Imperial Crown.

Chapter 54 "Human Experimentation", Miss Nancy in Action

"Take it."

Raven took out the magic core from the wooden box and threw it into Visdon's hands. He used the Eye of Truth to observe it for a while, then replaced it with a new magic core, and repeated this process over and over again.

Visdon sat in a chair, watching everything that happened in confusion, his mind was confused, but he didn't dare to move until Raven said something.

In fact, this step is to measure his elemental affinity.

Long before he experimented with domestic pigs, Raven discovered that the energy in the magic core would naturally flow closer to him, regardless of its attributes.

This was also verified during the meditation process - Raven was not only able to absorb the light balls of the four elements of earth, water, fire and wind without obstacles, but darkness and light also did not reject him.

Earth, water, fire, wind, plus light and darkness are the six basic elements that make up this world.

All other elements are derived from this basis.

For example, the natural element is composed of earth and water; the steel element is composed of earth and fire; the blood element is composed of water and darkness...

Being able to have affinity with the six basic elements means that Raven himself has affinity with all elements.

So in the experiment on domestic pigs, Raven began to pay attention to whether he could judge their elemental affinity through the energy activity in the magic core.

The method is similar to today. Place the magic core on a domestic pig and use the Eye of Truth to observe whether the energy in the magic core will react and how big the reaction will be.

The higher the affinity, the more energy will flow towards the domestic pig.

During this process, Raven gradually discovered that even among domestic pigs, different individuals had different affinities for different elements. If they were strengthened with magic cores of corresponding attributes, the increase in amplification would be even higher.

After trying all types of magic cores on Visdon one by one, Raven was quite surprised.

It turns out that this fat-headed and big-eared guy is most friendly to the storm element.

Raven was about to exert force while holding the magic core in his hand when suddenly, a quarrel was heard outside the dungeon door, followed by Nancy's voice that penetrated the door and came in:
"Raven, come out, I know you're in there!"

Throwing the gloves he had put on on the table, Raven sighed, turned to Weston and said, "Sit still."

The latter nodded rapidly.

Walking to the door, Raven opened it with a sound, his eyes swept over the soldiers who lowered their heads on both sides, Jenny whose face was full of apology, and finally fell on Nancy who was arrogant.

Again!
"Have I ever told you not to let anyone disturb me when I'm doing experiments? What's wrong with your ears? Can't you understand what people say?" Raven glared at Volaf and scolded him harshly.

Even Nancy could tell at once that Raven was making a veiled appeal, and said arrogantly, "Raven, stop being so pretentious. Tell me, what will it take for you to take me to Bloody Heights?"

"I told you, it's impossible!" Raven frowned and said impatiently, "And I'm doing a very important experiment, please don't bother me anymore!"

As he said this, he was about to slam the door.

However, Nancy immediately held the door open and poked her head in and asked, "Speaking of this, I'm still very curious, what are you doing? Why are you so mysterious every day?"

"It's none of your business," Raven said.

"Hey, you say you don't want to close it, so why not? I don't believe it!" Nancy rolled her eyes and said, "Let me go in and take a look!"

As he said this, he was about to squeeze in through the crack in the door.

Raven moved his body to block her way, and said in a cold and hard tone: "Miss Nancy, please respect yourself. This concerns the privacy of a wizard."

"What are you afraid of? I'm also a mage, a second-level one at that!" Nancy smiled proudly, "Let me see what experiment you're doing. Maybe I can give you some pointers!"

Seeing that reason wasn't working, Raven used his ultimate weapon - a slap.

"It's no use threatening me." Nancy shrank back, a hint of cunning flashing across her brows: "Raven, I know your secret!"

"What secret?" Raven was stunned.

"I just saw you lock Weston in there." Nancy lowered her voice and said, "You are conducting human experiments that are strictly prohibited, right?"

