, "Finally done. Status bar."
He checked his status in Akashic Records. His age and rank had changed, but that was not the point.
His eyes were focused on the new title he had obtained: Magic Emperor.
This title is one of the reasons why he stayed in the Clover Kingdom for so long and spent a lot of effort to improve the country.