But considering that he might not be able to come back immediately, Annan still gave Eugene some instructions before setting off.
"Remember to take care of these corpses for me."
Eugene asked thoughtfully: "Just put it in the cold storage, right?"
"right."
Annan smiled and nodded.
Although Bernardino's attack did cause a lot of trouble this time. It even directly disrupted the original arrangements between the Silver Jue Church and Annan...
But here in Annan, there were some unexpected gains.
When the One-Eyed Crow investigated the bodies of the extraordinary people who died unexpectedly in this incident, they naturally found quite a number of extraordinary people whose identities were a mystery.
For those whose identities were relatively innocent and whose traces were traceable, the crows had already notified their families to pick up their bodies.
Even if there are some extraordinary people whose families are not in the royal capital, the "One-Eyed Crow" has already sent the letters.
——After this, there were still more than forty corpses left. They were all stored in the icehouse of Geraint's house, and they were prepared to verify their identities in the future and then invite a ritualist to perform the next ritual.
There are some rituals that can lock some information through corpses.
For example, the "Forgotten Eye" can trace a certain memory of the deceased's lifetime, or the "Sniffing Trace" can track the location of the murderer.
The corpse can also be used in some special rituals. For example, the corpse can be transformed into a sprouting tree man, or the back and ribs can be used to hatch a skeleton bird, or the head of the deceased can be turned into a magic eye for peeping.
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Corpses are a highly sought-after non-cursed material. The corpses of extraordinary beings are much more valuable.
It's not because of large consumption, but because of low output.
There are too few corpses that can be purchased legally.
But not all extraordinary beings or ritual masters dare to kill people at will.
Annan asked Eugene to help him leave twelve corpses because he still had a ritual that had not yet been performed.
That is, the ritual spell [Winter Breath] that he has not yet activated.
Annan can easily find the influence of the frost realm required for this ritual; and Kafni can also make the spell "ice cubes sealed with light".
Annan was also able to successfully complete the ritual environment where "the outdoor temperature can cause water to freeze naturally" - he had just obtained the silver-level spell [Tower of Frost] and was able to do this forcibly.
The only conditions necessary for the ceremony are "twelve intact corpses that have completely lost their temperature".
Under normal circumstances, this condition is still very harsh.
"Intact corpses" are rarer than regular corpses.
If nothing else, the ritual cannot be fooled.
A "complete corpse" in occult rituals refers to a corpse that has not lost any parts - whether it is fingers, eyeballs, ears, skin, or internal organs, brain and bones, all must remain intact.
There can be wounds, so it can be death by bleeding. Blunt trauma with moderate force (referring to intracranial hemorrhage) can also be done, but not if it shatters the brain; it can also be frostbite - but it can't be torn into more than half a piece.
The skin of the palm; he could have died of poisoning, or he could have been frightened to death in an ordinary person's nightmare...
In addition, it is really difficult to ensure that the body is complete... and there will be no black market. Unless it was murdered, it is basically unlikely that such a dead body will be dragged out and sold.
Annan didn't have any special methods.
His plan was to go back to the cold winter and look through the snowfields to see if there were any frozen corpses, and then pick them up.
...The result was unexpected.
Bernardino directly sent a powerful skill to Annan.
As long as Kafni makes the ice cube, Annan can use "Thoughts Like Rain" to create heavy rain, use "Tower of Frost" to create a ritual environment, and directly complete the ritual spell.
That's almost all in the past two days.
That supernatural ability, called [Winter Cold Breath], allows Annan to naturally exhale extremely cold frost air - basically it can be called Dragon Breath.
...I don't know if it's an illusion, but Annan always feels like he's gradually turning into a young dragon.
"Please come this way, Your Highness Annan."
Kafni skillfully guided Annan back from the backyard of the Geraint family. For the safety of the two of them, Zhi Ji still followed them.
For some reason, Zhiji has been very silent since Kaifuni appeared.
She has been looking at Kaifuni carefully, frowning slightly. But she has not said a word to Kaifuni...and Kaifuni has not said a single word to Zhi Ji except for the necessary and polite greetings.
He didn't even look at Zhiji again.
Regarding this, Zhiji didn't get angry...
"Soon after, Annan saw the huge fountain that looked like an artificial lake."
This was the fountain made entirely of silver metal that he first saw when he got off the carriage.
"I thought Sir Silver would hate this act of casting 'silver' into something that cannot be circulated."
Annan complained.
But what surprised Annan was——
He heard a somewhat familiar cheerful voice beside the three of them: "Actually, it's not that annoying...
"Rather, when there are too many silver coins in circulation on the market, some silverware must be recycled and minted to keep its value basically unchanged."
The person speaking behind the three people was a young man with a slender face and curly hair parted in the middle, who looked to be less than thirty years old. He wore a monocle and had a bright and sunny smile.
Wearing a white windbreaker and holding a top hat in his left hand, he greeted the three of them with a smile.
"... Salute the Silver Coin, Sir Silver."
"Lord Yinjue."
Annan and Kafni immediately turned around and bowed their heads in salute to the Silver Knight. When the silver-armored guards around the fountain saw the Silver Knight appearing, they also half-knelt down in silence.
Zhi Ji had already cast her gaze towards Silver Siren before he said anything.
She also nodded, raising the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a beautiful smile: "Salute to the silver coin, Yin Jue."
"You look beautiful today too, Paper Princess."
Sir Silver also smiled and nodded to Zhi Ji gently in response.
"Why are you here?"
Annan asked curiously.
It was Kafni who answered him: "Lord Yinjue, you usually study here. This fountain is made of holy silver that was personally blessed by Yinjue... not ordinary pure silver."
"I transformed it into holy silver, not me who made someone use holy silver to cast a fountain."
After Sir Silver explained, he turned to ask: "Where are you planning to go? To meet little Henry?"
"Yes."
Kafni nodded slightly.
"I want to ask His Majesty face to face... how far should I go before I can inherit the throne."
She said seriously: "And how does His Majesty view His Highness Annan.