Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first? Chapter 236 - 236 34 Return

236: Chapter 34: Return 236: Chapter 34: Return The mutant event finally ca to an end.

The source of the mutation was the “complex Mind Body thought network” comprised of multiple Heart Stealers, which had leaked from the seals recorded in the research institute’s ruins.

It possessed rudintary intelligence—roughly equivalent to the intellectual level of an adolescent around fifteen or sixteen years old, which was not very smart.

However, it still caused a significant nuisance to everyone involved.

Upon sensing the presence of another personality within dea, the Mind Body network set its sights on her.

Because the main personality’s Mind Body and its connected Life Body and Spiritual Body were tightly intertwined, the connection to the secondary personality was slightly weaker.

Therefore, once it had accumulated enough power, the Mind Body network teleported the mbers of The Azure Longsword rcenary Corps in, incidentally tore off a portion from dusa’s Mind Body, with the plan to use it to supplent its Mind Body and boost its intelligence.

Then it was contaminated with Purgatory.

As one known as the daughter of Purgatory, the very existence of dea and dusa was constantly under the watchful eye of the Will of Purgatory, serving as an important link between Purgatory and the Main Plane—how could they possibly be devoured by re Heart Stealers?

The result of the forced devouring was a reverse devouring, as this complex Mind Body thought network made up of nurous Heart Stealers was instantly flooded with a massive amount of alien energy by Purgatory, subsequently taking on the form of dusa.

Thought processes were synchronized, Will assimilated, almost equivalent to being her clone.

If dusa still harbored a male phobia towards Aske, then the Mind Body network, inheriting this trait, might hold great goodwill towards him.

However, contact with this man no longer brought her pain; therefore, the Mind Body network decided to eliminate this fellow who haunted dea’s dreams—to so extent, this also indicated that deep within dea’s heart, her inner dusa maintained considerable hostility towards Aske.

Then Aske promptly blew it up, the entire process lasting less than five minutes.

Even with the additional boost from Purgatory, the gap in strength between the two sides was still as vast as a chasm.

The above was all the information dea obtained about the intelligence after reclaiming her fragnted Mind Body.

The swordsman of the Richartnal Knights, who had previously exited the hall, now returned.

And then they saw the hall in complete disarray, with signs of explosions and scorchings everywhere.

Aske was sitting on the floor, leaning against an office desk beside him, while Nora was treating his injuries nearby.

dea anwhile was picking up the translucent bodies of the Heart Stealers off the ground, crushing each one as she muttered sothing about “recovering her mind.”

“What happened here…?” asked Hans.

“It’s been resolved,” said Aske.

“The mutant is no more.”

The swordsman: ???

We’ve hardly done anything yet!

We were outside for less than five minutes, and you’ve already resolved it?

Then everyone’s mind buzzed with the thought, damn, that’s our Chief!

Being the illegitimate child of a demigod teacher, no one would be surprised if he, say, pulled out a four-thousand-ter-long sword the next second, and cleaved the entire town in two, much less resolve the current mutation in minutes.

“Let’s go explore the last room,” Aske said, leading the group deeper into the passage.

In the final hall of the ruins, the group suddenly saw countless cocoons made of sli, hanging from the ceiling.

Each semi-transparent cocoon was tightly wrapped by the sli, with the people inside already fallen into a coma, wearing expressions of utter horror, as if trapped in an endless nightmare of fear.

Just like the slumbering residents of the small town.

This was clearly also the handiwork of the Heart Stealers, whose purpose was more apparent: to provide the aforentioned “dusa” with the painful energy needed by torturing through an endless nightmare.

The swordsn began to rescue these victims, while Aske, with the two girls, quickly cleared out the last hall.

In a cabinet, the three found four vials of unblemished Spiritual Sequence Potion: two vials of Mind I and two vials of Mind II.

“It’s not exactly unlucky, nor is it very lucky,” Aske comnted.

An instance run might yield various rewards, with the worst being money, followed by Spiritual Material, which were relatively high in drop rate.

Next in line would be fully prepared Magic Potions or formulas, grabbing these was a small win.

Of course, the best would be Extraordinary Items, but the odds were tiny, akin to sothing longed for but not sought after.

After securing the Magic Potion, the victims in the large hall were all rescued, and Aske even found two old acquaintances there: Andrea and Matthews, commanders of two Large rcenary Groups who had also been caught up in the Mutant incident.

They were now curled up in the sli like quails, their unconscious faces full of fright and agony.

It was clear that facing a Mutant, everyone was on equal ground, regardless of whether you were a high-powered rcenary Corps Commander or a soldier without any background—if your mind wasn’t sharp, you were done for.

Transporting these victims out of the research facility posed another obstacle—the narrow iron gate that had been pried open.

After much huffing and puffing from everyone, they finally managed to get everyone out.

“You’ve done very well,” outside the iron gate, Richarter seed to have fully recovered, propping himself up on his Longsword and addressing Aske.

What about us?

The swordsn’s eyes brimd with tears.

We tried hard too, teacher!

But it was true that Chief deserved the most credit for this mission, and nothing could be said about competing for glory, so everyone simply accepted this with sincere admiration.

Leaving the underground passage, the air cleared instantly.

The fog that shrouded the small town had completely dissipated, evidently, with the ending of the Mutant event, everyone including the whole of Lunfield Town had returned to the real world of the Real Plane.

The town’s residents, who had been asleep in their hos, now woke up one after another, no longer under the Heart Stealer’s thought-control network.

They wandered the streets in confusion.

It was ti to et up with the remaining girls.

I should start by asking soone.

Aske did a round by the roadside and caught a guy who looked sneaky—clearly a rcenary.

Before Aske could even ask, the guy blurted out,

“Refund?

That’s impossible, not in this lifeti.

Don’t you get the principle of a completed transaction?

Besides, even if this Mutant event is over, the passcodes you’ve bought could still be useful in similar future incidents.

Without buying it, could you have co up with such a brilliant idea?”

Aske: ????

“Passcode?” Aske inquired, “What passcode?”

“Eh, you’re not here to return the product?” The guy was sharp, quickly letting go of Aske’s hand, “Then why are you holding on to ?

Go, go, go!

I’m very busy.”

The guy ran off in a flash.

“What was that guy’s deal?” Hans asked.

“I have no idea,” Aske sighed, “we’ll just have to take our ti looking around the town.”

“The Chief’s team is called The Azure Longsword, right?” Nuremberg said, “We can help ask around too.”

After settling the victims in the nearest buildings, so of Richarter’s swordsn stayed to watch over them, while the others dispersed to inquire about the location of The Azure Longsword rcenary Corps.

Since the Mutant event was already over, everyone was fairly relaxed, considering it a break and a chance to take a stroll.

“Hey, you, the rcenary over there, have you co across a rcenary corps called ‘The Azure Longsword’?”

“The Azure Longsword?

Never heard of it.

By the way, have you co across a rcenary corps called ‘Iron Ship’?”

“Iron Ship?”

“Those scoundrels sold us a passcode, said it could deal with the clones infiltrating this Mutant incident.

We had it for less than 10 minutes before the event ended!

The fog’s gone too!

We’re going to find the Iron Ship rcenaries to get our money back!”

“……”

The swordsn asked everywhere but couldn’t get any leads on The Azure Longsword rcenary Corps, although the na Iron Ship did ring familiar.

Eventually, they learned there was a group of female rcenaries stationed in the central church in town.

Considering the gender ratio within the rcenary industry, it was likely the girls, almost certainly.

So Aske, along with Richarter and others took their leave and hurriedly made their way to the town center with dea and Nora in tow.