Time passed and Adolf's body recovered more and more, although he was still far from his peak that did not mean he was weak, on the contrary, his strength had grown by leaps and bounds as his mastery over his skills and mana grew, now he could easily fight on equal footing against ten Rhyfel knights at the same time.
Another of the great changes in these times was that Adolf finally finished reviving 500 of the 1,000 burned knights as undead.
For Adolf there was no such thing as sleeping or taking a rest anymore, thanks to his high stats he could easily go without sleep for a week without his abilities being affected, but what helped the most was undoubtedly his regeneration, thanks to this if he felt Fatigue in some part of his body simply had to destroy it so that it would regenerate in its best state.
That was a simple but brutal way to solve a problem that could be solved just by resting for a couple of hours, but Adolf didn't see it that way anymore, for him such a thing as sleeping had become something mundane, he was advancing at the same time. shed the last traces of her humanity.
In this life there was a phrase that was said to warriors, "If you don't think you are capable of surviving as a human, put aside your beliefs and become a demon and if that is not the case then abandon everything and become a beast." ".
Adolf was abandoning all of himself to survive, he just had to wait and see what he would become, whether a demon or a beast, only time would tell.
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While Adolf came back from "harvesting" he checked his gains again, usually the goblins form lower and low grade manastones, of course, there were exceptions but even so they were only low range bordering on the mid range and that was in the best of cases. , it would be said that it was something of 1 in a 1,000,000, it was not for a matter of strength but for a matter of lineage, that was the limit of the race of the elves.
But now… Adolf was carrying a bag full of manastones of medium grade but of the lowest quality, but the most surprising thing was that these were obtained from the goblins that he had been raising.
Adolf supposed that while his lineage, the lineage of a pureblood vampire was mixing with the lineage of the goblins, the lineage of the latter would benefit, also with the selective breeding that he was carrying out, he improved it even more.
Although everything seemed good, in reality it was not so, thanks to the fact that the lineage of the elves increased as the generations passed, their birth rate decreased as the limit of their race increased, in this universe it is impossible to earn something without Losing something, the balance of equality will never tip in favor of a race, which is why in exchange for their high reproductive capacity the goblins gained an upper limit for their race.
One of the biggest changes was his appearance, the goblins that Adolf originally met were disgusting to say the least, just seeing them generated disgust and disgust towards them, there was nothing about their appearance that was pleasing to the eye, but now things changed, the goblins who got traces of Adolf's bloodline improved not only their talents and intelligence but also their appearance for the better.
While they couldn't be considered beautiful by human standards the same could be said of looking disgusting, it was average and there were even some above average looking, with that look at least Adolf no longer had to destroy his entire "gadget" after the act with them. because of the disgust it caused him.
At least those aspects of his day to day improved.
As Adolf continued his seemingly endless labor of reviving Rhyfel's knights into the undead, his labor seemed endless as the amount of time it took for the resurrection process was at least 30 minutes not counting the time it took. in recovering all his mana, in the end all the time added up gave a total of 1:00-1:30 and that was only to revive a knight of Rhyfel.
On a good day Adolf would be able to revive 10-12 Rhyfel knights but if it was a bad day he could only revive 8-10 Rhyfel knights, but thanks to that his mana control grew considerably at the same time his skill leveled up several times, though it wasn't enough to make her rank up.
As Adolf continued with his task, his mind wandered as he thought how he should deal with the four generals of the War Sovereign, he knew that as much as in experience or strength they were superior to him, even if they had become mindless existences that were guided by by their instincts they might seem less scary, but knowing that they don't have fear or pain or some other emotions that can be exploited was scary in other ways.
The thoughts came and went as Adolf's mana was quickly consumed only to replenish again later, the [Resurrect Corpse] magic was incredibly useful and powerful but its cost was just as high, though as the skill leveled up the efficiency increased and Consequently, the cost decreased, the difference was not much.
Adolf's mana was spent at an incredibly fast rate but he replenished it again by consuming mana stones, this seemed good but it wasn't, rather it was far from it. The mana contained within the manastones is raw and unrefined mana, Adolf's [Mana Devourer] ability allows him to consume this raw mana for later use, but that doesn't mean it was good for his body, On the contrary, the pressure placed on his magic circuits and his mana source were enormous.
