Black Sail
Chapter 519 - 148. Magic Energy Industrial Committee

Chapter 519: 148. Magic Energy Industrial Committee

Huitt never expected this to happen.

Neither did Rein, just a doctor’s visit turned into something unimaginable.

All of a sudden, his spirit was fully tightened, adrenaline soaring, he immediately flipped the table, the massive strength throwing it, the solid wood furniture, weighing about 300 pounds, was directly hurled at Huitt.

The oversized arcane missile shot out, shattering the desk into layers of splinters, exploding fragments hitting the floor, with some wooden pieces even embedding into the stone walls.

The entire consultation room was covered in broken bottles, jars, and insect specimens.

After throwing the furniture, Rein agilely clambered onto the crystal chandelier on the ceiling to avoid the horrifying arcane missile, the chandelier shaking violently.

He was about to leap and strip this magician.

Damn it! The mechanical arm on his left hand was powerless!

The connection between the chandelier and the ceiling broke, Rein was too heavy, and with the shaking, he crashed heavily onto the ground, using the momentum to twist his body to the side and run, charging at the magician with all his might to take his life.

But the hesitation due to the mechanical arm’s weakness, along with Rein’s acclimatization issues, gave Huitt enough breathing space.

Several small arcane missiles continued to shoot out, one of which hit Rein’s mechanical arm, causing it to explode into a burst of sparks.

As a member of the committee, Huitt was far from being an adventurer or a Jianghu Mage, the Wind Element Magic was cast instantly, and seven to eight wind blades came howling in like a train.

Rein waved his remaining right hand, armored with magic-patterned arm armor, aided by his extreme agility, as the power of the wind blades forced him to retreat repeatedly, he still managed to block them all, the clanging sounds loud and clear.

In his exhausted state, Rein’s breathing became uneven, his fatigue was evident.

"Fuck you! I told you I didn’t know what was inside."

Rein tried to reason.

"If I were in your position, I would say the same. Time’s almost up."

Huitt said blandly.

"Who are you kidding?"

Rein regretted all these years of excessive eating and drinking, if it were seven years ago, in such a confined room, he would have torn your head off.

There’s still a chance!

Just another old guy.

There wasn’t just Huitt here, people in the experimental field would soon be coming over upon hearing the noise.

Just as Rein was about to pounce on Huitt again.

Several gunshots.

Coming from the passage of the laboratory entrance, two bullets hit Rein’s shoulder and chest.

Though not as tough as Wolman’s natural scale armor, Rein also had thick skin and was tough, ordinary firearms’ bullets couldn’t penetrate him.

Just when he was about to continue his rampage.

Rein, already dizzy and weak, felt his consciousness becoming even more blurred, looking at the places where he was shot, strangely there was no blood, but injecting-like things.

"I really fucking..."

The potent tranquilizer, strong enough to take down a magic beast, had him in a mid-swear collapse.

"What should we do with him? Teacher."

The male gunman who emerged from the passage respectfully asked Huitt.

"Isn’t this... the deputy leader of the Starving Wolf Adventure Group, known as a walking treasure map, also a member of the Black Sail? Speaking of which... isn’t our senior also in the Black Sail?"

The female gunman examined Rein closely as he fell to the ground, she then remembered this matter, although external personnel were not allowed to do anything outside their tasks, that person was likely in the city now.

Oxford, generally referred to as little Pedan National.

The Pedan National Arcane Academy is one of the most prestigious universities in the Western Continent, completing studies there guarantees great success, joining the Royal Court to serve the Royal Family is the minimum, some even catch the court’s favor, changing their fate, gaining promotions, and shaking off commoner status.

Fen was considered a senior to these people, also one of those expelled from the school. There were quite a few Peidan two-faced like Fen, but he was one of the more influential ones, posing a serious threat, rising back up in just a few years.

Huitt thought for a moment, he was originally planning to let Rein go, a bit of drugging and some spells to make him confused, feeling like he had just dreamed, his memory would become fuzzy, considering the Eastern Sea Dog Pirates might trace back to find them.

