Annan knew that advancing to the Gold tier ca with risks.
Unlike any previous advancent... To advance to Gold, one must possess a strong enough desire and obsession.
In the process of advancing to a Gold soul, one continuously burns their own obsessions—to constantly refine and forge the Silver tier’s liquid soul into a solid "Soul Steel."
Before this advancent, there was never such a degree of danger; only this ti, failure was absolutely not an option.
Should one’s obsession be exhausted before the advancent is complete, they would beco a mindless husk... the so-called "Death Pupa," like a butterfly that never escapes its cocoon.
And the lvin family had produced a large amount of such "Death Pupae."
They deliberately controlled family mbers with inadequate talents, forcing their advancent. Because of insufficient desire, their advancents would naturally fail. By producing a large number of these "dud eggs," they used them in conjunction with the corpses they created.
But there was a problem with this process.
The strong will to survive and hatred for their own fate were also part of desire... What if these family mbers used to create Death Pupae accidentally succeeded in advancing?
Harboring resentnt towards their family, if they obtained the power of the Gold tier, it would undoubtedly be a disaster, one not even the lvin family with their generations of Gold tier powerhouses could solve.
How could the lvin family be sure this plan wouldn’t backfire? They had been executing this plan for two generations; could it truly have been without any mishaps?
...Now, Annan understood.
They weren’t betting that the plan had no flaws.
Rather, if there was a problem, they could use this spell to directly shatter the opponent’s psyche—forcibly turning them into a "Death Pupa."
After all, this set of spells, although no longer taught, had not completely disappeared.
It was passed down in fairy tales; as long as one knew how to access these spells, they could use a simple Soul Snatching Spell to directly acquire this higher-level spell.
And the head of the lvin family, also their ancestor, who held the Transcendent occupation of "God among n," undoubtedly had the heritage to do so.
"So that’s how it is..." Annan murmured.
Casting a brief glance at Annan, who seed to have figured out sothing, Isaac did not inquire in front of Thirteen Fragrances and the others about what Annan was thinking.
He simply turned back, took out a few more books, and instructed Thirteen Fragrances, "It never hurts to have more spells from the Consciousness Capture series. If you have spare Instant Spell slots and don’t know what to fill them with, go and complete the Consciousness Capture spells. This book, ’Consciousness Capture: How to Distinguish Consciousness and Emotion’, contains a variety of Consciousness Capture spells, as well as so casting techniques—I’ve applied for library cards for you all. You can take these books back to read, but rember to return them within six months.
"This philosophical book called ’Rain of Thoughts’ teaches two rare spells, ’Thoughts as Rain’ and ’Mind Silk.’
"If mastered successfully, ’Thoughts as Rain’ could significantly expand your range of ’Heart Control’; while ’Mind Silk’ allows you to use your perceptive abilities to form viscous threads to interfere with an opponent’s actions when it’s difficult to control them, or when you fear they have counterasures, and it can even hook onto light objects from afar.
"’We Can Also Go This Way’ is a must-read. It contains so unconventional spells from the Soul Snatching School that achieve the effects of spells from other schools... There’s a Ritual Spell called ’Mind Stealth’ that can achieve the effect of ’I Am Not Here.’
"The downside is, this Ritual Spell is temporary and doesn’t grant special abilities through rituals. But the materials required are just ’silver butterfly wing powder’ and any perfu, which are relatively easy to obtain and carry, so I highly recomnd learning it."
"In ’Banshee’s Wail’, a book containing so sound-diated Ritual Spells, it can further fill your ritual spell slots... I particularly advise against learning the Ritual Spell ’Psychic Explosion.’ Although it’s powerful, it doesn’t differentiate between friend and foe. And the wizards of the Soul Snatching School have no need to face multiple enemies.
"I’d rather recomnd the last spell recorded in it, ’Assault Howl.’ It can cause all enemies who have not noticed your presence but hear your howl to instantly fall into a triple negative state of being caught off guard, paralyzed, and terrified. And if your teammates know of your existence, they won’t be affected by this spell. Combined with ’Mind Stealth’, it can be extrely effective and virtually consus no mana..."
Having said all this in one breath, Isaac then turned his gaze to Husky.
