Meet the principal

The follow-up work unfolded in an orderly manner.

The sealing spell on Edgar was lifted with the death of "Agnes". Reiner and others found him and treated him, which saved his life.

Although Baptiste was coerced by "Agnes", he violated the taboo after all. He will be sanctioned by the Magic Association and may spend the rest of his life in prison. All the details about the soul transfer spell, After discussion by the High Council, it was decided to seal it permanently.

Due to Baptiste's insistence, Baptiste's students will not be held too seriously responsible. They will be assigned to different demiplanes after carefully checking the memory of any details without soul transfer spells. To conduct penal service for three to five years.

As for the sick children, they were admitted to the hospital directly under the Immortal Throne. Baptiste's contribution to Osborn Kara syndrome has promoted the research of this disease. At least at this stage, the Immortal Throne has invested enough resources dedicated to solving this disease.

The details of this case have not been disclosed too much. On the one hand, the existence of the soul transfer spell may put Baptiste and his students, including members of the magic expedition team and those sick children, in an extremely dangerous situation. State, on the other hand, the things involved in this incident are far beyond Reiner's imagination.

"Agnes Wildfield, I mean the real one. Her body remains were found at the bottom of her own private vault. It seems that the student was right. After that trip, Agnes Nisi has died and been replaced by the prisoner."

Arriving at the scene was Javier Rockfield, the seventh-ring high-ranking mage of the Immortal Throne. Since this was a magic expedition team organized by the Immortal Throne, except for Reiner, the other mages were basically members of the necromancy system or the Immortal Throne. , so the High Council sent this poker-faced Excellency.

"Linard Ingle, I didn't expect to see you again so soon, and in such a bloody scene."

Rockfield said quietly that the last time he and Reiner met was at the wedding of the Albiore family. As a result, at that wedding, the consciousness of the thirteen pure-blood sects collapsed, and Reiner became known as the Skull Crusher. And go.

Now it seems that Reiner's way of blowing other people's heads off is not only through cognitive collapse, but also through physical means.

"I am making you laugh, Mr. Rockfield. I am not a stargazer. I can predict the future."

Reiner smiled and said that he didn't want to be involved in disputes all the time. He just wanted to be a mage who studied magic quietly, but trouble always seemed to find him.

Is there some quill that can write without ink that is secretly controlling his destiny?

Reiner smiled self-deprecatingly,

Then he spoke again.

"Regarding the soul transfer spell, according to Baptiste, their experiments on human bodies failed, and a situation similar to cognitive collapse occurred..."

Before Reiner could finish speaking, Rockfield raised his hand to stop him.

"Linard Ingle, what do you think of the ancient magic empire?"

"ah?"

Reiner was a little confused. Wasn't he discussing the development of the incident? Why was the ancient magic empire involved again? ..

"In the ancient magic empire where ordinary people were treated as domestic animals and mortal lives were ignored, do you think anyone would have tried similar spells?"

Rockfield's words caused Reiner to fall into deep thought, and then he suddenly realized.

The soul transfer spell developed by Baptiste had actually been attempted as early as the ancient Magic Empire!

And the results, without a doubt, were failures.

After the modern magic revolution, the Magic Association completely blocked the details of similar spells. On the one hand, it prohibited other mages from continuing such inhumane attempts. On the other hand, it also prevented some guys from using this name to cheat.

Therefore, in the history that normal people have learned, soul transfer spells have not appeared in this world. In fact, all attempts made by Baptiste were carried out by mages thousands of years ago.

"The human soul cannot be transferred to the body of another human being. It will cause cognitive collapse. Regardless of whether both parties have learned magic or not, this is what I can tell you. At least, this path from the soul wants to lead to Eternal life is not enough."

Rockfield's eyes were unwavering, and he said slowly.

"The legacy of the ancient Magic Empire is more than that. With the discovery of various ruins, there are many magical fields that people have never thought of have been touched by the Ancient Magic Empire. In fact, as long as you understand the real history, it is easy to feel the influence of the ancient Magic Empire. With the power of the ancient magic empire that dominated countless demi-planes, we can better understand how difficult the modern magic revolution is."

There may be a lot of knowledge beyond cognition in places that Reiner cannot reach. Everything that low-level or even mid-level mages do may just be repeating the path of their predecessors. Rockfield's words revealed at this point.

"I conducted some analysis on the pretender."

Rockfield waved his hand, and a picture made of intertwined lights appeared in front of him. It was something similar to a cell structure diagram.

"In the remains of his body, there are a large number of these cells, which can proliferate indefinitely and grow extremely fast. Does it look familiar?"

When Reiner heard Rockfield's words, he immediately thought of something.

cancer cell.

Seeing Reiner's understanding expression, Rockfield nodded imperceptibly and then said.

"This kind of cell is not a normal cell and cannot maintain the body's functions, so he must constantly devour other normal human tissues. At the same time, this kind of cell also gives him a powerful regeneration ability. As for camouflage, it is incidental to this ability. It worked.”

Using magic to control one's own cancer cells, no wonder the fake Agnes would say that this is both a power and a curse.

After devouring Agnes, the traces of Agnes left in the Magic Association were transferred to the pretender, which is why he was able to hide.

"The true identity of this person should be Henry Basil, a mage who was active one hundred and seventy years ago. He was injured in an experiment and then disappeared. No one knows his whereabouts."

One hundred and seventy years ago, this was really an old guy.

The lifespan of an intermediate mage is only about two hundred years, usually less than 150 years. Henry Basil, who has survived for 170 years, seems to be closely related to his ability.

Reiner couldn't help feeling a little emotional at this time. If it weren't for the fact that the Spell Queen Killer he created was too weird, and Henry Basil was eager for success due to physical reasons, I'm afraid this battle wouldn't be that easy. After all, he had lived for 170 years. Ten years old monster. Both his knowledge and combat experience far surpassed Reiner's.

"We don't have much information about Henry Basil, but what we do know is that he belongs to an extreme mage organization. This mage organization is related to many recent crimes. According to the information we have received, their The intention is to restore the glory of the ancient magical empire.”

Rockfield said again.

"The name of this organization is the Serpent of Chaos."

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