Originally, this journey would only take several hours. However, due to the ship crash, new accidents occurred, delaying the return time even further.
It was already three days later when the 'Great Adventure' was over. The things that happened made Roxia sigh as he couldn't look back on the past.
Finally, when Rorschach returned to Aishi, he felt even more unaccustomed to it.
"… I've become shorter again."
Rorschach stood in front of a mirror and looked at the wood spirit hybrid before him. He missed his previous tall and large body even more.
Having two different physical bodies in two different worlds created a series of impressions. This was especially worrisome when it came to one's sense of self.
It wasn't that Rorschach's physical body had such a huge difference between two different physical bodies. Not everyone would be able to get used to constantly switching bodies. Whenever one started having doubts about which one was the real one, that would be a huge problem. This would be the equivalent of shaking one's sense of self. In the end, many people would end up crippling themselves or going crazy.
But seeing how carefree Rorschach was, there was no need to worry about this. What gave him a headache was something else.
"… I clearly didn't do anything with this body. Why am I still so tired?"
After returning to Aishi, Rorschach's first reaction was an irresistible sense of fatigue. He slept for more than twenty hours as if he had fainted before he finally recovered slightly.
In fact, he hadn't even been this tired when he returned to the divine realm. Was it really because his wood spirit hybrid physical body was far too weak?
[… After fainting, your physical body's muscle strength, reflexes, and mana affinity have all increased at a rapid rate. Your total Aura has increased by nearly 30%, and your mana has increased by more than 70%. Although the reason for this explosive increase is because your base Aura is too low, this rate of improvement is far too frightening.]
Rorschach was worried that something had happened to him, so he had the Gods inspect him. The result was good news.
Soon, the priests and specialists gave him a more detailed explanation.
"All mysteries and power originate from the soul. The power of the soul is hidden within the bloodline and manifests itself through the physical body."
This was an ancient saying from the Aishi. It was impossible to know who had said it. He had explained the relationship between the soul, the body, and the bloodline. They were compatible, connected, and balanced.
According to those experts, Rorschach's soul had been greatly tempered and improved in that world. The improvement had even reached the level of qualitative change, which was why his soul and body had not adapted to the situation after returning.
The soul was the foundation of everything. Most people would slowly achieve the final progress of the soul through the training of the physical body. However, it was the opposite for a descender like Rorschach.
Their souls had undergone the baptism of the high-magic world, accumulated combat experience, and evolved at an extremely fast speed. However, the evolution of the Aishi body had stagnated. As a result, the evolved souls often returned to the Aishi body, which in turn promoted the evolution of the body.
It was just that the progress of the others was relatively slow, and for the most part, he could not feel it.
As for Rorschach, who was originally a blank piece of paper, his foundation was too weak, and the degree of evolution was too great. He had forcefully stepped into the realm of the third step from the first step of the profession. Furthermore, he had further honed himself in the pursuit of life and death. Naturally, he had benefited more.
Others only had a slight accumulation of quantitative changes, but Rorschach had undergone a qualitative change. The result was that after the evolution, his soul had returned, but his physical body could not withstand it and stopped.
Now, his soul was still constantly excavating the potential of his bloodline and body, forcefully achieving a balance between the physical body, soul, and bloodline. The result was that Rorschach's physical body was abnormally tired, and this weak state would probably continue for a while.
"The disadvantage is that you should take it easy during this period. Eat more and sleep more, and give your body some time to transition. The advantage is that after this period, your physical body's basic abilities will be greatly enhanced. I also had such a period of time, but it was not as intense as yours. "
Su Nanna's experience made Rorschach feel much more at ease.
Rorschach also learned many similar cases from her. However, the situation where the soul and body couldn't adapt would usually occur to veteran descenders who had returned to their physical bodies after descending for three to five years.
They had stayed in Ansorenne for far too long, and had accumulated enough experience to undergo a qualitative change. Naturally, they wouldn't be able to adapt after returning to their physical bodies. There were even some who directly fell into a coma for three months.
This also indirectly proved how precious descender status was. Being able to strengthen one's soul to the point where the physical body could not adapt in just a few short years, and forcefully excavate the potential of the physical body to accelerate the evolution of one's bloodline, this rate of growth already surpassed the limits of ordinary Aishi People.
Actually, ever since the descender system had been invented, countless records of growth and progress had been rewritten by these descenders who had undergone the soul baptism of a high-level magic plane.
Rorschach was naturally relieved to hear that this abnormal feeling of fatigue was a good thing, as it meant that he was growing at an extremely fast rate. Perhaps this would also solve his physical body's problems.
However, from the very beginning, he had been looking forward to learning about something else.
"Then, will I … grow taller?"
Rorschach looked at the others with hope. This was what he was looking forward to the most.
Hermit's eyes also glowed when he heard this. However, the next moment, there was a strange silence in the room. The other descenders were all looking at the sky or reading their books, which explained the answer.
"… Let's get over it. Actually, everyone is the same. Although there have been cases where the physical body has mutated, the chances are less than one in a thousand. Sigh. "
It was only after a long while that Rorschach finally understood the complex emotions behind Su Nanna's words of consolation, as well as why she sighed in disappointment at the end.
Archmage Su Nanna had looked forward to her gorilla physical body becoming more and more like the white-bearded archmage, becoming more and more like a human. Her skin had become whiter and more mainstream. Even her seemingly gentle teacher Adeline had looked forward to her breasts becoming more and more perky … Cough, cough. Wasn't it normal to look forward to her physical body becoming stronger and her appearance becoming better?
However, although there had been cases where the physical body had mutated due to a change in the soul, that was an extremely low probability. At the very least, the Church of Games had never encountered such a situation before.
Rorschach, who had just woken up not long ago, was knocked down by a large number of trivial matters.
The first matter was that he had to delay his return due to an unexpected incident. His already dangerously low attendance rate was now completely hopeless. If Rorschach didn't want to repeat his year as a junior, he would probably have to do his best in the upcoming quarterly exams.
The second matter was also within his expectations. The sinking of the silver elf battleship had caused a huge commotion, and trouble had already come knocking on his door.
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