Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 352: Signs Above the Starry Sky

Considering that the Afterglow of the Dead has been identified as the only aid for undead spellcasters to advance to higher levels, Harvey was at a loss as to how to borrow it for research. However, Arturo and the other two spoke first, expressing their willingness to hand over the magic weapon to Harvey for safekeeping, hoping that they could make some new discoveries from it.

After all, this thing has been passed down for several generations of speakers in the Necromancer Cult, and so far no one has really figured out its origin and true use. The frequent attempts and experiments of each generation of the Cult Speaker have instead led to the gradual disappearance and weakening of their own flesh and blood vitality, which can be said to be a loss.

Especially after Arturo was transformed into an alchemical life, he completely lost the ability and qualifications to activate and control the afterglow of the dead. The Necromancer now has only Prall as a high-level person in normal condition, and they really can't afford the cost of frequently driving this magic weapon.

With the lessons learned from the past, Harvey would naturally not easily try to activate and use this magical weapon on his own. Compared with the three high-level esoteric masters, his greatest reliance in studying this strange magical weapon was naturally the two soul puppets hidden in his spiritual anchor.

Using a puppet to drive this magic weapon will only result in the loss of some of the essence of flesh and blood. Anyway, there will always be a chance to lock and trap alien spellcasters through the magic net, swallow them into the spiritual anchor and then transform them into puppet eggs. There is no need to worry about consumables.

As for the problem of the magic weapon constantly absorbing mental power when activated, there is no need to worry. Even Arturo, Prall and Sirius, who are pseudo-high-level, can withstand it, so naturally it is no problem for him to have mental power that exceeds the legendary level.

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Late at night, in the underground laboratory of the lord's castle.

Reiner and Asdalen worked in perfect harmony to help Harvey handle all the instruments and equipment needed for the experiment, and they would come together from time to time to whisper a few words to each other.

Harvey lay calmly on the recliner, his eyes closed, as if he had entered a state of deep meditation.

Harvey was extremely curious about the fact that the strange legendary magical weapon, the Afterglow of the Dead, did not rely on the infusion and guidance of magic power when it was activated and used, but instead directly absorbed the blood and vitality of the user.

Another purpose of trying to analyze this magic weapon through experiments was a guess that Mr. Xinmo mentioned casually at the time - the true body of the magic weapon projection should exist in a hidden space crack in the magic network plane, and it is very likely that it was opened up by an ancient undead legend to hide the coordinates of his wizard tower in the real world and to protect the magical heritage and knowledge inheritance.

This is similar to the principle of mirage. The visible projection form must have a corresponding real entity, and the magical artifact "Afterglow of the Dead" may be the key to unlocking the legacy of the undead.

But analytical experiments must be carried out with extreme caution.

Harvey was not worried about the safety issues caused by improper operation, but he was afraid that if he made a mistake, this extremely fragile-looking bone model would be destroyed. You know, this is the only thing that can help necromancers to advance to a higher level. In the absence of actual progress in soul spellcasting research, the necromancers of the Academy of Sciences have to rely on it.

If it was accidentally damaged, it would be as hopeless for the Necromancer and the Lambert family as if an amputation had to be cut off below the neck.

"No matter what abnormalities arise during the experiment, you must not infuse magic power into the magical instrument without authorization. It is best not to allow the energy transmission equipment of the energy gathering array to intervene at all times..."

The soul puppet sitting next to Harvey opened his eyes, stood up and gave instructions to his two assistants.

The two alchemical creations had long been accustomed to Harvey's strange behavior of "changing numbers" at will during the experiment. They nodded in unison to show that they understood. Then Asdalen glanced at the guard alchemical beasts standing by the wall and used the characteristics of the soul connection to give them the highest order to surround Harvey's body and be on guard and protect him.

Although the underground laboratory has been completely sealed and the bloodline warriors and guards on duty in the castle are stationed above it, it always helps to have a few more layers of insurance.

Everything was ready. Harvey controlled the soul puppet and sat in front of the experimental table. His pale and slender hands carefully held up the temple model carved from bones, and he tried to condense a small amount of mental power to slowly come into contact with it.

According to Patriarch Arturo, to control the sphere of influence of the Necromancer Temple's projection within the afterglow of the dead, one simply needed to infuse spiritual energy while carefully observing the three exquisitely and lifelike Nether Banshees carved into the spire of the Bone Temple model. As spiritual energy continued to be poured into the spire, one of the three previously frozen banshees suddenly seemed to come alive.

This pure white banshee, only the size of a little fingernail, slowly turned her head to look in the direction of Harvey, then opened her mouth and let out a silent wail, flapping her wings behind her and began to fly around the spire of the temple.

"What an exquisite and interesting little thing..." Reiner couldn't help but admire it in a low voice.

By activating a Nether Banshee, the influence and coverage of the Temple's projection will be controlled within the underground laboratory, and will not affect the upper ground and other people in the castle.

In the laboratory, apart from the puppets and Harvey himself who were completely unaffected, the alchemical life forms didn't care at all about having their flesh and blood vitality sucked away... They didn't even have these things in the first place.

With the continuous infusion of spiritual power, the entire underground laboratory seemed to have been suddenly washed away by time and its original vivid colors quickly faded. Black, white and gray silently enveloped everything around it, and Harvey's ears gradually began to become quiet and dead.

He subconsciously looked back and found that the originally brass and silver-white metal bodies of Asdalen and Reiner were also covered with a layer of rust, and the bright soul fire in their eye sockets suddenly turned into two pale balls.

Activating only one banshee is not enough to make the projection of the temple appear directly in the real world, and the underground laboratory cannot accommodate such a magnificent palace.

"Almost there. This level of stable mental power injection is enough to keep the magic weapon activated while controlling the projection's impact range within the laboratory..." Harvey muttered softly.

He controlled the soul puppet to continue to maintain the output of mental power, and at the same time planned to inform the two assistants standing behind him on standby that they could start testing the characteristics of the magic weapon with various instruments.

But before he could turn around again, the bone castle in his hand suddenly trembled slightly, and the three banshees on the top of the temple tower woke up and resurrected, but they did not spread their wings and fly around the temple. Instead, they crashed into the bone temple like frightened little insects, hiding themselves and never showed their heads again.

"What's going on?" Before Harvey had time to take a closer look, he suddenly felt that the puppet, which maintained a close spiritual connection with the main body, was suddenly guided by the bone sculpture and uncontrollably increased the infusion of spiritual power.

Boom~
Harvey instantly disconnected from the puppet and unknowingly entered a deep meditation state. The projection of his real body actually flashed directly in the spiritual anchor.

It is still the familiar azure planet, and the dark and boundless universe.

No! Something seems to be different...

Harvey controlled the projection and suddenly turned around, looking up—at the small patch of starry sky that had suddenly appeared in space due to his original creation of the new technique for the magnetic storm field...

It was as if a pair of invisible hands suddenly tore open a larger hole, revealing more shining and bright stars. However, the torn and expanded starry sky still looked like it was temporarily cut and spliced together, and it seemed out of tune with the black space of the universe.

"Why do the Bone Temple artifacts and the projections they create... cause this starry sky within my spiritual anchor to react?"

Without being able to be completely sure of the consequences, Harvey didn't dare to take risks lightly. The trajectory of the star projection was sometimes related to his own destiny.

This must represent some sign that he currently cannot clearly identify...

(End of this chapter)