The previous tests were, at best, just small-scale trials to strengthen existing improvements.
And what comes next is the real creation out of nothing!
"As for the target, let's start with a familiar one: the Demon's Essence!"
Takumi chose to create Esdeath's Teigu, Demon God Manifestation: Demon's Essence.
Regarding this item, Takumi had never seen the real version.
Although he knew the manufacturing process of the Teigu, it was just the craft. For these ancient relics, he didn't fully understand their intrinsic nature, which was why he needed to dismantle and study Adramelech.
But the user, Esdeath, was right beside him, and Takumi was extremely familiar with its effects.
Therefore, Takumi chose it as his first creation goal.
Like magic creation, when creating unknown substances and items, Creation Magic also consumes a lot of magic power.
Fortunately, Takumi could accumulate a magic power limit hundreds of thousands of times higher than normal. After a period of accumulation and utilizing hundreds of times his usual magic limit, Takumi successfully created the Demon's Essence.
"It's okay. Let's take it to Esdeath to see if there's anything wrong with it."
Feeling the consumption of magic power, Takumi nodded.
He looked at the extra jar of unknown blood in his hand. Takumi didn't see any obvious flaws, so he decided to have a professional identify it.
He found Esdeath with the jar and explained his purpose.
"Demon's Essence? Haven't I already drunk all of this stuff? Where did you get this from?"
Esdeath was also stunned. Looking at the familiar Demon's Essence in Takumi's hand, she couldn't help but be confused.
"I created this with magic, but I don't know if it's the same, so help me check it quickly."
"All right."
Esdeath wasn't surprised when she heard that Takumi had done it.
In the past few days, she had learned about Takumi's magic from other people, and she was mentally prepared for this.
Like Hestia, that's what she said at the time.
If it's Takumi, no matter how incredible the feat is, don't be too surprised, because everything is possible for him.
Taking the jar, Esdeath inspected it carefully and even took a sip.
"It is indeed the Demon's Essence; it is exactly the same."
"Can you give it to me, though? It seems to be helping me."
Just after taking a taste, Esdeath felt the same sensation as before, with negative mental pollution flooding into her mind.
However, because the amount was small, she easily suppressed and extinguished it through her own willpower and experience.
At the same time, she could feel her deep desire for this Demon's Essence.
"If it's the same thing and you want it, I'll give it to you. Anyway, I can create it now. You can have as many as you want. If you don't have enough, I can make more here."
Takumi nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand dismissively.
After saying that, he created another jar of Demon's Essence.
Because it had been created once, it was just a copy now, and the magic power consumption was reduced significantly. There was no problem with the production.
"Then I shall not be polite."
When Esdeath saw this, she was no longer formal and performed a series of famous scenes for Takumi on the spot.
She drank the jar of Demon's Essence as if it were mere water.
Then Esdeath closed her eyes and felt the changes of the Demon's Essence within her body.
The two parts of the Demon's Essence merged quickly and became stronger.
From Takumi's perspective, he could only see that the mark of the Demon's Essence on Esdeath's chest became brighter and more vivid.
Esdeath opened her eyes again and tried a few common techniques.
Takumi asked curiously: "How does it feel?" Esdeath smiled and said: "I feel very good now. My abilities have become much stronger. Mahapadma can now be released two or three times a day."
Then she looked at the other jar of Demon's Essence in Takumi's hand. It was very obvious that she wanted to drink that one too!
"Drink it, but you have to be careful not to drink too much, or it might be counterproductive," Takumi said as he handed over the jar in his hand and gave a reminder.
"I will."
Esdeath nodded solemnly before taking it, and then started drinking again under Takumi's gaze.
Takumi watched her closely. If there was any problem, he would take action immediately to stop it and rescue Esdeath.
The method of rescue was also very simple: create something to extract the Demon's Essence from her body.
With the blueprints for creating the Demon's Essence already established, this kind of counter-measure would be quite easy to create.
Then, Esdeath finished another jar of Demon's Essence.
"It's getting stronger again, but I can still drink more. Give me more."
"Are you sure you won't get blood poisoning if you drink like this?"
Takumi couldn't help but feel a bit worried after seeing this. The capacity of this can of Demon's Essence was quite a lot, about five liters. After two cans, that made ten liters. If one drank it in such a hurry, even if it were water, one might get sick.
However, he still created a new jar of Demon's Essence and handed it over.
The physical strain was just a minor matter, fixable with a healing spell.
He was just slightly worried about whether Esdeath's spirit could bear it.
