Chapter 456: Soul Summoning

Diana glanced at Cynthia, and the latter immediately understood and also flew out.

After entering this kind of research state, witches would fall into their own world. If no one woke them up, it was very normal for them to ignore people for a day or two, or even a week or two.

But right now everyone needed time, they couldn't let that guy research for too long.

That was the reason for Cynthia's 'supervision'.

But evidently, Diana was worrying unnecessarily.

Although Martha entered a researcher's state, this state didn't last long.

Three hours later, carrying the Summoning Array she had designed, and followed by Cynthia, Martha returned to the tree hole.

At this moment, only Nightingale was left in the tree hole taking notes.

The rest had all gone to busy themselves with their respective tasks.

"I figured it out."

Seeing Martha return, Nightingale knew this guy must have completed it, otherwise she wouldn't look so confident.

Thus, Nightingale immediately went to call the relevant personnel over.

Even Diana, who was commanding the battle, came here once again.

"Then... let's begin."

Diana took a breath, then nodded at Martha.

After receiving the message, the latter immediately unfurled the piece of paper in her hand with the Summoning Array drawn on it.

Then she activated the Summoning Array and began chanting an incomprehensible incantation to start the summoning.

Although it was her first time doing such a targeted summon, Martha didn't panic at all. Whether it was chanting or outputting mana, she was extremely stable.

"Look quickly..."

When blue light began to shine from the Summoning Array, Katie excitedly pointed at it and wanted to say something.

However, before she could even start talking, she was gently patted on the head by Diana beside her.

"Shh..."

Diana placed an index finger over her lips, gesturing to Katie.

Subsequently, Katie quieted down.

Martha didn't pay attention to what was happening behind her, just concentrating her spirit on calling Lucia's soul.

The blue light grew increasingly intense, and Martha could also very clearly feel that something seemed to have appeared around her, but she just couldn't intuitively 'grasp' this thing.

"It seems something has arrived nearby."

Thus, Martha chose to report this to Diana, the manager.

"Is it Lucia's soul?"

Diana clenched her fists and asked.

"I can't be sure, but something is definitely... Oh no! It's going to dissipate!"

Martha had just wanted to provide more information, but suddenly felt a powerful force as if it was going to tear her body apart.

This force seemed intent on dispersing the 'thing' that had finally gathered nearby along with it.

"What should we do, Diana? Quickly think of a way."

Feeling that she couldn't hold on, Martha shouted loudly.

"..."

Diana frowned.

Telling her to think of a way, she actually had to have one.

So suddenly, how could she... Uh...

"Hold on a bit."

Diana thought of a makeshift method.

But Martha was frightened by Diana's 'hold on a bit'.

After all, when people usually said such words, it was generally when asking someone to fight a tough battle.

Truly the kind of succeed or die trying.

"For how long."

Martha felt a bit like crying, but Diana didn't disappoint her.

"Ten seconds."

After speaking, Diana extended her right hand, then opened it, pointing her palm towards the magic array.

"Soul Siphon!"

With a low shout from Diana, green energy lines of varying thicknesses flew out from her palm, then 'pierced' into the blue light.

Soul Siphon, this was something Lan Qingyou taught to anyone who wanted to learn after copying her own magic skill.

After all, this was a magic that could gather materials for oneself.

So any witch with a heart for research had basically learned it.

It's just that Diana was using this magic on one of their own.

But Diana had no other choice. This was the only method she could come up with in a moment of desperation.

Although it felt a bit absurd, right now she could only treat a dead horse as a living one.

Ding.

When the blue light dispersed, a crystal-like Soul Crystal appeared in Diana's hand.

"Nightingale, see how it is?"

After harvesting a Soul Crystal, Diana immediately handed it to Nightingale.

After all, only she here could appraise it.

Although Lan Qingyou's magic desk was very close, that thing could only be used by the master of the sanctuary.

The fact that they could enter now was only because Lan Qingyou had granted them permissions previously.

The rest of the people stared nervously at Nightingale, wanting to know the result.

Actually, as early as when Diana used that skill, everyone had already guessed it, so now was the time to determine success or failure.

And after looking at the crystal in Diana's hand, Nightingale immediately gave everyone a thumbs up.

"No problem, it's Lucia's Soul Crystal, and it's not defective, it's complete."

"Phew..."

"That's great!"

"We've finally found her soul."

"The problem now is how to use this Soul Crystal."

"Uh..."

Although the soul had been found, because it had turned into a crystal, no one knew how to use it.

After all, apart from using it as a material, no one would think of playing with or researching this kind of thing at any other time.

"How about just stuffing it directly back in? Like how a hydraulic press presses things."

Katie, who hadn't suffered the severe beatings of society, asked somewhat naively.

"Not a good idea."

"Then what do you say we should do?"

"Still thinking."

"I actually think the idea of stuffing it back in is pretty good."

Nightingale nodded, seemingly very much agreeing with this somewhat absurd proposal.

"Of course, it's just not as simple as putting it inside the body. It still requires some other processing."

After feeling everyone's strange gazes, Nightingale added a sentence.

"Have you thought of exactly how to do it?"

Diana asked.

"Yes, first stuff the Soul Crystal into the body, then draw Magic Circuits on the body, utilizing the mana-transporting property of the circuits to make mana flood the entire body again, but some materials are needed."

Nightingale gestured with both hands as she explained her plan to Diana.

"Then execute it. Anyway, there's no other method right now."

"Alright."

After speaking, Nightingale, having received the task, immediately threw herself into action.

"Who is best at drawing Magic Circuits?"

Nightingale asked.

"Me."

Martha raised her hand.

This wasn't false modesty; magic arrays and summoning arrays all had corresponding Magic Circuits on them, so Martha could be said to be very handy when it came to drawing them.

"How many millimeters?"

The 'millimeters' Nightingale spoke of referred to the thickness of the drawing.

The finer it was, the harder it was to draw. On this point, even Lan Qingyou had suffered quite a bit.

Even after obtaining higher and higher level Crystal Pens, it remained the same.

"I can do it within five millimeters."

"Then draw it according to the method and locations I say."