Chapter 488 - Chapter 488: 159. Wholesale purchase_4 (1/2)

Chapter 488: 159. Wholesale purchase_4

She probably thought that Samuelson and the Soul-stealing Wizard had escaped or were hiding somewhere.

However, the items Noland took out of the Magic Pouch refuted Mabel’s guess, which led to the current situation.

Noland timely interjected:

“Mabel, I saw two charred piles of ash in the Grand Hall of the Spire. Those should be the remains of Samuelson and the Soul-stealing Messenger. Would you like to go and see?”

Mabel immediately stated that she wanted to verify the situation.

She flew away on her magic broom, leaving Noland to guard the relics in the corridor.

Seizing the opportunity, Noland cast Deconstruction at the magic books Gardner was carrying.

Just like when deconstructing “Night Mother’s Apples,” he first consumed about 10,000 energy points to deconstruct the magic lock, after which he consumed another 30,000 energy points to harmlessly deconstruct the book’s content.

After this operation, Noland successfully added 20% complete “Elemental History” to his collection.

“Magic Lock Studies” skill level increased by +1. A new knowledge skill called “Four Elements Study” has been added, currently at level 5.

“Four Elements Study” introduces the four elemental sub-dimensional planes of this world and the simple elemental reactions. Noland puts these contents aside for now as he doesn’t need them at the moment.

Other than “Four Elements Study,” Noland also gained four spell blueprints, all of which were 20% complete.

These four spell blueprints corresponded to the summoning methods for the elemental energies of water, wind, earth, and fire.

“Elemental History” recorded more than just these four spells.

But Noland only obtained these four.

This indicated that the other spells all had “mental pollution” and were directly deleted by the system during the harmless deconstruction process.

Elemental energy and elemental reactions are profound knowledge, and Noland plans to study them further later on. For now, he puts them aside.

Ten minutes later, Mabel returned.

She had confirmed that Gardner and Kevin killed Samuelson and the Soul-stealing Wizard before their own deaths.

Clarifying this part of the truth didn’t make her happy, but rather added to her confusion.

Why couldn’t Gardner and Kevin prevent the appearance of the Pollution Zone even after Samuelson and the Soul-stealing Wizard had died?

After hearing her doubts, Noland shook his head secretly, choosing not to speak.

Noland knew the answer, but sadly, he couldn’t say it.

This history would be buried, and only he and the Blood Sun Seal would know it.

After taking Nicolette’s soul from the Soul-stealing Wizard’s soul, Noland saw the wizard’s soul fly into the crack of the Nest Core. After that, the red smoke spewed out of the crack, forming the Pollution Zone.

Noland saw the actions of the Soul-stealing Wizard as a kind of sacrifice. The wizard sacrificed his own soul to help the descendants of the Blood Sun Divine Seal start the Pollution Zone.

Noland also knew why the Soul-stealing Wizard would willingly sacrifice himself.

“Corrupted by the Blood Sun Seal” was explicitly written on the Soul-stealing Wizard’s panel information—He sacrificed himself because the Blood Sun Seal forced him to do so.

However, these things couldn’t be explained. Noland obtained them all using Deconstruction.

Oh well, sometimes knowing too much feels heavy; that’s how he felt now.

Noland sighed secretly.