You are all my wings...

The legendary-level detection magic can detect objects up to nearly a thousand kilometers away, which is quite astonishing.

Of course, the farther away it is, the less clear it becomes. It can basically detect a rough area within a hundred kilometers, while beyond a thousand kilometers, it is mainly used to detect the existence of large targets.

The Moriper people remained seated inside the carriage and did not appear. Those present were mainly Lyon's Salvation Alliance, Tumoria's eight Holy Knights, and Brillita's four men, including Karl.

After several days, Carl and his companions were all in high spirits. When they met Leon, they expressed their respect and also hinted at their greatly increased strength, saying things like, "Don't let us catch up with you, Your Excellency." Then, they were intimidated by the slight pressure of Leon's special ability and didn't mention it again, which made for a pleasant occasion.

"Our objective this time is to either eliminate them all or capture them all!"

As the initiator, Britta, drawing on the details of her previous communication with Leon, took the lead without hesitation.

"There are three entrances in total, and you will proceed in three separate routes. If you encounter any test subjects, kill them if they resist! If they surrender, you can temporarily stun them, freeze them with ice magic, or bind them with these uniformly distributed fourth-order ropes! If they are experts of the fifth rank or above, unless they immediately remove the spell-casting items and bind themselves, you must kill them first!"

At this moment, the cold expression on Burelita's face and the lack of any gentle commands from her mouth made everyone suddenly realize that this was the Third Saintess, known for her iron-fisted purge!

……

Lyon attacked the cave entrance located to the west.

The team consists of a twelve-member paladin squad, including Iris, Macchiato, Kekechi, Mshifisu, Berylita, and Calbowalli, with four fourth-order paladins and eight ordinary fourth-order knights.

Tumoria led her team to attack the southern cave entrance, consisting of eight fifth-tier paladins and 24 fourth-tier common knights.

Camille, as a legendary expert, can suppress the northern entrance without attacking; she only needs to stay there and kill any escapees.

Epic-level masters would then provide support from outside the mountains to ensure complete success.

In terms of total numbers, Tumoria's group has the advantage, but in terms of overall strength, Leon estimated that with Berylita, who can unleash divine power at crucial moments, their group is clearly more stable.

laugh!laugh!laugh!

The black sword flashed, cutting through the opponent's protective leather armor as easily as slicing through thin paper.

With a tearing sound, the opponent in front was decapitated, and the headless body, covered in thick, hot blood, rolled to the ground.

Leon used the materialization properties of Shadow throughout the journey, cutting down one enemy after another without needing a second strike.

With this characteristic alone, he is essentially equipped with a weapon as powerful as a sixth-order magic sword at any time.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

The fifth-level Alchemist knocked out the School members who blocked his way with a single punch.

"After my strength increased, when I returned to the school's headquarters, I felt that all the terrors that I used to be awe-inspiring were no longer worth mentioning."

Machiru sat sideways on the fifth-level alchemical tree, her little white legs swinging back and forth, looking quite sentimental.

[The villain Machiru's main quest "Endless Demon Blood" is 2% complete, currently at 10% completion]

Chapter 354 Bloody Laboratory

Leon looked at Machiru in surprise. Was it because her inner conflict had been resolved that she had managed to mitigate a small portion of the demonic blood impact?

Could it be that the spiritual corruption of Machiru's demon bloodline is partly due to the natural formation of her bloodline, and partly due to the embodiment of her subconscious fears?

With this in mind, Leon had a better idea of ​​how to complete the "Endless Blood of Demons" quest.

Along the way, the group fought quite easily, and the resistance was not strong.

One reason is that everyone is a master. Leon, for example, had already defeated Mshifisu three ranks above him before he was promoted.

Among them, Iris, who currently has the lowest rank, not only possesses extremely high magical power, but can also skillfully cast several intermediate spells.

Although Machiru has just advanced to the fifth rank, she already possessed terrifying attributes four times the limit when she was at the fourth rank. Although two-thirds of her power was suppressed by the demon blood, with the assistance of alchemical items such as the fifth-rank alchemist tree, the fourth-rank vine, and the cursed venomous snake, her combat power is stronger than that of a strong fifth rank.

M'shfisu and K'k'ch go without saying. The former is a renowned Tier 6 powerhouse, while K'k'ch possesses future mechanical magic and can also unleash power comparable to a Tier 6 powerhouse.

