Chapter 223 A black square? Danger!

223 A black square? Danger!

Chapter 223

What Oliver did was simply perform a brute exorcism without any basic technique, just dragging out the dark espera from the man and purifying it. It was a straightforward, raw process—effective but lacking the finesse of more refined techniques.

He was able to do so only because the man had not been completely corrupted by the dark espera. A full transformation into a heretic hadn't taken place yet.

In fact, while there were many heretics here and there, a majority of them weren't as corrupted or brainwashed by demons as some of the extreme ones.

Jetia and his comrades were examples of heretics who had completely submitted to demons and could not be saved anymore.

This man, however, was different. The dark espera hadn't taken over the man's mind and soul yet. It was possible that the woman, the dark alchemist, had tainted and brainwashed this man, turning him into a heretic.

Thanks to [Cosmic Void Gaze], he caught a glimpse of the level of corruption inside the man's body and felt it was not at a level where he could be forsaken.

For now, this one could be saved. The woman had a deeper level of corruption; however, it wasn't that deeply intertwined yet. Her situation would need a more careful approach. He didn't exorcise her due to its complexity. A proper exorcist with standard techniques could help her out.

Once they woke up, they shouldn't remember much of their time as heretics, in the worst case. But it was fine; there were all sorts of treatment and aftercare available.

It was better to leave the details to those more specialized in rehabilitative exorcism. Now that the exorcists had been contacted, it was not ideal for him to stay any longer.

"Sigh..."

The clan would know by now where he was. The network and influence the clan had on the Exorcist Union were just too strong.

He wondered if he should use the black hair dye he had in his storage artifact to change his features... he hadn't used it so far since he liked his silky white hair a lot. It was part of his identity, something familiar in a world full of uncertainty. Almost elf-like...

If he didn't hurry up, he would be caught before he had the chance to explore further.

As for the mission given by the Black Codex Federation? The chimera's body should serve as enough proof to justify it. Not to mention, he had also taken some pictures in advance.

Although all of this was definitely unnecessary, evidence like this could easily be faked, and such a huge hidden organization had its own ways of finding out whether the mission was completed or not.

They probably wouldn't even need the little proof he had recorded.

It was often at times like this that the protagonist who gets into such situations becomes even stronger... with great danger comes great opportunities, too.

This could be one of those moments. He didn't know whether to take the risk by opening that unknown heretical book or just be on his way to stay far from his clan.

"Ah, damn it."

In the end, he made up his mind and moved closer to the book.

Deploying and reinforcing himself with espera, he double-checked his defenses. Even if something breached them, there was abyss energy guarding him at the deepest levels.

Being the Circuit of Abyss, he could never run out of abyss energy no matter what. His reserves might become low at times, but they would never be completely depleted.

He had made up his mind.

His hand touched the book as a prickling sensation spread through his palm. He didn't waver and slowly, steadily opened the book.

The page he viewed had a large black square—it was dark, as if painted by the world's darkest blackest of paints.

Not a single ray of light was reflected from it.

He flipped the page, and the following pages had the same figure of the dark square. However, he noticed that each page seemed to have a square larger than its predecessor.

As he flipped through the pages, the square became bigger and bigger, seeming to cover the entire page. The sensation in his palms grew more vivid as he reached the book's end.

It was the final page, and when he flipped it, all he saw was a black page, completely void of white. It was dark and blank.

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