Chapter 162: 162
Ten days later…
In the empty laboratory, Grimm sat quietly under a magic lamp, his eyes were calm and focused . He had been scribbling down notes on his experiment desk .
The mute barrier that was activated in his Demon-Hunter Castle separated himself from the lively happenings and noise from the outside world . The complete silence that followed made him entirely calm and collected . Stillness slowly settled into him as his surroundings became quiet .
Sitting in front of his experiment desk, Grimm was holding a quill in his hand . He was focusing hard as he tried to comprehend his feelings and emotions while reading the contents of the Devil's Pact . At the same time, he recorded the emotion that was triggered in his soul during the process using a third-person point of view . He was attempting to break down and analyze the wonders of the pact's spiritual script with the cognitive wisdom of a sorcerer .
As Grimm's soul had transformed after he advanced as an official sorcerer, he realized that the spiritual script on the Devil's Pact was communicating its true meaning to its reader by triggering the soul of the reader after all . Within the script, the meaning of some hidden spiritual message would change depending on the different combinations of words . It was somehow like a different rune civilization in a foreign world .
That type of rune civilization was different from the rune system that was used by sorcerers to study the rules of the endless world . It was a different kind of rune system used in the foreign world civilization to study souls . Grimm was certain that there must be some form of knowledge and theory within that foreign rune system .
A tiny spark of excitement flared within Grimm . If only he could locate the foreign world of the Devil Lord, if only he could join the Demon-Hunter army once again to invade that foreign world, he would fight tooth and nail to collect intel about the soul runic civilization in that world .
As for now, Grimm decided it was wiser to research the foreign rune system thoroughly on his own and see if he could discover anything unexpected .
Three hourglasses later…
A Gnaw slave wearing tidy white apparel knocked gently on Grimm's laboratory door . "Master, dinner is served . "
Grimm put down the matter at hand and replied without turning around, "Alright . "
With his face void of any expression, Grimm walked past his Gnaw slave and headed towards the grand hall located at the first level of his castle . A sumptuous spread of foreign land cuisine was served on the dining table . Two sets of tableware were prepared on the long table . The Myna was walking back and forth along the long dining table while ordering two Rain-dew Flower Spirits to set all the delicacies and fine wine in a presentable manner, acting like the butler of a viscount's residence .
"Ehem . "
Grimm coughed twice and caught the Myna's attention as he was walking down the stairs towards the dining hall . It flew into the dimensional gap and appeared on Grimm's shoulder a second later . In the eyes of an outsider, the whole process would appear as though the bird had just disappeared into thin air .
"My great Master Grimm, all these dishes were prepared under the careful supervision of your very loyal and humble little Myna, using only the finest ingredients and thoughtfully crafted based on your personal taste," said the Myna in an excessively flattering tone .
"Haha . I'm afraid they are prepared based on your taste instead," replied Grimm sarcastically as he sat down at the dining table and tucked a napkin in his collar .
"Ah-haha, Master, you have a great sense of humor indeed . " the Myna said and gave a nervous chortle .
The Myna glanced at Grimm awkwardly for a moment and noticed his sarcastic expression . It flew towards its tableware to avoid the awkwardness in the air .
Grimm shook his head without saying anything else . After drinking half a glass of sour juice as an appetizer, he started to dig in .
Seven days ago, Grimm successfully enslaved one of the green-skin Gnaw species with the seed derived from his soul . That was Grimm's first time ever subduing a soul slave that was controlled completely under his will . It was a completely different story from his accidental encounter with the Myna .
From that one time of soul slave subjugation, Grimm could clearly sense that he could further derive four more seeds from his soul . In other words, at any given point in time he could control a maximum of five soul slaves . Furthermore, there was a strong relationship between the strength of his soul seeds and his mental strength .
The Gnaw stood quietly behind Grimm and the Myna . Traces of emotions were completely absent on its wrinkled green face, there was only absolute compliance and obedience .
As for the pair of Rain-dew Flower Spirits, Grimm merely controlled them with some sorcerer's tricks and let the Myna supervise them . They were not his soul slaves .
After finishing their meal, Grimm stared at the Myna and smiled . The Myna was lying on its back with its feet wide open and rubbing the green feathers on its bulging tummy with a satisfied look . Grimm wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin, gargled a few times and proceeded to a laboratory in his castle where he had prepared a passive evolution "feast" for himself .
The Gnaw cleaned the table obediently after its two masters were done with their meal, and proceeded to prepare the ingredients for the next meal .
The door of the laboratory cracked open and the whole room lit up as he switched on the magic lamp right beside the door .
A huge hexagram magic array can be seen on the floor of the laboratory, the magic array was filled with magical and mysterious runes . Six tall platforms were placed at the end of each point of the hexagram, with energy stones being placed in the groove of the platform surface . In the middle of the magic array was a stone chair much like the ones in interrogation chambers, most magical runes gathered at that spot .
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Grimm walked towards a long table beside the magic array and flipped open an experiment journal . A red cross was marked beside the fire element symbol .
"Hmm, so dessert today will be the power of thunder huh . " Grimm murmured to himself jokingly and inspected the conditions of the energy stones that were placed at the six angles of the magic array . He took a deep breath and took off all his clothing, exposing every inch of his muscular figure to the air . A fiery aura of life emitted from Grimm's body . He then secured himself on the stone chair with a cold and determined gaze .
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