Frillian in the Elden Ring

"It would be a good thing if my research could be passed on."

Relieved, Topps continued to go deeper into the academy. Now its doors were open and there were no more layers of blockades.

The patrolling soldiers were merely checking passes and questioning people. In fact, the real defensive forces were all on the periphery, adopting a strategy of actively guarding the lake area, rather than shrinking back and passively defending.

After entering the college, there is a big road. The towering buildings on both sides are full of oppression. The floor-to-ceiling windows reflect the light, showing the ancient castle complex.

Sure enough, it looked familiar, which was strange.

"Wasn't there a war? Why are there no traces of war left?"

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Chapter 122 Your Majesty is mentally ill.

"Because it's a quick fight, those academic guys can't stop Fulilian at all."

The person who greeted him at the door was an old acquaintance, Se Lian. After not seeing her for a while, her magical aura seemed to be even stronger.

Hearing this, Tops still looked around in disbelief.

"it's over?"

"Yes, the core of the academic faction has been purged, and the rest are willing to surrender. They are no longer a force to be reckoned with, and the once all-powerful academic cliques have been forced to open up. You saw it on the way here, it's more like a city."

"Indeed, it will become a powerful driving force for the recovery of the entire lake area."

"According to Fulilian's plan, the academy is an academy, and the city is a city. Mages shouldn't occupy too much of it, so we'll be bringing in some residents. Do you mind?"

"I don't even have much talent myself, so how can I give advice? But knowledge should be widely spread."

Seeing the prosperity before his eyes, Topps smiled.

The obsession I once had to gain the approval of those professors has disappeared. They are just a bunch of rotten academic cliques. What is there to pay more attention to?

They failed, but their magic was taking root and sprouting. Isn't that proof enough?

It was rare for a person to leave behind even one thing in his life, and he was actually quite satisfied. Now that he had the Soul Fire King's approval, what else was there to pursue? But Tops certainly wouldn't be idle.

Se Lian pointed ahead: "Let's go, I'll take you to the new laboratory. She's waiting."

After a while.

Everyone entered the academy tower. Where the discussion rooms once stood, a large new classroom area had been opened up. The corridors were much cleaner, and the air was filled with the scent of incense. It looked so fresh and new that it was almost unrecognizable. A room could easily be transformed through renovations.

It turns out that as long as those pedantic guys make room, the college is still very large, and there are even a lot of idle spaces.

Every time she conquered an area, Fulilian would clean it up. For example, when the academic school left, the new school that had been suppressed before flourished and developed rapidly.

She understood the order people longed for.

For a closed place like the academy, we should first break the communication and then gradually train some new apprentices. The revitalized magic palace will create vitality, just like what is happening now:

When I pushed the door open, I saw a group of children with very similar faces babbling and learning magic. They seemed clumsy but had excellent control.

Surrounded in the center was Fulilian, who was practicing healing separately.

It's life energy!

Unlike her previous soul-oriented powers, this time she mastered magic that affects life force.

His original achievement of creating soul healing was already considered the strongest treatment, and now he has added the power of life to it, which is even better. He is simply a genius.

Noticing the crowd's arrival, she said quietly, "It's not that simple. It's just that these children have a strong foundation that the effect seems good. I'm still not fully researching the secrets of life. I'm afraid it has something to do with the magical rules of the borderland."

All methods have been tried these days.

During this period, Fulilian returned to the real world from time to time, guiding Volame's practice and sharing the results with her apprentice. The latter also felt that it was difficult to find a way to achieve it for the time being.

However, the two sides had different ideas for solving the problem. The teacher thought that they should find another big rune, while the apprentice thought that they could study it when they had time in the future. He also said, "Since we have soul magic, we must match it with life magic." He seemed very anxious and inexplicable.

Volame is the only mage who can communicate normally and is extremely talented. Even she has no way and can only take it slowly.

"Apprentice, you just need to get more exposure to the basic magical knowledge of the borderland. Learning more should open your mind."

"Right."

After nodding to Seren, Furlian looked towards the lab team.

"Long time no see, Mr. Tops. Next door is the classroom I'm going to give you. It's basically finished, and it will be expanded into a new laboratory to continue operations. Feel free to ask for anything you need."

