Chapter 666: The Empire’s Age of Exploration: Fatima Fatesh’s Cure
Numerous magic circles and screens surrounded her. She would observe one, click on the other, or move the one before her. The process was long and tedious, but she meticulously dissected the Shadow God Corpse of all its divine energy before purifying it.
As soon as the process ended, Fatima rushed to her daughter's operation. She did not care that she had a fully preserved Divine Soul, Divine Altar, a small portion of Divine Flame, and a Shadow Authority Crystal that would allow any Arcanist to become a Grand Arcanist by learning Shadow Rules. All she cared about was her daughter.
Fatima teleported to the operation room but stopped herself. Instead, she prayed/meditated for another hour before starting. Then, she entered the room. Rana's situation was quite similar to Koa's, which is why she came up with such a method so quickly. However, Rana's situation was worse because the [Eldritch power] had destroyed the first and second layer of her soul, which involved her mind and memories.
It had almost destroyed the third layer, corroded 99% of Rana's soul, and 90% of her Soul Flame. The only good news is that the soul flame bore all the brunt of the corruption, allowing the fourth layer to remain intact.
Fatima observed the black chains around her daughter's soul flame. This was the manifestation of the power of death that kept her alive, if you could call her state alive. 'Let's begin, she thought. The first step of the operation was cutting off the bad part.
"Initiate Old One Protocol," Fatima stated.
"Protocol E9876J6775 has been initiated. Confirm?" Khadija asked.
"Confirm," she replied firmly. Edward designed this protocol to deal with the Eldritch Abomination Research in the sea. Upon activation, the designated area will be enveloped in the Empire's greatest sealing spell. Additionally, Fatima has just granted Khadija the power to isolate and even annihilate her if the artificial life detects that power has contaminated her.
Fatima could feel it. Her tower was currently inside a dimension onion, with more than 250 layers. If something goes wrong, Khadija has the permission to turn these layers into a bomb, annihilating everything inside.
"What's our energy reserves?" she asked before starting.
"The Old One Protocol used two Tier 8 Aether Cores," Khadija responded.