My health recovery is incredibly fast.

He nodded to Xia Zuo and walked towards the podium under the gaze of everyone in the hall and the glass balls.

"I'm here on behalf of the Demon Hunter School to attend this meeting. How far along are you? Is it my turn to speak?"

Tauvinsett bowed slightly. "I apologize, Master Rexor. The Demon Hunter school's speaking session has concluded. According to the meeting agenda, we will now proceed with the vote."

Rexor nodded. "Very good."

He took the pendant from his neck, held it up high, and said to the crowd:

"After this meeting, the Demon Hunter School will hold its second emergency meeting of the day, which is open only to those with top-secret access."

Rexor tucked the pendant back under his leather armor and continued:

"The second emergency meeting is related to Sodike Black Flag. The proposals reviewed at the meeting are the same proposals that will be passed at this meeting."

The venue was somewhat chaotic. After hearing Rexor's words, the glass orbs began to communicate using illusion magic to create text.

Dowinset frowned and asked:

“Master Rexor, in the previous meeting resolution, the relationship between Caslers and Sodick Blackflame has been severed. Do you intend to overturn that resolution?”

"No." Rexor used a small spell to enlarge himself and spread his power throughout the area, suppressing the commotion.

He paced a few steps on the podium, saying:

“Just a day ago, several colleagues and I handled a case related to Sodike Black Flag. We confirmed that the creatures separated from Sodike Black Flag posed a dangerous threat.”

Rexol pointed down to the audience, his fingertips tracing the seats one by one.

“Shazo from the pure-blood mage faction, the high-level codebreaker Kadum, the garrison mage Selena, the diffraction detection master Lemon, and the arcane mage Axut who cannot attend the meeting can all attest to what I said.”

Shazo raised his hand and nodded to Rexor.

Kadum, Selena, and Lemon all raised their arms in agreement with Rexor's statement.

Rexol stepped down from the stage and sat down in his seat.

Tauvinsett exchanged a few glances with his deputy sitting below him, seemingly somewhat puzzled.

No wonder they were confused…

Rexall hadn't even had time to write the reports on the experiments he'd conducted the day before!

How could the participants of the Two Palaces Conference have known about these experiments!

There is a time lag and an information advantage involved.

If Rek'Sor can be used well, he might be able to save Kallers.

Although he knew that Rexor was doing this to fulfill the duties of the Witcher school, Shazo still thanked the bald man through blood ties.

"Thank you, Master, thank you for getting us out of that predicament."

“It’s what we should do, Shazo.” Rexol responded with a sense of kinship. “I’m sorry I’m late. It took some time to gather my Witcher comrades.”

"No need to apologize, Master. I'm already very grateful that you came."

From the podium, Tauvinsett announced the start of voting.

Xia Zuo marked an "X" on the parchment in front of him, and the other pureblood mages also voted against it.

When it came time to count the votes, Xia Zuo discovered that several of his close colleagues and teachers had abstained from voting.

Professor Hillenburg of Ocean Alchemy, Selena, Kadum, alchemy mentor Adanavados, and others all abstained from voting, as did the other participants who were on good terms with pure-blood mages like Krestor.

Xia Zuo felt a slight warmth.

It turns out that besides their companions in the pure-blood mage faction, their side actually had quite a few friends in the temple.

Xia Zuo nodded to each of them in thanks.

The vote count in Tauwinset ended, with 86% of the people voting in favor.

The Bloodline Research Group's proposal passed with a high number of votes.

From this moment forward, the Temple strips Callus of his Temple membership on the grounds of deliberately resisting the Inquisition's review.

Following this, a second emergency meeting was convened.

The host changed from Tauvinsett to Rexol.

The bald man dismissed the ignorant people, then stood on the podium and took out several image gems.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the events I am about to describe all occurred within the past seven days."

Rexor activated the first Image Orb.

A huge image was projected from the jewel and floated above the venue, allowing the attendees around to see it clearly.

The scene depicts a vast expanse of fleshy walls and purplish-black clouds.

Shazo recognized it; it was the day Rexor and Arcsut led their team to install alchemical bombs on the flesh wall.

On this very day, Nukalofa suffered amnesia and went insane.

The video footage was played at double speed, with Rexor dictating the events.

Just as Nukalofa was beheaded by Aksut, everyone in the hall and the glass ball suddenly realized:

The deacons of the Otherworldly Church, both flesh and spirit, have been captured by the Temple!

