Chapter 849 Professor Laxmi's Early Exit
Professor Laxmi sighed again.
He never imagined that he, a professor at the Psychic Tower, would one day be arrested for stealing corpses...
As a "Walker of the Underworld," his professional abilities were unusable during the promotion ceremony. Because this was the dream world, he couldn't gain an advantage by entering the dream.
Then he can only fight using the basic profession, that is, the extraordinary skills of the Necromancer.
As a necromancer, what should he do?
Of course, I'm going to look for some corpses...
...What else? Are we supposed to fight with only the auxiliary abilities of Preservation and Petrification?
However, this technologically advanced city also has a fairly complete funeral tradition.
Professor Laxmi used spirit-hunting techniques to search for a long time, but he couldn't find any wild spirits or bodies that were buried without a funeral.
——He probably realized that this was not some fictitious city.
If nothing unexpected happened, this was the "future" of Avalon. Among human nations, only Avalon could boast such a high density of bishops, and the way people spoke on the streets almost always had a hint of Avalonian sensibility.
He had no choice but to go to the hospital to find some fresh corpses.
If you want to know where in the city there are fresh corpses that have recently died and have not yet been buried, just go directly to the hospital with the largest traffic.
So Professor Laxmi sneaked into the largest hospital in the city.
Perhaps because the population of this city is too large—it is even larger than that of Leipzig—the hospital is also full of people. After all, with only the number of bishops stationed in this city, the mana they recover every day is not enough to heal everyone.
Professor Raxmi was shocked when he found a large number of corpses in the morgue.
It turns out that there is always a way out!
He used necromancy to extract the souls from the corpses and turned them into his own spiritual guards.
But when Professor Laxmi had just finished the sixth one, he was suddenly caught.
The scale of the team that captured him was extremely astonishing—
At least six fourth-level arbitrators were dispatched, and judging by their formation, at least one prominent figure was present, even accompanied by a cardinal. At least twenty fourth-level law mages also escorted them throughout the entire process. His spellcasting abilities were sealed upon contact, and his entire body was covered in silver runes.
Professor Rahimi didn't even resist at all the whole time.
His first reaction was - is this identity I'm using a wanted criminal?
...Didn’t I just steal a few ordinary people’s bodies?
Is this a violation of some heavenly law?
Professor Laxmi dared to swear that among the corpses he transformed, there was not even a single corpse of a transcendental being!
The reason they were able to transform into spiritual guards was entirely because he had endowed them with the power of dusk.
——Even if I am guilty of stealing corpses, the scale of this is a bit too outrageous!
He was not even detained in the interrogation room of the Supervisory Bureau.
Instead, he was directly imprisoned in the Inspectorate. The numerous transfers and heavy military escorts he endured caused him to miss several opportunities.
Although he didn't know much about Avalon, Professor Laxmi still knew... The Inspectorate was not a regular security department. It was similar to the "Secret Room" of Xingti, and was an espionage and counterintelligence department.
How did I become a spy?
Professor Raximi was quite dissatisfied.
But when he was interrogated, he suddenly understood——
"Under the watchful gaze of the Silver Crown Dragon, all your lies will be exposed. Odwal Laxmi, who instructed you to desecrate the corpse of the former Minister of Finance? What was your purpose in stealing his body?"
The silver-white fire of truth has been lit, and the majestic guardian asked with a serious expression.
At that moment, Professor Raxmi could no longer hold back.
"——How come your minister is an ordinary person? Why is his body in the hospital?"
You are poisonous!
Shouldn't such a great figure die in his own house or in a church?!
What a hammer the hospital can use!
"Don't answer questions with questions! Answer honestly—why did you desecrate the corpse of the former Chancellor using necromancy? What did you intend to do by stealing his body?"
"I didn't know he was there. I just wanted to do some undead self-defense... and no one ordered me to do it..."
Professor Laxmi didn't recognize the True Flame, but guessed the purpose of the lamp, so he said honestly: "I didn't even touch the bodies of the extraordinary people. I just planned to find a few civilian bodies... I didn't even know this Finance Minister... I just couldn't find any bodies, and thought there might be some in the hospital..."
The fire of truth showed that all his words were true.
At that moment, the harsh atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot, even the interrogating guardian breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but lean back in relaxation.
Obviously, stealing a corpse and trying to manipulate a minister—even the Minister of Finance's corpse—are two completely different concepts.
"Are you from the Ziggurat?"
The Great Guardian softened his tone and looked Professor Laxmi up and down: "Teacher from the Ziggurat?"
...Zeidu Tower?
Avalon also has a ziggurat?
Or has the Ziggurat moved to Avalon?
"Yes, Professor."
Raximi was a little surprised, but still emphasized: "I didn't know... there was a minister's body in there. I am willing to apologize and compensate, so, can you let me go first? I have something else to do..."
"I'm afraid not, Professor Laxmi."
The Grand Guardian shook his head regretfully. "We need to conduct a further investigation. Judging from your accent, are you from the Red Castle?"
...Red Fort?
Hearing this, Laxmi was stunned for a moment and realized something.
For a moment, his expression twitched. He wanted to laugh, but also wanted to cry.
His facial features twisted like a clown, but eventually he regained his composure.
Laxmi shook his head and emphasized: "I am a Xingti person."
