Chapter 1891: Death Row Inmate

However, energy should be able to be used to "strengthen" the soul, just like the Arcane Rabbit, except that the Arcane Rabbit ultimately failed in its strengthening.

If a small dose of Arcane Infusion is used, perhaps it can be strengthened gradually; although one might not necessarily obtain a stable Arcane Rabbit in the end, one should be able to obtain an approximate existence.

From this, Xia Duo also generated many associations; for instance, what is the essence of a Spellcaster transforming into an elemental form, and could it be related to the soul?

Perhaps it is simply transforming the body into an elemental form, then combining it with the soul, and using the soul to control the new elementalized form.

If this is the case, spells like transforming into an elemental form might also be able to "strengthen" the soul, though it is also possible they cannot.

After all, this is ultimately not a complete transformation into an elemental form, nor is it elemental infusion; wanting to obtain an essential change is likely very difficult.

Additionally, Xia Duo also wondered why a Spellcaster does not dissipate after transforming into an elemental form and can maintain a relatively stable state, while the Arcane Rabbit "evaporates" rapidly.

The reason is likely still related to the soul.

Spellcasters are undoubtedly highly intelligent beings, while rabbits do not even have self-awareness, let alone high intelligence; perhaps it is precisely because the soul, consciousness, or will cannot control the arcane form.

The evaporation of the Arcane Rabbit can perhaps be understood as the rabbit's soul being unable to contain the amount of arcane energy the body has transformed into.

Regarding such a conjecture, Xia Duo vaguely felt it was very likely the truth; proving it is also simple, one only needs to transform an intelligent being into an arcane form and see if they can exist stably.

Perhaps this is the ultimate goal of the Arcane Infusion Transformation Ritual.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo suddenly realized that getting so many rabbits was actually somewhat redundant; after determining that the effect of the Arcane Infusion Transformation Ritual is highly likely related to the soul, rabbits are no longer the most ideal experimental subjects.

Intelligent beings should be used instead!

Of course, rabbits are not without any significance; it is precisely because they are non-intelligent beings that Xia Duo could boldly conduct various experiments without worrying about any ethical or moral concerns.

If intelligent beings were used, even in the Projection Plane, Xia Duo would set a bottom line in his heart that could not be easily crossed.

But now, it has reached the stage of experimenting with intelligent beings, just like how drug experiments on Earth have reached the clinical stage and require humans to conduct experiments.

……

"Sigh—"

Next, Xia Duo did not conduct any more experiments but returned to the Study; he had many questions that needed to be considered carefully again.

At present, the Arcane Infusion Transformation experiment has achieved preliminary results, at least proving limited safety (small doses will not kill) and considerable prospects (strengthening the soul).

Then, it is necessary to consider conducting experiments on intelligent beings; the first person Xia Duo thought of was not Mila, but the prisoners in the prison under Lakelaisi.

After all, there is only one Mila, and she is also Xia Duo's student in name; even if Mila were willing, he must consider things for Mila.

On the contrary, prisoners are very suitable; Elf society is not some purely good Heaven, and there are plenty of criminals; one only needs to find those who are guilty of heinous crimes.

Xia Duo thought of how his hometown once used the organs of death row inmates for patient transplants; it is the same principle, and thinking of it this way, it was indeed much easier to accept.

When he was in the Main Plane, he had also used Orcs for experiments, but in this Projection Plane, Orcs are very rare; rather than spending time looking for them, it is better to use Elves directly!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo immediately sent a Sending to Lakelaisi, asking the other party about the situation of the death row inmates in the city; about half an hour later, Lakelaisi came to Athos Manor in person.

"My Lord, there are currently only three death row inmates in custody in Evereska, and I have brought their information."

"Only three? So few?"

Xia Duo usually paid little attention to these situations; hearing at this moment that there were only three death row inmates in the vast Evereska, he could not help but be a little surprised, and he took the information handed over by Lakelaisi and flipped through it.

While Xia Duo was flipping through the information, Lakelaisi also explained: "Under the rule of the Council, the order of Evereska is gradually recovering, and vicious incidents rarely occur; even if they do, they are handled quickly. The situation of these three death row inmates is still somewhat special."

"Hmm, it is somewhat special!"

At this time, Xia Duo had already seen the information recorded on the death row inmates; hearing Lakelaisi's explanation, he could not help but nod.

Of the three death row inmates, one was because of opposing the Council; from the beginning when they were caught, they had been detained in prison, neither executed nor released.

The other two were even more special; these two were both Spellcasters, and they were also in a teacher-student relationship, with the teacher being a high-level Mage and the student also being a veteran Mage.

Under normal circumstances, a high-level Mage would not be easily sentenced, let alone to death; and if they were enemies, they would have been killed on the spot when caught and would not have been kept locked up.

The reason these two Elf Mages were sentenced to death was because they were conducting forbidden research, attempting to fuse the bloodlines of the five races to create a brand-new Elf race that was completely unified from bloodline to thought.

Elf is a general term, and it is a general term used by humans for them; Elves call themselves the Tai'kuise Clan, and internally they are divided into multiple branches, such as Aier-Tai'kuise, which refers to the Gold Elf; if translated literally, it is Sun Elf.

In addition, there are Moon Elves, Wood Elves, and Sea Elves and Wing Elves, which are rarely seen on land; the "co-prosperity of the five races" in Elf legends refers to this.

It is just that the other two types of Elves are rarely seen normally and are no longer included in the five races; the co-prosperity of the five races that Elves speak of now generally refers to these three races: Gold Elves, Moon Elves, and Wood Elves.

In the information provided by Lakelaisi, what those two Elf Mages were actually researching was how to more efficiently create a three-race hybrid.

The method they thought of was similar to the transformation ritual of the Radical Faction Demon Descendant Sailuo; Magic changes life, after all; wanting to change the status quo quickly, one certainly cannot let Elves breed slowly; in fact, those three Elf races basically do not intermarry.

Xia Duo was in 【Projection Plane: Maiyuelita Sukanweisa City】; at that time, the various Elf races would still intermarry and create many hybrids, but since the end of the Crown War, this situation had become less and less frequent.

In the Main Plane, Xia Duo had almost never heard of Elf hybrids, and in the era where this Projection Plane is located, although intermarriage between the three races is not a taboo, it is generally difficult for the public to accept.

Under such a status quo, two loners wanting to create a fusion of the bloodlines of all races and create a truly unified Elf race is unacceptable to all races.

Not to mention, in the process of research, there would inevitably be sacrifices, and thus there was the death penalty.

The reason they were not killed was because of their status as Mages; as long as they were willing to give up this research, they might be released the next day.