...This is actually a Blood Mage.
Stroking the head that eyes refused to close in death, Philip momentarily lost himself in thought.
He hadn't actually expected this new subordinate he'd recruited to truly be able to kill the notoriously infamous Blood Mage.
Those who operated within the Royal Capital under the guise of "Hermesian Scholars," following Nicolas Flamel... always filled Philip with vigilance and unease.
As a Prince, Philip could not possibly lack mystical knowledge.
He understood very clearly that the fallen ones and those Transcendents on the path of sublimation were fundamentally different.
On the path to Transcendence, the Silver stage was a very important, indispensable phase.
For ordinary humans to possess the power of the Transcendent, their souls must be corrupted by curses. Only souls that had undergone such treatment could spontaneously absorb the power of external curses.