"That's too much. Can I do it?"

"It will definitely work. Or maybe you shouldn't think of this as a reward. I'm hiring you."

"What do you mean?"

"The Tops force field has proven its effectiveness in battle. It should become a key differentiator between the Southern Army and the Royal City Army. I'm counting on it to shine on the Rodel battlefield. What do you think? Professor, continue to refine it. I'll provide you with sufficient funding."

"Okay, I think there are still a lot of shortcomings. For example, the magic with high quality should be weakened, with a larger range of rebound and lower mana consumption..."

His eyes lit up when he discussed his professional field, and he rattled off the shortcomings of the current force field. Despite Fulilian's impressive performance, he had actually raised his own limits.

Tops's idea is to maintain the lower limit and allow ordinary soldiers to have the ability to resist magic, which is suitable for the Southern Army.

Then it’s just a matter of some minor moving work.

On the surface, the lab is conducting experiments on souls, limb grafting, dragon feasting, and rebounding, but in reality, there is another hidden research:

Scarlet corruption.

From the beginning to the end, Fulilian never gave up her research on the ecology of Gaileyd, but she didn't go too deep, and her work remained at the level of producing putrefactive moss medicine.

The research team is continuously improving and scaling up production to be ready for any emergency.

Therefore, a lot of work in the laboratory has to be done very carefully, and it has to be under her nose. If she stays there most of the time, she has to stay there. After all, Fulilian also has to participate and is the chief researcher who is often away.

Everyone was busy before they settled down.

Some dangerous items such as materials for monster limb reattachments were also brought out. Some people are already thinking of using lobsters for the limb reattachment nobles. I wonder what that would look like?

"The Battle of the Church of Bonding proved the Dragon Eaters' strength. We, the Limb-Replacing Nobles, cannot fall behind. We must carry forward Nimgefu's skills. Your Majesty, please allow us to hunt more monsters for materials... Of course, you may need some treatment."

"Okay, but I won't be directly involved in the research. I'll only be responsible for saving the lives of the failed subjects."

Although limb reattachment technology is a prominent subject in Nimgfu, Fulilian openly keeps her distance and lets them do it on their own.

That's it.

Having one more special corps is good news, so why not do it?

"Teacher Seren, you're right. I probably need to look for more magic books from the borderland. No, I need to look for all sorts of rare items. I've been so busy lately that I almost missed out on my work."

"So you're going to start traveling again?"

"That's right. Speaking of which, how much do you know about the Platinum Child? I heard it's an artificial life form, so perhaps there's some technology there worth learning from."

"You're asking this because the academy doesn't have enough information... Then I suggest you go to Platinum Village."

"Platinum Village?"

"Actually, I don't know the specifics, but this village is related to the first generation of Platinum Sons. Perhaps it can provide you with some ideas for the secrets of life."

After hearing Seren's suggestion, Fulilian nodded seriously.

It's time to go out and explore. Now that things are back on track, I don't have much to do here anymore, so I might as well go explore. As long as the basic functions of the academy are restored, the rest will fall into place naturally.

"By the way, in your estimation, how long will it take for Lienia and Nimgefu to fully recover?"

"It's very short, probably less than ten years."

"Ten years is such a long time!"

Coming back to her senses, Fulilian shook her head and said, "Not long indeed."

I often communicate with Volame and watch her grow up day by day. Her concept of time has almost changed. In fact, it is just a blink of an eye.

The world of gaming magic also has a certain flow rate. During the period when the two places develop on their own, the apprentice will also grow up. Maybe he can help with the research of new magic and become an academic worker as soon as possible.

In addition, it will take several years for the demons who suffered heavy losses in the North Wind Fortress to regroup, and she will have the opportunity to defeat the demons in the next large-scale conflict.

Yeah.

Anyway, no matter in reality or at the intersection, we have to enter the next stage of planning on a yearly basis.

But Fulilian still had a question that lingered in her mind: "Hasn't there been rumors of a battle festival? Will something happen to General Latan during this time? Perhaps enough time to call a battle festival to siege the Fragment King?"

"If you missed it, you missed it, disciple. The battle festival with you will be the last one. And I suggest you improve your basic skills."

