A large tiger growled but Ollie just charged at it. Ayame went for its left side while I sneaked up behind it. It raised its claws and swung it down towards Ollie but I commanded its shadow to restrain it.
Ayame cut off its legs as red sparks gathered around Ollie. Meanwhile, green butterflies came out of Rushia's palm. A giant skeletal hand came out of the spot where the green butterflies gathered and it smacked the Crystal Beast away.
The red sparks around Ollie wrapped around her sword and after she swung it down, they headed straight towards the Crystal Beast and cleaved it in half. A crystal remained after it crumbled to dust and Ollie made a peace sign.
"YEAH!!!" she shouted.
"I see. Those red sparks are an interesting form of energy", Rushia said as she took down notes.
"Really?" Ollie asked.
"Yes. They seem to be able to deconstruct the objects it touches, both living and nonliving. The interesting part is the source of the energy."
Rushia walked around Ollie as she observed intensely.
"That energy is from your Life Force. However, your Life Force recovers what you lost from using the red sparks in just a few moments. The rate of recovery changes and I have several theories for its pattern", Rushia said.
"I see... I don't understand a thing", Ollie nodded.
"Just leave her alone, Ollie. Rushia is a mage who's obsessed with learning magic", Ayame told her.
"To gather knowledge is the basic instinct of a mage. I want to understand the mystery of life and in order to do that, I need to learn more about its shadow, death."
"Is that why you study Necromancy?" I asked.
"Yes. Necromancy deals with placing an artificial Life Force on a dead body after you place a soul there. Most of the time, I am creating an artificial body out of my mana and then placing a Life Force and a contracted ghost on it."
"Wait... The skeletons you summon aren't real?" Ollie frowned.
"It would bring many issues if I were going to dig up graves and steal skeletons, right? Necromancy has been advanced and those methods are outdated. While a dead body will be more durable and efficient than an artificial and temporary body, the inconveniences such as getting permission to use the dead body and then finding a place to store it will make any necromancer choose to learn how to make artificial bodies."
"But how could Necromancy make you learn more about life?" I raised my hand.
"Don't you get it? Necromancy right now is making an artificial body and placing a Life Force on it."
"But alchemy lets you do that as you make homunculi, right? Isn't that a better alternative when you wanna make lives?" Ollie asked.
"Rushia doesn't want to just create life. She wants to learn how to bring back the dead", Ayame joined the conversation.
Rushia's smile faded after she heard Ayame talk. However, her usual poker face returned as a green butterfly appeared and landed on her finger.
"It is possible to summon ghosts but those aren't the people you know. They are just fragments of their identities and will slowly deteriorate over time. Placing a ghost in an artificial body is possible but they are not the same people."
The butterfly disappeared and Rushia faced us.
"If I learn more about the Life Force, then spending an eternal life with the people you love is not a dream anymore, right?"
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