Giving up was never an option.
While giving up isn't essentially a bad thing when you hit a wall, I won't. Why? Because that's not who I am. That is something I can never do.
Some may call it a duty, or perhaps a responsibility, I have by virtue of my powers. Others may see it as psychopathic behavior. Insanity is another word you may call it.
But if you ask me? I will probably tell you it's because it's fun. To reach a perfect ending. Nothing is better than that. Though deep inside, somewhere at the back of my mind, I probably knew that it was not that reason either.
I probably do it because I feel like this is how it should be done? I can't put a finger on the feeling, really. Hopefully, I will find the answers to it someday too…
"This doesn't work either, huh?" I thought as I tried absorbing the dark aura. Though no matter how much I removed that corrupted aura from his body, it filled back within a few minutes.
'It's as if his entire body is fused with that dark aura, changing the very nature of his existence,' I thought for a few more minutes before trying a couple more things as I tried finding more about this energy.
[Mark of the Pathfinder (Primordial)]
[Description: The mark of the highest being in order of life!
Effects: Allows the user to use all forms of energy irrespective of form, race or limitations! Though the ability to use any other form of energy will depend upon the user's understanding and mastery of the energy!
Remarks: I thought it would be a perfect thing for you since your body is limited to mana right now. This way you can have more options in the future!]
"Let's first try understanding the nature of Angelic Divinity," I thought as I started using God's Divinity that I learnt from Alepsia during one of my returns.
Currently, I can barely create small spheres of light. Normally I would coat this light over my own light mana, enhancing my base [Light] spells. But since we are dealing with divinity only, I should restrict my mana usage.
The divinity floated in the air while I pondered about how to convert it into Angelic Divinity. In other words, how to dilute it? Should I use mana to dilute it… no. I had already done that, but it's not Angelic Divinity.
"Well. I guess I lack information on the concept of energy," I thought before I wondered if I should go to Quiena? That goddess had been quite helpful to me but… I can't help but get a shaky feeling that she is planning something on her own.
"Let's not depend on her this time," I made up my mind and took the hard way. I don't want to depend on her too much. Unlike Alepsia… I still don't know if she is my ally or not.
And thus began another series of tests and experiments as I tried to dilute God's Divinity into an angel's.
I tried using all the energies that I knew existed on the planet. Demonic Energy, Aether, Siren's Special Energy, Witch's True Mana, etc. I tried everything that I could over and over, 1000s of time, in various forms, in various mixtures, in various ratios.
And as I kept going on, my eyes turned brighter with slight hope as I found some mixtures working better than the others. And long before I knew it, I already landed on something that I would call as,
"The Golden Ratio."
[New Achievement Unlocked! The Golden Ratio!]
[Find out the perfect proportion for conversion of God's Mana into Angel's Mana, and vice versa! (Done)
Reward: + 10% Efficiency in all forms of energy conversion!]
"Nice," I smiled as I looked at the angel, Harik, staying still in the personal space. And then, moving towards him, I tried using the new ratio of energies into that guy.
-BOOM!!
Before long, I died again in my personal space.
'Totally forgot to take corrupted energy into the picture,' I sighed as I started healing Harik again, this time from areas that were still not corrupted.
The healing began slowly as I gained an understanding of how the corrupted energy was taking over Harik. It was a violent conversion on micro-levels. The only reason why it was not instant was because Angel's Divinity in itself is quite strong.
But that only meant that I needed to slowly clear the corrupted mana or energy while filling Angelic Mana into Harik's body.
The first process was hella slow. Took about 4 days before I could remove all the corrupted mana from his body. Repeating it over, it took 8 days this time, making me question what the heck made it this long.
Anyway, I was late because I was focused on perfecting the healing rather than focusing on completing the healing. Only when it was near perfect, the process can be rushed. Else, I would only kill myself and Harik in the process.
The third time was longer, and the fifth time was the longest. About 14 days long. But after that, I could see myself improving in the energy control, and the conversion rate of the energies.
By 10th turn, I could heal him within a week and by 50th turn, 2 days were enough. But not enough for me, since we are essentially talking about a work that needs to be done in minutes or perhaps seconds and not days.
100th turn and I could do it in 20 hours.
500th turn and now it was barely 5 hours.
1,000th turn, 1 hour 40 minutes.
10,000th turn, 12 minutes, 13 seconds.
36,562nd turn, 1 minute.
45,563rd turn, 30 seconds.
76,234th turn, 10 seconds.
124,565th turn, 1 second.
245,678th turn, 0.4 seconds.
250,000th turn, 0.39 seconds.
"This should be enough," I smiled as I saw him being purified within an instant. This was fun to be honest.
A chore in the beginning since I was spending days doing the same thing, but by the end I could try it over a thousand times within a day since the process was faster.
'My mental state is… abnormal, isn't it? I wonder if it is because of the system?' I already knew that there was something odd about my calmness and rationality despite how irrational my thought process is.
"I just hope it is a good thing," I thought before deciding that it was time to get out of the [Personal Space] now.