My health recovery is incredibly fast.

"It is an indisputable fact that the creatures separated from it can be controlled by demonic spells. We cannot allow these unstable factors to remain outside the sight of the Witcher School."

Xia Zuo paused, then scanned the people and glass balls in the hall with a determined gaze.

"If these creatures do betray the Temple in the future, then everyone here who does not support Rexor will be an accomplice."

Xia Zuo suddenly spoke up, at Rexor's behest.

During the vote count at the previous meeting, the two discussed and devised a foolproof plan to ensure that the bloodline research team would suffer a setback.

His words were quite intimidating, especially in a room full of people who were generally long-lived.

The longer you live, the harder it is for your past scandals to fade away. The more scandals accumulate, the more likely they will become stepping stones for others to bring you down.

Nobody wanted to get into trouble over this, so most people agreed with Xia Zuo's statement.

Ultimately, only a limited number of people could directly benefit from the Kales affair; most were simply swayed by the benefits privately promised by the Bloodline Research Group.

Only someone with such deep-seated interests as Tauvinsett would stubbornly insist on their stance.

After Xia Zuo finished speaking, Tao Wensett went on and on.

He had only one reason for objecting:

Callus is now a civilian and is not eligible for imprisonment by the Witcher School. If Callus is to be imprisoned, a prison in his home territory should be chosen.

If Rexall was using a forward-looking, proactive defensive approach to deal with Calles' imprisonment, then Tauwinset was taking a present-day approach, using Temple Law and Calles' current situation as a counterattack.

Both sides have valid points, so in the end it all comes down to a vote count.

Judging from the current situation, Rexol has the upper hand.

Dowesset whispered a few words to his deputy, then stood up and said:

"Gentlemen, I must remind you of something."

"At the meeting where Karles was to be considered for joining the Temple, Rexor used the [Omnidirectional Star Orbit] to deduce whether Karles would betray the Temple."

"I think everyone remembers the deduction results at that time."

"【All-Encompassing Star Tracks】has reached a very clear conclusion: Karles will not betray the Temple."

“I admit that it was somewhat hasty to convene an emergency meeting and propose stripping Calles of his Temple membership, but it is a fact that he resisted the Tribunal’s investigation and that he has not yet betrayed the Temple.”

“If we accept the [Omnidirectional Star Orbit], then we should believe in its deductions. Even if Callus faces the curse of the Otherworldly Demons, he will not betray the Temple. Even if the Black Flag comes, he will not betray it!”

Ha, the one who wanted to kill Calles before is now Calles' "most loyal" supporter. How ironic... Shazo looked at Touwinset with a hint of disgust.

Tauvinsett's remarks were more persuasive than his previous objections.

This was reflected in the vote count, where 67% of people supported Tauvinsett's view, only 35% supported Rexor, and the rest abstained.

Rexor and Shazzo anticipated the voting results, but the process was different from what they expected.

In their plan, Tauvinsett would request a one-hour recess to use that time to mobilize his team members outside the courtroom to find the attendees and do some persuasion to win their votes.

Unbelievable! I never expected Rex to lose to [Omnidirectional Star Trail]. M.

It seems that... in the eyes of the members of the Temple, the [Omnidirectional Star Track] is more reliable than the Demon Hunter School—after all, the [Omnidirectional Star Track] can be ignored as long as people don't use it, but the Demon Hunter School can't; the Demon Hunters are all a group of all-pervasive Temple inspectors... It goes without saying which one is more likable.

After the vote count was over, Rexol took out his pendant again and announced a third top-secret emergency meeting.

His proposal was to have the Witcher School and high-level codebreakers test Callus with otherworldly spells to see if his performance was consistent with that of the other test subjects.

If they agree, then Karles will be imprisoned in the prison of his home territory.

But if they don't match... hehe, then we'll wait for the Demon Hunter School to find out the reason for the discrepancy before locking him up in a prison outside his territory. Otherwise, he'll stay in the Ancient Sea Fortress and cooperate with the Demon Hunter School in conducting experiments.

This proposal was a backup plan devised by Shazo and Rexol.

Although the proposal was just a suggestion to let Calles conduct an experiment, no one in the room dared to object!

Anyone who opposes this is opposing the Witcher School's investigation of Sodick Black Flag, a long-standing case that is still unresolved. The Witcher School has the highest investigative authority during the investigation.

If Tauvinsett dares to object, Rexall is willing to investigate the entire Bloodline Research Group under the guise of an investigation.

Tauvinsett knew he couldn't object, but he was unwilling to let the bill pass so easily.

The consistency or inconsistency of experimental results is highly manipulable.

Rexol has plenty of ways to make experimental results inconsistent.

Tauvinsett raised his right hand and said, “I request to observe the entire experiment. We also need to discuss beforehand what constitutes consistent results and what constitutes inconsistent results. We cannot judge the results as inconsistent based on minor, insignificant differences.”

The damn wrangling has started again.

This argument lasted for two hours.

Xia Zuo and many pure-blood mages helped Rexor devise strategies to fight against the bloodline research group. They argued their case with reason and reason, like two opposing forces that had entered a heated war, fighting each other to the death without giving an inch.

