Chapter 281: Vassal of Light (6)
Chapter 281: Vassal of Light (6)
How could one separate fully mixed milk tea back into its two ingredients: milk and tea? The easiest method was to spin it and rely on centrifugal force. All mages knew such basic physical principles. But strictly speaking, that didn't separate milk from tea. It split them into water, tannins, fats, and proteins.One could claim that by gathering the milk components and blending them again, one got the milk back, but that was just semantics.
Karnak transmitted to Serati using telepathy.
—You can't do that to a person.
If applied to a human being, that would be like pulling apart flesh, blood, and bone, and then reassembling them. The world had a name for such things: necromancy.
Furthermore, even if one put it back together, would it really be the same person as before? No. There would always be impurities. That was why people revived through necromancy often suffered from physical or mental abnormalities.
Saving Milia was akin to reversing the flow of time on a perfectly blended milk tea. And Karnak, once the Monarch of Death, knew better than anyone that it was an impossible feat, at least for his current self.
Serati looked puzzled.
—Then what did you do?
Karnak insisted he'd failed, but Milia was clearly returning to her human form.
Karnak simply shrugged.
—Sure, once milk and tea are mixed, they can't be separated again. But really, does it have to be separated? So I just blew away all the power that had taken root and reshaped her appearance to look human.