Chapter 245: Only 19 left. (1/2)
”I want to ask this one last time… Why am I the only one staying here?!” Flavio shouted at Arima who was leisurely sitting cross-legged in the middle of a meadow. He was taking a small break to stabilize his new abilities.
Meanwhile, Flavio was getting flustered in a corner. The reason he was complaining was that Arima had told Chulainn he could go back to the gate but not him. At that point, Arima knew exactly was what going on with the Téra and thought that Chulainn's new strength could help.
”I still need your help with something,” Arima replied without opening his eyes.
Flavio frowned hard. ”With what? I don't think I can help you with anything right now.”
”It's quite simple. I just need you to use your ability on me.”
”What?” Flavio's expression changed instantly. It went from confused to shocked. ”What kind of modification do you want?”
”I want a transplant,” Arima smiled and Flavio scowled. ”A heart transplant. To be exact, I want you to give me a second heart.”
”Impossible,” the surgeon immediately rebuffed. ”I don't know for what reason you would want a second heart but I can't do that. Although you're a freaking monster, you're still human technically. Transplanting a second heart when your body has not what it takes to make use of it is unfeasible.”
”It isn't. You know it,” Arima smirked and Flavio's eyes twitched.
”…Do you seriously want to do that? For that operation, I will need you to lower every defense. Even your immune system will have to be restrained. And the success rate of that surgery is no more than 1%. The exact average is probably lower.”
”Of course, I want to do it. I wouldn't have told you to stay otherwise.”
Flavio sighed and took out his glasses to rub his face. ”Fine. If you die, that's not my responsibility. So? Where is the heart you want me to transplant?”
”It's still beating in the chest of a certain person.”
”Who?”
”A unique individual even across the different Realities. He's the third Pillar here,” Arima grinned. ”One of the rare persons who have the right to call themselves true immortals.”
Flavio's eyes narrowed. ”You… want to attain immortality?”
”I need that at least to confront the Creators. But there's nothing really immortal in this world. The Creators can without a doubt kill immortals by either using OWL's or special 'authorities'. Even myself, I probably can kill one with Natus' ability,” Arima said and the pentagrams appeared on his irises.
”These eyes can analyze an 'existence' and destroy it if it's possible. It means that I can scan 'immortality' and render it useless,” he added. ”Furthermore, my Ancient Demon form empowers Natus thanks to the four irises.”
Flavio closed his mouth and waited for Arima to finish. ”The reason I want to get immortality is that it will make me stronger. I do not care about never aging or dying. I just want the advantages that immortality can add to my theories. Also, having two hearts will increase the physical output of my body by at least a fold. And finally, with that immortal heart, I think I will be able to refine an organic factory.”
”A factory?” Flavio wore a strange expression.
”That heart will be the factory.”
”Of what?”
”Elixir.” Arima casually responded and Flavio froze.
”…Are you talking about 'the' elixir?” He muttered shakenly. When one talks about elixirs it can mean many things. Especially in a world filled with magic craft and alchemy. But for someone at the level of Arima, it only referred to one thing; the Elixir of Life.
The most sought concoction in the entire universe. A potion capable of giving the one who drinks it eternal youth and true immortality whilst also curing every disease and injury. It's even said to be possible to bring back the dead with a single drop.
”{There's only one case recorded of an Elixir being successfully made,}” Krynox remarked. ”{And it technically wasn't even made by intelligent species but by mother nature. That single vial worth of Elixir took exactly 345 877 924 years to be made. It happened because thousands of godly beings bought legendary ingredients from all over the world and mixed them up in a single place surrounded by the most majestic stars ever born. It's definitely not something you can produce easily. How do you want to do that?}”
Arima smiled. ”I'm not going to gather any ingredient whatsoever. Nor am I going to use any fancy knowledge or technique. I'm basically going to break down the concept of immortality from that heart and transform it into a 'factory' which will slowly turn my blood into an Elixir.”
Flavio was stunned. ”…If you manage to do that, you'll be the worst nightmares of us doctors. If your blood becomes Elixir, your injuries might close before you can even see them… Are you going to engage in a war of attrition against the Creators? With your infinite mana, and possibly infinite Elixir, there are chances that you can stand your ground even without immortality.”
”That's one part of the plan, yes,” Arima nodded and opened his eyes. He stood up and cracked his neck. ”But for now, we have to prepare. I'll go for the weaker Guardians and Pillars first. Although even they could be as strong or stronger than me. But it should be alright.”
Flavio sighed. ”How can you be so sure?”