Soon he saw the capabilities of this armor.

Upon entering the Duke's Library, crystal living corpses fired arrows tipped with crystal. Fingerley instinctively dodged, but Turci confidently walked toward the arrows.

"Be careful, the crystal dust shattered on the armor may also have infectious properties." he immediately reminded.

"Of course, I know that."

"Bang!"

The crystal arrow hit the armor illuminated with a layer of protective shield, its sharpest part shattering instantly, sending brilliant crystal dust toward Turci under the light.

Then, the trajectory of the crystal dust suddenly changed.

Fingerley watched as the dust was mysteriously drawn away from Turci's body, instead, adhering to the surface of the armor, leaving jagged crystal marks in its wake.

"This is!"

Upon seeing the crystal marks on the armor, he seemed to understand something.

"This is something I stumbled upon during my research."

Hades explained while launching a magic that shattered the head of a crystal living corpse, as the group pushed forward to battle the increasing number of enemies.

"I was trying to combine crystal magic with consciousness to create a crystal that could grow in size and speed according to the user's will, but the research failed, and I inadvertently discovered this magic as a byproduct."

"Its sole function is to absorb free-floating crystal fragments, I have named it [Absorption Crystal]."

Such a straightforward naming style, when Hades first created this magic, he felt a bit frustrated as the effect seemed to serve no purpose outside of cleaning, not even as effective as the Dust Cleaning Technique.

Yet, indeed, nothing in the world is entirely useless. Inside the Duke's Library, the [Absorption Crystal] engraved on the armor became a perfect safeguard ensuring people weren't infiltrated by crystal dust and ending up like Fingerley; it even attracted crystal magic launched by enemies to impact the area covered by the armor.

"As expected of the professor, truly thoughtful!"

Fingerley couldn't help but praise, then quickly went after and decapitated the Six-eyed Preacher attempting to escape using a flash move.

Hence, all enemies in the Duke's Library were completely cleared, surprisingly requiring more effort than previous areas.

Was it because Nadi's body was restricted by the armor, preventing her from partially transforming into a dragon at will, forcing her attacks to shift from wide-area AOE damages to high single-target damages?

Originally, her combat power was overwhelming when dealing with crystal living corpses, and now with restricted attack range, no wonder the speed slowed down.

The sound of the elevator carried Fingerley and the others to the top of the Duke's Library, his gaze again resting on the discordant tunnel here leading directly to the presence of White Dragon Heiss.

"Phew... Let's go."

He took a deep breath and proceeded to walk behind the group.

Upon seeing the Fog Gate, the magic professors finally shed their prior leisurely demeanor, instantly readying themselves for battle against a formidable foe.

Ordinary adventurers at this moment might choose to cast a string of beneficial magic on themselves, yet the magic professors were chanting to cast thick protective shields upon everyone, enveloping them all in shields both familiar and unfamiliar to Fingerley.

Hades was quietly chanting, casting a magic he alone understood its effects while Vienma swallowed an herbal pill, and a mysterious writhing emerged beneath her emerald skirt.

With no combat-boosting magic, Turci was the first to step into the Fog Gate.

Are you guys really not planning to fight?

Fingerley hastily cast a Golden Tree Oath on everyone and quickly followed the group into the Fog Gate.

The crystal-happy sound resonating with high-pitched chanting filled the ears, and in the crystal cavern, Fingerley once again saw White Dragon Heiss.

This unusually shaped white dragon sat upon a crystal-constructed throne, leisurely lifting its slender neck to gaze upon the group, with its dragon claw suddenly aglow with the characteristic blue-white light of crystal magic.

"He looks so strange." Nadi squeezed her fist after swallowing several brightly colored macarons, looking as though she wanted to charge up but held back.

White Dragon Heiss raised his dragon claw, an opening move Fingerley was very familiar with; the opponent was going to release those crystal flowers that would bloom and fire petals from the ground!

No reminder was needed to know what to do at this moment.

Seize the initiative!

Vienma made a peculiar hand gesture with both hands, chanting a series of words in Elvish that others couldn't understand.

The next moment, a torrent of branches and vines surged out from beneath her skirt like a flood!

The massive branches formed a towering tree before everyone, its crown even brushing against the dome of the cavern, with sharp claws of branches extending from its sides... a tree demon!

Fingerley had never seen such a colossal tree demon; this must be considered an ancestor among the tree demon race, right?

"This is a Wood Element Creature raised by the elves, it formed a contract with me in my childhood, you can treat it as a tree demon."

Vienma stated this, using telepathy to command the tree demon to release countless vine tendrils toward White Dragon Heiss.

At this moment, Hades unleashed crystal magic on the tree demon, causing sharp crystals to grow on its tendrils, instantly enhancing both its lethality and durability!

Meanwhile, Turci cast a protective shield even before any form of attack reached them, as if foreseeing something.

The tree demon's vines spread across the mountains toward White Dragon Heiss, firmly attaching to all the crystals. Even if the enemy manipulated the crystals to change forms, they couldn't avoid the attack; this indiscriminate coverage was a clever tactic against White Dragon Heiss's usual evasion methods!

Vienma's attack succeeded, White Dragon Heiss indeed halted its ongoing magic, the back's organ standing up abruptly, releasing a powerful crystal breath toward the myriad tendrils!

Compared to the branches layered with crystals, indeed, the purity of the crystal breath was higher!

This blue-white breath instantly tore through the tendrils upon contact, nearly unimpededly piercing through the tree demon's trunk!

Vines spreading from the ground also reached Heiss's feet at this moment, quickly growing toxic spikes, turning the area around Heiss's feet into a sea of spikes in an instant, as if engulfed by burdock.

The crystal magic attached by Hades to the tree demon could effectively breach the crystals serving as Heiss's defensive scales, with countless toxic spikes piercing into its flesh!

"!"

White Dragon Heiss emitted an indescribable screech, the crystal beneath it suddenly spinning like a mixer, shredding the branches clinging to it.

Its powerful regenerative ability took effect then, healing the wounds inflicted by the spikes instantly, leaving everyone to hope the toxin had already spread within Heiss, though it was hard to tell now.

The punctured tree demon hadn't lost vitality, releasing countless branch-mimicked animals from its crown to charge at White Dragon Heiss, while Nadi suddenly leapt a hundred meters high, smashing toward Heiss's head with a condensed, powerful punch.

The current situation was far better than when Fingerley typically battled alone; each professor had their unique skills, with their fighting spirit soaring high!

As he clenched his fist, White Dragon Heiss once again spewed crystal breath at them, though this move likely wouldn't work again.

However, this time, the crystal breath mixed in a color different from crystal.

Turci captured this anomaly, suddenly feeling like he'd seen this color in a pet belonging to a student of a colleague somewhere.

"Curse death?"