Did the villainous professor survive today?

"Professor Krenk, you know?"

Olivia covered her mouth, surprised that Kroenke had found a way to break the deadlock so quickly.

"Yes, that nightmare is the guardian of this place."

Krenk closed his eyes, leaned against the wall, and rested his tired eyes that were exhausted from overexertion.

Even with Barrett's help to alleviate the backlash from overexertion, it was ultimately only a symptom relief, not a direct cure.

Krenk reached out and gently wiped away a drop of blood from the corner of his eye:

"This nightmare's behavior logic is to immediately warn when it encounters an intruder, and if the warning is ineffective, it will launch an attack."

As for why Kroenke came to this conclusion so quickly...

Because he wrote this code himself in his previous life, no one understands its operating logic better than him.

"So, it's protecting this place?" Olivia asked, puzzled.

"Or rather..." Krenk began, then seemed to realize something.

He suddenly opened his eyes, ignoring the tearing pain in the corner of his eye, and went to the edge of the observation deck. He grabbed the rusty railing and stretched his head out to look down.

On that dark altar, a dark red sword was stuck in the stone, unmoving.

"Don't let something leave here."

Krenk murmured these words.

He then hurriedly walked down the steps of the lighthouse.

"Hey, Professor Krenk, wait for me!"

Olivia quickly followed behind him.

"Professor Krenk? What's wrong?"

"fine!"

Kroenke said.

He was going to verify something.

If anyone can pull out this sword, it means that someone sealed it here, not wanting it to leave.

even……

They even went so far as to use a nightmare as a watchdog.

From another perspective, the sword is not the trigger for the boss battle, but rather the reward for defeating the nightmare.

Kroenke pushed open the door.

Beside the dark altar, Alice sat beside thick black chains. Upon noticing Krenk, she crossed her arms and turned her head to the other side, refusing to look at him.

Yes, Alice was clearly sulking after Krenk refused her request for the first time.

Kroenke came to her side and asked:

"Do you still want me to give you your freedom?"

Alice remained motionless, like a porcelain doll that wouldn't move.

"If you don't answer, I'm leaving?"

After saying that, Alice glanced back at Krenk.

But after just one glance, she turned her head away again, refusing to look at Krenk.

Then she reached out and pointed to the sword on the altar.

Although his face showed his displeasure, his body language betrayed him.

Krenk inwardly grumbled as he approached the altar and carefully examined the sword in the stone.

The sword was covered with a thick layer of black scabs, formed over thousands of years when it was sealed in this bottomless abyss. A red light, like magma, emanated from the gaps in the scabs, as if molten lava was hidden inside.

Krenk reached for the sword.

He didn't intend to pull it out directly, but rather to verify his conjecture.

If he can loosen the seal on the sword in the stone, then his speculation will be correct.

He wasn't sure if the nightmare would go berserk if he pulled out the sword.

Just as Kroenke's fingertips were about to touch the hilt, the hilt suddenly trembled slightly.

A blood-red needle pierced through the black scab.

The next second, the pain of being stung by a bee came from the tip of Krenk's finger.

Immediately afterwards, the thick black scabs on the sword fell off with a whoosh, revealing a silver sword with extremely eerie patterns.

The sword had a very strong red mark on it, bright and striking, as if it were covered with a layer of scalding blood.

Even in such a dim environment, Krenk could feel the terrifying killing intent emanating from this sinister weapon, as if it were about to pierce someone's heart in the next second.

A bright blue subtitle appeared in front of Kroenke:

Contract successful

[Points required for the next spirit slot: 10000]

Kroenke paused for a moment.

I haven't even agreed yet! How can it be a contract?!

Can this thing be done against the will of the person involved?

Before Krenk could think any further, cracks of varying sizes began to appear around the sword in the stone.

The gap widened, and the longsword swayed as the crack grew larger, finally crashing to the ground with a clatter.

Kroenke instinctively looked in the direction of the nightmare.

After noticing that nothing had changed in his surroundings, Krenk breathed a sigh of relief.

With his biggest worry gone, he turned to look at the remaining panels:

Name: Alice

[Class: Lower]

[Attribute: Blood]

【Traits: Sword Spirit, Primal Blood Blessing, High Resistance to All Attributes, Desperate Strike, Thirst for Blood】

[Skills: Blood Manipulation, Blood Burst, Blood Pool, Flesh and Blood Healing, Blood Veil Concealment, Obliteration]

As lines of text appeared before him, Krenk felt a powerful impact.

The first three, needless to say, are top-tier features. Each of these features, if placed in the game, would require players to grind for days and nights to have a chance to obtain.

Getting all these characteristics to come together isn't something you can achieve by just grinding; it also requires a significant amount of luck.

As for the latter two, they are somewhat of a double-edged sword.

[All or Nothing: When the contractor's blood volume is below 50%, magic output power increases by 100%]

[Blood Thirst: Alice craves blood. When she is full, her total spellcasting efficiency increases by 30%. When she is hungry, she becomes weak.]

"Looks like I'll have to feed her all the time?"

Kroenke stared at Alice, who still had her back to him, and shifted his attention to her skill set.

Blood manipulation and blood explosion are easy to understand: one is to manipulate one's own or stored blood to attack, and the other is to detonate blood.

[Blood Pool: Alice can store blood]

[Blood and Flesh Healing: Consumes blood from the Blood Pool to heal injuries suffered by you or your contractor]

"Oh, so it's a skill combo."

"Krenk murmured."

Reduce your own health to 50%, then gain a damage-increasing buff, and then use the Blood Pool and Flesh Healing to restore your health.

In other words, as long as he has reserves, he can easily deal double the damage.

Combined with their own exquisite techniques, they can also break through the power threshold of spells.

The two combined can even achieve a result greater than 3.

Even in such a dangerous environment, Kroenke felt excited and joyful about his gains.

He then turned his attention to the last two characteristics:

[Blood Veil Covers Form: Alice completely erases her body from this world. During this time, she can overlook the entire world from an observer's perspective and share it with her contractors.]

Is this considered an invisibility technique?

Kroenke blinked.

No wonder I could no longer see her after just one turn of my head.

Krenk recalled that when he first entered the lighthouse, he didn't see any magical fluctuations with his spiritual vision, and he thought he had really encountered a ghost.

As for the last skill, it's a bit special.

Kroenke frowned deeply:

[Elimination: Alice devours a soul to replicate a skill.]

[Note 1: The souls consumed must be sacrificed voluntarily]

[Note 2: The skill's range is derived from the blood Alice once drank]

[Note 3: This skill can only be used once]

"Can I completely devour A's soul and then use B's skill once?"

Krenk always felt that this skill was strange, because it required sacrificing a soul in exchange for using the skill once.

However, he doesn't need to use the obliteration for the time being.

Once he figures out a way to get out of this predicament, he'll then figure out where to get a copy site.

This ability can be kept as a trump card for later.

Kroenke clenched his fist and looked into the distance:

"Alright, now that our guess has been confirmed, it's time to prepare to leave this awful place."