In the blink of an eye, the two assassin-type masters easily took down the lurking members of the school. Although they were all third and fourth level masters whose bodies had been modified, they were as fragile as rice seedlings waiting to be harvested in a paddy field.

Carl and his companions, who were originally ready to make a big splash, were stunned.

Bovary exclaimed, "Your Excellency, I never imagined that in less than two months, you would have not only gained another batch of beauties, but they would also be even more impressive. I am truly amazed."

Lyon broke out in a cold sweat.

What do you mean by "another batch of beauties has appeared"? It's as if the beautiful women around me have automatically been reorganized.

Bovary didn't notice Lyon's silence; his gaze towards him was filled with reverence and admiration.

After advancing to the next level, his strength improved by leaps and bounds. His strength, physique, and agility have reached the mid-stage of double. With a few more years of hard work and accumulation, it is entirely possible for him to advance to the fifth level with double the limit.

Even so, he still couldn't see the speed at which the two girls, M'shifisu and K'shifi, could teleport, and he was naturally extremely impressed.

On the side, Carl, who had originally wanted to show off in front of Lyon after his strength had greatly increased, had lost his temper and was now obediently scouting the way and doing his old job as a meat shield.

Seeing their attitude, the subordinates naturally dared not offend Lyon and his men.

So the journey went quite smoothly until they discovered a place worth noting.

It was a very beautifully constructed laboratory, with walls made of finely polished glass bricks laid side by side.

The laboratory's style is somewhat similar to the modern laboratories in Leon's previous life—clean, tidy, and bright.

Upon entering, one can see rows of impeccably clean steel-framed rows of rooms.

The children were implanted with the bodies of various monsters.

Some of the young children were on the verge of death.

Some seemed to hate the strange limbs that had appeared on their bodies, and nervously and repeatedly struck the deformed parts.

Some of them gripped the railing with both hands, staring coldly at the Lyon group at the door.

The eyes of the vast majority of young children seemed to have completely lost their souls.

Everyone couldn't help but swallow.

"This should be the 'placement area' where the school placed the first body modifiers. Ninety-nine percent of them would die here. Those who survived would undergo the second and third experiments until they could no longer hold on, or they would be promoted to a special profession that had been lost in ancient times."

Ma Qilu's gaze was icy, and her voice was low and somber.

Leon knew that Maggie was being reminded of the past, so he patted her head and said:

"These people are yours to save. Save one if you can, and if you can't, just give them a quick death."

"Ah."

Maqilu nodded silently.

No one spoke, but they all gained a deeper understanding of the extent of the school's sins.

Mark's zero was accompanied by tears welling in his eyes and a clenched fist.

Elise also saw a half-elf boy who had been tortured to the point of near death, his skin covered with strange, slippery scales, the base of which was oozing dark blood.

He looked at Iris, his mouth moving:

"Kill...kill me."

Elizabeth walked forward silently.

Leon stopped Iris and said:

"Let Ma Qilu see the details first, then we can save her."

As a living alchemist and a modified member of the school, she naturally knew better than anyone else what conditions were still viable.

Macchiato walked over and then shook her head.

"The implant rejection is too severe, the damage is irreversible, and he is only alive because of his genetic predisposition. There is no hope."

"Little one, what's your name? Do you have any last wishes?"

Leon cast a healing spell and then asked.

“My name is…Jail…If you can, I hope you can tell my sister Jessa…I hid her treasured silver-edged hair tie in a secret compartment under my bed…My home is in the Elf Holy Land, Glen Hero Village…Thank you…Please kill me.”

"I will definitely bring you the message, so go with peace of mind."

"Thank you."

Lyon silently swung his sword.

Karl walked over and silently delivered the Vatican's eulogy.

Birelita remained silent throughout the journey, her brows slightly furrowed, perhaps related to the situation Moriper had previously explained to her alone, as Karl finished delivering his eulogy.

The other children included dwarfs, halflings, fox-people, bear-people, and even dragon-people, but there was only one human.

Obviously, species with strong vitality are more numerous and more likely to be chosen by schools of thought as experimental targets.

Someone like Machiru, with her extraordinary talent, who could withstand round after round of experiments, even the artificial demon experiments, is truly unique, and may even be the only successful case in the school's decades-long history of experimentation.