His tone imdiately softened considerably, "Lord Husky..."
"You can just call Husky." Husky quickly responded.
I hadn’t noticed earlier when I was outright called Husky and Dog, but when I was respectfully addressed as "Miss Husky," "Miss Husky," and "Your Excellency Husky," I started to feel an intense desire to die from embarrassnt.
"Ah, okay, Husky—I heard His Majesty Annan say, were you a Shaping Wizard before and then beca a Grand Wizard specializing in Shaping and Idol Schools?"
Isaac’s expression turned a bit strange. "If I’m not mistaken... isn’t the Frigid Wight Tower particularly adept at those two schools?"
"You can just give a recomndation," Annan said softly. "After all, the title ’Duke of Winter’ isn’t considered a good person among the wizards of Winter. Husky is self-taught, and I wouldn’t want her to be ostracized by those people.
"Of course, the main reason is that I think her talents shouldn’t be wasted in the Wizard’s Tower. She already has her own career, and asking her to put all that aside to return to study at the Wizard’s Tower wouldn’t necessarily be good for her."
"That’s true."
Isaac thought about it and agreed.
Being a direct subordinate of the Duke of Winter, she wasn’t lacking opportunities to access educational resources... just like now.
Husky interrupted from the side, "I just think the school that focuses on Reflection is particularly strong! But you can skip the School of Prophets part, just help analyze the build of his spells, I can find the spells myself."
"...BD?"
Isaac paused for a mont but soon guessed Husky’s intention from the context, "Is it his list of spells?
"That’s not too difficult... although I don’t know him, there were so puppeteers in my era. The key to making a puppet gain independent consciousness lies in this spell."
He said this and pulled out a book for Husky. "Idol School’s ’Particle Engine,’ which drives puppets using souls as power; Shaping School’s ’Consciousness Shaping’... this is a prerequisite spell for ’Simulated Soul’ in the Idol School. This also involves so knowledge from the Soul Snatching School, which you could learn from Mr. Thirteen Fragrances.
"And most importantly, this... ’Endowing Pseudo-Life’ from the Idol School. Paired with ’Simulated Soul,’ it allows the puppet to move on its own.
"During the practice stage, you can also endow kitchen utensils with simulated souls and pseudo-life, so they can automatically rember the steps of cooking... in my experience, because cooks have been bribed to poison or forcibly trigger a curse and then beco weak and get murdered, the number of powerful wizards eting such fates is not ten then at least seven or eight.
"For a mature wizard, it is best to cook for oneself and reduce reliance on others as much as possible..."
Isaac solemnly advised, "If you can cook, do it yourself. The fewer servants, the better..."
He paused here, glancing at Thirteen Fragrances, "Of course, if you’re living with a Soul Snatching Wizard, then it doesn’t matter..."
"Wait a mont," Thirteen Fragrances suddenly spoke up, "I haven’t learned the spell for peeking into mories yet... what’s that spell called?"
Hearing this, Isaac was taken aback.
"...There’s a Soul Snatching Wizard who can’t view others’ mories?"
He asked incredulously, "How did you get to beco a silver-ranked?"
That was as startling as a Destruction Wizard who couldn’t self-destruct.
But Isaac could tell that Thirteen Fragrances was telling the truth.
He imdiately inhaled a cool breath.
Then, Isaac solemnly apologized to Thirteen Fragrances, "I’m very sorry, Mr. Thirteen Fragrances. I perhaps made assumptions too early... There indeed are righteous Soul Snatching Wizards in this world.
"...but even so, you still need to learn. Otherwise, it’s like a Cripple Wizard who can’t freeze others or a Prophet Wizard who can’t see the future—what use could you be to His Majesty Annan?"
Wouldn’t that be just like being useless?
Isaac then criticized a couple more points.
He felt complicated as he pulled a book from the wall and threw it to Thirteen Fragrances. "You can learn ’mory Reading’ and ’Instant Amnesia’ here. You could also learn ’Deep mory Reading,’ but that... I think we should just forget about it, it might burn out your brain."
Saying this, Isaac couldn’t help but inhale deeply again.
He repeatedly shook his head and murmured in an exceedingly complex mood, "What a revelation... to think such a thing could happen, such a thing..."
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