Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

After what happened that night, all matters of the tribe basically fell on Chronicles's head. This made the girl so busy that she even forgot to seduce Shinji.

Riku began to go out frequently to collect intelligence, and sometimes when the actions were too dangerous, he would go to Shinji to borrow Shupi as a bodyguard.

However, this was basically the situation before Shinji came. Although the frequency was not that high, it was still normal.

Then, Shinji's daily life will be a little strange...

He stayed in his room every day and never went out. If she and Nonna hadn't taken turns to bring him meals every day, they would have almost forgotten about his existence.

Later, when Riku was not taking any action, he noticed that two tribesmen were carrying a large box to Shinji's room.

Unable to contain his curiosity, he asked what was going on... and the answer he got was from Shinji. After opening the box, Riku was stunned.

It turned out to be a whole box of [Black Ash]... This stuff is almost poisonous to humans, what is Shinji going to do with it?

With a bad feeling in his heart, Riku quickly rushed to Shinji's room...

"boom!"

"Hey! Shinji, what are you doing..."

Riku, who suddenly burst in, held his breath when he saw Shinji's actions.

In front of him, the man was wearing a monocle and was watching his movements carefully. The table next to him was filled with a lot of bottles and jars, which seemed to be some research supplies...

But these are not the key points. What really shocked him was that Shinji was smearing something similar to [Black Ash] on his arms!

A few seconds after applying it, that part of the skin slowly turned purple-black, and one could even hear the sound of "sizzling" corroding the flesh...

"Are you...crazy!?"

Shinji didn't pay much attention to Riku's sudden intrusion. After carefully observing the corrosion of his skin by the [Black Ash], he slowly took off the monocle and looked at Riku:

"If you have something to say, please tell me now. I'm busy... Also, remember to knock next time you come in."

"Is this the time to talk about this? What are you doing?"

Riku quickly stepped forward, grabbed Shinji's arm that was corroded again, and said with a serious face:

"You must know how dangerous this thing is... Once the corrosion is too severe, even amputation may not be able to cure it, and it will also..."

"It can also affect the functioning of other organs like a virus and block the sensory function of the nervous system, thus shortening a person's lifespan."

“…Don’t you know everything?”

"Yes, I know it very well! In addition, I also know its operation process in the Elven Corridor, its repulsion to living things, and the operating principle of magic..."

"..."

Shinji shook Riku's hand off and wiped the place where he had just held his hand with disgust... After all, he had heard that people in this world don't wash their hands after going to the toilet.

"Riku, don't think it's too simple... How could a race like humans, who are inherently at a disadvantage, accomplish something that even gods have not been able to do since ancient times?"

"These past few days I have been studying the difference between the magic I use and the [elves] in this world..."

"And now I can basically confirm that the mysterious level of [elves] is higher than magic...which means that if I fight against those races that use elves, I will definitely be suppressed by them."

"If we don't even have a decent power, how can we act? How can we talk about defeating the gods?"

"…So you are now?"

"Can't you see?"

Shinji smiled and pulled up his sleeves, revealing his other arm, which had been corroded beyond recognition, to Riku's shocked gaze...

"!"

"…Don't worry, my vitality is not that fragile. The reason why these [Black Ashes] are such a threat to humans is entirely because humans have no adaptability to magic. This also causes the [Elves], which are used as energy, to become deadly poison to humans."

Riku looked at the other party's confident smile, and was silent for a long time. Finally, he said an idea that even he thought was absurd:

"You...are you trying to use this method to force yourself to adapt to the [Elves]?"

"That's right! It seems that you are not so stupid that you are hopeless."

"…You must be kidding. If it were that simple, I could do it too…There has never been a case of humans controlling elves in all these years."

"That's because you can't do it, but it doesn't mean I can't do it."

"My cells are active enough to regenerate flesh and blood. Now I am just competing with these outsiders. If I can get a cell with resistance in these experiments, then this so-called poison will eventually be ineffective against me."

"And most importantly, I can guarantee that I won't die if I do this. You can't do this. I'm not a fool, so I won't joke about my life..."

"Why...why did you do this?"

Riku was in disbelief when he heard Shinji's explanation...

Because in his plan, humans would act as guides, gradually controlling the development of the war situation in the dark, and he never thought of humans themselves becoming the challenger.

Shinji's actions at this time obviously exceeded his expectations.

Shinji was too lazy to explain any further. There are some things that you will never fully understand unless you experience them yourself.

He walked over and put his hand on Riku's shoulder, patting him hard a few times:

"Although you are better than me in leadership and calculation, I have much more experience in participating in large-scale wars like this... In a word, strength is the only way to go!"

"Otherwise you are likely to suffer a big loss at any stage of the plan."

"And since I have decided to cooperate with you to cause trouble, the ability to deal with risks will naturally come from me..."

"..."

"…What's wrong? Are you so moved that you can't speak?"

"...You bastard, since you like to suffer so much, then it's up to you...If you need anything else, let the tribe tell me and I'll help you."

"Tsk, I don't need your little human resources...If you have nothing to do, just get out of here. I'm busy!"

Riku was so moved that he almost choked up, and hurried out, closing the door behind him.

"Crack!"

“…Huh~ This guy… I didn’t expect that tsundere men are so difficult to deal with. It turns out that tsunderes should have retired long ago.”

Shinji shook his head helplessly and turned his eyes back to his bottles and jars... In this terrible environment, there was not even any decent experimental equipment, so he could only rely on his few magic costumes to make up for it...

After all, what he said just now was actually quite conservative, because he had never actually seen those superior races, he only knew that their use of elves was several levels beyond that of the inferior races.

Let me give you a simple example: his magic power belongs to the same energy category as the elves here, but the difference is that the level of the elves in the Age of Gods is much higher than the magic power in the Age of the Last Law.

The relationship between them is like that between electricity and nuclear energy. Perhaps magic has various uses after years of development by humans, but when it comes to making weapons, it is still not as good as nuclear energy.

In addition, there are rich elves in the atmosphere here, so you can directly draw elves from the surrounding environment when casting magic.

This meant that everyone had unlimited firepower, and his third method and his massive magical power were even somewhat redundant.

Therefore, if he really wants to face off against those superior races head-on, his magic that uses magic power will probably not be able to stand up to the test.

Only by using the elves in the same way and allowing his attacks to enter the realm of [Law] could he be on the same starting line as those superior races.

Falling behind will be beaten...

This wise saying couldn't be more appropriate here.

Although Shinji himself has some doubts about the feasibility of this plan... after all, it involves the law.

If this world forced [humans] to be born as magic insulators, then he would have no choice...

But then I thought, he is not from this world, so if he tries a little longer, maybe he will succeed someday.

"hiss!"

Shinji put down the extract in his hand in pain. His corroded arm trembled slightly. The numbness and dullness had already affected him a little...

"It seems like I have to ask Hubie to give me some more of that liquid tonight... otherwise it would be a waste of time waiting for it to recover on its own..."

By the way, the [Ex-Machina] has a liquid on its body that can resist [Black Ash], which can inhibit the corrosion caused by [Black Ash] to a certain extent.