The female student’s words made it impossible to let Rein go, with that young man’s temperament, if the experimental base were found, it would be completely destroyed by the Black Sail, and all research results would be seized.

Mulong’s recent months of warfare brought immense breakthroughs to Huitt’s academic research. The Magic Refinement created to counter Aran Life Alchemy was only one last hurdle away.

"We can’t let him go."

Huitt made a decision.

"Should we kill him, and dissolve him with strong acid like those Aran prisoners, flushing it down the sewers?"

The male gunman loaded live ammunition into his rifle, though werewolves have thick skin, a shot to the temple would definitely kill.

Drifting City was once extremely prosperous, its sewer system far better than even some modern large cities now.

"No, let’s use him as the first test subject. The process is now fully matured, we can observe his death response and break through the last rejection barrier."

Huitt decided.

The male gunman was excitedly, experiments conducted on Aran prisoners were only at stages, no one has survived a complete Magic Refinement transformation yet.

"I will go prepare the defibrillator and witchcraft potions."

The male gunman couldn’t wait.

All test subjects died midway, at this time, the cardiac defibrillator and powerful anti-failure special potions were very useful, they could temporarily extend the life of the dead, allowing the experiment to complete.

Indeed, both Life Alchemy and Magic Refinement fell into the scope of Black Magic, reasons for which the Tower Alliance would hold them accountable.

But compared to the gigantic state machinery, the semi-academic council stands behind.

Still, this had to be conducted in secret to prevent a bad influence.

"Right, this werewolf is missing an arm, let’s use Master Lockhan’s magic rune weapon. Its load capacity is not designed for humans, implant it in him and see if it can be triggered in overclocking state."

Huitt calmly said.

The male gunman was shocked. Master Lockhan was the top armed architect in the Western Continent, and his latest work was crafted from ancient divine steel forged into a magic rune weapon.

This fine steel forging technique has long been lost, now even integrated with magic rune construction, it is the ultimate modern magic-guided weapon, unimaginable if it could be activated.

"Understood."

The male gunman immediately set off to prepare the equipment and activate devices in the laboratory.

"What about Fen?"

The female student asked weakly.

"That’s not our concern, we only focus on completing the experiment. It’s up to the higher-ups to handle, just report it, though I doubt it matters much. Princess Diana, more appropriately quasi crown princess, seems to have an affection for him. After Fen caused all that, the royal family’s reputation was tarnished, its influence greatly diminished."

Huitt said calmly, ignoring complicated emotional entanglements. Though Fen’s father was harmed by the Queen and her backing family, making undead creatures to cause such a stir was still too inhuman.

Only a small circle knew, and Huitt happened to be one, that the undead attack not only struck the royal marriage but Fen was also the crown prince’s top rival.

But none of this mattered, as Pedan Royal Family’s influence declined with the rise of the magic energy industrial revolution, giant military executives now held real power, like the Magic Energy Industrial Committee, its commissioner’s pomp outweighed the King’s.

Comparing to the constitutional monarchy of Lostra, it wasn’t far off, and in some ways, the Lostra Queen had more authority than Pedan’s.

While the Empress still held decision-making power, every decision of the Pedan Royal Family had to be negotiated with the executives. With an external threat like Aran, it wasn’t time for regime reform, they stayed obedient in their place as wealthy landlords, able to mobilize the Royal City Army, and maintain some face.

Of course, the truth was unsaid, officially a monarchy, the system ran as an Elder Council, an unspoken, delicate balance.

"Okay then."

The female student secretly admired Fen, an icon for the punk youth of Pedan, proving that good looks are a significant advantage.

"Let’s start the experiment immediately."

"What if... the experiment succeeds?"

"What are you thinking? That would be ideal. We’d deploy him to the battlefield to observe effects. If he loses control, it doesn’t matter. We bring the data back to Pedan and rise to new heights."

Huitt closed the clinic door, instructing the female student to have some people clean up outside, while he entered the laboratory passage.

Rein was dragged into the lab by additional personnel.

Thus began the transformation by Magic Refinement.

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