Whispers filled the room as several members of the bloodline research team spoke in hushed tones, their voices filled with disbelief.

Dozens of glass marbles even floated up from the cushions and gathered around the screen to watch closely the footage of Nukoalov being beheaded.

Rexor activated several other image orbs.

These jewels depict the process of Kadum interrogating Nukoalov.

From the remaining brain tissue in the culture tank, to the death row inmate strapped to a chair, to Shazor's discovery that Nukoalov had created a false personality for him...

The entire interrogation was recorded verbatim, except for Nukoalov's strange posture and the demonic language incantations, which Rexor heavily pixelated.

"It is obvious, gentlemen."

Rexor said loudly:

"If I had brought in the 'Shazo' that Nukoalofa mentioned, who is actually Kales, instead of the Shazo sitting in the seat now, then after Nukoalofa cast the spell, the interrogation scene would not have been as peaceful as the image orb showed, and a fierce battle would have been inevitable."

“I blurred Nukoalov’s spellcasting process; it was something I had to do. I know you’re curious about the effects of the Otherworldly Spell, and I can show you.”

Rexor activated the last image orb.

An underground alchemy chamber appeared in the scene.

The subject of the laboratory test, Talis, was in a state of slumber.

Arcsut used a time-space container to encase the experimental subject, obtained the spell from Kadum, and began casting the spell.

Master Lemon used a diffraction array to capture the movement of life force, and then used illusion magic to depict the life force orbs.

Several lines of striking alien script appeared in the spacetime container, accompanied by the Temple's common language as a translation:

"The 13th attempt to give back to the target..."

"Attention! Sodike Black Flag has been detected as dead!"

"My attempt to give back was rejected!"

Those present, including Tauvinsette and Letunia, gasped in surprise.

"Sodike Blackflag is dead?"

"Is this news accurate? Is this intelligence reliable?"

What does "giving back" mean?

Retunia quickly recovered from her shock and asked Shazo in a low voice:

"Is the part you intentionally omitted from the matter you discussed with us before the spell and its effects? You said 'assuming Sodike Black Flag is dead,' but it actually is, right?"

“Yes.” Xia Zuo nodded.

Chapter 5: Another Experiment

meeting venue.

Six enormous images float in the air, frozen on the most crucial frame of each video.

The glass spheres and people in the venue were still discussing things quietly.

Rexor did not stop them; he knew how shocking and bewildering the news of Sodick Blackflag's death was.

The shock lies in the fact that such an ancient demon, considered a great enemy by the temple, was actually dead.

What's puzzling is, how did Sodike Blackflame die? Is it really dead? And what is this "reverse feeding" mentioned in the Otherworldly script?

After more than ten minutes, the commotion in the hall gradually subsided, and everyone turned their attention to the podium.

Rexol held up the parchment scroll in his hand and waved it around; it was the resolution passed at the meeting just now.

"Now, everyone understands why I convened this meeting, right? Is there anyone who doesn't understand the hidden dangers lurking in the Bloodline Research Group's proposal?"

Rexol tossed the parchment onto the podium.

“I captured Calles, and I should have executed him on the spot, but he is an extremely rare pure-blood mage with unique blood magic. Considering this, I assigned him a special intelligence mission to verify his eligibility to join the Temple. His entry into the Temple was in accordance with the law, but wasn't his expulsion from the Temple a bit too hasty?”

Rexor stood with his hands on his hips and looked at Tauvinsett, meeting the other's fiery red eyes.

"I'm not saying this to abandon the Bloodline Research Group's proposal, but to propose a new imprisonment proposal. I propose that Karles, who has been reduced to a civilian, be permanently imprisoned in the underground prison of the Ancient Sea Fortress."

"I object!" Tauvinsett objected firmly.

The Ancient Sea Fortress is located in Grayhorn, which is an independent sub-plane controlled by the Demon Hunter School.

Unlike teleportation within nature, entering the Grayhorn sub-plane requires more than just an identity crest; authorization from the Demon Hunter School is also necessary.

In other words, putting Kales into the Gray Corner sub-plane was equivalent to completely cutting off the Bloodline Research Group's idea of ​​using him for experiments.

“I object to your objection, Tauvinsett.”

Xia Zuo raised his hand and said:

"Sodike Black Flag's cunning is obvious to all. No one knows whether the words it wrote in the alien language during the experiment were a smokescreen. No one can be sure whether Sodike Black Flag is really dead or whether it can survive in another life form."