Esdeath directly showed him her Falna status bar.
"You should feel relieved now, right? I'm not as vulnerable as I used to be."
Takumi took a closer look and saw the large letters indicating LV3 on it, which left him shocked.
"When did you level up?"
What the hell?!
Esdeath actually raised her level twice without saying a word?!
It had only been a little over a week since she received the Falna!
How fast!
"In the past few days, Lia and I hunted some Dangerous Species, went to Orario's dungeon for a while, and then I upgraded."
Esdeath couldn't help but feel a little proud seeing Takumi so surprised.
However, the actual situation was not as effortless as she made it sound.
She had hunted two S-class Dangerous Species alone in the Akame ga Kill! world and also defeated the Floor Boss, the twin-headed dragon, in the dungeon.
It was because of these feats that she was promoted two levels so quickly.
And after the Falna upgrade, her growth was very obvious.
Whether it was physical fitness or the spiritual power required to use her Teigu, everything had been greatly improved.
Otherwise, it was unlikely that she could easily control two cans of Demon's Essence now.
The main reason she could do this was that she had become stronger. Her physical and mental strength had increased to about two or three times their original levels.
As mentioned before, in the Akame ga Kill! world, apart from the blessing of the Teigu, human strength has its limits, and at most, one can only initially break through the human ceiling.
This is similar to the situation in the Naruto world. No matter how powerful you are, you are still essentially a mortal who can be killed with a well-placed blade.
Therefore, the Falna upgrade that comprehensively improves physical and mental strength was an incredible boon for Esdeath.
At the very least, she broke the common convention in her world that one person can only use one Teigu at a time.
Now she had consumed three times the original quantity of Demon's Essence, yet she could still control it easily!
"Okay, then you go ahead and I'll just watch."
Seeing this, Takumi no longer worried and let Esdeath continue.
Esdeath didn't explain further and continued to drink.
"Not enough, come again!"
"Continue!"
"I want more!"
"???"
You really love this Demon's Essence!
Esdeath drank three more cans, and together with the original, she had consumed six cans of Demon's Essence.
There was no swelling in her belly. He really didn't know where all that liquid went after she drank it.
This was twenty-five liters!
The red bucket used for chores would be almost full!
Finally, she stopped.
At the same time, there was a slight change in her appearance.
For example, her sea-blue pupils had become much lighter, showing an ice-blue tint, and the mark on her chest had become more vivid.
"Esdeath?"
Takumi couldn't help but feel worried, fearing something was wrong.
"I'm okay. I'm fine—better than I've ever been."
Esdeath waved her hand with an excited expression.
Seeing that she was healthy, Takumi relaxed a little but still went forward to check her out of caution.
She was still the same person; there was no genetic mutation into a humanoid Dangerous Species like the Path of Peace leader.
Takumi was completely relieved.
Esdeath condensed an ice blade, then pulled out her saber and slashed it hard.
With a loud clang, the metal saber broke instead.
"Hiss! Your ice has changed in quality; it's actually stronger than steel."
Takumi finally saw the change in Esdeath's strength intuitively.
If nothing else, the qualitative change of this ice meant Esdeath's combat power had increased by an order of magnitude.
The same moves she used before were now more than twice as powerful.
And with this hardness and toughness surpassing steel, her stamina consumption in combat would be much lower.
After all, originally, if she wanted to use her ice blades to fight, she would have to constantly repair them after collisions.
Every time she hit a high-quality weapon, the ice would chip.
But now she didn't need to do that as often. She wouldn't have to focus on repairs constantly.
There was also her ultimate move, the Ice Cavalry. Those ice soldiers would now have far more powerful combat effectiveness.
The AOE move that was originally only used to clear out mobs could now be used to take down bosses!
In general, this version of Esdeath was enhanced in all aspects.
"It's all thanks to you. Now it seems I can't do anything without rewarding you."
Esdeath was also very happy. The way she looked at Takumi was full of provocation, as if she wanted a sparring match.
Seeing this, how could Takumi refuse?
Without saying anything, he just went up to trade blows. It was the perfect time to test her. After becoming stronger, just how tough was Esdeath? How many hits could she withstand?
...Omitting the 30,000-word description of the brutal boxing practice...
He sent Esdeath, who had been pinned to the floor again, back to her room to rest.
Takumi started testing Creation Magic again.
Creating a Teigu was just a preliminary step in creating from nothing.
Because he already had the manufacturing technology, as long as he had the materials, he could copy them given time, so the difficulty was not at its peak.
