Super Righteous Player
Chapter 974 - 32 Let me, the victim, teach you, isn’t that inappropriate?

Chapter 974: Chapter 32 Let me, the victim, teach you, isn’t that inappropriate?

Isaac had never imagined that there could actually be Soul Snatching Wizards who hadn’t learned the Spell to steal memories.

Among all the Spells of the Soul Snatching School, extracting memories was the most meaningful effect.

Or rather, the other Spells of the Soul Snatching School either needed the memory extraction Spell to coordinate and assist... or they were the preparatory steps specifically done to extract someone else’s memories.

Once in possession of this Spell, combined with the Soul Snatching School’s ability to change another person’s cognition, one could seamlessly take the place of anyone... that is, fundamentally replacing that person. Logically, stealing his parents, friends, job, social status, and all personal wealth.

If it were modern times, it would be the equivalent of quietly obtaining all of that person’s passwords; even though it is not yet the digital age, passwords still have their necessity... The most important of these is the nightmare password.

That string of passwords known only to oneself, used to determine whether one is in a nightmare... If this series of passwords is stolen without one’s detection, one could even be murdered without resistance by having that password recited to them, causing them to believe they were in a nightmare.

Besides retrieving passwords from the depths of the mind... as long as the technique of memory theft is sophisticated enough, one could be made aware of the specific contents of a Curse Binding without even realizing it.

Of course, this would be much more difficult.

If reading surface memories is like stealing from an external pocket, then accessing the "secrets" that someone doesn’t want others to know is like directly stealing from the interior pocket.

To achieve this without alerting the target becomes extremely difficult.

——That is why passwords that "become a weakness once known" can become widespread.

Because learning this password is not actually that simple.

Unless a Soul Snatching Wizard is overwhelmingly dominant—like an experienced silver-rank Wizard against an ordinary person, or a Dream Stealer of that Transcendent’s caliber against a bronze-rank.

Just as after Kafney became a fallen one, she was almost completely free from the omnipresent interference of the Dream Stealer, Denton.

Without this level of suppression, deep memory interrogation requires a ritual. That means the other party would at least know "I’ve had my memory searched" once.

It’s like when a game account is logged into from a different location for safety reasons; the password is changed afterward.

If one is particularly confident and feels very secure, to the point of stubbornly refusing to change the password... There might be no issues doing this for consecutive times, but the moment a problem arises, it would be too late for regrets.

"Because of the great harm caused by Soul Snatching Spells, generally, only under official approval deemed necessary, through a rather complex process, can one find a Trustworthy Soul Snatching Wizard to initiate the ritual and perform a ’Deep Memory Reading’. "

Isaac explained in detail, "Even for spies, such brutal methods should not be used—if the craftsmanship is not good enough, using this ritual can easily burn out their brains. Generally, spies do not know too many secrets... The purpose of interrogation is actually to ’find out how much they have really divulged’.

"And if they are not executed on the spot, their greatest value... is to be used to exchange for one’s own captured spies. In such cases, excessively violent methods are not advisable—they greatly reduce the value of the spy.

"For example, a demolition Wizard who has prepared a ritual aiming to blow up a city, or kidnapped or stole someone’s child but refuses to say a word, or transported some contraband, because they know speaking up means death they remain shut... In these cases, one can employ ’Deep Memory Reading’ for interrogation.

If ’Memory Reading’ is like stealing from an outside pocket, then ’Deep Memory Reading’ is not about stealing from the inside pocket—it’s about ripping the clothes and person apart and then searching for the things that were probably inside the pockets."

Even the deepest-hidden secrets could be unearthed... but the information itself may turn into fragments.

"Moreover, everyone has their own secrets—from little things about personal emotions to major policies not yet made public. Some of these can be used for blackmail, while others can be sold to interested parties,"

Just as in days of old the Goddess of Cup sacrificed the "Secret Maiden" to the night.

When information became a secret, it implied that it had value. And when only the "Soul Snatching Wizard" procured this secret, it still retained its value as a secret.

If used correctly, a secret could effortlessly yield vast wealth—or even become "wealth" itself.

"So, why can those high-ranking Soul Snatching Wizards read the secrets in others’ minds without being detected?"

"One important reason is their more delicate control of the spell. If you are not skilled enough, the subject will feel a strong sense of being spied upon the instant you enter their mind.

"The typical signs of being mind-read by a Soul Snatching Wizard are [suddenly recalling a memory unrelated to reality] or [a thought that just surfaced in mind becomes clearer and more vivid].

"The deeper your understanding of the spell, the less abrupt this ’clarification of memory’ will be. If you are sufficiently skilled, and the other party is not vigilant, they will not notice."

Isaac taught earnestly, "At the same time, there’s another crucial skill. That is to induce the subject to ’recollect’ the information you wish to know through various means.

"To discover a secret, you might prompt them through speech, setting, or some other means to think about or subconsciously recall the intelligence you seek.

Thus, it can be said... for a Soul Snatching Wizard, the weapon of speech is even more crucial than proficiency in spellcasting. The former directly determines the extent of information they can procure or the degree to which they can manipulate the target, while the latter only decides the success rate of escape in case of ’failure’."

Knowing that Thirteen Fragrance was an "unexpectedly honest" Soul Snatching Wizard and therefore lacked ample spellcasting experience, Isaac could only strive to fill in this knowledge for him, lest any problems arise.

In that case, it wouldn’t be good for others, for Thirteen Fragrance himself, or even for Annan.

In the Tower of Black Radiance, for example, the Soul Snatching Wizards practiced with "teaching assistants."

The act of reading and altering memories is difficult to teach through textual means. It was because they practiced under the mentor’s supervision that they could refine their craft rapidly without ’teaching assistants’ being consumed too quickly... they were able to learn quickly.

—During this process, one could also complete an additional assignment.

That was to observe these apprentice wizards’ behaviors and give them a secret and concealed "character assessment score."

Because Soul Snatching Wizards could easily alter others’ wills, even to the point of ending disputes or inciting riots.

If this power fell into the hands of someone with ill-intentions—like the Dream Stealer Denton, there was no doubt it would cause immense harm.

Those Wizards who indulged in manipulating minds to the point of becoming arrogant and swollen with power... they usually became black wizards after graduation or were dealt with directly beforehand.

And the one who often cleaned house was their own mentor.

...Just like the old Gerald.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.