Ruby was looking at the test result in her hand in satisfaction.
After receiving a large batch of shadow creature's corpses from Riya, she had been busy doing her research and trying to extract the mana. Because she found out that the dark element mana seemed to be easier to 'see' compared to other.
Or it might be because these magic beasts were of higher ranks.
In any case, Ruby managed to do it and extracted the concentrated dark element mana in the test tube. The problem is, the mana would not last long in this state and had to be used by others one way or another.
She could also absorb it if she wanted to as she found out that one of her element is dark element. But Ruby didn't know whether she has other elements or not because she didn't do comprehensive test.
For Ruby, her own strength as a magician or magic warriors were not important.
These research results were more important.
'If the mana can be safely extracted, it might be useful for other things.' Ruby looked at the glass in front of her happily.
The existence of mana has always been a headache for many people. Even if they knew that there was mana around them, it was impossible for them to extract it safely and used it for other things.
The only thing they could do was to make use of the existing magic cores extracted from the magic beasts.
But what if the magic beasts were eliminated?
Where should they go to find more mana?
'But so far, I can only extract the mana from the magic beasts' corpses and it might take a long time to figure out the method to extract it from other sources.'
Ruby looked at the row of plants on the side.
One of the requirement that she thought for herself was to be able to extract mana safely from the plants. Because the plants absorb nutrients from the ground and possibly also the mana into their body.
Slowly but surely, the plants will be filled with mana.
They knew it and they could absorb it into their bodies naturally through consumption and training.
But to separate the mana from the plant, no one could do it yet.
Many research have ben done on this matter and Ruby was also interested. But she felt that she should try it from other aspects.
So she turned her attention towards the dark element magic beasts' corpses that Riya gave to her not long ago. It seemed that these magic beasts' bodies contained much more mana than what she expected, which allowed her to be able to study them in depth.
'And I can even see the dark element characteristic clearly. It's really magical.'
Ruby sighed deeply and really wanted to make more investigation for these magic beasts and mana. She felt that the appearance of magic beasts had gradually lead her research ashtray.
No, not ashtray, she was guided to focus more on mana and the magic beasts.
It seemed as if mana will become a new source of energy in the future.
And this energy seemed to be inexhaustible.
Because mana could not be completely eliminated but simply changed their forms one way or another.
Isn't it a type of energy?
'For now, this is good enough.' Ruby submitted the research report in her hand happily. If the higher ups were wiling to invest more resources for her, then she would be able to do more research and didn't have to go to Riya.
Well, it was not like she asked for help but Riya was the one who stepped down and chose to help her without hesitation.
Ruby felt that she was really lucky to be able to meet with good friends.
Because after the world had changed, many people's relationship became even more plastic and it was hard to trust other people sincerely.
As Ruby happily cleaned up her table, Professor Brown came inside.
"Ruby did you succeed?" Professor Brown was delighted when he saw Ruby's bright smile.
"Yes." Ruby nodded. "I have submitted the report and now waiting for verification. I'm sure that if this method succeed, it might be able to be used for other element."
"Good, good." Professor Brown is happy for his student.
He did help in her research but the one who did it was mostly Ruby and Professor brown almost didn't do anything. But being able to satisfy his curiosity was more than enough for Professor Dit.
The achievement belonged to his student and he would not be greedy to take her glory.
"When the result come out, we could apply to ask for a batch of other element magic beasts," Professor Brown said with pleased look.
If they truly succeed, they might be able to do more experiment. And for Professor Brown, this was the best news ever.
Ruby's eyes also shone when she heard that.
She wanted to do more research!
Let's finish this one first. Otherwise, it would be impossible even if she requested to the higher ups for more materials. They would tell her not to chew more than what she could bite.
Because if she were to divide her focus, it would be impossible for her to fully focus on her current projects.
Professor Brown's research's direction was also different from her.
"Professor Brown, how's your research so far?" Ruby took the initiative to ask.
"I failed again." Professor Brown looked a bit embarrassed. "It seems that for us to cultivate artificial magic beasts, it required more than just normal breeding environment."
Yes, Professor Brown was researching how to breed these magic beasts.
To be honest, when Ruby heard what Professor Brown wanted to do, she thought that her professor was getting too much ahead.
Because the existence of mana had changed the body of these magic beasts.
And it seemed that fragile babies of these magic beasts couldn't survive in normal environment.
So far, none of the magic beasts' babies managed to survive.