To put things in context a bit people were born with a set of magical circuitry and a mana source, mana source was the name for the place where someone's mana was stored, the amount it could contain varied depending on of each person but even so the origin of mana by itself is useless, since it lacked the means to transport the mana outside of itself and that is where the magical circuits came in, they were in charge of transporting and distributing the mana throughout the body, the efficiency also varied from person to person and usually when casting a spell there was a loss of 10-20% of mana for normal people and less than 9% for talented people.
Adolf for his part had a loss of 14% when he was human and after becoming a vampire his loss was reduced giving a total of 5%, but that was not important.
When Adolf consumed a mana stone his body was charged with raw mana, this in itself was already bad for his mana origin that did not have the ability to properly process that mana, but to top it off the amount of mana consumed was higher than what his mana origin could store, if it weren't for Adolf to spend it the next moment he could have severe damage, but the problems didn't end there since the magic circuits weren't able to transport the raw mana either, let alone talk about it. the amount of this, the pressure at which they were being
Usually no matter how much mana someone uses as much as the source of the mana and the magic circuits would just feel tired and a little sore, a good rest or healing items would be enough to solve the problem, but Adolf did not "tire" them but literally it tore them apart
The origin of the mana was like the heart of living beings and the magic circuits were the veins and arteries that transported and distributed the mana to the whole body, originally if these were damaged you simply had to wait for the same magic circuits to heal. himself but Adolf was an exception to the rule, with his damn regeneration he could easily heal them.
The pain of feeling the magic circuits being torn should make the soul and heart feel an indescribable sharp pain, but as stupid as it sounds Adolf at this point did not feel such pain, he only felt a feeling of discomfort, all this is thanks to Suffering so many "deaths" had accustomed him to great physical pain, his mind would hardly break from something like that.
"Bored..."
Adolf muttered after finishing reviving another Rhyfel knight, after considering it for a bit, he got up and began to walk since his body felt stiff and heavy, as he walked a cold breeze hit his body, but something he obviously should have felt. He didn't feel anything cold, even considering that he was only wearing a pair of pants along with boots, leaving his torso bare.
But that was not strange, as Adolf's physical stats increased and his resistance to the elements of nature improved, something like spring breeze, summer heat or winter cold no longer generated the same impact on his body, even today he could easily stick his hands into a burning fire and come out unscathed, of course, if the fire is natural and not magical in origin then it would be a completely different story but you get the idea.
Adolf walked through the destroyed streets of Rhyfel, no matter where he looked, everything was in ruins and it could hardly be said that this was once a dominant city in this world, but it still was, but now it is only a forgotten memory of the past that no longer possesses that radiance that it once possessed.
"Are you going to stay silent?"
Adolf asked while he turned 180 ° but when he turned around there was no one or at least that was to everyone else's eyes but for Adolf there was someone.
"You know you can't go on like this."
A childish voice resounded in his ears, there he was Arthur looking at Adolf with curious eyes that very deeply contained some traces of concern, but Adolf did not notice this and replied in a monotone.
"Yes I can and I will continue to do so as long as my flesh and mana continue to allow me."
Arthur didn't answer and moved closer to him to look into his eyes, his black eyes meeting Adolf's purple ones.
"Your body may be able to resist but your mind may not, remember that as much as work and rest go hand in hand, if you rest properly you can be more productive than simply working yourself to the point of collapse."
"If that happens I can just 'reset' everything, no big deal."
Adolf replied with boredom as if it were breathing.
"Restart"... was what Adolf referred to every time he destroyed his body to return it to its best state, to do it Adolf needed to destroy his entire body simultaneously, usually he did it by controlling his blood so that it got out of control and kill him from the inside out.
"I see... if that's what you've decided I have nothing to say, I just hope that your current decisions don't lead to your regret in the future."
Saying that Arthur walked and passed next to Adolf and when the latter turned to see Arthur was nowhere to be found.
"Repent... I can't regret my actions, I can only regret my stupidity and naivety."
With that said Adolf continued on his way aimlessly, since he came to this world the only thing he saw was this destroyed city surrounded by its high walls, Adolf sometimes wondered if one day he would see what is outside those walls.