The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　Ophelia Brad, however, remained intently focused on Witt's soul, her expression growing increasingly worried.

　Dak closed the glass door to the inner laboratory and then walked to the center.

　Professor Cazell waved his wand, using magic to temporarily isolate this laboratory from the ones outside; quickly

　He said, "Next, we need to ensure that the soul of Number Two cannot transmit any warnings to Number One, at least during the experiment."

　"Professor," Dark asked, "is that difficult to do?"

　Professor Cazell smiled. "This is indeed difficult for us. If it's just about getting the soul of number two..."

　Since it cannot transmit any information to the outside world, the only solution is to completely destroy it. However, doing so would allow Demon King #2 to be resurrected in a new vessel.

　“But that’s only true for us, isn’t it?” Dark sighed. “For Ergani, it certainly is—”

　It's an extremely simple matter. The reason Number Two's soul issues a warning to Number One is because it instinctively senses...

　The number is facing a crisis. That sensing ability is transcendent; even in its sealed state, it cannot be eliminated. I

　It's likely that this special ability was acquired from some rare demon race. Therefore, to stop it from alarming,

　We need to deceive it, making it believe that Number One is not in danger.

　“I’ll do it,” Ergani said casually. “It is indeed a very simple matter.”

　As soon as she finished speaking, she walked to the glass cylinder, extended her fair and delicate fingers, and gently pressed them against the cylinder.

　On the pillar.

　There's not even a need to remove the [Orb of Truth] from it.

　Ergani then dragged the consciousness of Demon King No. 2 into the (Brain in a Vat) through a layer of seal.

　Without the interference of Demon King No. 2's soul, the cutting experiment, separated by just a wall, was less of a concern.

　Professor Harvey and Sister Carlian steadied themselves and continued cutting.

　Dak walked to the glass wall and continued to observe.

　after that.

　Three o'clock. Four o'clock. Five o'clock.

　Six o'clock

　From morning to noon, and then from noon to evening.

　None of the six people in the laboratory ate, nor did they have any thought of eating.

　Both those operating the equipment and those observing were extremely attentive.

　As the sun sets and the moon rises, night falls.

　Time seemed to stand still inside the laboratory.

　Ergani had already set aside the consciousness of Demon Lord Number Two, and stood back beside Darke to continue observing.

　Ma

　Professor Harvey and Sister Carlian tirelessly performed the mechanical operation.

　The progress of precision cutting continues unabated.

　The tail of the "conjoined snakes" has been separated—or rather, "disintegrated."

　Professor Harvey and Sister Carlian essentially "disassembled" that part of the soul!

　As they decomposed, they also separated the soul factors belonging to Witt and Demon King No. 1 into two separate parts.

　There are also a small number of mixed-up, temporarily indistinguishable soul factors, which are placed in the third section.

　Three more hours passed.

　It's 9 PM!

　After more than twelve hours of meticulous work, the [root] of Witt and the Demon King was finally completely separated.

　It was deciphered into "particles"!

　The observers breathed a sigh of relief, but Professor Harvey and Sister Kallian, who were conducting the experiment, were...

　After a brief pause of less than half a minute, they resumed the experiment in earnest.

　First, completely separate the parts that are mixed up together.

　Then, the soul factors belonging to Witt and Demon King No. 1 are recombined according to certain rules.

　In this regard, Professor Steven Harvey is an expert among experts.

　Sister Kallian, on the other hand, was only a novice.

　Therefore, Sister Kallian mainly played a supporting role in the previous process.

　At this point, however, the two divided their tasks in a new way.

　Professor Steven Harvey was in charge of Witt's soul reconstruction.

　Sister Kallian was in charge of the soul reconstruction of the Demon King.

　"Professor Kazel, this soul-splitting experiment should be at a point where there's no chance of failure, right?"

　Dak crossed his arms and looked closely.

