Outside a warehouse in the dock area of Backlund.
When Byron saw several of Capin's men approaching him, intentionally or unintentionally, he realized he had been exposed.
He immediately handed his wallet to his assistant: "I'll distract them in a moment. You take a horse-drawn carriage and get to 199 Hairun Avenue as fast as you can. Tell the waiter there: 'Lion, please ask the 'Chief' for help!'"
"When you meet the 'leader,' do not hide anything. You must tell the truth about whatever he asks."
Before the assistant could say anything, Byron interrupted, "There's no time to explain. Go now! My survival depends on how fast you get there!"
After saying that, Byron ran away without looking back, which, as expected, attracted most of the people to chase after him.
The assistant understood the urgency of the situation and quickly left their surveillance location. After several attempts failed to shake off the pursuers, he had no choice but to jump into a horse-drawn carriage and head to the location Byron had mentioned.
...
Inside Audis's laboratory on the western outskirts of Backlund.
Odis, who had been working for two days straight, stared blankly at the short phrase on the lab table for a moment before realizing that it was the code between him and Bernadette.
He smiled helplessly: "Welcome."
Bernadette's voice came through the air: "Your expression doesn't look like you're welcoming me."
"I'm probably a little tired," Odis smiled. "After the experiment, I'm going to make myself a nice lunch to treat myself."
It's almost 5 p.m. now.
"When you're focused on work, you always lose track of time," Odis remarked, then asked, "What can I do for you?"
Bernadette, far away in Backlund, used the "invisible servant" beside Odis to say, "I'm just curious, what have you figured out this time?"
Odis asked casually, "You haven't been watching me make these past two days, have you?"
"No."
Odis was taken aback. Why did he sound a little guilty?
Bernadette's voice came through the air again: "What are you making?"
Odis smiled and said, "This is definitely an invention that can change the future."
As he spoke, he pulled back the carpet, revealing a seven-pointed star magic circle underneath: "But before that, I have to conduct live experiments."
"You actually intend to conduct live experiments?"
"Otherwise what? Of course, we need to test this stuff to be sure." Odis said, picking up a jar of colored powder from the table.
Bernadette was somewhat surprised: "I've never conducted any live experiments..."
Odis ignored the "mysterious queen" and instead grabbed a handful of colored powder, then put the remaining powder from the jar into the outer circle of the "seven-pointed star" magic circle.
Then he sprinkled the powder in his hand into the magic circle, and as it crackled, Odis said in Hermes, "I, in my name, summon."
"Lord of the underworld, great Samensel, please descend into the circle of this magic circle under the guidance of the seven-pointed star, and gaze upon the one who summoned you."
"Please accept the offerings I have provided and obey my commands."
Whew~
The room suddenly became very cold and damp, as if I had arrived at the seaside in winter, where the icy sea breeze froze every inch of my skin.
Immediately, a cloud of black mist appeared inside the summoning circle, with two red eyes at the top of the mist, coldly staring at Odis.
At the same time, the gray mist covered the pottery jar and put away the offerings provided by Odis.
This process greatly surprised Bernadette. Of course, she knew that the "seven-pointed star" was a summoning circle, but few people used it because setting up a simple altar was much more convenient than using this circle, and the effect was not much different.
However, Bernadette was well aware that evil spirits or other malevolent but not very powerful beings existing in the underworld or spirit world could tempt the caster to use magic circles to summon them, so that they could bring more power into the real world.
Bernadette sensed that the being summoned by Odis was a kind of evil spirit, but strangely, the evil aura of the other party was only within the circle of the magic circle, while outside the circle, apart from being somewhat cold, there was nothing unusual.
Odis continued, "Great Samensel, please help me capture three heinous criminals who have not yet been punished."
"Take away their mouths and make them stiff and unable to move."
The black mist suddenly disappeared, and six or seven seconds later it returned, with three people flying out of the gray mist: a middle-aged man, a woman in her thirties, and an old man in his sixties.
Judging from their clothing, they were all relatively wealthy, but at this moment, they stood there obediently, their bodies stiff, unable to move at all.
Below their noses, there were no traces of mouths; their facial skin was normal, as if they had never grown mouths or tongues. They were now staring at Odis with terrified eyes.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
Odis addressed the black mist once more: "Great Samensel, thank you for your help. We live in peace and help each other. I offer you sacrifices, and you will obey my commands."
"Later I will send these three evil souls into the circle, and you may enjoy their flesh and soul."
"Now please leave the real world, leave this circle with the seven-pointed star."
The cloud of gray mist indeed departed.
As Odis straightened the three stiff figures, he explained, "Samensel is very good at distinguishing between good and evil. These three must be heinous criminals."
Bernadette said, "Your method of finding test subjects is truly eye-opening."
Then she pointed to the "seven-pointed star" magic circle and asked, "You've altered at least 16 places on this summoning circle. After the alterations, the summoned beings can no longer harm you?"
"Below the level of angel." Odis placed a brass-made, helmet-like experimental object on the middle-aged man's head: "Theoretically speaking, people should not suffer any harm when using summoning arrays, except when summoning demons."
"After studying the commonly used summoning circles, I discovered that in order to conform to the classic form of summoning circles, those circles actually have no mechanism to protect the caster at all."
"Therefore, I drastically modified that magic circle, which actually transformed the power of the summoned into the power to protect the caster."
"In addition, we need to prepare offerings that the other party likes, otherwise they will not be willing to help."
As he spoke, he adjusted the experimental subject: "Now, the experiment begins."
The middle-aged man didn't know what kind of experiment this was, and he couldn't beg for mercy. Only his expression and eyes remained his own, and at this moment, his face was full of fear.
Odis infused the test subject with spiritual energy, and the device activated smoothly. A phantom light appeared from the top of the helmet and quickly entered the middle-aged man's head.