The Newbie God Is Summoning Heroes From Earth [World Creation/ Management]

Lacius and Hars calmly watched Kanon's struggle.

The potion Lacius just fed Kanon will cause the mana inside a blessed to stagnate while also slightly paralyzing their body. The weaker the blessed, the longer the duration it could cause their energy to stagnate.

But as the resources used to craft that potion are incredibly precious, he hasn't had the time or resources to increase his mastery.

Coupled with how the recipe he created is also still in its infancy, to the point it only has an extremely short shelf life. So, although the potion hasn't shown any result of failure, Lacius still needs to check whether the effect he intended has taken place.

After making sure the potion had taken effect, Lacius calmly pressed his hand on Kanon's abdomen. He gathered the mana inside his body and slowly injected Kanon with it.

Unlike activating blessed power, which has become the instinct of every blessed, releasing pure mana and controlling them to enter someone else's body requires some training and also extreme control over their own energy.

The moment Lacius's mana entered Kanon's body, his expression slightly contorted in pain. But, Lacius ignored it and continued to send his energy into Kanon.

While sweating from the extreme focus required to control his mana, Lacius controlled his energy to circulate inside Kanon's body.

The circulation path he used has some traces from Alan's training method. However, it has been extremely modified and barely has any similarity with Alan's method.

Halfway through circulating his energy inside Kanon's body, Lacius said to Hars, "Prepare the healing potion."

Hars took several vials of potions from a drawer and opened one of them.

When Kanon's expression distorted in pain as blood began to seep out of the skin in his arms, Hars poured a vial of healing potion into Kanon's mouth.

Seeing blood seeping out of Kanon's skin, Lacius mentally crossed another possible energy circulation path and circulated his energy inside of Kanon once more. This time, he used a slightly different energy circulation.

For the first few minutes, this energy circulation didn't cause any negative symptoms in Kanon. But, when Lacius controlled his energy to pass through the path around Kanon's neck, his eyes began to widen as blood began to seep out from the eye socket.

Lacius stopped controlling his energy, while Hars fed Kanon several vials of healing potions.

The two consecutive experiments caused Lacius to feel quite tired. So, he sat on a chair and slightly dozed off while lamenting the power of time over his old body.

On the side, Hars also sat down and slightly closed his eyes.

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While Lacius and Hars rested, the potion's effect had already worn off.

Kanon saw the two old men around him had rested and tried to control his energy that had stopped being stagnant.

For the first few minutes, his attempt at moving his energy came to no avail as Lacius's experiments had caused the energy inside Kanon's body to turn chaotic. Kanon only barely able to control a small amount of earth after attempting to do so for five whole minutes.

What a pity, Kanon's small movements entered Lacius's sight and he used his power to nullify Kanon's blessed power. Every time Kanon tried to pull a stone from the ground, Lacius used his blessed power to push the stone back.

While playing 'whack a mole' with Kanon, Lacius regained his vigor and continued his experiment.

When he saw Lacius standing up, Kanon began to scream at the top of his lungs.

Ignoring Kanon's scream, Lacius injected his energy into Kanon's body and circulated it once more.

Every time Kanon seems like he is on the verge of death, Hars calmly fed Known with potions or poured a vial of potion on Kanon's wound.

Although the healing potions require a lot of expensive material to craft, and have a much weaker effect than the healing power of a blessed. But, Lacius can simply make his target chug more of those potions.

Among all the potions he has crafted, Lacius has been focusing on refining the recipe for healing potion the most. Right now, he already has several recipes for healing potions, which use different materials to achieve similar results.

Lacius continued his experiment for a week straight while taking turns with Hars to stop Kanon from fleeing.

He only stopped when Kanon's body couldn't last any longer. Even after being fed with hundreds of healing potions, Kanon's body has been riddled with wounds to the point he could barely breathe.

When Lacius saw Kanon who had turned into a corpse, he shrugged and asked Hars to cleanse the table.

Hars brought Kanon's corpse away and asked, "Do I need to bring another blessed?"

Lacius shook his head, "There is no need for now. I've found what I'm looking for."

After years of experiments, he has almost found a method suitable for earth elements blessed to advance their level. Currently, he only lacks a suitable place for the training method.

The gorge that Alan used as his training place is unsuitable for the method Lacius has just created. Because, unlike the training method Alan has created, the training method he has created is intended for earth element blessed.

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That means he must search for a place where a lot of energy is gathered on the ground instead of in the air.

After cleaning his laboratory, Lacius passed through several corridors in the palace and arrived at a room.

Inside the room, a massive topographic map has been laid on top of a table.

Most of the locations are quite vague with only a few marks to symbolize the approximate location of a mountain, rivers, caves, and other natural landscapes.

Except for the location of cities and the area around them that has been drawn with some details. Only the location that has been marked as a place with precious resources like a magical ore vein, or forest full of magical herbs has quite a detailed map.

Lacius stared at the map while contemplating, 'Based on my guess, the place that's suitable for my training method should be either deep underground, at the core of a mountain, or in a place with many magic ores.'

'But, I am still not sure which one is the most suitable. Furthermore, whether it's deep underground, the core of a mountain, or a magic ores vein, any one of them will require a lot of resources and manpower to visit.' Lacius sighed as he envied those blessed with wind power. They have it easy thanks to the gorge that can blow winds with enough energy density.

