Having just finished an experiment, Tsukasa walked out of the basement. The basement was originally used as a warehouse, but everything that could be sold had been sold, and the remaining clutter was useless. After confirming that those things were valueless trash, she had Alice clear out the warehouse to use as a laboratory.
The research projects she was currently conducting were Necromancy Magic and Alchemy. After coming to this world, she had lost a portion of her skills. Among them, the skill she had always relied on—[Appraisal]—was lost, which was why she couldn't accurately judge strength.
At the same time, the effects of her Titles had also disappeared.
This included the Ruler Titles and skills.
This result was within expectations.
Because these skills were actually just system permissions. Now that she had broken away from the system, it was naturally impossible to keep these abilities. However, it had to be mentioned that the effects of these lost skills were quite strong.
The significance of Appraisal goes without saying; one could say that without this skill at the beginning, she wouldn't have been able to grow at all. Then there was the Patience skill—without it, she would have died countless times already.
But now, all these skills were gone.
This was the result she obtained after stubborn, repeated research. In her Sword Saint State, she had already given an absolutely certain answer: these skills weren't unusable, they were truly and completely lost.
Although she had gained a very powerful cheat now, the loss of these potent skills was still a very painful matter for her.
Because it was confirmed that these skills were lost and there was no hope of getting them back, her course of action became more cautious and careful.
Specifically because she no longer had the Patience skill, she chose to research Necromancy Magic.
Although her purpose in researching this magic was to find a means of self-preservation or even Resurrection Magic, if she really encountered a desperate situation, she might—however reluctantly—have to consider whether to reincarnate into a hideous Undead.
But that was always the worst-case consideration.
After a month of research,
she obtained three results.
The first result was Alice.
The potential of doll refinement was immense; even she, the inventor, couldn't see the ceiling. However, the resources required were astronomical. Currently, she couldn't even manage to upgrade or update Alice.
The second result was the Soul Casket.
Yes, it was that Soul Casket of an Undead Lich found in certain web novel settings. Purely from its effect, it could indeed save one's life, but the side effects of this thing were too great; using it was out of the question.
The third result was Reincarnation Magic.
This was the most perfect result she obtained from researching how to make the soul immortal—a magic with absolutely no side effects that could only be used once in a lifetime. However, the specific effects couldn't be verified, so whether this magic actually worked was hard to say.
Summary:
Aside from Alice,
they were all somewhat useless things.
"Haa~"
Walking out of the basement, Tsukasa let out a yawn.
Her eyes held a hint of melancholy.
Currently, her situation was very unfavorable. She lacked sufficient means of self-preservation. Although she had researched some results, these results were still too far from the kind of effect she wanted. If she had known, back in the previous world, she should have hunted that Mythic-grade monster; even a single feather from that monster had the effect of resurrecting someone once.
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