It was evening that day.

An incredibly detailed experimental plan was born in the presence of all the attendees.

Rexol's proposal passed unanimously.

The next step is to conduct experiments on Kales.

The experiment involved Rexor, the high-level decoder Kadum, Axut who cast the spacetime container, and Master Lemon who monitored life force.

Shazo and Selena are not included because they did not contribute much to the experiment itself.

Selena returned to Poseidon to defend her market value.

Xia Zuo then traveled to the Western Continent through the teleportation room and returned to his dormitory at Xingye Academy to rest.

With Rexor present, he could see the experimental footage using his bloodline connection without having to be there in person.

...

Mount Andana, the territory of the court.

A dark doorway opened up on the gray, all-metal hill.

A squad of court guards escorted Callus out from inside and onto a high platform outside the metal hill.

The chief guard of the court looked down at the crowd below the platform, cast a detection spell to verify their identities and the bill documents in Rexor's hands.

A stream of magic swept up Callus and threw him off the platform, where he landed smoothly in front of Rexor.

Callus looked much more haggard, no longer possessing the confidence and handsomeness he had when he met Shazo at the headquarters of the Church of the Otherworld.

Rexor stepped forward, drew his longsword, cut the ropes binding Callus's wrists, and helped him shake out his clothes.

"Caslers, are you alright?" Rexor asked.

Calles remained silent, only nodding in response.

"Let me introduce you." Rexol patted the other person's arm and turned to point to the people behind him.

“This is the high-ranking codebreaker Kadum. He looks like an Otherworldly being, but he is one of us. This is Master Lemon, who is proficient in detection spells. This is the arcane mage Axut.”

Rexor pointed his finger at the burly man with fiery red hair. "This is Tauventset, the one who proposed expelling you from the Temple."

Callus looked up at Tauwinset, his expression numb and his eyes unwavering. Perhaps he had given up hope of returning to the Temple, or perhaps he had grown weary of the fighting within the Temple and simply wanted to find a quiet place to stay.

Rexor raised his hands and pressed them against Callers' shoulders, lowering his voice and speaking in a serious tone.

“Listen, Callus. You will be imprisoned in your home prison until we Witchers catch the mastermind behind this bloodline theft. Then we will decide whether you can leave the prison. But you should know that the matter of your loss of bloodline power is not so simple. Someone or an Otherworldly being wants to plunder your blood magic.”

Rexol didn't say who it was, but he was basically being blunt, completely disregarding the displeased Tauvinsette.

A hint of fear flashed in Callers' eyes.

Rexol shook his shoulder. "Before I lock you up in the poorly defended homestead prison, I'm going to do an experiment on you. You'd better cooperate, understand? This is your last chance."

“Okay.” Carles uttered a single word in a hoarse voice and nodded heavily.

The group returned to the outer teaching area from the teleportation room at the foot of Mount Andana.

In a basement alchemy room belonging to the alchemy school, Rexor prepared a sedative potion and served it to Calles, who was sitting on a soft sofa.

"Drink it, then take a nap."

Callus faced interrogation day and night in the courtroom, and even in his dreams, he was questioned by a special dream judge.

He hasn't slept well for two days.

Upon hearing that he could get a good night's sleep, he put aside his questions about the experiment, drank the medicine in one gulp, and then lay down on the soft sofa and drifted off to sleep.

The sorcerer Arceus walked to Callus's side, cast a time-space container, then struck a pose and chanted the demonic incantation.

Master Lemon activated the diffraction array to monitor the changes in life force within the spacetime container.

Rexol and Tauvinsett stood by and watched the experiment silently, each with several image beads hanging from their belts to record the entire process.

Soon, life force emerged within the spacetime container. Master Lemon used illusion magic to materialize and display the mysterious life force, and a pink ball of light rapidly condensed within the spacetime container at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As a pure-blooded mage, Kales' vitality was far greater than that of all the previous test subjects.

His body is like a bucket full of water, and his vitality is the water in the bucket.

As soon as the incantation was uttered, a round hole was punched in the bucket, and life force gushed out of his body like a jet of water—a scene as terrifying as a human having their carotid artery slashed.

The pink ball of light began to wriggle, and the alien script reappeared in the spacetime container.

"The 1th attempt to give back to the target..."

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

"My attempt to give back was rejected!"

"... "

Dowinset crossed his arms, his face becoming extremely grave.

Now that things have come to this, he no longer needs to pretend. His desire to extract the power of Karles' bloodline is directly revealed, and the fear he feels when faced with the threat of Karles is also evident on his face.

The scene before him was the last thing he wanted to see.

To study the power of Kales' bloodline, it is necessary to extract his bloodline and infuse it into other experimental subjects.

If Callus is affected by the demonic spell and continuously spews out life force, will the experimental subjects who inherit his bloodline also do the same?

Tauvinsett didn't want to bear the consequences of this unknown factor.

But he was even more unwilling to lose the opportunity to obtain the power of a pure-blooded mage's bloodline.

First, get hold of Callus, and then slowly research ways to remove the spell's effects... That's what Tauvennet decided.