Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3488

"Correct." Menadion nodded. "By following this logic and dividing the process into precise steps, we can identify the mana organs for each Hydra bloodline and even predict what the final result will look like."

The hologram showed hypothetical changes in the life force that made more noticeable imperfections stand out. The imperfections became generic mana organs a second later, prompting more changes in Xorn’s life force and physical appearance.

The final result, however, was a cartoonishly silly seven-headed creature with large eyes, wings, and a dumb, drunken smile on its faces.

"I’m sorry. I have no idea what kind of Dragon Xorn’s bloodline is supposed to evolve into and this is the best I could come up with off the top of my head." Menadion twirled her hair in embarrassment while the Hydras laughed and Xorn gurgled a whine from inside the tank.

"This is amazing, Ruler Menadion." Xubari said. "I can’t find any fault in your reasoning and your method should work. Yet there is something you have left out. How can we obtain the results you’ve just shown us and make such changes permanent?

"I mean, even if we perfect the Harmonizer, there would be no point being Dragons only on specific locations. We would be no better than the citizens of Zelex if not worse. They don’t risk taking their own lives when they step off a mana geyser."

"I’m sorry. My main specialization is Forgemastering." Menadion shrugged. "I can help you build a Harmonizer suitable to your research but all the Healer part is beyond my understanding."

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"This is not true." Anata said. "You have easily found the answer for which we have been looking for almost a year now."

"Only because you performed solid research and all I had to do was interpret the data." Menadion shook her head. "What you are asking me to do requires a different kind of specialist."

She took one step back, leaving the center stage to Baba Yaga.

"You made excellent questions, Xubari, yet I doubt you’ll like the answers." She said. "At the moment, I don’t see any way of furthering your research without a Hydra volunteering as a test subject.

"Theoretical work can only go so far. Without proper experimentation, a perfect theory could lead to a disastrous practical result. Which means that even if we take all the possible precautions, some of you may die."

"What if we do like today? Keeping the subject in the tank and reversing the process the moment his life force stops developing?" Xubari asked.

"It’s feasible but the subject will still develop new bloodline abilities that could make him addicted to them." She replied. "The more the experiment progresses, the higher the risk the test subject suffers psychological damage once he’s forced to revert into a lesser Divine Beast."

"Let’s keep the subject sedated for the duration of the experiment, then." Anata proposed. "A Hydra can’t miss something he doesn’t remember."

"A good solution, but just with different risks." Baba Yaga shook her head. "An unconscious subject can’t tell us if the process hurts, if there’s something wrong with his body, or if after every change we apply to the Harmonizer, he feels better or worse.

"This kind of research requires active feedback."

"Can’t we find a workaround to this?" Xubari asked.

"We can, but it will take time and it’s not guaranteed to work." Baba Yaga replied. "Theory and practice are different. Every experiment might cause a fatality. This is not something that can be avoided until the process is perfected."