The sound was not loud, but the dungeon was still very quiet. The word "human experiment" echoed in the prison and entered the ears of the already terrified Visdon, causing him to let out a shrill scream:

"Ow~"

"Miss Nancy!" As if grabbing a life-saving straw, Weston howled: "Miss Nancy, I know you have me in your heart. You are here to save me, right?"

"Who told you to talk? Shut up!" Nancy said viciously.

Weisdon's voice suddenly stopped.

A smug smile appeared on Nancy's face, and she whispered, "Hehe, I knew I was right. If the Vatican knew about this, you would not have a good ending!"

"But don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this."

Raven immediately saw through her thoughts: "The condition is that I take you to Bloody Highlands, right?"

Nancy's eyes lit up: "So, you agree?"

"Haha!" Raven slammed the door.

"Raven, you haven't finished talking yet, come out now!" Nancy kicked the prison door angrily, but after waiting for a while, she heard no response, so she could only pout and turn away.

"Just wait, I'll come find you again!"

As for the "human experiments", she certainly wouldn't tell anyone.

For one thing, Vesdon is annoying enough.

More importantly, if Raven was tied to the stake, who would take her to Bloody Heights?

"My Lord Baron, I was just... just acting!" Weisdong's fat face was full of smiles, and he said in a trembling voice: "With your compassionate character and broad mind, you will definitely forgive me, right?"

Raven did not comment, took out a small natural crystal bottle and placed it on the table, then picked up the storm-attributed magic core and crushed it gently, while activating the Eye of Truth.

Sky-blue energy splashed out, with the purple-black essence of corrupted souls floating in it.

His mental strength was mobilized at this moment. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and while directing the dissipated energy towards Visdon, he also pulled, blocked, and separated the essence of the corrupted soul and poured it into the crystal bottle.

To be precise, it is a crystal block in the shape of a bottle, because it is not hollow.

The purple-black aura passed through the outer layer and settled in the core of the crystal, where a lot of corrupt soul essences were originally stored. Now it was aroused, like a layer of faint mist spreading in the inner layer.

For Raven, using magic core energy is a piece of cake, but in Visdon's eyes it is a completely different situation.

He did not have the Eye of Truth, and could not see the energy dissipating in the air. He could only see that Raven's eyes had turned a terrifying silver color, and the purple-black aura in the crystal bottle was flowing continuously, dancing like a worm.

Too scary!

Immediately afterwards, a feeling of itchiness and swelling filled my body.

A force squeezed Visdon's heart, his blood flowed rapidly, and he felt as if a huge rock was pressing on his chest, and breathing became difficult.

He opened his mouth and gasped for breath, but he didn't feel any better. The huge pressure caused by the blood flow made him feel like his eyes were about to be squeezed out of their sockets.

“Lord Baron…!!” His voice was a little out of tune: “Stop, please stop, I’m going to die, I’m really going to die!!!”

Raven didn't even raise his eyelids: "You have a lot of energy, don't you?"

Upon hearing this, Weisdong quickly covered his chest: "...This is, this is...'Sunset Afterglow'!"

"That's called 'last gasp'!" Raven didn't know whether to laugh or cry, then he said with a stern face: "Okay, stop talking, do you think I'm harming you? If you weren't my brother, you wouldn't have this good thing!"

Vesdon was in tears.

Good thing? If it was really good, would you think of me?!

No wonder you wanted to keep me here, it’s all for today’s human experiment!

He guessed right.

Based on Raven’s experience in his previous life, any experiment, from animals to humans, is quite risky. In many cases, the same content may work on animals but not necessarily on humans.

The same goes for the infusion of magic core energy. Raven doesn't want to use his own people as experiments, so Visdon is of course the best choice.

But even if he guessed Raven's purpose, Visdon's situation would not improve.

His blood was still pumping faster and his heart was beating as if a military band was playing drums inside him.

The feeling of pain and itchiness spread throughout the body, even the breath was filled with the fishy and salty taste of blood, and the panting was as loud as a bellows.

