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n“What?” Officer Roma didn’t expect Vale’s sudden question.

nHowever, she didn’t find anything wrong with this request so she didn’t immediately deny it. Furthermore, the Fog Formation can still work for about 9 minutes so it should be fine.

nShe then looked at her partner and noticed that he didn’t care about Vale’s request as well.

n“Very well. Only two of you can go inside… One of you should stay here with me.” Officer Roma said after thinking about it.

nThe scene inside the slaughterhouse is quite gruesome and filled with blood. This included the blood of humans and animals… Although she had some tolerance for it, she didn’t want to enter that building once again if possible.

nApparently, the other workers of the slaughterhouse were brutally killed inside, and there were about a dozen of them.

nOfficer Roma sneered as she was curious how long they would be able to stay inside that building.

nAfter a moment of hesitation, one of them spoke up.

n“The two of you can go… I’ll stay here…” Priscilla said as she looked at her brother….

nPhilip didn’t want to leave her at first but after getting Priscilla’s hint, he had no choice but to accompany Vale inside the building…

nSoon, Vale and Philip entered the site under the watch of the two special unit officers…

nThere were already a few officers inside who seem to be investigating the scene of the crime.

nNone of them bothered at the two’s appearance and just continued with their work…

nThe place had a terrible smell so Vale used his Darkness Manipulation to absorb the smell that is attacking his senses.

nThis is just one of the simplest use of the spell and could do plenty of other things if his mastery of it increases.

nAnyway, the scene was quite horrible as Philip almost started vomiting on the spot.

nPerhaps, he would really be unable to take it if the light in the building is brighter… Currently, there was only a dim light so they weren’t able to see the situation properly and could only vaguely see them.

nThere were dozens of skinned cows hanging on chain hooks and the dead bodies of the workers were everywhere. They could be lying on the ground, hanging on the wires, and some of their body parts were also everywhere.

n“Vale… I’ll stay here… It’s enough that my crystal can capture everything…” Philip said.

nApparently, after the incident with Terrence’s group, Philip decided to use it once again since they are still within the city!

nPriscilla knows this as well so she allowed Philip to accompany Vale inside. This is to ensure that he would be able to record the scene inside the building!

nVale had also noticed this so he wasn’t surprised.

n“Alright… Just endure it for a bit, I’ll be quick.”

nWith that said, Vale approached the officers and informed them that he was instructed by Officer Roma to check something on the bodies of the Arcane Arts Practitioners who died here.

nAfter hearing Officer Roma’s name, they immediately assisted Vale as they pointed at the four bodies of practitioners…

n“There were four of them?” Vale asked the masked officer. He can only see half of his face but Vale can tell that the man is already in his forties… He looked quite exhausted from his job and seemed like he wanted to leave the building as quickly as possible.

nNevertheless, with Vale’s question, he still answered calmly.

n“The one with a missing right eye is the culprit… The one that was beheaded wearing a white trenchcoat was the companion of the Rune Arts Practitioners. The other two were the owner and the bodyguard of this slaughterhouse. They responded after hearing the cries for help of their employees… only to be killed by that ruthless culprit.”

n“It’s tragic…” Vale shook his head feeling a bit downhearted after the deaths of innocent people.

n“Indeed… You can inspect them as much as you want. In any case, we can’t tell much about them since they’re Arcane Arts Practitioners.”

nVale then thanked the officer for explaining things to him before he approached the four practitioners.

nHe first went to the culprit of this incident, Brice Watton… His body has several tattoos of ancient characters that Vale had no idea about.

n‘Ahhh… Are these Rune Characters?’ Vale mused as he knows that Rune Arts uses another language different from Oardic or Heumish.

nAnyway, he didn’t think too deeply about it as he touched its body… It looks as if he was inspecting the man but he simply activated his system.

n Human corpse has been discovered. Would you like to extract it?

n‘No…’

nVale answered. He simply wanted to confirm whether he can extract the corpse…

n‘Lotus, can you extract this person’s soul to recover your energy?’ Vale asked the Dark Spirit hiding in his shadow.

n‘Yes…’

nLotus responded with a brief reply. Her voice sounds tired as well so Vale hopes that this can recover her strength.

n‘Very well… You can take this person’s soul to replenish some of your strength.’

nLotus no longer replied as she controlled Vale’s shadow to cover the corpse’s body…

nAfter a while, Vale heard the Dark Spirit speak.

n‘It’s done… It’s not enough.’

nVale nodded as he realized that he didn’t sense anything happening at all. Her ‘extraction’ was also undetectable like his system’s extraction.

n‘Well, you can check the other corpses… Let me just try something.’ Vale answered as he tapped the corpse once again and triggered his system…’

nThis time, nothing happened. The Extraction System could no longer detect the human corpse.

n‘As expected, I can’t extract anymore… Was my system feeding the same energy that Lotus needed? Soul? Spirit? Or Arcane Energy?’ Vale mused but he still keep moving and allowed Lotus to take the energy of the other three.

nIt was a pity that he can’t extract them anymore but an extraction of a few people wouldn’t make some huge changes to him at the moment. It’s better to allow Lotus to recover her strength…

n‘Should we try the normal people? Can you recover your energy from them?’ Vale asked. .𝒎

n‘I can’t… I don’t feel any sources of energy from them.’ Lotus replied as her voice finally had some energy in it.

nVale also confirmed that Lotus has enough energy to destroy the Fog Formation!

nHis plan finally bore fruit and he was no longer afraid of the two Special Unit Officers!

nThis content is taken from 𝘪𝘳.𝘤𝑜𝓂

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