"oh……"
The Great Guardian nodded thoughtfully, motioning for the secretary beside him to write down his words. "So, you came to Camelot hoping to restore the former Star Antimony?"
"……No."
Professor Laxmi was silent for a moment: "Since Xingbi has been destroyed... then let it be.
“I may be able to make a dead body move again, but I cannot make a dead country live again.”
There was nothing abnormal about the real fire in front of him throughout the whole process.
"Understood."
The Great Guardian nodded and stood up. "Just in case, we'll need to give you a test later. We can't accept blood slaves staying in our territory for long periods of time. Please cooperate. As for the corpse, we'll treat it as corpse theft. A ticket will be sent to the Spirit Tower, and Principal Lore will review it before deciding whether to impose administrative penalties on you."
"By the way, I hope you can apologize to the family after this incident."
"Okay. No problem."
Professor Laxmi nodded and watched the Great Guardian leave with the Flame of Truth.
The Great Guardian was at the door and turned around: "Oh, right...
"I know the cadaver rations at the Ziggurat are indeed a bit low. But please understand—there aren't many kind-hearted citizens willing to accept corpse donations after death. I understand your actions, but they will only make people more hostile to necromancers. Reputation is something you cultivate yourself, don't you agree?"
After saying that, the Great Guardian pushed the door open and left.
Then everyone else left one after another, and when the last person left, I gave him a glass of warm water and placed it on the table.
Professor Rahimi stared at the glass of water in silence for a long time.
Suddenly, he felt the whole world was shaking——
——An earthquake?
No, that's not right...
He realized that it was his dreams that were becoming thinner.
His own ascension ritual was no longer stable—it was being awakened from outside!
Professor Rahimi, who had been prepared, immediately raised his handcuffed hands and shouted, "I surrender! I forfeit!"
About two or three seconds later, a childish voice sounded in his ear: "Okay, I accept."
The next moment, his dream finally collapsed and disintegrated.
He suddenly woke up from reality and his body tensed.
Xue Shanhu was sitting by the bed, inserting a needle deep into the nail of his little finger - this was the fastest way to wake him up while causing the least harm to the body.
"how?"
Xue Shanhu frowned and put down his hand: "I hope the news from your side is not going well--"
“Indeed…”
Professor Raxmi spoke slowly, feeling a strong sense of nausea and vomiting.
Then came intense, piercing pain!
It was better to surrender voluntarily during the promotion ceremony than to force your way out of the dream. Without a special plan, the latter would at least result in serious injuries, or even death.
However, accepting the punishment for failure is not an easy thing—
Amidst heart-wrenching screams, his skin suddenly bulged, forming small, cone-like tents one after another, as if an invisible awl was piercing out of it!
His skin broke and bled, and his more vulnerable eyes, nostrils, and ears began to bleed.
It felt as if there were worms crawling in the muscles of his body, and one could see with the naked eye that his flesh and blood were wriggling.
At this time, Xue Shanhu fed him a bottle of potion, then forced him to raise his head, bit his neck, and forced him to take the potion.
With the treatment of the bottle of medicine and the analgesic effect on his neck, Professor Rahimi quickly calmed down.
He looked like he'd been seriously ill, having lost at least two times more weight. Visible fatigue was visible in his eyes... but at least he'd survived.
"I've set up a silent barrier, so we won't attract any pursuers."
Blood Coral soothed him, "The pursuers may arrive in another hour or two. I have no choice but to wake you up. Fortunately, we prepared a resurrection potion. It's a pity... that the precious resurrection potion was wasted."
...Actually, if I had another two hours, maybe I would have succeeded.
This is what Professor Raxmi originally wanted to say.
But he thought about his points and decided not to brag about it.
——This promotion is very risky because the pursuers may find their traces at any time.
But there's nothing I can do.
They were all at the fourth energy level, so the gap between them was impossible to widen... not to mention the sheer number of their opponents. Only when one of them reached the fourth energy level could they be completely out of danger.
Fortunately, Blood Coral took a bottle of precious resurrection potion with him when he left. It can be used specifically to heal the damage to the soul caused by forcibly waking up from the promotion ceremony, or failing in promotion but not dying.
That was Red Prime's private stash, originally intended to be used against old Meg in Avalon, but it didn't work out, so it was left with her. And when running away, of course, one had to take all the valuables with them.
Although this bottle of medicine could save their lives during the five-to-six ritual, they were already too late.
Pursuers could arrive at any moment, so Professor Laxmi could only attempt a forced ascension—if he couldn't wake up in time, or if he could but lost, at least the medicine could save his life. If successful, they would have a fifth-level transcendent, and they could immediately turn around and kill those fourth-level Moon Son pursuers.
"At least it's better than being killed in my sleep and only finding out I'm dead after the promotion ceremony..."
Professor Laxmi sighed: "Thank you, Blood Coral. You actually knew how to use it on me..."
"...After all, if you die, I have to die too."
Blood Coral was somewhat helpless: "The Children of the Moon can't move freely on the sea... I can only rely on you to pierce their ship."
"Well, leave it to me. Just protect our ship."
Professor Laxmi nodded.
It's just a pity...
“…I want to see that future one more time.”
Professor Rahimi always felt that that future was very important.
But it was too late...
He gritted his teeth and grabbed Xue Shanhu's arm: "Listen, I may forget what happened in the dream at any time. You prepare the ceremony first, and I will tell you what I remember, and you just listen..."
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