Squeak, squeak.

The wooden staircase is in disrepair, and there is a screeching sound when stepped on.

Fortunately, there are windows in the attic, so that light can shine in, otherwise Duke would not dare to mess around with the dark attic.

When you go up to the attic, the first thing that catches your eye is a space that is not small.

In the middle was a large test bench with all kinds of experimental tools, and against the pillar was a chair facing the ceiling window of the attic.

Duke walked over to the edge of his chair and looked up, startled again.

Lying on it was a human skeleton.

The flesh had long since decayed and weathered, leaving only a layer of tattered clothes on the bones, and the remnants of maggots scattered around the pupa could be faintly seen.

"This can't be the arcane mage who studies human experiments, right?" Duke calmed down.

The remains of the corpse, which had been completely weathered, were not as terrible as imagined.

He cautiously walked around his chair and looked at the test bench in the middle, which contained many rotted and rusted instruments, as well as some rusty tools and test tubes.

There is a table that looks like an anatomy table.

There are straps for bondage in several positions, just enough to hold the neck, hands, feet, and waist in place.

"It's a good scene for a horror movie."

Duke was a little nervous in his heart, but fortunately he still had a small pocket on his shoulder, which gave him a lot of confidence as a contractual partner.

Instead of touching the tools on the table, he saw a notebook spread out.

Reach for the cover.

On the cover are handwritten words: "Bynes Lab Notes-9......"

"Baines?"

"Lab Note 9?"

Duke narrowed his eyes, "This arcane mage is called Baines?" There is a chance to go to the Faling Society and check the records to see if there is any record of this Baines...... This notebook is probably the ninth notebook he used to experiment. ”

The pages that had been turned before seemed to have been soaked in handwriting, and it was completely illegible.

However, the first part of this notebook can still be read normally.

Especially on the first page of the notebook, there is a short preface written by Bynes himself.

"Experiments on soul vessels haven't made much progress, my time is running out, and spirituality is already calling to me. But I didn't want to stop my experiments, I was removed from the Faling Tower, and I didn't even dare to live in Black Snake City, so I had to hide in the wilderness. ”

"Now my only sustenance is in the soul vessel experiment."

"Maybe soon, I will make a great discovery, and from then on, all the persecutors of me will cry and apologize to me, and the group of people who preside over the Faling Pagoda will also prostrate at my feet and welcome me back to the Faling Pagoda!"

"No!"

"Because of my great discovery, I will come to Offa Tower, become the Chief Life Sage of Offata, and even be selected for the Valhalla Temple!"

"—Life Scholar, 1st Ring Wizard - Baines, May 26, 4382 Storm Calendar."

The preamble is short, but it also reveals a lot of information.

"This Bairns, who was removed from the Faling Tower, originally hid here to study the soul vessel, no wonder he wanted to experiment with people......," Duke thought, "I don't know what kind of experiment could make him a 1-ring life scholar and promoted to the chief life sage." ”

Armager is an umbrella term.

Arcanists who like to fight will be called Arcanists; Arcane teachers who like to study are called arcane scholars.

The Linghai is all-encompassing, and every arcane scholar has his own research direction, and if he has a certain degree of attainment in this research direction and is recognized by most of his peers, he can get the title of true scholar awarded by Offata.

It's kind of like being awarded a professor.

For example, an arcane mage who has made great achievements in the arcane field will be awarded the title of elemental scholar; Arcans who have made achievements in the field of pharmacy will be awarded the title of pharmacist; Arcane mages who have made achievements in the field of life will naturally be awarded the title of life scholar.

Baines is a self-proclaimed life scientist who has clearly made a difference in the field of life.

As for Offata's promotion to Chief Life Sage.

It's like being rated an academician.

Offa Tower is the head of the Seven Towers of the Federation of Seven Towers, and its functions are roughly similar to that of the Academy of Sciences, but its power is far greater than that of the Academy of Sciences.

The title of scholar is similar to that of a university professor, the title of sage is similar to that of Jieqing and Changjiang Scholar, and the title of chief sage is similar to that of academician. It's just that Master Ao is the ruling class, and scholars, sages, and chief sages are basically the top class of the Seven Towers Federation.

Duke flipped through the preface and looked at the experiments in his notebook.

I found that the words were all recognized, but some of the hand-drawn drawings, especially the various mysterious spell model structures, were completely unrecognizable.

"It's too profound, it's only 1 The content of the Ring Arcane Mage's research, it's not something I can understand!"

He was about to turn the page backwards.

Suddenly, there was a "tick" sound in the corner.

In an instant, he and Xiaodou reacted in unison, Xiaodou was already covered in hair, and Duke held the Sand Eagle pistol in both hands and aimed it at the corner where the sound was made.

The corner was a little dim, and a faint green point of light was flashing back and forth.

"Something!" Duke drank lightly.

The green dots of light were still flickering, and they didn't seem to be living creatures.

He was on the alert for a moment, then he leaned forward, and when he got closer, he realized that there was a puppet in the shape of a spider in the corner of the attic.

The puppet is not big, and its size is equivalent to a pedal tricycle.

"Puppet?" Duke was overjoyed.

There is no doubt that this is the puppet left by the life scholar of Baines, and now that Baines has turned into a white bone and has no heir, this puppet is in his pocket.

"Look at this state, this puppet has no psionic powers, right?" Duke poked the golem with his sword.

The puppet was made of spiritual gold, and the long sword poked on it to make a crisp sound, and at the same time, the green light dots like eyeballs on the puppet's body gradually became dim, and soon they were completely extinguished, and it was obvious that the last trace of spiritual energy was also exhausted.

Duke dragged the golem out of the corner.

Wiped the dust off it.

"Xiaoyi, do you see what kind of puppet this is?" Duke asked.

This puppet resembles a spider, but it is not very similar to the spider golems that often appear on construction sites in the market.

The body is a disc with six mechanical legs extending out in equal proportions to the circumference.

I can't see the head and tail, and the place where the green light flashed before was a cone-shaped bulge on the top of the body, which was a bit like a camera.

Xiaoyi quickly responded: "There is no information about this kind of puppet in the database, and it may not be a civilian puppet." ”

Basically, the puppet information that can be provided in the book is the civilian puppet launched by the Erudite Tower.

Arcane mages will create their own puppets or find puppet scholars to tailor them, and there is no fixed type of puppet.

"Okay."

Duke searched carefully, and soon found a hidden card interface on the side of the golem's disc body.

The card interface is the card slot for inserting the spirit card.

Whether it's a spirit weapon or a puppet, you need a spirit card as power.

After some fumbling, he successfully opened the card slot and pulled out a delicate spirit card, which was much thicker than an ordinary spirit card.

Put it in your hand like a gorgeous mobile phone.

"This!"

Duke was shocked: "This should be a 3-ring spirit card, it's the first time I've seen a 3-ring level spirit card!" ”