Stolen

"I've thought of everything. I can use my powerful mana to suppress the pain in my body, but Britney can't. She doesn't have the aptitude to learn magic. I tested her when she was born.

"I tried to amputate Britney with the lungs of other children, but it failed. The resistance between different bodies is too strong. Britney's fragile body can't hold on.

"Everything is going in the worst direction. Britney isn't just coughing up blood anymore. I can even tell there are several pieces of internal organs in the things she coughed up. Is Britney going to leave us forever?

"Of course not. I thought of my experiment. Since Britney's body can't be healed, if I extract her soul, wouldn't she live with us forever in another way?"

"I told Monchi my idea, and after a night of drinking and thinking about it, he agreed with my method."

"Unfortunately, my experiment isn't perfect. The soul extraction is stuck at 89%. I'm confident I can extract Britney's soul with just 1% more.

"Monky doesn't agree with my proposal to use ordinary people for experiments. I can only use some frogs and rabbits for experiments. Monky often goes to distant cities to buy some monkeys and gorillas because these are the primates closest to humans."

"When Monki leaves, I'll continue to experiment on living people. That's on the premise that Monki doesn't find out. In fact, Monki didn't find out anything. I didn't do anything to the people in his territory. I flew for a long time to catch these living people from the neighboring territory.

"Finally, the soul extraction is at 91%. I haven't been this excited in a long time. Britney only has half a year left to live. I need to hurry.

"To ensure that her intelligence and memory don't decline, I used many precious materials to extract Britney's soul, some of which I don't have. Monchi sold all his assets and only left a house, but that's just a drop in the bucket."

"At the risk of being discovered by the Sanctum, I sold a few types of spellcasting materials that I brought from the Sorcerer Continent to gather everything. Unfortunately, I only have enough for three portions."

"Because it's my first time extracting a soul with memory, I don't know if the experiment will succeed, but I can't afford to fail.

"Monchi knew of my concerns. When he asked me if I needed to experiment on him, I was shocked. For three days in a row, we didn't say a word. "

"I was going to try it on an ordinary person, but Monchi might have discovered my plan. For his so-called knightly faith. Come to think of it, the people of this continent are really funny. Even the knights of the Hall of Knights of the Magus Continent don't necessarily follow the beliefs of knights. "

"Monchi isn't qualified to enter the Hall of Knights, yet he's actually following the rules so strictly. How ironic. However, I feel that Monchi is the most qualified person to enter the Hall of Knights."

"For a month, Britney's flame of life was gradually extinguished, but Monki still wouldn't relent. I could only compromise. That day, Monki chased away all the servants in the villa."

"On the refining table in my underground laboratory, Monchi affectionately said 'I love you' to me before closing his eyes and waiting for the experiment to begin. I, who is known as the Howling Demon, do not know how many years have passed, but I shed tears that I have not seen for a long time. "

"Because it was the first time I did a soul extraction experiment that retained intelligence and memory, I made a small mistake. Although Monchi turned into a ghost in the end, he lost the ability to speak. Even his facial expression was gone, and all that was left was a cloud of grey mist."

"Maybe it was an illusion, or maybe it was real. I could feel Monchi's temperature through the grey mist. It was still hot."

"When I did the soul extraction experiment on Britney, I looked at the remaining two sets of experiment materials and made a decision."

"Britney's experiment was very successful. Not only did our daughter retain her perfect appearance, but there were also no sequelae. All of this was based on the data. The only flaw was that Britney still hasn't woken up."

"This has nothing to do with the experiment itself. Britney is too young, and even her soul is very fragile. Compared to Monchi, who was a mid-rank Knecht, and me, who was a high-rank Lehrling, she's much weaker."

"Looking at the last set of materials, I wrote my last note. This should be the last clear proof of my existence in this world, but I don't regret it. To a certain extent, this is also the final path I choose to pursue the truth. Year 1457 of the Arcana Calendar. "

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That was the end of the note. Everyone in the carriage fell silent as Joaquin translated.

"Those two spirits should be Monchi and the black caster, right?" asked Mina.

