"Bring another slave!" Jax yelled, and a few minutes later guards appeared, with a new slave, and they handed him, why this man was a slave.
"So pedophile, huh? I needed someone like you. I don't like using my energy to give anesthesia." Jax said. He arranged that every slave he used, had his or her entire history marked on paper. If someone wasn't bad, he sent them to his land, as workers. People like pedophiles however, were subjected to the worst experiments Jax worked on. He paralyzed the old man. Then he injected old man with modified greater regeneration serum. A few minutes later, it was completely fused. Jax went to the side of the room, and started to look for some tools.
"I like to keep the mouths of people like you still operational, because I love hearing how you beg for mercy. When you couldn't do it for children, you raped and killed. I will not show you mercy." Jax finished finding tools he needed. He then created a very deep cut, using a scalpel, on the entire thigh of the old man. Jax cut so deep, that he was able to see bones. Then he used tongs to expand the wound.
"Don't worry you will eventually die" in the old man eyes Jax saw hope, but he extinguished it, by getting a pot with melting metal and pouring it on the man bones. The old man hissed in pain."but only when I allow it" Jax added.
...
"So it's possible to fuse bones with metal." Jax said, while looking at the old man dead body. Its face was distorted into face of pain and despair. "At least you did something good in your rotten life." When Jax poured liquid metal on old man's bones, he used magic to create a bond between metal and the body. He wasn't able to do that on a large scale, but on small fragments of the bones he was able to create a bond. Thanks to the bond, metal and bones will be inseparable, and will not cause any problems for the body, like poisoning. Although person will be weaker because muscles aren't accustomed to carry such weight. For Jax it was funny joke.
"People tend to look down on [Adaptive Body] because to use it effectively you need to increase it to at least second or third level. Before it's nothing much, and to increase it to such level you need decades. And even then because of how old person body is, it just helps to not feel so bad. The only use people found the [Adaptive Body] to be useful is for merchants that travel through the entire world. But if someone wants to effectively change their body, it's the most important ability" Jax smiled, and asked for more slaves.
....
Jax was standing outside the room. He closed his eyes and focused on using his abilities and senses to the maximum.
"Everything is going well, for now." Jax smiled. Some time later, he heard a cry. He entered the room. Inside his mother and father were crying, and Abigail held white cloth near her chest. Inside this white cloth, was a newborn baby. Jax cast few spells, and gave Abigail potions to help her regain strength. He nodded when he saw that, Abigail was only tired and her body was already regenerated. He then asked.
"So, what name do you want to give her?" His question shocked everyone.
"So you already knew?" Abigail asked, and Jax nodded.
"I just didn't want to ruin your surprise" He replied." So what you choose?" Jax asked again. Abigail and Haytham smiled at each other.
"We both know, that without your serum, she would never be born. So we wanted for you to help with that matter. Of course, we must like it to accept." Haytham said. Jax felt warm inside, and started to think about the name.
'Well, she is miracle for us, so let's go with that.'
"How about Angelica?" Jax asked. Abigail and Haytham, looked at each other and smiled.
"Yeah, that's a great name" Abigail nodded.
....
"She is so cute! Unlike her big brother" said Elizabeth. Jax felt offended.
"You know you are talking about your husband?" Jax asked.
"I don't care. She is just cute." Elizabeth was holding Angelica in her arms. Jax was happy, that Angelica seemed to like Elizabeth, but he also saw sadness hidden deeply inside Elizabeth eyes. When Elizabeth gave Angelica to Abigail, Jax held her hand tightly. Elizabeth was on the verge of tears.
"I know." That's all he said, and pardoned himself and Elizabeth. When they entered the room and Jax closed the door, Elizabeth started to cry.
"Just let it out." Jax hugged Elizabeth and caressed her head.
...
Jax was again at Phoenix Kingdom laboratory.
"Angelica, your big brother will give you something amazing." Jax said to himself. When Jax checked the status of Angelica he saw, that she also had [Adaptive Body], and greater regeneration was passed to her, from their parents. Jax needed to finish, as quickly as possible, the entire process of fusing bone and metal together. When Jax was deep in thoughts, guards brought the slave to him. It was a middle age man. Jax checked his papers.
"Stealing, killing a guard who was after you, other minor crimes." Jax looked at the slave." Well you are quite lucky, thanks to you, not doing something extremely bad, your death will be painless." Jax wouldn't keep him alive, but he wouldn't torture him too much. Jax put man into sleep using a spell. He then opened the man's arm.
"Let's try now with something like orichalcum." Jax poured the liquid orichalcum on the bones, of the slave. After that, he started to use, man's aura to bond metal with his body.
"So the more mana conductive metal is, the easier bonding process is going." Jax looked at the unconscious man." You aren't aware, but your body is now worth the same as several villages." Jax checked more things, and left to get his reward.
...
"We could only get this much" Malcolm said, displeased. He thought his country could get more, but reality disappointed him.
"It isn't your fault. Also, these should be enough for now. It's not like, I need to worry, you will get more in future." Jax replied. He was looking at a hundred ores of Heavenly Metal. 'This should be enough for now, I can use it for my goals, and have some left.' Jax turned to leave, after taking all the ores, but something stopped him. He caught dagger between his fingers. He felt that this dagger had specific aura. 'Death aura'
"Tch, I thought I caught you there." Said Maya, who appeared in front of the Jax face. Jax twirled the dagger in his hand, and looked deep into Maya eyes.
"You know, I didn't want to do that, but you should know how to show respect." Maya looked at him without fear.
"I must admit you have some skills, but I am someone greater than you. You are just average noble. I am sister of the dragon king." Maya boasted herself, and held her chest high. Jax throw a glance towards Malcolm who nodded. Jax sighed.
"Stop." Maya paused. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't move or do anything else. Jax grabbed her arm.
"You know what's the most painful thing to regenerate? That thing is the nerves." Jax took the dagger he caught, and infused it with his own death aura. Then Maya felt that her arm is cut, and then she felt the worst pain she ever felt. But she couldn't say anything or do, because she was paralyzed.
"What did you do?" Malcolm asked, without any anger. He knew his sister deserved it.
"I used my power to kill every non-essential nerve in her body. She will regenerate it over and over. Everything will be gone, after a few hours." Jax replied, and then he turned to look deeply into Maya eyes.
"The only reason that you are still alive is because you didn't throw it, with killing intent, but if you do such thing again. I will rip out Hel, and your entire death power, and believe me your body will crumble. And the only person who could and will save you, will be me. Get it?" Jax didn't wait for the answer and exited the room. A few moments later, Malcolm sighed, and Maya felt killing intent coming from her brother body.
"I give you warning. Don't you dare to mess with him. He already had a weapon that can rival my power, and probably, no, for sure he made it even more powerful. " He then left his sister to endure the pain she was in.