Super Righteous Player
Chapter 408 - 405: The Silver Baron in the Garden_1

Chapter 408: Chapter 405: The Silver Baron in the Garden_1

Although Annan didn’t know exactly what Kafney was planning to do...

Considering that he might not be able to return immediately, Annan still made an extra request to Eugene before he left.

"Remember to take care of these bodies for me."

Eugene thoughtfully inquired, "Just put them in the cold storage, right?"

"Right."

Annan smiled and nodded.

Although the attack by Bernadino indeed caused quite a bit of trouble and even disrupted the arrangements of the Silver Baron Church and Annan’s original plan...

Annan, on his part, had some unexpected gains.

While the Cyclops Crow was investigating the bodies of the Transcendents who had died unexpectedly in this incident, they naturally discovered a considerable number of Transcendents with mysterious identities.

Those with clearer identities and traceable backgrounds—the Crows had already informed their families to come to collect their bodies.

Even for the Transcendents whose families were not in the Royal Capital, the "Cyclops Crow" had already sent out the letters.

——After that, there were still over forty bodies remaining. They were all stored in Geraint’s icehouse, awaiting future verification of identities before a ritualist could be asked to perform the next step of the ceremony.

Some rituals are capable of locking onto certain pieces of information through a body.

For instance, the "Eye of Oblivion" that traces a certain segment of the deceased’s memories, or the "Sniffing Resentment Trace" that could track down the killer’s location.

The body could also be used for some special rituals. For example, transforming the body into a tree person that sprouted from a seed, or using the spine and ribs to hatch skeletal birds, or turning the deceased’s skull into a watching demon’s eye...

Bodies are in high demand as non-cursed materials. Transcendents’ bodies are far more valuable.

Not because they are consumed in large amounts, but because of their low production rate.

Legally obtainable bodies are much too scarce.

And not every Transcendent or ritualist dares to kill at will.

The reason Annan asked Eugene to keep twelve bodies for him was that he had yet another ceremony to perform.

That was the Ritual Spell "Winter’s Breath" which he had yet to activate.

The influence from the domain of frost required for this ritual was something Annan could easily find, and "the ice block sealed with light," the cursed item, Kafney could make as well.

The ceremonial environment where "outdoor temperatures could naturally freeze water" was also something Annan could successfully create now—his recently acquired silver-rank spell "Tower of Frost" could forcibly achieve this.

As for the necessary conditions for the ritual, only "twelve completely cold and intact bodies" remained.

If it were under normal circumstances, this requirement would be extremely harsh.

"Intact bodies" were even rarer than ordinary bodies.

Not to mention, rituals cannot be faked.

In the context of a mysterious ceremony, an "intact body" refers to a body that hasn’t lost any part—whether it’s fingers, eyes, ears, skin, or even organs, brains, and bones, all must be complete.

There may be wounds, hence death by exsanguination is possible. Blunt force trauma with appropriate force (indicating internal bleeding in the skull) is also acceptable, but smashing the brain to bits is not; frostbite deaths are fine—but the skin cannot be torn more than half a palm’s size; death by poisoning or ordinary people being scared to death in nightmares is also considered...

Beyond that, it’s quite hard to ensure the body is intact... and the black market would hardly have them. Unless it was a case of murder, it’s highly unlikely such bodies would be dragged out for sale.

Annan had no special methods either.

His plan was to go back to Winter, look for frozen corpses in the snowfields, and pick them up.

...But he hadn’t expected this.

Bernadino directly sent Annan a powerful ability.

As long as Kafney created that ice block, Annan could use "Thoughts as Rain" to generate torrential rain, create the ceremonial environment with "Tower of Frost," and directly complete this Ritual Spell.

It has been about two days since.

That supernatural ability named "Winter’s Breath," which could naturally allow Annan to release an extremely cold frost breath—could essentially be called dragon’s breath now.

...I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Annan has always felt that he is gradually turning into a young dragon.

"Please come this way, Your Highness Annan."

Kafney skillfully guided Annan as they walked back through the Geraint family’s backyard. For the safety of both, the Paper Princess continued to follow behind them.

For some reason, the Paper Princess had been very silent since Kafney appeared.

She was carefully observing Kafney, slightly frowning, but she didn’t make casual conversation with Kafney... and Kafney, apart from the necessary and polite greetings, hadn’t said a word to the Paper Princess, nor had she given her an extra glance.

Despite this, the Paper Princess did not get angry...

Soon after, Annan saw that massive fountain, which looked like a man-made lake.

This was the very same fountain entirely made of silver metal that he saw when he first got off the carriage.

"I thought the Silver Baron would dislike people turning ’silver’ into non-circulating luxuries." Annan commented.

What surprised Annan, however, was—

He heard a somewhat familiar cheerful voice beside the three of them, "It’s not that I completely dislike it...

"Rather, when there is too much silver coin circulating in the market, it is necessary to reclaim some and make silverware to keep its value relatively stable."

The man speaking behind them was a young man who looked not yet thirty, with a lean face and curly hair parted in the middle. He wore a monocle, his smile radiant and sunny.

He was dressed in a white coat, holding a top hat in his left hand, smiling as he approached the three.

"...Salutations to the silver coin, Sir Silver Baron."

"Lord Silver Baron."

Annan and Kafney immediately turned and bowed respectfully to the Silver Baron, while the silver-armored guards guarding around the fountain also silently knelt down upon seeing the Silver Baron appear.

Before the Silver Baron had spoken, the Paper Princess had already cast her gaze towards him.

She too nodded slightly, her lips curling into a stunning smile, "Salutations to the silver coin, Silver Baron."

"You are also beautiful today, Paper Princess." The Silver Baron smiled and nodded gently in response to her.

"Why are you here?" Annan asked curiously.

Answering him, Kafney said, "Lord Silver Baron usually reads here. This fountain is made of consecrated silver that has been personally blessed by the Silver Baron... not ordinary pure silver."

"It is I who transmuted it into consecrated silver, rather than having someone else cast the fountain out of consecrated silver," the Silver Baron clarified, then posed a question in return, "Where are you planning to go? To see young Henry?"

"Yes." Kafney nodded slightly.

"I want to personally ask His Majesty... to what extent do I need to go to inherit the throne."

She spoke seriously, "And how His Majesty views His Highness Annan.

"It will determine my subsequent plan of action."