Chapter 360
A newborn spirit needs to feed on thoughts and emotions. Negri recalled the information he learned from the book on Spirit Summoning Rituals. Spirits were mostly related to emotions, and their rules were mostly related to emotions, so the majority of spirits needed to feed on thoughts and emotions.
And the thoughts and emotions Negri's spirit needed were the will to evolve.
Any dissatisfaction towards the present and the will to become stronger would be able to help it grow.
Because of this, the spirit's ability, the Lord of Evolution, came from this. It was able to remove the limits of life and allow life to evolve. As long as there was enough energy, during the time when the limits were removed, it would be able to evolve infinitely according to the environment, similar to the Gear of Impurity that Negri created.
However, Negri's Gear of Impurity used the power of Chaos to break the balance of the human body and forcefully mutate it, while the Lord of Evolution's ability would only allow a person to evolve according to the environment, which was relatively stable. Of course, it was only relatively stable.
Nature was beautiful, with various environments, and to adapt to these environments, a person would evolve various organs.
For example, gills and fins would evolve in water, wings would evolve in the sky, and a heat-resistant outer shell would evolve in magma. Furthermore, as one's field of vision broadened, they would evolve even more things, such as the Eye of Angle, the Heart of Darkness, and so on.
As long as the conditions were met, they would be able to evolve infinitely.
"That's why you really want my body, am I right, spirit?" Negri suddenly asked, causing the spirit that had been transmitting its feelings of admiration to pause for a bit, then once again transmitted the emotion of wanting to evolve.
"Then take every chance you have to obtain the chance to evolve" Negri didn't care about the spirit's disguise. If the spirit really did seize the opportunity to take over his body, it would only prove that he was nothing special. On the other hand, if the spirit couldn't obtain the opportunity, it would only continue to be used by him.
The academy was actually one of the places with the most willpower to evolve. The majority of students entered the academy to learn and strengthen themselves, as well as to satisfy their various desires, but it couldn't be denied that they also had the willpower to evolve.
As Negri walked through the academy, he was able to sense the spirit's feedback. It was able to continuously obtain the willpower to evolve within the academy.
Some of the students who were well-informed saw Negri, and their gazes were either filled with jealousy or passion as they bowed slightly. In their eyes, Negri was not much older than them, but because he was Negary's heir, he would inherit the entire academy in the future. This kind of gap made it easy for them to have all kinds of thoughts.
Negri returned to Negary's office. Of course, this was his office now. Opening the curtains of the window, he could see the main body of the academy.
At this time, outside the window, there was a sparrow-like bird carrying a document bag, knocking on the window.
When Negri opened the window, the sparrow flew into the office and placed the file in front of Negri. Then, it lowered its body slightly as a salute and flew away from the window again.
"This smell, is it the Mysterious Demoness Organization?" Opening the folder, 'Negary' found all sorts of information related to Negary inside, including his personas, events, resources, as well as the current state of his affairs.
"Looks like Negary hasn't had a good time." Reading through this information, Negri learned a bit about the recent happenings in the Academic City, as well as what happened to Negary.
The House of Mages was divided into many factions. Among them, Negary belonged to the academic faction, all of them were the ones in charge of the Academic City. Not too long ago, Negary also had a few subordinates, but while exploring a certain ruin, these people either died or ran away. Negary himself was also heavily wounded, so he had no choice but to find his own way out of this predicament.
He didn't have many people on his side to begin with, and with the suppression of the other factions, Negary quickly became a loner.
If it weren't for the House of Mages' rules on the surface, as well as the trump cards that those people assumed Negary had, Negary wouldn't have been able to live so peacefully.
It was because Negary had no other choice that he decided to use a large amount of benefits to exchange for a chance to enter the Grand Library. For the people of the House of Mages, even though the Grand Library was created by the Great Magus, they weren't allowed to enter as they pleased.
After Negary entered the Grand Library, he obtained the book [Abnormal Creature Reincarnation Ritual], from which he learned the method to obtain a second life through reincarnation. Naturally, he was also affected by the Grand Library, infected by Life Bearer's instinctive radiation.
After that, Negary sought out the Mystic Demoness organization and used the data he obtained from this reincarnation experiment to obtain their help.
At first, there were still people helping Negary watch over the ritual in the underground sewers, but due to the influence of the ritual, the maggot humanoids began to attack any living beings that entered the ritual's location, so those people also left.
By chance and necessity, Negri had taken everything from Negary, and now, regardless of whether Negary was good or bad, Negri would be the one to receive it.
"It's a bit better than I thought, because as a mage's last bit of dignity, I'll be able to receive a lot more benefits" Negri seemed to be sneering. Every member of the House of Mages knew about the cruel relationship between mages, so they wouldn't show any mercy when fighting, but they would always maintain their so-called dignity as Upper-Class people until they actually acted.
They wouldn't directly act, but would instead use methods such as profit manipulation to ostracize you. Only when the mage was confirmed to be dead or had completely lost their rationality would they truly act. They would absorb all of the mage's resources, including their bodies after death.
According to them, mages should have a decent ending.
Before this, the most they could do was send out spies or use methods such as ostracizing other factions. This was an unspoken rule that the House of Mages had slowly formed to prevent internal strife from becoming too intense.
This rule was suitable for the mages of the House of Mages, but for Negri, this rule was nothing more than a hindrance. The two sides were simply standing on different sides, and Negri understood this very well.
Knock knock knock …
The sound of knocking could be heard. Under Negri's permission, the academy's committee members entered the office, followed by Brewer who walked in with his head lowered.
Brewer's expression was miserable, and his face was slightly pale. Ferde's attack had pierced through his shoulder, but not long after he had recuperated, the higher-ups had given the order.
Seeing Negri sitting there, Brewer half-knelt in front of Negri, lowered his head, and said sincerely, "Please forgive us, Mr. Negri. It's our fault that the law enforcers didn't do their job properly, which led to the current situation."
"Forgive?" Negri seemed to have heard something funny. "I'm holding the law enforcers accountable. Can you represent the law enforcers alone?"
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