Chapter 324: The Murder Note and the Burning of Dragon Bones

Whether for the reward of the smoke mission or to ensure the safety of the route between Flower Town and Black Horse Island, Dumul Michita must die.

After Parris left, Liszt immediately activated the smoke mission.

"Mission completed, reward: Curtis Truth's research notes."

These notes, brought back from Curtis Truth's forest cabin, were the reward for the smoke mission, but the true reward awaited discovery by Liszt.

Before opening the notes, he checked the new smoke mission.

"Mission: Recently, many foreign commoners have chosen to settle in Flower Town, showing the town's charm has blossomed on Coral Island. However, the increase in outsiders also brings risks. Please root out three hidden rats. Reward: Attack of the six-headed sea snake."

"Hmm," Liszt mused, "We've only completed two stages, and now we're jumping straight into the final battle? The reward feels a bit underwhelming, and it doesn't offer much in terms of security."

Jie La's series of missions for the thorn sprite was the longest, taking six smoke missions in total for Jie La to be born.

The series of missions for the invisible dragon, including the final acquisition of the space gem, also took six smoke missions.

However, Liszt soon felt relieved. "With the previous two missions plus this one, and possibly another during the final battle, it will be a total of four missions. For a mid-level sea monster like the six-headed sea snake, this is already up to par. After all, it can't be compared to Jie La and the space gem."

Hunting a mid-level sea monster was a far cry from acquiring a sprite.

It was conceivable that when a smoke mission decided to involve a greater sprite, it might require more than ten missions. If it involved a true dragon, it might take over fifty smoke missions or even more.

After all, dragons were the noblest beings.

"Now it seems that the secret to dealing with the six-headed sea snake should be within Curtis's notes." Liszt opened a notebook and began reading.

Liszt wasn't in a rush to root out the rats. He would wait until everything was in place and strike at the perfect moment.

As soon as he reached the first page of the first notebook, his eyebrows rose.

The first page clearly depicted a goat head, a familiar symbol that immediately reminded him of the flag on the ghost ship. "This is the symbol of the Magic Goat family. How did it appear in Curtis Truth's research notes? Could she be a remnant of the Magic Goat family?"

The Magic Goat family had two branches, one focused on knight training and the other on magic training.

Both branches were eradicated after the failure of the palace coup.

Surprisingly, the goat head symbol reappeared on a magician in Flower Town. Reflecting on Curtis Truth's cruelty in torturing hundreds of magic apprentices to death,

Liszt shook his head. "They really do seem like a family. Curtis Truth used living humans as sacrifices, while Curtis Truth tortured magic apprentices. Their cruelty is eerily similar."

This notebook mainly contained notes on spell casting and improvements, mostly Curtis's insights and experiences in refining her magic.

From beginning to end, there was nothing related to the six-headed sea snake.

However, there were detailed casting insights on the water magic spell Water Wheel Wall, which could be given to the mermaid Acheronides to accelerate her learning progress.

Putting this notebook down, he opened the second research notebook. The cover and pages were severely damaged, indicating that Curtis had frequently consulted it. The first page also had a hand-drawn goat symbol and a line of hastily written serpent tongue.

"Death in a moment of passion can strip away the purest soul."

He didn't understand what this sentence meant.

He directly turned to the second page, and from that page onward, Liszt grew increasingly shocked as he read about how Millery had killed all the magic apprentices.

What was truly terrifying wasn’t the killings themselves, but her methods and motives—she was conducting experiments on souls.

Since her youth, she had experimented with different methods to extract human souls. For instance, she could suddenly kill a magic apprentice at the peak of intercourse and then proceed to extract the apprentice's soul. She had also tortured magic apprentices to the brink of death before killing them to extract their souls.

She believed that a person’s soul was easiest to extract and most pure when they were experiencing intense emotions.

Liszt forced himself to finish reading the notebook, his scalp tingling and his heart heavy. He could then confirm that the reward for the smoke mission was the content recorded in this research notebook—Millery had invented a reagent extracted from blood, which she named the Soul Disruption Potion.

Although she had never successfully extracted a soul, she had discovered a substance of resentment in the blood of dying people. After refining it, she created the Soul Disruption Potion.

This potion could throw a person's soul into disarray.

It wasn’t fatal, but it could easily make a person foolish. However, the Soul Disruption Potion had no effect on individuals with strong mental power.

Both Earth Knights and magicians had strong mental power. Even if they were injected with the Soul Disruption Potion, they’d only feel dizzy for a couple of weeks before fully recovering.

"So this is the reward the smoke mission is giving me—the Soul Disruption Potion to confuse the soul of the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent? The mental strength of a mid-level sea monster shouldn't be weak, perhaps it's targeting the two immature heads?" He closed the research notebook and quickly headed to the castle's warehouse.

The relics of Millery he had brought back were not yet carefully organized.

After searching, he found eight crystal vials containing the Soul Disruption Potions. After casting "Magic Eye," he could see the faint green glow, which was similar to the soul light he had seen on the ghost ship.

It was evident that these were the Soul Disruption Potions.

He put away the crystal vials.

Liszt thought for a moment and decided to continue reading the remaining research notes. There were three notebooks left. One recorded her study of magical formations, which could be given to Acheronides for learning; another recorded her strange experiments, which had some reference value.

The last one contained her draft manuscript for a published magic book, with the title already decided—"Techniques for Handling Different Types of Bones—Millery's Truth."

The manuscript was unfinished.

However, Liszt was surprised to find that it included records on handling dragon bones.

"Dragon bones are part of a dragon and contain the dragon's magic power. The biggest difference between dragon bones and other dragon body tissues is that dragon bones are related to the soul. According to legend, a dragon's soul resides in its teeth, making weapons crafted from dragon teeth highly sought after by knights."

"I don’t have a channel to purchase dragon bones, but based on my research on dragon beast bones, I speculate that dragon bones are the source of a dragon's majesty. If you're familiar with the history of the Sapphire Duchy, you'd know about the Dragon Bone Fixing technique, which uses a magic formation to activate the dragon's majesty in dragon bones."

"There's also a faster method: breaking the dragon bones and burning them. The dragon's majesty will be rapidly released. While the Dragon Bone Fixing technique continuously activates the dragon's majesty, burning the bones releases it all at once. If you want to experience the dragon's majesty, you could try burning some dragon bones."