"Hu...Hu..." Visdon's eyes began to turn bloodshot. In severe pain, he grabbed his prosthesis tightly and pulled it off bit by bit with such force!

He used up his last bit of strength and said:

"It didn't work. It really didn't work..."

Raven raised his eyelids and saw that Weston's face was purple, and his cheeks and lips were swollen, as if he had been slapped dozens of times from both sides.

At this point, more than 2/3 of the magic core energy has been infused, and there is not much energy dissipated in the air.

Well, that's fine...

This is just an experiment after all. It's good enough to know how ordinary people behave. There's no need to actually kill anyone.

After all, it’s not easy to find a material that you can use however you want without feeling sorry for it.

Thinking of this, Raven used his mental power, hoping to stop the indoctrination of Visdon.

"what?"

A hint of surprise appeared in Raven's eyes.

According to his experience, this absorption can be cut off freely and he has never failed in domestic pigs before.

But it was completely different for Visdon. Although he successfully cut off the energy at the first moment, a suction force spontaneously generated on his body the next moment, which drew back the energy that should have dissipated, and even accelerated the speed!
Humans and animals are indeed different.

Before this, when Raven was studying, he was still wondering that even if the magic core contained the essence of the corrupted soul, the essence of the corrupted soul itself could be slowly dispelled.

The price of magic cores is very cheap, so why can't the knights consume the energy in the magic cores bit by bit?

It now appears that the human body's affinity for elements far exceeds that of livestock such as pigs, and once the absorption process begins, it cannot be stopped by subjective will alone.

However, if he wanted to stop it by force, Raven would still be able to do it, but now there is less than 1/5 of the energy dissipated in the air, so there is no need to continue blocking it.

"He...he!!!"

When the last bit of energy penetrated into Weston's body, his breathing became more and more intense, his mouth was crooked and his eyes were slanted, white foam began to flow out of the corners of his mouth, his eyes rolled up, his hands and feet began to twitch violently, and even the chair made noises by rubbing against the ground.

Finally, he pulled his hands and feet violently, breaking a piece of the armrest of the chair, and then there was no more movement.

He's not really dead, is he?

Raven swallowed, reached out to feel his breath, and then let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, at least the person is still alive. Suddenly, with a bang, Weisdong sat up from the chair.

Raven was startled and asked tentatively: "Wesdon, how do you feel?"

"Ah?" Weisdong sniffed, came back to his senses, and wiped the foam from the corners of his mouth:

“It feels… great!”

He turned his neck and there was a crackling sound like popping beans. "I've never felt so strong!"

Visdon stood up, and with a snap, the chair under him turned into broken wood. He looked at his palms in surprise, somewhat unable to believe it, and moved his legs again, jumping hard!
Boom!
“Ouch!!”

The dungeon was not high to begin with, and he crashed directly into the ceiling, causing stars to appear before his eyes, and he cried out, "It hurts, it hurts..."

Just when his palm touched the top of his head, he was suddenly stunned: "Huh? No bleeding?"

He rubbed it twice more and the pain disappeared.

Weisdong clenched his fists and felt an unprecedented sense of power: "This is really amazing, I feel like I can kill a blood-eyed warhorse with one punch."

Not only did his strength become stronger, Visdon felt that his body had become much lighter. With a little effort, the outline of his muscles could be seen through the fabric.

He lifted up his clothes and looked down, and saw six abdominal muscles bulging out on his stomach!

A feeling of joy filled Visdon's heart, and then a gleam of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

Damn you Raven, you scared me so much before and even used me as a human experiment, but you didn't expect it to be so successful, did you?!

Now I am different. Today I will let you know what it means to suffer the consequences of your own actions!

He clenched his fists, stood up with a grim smile, and walked towards Raven step by step.

The latter was resting with his eyes closed at this moment, as if the experiment just now had exhausted him a lot.

