"What are we going to do now?" as she wore Novus’ outer coat to cover her tattered clothing, Medea asked, staring up at the now moonlit skies still darkened by the magic barrier that appeared out of nowhere, telling them that even if they are safe right now, this invasion is far from over.

"Recover, you’re not fully healed yet after all, Medea." he pointed out, his senses checking through her vital signs and detecting that she is still way less strong than she normally is, and albeit her current strength now being more than enough for her to deal with any normal monster or beast, she can barely stand her ground against high-level E Tier mages at her current state.

"Mn." concern still circles her mind; the other students are definitely being dealt with by whoever it is that is invading the place, and given the character of one of the perpetrators they had previously dealt with, she doubts that these invaders will be anything but gentle or kind to the students they are targeting.

However, she is well aware that blindly charging into the fray without any preparation will only make them a target of their enemies once again, and given the current state she is in right now, she hardly thinks she can even escape should she encounter another person on the level of that female academy staff, Venica.

Hence why she decided to sit down as well, calming her tensed self as she planned to enter a state of deep meditation to recover herself, mana beginning to dance around her before she was interrupted by Novus’ voice.

"Use these." several dozens of F Tier Evolution Crystals manifested around him before he brought them beside Medea, the lady having her eyes wide open as her mind immediately connected the dots, realizing what those things are, the very object that allows her to recover from that near-death state to almost perfect health.

And not only healing and recovery, as she felt like her body was just a little bit stronger after she continuously refined and absorbed a lot of those things, meaning that if she absorbed enough, then it wouldn’t be hard for her to increase her bodily strength, a dream that was once an all-too-pipe one for every mage of the Heavenblade clan like her. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"T-this is too precious, I can’t accept it, Novus..." despite the temptation causing drops of drool to escape out of the corner of her lips, she still decided to shake her head and push it back to him, knowing how precious such things can be, as it provides effects to the body far greater than what mana can provide.

"Take it, I have thousands of that right now."

Seeing the serious look on his face as he pushes the Evolution Crystals back to her, she couldn’t help but be convinced that he is telling the truth; however, there is but one inconsistency to it that she just couldn’t help but ask.

"Thousands? Where do you even put it? Even high-level spatial rings like mine can only hold about a cubic meter of materials inside..." she asks as she goes on an analysis, picking up one Evolution Crystal and immediately concluding that she can barely fit a couple of hundred of them inside her spatial ring, as for a thousand.

She doesn’t even see a single article of accessory in his body, making her wonder where he is storing all those treasures.

"Don’t ask too much." he merely smiles faintly as he pushes the Evolution Crystals further towards her, his insistence making her finally accept with a defeated sigh as she begins taking them in.

"No need to ingest them one by one; they will be automatically absorbed once you meditate around them." he advised as he sat down as well, taking out multiple E Tier Evolution Crystals for himself to absorb and improve his strength with.

’I absorbed them way too fast...’ staring at the remaining several hundreds, Novus couldn’t help but point out to himself, causing a wry smile to form on his lips; however, as much as he wanted to get more E Tier Evolution Crystal right now, he was still a far cry away from being able to enter the Evolution Domain again.

[Bodily regeneration is currently in progress (36.14%). Estimated completion time: 4 days, 10 hours.]

[Access to the Evolution Domain currently denied.]

Looking at the floating screen in front of him, Novus knew that all he could do to improve his strength now was to absorb the resources he had right now, determination surging up from the depths of his being as he planned to do so without any intent to stop.

Taking a look at Medea, who is now in the depths of meditation while absorbing the Evolution Crystal he had given her, Novus decided to add a couple of hundred more for her to absorb, making sure she had some excess amount to use in case he took a longer time meditating than he expected.

’Let’s use it too...’ taking a look at the resource he just took out of the Storage Space, Novus thought to himself as he watched the liquid gold-like substance dancing around his palm, an intense yet, nevertheless comforting warmth surging from its being, making the young man feel the effectivity of this consumable even without using it yet.

[Slimy Gold Dust]

[The king of the slime’s pulverized core. Consumable.

When consumed, increase the rate of Evolution Energy Absorption by 200% for 1 hour.]

As he recalls the effects of this Slimy Gold Dust, he couldn’t help but think that such intense power coming out of it should only be right, the urgency of the situation making him hesitate no more as he ingested it.

Not even a moment passes, and he already feels that same warmth coming out of the Slimy Gold Dust now permeating his entire body, that intense warmth urging him to start absorbing E Tier Evolution Crystals with haste, which he does, as the effects of the consumable are just way too limited, so he needs to make the most out of it.

[You absorbed Evolution Energy. Refinement of the body will continue until the source of the energy runs out.]

[Your talent: True Immortal Blood is being refined. +0.0005% progress, +0.5 maximum Immortal Energy.]

[Your physique has grown. +1 strength, +1 agility, +1 vitality.]

[You sense all sorts of energy more clearly than before. +1 arcane.]

[Your body and soul seem to grow closer. +1 harmony.]

Those notifications repeatedly rang through his head as he started entering meditation, opting not to put his full attention to it as he juggles observing their surroundings every now and then, making sure that it is safe for them to continuously meditate.

Both Novus’ and Medea’s strength grew as time continued to pass, the two of them seemingly entering such a tranquil state as they let Evolution Energy refine their bodies, with Medea, who experienced such a sensation for the first time, feeling quite excited seeing the improvements happening within her body, causing a wide smile to form on her lips.

Meanwhile, Novus, who is already used to such things happening, also felt quite satisfied with the continuous increase in his own strength, his fists clenched as he didn’t plan on stopping until he absorbed the last drop of Evolution Energy from all these E tier Evolution Crystals.