"Yes and no."
Ian knew that Adalbert definitely did not want to restart the Deceased Monarch technology that destroyed the Avak Domain, but his goal was never the Deceased Monarch: "I scoff at the design philosophy of the Deceased Monarch, treating everyone's souls as components to assemble the strong, making people become subordinate to others, it's simply a blind struggle in the most desperate times."
"This kind of foolish act, a waste of the future of Humans, is exactly why the Duke of Solin is not sufficient to reach the Fifth Energy Level."
Ian mercilessly criticized the Duke of Solin: "But his technology is very useful—everyone has a soul, and each soul has a specific pattern, which can correspond to various needs and effects... There's a lot that can be done with this."
"I will gradually prove to you the superiority of this path in the future, but for now..."