From what Selene said, she seemed to be no less capable than that demigod.

The date of the battle festival wasn't important; what mattered was that Fulilian's participation would bring about the end, ultimately devouring the dwarves and wiping out Galid. However, Stonewell City's forces couldn't handle it right now, so they simply waited.

Both the forces under his command and the Soul Fire King himself need to conserve their energy.

Recovery cannot be accomplished in a day or two. In areas where people’s sense of time is slow, it often takes years.

It's early.

This battle festival had few experts participating; the timing wasn't right. On the contrary, once the various regions had recovered and support for the Faded Ones had yielded results, we would be able to mobilize even more experts for the next festival, giving our apprentice a better chance of securing the fragments.

That's why Se Lian suggested to wait and see.

"Indeed, we can afford to wait, and we need to wait. Our next priority is to repair the damage and eliminate the problems left by the broken ring."

Fulilian always has clear ideas and can find her goals even without any specific tasks.

Together with Selian, she guided the apprentices in the laboratory, getting the research team at the magic academy back on track, and only regular inspections were needed in the future.

As for Topps' research, we have to work together.

Although he was very talented in rebound force fields, he had too little experience and was not familiar with some special magic, which made it difficult for him to use it. Therefore, the master and apprentice had to give him some lessons, at least to let the caster know about this thing.

Two days later.

The placement of the new laboratory was basically completed, and the news spread: they were actually researching topics including but not limited to soul magic, scarlet corruption, limb grafting technology, etc., which was quite impressive.

"Compared to what Stonewell City is researching, the academy is still too timid."

Gradually this comment spread.

Everyone has a deeper impression of Fulilian, the magic fanatic. She wants to experiment with everything, right?

Previously, the academy had been complacent, but now outsiders were even more diligent than them. How could they tolerate this? Many mages joined the research, vowing to contribute to the revival of the borderland. After all, the soul healing achievements were inspiring.

While everyone was working hard, Fulilian, as a role model, turned to another project:

Son of Platinum.

The academy has the technology to produce low-level Platinum Sons, which are considered artificial creatures and even have certain combat capabilities. They have always been regarded as useful cannon fodder and serve as patrol soldiers.

Thanks to the academics who spared no efforts to expand production so as to serve their cowardly selves, the related technologies have made great progress.

In the workshop, Fulilian carefully studied their structure.

Next to him was the Platinum Son, constantly forming from flesh and blood. On the table lay the bloody remains of an autopsy, which a group of mages in white robes busily cleaned up. Meanwhile, on this table, a silver-haired girl flipped through a thick file.

"...The technical content is not high, but it has certain similarities with the Full Moon Queen's secret technique of creating life."

"No, to be more precise, it's creating a living being, inputting commands into a piece of living flesh and blood. But it's already very special, no wonder the academy praises it so much."

"It's a pity that the flesh and blood I created are too fragile, and I can't feel the compatibility with the soul."

"It's not for you."

Following Fulilian's greeting, Melina's figure appeared beside her.

"So you plan to track down the legendary first generation Platinum Son? They are not completely untraceable, but they may not be able to help you, as this technology has always been discontinued."

"That's okay. Research is all about filling in the gaps. Since we know there are better Platinum Sons in the borderland, of course we need to meet them. If their flaws are too significant, then the rules of magic may not allow for direct creation of a physical body, so we'll have to find another way."

"You are really persistent."

"Since I promised you, I must do it. Otherwise, how can I let you delay your mission?"

"You think this is the price I have to pay for temporarily not pursuing my mission..."

"No, I'm giving you more options. With a body, you can travel freely without having to follow me around all the time."

When it comes to communicating in the game's magic, Fulilian is always straightforward and doesn't think twice. She just speaks her mind. She has the confidence to trust everyone and be sincere, just for the sake of being relaxed. Even if you backstab me, I can just kill you back.

So, Melina's matter is, in a small sense, an agreement, and in a big sense, it is a principle and philosophy. It is to make those who have followed you from the beginning live a good life, and it is just a return of favor.

What's more, she is indeed interested in the secret art of life.

What if this knowledge was summarized into a systematic form and taught to Volame? The combined talents of the master and apprentice might create even greater achievements, which was very exciting.