However, Leon did not expect that this modification experiment could still be carried out without Andrio's presence.

Macchiato found the only dragon girl who had any hope of surviving.

This is a true dragon-human, not like Camille, whose parents were degenerate humans who reverted to dragon blood to acquire the special physique of a dragon-human.

Of course, although Camille is a special case of human atavism, her bloodline concentration is very high, and her physical strength and growth potential can even be compared with a real dragon, which can be considered as the protagonist's halo coming into play.

The dragon girl had short purple hair and a pair of thumb-sized purple horns on her head.

She was probably only ten years old, with fair skin, delicate features, and a thin figure, clearly having been hungry for a long time.

What was modified about her was her heart, which seemed to have been replaced with the heart of some powerful monster. Her chest was wrapped with bandages stained with blood, yet she was still alive, demonstrating an extremely strong vitality.

After all, generally speaking, life modification involves relatively external organs such as eyes and limbs, which may result in a higher survival rate.

Replacing internal organs is more likely to result in rejection and a higher mortality rate.

Dragonmen are a type with high internal variance. The strong ones can rival or even surpass pureblood elves, while the weak ones are far inferior to half-blood elves. Their bloodlines are mixed, making it difficult for them to exert their power.

This is also why dragons are less powerful than elves on the mainland.

However, generally speaking, the strength of the first generation of dragon people is relatively high (the first generation of pure-blooded dragons and other races are mixed). After several generations, the concentration of dragon blood will be kept stable by various means. If it cannot be stabilized, the descendants will continue to degenerate.

Therefore, dragons take pride in giving birth to a new generation of dragons with pure-blooded dragons.

The purple-haired dragon-man before them was clearly a first-generation dragon-man, otherwise his vitality would not be so strong. At only seven or eight years old, he was able to withstand such a crude heart transplant surgery and endure the terrifying blood volume of a powerful monster.

Chapter 355 Machil's Past

Machil's healing method is life alchemy magic, life fusion.

It can neutralize the heterogeneous elements of other life forms and resolve rejection reactions through slow and continuous blessing.

This is a magic she created herself, combining Andrio's transformation techniques with reference to ancient materials. It was with this magic that she survived countless painful nights of being corroded by demonic blood.

Lyon had read the prequel storyline of Macchiato and knew that Macchiato was able to survive round after round of life modification experiments largely thanks to the magic she created.

She was originally born to a couple of unorthodox adventurers, and she showed a talent for spellcasting from a young age, becoming famous far and wide.

Unfortunately, her parents were killed in an accident during a job assignment, and Machiru began living alone at a very young age, determined to study life magic and bring her parents back to life.

This wish was too naive, but it was also the only motivation for her to survive at that time.

Gradually, due to her great reputation as a child prodigy, she was targeted by the school of thought and abducted to Andrio's laboratory, where she underwent direct physical modification.

Then, she miraculously survived the first round, but was on the verge of death.

She grasped at this like a lifeline, using her innate magic and learning ability to study the divine magic book she had accidentally seen in the laboratory.

At that time, as the experiment progressed, her will to survive unleashed a miraculous creativity in her. At the young age of twelve, she comprehended the various divine magical images recorded in the data book and used divine power to dissolve the burden of the demon blood in her body, successfully saving herself.

This also allowed her to successfully endure Andrio's rounds of bloody modifications and gradually optimize her Divine Might Magic. By referencing Andrio's Life Alchemy Magic, she transformed it into a new type of Life Alchemy Magic, successfully suppressing the various powerful monster bloodlines that had been integrated into her body during the experiments.

All of this was happening in places that Andrea was unaware of.

Therefore, Andrio was never able to replicate the second artificial demon, because the key answer lay with Macchiato, not with his methods.

As the creator of a brand-new theory of life alchemy, Macchiato has shown insight into the mysteries of life since childhood.

He successfully fused with the precious demon blood in Andrio's final experiment, becoming the only demon in history.

Therefore, she will forever look like she is twelve or thirteen years old.

Now, watching Machiru's treatment, Leon realized once again that the core of Machiru's new life alchemy theory was actually divine magic.

The power of the gods is used to counteract the heterogeneous elements produced during the fusion of life.