But just as Weisdong took two steps, Raven suddenly opened his eyes. The silver light gradually dissipated, and there was a cold smile in his eyes: "What are you going to do?"

"What are you doing?" Weisdong roared, and rushed forward with a grin: "You will know soon!"

However, looking at Raven's calm face, his heart skipped a beat.

its not right!
Since this method can strengthen me, can't it strengthen him too?
It must have been enhanced!

Otherwise, how could he have pulled me up with just one hand?
And he's a magician!
When he thought of this, Weisdon regretted his impulsiveness, but now he was about to rush to Raven's face!

He gritted his teeth and hardened his heart.

Then fight!

With a thud——

Vesdon's knee slammed into the ground, splashing a large cloud of dust.

A standard slide kneel.

This dashed the hopes of Raven, who was about to start stretching his muscles.

What's going on? Is it necessary to make such a big fuss about kneeling?

Vesdon had a flattering smile on his face:
"Hehe, you didn't expect that, did you, Baron? Do you think my kneeling posture looks good?"

Raven looked at him strangely: "...No, you are not Weisdong, where did you hide my brother?"

"Brother!" Weisdong immediately said, "I am Weisdong. I am so grateful for your care and dedication to me. If I don't do this, I can't show my respect for you!"

The words were said in such aristocratic style that Raven couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart.

"Really?" Raven asked meaningfully, rubbing his chin.

"Absolutely true!" Weisdong nodded vigorously.

"Very good!" Raven clapped his hands. "Then sit back in your chair and let's do another round of experiments."

"Ah?" Weisdong's face suddenly turned into a bitter eggplant purple, but he still clenched his teeth and said, "Understood!"

Compared to the previous one, the second experiment was not so smooth. Just after absorbing a little energy, Visdon began to cry out in pain, and all the blood vessels in his body burst. Raven had to forcibly terminate the experiment.

However, the excess energy was not wasted. Raven absorbed it all, which slightly increased his magic power limit.

"Brother... I'm sorry, I just couldn't help it!" Weisdong's face was full of anxiety, and he said cautiously: "How about we try again after dinner?"

"No need. You probably can't bear the next strengthening in a short time." Raven said nonchalantly, "Go out and do what you need to do. But there is one thing you must remember. Don't tell anyone what happened in the dungeon. Do you understand?"

As he finished speaking, Raven's tone became increasingly colder, and his eyes became increasingly serious.

"Understood, understood!" Weisdong shuddered and nodded repeatedly: "Even if Mother asks, I will never tell her!"

After saying that, Visdon looked at Raven's expression, grabbed his fake hand and moved towards the door.

Seeing that Raven had no intention of going back on his word, Weisdon opened the door forcefully and rushed out like the wind.

Raven ignored him and sighed as he looked at the corrupt soul essence flowing in the crystal bottle:

"It seems that even if we use magic core energy to strengthen it, we have to proceed step by step."

After a short rest, Raven said loudly:
"Tell Eric to come see me!"

Soon, under the guidance of Volaf, Eric arrived at the dungeon.

This loyal retainer cooperated very well with Raven's orders, and the experiment went very smoothly.

After testing Eric's elemental affinity, Raven shook his head with a hint of regret: "Tsk... what a pity."

"What's wrong, Baron?" Eric was a little confused.

"Nothing." Raven crushed a magic core of steel attribute. "Focus. Tell me immediately if you feel something is wrong."

Through the test just now, Raven observed that Eric's most friendly element should be "yellow sand", followed by "steel".

This is still under the premise of having iron fighting spirit in the body.

The most suitable path for Eric should not be the Iron Warrior, but the Yellow Sand Warrior.

But now Eric's power has already awakened and his path has been fixed, so it is impossible to change his allegiance.

Therefore, there was no need to bring this up and cause Eric more trouble.

The choice of the magic core with steel attributes was out of caution.

After all, Eric is a first-level transcendent, and Raven doesn't know whether the magic core energy will affect the attributes of his fighting spirit. If it weakens the purity of his fighting spirit, it would be a loss.