Joaquin nodded solemnly. She didn't expect things to be so complicated. Although the black caster had killed countless innocent lives, from a rational point of view, she was more sympathetic to their plight. If she had a choice, she wouldn't have thrown the ball to kill them.

"Turning into a spirit caused her strength to decrease?" Angelina analyzed rationally. Monchi, who was a mid-rank Knecht, and Clelia, who was a high-rank Lehrling, were only left with the strength of a low-rank spirit after turning into spirits.

"Not exactly. At least she can still use magic," said Billie. A spirit that could use black magic was unheard of.

"Britney is so pitiful." Daenie sighed. A seven-year-old girl who didn't know much about the world had already lost the right to enjoy life and was now half-dead. Speaking of which, they were also responsible for Britney losing her parents.

Everyone looked at the little figure in the black crystal ball, but no one said a word.

After a long silence, Locke broke the silence. "Don't be so gloomy. We haven't divided the things in this box yet. The inheritance of a high-rank Lehrling must be valuable, right?"

Because of his five years of war experience, he had seen all kinds of killings and deaths. This kind of thing didn't affect him much. Only these women who had not seen much of the world would be sad for a long time.

"I knew it was valuable!" Angelina glared at him. She still had a score to settle with Locke.

"Hehe." Locke scratched his head and giggled. He knew that the strongest caster in Faustian, Crimia, was only a high-rank Lehrling. He didn't believe that the black caster, who had traveled to so many places, could be poor.

"That's true. Let's divide the things first!" Joaquin was the first to react. Not to mention the incomparably valuable magic notes, the dozen bottles and jars of spellcasting materials were also very valuable.

"Is this green velvet grass?" Billie pointed at one of the bottles for a long time before she said with uncertainty.

"Green velvet grass?" Locke didn't know many spellcasting materials and had never heard of it before.

"Green velvet grass is a good item for high-rank Lehrlings who practice plant magic. It can increase a caster's elemental affinity. I've only seen a piece the size of a fingernail. It was my grandfather's treasure," explained Billie.

Billie's family's wealth was probably second only to Joaquin's and Angelina's family's wealth. Even she had only seen a piece the size of a fingernail. One could only imagine how precious green velvet grass was.

The small bottle that Billie pointed at contained a pile of green, furry plants the size of a finger.

Among the rest, only Angelina recognized one of the spellcasting materials. It was a 'wireworm'. It looked like a black plant, but Locke couldn't figure out why it was called that. When Angelina flicked the bottle, the black plant instantly curled up into a ball. Upon closer inspection, one could see that it was a mollusk with obvious arthropods.

"There are only two wireworms in Faustian," Angelina whispered to Locke. Angelina whispered to Locke, "It's something that can improve a caster's various qualities."

Locke's eyes lit up.

Apart from these two items, none of them knew what the rest of the items were.

It wasn't that they were inexperienced, but that these items weren't produced on this continent. Moreover, they were too weak to come into contact with such items before they reached a certain level.

Most of these items were brought over from the Magus continent by the black caster Clelia. That was where casters flourished.

Due to the uncertain functions of these items, they hadn't decided on how to distribute them. Their gains this time were mainly the spirit crystals and the two spirit cores.

Some of the spirit crystals were given to Bob and Chris. Although they might not be able to use them, they could still be exchanged for a lot of gold coins. The rest were given to Mina and Daenie.

One spirit core was given to Joaquin and Locke because they had contributed the most. The spirit core given by the black caster was obviously of better quality, so Joaquin generously gave it to Locke. She knew that Angelina needed it more than anything else.

As for Billie and Angelina's spoils of war, they received a small piece of green velvet grass and the wireworm in the bottle.

Everyone except Locke was puzzled by Angelina's strong demand for the wireworm, but after Angelina promised to pay an additional five hundred gold moores, they agreed without much thought.

Locke had paid a heavy price for this mission, so he could agree to such a small request. Moreover, five hundred gold moores wasn't a small amount.

In the end, the trial mission ended perfectly. Everyone got what they wanted. Although the process was full of twists and turns, the outcome was good.

As for the rest of the items in the wooden box, it was decided that Joaquin would be responsible for keeping them until the others needed them in the future.

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