After mastering the resurrection technique, they begged me to extend their lives.

Chapter 68 Drowning in Lust (Fourth Update, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Warlock Guild, Vice President's Office.

Lilia fiddled with her twin ponytails with an expectant look on her face.

On one side, the puppet messenger—the "mechanical bird"—perched in front of the bookshelf, its beak opening and closing as if reporting some information to her.

The latest intelligence indicates that An Xiao has returned to Stardust Harbor with his team and visited the Adventurers' Guild to complete the quest.

"He explored the harpy's lair and gathered a bunch of aphrodisiac mushrooms. What exactly is he planning to do?"

Lilia pursed her lips, expressing her utter disgust at his behavior.

"Could it be that he's developed a forbidden love for creation, or perhaps he wants to get together with that witch?"

"They've even used the Spring Potion, what does that mean?"

"Is his physical strength really that bad?"

"Hmph, as expected, you look sickly and obviously not very healthy. Besides your divine magic, I guess you don't have any other special skills."

Lilia cursed someone viciously, her gaze lingering on the exquisite hourglass beside the bookshelf.

That was a gift sent by my mentor's mother.

The hourglass wasn't filled with sand, but with a bright red liquid.

At both ends, small silver-white wings are inlaid on the top, possessing a hint of sinister magical power.

This object can sense the "black" aura within a radius of several miles.

Lilia knew that the two warriors her mother had sent had arrived at Stardust Harbor.

As the hourglass began to drip blood, the blood bubbled and flowed in the bottle below.

"Although my mother claimed to be an angel from another realm," everything she taught me was related to dark magic.

Lilia recalled that her mother's most frequent saying was, "Only by proving your own evil can you truly utilize evil and defeat it."

"But—how exactly can I prove my evil?"

"Should we blindly pursue power?"

Lilia was troubled.

From childhood, she was instilled with the idea that she should become a genius in the path of dark magic as soon as possible and quickly break through the combat rank of 60.

On that day, her mother will give her a "baptism".

It is said that it can stimulate the body's potential and mutate the energy that originally flowed in the body.

This mutation is similar to mastering a new skill, and it's a "status skill".

Once activated, it can instantly boost all ability values ​​to more than 50% of their original value, overwhelming other professionals at the same stage.

Of course, if the traffic pool is too low, the baptism cannot be completed; in other words, it cannot even pass the threshold.

"In my mother's eyes, I was worthless."

"Ai----"

Lilia sighed helplessly.

I'm already in my twenties, but my combat power level is only 41, and I'm still a long way from reaching the 60 threshold.

If I can't be "baptized" earlier, my reputation as a genius will slowly fade away over time, and my mother won't approve of me.

All of this made Lilia anxious.

"But...but—if we capture An Xiao..."

That's right.

"If we catch him."

"I can learn things from him that I could never have learned before."

"I want to extract his knowledge and infuse it into my own body."

"In this way, perhaps we can break through the bottleneck and achieve a qualitative change in a short period of time."

"With the essence he has accumulated, I might be able to improve the 'Corpse Puppet Manipulation Technique' into a completely new system that can stand on its own."

A glimmer of hope shone in Lilia's crimson eyes.

Just then, footsteps could be heard outside.

With a creak, the door opened.

Two figures with astonishing auras strolled in.

The person behind had to duck to squeeze into the office because of their height.

"ah----"

"Hello, Miss Lilia. Queen Victoria has ordered us to assist you in carrying out your official duties. I am Sean, the Mercenary King, and this is my partner, Karendall."

It's different when facing other people.

This powerful man named Sean seemed to value the tiny Lilia highly, showing no trace of the vulgar mockery he had displayed in front of the nun.

Clearly, the reason lies with the person behind her.

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They are beings who have been baptized by their mother.

Lilia opened her small mouth, narrowed her pupils, and scrutinized the two people in front of her repeatedly.

Although the heavily armored Demon Mountain's entire face was covered by his helmet, the chilling killing intent emanating from him had already caused the "Blood Hourglass" on the bookshelf to begin to boil.

The other person, Sean, dressed as a mercenary, had an evil glint in his eyes, which meant that he had drunk "Black Dew" and had reached the threshold of being baptized by his mother.

That's so enviable.

"Miss, please provide all the information about the person you wish to capture, as well as the acceptable level of physical damage you are willing to suffer."

"Eh?"

"If necessary, we will take coercive measures against him in a state of resistance, including but not limited to destroying or killing everyone around him, breaking his limbs, and depriving him of his ability to move."

The Mountain's voice was hollow and devoid of emotion, like that of a killing machine.

Lilia gasped for breath, shaking her head frantically. "No! You can't ruin his body! I want him alive! No, he has to be healthy!"

Why?

"Because—because I need to use his body to make a corpse puppet! I need to study every inch of his skin! You can't bring him back in his broken state! That would mean the mission has failed!"

Lilia panicked.

She felt it was necessary to accompany the two men to the site to supervise the work.

"I see. Miss has high standards for missions."

The Mountain nodded, his armor creaking and rattling.

Sean gave a wicked smile and said casually, "My partner tends to go to extremes, unlike someone as adaptable as me. Miss, you just need to wait here for good news. When necessary, we will capture him at the right time."

"----good."

Lilia nervously shared the information about An Xiao with the two generals.

Both Sean and Karendall were somewhat interested in the matter of "resurrection magic".

However, upon hearing that An Xiao's level was only around 10, and that his creations and helpers were only around level 40, Sean couldn't help but feel that sending out two top-tier warriors, himself and his partner, seemed unnecessary—it was simply a waste of talent. It would be better to split up and save manpower.

"How about this, Karendel, you go and capture him alone. As for me, I want to go to Miss Katarina's place to observe her ritual of deliverance and protect her while I'm at it. What do you think? Then, when it comes to Her Majesty's reward, we'll split it 60/40, you get 60% and I get 40%, okay?"

Sean grinned wickedly as he discussed the matter with his partner.

Karendall frowned, but did not refute.

"Hey, don't underestimate him! His creations include a team support spell expert in group buff magic! That mage is also an elite graduate of the Magic Kingdom Academy, very powerful, and you can't kill him. Killing him might attract the attention of some old thing behind him, I heard it's Gray Mist—"

Lilia explained the precautions in great detail.

"Okay. Got it."

Karendall nodded seriously, having no intention of forcing Sean, whose mind was full of lust, to accompany him.

Conversely, if he, who had drunk "Black Dew," couldn't even handle such a small squad, then he would have little hope of being promoted to commander of the Imperial First Marine Corps next year.

"Miss, please wait here for good news. Once An Xiao leaves the port, I will go directly to his route to intercept him. I will also eliminate any interference along the way."

After speaking, the general turned his gaze to Sean: "As for you, I must remind you that raping a nun is tantamount to declaring war on the Galatian Church. After all, barring any unforeseen circumstances, she will be the next High Priestess of Galatian. So if you insist, you'd better think about the consequences first."

"Don't worry, partner. You know I'm efficient. Trust me, I'll bring you the rest later as compensation for doing the hard work for me."

"What if she refuses even at the cost of her life?"

"Then I'll kill her, bring her back, and find that little thing you caught who knows resurrection magic to revive her. I'll play with her until she dies, then revive her again, and so on, endlessly."

Sean smiled cruelly, his lust no longer concealed.

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