A few hours later......

When the black-robed monster left, Ivan felt that he had gradually regained control of his body, and slowly got up and sat on the bed.

He had a frightened expression on his face, staring at the wall in front of him with extremely empty eyes.

It was a long time before Ivan shuddered violently and regained consciousness from his state of absence.

"Whew...... Drink ......"

Reaching out and pressing it to his chest, he gasped violently.

But his mind was still chaotic, still immersed in the moment when his soul was stripped out of his body just now, and then the strange mark left in his soul by the black-robed man.

At that moment, Ivan felt very clearly and truly that his soul had really left his body, and he also felt the burning pain in his soul from that mark.

"Who the hell is that black-robed man, what is he going to do, what is his purpose, why is he so many natural crystals and ......" After sobering up a little, Ivan couldn't help but have a series of questions in his mind.

"That black-robed man can't be a normal person, a witch, a wizard, or something more bizarre?"

Ivan thought for a moment, and suddenly thought, "Why don't I go find the doctor and the priest, and the things he asked me to prepare for him......"

"Uhh......h

However, at the very moment when this idea was born, Ivan suddenly hugged his head, screamed in pain and rolled to the floor and rolled onto the floor.

After more than ten minutes, the stinging pain in his mind like a needle prick was slightly relieved, and Ivan, who was wet with cold sweat, slowly climbed onto the bed and lay down.

"Souls really exist...... The imprint left by that black-robed man on my soul is also real......"

Ivan didn't dare to have the slightest doubt at this time, he felt this pain from the depths of his soul, he didn't want to feel it a second time, and those strange thoughts in his mind were also thrown away by him at this moment.

"Now my life and death are completely in the hands of that black-robed man, and even if I die, I guess my soul can't escape......"

Ivan straightened up and took a few deep breaths, but the fear and trembling in his heart that came from the depths of his soul could not be dissipated.

"That black-robed man will come back to me next month......"

Ivan had a desire to survive ten times stronger than ordinary people in his heart, clenched his fists, and the roots of his teeth trembled: "Five hundred kilograms of natural crystals and a dozen seventeen or eighteen-year-old orphans...... I must prepare in advance, I cannot die, and I must not give him an excuse to drain my soul......"

............

Late the next night, in the basement of the ranch estate......

Chen Ze sat on a chair and felt that the spiritual imprint he had left in the body of Ivan Stilwell suddenly fluctuated and then quickly calmed down, and he couldn't help but smile.

"The guy who is still restless by this time. ”

Reaching out and pulling out a book from the bookshelf next to him, Chen Ze didn't open it and look through it, but contemplated whether what he had done in the past few days was missing something that he didn't think of at the time.

"Fortunately, the original purpose has been achieved, and there should be no trace left. Chen Ze nodded his head and muttered to himself.

Because of the urgent need for money or magic stone resources, Chen Ze had no choice but to choose some gangsters in Texas after vetoing a few well-known wealthy businessmen who owned large crystal mines.

Those ordinary small and medium-sized gangsters Chen Ze naturally looked down on, and they couldn't support Chen Ze's consumption, so the eighteenth block gang where Ivan Stilwell was located became Chen Ze's first choice.

Eighteen-block gangsters.

This is a black gang with extensive influence in the southeastern region of the United States, established for nearly 30 years, at first the 18th block was just an ordinary gang selling laundry detergent, but at the end of the twentieth century, due to the defection and power of an entire special forces in Mexico, this gang quickly became a militarized giant criminal group.

In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the gang's main business was murder, laundry detergent, arms smuggling, human trafficking, and terrorist attacks.

In Chen Ze's opinion, the gang in the eighteenth block at that time would not be too much to call it a terrorist organization.

However, after a long period of strong crackdowns by the American authorities, the huge 18th Block gang quickly fell apart like other organizations.

It wasn't until years after the crackdown had subsided that some of the old members of the Eighteenth Block Gang regrouped, but they took two different paths.

Some of them chose to move to other places and formed mercenary organizations, while others ......

It continues to be active in several large states in the southeastern United States through a long period of whitewashing.

The Texas state where Chen Ze is located is impressively listed.

It's just that these whitewashed "old men" have converged a lot compared to before, and they have also given up a lot of business, and now at least on the surface, they are doing some legitimate business.

And Ivan Stilwell is one of these successful whitewashes, and he is now the second person in the Eighteenth Block gang on the face of Texas.

Chen Ze knew that their power was large enough to fully meet his needs, but in his opinion, this kind of gangster, which once had the nature of a terrorist organization, was definitely not easy to mess with.

After carefully thinking about every step, Chen Ze dared to take action, and Ivan Stilwell undoubtedly became his first target.

During this time, Chen Ze watched for several days before figuring out his residence.

At the beginning of the night, Chen Ze was just purely to leave a deep impression on him, and last night, after Chen Ze engraved a spiritual imprint on him, he really showed his intentions.

A spirit imprint is a mark that remains in the mind, far less profound than a soul imprint, and can be easily removed by wizards in wizarding civilizations as long as their soul strength exceeds the caster's a few scales.

But for Chen Ze, who is the only one on the earth today, it is completely enough to control people like Ivan Stilwell from using spiritual imprints.

Although Chen Ze vaguely felt in his heart that this kind of violent and direct move to control Ivan Stilwell seemed very stupid, but limited to his own connections and strength, he had no other way now.

If the wizard path was to go up a small step and become an intermediate apprentice, Chen Ze would be able to easily weave and modify the memories of these ordinary people without being as troublesome as he was now.

Fortunately...... Chen Ze felt that the results obtained were barely acceptable.

And he asked Ivan Stilwell to prepare 500 kilograms of natural crystals and a dozen orphans who had just come of age by next month, of course, he also had his plans.

There is no doubt that the usefulness of natural crystals is an indispensable resource for Chen Ze's cultivation, and those orphans ......

Chen Ze thought deeper.

Controlling Ivan Stilwell was a desperate move, and it was just a primer, what he really needed was people and forces that he could completely control, and then get more magic stones and other things he might need.

Raise those orphans, and then use their legal status as American citizens to break into some organizations that will help him.

the military, some large security and bodyguard companies, and certain gangsters and mercenary groups...... These violent organizations and institutions were all chosen by Chen Ze after careful consideration.