I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 201 - 126: The King’s Body Bears the Sacred and Indestructible_2

Chapter 201: Chapter 126: The King’s Body Bears the Sacred and Indestructible_2

The opponent’s attribute level was at least that of a 150-level BOSS template, and even if he dedicated all his resources, he could not reach that level; his maximum attainable attributes were likely around level 100, still far below that of the BOSS template.

This was already quite absurd. After reaching level 30, the difficulty of leveling up grew exponentially. Players had been in the game for four years and had only reached level 30. Although this rate of advancement was outrageous in the eyes of the natives, it was actually quite slow for the players.

Gu Shanhai was uncertain about the player level cap; in his previous life before his rebirth, he had reached level 9999, and it was said that there were players who had achieved level 10,000. If it weren’t for the preparations for his rebirth delaying him, he would have also reached that level at the time.

Back then, his leveling up required not just a vast amount of experience but also performing various difficult tasks. Gu Shanhai always barely managed to pass them; mainly, the rewards were not worth it, so he became lazy about doing them. At that time, he had already accumulated a world’s worth, though he was still poor.

After all, besides levels, there were also professions, talents, skills, equipment, and more to be enhanced, with each enhancement requiring astronomical amounts of resources.

"If worse comes to worst, the only option would be to specifically alter the natural channel, see if it could be positioned to draw power."

"This could work, but first, I need to secure the Holy Grail. The old king’s magic resistance attributes are quite high—my spells cannot penetrate them."

"Maybe try activating it with life force?"

Various ideas surfaced in Gu Shanhai’s mind, but the plan to activate using life force was quickly dismissed; after all, the bit of life force he possessed was hardly enough to activate a 150-level BOSS—it was utterly ridiculous.

"Could try using flesh technology to modify, though it’s been dead for a few years—I’m not sure if it’d work."

The flesh technology from the Shugges Lord could potentially be miraculous. According to Gu Shanhai’s comparison, the Shugges Lord’s wisdom was definitely far superior to the old king’s, except an accident happened during the transgression, making it hard for Gu Shanhai to compare strengths accurately.

"It’s worth a try, might even extract something out of it, and consider it a side research of the old king’s corpse."

"Speaking of which, where’s the key to restoring the High Magic Era? The Holy Grail?"

At that moment, Gu Shanhai remembered his purpose. In his speculation, the Holy Grail was a master’s energy device or an interception device, though this was unconfirmed.

"Next, I’ve got to fool these people somehow; otherwise, it’ll be difficult to conduct the experiment."

Gu Shanhai looked at the people protecting him. They had been hesitant to speak while he was studying the old king’s corpse, and if he truly acted now, it might lead to trouble.

Defiling corpses was not accepted mainstream, and the reasons wizards were ostracized included evil and corpse desecration.

He ultimately decided to continue in his portable lab; out of sight, out of mind, and they would not harm him.

"Time’s about right, Mr. Shanhai, take a break and have some food, you guys go eat first," Lan Siter said as he entered, interrupting what Gu Shanhai was about to say, and then ordered the bodyguards to leave.

The people left swiftly, but Lan Siter and Gu Shanhai lingered.

"Mr. Shanhai, I know you are wholeheartedly dedicated to the kingdom, but this situation seems a bit... please rein it in a little," Lan Siter said, having difficulty accepting what Gu Shanhai did to the old king’s corpse. After all, a desiccated corpse, although bizarre, shouldn’t be treated so recklessly.

"Are you suggesting I shouldn’t do this? You only see the evil I do now but miss the glory of the future."

"The old king’s power was so great that even the sharpest sword couldn’t scratch his skin. Once he revives or if he gains control of the Holy Grail, what do you think will happen?"

Gu Shanhai said in a stern tone, adept at twisting the truth.

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"Lan Siter hesitated."

"If it weren’t for Camelot Kingdom, why do you think I would bring you through such hardship to the distant mountains, and face a stinking corpse? Isn’t it better to play in the court every day and enjoy the fine food and wine that comes with being a Marquis?"

"Some things must be done by someone, and you bear the title of Duke of Camelot Kingdom, don’t you understand this?"

This barrage of pointed words made Lan Siter feel utterly guilty, realizing his awareness was not enough.

"Yes, it’s my fault. If Camelot Kingdom gains the Holy Grail and obtains stronger power, all these don’t come from nowhere; they need Mr. Shanhai’s sacrifice," Lan Siter promptly apologized.

"Understanding my hard work is good. You all go have your meal. I no longer need your protection and will set up a barrier. I’ll use some unnecessary methods to extract the Holy Grail from the body of the old king. Just provide some dry food and Qingshui for the meal, and I’ll go out and get it myself," Gu Shanhai smoothly continued.

"This won’t do, what if there’s danger?" Lan Siter refused without hesitation. "If Mr. Shanhai is not reassured, I can stay and protect you."

The implication was that everyone was eating from the same pot and wouldn’t harbor different hearts like that group of people.

But Gu Shanhai shook his head, "That’s not suitable, and don’t worry, I haven’t foreseen my death."

"You may not believe in my strength, but you can completely trust my Prophetic Divination skills."

How could Gu Shanhai allow the other party to stay when he needed to enter his portable laboratory next?

Finally, after some persuasion, Lan Siter chose to trust Gu Shanhai, mainly because Gu Shanhai was too persistent, and it was difficult to refute him.

"Phew~ Finally managed to send them off. If only I had an enchanting Spell, I could directly modify their thoughts."

Enchanting spells, also known as control spells, could play out an erotic pace in the hands of some unscrupulous players, skilled in manipulation, hypnosis, and other methods.

However, even if he had it, Gu Shanhai wouldn’t really study it with dedication. Among the eight major types of spells, aside from prophetic ones, he preferred protective ones mainly because they could often become passive skills.

After getting the dry food and Qingshui, Gu Shanhai dragged the cross and the old king’s corpse into the portable laboratory, throwing the cross and nails into a small storage room, sharing space with the cursed Sword of the King, while the corpse was placed on the laboratory’s operating table.

"The first step is to see if I can remove some body tissue. Not asking for much, skin flakes... there should be none, and there’s no hair either, have to do it the hard way, starting from the tongue," Gu Shanhai probed for a while and found it hard to obtain many parts because it had become a mummy.

Ultimately, he had to try working on the softer tongue. If the tongue didn’t work, then he would switch to the inner walls of the mouth and keep trying until he found a way.

"Need to update this portable laboratory, seems a bit outdated," Gu Shanhai felt somewhat helpless. The only valuable thing about this portable laboratory was its portability, whereas its internal equipment and devices, if used to study the Low Magic Era, were fine, but for the High Magic Era matters, they were basically unusable.

"Find a technologically advanced world to update it?"

"Not really feasible. Don’t have that much time to waste, can only gradually phase it out and replace it with various magic artifacts."

"Eh~ why do I need magic artifacts, just using Spirit Plants would do."

Gu Shanhai multitasked while processing, his mind wandering. As long as his Spirit Plant abilities were diverse enough, he didn’t need any equipment from the portable laboratory to assist him.

"Right, after I finish up the Marked Druid profession, I can cultivate new Spirit Plants. Last time I said I would cultivate, but I ended up having no time."

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