Chapter 782: Chapter 359: Mechanical Guard_3

Luo De turned the bedroom upside down, then carefully searched the library and the parlor but found no information.

Without any hesitation, Luo De headed straight for Melos’s laboratory with Vivian.

The laboratory’s layout was the same: a circle of test benches with shelves against the walls.

The difference was that in the center of Melos’s laboratory stood a large black cauldron with a diameter of about one meter.

The surface of the cauldron was covered with deep purple runes, and it stood on a metal cup foot like a goblet, inlaid with some extraordinary gemstones.

On top of the cauldron was a hemispherical lid also etched with runes, surrounded by a circle of metal spikes that looked ferocious and terrifying.

It seemed like some kind of alchemical apparatus.

Luo De had no time to bother with it and began searching the laboratory thoroughly.

A lot of things in Melos’s laboratory hadn’t been taken away; the shelves were filled with bottles and jars containing various liquids.

Unfortunately, Luo De did not recognize them and was not planning to touch those things for now.

Luo De was only looking for parchment and paper that could record information.

"Found it!"

Luo De looked at the parchment scroll in his hand, titled "Detailed Method for Crafting Evil Spirits," with dense text beneath it.

Before he could read the text, Luo De was captivated by the illustration beside it.

—It depicted the very cauldron inside the laboratory!

"Soul Furnace..."

Luo De looked at the immense cauldron before him, a smile creeping onto his face.

He then quickly read through the text beside it to check the crafting method.

The method was straightforward: throw in hundreds of skeleton ghosts’ soul fires or spirits, then infuse magic power.

These soul fires or spirits would devour each other, eventually forming an evil spirit.

"Hmm?"

Luo De suddenly realized.

Isn’t this just like that enchanted flag in the cultivation novels of his previous life?

No, this thing is even more evil than that flag.

In the flag, the souls could all remain alive, but here only one soul fire survives.

This is essentially like refining Gu...

Of course, Luo De wouldn’t feel sorry for the soul fires of skeleton ghosts.

"It takes hundreds of skeleton ghosts to craft a single evil spirit."

Luo De thought to himself, "It seems we must accelerate the war against the Undead Church of the Western Alliance."

The nobles surrendered too quickly, the Empire’s armies were still being reorganized, and the order in each territory was being rebuilt.

Hence, Luo De had been busy allocating resources and hadn’t planned for a war, only sending out some scouts.

But now, for Luo De, the Undead Church with its undead army might just be a large resource pool.

Of course, what Luo De needed to do now was to have Zhuo Ya summon hundreds of skeleton ghosts for the experiment.

Luo De’s mood instantly lifted.

If the Magic Spirit can be dealt with, then everything else is just a matter of time.

Luo De examined the so-called Soul Furnace with the scroll in hand and then carefully observed the laboratory.

This was indeed different from Kevin’s place; many things hadn’t been transferred.

It seemed like Melos left in a hurry.

"Right, there’s still the warehouse!"

Thinking of this, Luo De quickly led Vivian towards the other side of the warehouse.

To be cautious, Luo De used his mental tendrils to investigate ahead.

As soon as he entered, two mechanical guards abruptly appeared before Luo De.

Luo De quickly pressed his mental tendrils onto them, finding no reaction from the mechanical guards.

"Can’t they sense mental tendrils?"

Luo De felt puzzled; that shouldn’t be the case.

After all, there was still a simple magic spirit inside the mechanical guards.

Luo De retracted his mental tendrils and opened his eyes to remind Vivian: "Have Avril bring Doron and the Frost Winter Knight over; there are two mechanical guards inside."

"Yes, my lord."

Vivian immediately nodded and relayed the information to Avril, who soon arrived with Doron and the Frost Winter Knight.

"Mechanical guards are similar to Legendary Knights, but they lack intelligence and only fight by instinct."

Luo De instructed: "Doron and Avril, you two distract one, and Vivian and I will quickly eliminate the other."

"Be mindful of positioning."

"Yes, my lord!"

Everyone responded in unison, forming a battle formation in the three-meter wide corridor.

"Open the door!"

At Luo De’s command, Doron forcefully pushed the door open.

The two mechanical guards instantly appeared before them, standing motionless without any reaction.

"Go!"

"Wait!"

Luo De stopped Doron, staring at the immobile mechanical guards, and tossed a small flame towards them.

The flame flickered for a moment on the mechanical guards before quickly dissipating.

And the mechanical guards still had no reaction.

"Doesn’t seem to have any magic fluctuations," Avril observed the mechanical guards curiously.

"Mm, there’s probably no magic spirit at all."

Luo De chuckled wryly, realizing he had been overly cautious.

After all, who would have thought that the mechanical guards posed in a guarding stance in the warehouse were incomplete products without a magic spirit?

"No wonder he’s in a hurry to craft evil spirits and create magic spirits."

Luo De glanced at the two mechanical guards, "Looks like this challenging task ultimately falls onto us."

Once Zhuo Ya arrives, we should quickly go to a graveyard to summon some skeleton ghosts and test things out.

Wait a minute.

Luo De suddenly recalled something.

A powerful conscious soul, it seems there really is one in my territory!