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Chapter 125: Purification and New Mission

Since Blue has already confirmed that the destruction of the Skull Knuckles is close to impossible, then there is no harm in burning the bag alongside the weapon. Touching the miasma inside it would also cause danger to the person interacting with it so it's much better to get rid of it as soon as possible than letting it escape and cause decay to the world.

"Should I burn it outside the building? From my tour to this building earlier, there was no incinerator available for us to use," I suggested. 

"Nah, just go to your own room and burn it in there. Since you have good control in fire magic now after countless of using them, you are more likely an expert by it unless you are a fool that instead of burning the bag, you will instead burn the whole place down to ashes."

Ignoring the remarks of Blue, I put the bag down to the floor and made sure that the surroundings of the bag is it not flammable and will not catch the fire if I release it. I also prepared a pail of water in case things will get out of hand. That way, accidents are going to be minimal in case things got out of hand.

Wearing the gloves, I ready my mana and my spell when Blue started speaking again.

"Why are you wearing those gloves again? You can use magic without them you know?"

"Does it hurt to wear them? It's much more comfortable to use magic with them rather than without them. So don't judge me, you have no fashion sense at all."

"Your fashion sense is lame."

...

After the preparation is done, I ignited the flames in my hands but I didn't throw it straight to the bag yet. To make sure that the flames are going to be the Purifying Flames, I have to add another batch of mana and allow it to swirl around the flames and make sure that the mana will be acting as the "purifier" on the flames. But the logic here to have the Purifying Flames have a good purifying ability is, the greater amount of pureness mana has, the better the effects it can give. I can tell my mana is just subpar and cannot be really considered pure but its better than nothing.

After a few seconds, the mana I inserted in the flame settled down and appeared to compliment with the flame, completing the Purifying Flames. With that done, I throw the flames to the bag filled with my decaying books and notebooks alongside the Skull Knuckle.

FWAM!

The flames engulfed the bag without much effort and burned it in seconds. It turned almost everything to ashes except the Skull Knuckle that emerged after all the flames devour all of my notes.

"Are you sure that you are not regretting all the notes and books that were in there? You must have important notes in there," Blue said after everything was reduced to ashes.

"What's the point of salvaging it? You already explained tainted things that were exposed to the miasma are dangerous. What are you implying? Besides, I missed a lot of lessons while I was in the Phantasmal World and add the time I was in a coma. I have lots of catching up to do so this amount of notes wasted is nothing."

When the flames dissipated, the ashes disappeared and all the miasma that was built up inside also disappeared without a single trace while the Skull Knuckle still remained unscathed. Only one thing changed on this insidious weapon. It was that the weapon has been exuding less bloodlust than before. It was like it had started to calm down after being doused with Purifying flames.

"Did the Skull Knuckle got purified?" I asked while I took the Skull Knuckle from the floor and inspected it.

"No. The amount of negative energy of the Skull Knuckle is still here but it just got repelled a bit causing it to emit a lesser amount of negativity around which made you think that it got purified but it's still not yet purified. After all, your measly Purifying Flames is not enough to purify something so dreadful as this weapon," Blue answered.

The Skull Knuckle returned to its former state when I purchased it before. I tried wearing it and it's no longer as heavy to feel like before. More like it got a bit easier to use. Still, this is still going to be a dangerous tool. After all, anything it punches as long as the user has its will can destroy them immediately for a limited amount every day.

...

After purifying the miasma emitted by the Skull Knuckle, during the entire night, I practiced my magic spells to make sure I didn't get affected by my coma state before. Good thing that my abilities are still not bad and I still have a good grasp on it. I didn't catch a single sleep but I don't feel sleepy at all.

"Of course you won't be sleepy anymore. As you get better in magic and your mana pool is getting bigger, sleep is only for the weak. And now that you possess the Seed of Ygdrassil that has been supplying mana to you, sleeping is now just optional for you," Blue said.

"So as you become stronger, sleeping will slowly become insignificant to me?"

"That's right. Magic is complicated but it also reduces things that humans usually do. If you become more than a magician and become stronger, you will no longer be counted as human. Even now, you barely qualify as a human anymore due to the magic skills you possess and how you got the dragon blood and memories inherited from the dragon child's father that allowed you to receive it. If you add the inheritance from the divine beasts too, then you already graduated from the status of a human.

"Magic is complicated huh. Well, I can say the same to the inhabitants of the world. I thought it was just us humans and other organisms living with us in this ecosystem, demons, and mythological beings are also existing."

"The world of magic is wide and vast. So expect more things than what you saw since you became a magician to increase."

The sun has risen and my practice is now done. Anya will be awake later so before I leave, I cook her breakfast. Later would be the operation so if possible, I want to have a little relax time before a troublesome skirmish of an unknown enemy.

Going into the kitchen and opening the fridge, I found a lot of ingredients to use. It was like someone had done their shopping, well, that is fine. As long as I can cook food then that is fine. 

I was busy cooking when everyone started to gather around the kitchen.

"Damn, that smell is making me hungry... who is in charge of cooking?" Voltaire asked as he rubbed his stomach while his eyes are still half-closed.

"I don't remember anyone being good at cooking before. Who is cooking right now?" Rena asked as she peeked inside the kitchen.

"Instant noodles and pizza is the usual taste for my palate every day but I guess it won't hurt to eat other things once in a while," Raigaki said as he rushed into the kitchen.

More and more of them started to gather around the kitchen like hungry carnivores. I am just cooking a simple sunny side up alongside with some other side dishes. It's not even that aromatic but these guys were all now flocking here.

"Eh? Kazuma you know how to cook?" Yaya was surprised to see me the one holding the spatula and the frying pan's handle.

"I am just cooking for breakfast for Anya. You guys have not taken some breakfast?" I asked.

"We are usually busy every day so cooking is a choir for us that we don't usually undertake. Mind if we joined along?" Rena pushed her glasses.

"Sure enough. There is plenty of food available. Please be patient guys, food is almost ready."

In the end, they ended up eating up with us while I was stuck in a cooking duty which I enjoyed seeing everyone eating happily. Of course, I ate too so I am no longer hungry. Anya was quite satisfied with the food and go with Maple and the other girls to do something. After eating, Yaya started a conversation with me.

"Kazuma, are you ready for later? Godou and Raigaki will accompany us later and if you are still unprepared, we can wait for you."

"Don't worry, I already prepared for it. Is there anything I have to learn about this mission of ours?"

"Although it sounded simple, removing the root of the ritual's problem has proven us to be in a hard part and currently in need of urgency. 5 girls have already been starting to show decay. If we dawdle and waste more time, she will die in two days."