Chapter 64 The three-ring card
squeaks, squeaks.
The wooden stairs were in disrepair and made a harsh friction sound when stepping on them.
Fortunately, there are windows in the attic, and light can shine in. Otherwise, Duke would not dare to mess around in the dark attic.
When you go up to the attic, the first thing you see is a space that is not too small.
There was a large test bench in the middle with various experimental tools on it, and a chair was placed against the pillar, facing the ceiling window of the attic.
Duke walked to the edge of the chair, stretched his head to look, and was startled again.
There was a human skeleton lying on it.
The flesh and blood had long since rotted and weathered, leaving only a layer of tattered clothes covering the bones, and the remaining cocoons and pupae of maggots scattered around could be vaguely seen.
"Isn't this the arcane mage who studies human experiments?" Duke calmed down.
The completely weathered remains of the body were not as terrifying as imagined.
He carefully walked around the chair and looked at the test bench in the middle. There were many corroded and rusted instruments on this test bench, as well as some rusty tools and test tubes.
There was a table that looked like an anatomy table.
There are straps for binding in several places, which can just fix a person's neck, hands, feet and waist.
"This scene is very suitable for filming a horror movie."
Duke felt a little nervous, but fortunately there was a small pocket on his shoulder. As a contract partner, it gave him a lot of confidence.
He did not touch the tools on the table, but saw an open notebook.
Reach out and flip to the cover.
There are a few handwritten words on the cover: "Baines Experiment Notes-9..."
"Baines?"
"Experiment Notes 9?"
Duke narrowed his eyes: "This arcane mage is called Baines? Is there any chance? Go to the Faling Society to check the records to see if there is any record of Bynes... This notebook is probably the ninth notebook he used for experiments." The
handwriting on the page that was opened before seems to have been soaked. It's completely unclear.
But the front part of this note can still be read normally.
The first page of the notebook in particular contains a brief preface written by Byrnes himself.
"The experiment on the soul container has not made much progress. My time is running out, and spirituality is already calling me in my ears. But I don't want to stop my experiment. I have been expelled from the Magic Spirit Tower, and not even the Black Snake Square City. If I dare to live, I have to hide in the wilderness."
"Now my only sustenance is in the soul container experiment." "
Maybe soon, I will make a great discovery. From then on, all those who persecuted me will come to me. Cry and apologize, and the group of famous people who preside over the Magic Spirit Tower will crawl at my feet and welcome me back to the Magic Spirit Tower!" "No!"
"
I will rule the Offa Tower because of my great discovery. , became the chief life sage of Offa Tower, and was even selected into the Temple of Heroes!" "
——Life scholar, 1st-level arcane mage - Baines, May 26, 4382, Storm Calendar." The preface is
short, but it also reveals Lots of messages.
"Bains, who was expelled from the Faling Tower, originally hid here to study soul containers. No wonder he wants to experiment on people..." Duke thought, "I wonder what kind of experiment can make him a Level 1 Life Scholar, promoted to Chief Life Sage."
Arcane Mage is a general term.
Arcane mages who like to fight are called arcanists; arcane mages who like to study are called arcane scholars.
The spiritual sea is all-encompassing, and each arcane scholar has his or her own research direction. If you have certain attainments in this research direction and are recognized by most peers, you can get the real scholar title awarded by the Tower of Arcana.
It's a bit like being a professor.
For example, an arcane mage who has made great achievements in the field of arcana will be awarded the title of element scholar; an arcane mage who has made achievements in the field of pharmacy will be awarded the title of pharmacy scholar; an arcane mage who has made achievements in the field of life will naturally be awarded the title of life scholar. .
Bynes calls himself a life scholar and has obviously made achievements in the field of life.
As for Offata's promotion to chief life sage.
It's like being named an academician.
Offa Tower is the head of the seven towers of the Seven Towers Federation. Its functions are roughly similar to the Academy of Sciences, but its power far exceeds that of the Academy of Sciences.
The title of scholar is similar to that of university professor, the title of sage is similar to that of Distinguished Youth and Changjiang Scholar, and the title of chief sage is similar to academician. It's just that arcane mages are the ruling class, and scholars, sages, and chief sages are basically the top class of the Seven Towers Federation.
Duke turned over the preface and looked at the experimental contents recorded in the notebook.
I found that I knew all the words, but I didn't recognize some of the hand-drawn pictures, especially the various mysterious spell model structures.
"It's too profound. I can't understand the content of only one level of arcane mage research!"
He was about to turn the page.
Suddenly there was a "beep" sound from the corner.
In an instant, he and Kabuto reacted simultaneously. Kabuto was already covered in hair, while Duke held the Sand Eagle pistol in both hands and pointed it at the corner where the sound came from.
There was some darkness in the corner, and a dim green light spot was flickering.
"What!" Duke shouted softly.
The green light spots were still flashing, and they didn't seem to be any living creatures.
He was alert for a while, then leaned forward. As he got closer, he discovered that there was a puppet in the shape of a spider placed in the corner of the attic.
The puppet is not big, its size is about the same as a tricycle.
"Puppet?" Duke was delighted.
There is no doubt that this is the puppet left by the life scholar Bynes. Now that Bynes has turned into bones and has no heir, this puppet is in his possession.
"Looking at this state, does this puppet have no psychic powers?" Duke poked the puppet with his long sword.
The puppet was made of spiritual gold. When the long sword was poked on it, it made a crisp sound. At the same time, the green light spots like eyeballs on the puppet's body gradually became dim and soon went out completely. Apparently, the last trace of spiritual energy Also exhausted.
Duke drags Golem out of the corner.
Wiped the dust off.
"Xiao Yi, can you tell what type of puppet this is?" Duke asked.
This puppet is shaped like a spider, but it is not very similar to the spider puppets on the market that often appear at construction sites.
The body is a disk with six mechanical legs extending out in equal proportions to the surrounding area.
The head and tail can't be seen. The place where the green light flashed before is a cone-shaped protrusion on the top of the body, which looks a bit like a camera.
Xiaoyi quickly responded: "There is no information about this type of puppet in the database, and it may not be a civilian puppet."
Basically, the puppet information that can be provided in the book are civilian puppets launched by Erxue Tower.
Arcane mages will make their own puppets, or find puppet scholars to tailor them. There is no fixed type of such puppets.
"Okay."
Duke searched carefully and quickly found a hidden card interface on the side of the puppet's disc body.
The card machine interface is the card slot for inserting the smart card.
Whether it's a spiritual weapon or a puppet, it all needs a spiritual card as power.
After some fumbling, he successfully opened the card slot and pulled out an exquisite spirit card, which was much thicker than ordinary spirit cards.
Put it in your hand like a gorgeous mobile phone.
"This!"
Duke was shocked: "This should be a third-level soul storage card. This is the first time I have seen a third-level soul storage card!"
(End of Chapter)