Next, Takumi would challenge a higher level of difficulty.
The mysterious Noble Phantasms of the Type-Moon world, the Zanpakuto of the Bleach world, and the Sacred Weapons of the demonic realms...
Technology like Gundams, space battleships, genetic medicines, and even the black technology gadgets from the Doraemon world.
Takumi only knew of the existence of these things but had no technical foundation for them at all.
Trying to create them was based entirely on imagination and magical deduction.
If even these things could be created, then this Creation Magic was truly qualified.
Then, after a lot of experimentation, Takumi had a few more items in his hand.
A red spear, a curved dagger, a tube of injectable medicine, and a tablecloth.
The spear was Gae Bolg, Cú Chulainn's Noble Phantasm from the Type-Moon world.
The dagger also came from the Type-Moon world: Caster Medea's weapon, Rule Breaker.
The injection was the Super Soldier Serum from the Marvel world.
The tablecloth was the Gourmet Tablecloth from the Doraemon world.
Other things like Gundams were too large, so Takumi temporarily stopped their creation.
The Zanpakuto and certain artifacts failed, and Takumi did not continue to increase magic power to test them.
Anyway, it was just a test for now; there was no need to push to the limit.
Creating these four things already proved the practicality of Creation Magic.
The test results were undoubtedly successful, qualifying it as a new powerhouse ability.
The only problem was that Creation Magic was much trickier than magic creation.
It wasn't that it had autonomous consciousness, but the way it reached its goals made Takumi feel it was a bit "lazy."
For example, the materials of the two Noble Phantasms were actually the same; the Creation Magic was too lazy to vary the compositions.
Another example was the Gourmet Tablecloth.
This was originally a high-tech product, but it was abruptly changed into a magical device by the Creation Magic.
Yes, Takumi's Gourmet Tablecloth was actually a high-quality imitation of a magical item.
There were technical components, like an ultra-small fusion reactor used to provide energy.
But the subsequent operation of the Creation Magic became quite bizarre.
With almost unlimited energy, the magic did not use that energy to drive technology. Instead, it created an energy conversion process for Takumi.
It actually converted electrical energy into magic power!
Although it sounded incredible, it had indeed created such a process, though the conversion efficiency was terribly low.
But the problem was not big. With the fusion reactor, there was no shortage of energy, and it could function regardless of the poor efficiency.
Then came the corner-cutting.
It added Material Generation magic to the tablecloth!
Coupled with the converted magic power, a tablecloth that could generate delicious food out of thin air was born!
Good guy!
After Takumi saw the result, he couldn't help but call it ingenious.
What an unexpected path this was!
The logic was so slick he almost missed the catch.
From this, Takumi was sure that Creation Magic was definitely much less rigorous than traditional magic creation.
If magic creation was a meticulous, high-precision machine.
Then the source of Creation Magic was likely a rogue agent that would find any shortcut to finish the job.
As long as the assigned task was not perfectly standardized, Creation Magic 1.0 would take advantage of loopholes to cut corners.
It was quite clever in its own way.
But actually, this was not a disadvantage.
As a leader, you would prefer subordinates who can adapt and reach goals quickly over those who only know how to work hard without flexibility.
As long as the results are achieved, the process doesn't matter as much.
At least that was the case for Takumi.
Compared with magic creation that requires massive amounts of power to reach a goal.
Creation Magic was much easier to use. It even knew how to automatically help him save mana consumption by finding the easiest path.
It was just that the logic was a bit awkward, sometimes leaving Takumi stunned.
Compared to the savings in magic power, this was just a small issue.
But when it came to shortcuts, it really knew its stuff.
This high-imitation copy of the Gourmet Tablecloth contained three key elements: a fusion reactor, energy conversion technology, and Material Generation magic.
If you looked carefully, you would find that except for the energy conversion, the other two elements were actually things Takumi already mastered!
Material Generation magic was a prerequisite for learning Creation Magic.
Takumi also received controllable fusion reactor technology from system rewards. All the magic had to do was miniaturize it.
More than 60% of the target product consisted of existing technology!
This level of corner-cutting was quite drastic...
At the same time, this also served as a reminder for Takumi.
Next time he used Creation Magic to build something, he had to clearly state the specifications and try not to leave any loopholes for the magic to exploit.
Well, it was bizarre enough that he had to guard against his own magic finding ways to cheat...
I'm afraid it would be hard to find anyone else in the world who had to deal with such a problem.