Wizard Earl

Chapter 363 Anatomy

To be honest, Connor wasn't too worried. The fact that Lenglet, a formal wizard, was causing him trouble confirmed Connor's long-held suspicion: the new bishop of Rune, Edel, was a spy for the secret society. With Edel having worked in Rune for decades, no matter how powerful Lenglet was, without his subordinates or intelligence sources, he was essentially "blind" and "deaf." Trying to find himself among the millions of people in Rune was like finding a needle in a haystack!

Moreover, the Soul Seed is not something that wizards can easily condense, especially for non-spiritual wizards whose soul strength and mental power are not particularly strong. It is an extremely difficult thing!

The original Soul Seed spell was created by psychic wizards and wizards skilled in soul manipulation to prevent them from being killed in battle. It was a soul spell that involved splitting off a portion of one's own soul and then using a series of methods to make this small part of the soul form a seed and fall into a dormant state. If the main body met with misfortune, the wizard who possessed the Soul Seed could have a chance to make a comeback and not be completely defeated.

Because the original Soul Seed spell requires a very high level of soul strength from the wizard, and casting this spell also requires many stringent conditions, coupled with the decreasing number of wizards who know the original spell, the current Soul Seed spell has gradually evolved into the simplified version used by the Lenglet. The simplified version of Soul Seed, while not possessing the almost godlike ability of giving a wizard an extra life, is still powerful.

However, the simplified version significantly reduces the difficulty of implementing the Soul Seed compared to the original. The simplified version of the Soul Seed can reside in and possess the body of a wizard whose cultivation level is lower than yours, but the residency time cannot exceed three months, otherwise the connection between the Soul Seed and the original body will gradually disappear. Furthermore, if the original body is killed while your Soul Seed is residing in someone else's body, the Soul Seed will completely dissipate. Moreover, if the Soul Seed is destroyed, it will also cause some damage to the soul of the original wizard!

Connor estimated that the damage he had caused to Lenglet's soul by destroying the soul seed would take Lenglet at least a year to recover, and if he wanted to condense the soul seed again, it would take at least five years!

With the cunning old fox Edel watching him closely, Connor was certain that Lenglet would heal his soul wounds first rather than seek revenge. Even if Lenglet truly hated him for destroying his soul seed and wanted to kill him, it would be at least a year from now. By then, Connor Ferguson would have long since become a high-ranking wizard apprentice, and it was uncertain whether he would even be in Rune anymore.

Having figured everything out, Connor went to the lowest basement of the safe house. To seal off what was inside, Connor had added another layer of magic to the basement on top of the existing magic array. Opening the array and entering the basement, Connor was immediately hit with the pungent smell of disinfectant, mixed with an indescribable, faint, fishy stench…

Looking at the body covered by a white sheet on the bed in the middle of the basement, and the surrounding instruments, even though he had already examined the body, Connor still couldn't overcome the acid churning in his stomach, despite his strong self-control.

Stepping forward and lifting the sheet covering the corpse, Connor stared at the body with a complex expression. When he saw the demonized knight's face and body while cleaning up the scene, Connor understood why this guy and his men were all wearing black robes that covered their entire bodies, instead of showing their faces like Hector, another demonized knight he had seen before.

This creature was absolutely terrifying. Its head was covered only with a few stubbles of gray hair that exuded a withered, straw-like aura. Apart from that, its face, including its beard and eyebrows, was completely hairless. Half of its face was covered in fine, wild-like scales. Two sharp green fangs, each five centimeters long, protruded from its mouth. Most bizarrely, its eyes were two different things: one dark green and the other blood red, a sight that sent chills down one's spine!

The demonized knight was shrouded in a black robe, appearing outwardly no different from an ordinary human. However, the muscles in his arms and legs had atrophied into claw-like forms, covered with long, gray hair. His fingernails and toenails were sharp like those of a wild beast. But that wasn't the main issue. Most importantly, a lump the size of an adult male's fist had bulged on each of his ribs.

The demonized knight's terrifying, inhuman appearance, and the sheer power he displayed—enough to force Epstein, a high-ranking wizard apprentice, to summon the Lenglet's soul seed planted within him to fight him in a one-on-one situation—made Connor both disgusted and curious about this guy.

To be honest, if he hadn't been caught off guard and ambushed by Lenglet, who was possessing Epstein, the outcome of this incident might have been quite different, given the demonized knight's strength. Therefore, Connor made an important decision: he brought the demonized knight's body to his safe house. As a wizard seeking truth, he wanted to dissect the man to see if he could unlock the secrets of the demonized knight.

After carefully examining the demonized knight's corpse, Connor shook his head with a wry smile. With a flick of his finger, a gust of wind blew the white sheet back over the demonized knight's body. Then, a ball of black flame ignited in Connor's hand, burning the demonized knight's horrifying and eerie corpse to ashes.

First of all, just like the demonized knight Hector he had encountered before, this demonized knight's divine sea was also full of restrictions. However, the strength of these restrictions in this demonized knight's divine sea was far greater than that of Hector. In addition, this guy was already completely dead, and even Connor's usually invincible Soul-Seizing Technique could not extract anything from this guy's head.

(End of this chapter)