Chapter 179 Betrayal?!



"T-thank you for the offer, Sir Isaac… However, I don't think I should do that. Besides, my Dark Spirit is already full and we still have six remaining corpses."

Vale answered after hearing the man's suggestion. Although he was already hinted by Lotus that she can use living beings to replenish her energy, he didn't think too deeply of it since he felt that it was such a cruel ability…

At the very least, he thought of killing the person first before letting Lotus claim their energy.

"Haha! You don't have to be so stiff about such rules… I guess you grew up in such a safe and peaceful environment… It's not like I'm going to let you use some innocent people. There is a prison about 30 feet below us and most of them wouldn't last for half a year."

"I see… I will let you know if I need them someday, Sir Isaac…" Vale can only reply after the man already said this much.

Maybe he was right…

Vale's morals were still largely based on his previous life. Although he knows that this is a different world and that he's slowly integrating with it, he just couldn't help but think that the value of life is similar to his previous world.

Of course, he still wanted to punch Lesley's face at least once or twice…

Even if he wants to change his morals, he would have to do it slowly or perhaps, not at all.

Anyway, it seems that Sir Isaac was feeling lonely since Lesley is no longer visiting him so he was talking a bit too much…

Nevertheless, Vale wouldn't abandon his conscience yet.

For now, he has to be firm on this matter or he would lose himself as he walks this Arcane Path.

'I won't turn evil just because I'm practicing the Darkness Path… I still believe that there is no evil path and there are only evil minds.'

Vale said as he tried to convince himself to avoid becoming evil.

After seeing how firm Vale was, Sir Isaac didn't get angry as he nodded. "Very well… You still have time so just do what you want on the corpses. Unfortunately, there is no clean female corpse I can give you since I didn't have time to prepare. All I have here are these practitioners who died from a plague."

"Right, I'm curious about this, Sir Isaac… What Arcane Path are they practicing? Why did they fail to protect themselves from this disease?" Vale curiously asked.

He can tell that the corpses seem to be in their thirties or forties. It means that they weren't students who hadn't learned Spells to protect themselves from a plague.

'Is this similar to the Severe Ailment? Is there a spell called Severe Plague?' Vale mused… To be honest, he wouldn't be surprised if there is.

Of course, while he was asking the man, he didn't stop helping himself as he opened the next cadaver bag.

Although Lotus has already finished replenishing her energy, he wasn't done yet!

He decided to just extract the six corpses left.

"They're all rogue practitioners. Most of them practice Combat Arts since they're the easiest ones to get infected by plague or diseases…" Isaac said after a moment.

"Hmm? I heard they have an aura that is also as mysterious as Elemental Energy and Dark Energy. Can't that Aura protect them from diseases?"

"It can… However, the problem with this Arcane Art is that once you exhausted your Aura, they won't just weaken but their pores will open up and their body will be vulnerable to various formless Spells or those that invade our body. Furthermore, they don't have a Magic Zone…"

"Ah? They're that terrible? Ahem… I mean, I've seen a couple of Police Officers that are Combat Arts Practitioners before and they were quite impressive." Vale replied as he recalled Officer Roma and Spencer in Charvale City. They seem quite strong in his opinion…

He didn't expect that they have such a flaw.

Anyway, although Dark Arts Practitioners can also be vulnerable once they exhausted their energy, their bodies were still "baptized" by the Darkness Possession so catching a disease would be difficult unless it is a spell beyond their body's limits.

"They're probably just using some Runic Devices… They have guns made by Rune Arts Faction, right? Of course, not all of them are weak. If they're First-Class Practitioners, then they're really strong… Their Aura can cover at least a 10-meter range at that point and it can be considered as a weaker version of Magic Zone."

Isaac calmly explained.

Although he looked quite intimidating with his deep voice and height, he was actually so kind as he explained things to him without looking down on him.

"I understand, Sir Isaac… Thank you for letting me know." Vale answered as continued with his extraction.

[ Human corpse has been discovered. Would you like to extract it? ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +15 Agility +0.20 ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +15 Agility +0.21 ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +15 Agility +0.20 ]

…

[ Extraction successful. Energy +15 Agility +0.23 ]

"…"

'What terrible luck… All of them gave Agility? What's with these Combat Arts Practitioners?'

Vale shook his head in disappointment as he thought that his Intelligence will finally reach 52 points… He was hoping that it would allow him to have 26 Spirit Strands but it seems that he has to wait for a while before that happens.

[ Attributes: Strength 29.65, Agility 25.08, Intelligence 51.17, Vitality 27.44 ]

[ Dark Arts: Spell Dispersion Lv4, Ghost Hand Lv7, Incorruptible Body Lv5, Darkness Manipulation Lv2 ]

[ Available Energy: 1,245 ]

[ Available Divinity: 99.78 ]

He got a total of 1.26 Agility Points from the six corpses.

After finishing his extraction, Vale heaved a sigh of relief as he can finally return to his dormitory and rest.

However, as soon as he stood up, he heard Lotus' warning!

'Dodge!'

Lotus shouted in his mind… Vale didn't think twice as he swiftly jumped on his side while activating his Phantasm State and Nymph Scale followed by his wide-range Spell Dispersion…

Boom!

A lightning bolt just struck the floor he was previously standing at!