Chapter 573: Warriors of the Consciousness Shell

"Please speak."

Rod nodded, his expression unchanged.

Regardless of what these Bahadur people think, Rod's attitude is clearly directed at you.

He knows nothing about any labyrinth entrance or cat-folk.

The heroine, Gray, cleared her throat.

"They are conducting human experiments with a spell; the main form and content involve infecting subjects with Crystal Disease to remove the influence of chaotic energy on the human body."

Rod sneered, "So they're still doing good deeds."

"Not good deeds, Mr. Rod."

Gray shook her head. "They released chaotic energy upon that group of mercenaries without their knowledge, showing no regard for the harm and spread they caused. This is a inhumane live-body experiment."

The heroine's expression was very serious.

Clearly not the type to joke, she had not detected the sarcasm in Rod's words.

Or perhaps, having seen too much death on the battlefield, she now maintained respect for life after retiring.

Rod let his smile fade, showing a certain degree of respect.

"I spoke out of turn."

Immediately after, he remembered that the Yige Sect had acknowledged various small sects and established the position of Cremation Officer.

Two months ago, the Holy Fire Sect brought to Shi Ying Town by Baron Ram had indeed aimed to eliminate the plague.

At that time, after they resolved the strange illness within Wind City,

apart from some physicians in the city being displeased,

the common people were actually quite grateful to the Holy Fire Sect.

Only Rod, bearing the 【Cruel Ke Yin】, had become agitated, and they had not committed any extreme acts.

Then.

After spending an afternoon in the underground prison, Interrogator Xiao Xiao Feisuo interrogated out the truth: "The strange illness in Wind City was released by them themselves."

The purpose was simple and pure.

To quickly expand their influence, seize the power of speech, and prevent the possibility of plagues arising in this region.

Their methods were extreme and cold, with a clear style of sacrificing the small for the greater good.

Yet the idea of eradicating the plague was genuine.

Rod rubbed his chin.

In that case,

using live-body experiments to research solutions,

then the methods of this group from Bahadur Magic Academy are somewhat similar to those of the Yige Sect.

"Since it is a live-body experiment, why not use animals? Pigs, sheep, cattle, and so on."

Kira raised her hand energetically.

"I know this!"

The half-deer woman, wearing a fitted shirt, moved slightly, causing the small bundles on her chest to tremble.

Rod raised an eyebrow.

Previously, in the Kingdom of Kava, he had had disputes with these two.

Among them, he had grabbed Kira's chest several times.

The Forest Warden's evaluation was that they were slightly small.

The forest half-deer, Xiao Ke, was even smaller in stature than her.

But even now that the temperature has warmed and Xiao Ke's chest fat has decreased, she still surpasses her in dimensions.

Pathetic.

The heroine, Gray, suddenly turned and changed her stance, perfectly blocking Rod's line of sight to her chest.

"?"

The innocent and pure Kira did not notice.

She said, "That is because chaotic energy mainly interferes with the thoughts of intelligent races. Even if mutation occurs, it is the materialization of spiritual power. Perhaps for this reason, live-body experiments must be conducted on humans."

Rod nodded: "But in any case, I believe that if people from Bahadur Magic Academy can do such things, they must have ulterior motives."

Gray said, "Are you referring to the 【Magic Singularity】 they are pursuing?"

"Yes. This Seamus once spread Lycanthropy near my homeland, intending to awaken that formless existence who died in ancient times through mass infection."

Upon hearing this, the two girls

Lycanthropy is another incurable disease, and its transmissibility is far stronger than chaotic energy pollution.

Hundreds of years ago, when Lycanthropy raged, many people died.

In their eyes as they looked at the bound Seamus, clear disgust appeared.

Kira said angrily, "No wonder my lord Rod came specifically to hunt him down!"

"Not exactly specifically. We happened to meet by chance, so naturally, I could not let him go."

Seamus, not far away, sensed their gaze.

He turned his head.

And smiled ingratiatingly at Rod.

The classic Bahadur Magic Academy trait of assessing the situation and fearing death.

Every time they cannot win, their first reaction is to beg for mercy.

This does have some benefits.

Asking around for information was especially easy.

Take Grey's interrogation, for instance. The moment anyone tried to get rough or use torture, they would just blurt everything out on their own, rat-tat-tat.

"Crash!"

At that moment.

From the experimental hut behind them came the clattering sound of implements falling over.

All three turned their heads at once.

They saw it was the very experimental hut where Rod and Tally had just been "resting."

Thud—

The platform formed of 【Animated Trees】 trembled slightly.

The heavy door curtain of the experimental hut was pushed open from inside.

A 【Bio-Woven】 puppet, covered in sutures and patches of mismatched flesh tones, tottered out.

Its movements were stiff and completely at odds with any normal bodily structure.

It had no facial features.

A great hole had been torn open at its abdomen.

Tissue fluid, intestines, and the like all dragged down over its crotch and thighs.

"It worked?! It worked!"

Before the three of them could speak.

Shemus, not far off, saw the scene and cried out in excited excitement.

The mages beside him, seeing this, also grew excited one after another.

But someone calmed down:

"... Wait, the crystal core is gone! There's no crystal core in the husk warrior!"

"What?! How is that possible! I haven't even inscribed my remote-link crystal-core ritual on it yet!"

"Could it be... a self-initiated link?"

"Impossible! Without life-creation-level energy, it can't autonomously link with a husk warrior!"

Grey raised the massive steel spear in her hand, her face cold: "Mr. Rod, your 'resting' activity with Young Lady Tally just now — it didn't affect him, did it?"

She bit down especially hard on the word "resting."

"Of course not."

Rod suddenly recalled that the great hole torn in its abdomen was his doing — he had reached in and obtained the crystal core inside.

When he had been horsing around with Tally earlier, he hadn't had time to put it away, so he had simply grabbed the crystal core and gone straight to feeling up her abs.

Mm.

It seemed that when he released the lock, the surging force had been too great, and some had even splashed up onto it.

Surely it couldn't be because of that, right?

"..."

Rod's arm blurred for an instant.

【Devotion Body Sword】 had already completed the sequence of leaving its sheath, slashing 【Shrieking Sword Wave】, and returning to its sheath.

The piercing shriek swept past and faded.

The husk warrior's whole body stiffened, then split apart from the waist downward and slid off.

It fell in two halves.

The mages' discussion cut off abruptly.

They glanced at Rod, pulled in their necks, and didn't dare say another word.

Rod, however, walked toward them: "Tell me about it. What is that thing?"

Shemus forced out an ugly smile: "Mr. Rod, it's a kind of husk warrior with no consciousness. It doesn't need mana or spirituality to drive it, and of course it doesn't need the aether and psionic energy from another dimension either."

"So?"

"Once successful, they will be deployed on the battlefield between the Celestial Court Flower Nation and the Kingdom of Aethelon, to unleash a brutal slaughter with no glory, fear, anger, hatred, or frenzy."

(End of chapter)