Summoning the Holy Sword

Rhode quickly found Gillian and Lapis. When he saw Lapis, he finally understood what Gillian meant by trouble.

At this moment, Lapis had totally lost her consciousness. The light in her eyes disappeared too, and she looked just like a dead person. If not for the fact that she was still breathing, Rhode would even believe she turned into undead or something similar.

“What happened again?”

“Her consciousness fell into a deep sleep. In other words, there’s a virus in her system. But, in here, there’s no firewall or a similar software that can kill the virus and protect her…”

It was really convenient to communicate with someone who had knowledge of his world. There was no need to use mysterious and complicated magic spells. The example that Gillian gave made him quickly understood what happened to Lapis. But why? He knew that the Behermes was a race that used alchemy and magic to improve their power. With the magical skills of this world, they should not have yet reached the point where they could injected a chip into the brain to control and stimulate the body, right?

“Although this is only my speculation…” While saying this, Gillian was currently touching Lapis’s chest softly from behind like a pervert… But because Gillian herself was a beautiful woman, this scene would make some people get lost in thought. Of course, Gillian was using this opportunity to take advantage of Lapis while she was sleeping.

“I think that Lapis might not be an ordinary Behermes. You know that Soul Alchemy is a very high-level skill, right?…”

Hearing until here, Rhode nodded. Indeed, he had heard such a rumor before. It was said among the Behermes race, there was an ultimate alchemical prop called the Soul Crystal. However, unlike an artificial soul like the Gargoyle’s Heart, the Soul Crystal was used to seal the soul of living person into a crystal. The crystal would be placed into the body afterwards. This was the core idea of Behermes research, which believed that a formless soul wouldn’t be able to strengthen one’s power. On the other hand, a soul with a form could be trained and transformed. So in other words, the Behermes had the idea of integrating CPU functions into the motherboard. It would be easy to increase the memory, replace the advanced graphics, or do whatever they want, as long as the motherboard was still inserted. It was easy, quick, and convenient.

It was the Behermes’ idea to crystallize one’s soul so they could attach it to more advanced alchemy and equipment. They could change their bodies at their own will and make themselves more powerful. They could also possess control and affinity for certain elements like elemental creatures.

“Yes, Sir.” ”

Hearing Rhode’s order, Kavos and Shauna glanced at each other and nodded. After that, Kavos turned around to leave while Shauna stayed by Rhode’s side as she looked at the podium.

“Have the Ophenians done anything strange, Shauna?”

Although he had gotten the information from Gillian, out of concern for his subordinates, Rhode still decided to inquire about this issue. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a good thing to give his subordinates the feeling that he wasn’t valuing them. Since he left the matter to her, he should ask her for the results.

Sure enough, after hearing Rhode’s question, Shauna showed a stiff expression. She slightly bowed, and then answered.

“Everything is going well, Sir. These Ophenian have not stayed too long in these ruins, but I feel like they are familiar with this place because I once saw their leader come up with a map and talk to the people around him. I didn’t see it clearly, but I thought it was a map of the ruins. ”

“Oh?” When he heard Shauna’s answer, Rhode frowned. “What else did they do?”

“As for the other things… It doesn’t seem to be a big deal, Sir. These Ophenians seemed to be very keen on collecting slate. They dug up a lot of slates along the way and collected them in their backpacks. It seems to be very important to them. ”

“I understand.”

After he heard Shauna’s report, Rhode only nodded and fell into deep thought. This time, after giving the report, Shauna didn’t stand in silence as usual. To the contrary, she worriedly looked around, then looked back at Rhode and said.

“Sir… I don’t know if it’s just a delusion or not, but I keep feeling that this place is not too safe. Not just this area, but I feel like there seems to be some danger approaching…”

Shauna’s words were not yet finished, when the Ophenian who had finished placing the bricks shouted at them, telling them to leave the platform. The mercenaries quickly moved aside. The old scholar, who had been observing and commanding from the side, slowly came forward to the center of the high platform. He stretched out his hand and took a round, crystal ball from his bag.

Everyone, including Rhode, was watching this scene. After the old scholar took out the crystal ball, he placed in the center of the high platform. When the old man loosened his hand, the original crystal ball did not fall to the ground, but instead, it remained floating.

A chant sounded.

The old scholar spread his hands and shouted as if he were calling for something. Followed by the sound his voice, the round, crystal ball emitted a soft glow and shone through the surroundings. The light was focused on the top of the cone the Ophenian had placed on the platform. After that, the light beam began to move slowly. Like a searchlight, it flashed at the stone wall. These lights overlapped at the center and formed a dazzling light.

At this time, the crystal ball also emitted a sudden, dazzling light, pointing towards the center of the stone wall.

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A minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Five minutes passed.

Nothing happened.

What the hell is this?

The mercenaries glanced at each other, while the Ophenians showed a puzzled expression. Even Rhode felt surprised. Was there a delay?

No one noticed that, at this moment, Lapis suddenly opened her eyes and countless strange runes emerged in her eyes.

Then, she raised her right hand and pointed at the crystal.

Golden runes flew out from the tip of her finger and hit the crystal ball.