Yuffie knelt down and lightly covered one side of the turned soil with her palm. She used the secret technique of manipulating earth and stone to easily turn the corpse up, and then carefully inspected the other party's condition.
Since it was winter, the body's injuries were not serious, and it could still be confirmed from the face that it was Kratos himself. But unlike the 'sleeping' Black Crow Knight, this thin man no longer had breathing and heartbeat.
His limbs also became stiff, and he had indeed been dead for some time.
The clothes of the corpse were relatively neat, and there were no obvious signs of trauma on the body. She put her hand on Kratos' chest and used magic power to sense the condition inside his body.
She soon discovered the problem. The body was covered with tiny lumps and scars. Miscellaneous 'branches' protruded from their interiors and penetrated deeply into the surrounding tissue. These scars had seriously damaged Kratos's body.
The body, although no changes can be seen from the outside.
She knows what it is.
In the potions class at the college, Tutor Kasha mentioned this disease called 'infiltrative magic scar'. If you are in an environment with abnormal magic power for a long time, or have long-term contact with plants and potions containing magic power without protection, you may develop it.
Suffering from this fatal disease. For a qualified alchemist or potion master, this is one of the most important precautions.
She continued to extend her perception to other parts of the body, and did not find any traces of external or internal injuries. However, using the biological knowledge she had learned and the talent derived from Ada's power, she was enough to make a credible judgment - this
The overall condition of the body is quite bad, and it is probably on the verge of running out of fuel.
That does not mean that Kratos died of illness. He could ask Fael to come and talk, which means that there is still some distance from the last moment. With the diseases that men suffer from, they usually become weaker as time goes by.
Finally, he died from the failure of his body's organs and tissues. Just like Fael's description, he died suddenly and silently, which is also somewhat unreasonable.
"Let me try it." Yuffie breathed out, placed a secret spell around her, and turned to look at the anxious man beside her, "Don't worry, I used a disguised illusion, so people outside can't see what's happening here.
Anything.”
Fael nodded quickly. She glanced at him one last time, calmed down, and began to try to cast a magical spell that she had just learned.
Ada's divine power was called into her body, and then slowly introduced into the corpse. The power of "creation" dissolved the decayed, useless and redundant tissues one by one, and rebuilt new and intact body parts. Even those
She also carefully repaired the seemingly intact parts, ensuring that traces of death and disease were completely eradicated from every corner of the body.
Compared with the resurrection spell she had used before, which was only effective for recently deceased creatures with intact bodies, this spell was much more mentally taxing. She only reluctantly resurrected it after completing that soul journey not long ago.
Being able to control this level of power. However, if it can confirm the cause and effect of things, it will be worth the money, Yuffie thought.
The power of divine magic successfully repaired Kratos' body. Yuffie panted lightly to relieve some of the fatigue and dizziness in her mind. At the same time, she prepared a non-fatal attack secret in her hand——
She could not be sure that Kratos belonged to the friendly side, so certain precautions were necessary.
However, a few minutes later, Kratos' body remained motionless. She carefully used magic power to detect the man's body again - the scars in the body had been completely eliminated, and the damaged tissues were intact. The breathing and heartbeat were weak but still there, but the feeling
There is no mental fluctuation - very similar to the situation of the 'Sleeping Knight'.
"What's wrong with him?" Fael looked aside for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Sure enough, there's still... no way to save him?"
"He is not dead now, but he is not considered alive." Yuffie replied softly, "Although his body is a mortal, his soul is also trapped somewhere. He cannot wake up before retrieving his soul."
"Then...is there a way to solve it?"
"Of course, all we need to do is retrieve his soul." The girl answered neatly, "I still have many things I want to ask him. No matter what he did before, it's not okay to just die like this."
She stood up, patted the dust on her clothes, and then cast a spell to make Kratos' body float in the air.
"Now, can you take me to his house to have a look?" she said to Faer.
This time, the man answered much more readily than before, "Do you want to go to his workshop or where he lives? The workshop is closer to here."
"Then let's go to the workshop first." She thought for a moment, "Maybe there are clues he left there."
Fael nodded in agreement and turned back towards the nearby streets. About five minutes later, they came to a single-story wooden house covering an area of nearly 100 square meters. Yuffie approached the door and saw the words on the door.
The sign read "Pharmaceutical Factory Kratos". She knocked on the door, but as expected there was no response.
"Kratos is quite rich if he lives alone in such a big house." The girl muttered, gently put her hand on the door lock, and silently recited the incantation to unlock the door - she was already very familiar with this spell.
"He rented this house." Fael interjected, seeming to defend the other party, "The head of the household went on a long trip, and the rent is only four silver coins per month, which is the cheapest situation."
The door opened with a slight creak. Yuffie walked into the house first, then turned around and called for Fael to follow. The house was also filled with a slightly sweet smell of medicine. She followed the smell and found it in the hall.
She found a huge crucible with a lot of light brown liquid remaining in it. She took out the empty bottle she carried with her and filled most of it, planning to let Elena analyze the ingredients later.
The house was tidy, except for the medicinal herbs and firewood piled in the corner. Yuffie rummaged around on the shelves on the first floor and found nothing similar to the formula. So she put every medicinal ingredient in the corner into
Get some and head to the other side of the hall.
In addition to this huge hall, the wooden house also contains simple bedrooms, a dining room and a study room. The girl walked into the study room following her intuition, came to the cracked wooden table, and opened a manual with the "Guild" emblem on the cover.
.
It was something like a diary or a note, and the person who wrote it was naturally Kratos. The content of the note was mainly about work related to the "Guild", and the original date was about two years ago. Yuffie slowly flipped through the manual, jumping
After passing those work-related parts, Fael also came closer and read the contents of the manual from behind her.
About half a year ago, the contents of the manual aroused her interest. They were mixed in with the rest of the contents. Each article was not long, but it completely recorded the entire process of the man named Kratos participating in the production of the potion.