Because he is afraid to waste too much time, Lacius decided to take a three-pronged approach while focusing on one of them.

When a new day arrived, he issued a new order that asked people to explore caves that lead to the core of a mountain or deep underground. Anyone that succeeds will be granted a noble title and a huge fortune.

When the order Lacius gave was announced to every human city and village, it caused a huge sensation.

Since many people have begun to awaken their blessed power, not all blessed have the opportunity to become a noble that stood above the masses.

Those blessed who felt their potential had been wasted by cooping inside the city began to form a group to travel in the wilderness with the hope of encountering a suitable cave.

Meanwhile, after Lacius had sent that order, he rode a horse and traveled to a place that had been marked on the map to contain a lot of magical ores.

Based on the report he collected, the ores at that place actually are incredibly durable and have the ability to cause the surrounding space to become heavier.

When he arrived on the site together with Hars and several others blessed, Lacius could feel his body turn heavy.

He took an ore that contained a magic metal and brought it a few hundred meters away.

Although the heaviness had decreased, he could still feel his body being heavier than usual.

'It seems this odd heaviness is indeed caused by the magic metal.' Lacius returned to the place where he took the ore and tried to circulate his energy following the training method he had created.

After one cycle, he was barely able to absorb a small portion of energy. Although the amount is small and doesn't have the ability to push him to a higher level, Lacius is still glad. His success at absorbing energy means his training method is correct.

As for the small amount of energy absorbed, he guessed the energy would be denser the deeper he was. So, Lacius gathered a group of people and made them open a path on the ore vein as deep as possible.

After the two order to look for caves and mine a magic ore vein, Lacius also begins to recruit talented blessed with earth power and water power in preparation for the next part of his plan.

His three consecutive orders have caused the situation in the Sacred Kingdom which has just stabilized after the destruction of the temple, to fall into chaos once more.

This made Lacius waste a lot of time and effort to stabilize the situation and make sure his plan wouldn't go south.

While dealing with the problem in his kingdom and waited for the people to finish digging deep into the ore vein. Lacius once again began experimenting.

This time, he tried to create a training method suitable for blessed with water elements.

Because Lacius couldn't feel the energy inside water as well as he could sense energy inside the earth. This time, Hars is the one leading the experiment, while Lacius helps and guides him on the side.

After spending three years and killing dozens of low level blessed with water elements in their experiment, both of them finally created a method for blessed with water elements to increase their life level.

During the time spent on the experiment, Lacius also received several reports regarding the location of several caves which he immediately visited.

After testing the amount of energy gained inside those places, Lacius found the amount of energy was barely sufficient for the training method. But, it's still not enough for his next plan. This means he can only bet on the magic ore veins that's still being cleared.

Thankfully, the requirement to use the water element training method isn't as difficult as the one for earth elements. Lacius and Hars simply brought a few guards and tested every water body in the surrounding area. After visiting more than twenty rivers and lakes, they finally found a suitable place.

The place they found is a massive river that has an incredibly turbulent flow of water.

As the water flows are simply too turbulent, Hars can only train by absorbing the energy from water near the river bank. Even so, the amount of energy he absorbed is quite considerable.

Lacius injected a tiny bit of pure energy into Hars's body and sensed the increase in Hars's strength. He calculated that Hars should be able to reach his current level in about five to eight years.

After counting their age, Lacius began to worry. 'By the time Hars reached my level, he should be around eighty five years old.'

'I hate to admit it, but we are running out of time.' The feeling that both he and his only friend are slowly walking toward their end makes Lacius feel anxious.

After commanding several guards to protect Hars as he trained on the river, Lacius left and began to prepare another plan while visiting the ore vein he had requested to be cleared.

Upon arriving at the ore veins, he walked through the path leading deep into the ground and started circulating the energy inside him.

After circulating his energy once, Lacius stopped and compared the energy with the other cave that led deep underground or the core of a mountain.

Compared to the other places he has visited, Lacius found the speed of energy increased while training inside the ore vein is at least five times faster.

'This should be enough.' Lacius said and quickly returned to the Winter City.

Once he arrived, Lacius gathered several blessed with earth and water element power. Most of those blessed are only at Level 0 while only three people have reached Level 1.

He gave them the training method he had invented and said it could strengthen them. Lacius also promised those who have reached a certain level of strength can return to Winter City and be awarded nobility.

Amidst the hopeful stare of those blessed, he sends them to the ore vein and river while being accompanied by guards who are absolutely loyal to him. Those guards will make sure none of the blessed will escape or spread the technique.

What he does might seem generous, but Lacius's goal is actually simple and crude.

Currently, he needed strong blessed to be an experiment material.

Tsukiko's corpse is his only chance to reach a higher level. He needed to increase his understanding of blessed power before he could confidently begin studying her corpse. Otherwise, Lacius is afraid his chance of reaching the next level will disappear.

Actually, except for Tsukiko who has reached a higher level, there is also Yuma which he could pull into the experiment. But, after he has killed Tsukiko, Yuma should've hated him. This makes the chance for cooperation between them to be quite low.

It's not like he hasn't thought of capturing or killing Yuma. But, Yuma's strength and the creator's favor for him made Lacius have some reservation.

Although he isn't sure how strong the creator is. But just their ability to pull him into the sky and locate every demons is beyond what a blessed could do.