Perhaps because he was a first-level knight, Eric's efficiency in absorbing magic core energy was more than twice that of Visdon, and the side effects were not that serious, only a little sweat appeared on his forehead.

When the energy of the first magic core was exhausted, Raven hurriedly asked, "How do you feel?"

"It feels amazing." Eric swallowed and said, "The fighting spirit in my body seems to have become more refined!?"

He let out a long breath and clenched his fists. Then a silver-white fighting spirit burst out from his hands. "And my physical strength has increased a lot. I am close to the second level... It seems..."

"Further?" Raven asked.

“No…” Eric shook his head slowly, carefully considering his words: “I don’t quite know how to put it.”

"If I still had a long way to go before reaching the second level of Dou Qi, then now the distance has not shortened, but I feel that I can finish this journey faster than before!"

"Huh?" Raven was stunned for a moment, thought of a possibility, and quickly took out another steel magic core and let Eric hold it in his hand.

This time, the energy in the magic core was slightly more active than before.

Eric's affinity for the element of steel has increased!
This is a brand new discovery. Neither domestic pigs nor Visdon have ever shown this behavior before.

Could it be that... this is because Eric is a first-order knight?

Keeping the doubt in mind, Raven asked, "Can you still hold on?"

"No problem, sir, I feel very relaxed now!" Eric pounded his chest.

Perhaps it was because of Eric's special physique, perhaps the knight's physique could withstand more energy, or perhaps some of the elements in the magic core were used to enhance Eric's affinity for steel.

Raven used up three steel-attribute magic cores before Eric reached his limit, and judging from his performance, if he rested for a while, he might be able to accommodate more energy.

Although still not as good as the yellow sand element, Eric's affinity with the steel element has indeed improved, and his physique has also become much stronger.

Boom!
Eric's left hand slammed heavily on the breastplate, making a sound like a heavy drum: "Baron, your magic is amazing. I feel that I have never been so powerful."

"If I fight an enemy like Anderson again, I will never be as embarrassed as I was last time!"

Although the battle with Anderson could be considered a stalemate, he was still at a disadvantage, putting Raven in danger. This has always been a thorn in his heart that he cannot get rid of.

Although Raven was somewhat exhausted from the consumption of his mental energy, he was still quite excited by the results of the experiment. Hearing this, he jokingly asked, "Are you still going to say that you are more confident about the next counterattack on Bloody Heights?"

Eric smiled innocently: "Hehe, nothing can be hidden from the Baron."

"Okay, let's do what we need to do." Raven stretched and said, "Remember, don't tell anyone about this."

"Don't worry, I understand!" Eric said seriously.

There are ways to improve physical fitness. For example, the fourth-level "Bear Power" potion can greatly increase a person's strength.

But that kind of potion is priced at tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and if it doesn't reach the third-level standard, drinking it will do more harm than good!
If people knew that Raven only needed a few magic cores to strengthen the soldiers' physiques, who knows how many people would covet him.

In the next few days, Raven summoned his trusted soldiers: Gore, Link, Mosingam, and Volaf, and strengthened them one by one.

Including Weston and Eric, there are only six people in total.

It’s not that Raven was reluctant to consume the magic core, but he knew clearly that this increase in power should be a gift and an honor.

If it is used too much or too indiscriminately, its value will no longer be apparent and the soldiers under your command will lack respect for it.

Two days passed. At noon, just after Raven finished his lunch, Nancy came to greet him again.

Raven pretended not to see it and turned to walk out.

"Raven, don't go. I'm not here to ask you to take me to Bloody Highlands this time!" Nancy raised her voice.

I believe you!
Raven rolled his eyes and quickened his pace.

He was about to set off for the Bloody Heights, and he had no time to play house with the eldest daughter of a noble family.

There is still a lot of important work to do!
……

(End of this chapter)