Act 279. reversion
"Kill me......"
The sea wolf, once Andrea, roared, sending fear into the hearts of Baptiste.
He couldn't accept the fact that he had become a beast and was bent on dying.
Agnes glanced at the sea wolf, then raised her hand and lightly tapped it on the sea wolf's head.
The sea wolf immediately fell silent, as if asleep, and soon stopped breathing.
"As he wished."
To put it mildly, Agnes did not look at the sea wolf again, but fell on the soul of the sea wolf that had been extracted before, and the golden cloud had become extremely dim and thin, and soon dissipated without a trace, which should be what Baptiste said, the soul cannot be separated from the physical existence.
Now that it has been verified that the soul of a living human can be successfully transferred to a living being, the next step in the experiment is to transfer the soul of a living person to another living person.
This is also Agnes' ultimate goal.
Baptiste's soul transfer spell can't be used twice on the same soul in a short period of time, but according to the results of his previous animal experiments, as long as the new soul adapts to the original body, then the second soul transfer can be performed, and as for more, he hasn't tried it.
In Agnes' vision, a person's soul could be transferred to a healthier, younger body, and then passed on in the same way, eventually leading to eternal life.
Eternal life, this is the ultimate goal that countless mages dream of.
Agnes lifted Edgar's remaining two students up and placed them on the bench, holding them in place with spells, and she gave Baptiste a look and motioned for him to begin the experiment.
Baptiste glanced at Andrea's corpse, which had become cold, and the corpse of the sea wolf, and he sighed before he began to set up the magic array.
"There is no need to lament, they will only feel lucky because they have the privilege of witnessing history and participating in it, as will be the case in the history books of later generations, Robert and Kevin became the first subjects of the soul transfer spell, and people will thank them for their efforts."
Agnes said, sitting in her chair.
She saw Baptiste use the same technique, extracting Robert's soul and transferring it into Kevin's body.
It was all going well, but just as the golden mist melted into Kevin's body, his body suddenly shuddered violently.
Kevin opened his eyes, a hoarse wail came out of his mouth, he convulsed constantly, even Agnes's spell could not completely fix it, and the veins in Kevin's arm burst out, extending to his forehead.
Bang –
In the next moment, the blood vessels in Kevin's whole body exploded, blood splattered, and if it weren't for Agnes' spell block, then I'm afraid the entire laboratory would have been stained red.
Baptiste subconsciously blocked it, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that Kevin's body on the experimental table was already full of blood, almost all the blood vessels were exploding at the same time, and his head was long gone, only the viscous cerebral pulp, blocked by the spell on the experimental table, and the heavy smell of blood came, which was disgusting.
"How can this be ......"
Baptiste was incredulous, and although he had never tried to transfer a person's soul to another living body in the past, based on the results of animal experiments, it was impossible for such a severe rejection to occur.
Ignoring even the fishy stench that surrounded him, Baptiste reached out and examined Kevin's body slightly.
Indeed, he has died completely, and the cause of death is massive hemorrhage caused by the explosion of multiple tissues in the body, especially the brain, and the explosion has traces of magical interference, but the source of this magic power is not from the outside world, but Kevin's own power.
In other words, the infusion of Robert's soul caused Kevin's own magic to think that there was an invasion of foreign objects, so he expelled it, and eventually caused his whole body to explode and die.
"It's amazing."
Baptiste exclaimed, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him and he froze in place.
"Wait a minute, Kevin's cause of death, this appearance, is almost exactly the same as cognitive collapse!"
His words caught Agnes' attention, and she was still thinking about why such an unexpected scene had occurred, but when she heard Baptiste's words, Agnes felt a sudden sense of relief.
Cognitive collapse is due to the huge contradiction between the new knowledge and the original knowledge system, resulting in shaking, because the mage in the process of learning magic, advancement, magic will gradually nourish the body, transform the body, so the collapse of consciousness will lead to physical damage.
Now, is the infusion of souls from the outside world equivalent to forcibly instilling another very different cognition into the original cognition, resulting in cognitive collapse?
Or is it the human body's natural protective mechanism?
Agnes thought that if it was the former, then it seemed that using an ordinary person who had not yet formed a cognitive world, that is, who did not know magic, could avoid this to some extent.
If it's the latter, then the soul transfer doesn't seem to be very feasible.
In any case, this time the experiment was a failure.
"Do one more experiment."
Agnes said, but there was no one else on the scene, much to Baptiste's alarm.
"Don't be afraid, there are still plenty of experimental materials in the cafeteria, Mr. Baptiste, of course, in order to take into account your feelings, I will give preference to those mage apprentices."
Baptiste didn't dare to resist, and silently followed Agnes out of the lab and into the dining room.
In the cafeteria, the children had become a little listless, while on the other side, several low-level mages gathered together and were silent.
Agnes glanced at Jane and Darcy, and shook her head slightly, these two people are already low-level mages, with a complete cognitive world, repeat the experiment, and it may be the same result.
Gaze wandered, and Agnes' gaze fell on Arymia.
Ally Mia is also an apprentice mage, and there is still room to shape the world, making her an excellent test subject for Agnes.
"You, come with me."
Agnes pointed to Elimia.
Arimia felt a shudder, the previous three followed Agnes away, and none of them came back at this time, from Reiner's account, they also knew what experiment Agnes wanted to do, since they still had to catch the experimenter, it means that the previous experiment failed, so it is foreseeable that the end will be quite miserable.
But at this time, Reiner stood up before Arymia.
"Lady Agnes, I've given you some serious consideration for what you said earlier."
He said, causing Agnes to raise an eyebrow.
"As long as I assist you and improve your experiments, then you can spare these mages here and leave this half-plane?"
"Well, of course, if you join, I think the study of souls will go further, and you may even join us and become my companion to gain more knowledge, which is a wise choice."
Agnes frowned slightly, she felt that Reiner seemed to have some indescribable changes, but since the other party intended to submit to herself, then these children and mages in front of her no longer mattered.
"That's really good."
Reiner nodded, and continued.
"But, I refuse."
"A mere one-ring mage......"
Agnes raised an eyebrow, she couldn't think of Reiner, a one-ring mage, who could have the confidence to say this in front of her without the Hohenheim Gold Cup and storage bags.
Reiner took a step forward and spoke.
"I'm Reiner. One of Ian Gray's favorite things to do is to say no to someone who thinks they're better than me! ”
Standing in front of the mysterious and powerful "Agnes", Reiner did not show any fear, he raised his hand and said lightly.
"And, when did you start to get the illusion that I'm just a one-ring mage?"
Reiner snapped his right hand, and in the next moment, there was a huge explosion in Agnes's body.