piratefiction Chapter 45 The Price of the Secret Technique
Chapter 45 The Price of the Secret Technique
"Boss Hick, it's all cleaned up." The apprentices came out carrying a bulging bag, just as Hick and Kurt finished their conversation.
Hick didn't even turn his head, casually saying, "Okay, go down. Kurt, call me when the Moreno family arrives."
"clear."
Hick nodded and turned to step into the laboratory.
Looking at the restless ravens in the cage, his eyes gleamed with barely suppressed excitement.
"The conditions for the Soul Transfer Technique have been met. Now, it's time to verify my hypothesis!"
He muttered to himself, his gaze fixed intently on the dark creatures.
"Don't be afraid, you will be my blood-bound magical pets from now on, it's a good thing!"
After offering some reassurance to the anxious ravens who were unsure if they could understand, Hick began his operation.
Feeling the immense spiritual power liquefying in his spiritual sea, Hick held his breath and began to guide it, strictly following the requirements of the "Soul Transfer Technique" to construct the core of the blood pact mark—the Soul Transfer Mark.
The feeling of forcibly splitting one's mental power is like having one's soul repeatedly cut by a sharp blade!
Hick instantly broke out in a cold sweat, enduring inhuman pain as he painstakingly peeled away and reshaped his spiritual power bit by bit.
One, two... Soul imprints, much smaller than normal blood pact imprints, began to condense and take shape.
But as the numbers increase, cohesion becomes increasingly difficult, and the suffering escalates exponentially.
"Have I reached my limit?" Hick gritted his teeth, his head throbbing. "With my aptitude and enhanced mental strength, I can barely condense less than twenty Soul Seals?"
A normal blood pact only requires splitting one's mental energy in two, but at this moment, he has a full eighteen parts!
If he were to force it to solidify further, he would inevitably suffer a backlash from the Soul Seal! Without hesitation, Hick precisely implanted the solidified Soul Seal into the spiritual core of the caged raven.
The process went exceptionally smoothly. The mental power of these ravens was as weak as paper in front of Hick.
The moment the mark was imprinted, the ravens that had been frantically flapping their wings suddenly quieted down.
A faint but clear spiritual connection was established between Hick and them.
But this is only a prerequisite for the "Soul Transfer Technique"!
If he gives up now, all he will get is a group of mind-controlled magical pets, not true blood-bonded magical pets.
The final step – Magic Connection!
This is the key to how the Soul Transfer Technique can rival the Vampire Bat Transformation Technique!
Hick took a deep breath, mobilized the vast magical power within his body, and poured it into each raven, connecting them together through the Soul Seal, thus completing the final closed loop of the blood pact.
The magic poured out like a burst dam!
In just a few breaths, Hick was horrified to discover that his solidified sea of magic, which far surpassed that of other wizards of the same level, was almost empty!
"hiss……"
Feeling the emptiness that was almost completely drained from his body, Hick gasped.
He finally understood why, even though this technique was practically public knowledge, such a powerful secret art was rarely learned by low-level wizards.
The low upper limit is only one aspect; the terrifying magic power required to activate it is enough to drive most wizards to despair!
Even with his vast magical reserves enhanced by his heart and astonishing recovery speed, activating the secret technique nearly exhausted all his magical power.
Even more terrifying is that maintaining this soul-possessed state will permanently consume one-third of his magic reserves!
"That means we'll only have two-thirds of the magic power we used before..."
Hick gave a bitter smile, tinged with cold self-mockery. "This price... ha, besides me, who else in the Wizard Tower could bear it?"
Although the process was difficult and consumed a third of my magic power, but...
"Success! The Soul Transfer Technique, comparable to the vampire's innate secret art!"
Feeling the dozen or so perspectives crammed into his mind, Hick couldn't hide his excitement!
He felt as if he could transform into a flock of ravens at any moment, to escape any potential danger.
"Click!"
The wooden cage opened with a sound.
"quack--"
A dozen or so ravens had shed their unease and anxiety, and affectionately flew down to Hick, gently pecking at his robes with their beaks, as if he were their only home.
Looking at the dark creatures surrounding him, Hick could no longer hide his smugness.
"Bang!"
With a soft thud, the spot where Hick had been standing suddenly transformed into a flock of ravens! One of them flapped its wings and flew to a distant corner, followed by another soft thud—
The ravens vanished, and Hick reappeared unharmed.
"A divine skill! No wonder it's a secret technique with such a formidable reputation!"
After repeating the experiment several times, Hick also became accustomed to the wonder of this secret technique.
During the experiment, Hick was shocked to discover that the magic power, which had stopped growing, was growing again under the stimulation of the heart!
"What exactly happened? Was it provoked?"
Although I don't understand why, the increase in magic power is a good thing, so the most important thing now is mental strength.
"Now we need to develop experimental projects that can enhance mental strength!"
Thinking of this, Hick called out to the outside.
A somewhat apprehensive apprentice walked in:
"Boss Hick."
"Okay, go and bring a few more test subjects over."
The apprentice trembled slightly and quickly nodded, saying:
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Watching the apprentices depart, Hick couldn't help but recall his past memories.
I felt like I was walking on thin ice back then!
Thinking of this, Hick shook his head:
"What does this have to do with me? But, if it's about researching projects that enhance mental strength..."
Thinking about how rare his modified items were, Hick couldn't help but look forward to the Moreno family, after all, they still owed him 66,000 Magic Mirror Coins!
Soon, in just a few days, I will have everything I need!
After setting up the experimental equipment again, while waiting, feeling the barely increasing magical power within his body, Hick touched his chest and muttered to himself:
"Where did our mentor find these biological hearts? And what kind of creatures' hearts are they?"
After thinking for a long time without coming up with anything, Hick shook his head, putting aside these thoughts that had nothing to do with his own family.
"No matter what kind of creature's heart it is, I am solidified without any side effects, so it has little to do with me."
A moment later, footsteps could be heard in the distance.
Seeing the test subject, who was silenced by a silencing spell and whose face showed fear, Hick was not surprised; he had done the same thing himself.
"You can go now. Just feed these ravens of mine."
"yes!"
Then, the apprentice walked out of the laboratory with utmost respect, and the ravens followed him out.
When the test subjects saw Hick, their expressions of fear intensified; some were even so frightened they wet their pants.
Looking at the ugly state of these test subjects, Hick was speechless; he hadn't even done anything yet!
Ignoring the pale-faced test subjects, Hick's lips curled into a natural smile as he spoke in a seductive tone:
"Do you want to become wizards?"
In an instant, the eyes of several test subjects lit up!