　Professor Cazell said softly, "With Steven's abilities, the possibility of failure is not high—it's a success."

　Dark frowned and said, "So, there's still a possibility of failure?"

　Professor Cazell said, "Soul reconstruction is not easy. You can imagine how difficult it is to demolish and build a house."

　This is the difference in difficulty between decomposition and recombination. Steven, in order to separate as much of the Demon King's soul as possible, cut that piece of soul into extremely small pieces. This was probably a first for him. Therefore...

　Anything is possible now.

　“Hmm.” Darke indicated that he understood and continued to observe and learn.

　With his enhanced memory and comprehension abilities, boosted by his increased intelligence, he had a vague feeling that he was in this...

　Technically, I'm probably close to getting the hang of it!

　In the past, watching this would have been as good as not watching at all, like watching a crime drama series through a screen.

　Generally, people only know the surface and not the inside.

　But now that he has observed for a long time, all sorts of understandings and insights have come to him.

　That feeling is too simplistic to describe as "learning by analogy."

　This made him realize that he might also have a relatively outstanding skill in the field of necromancer.

　talent.

　"The decomposition and recombination of the soul—if one could fully master this technique, even if it only applied to one's own soul..."

　Analyzing the soul is also extremely useful.

　After a moment's hesitation, Dak focused his attention and continued to observe.

　Although, according to Professor Cazell, soul reconstruction is far more difficult than decomposition, Harvey...

　The professor's operating speed was noticeably faster than before.

　Dak didn't ask, because he already knew the reason.

　It all comes down to practice makes perfect!

　Because on the other side, Sister Kallian's operation speed was still very slow, even slower than when she was disassembling it earlier.

　slow.

　But she was clearly bolder than before.

　After all, her experimental subject was Demon King No. 1, so there was no need to worry.

　Ten p.m.

　Dak figured that Aurora probably already knew he was coming to observe the experiment, so he stopped worrying.

　And so time continued to move forward.

　11 o'clock

　Midnight. 1 AM.

　二点

　Three o'clock

　At four in the morning, the sky was already beginning to lighten—a pale, fish-belly white.

　But Professor Harvey and Sister Carlian's experiments continued.

　Professor Harvey finally stopped around 5 a.m.

　This time, he rested for a full three minutes before continuing to check and fill in any gaps in the already reconstructed "roots".

　"call--"

　Dark heard Professor Cazell beside him let out a soft, long breath.

　He knew that the experiment had been a success!

　Even if it was expected, this is the best possible outcome.

　"Next, we need to see how serious the aftereffects of this experiment are, and whether the Demon King's soul has been completely separated."

　Dark thought for a moment and asked, "Professor Kazel, if it's just a wisp of soul remnant, there should be a way..."

　Suppress the law

　Professor Cazell said, "It depends on whether it grows or if something unexpected happens."

　Dark: "For example, Professor Cazell looked at him, a strange glint in his eyes: 'Like, being born at sunrise and dying at sunset.'"

　Dark suddenly realized: "That's a bit tricky. Born at sunrise, die at sunset. What's born is the soul, what dies..."

　But it's not necessarily a soul. If the Demon King truly possesses this characteristic, then the wisp of soul that Witt retained would...

　It's possible that with each sunrise, it can gradually recover. But wouldn't that require regular monitoring and cleanup?

　Professor Cazell crossed his arms and said, "This is just speculation at the moment. But even if this happens, it will only be temporary. When his soul is strong enough, he can periodically eliminate it on his own."

　"Is there a difference between doing it yourself and having someone else do it?" Dark shook his head and said, "Oh well, everyone has their own destiny. Maybe in two years, he won't need to worry about this anymore."

　"Shall we continue?" Ergane suddenly asked.

　When Dak and Professor Cazell turned to her, she pointed to the glass cylinder.

　Professor Kazel said, "We can stop now."

　Ergani withdrew her hand, and the [Brain in a Vat] spell was dispelled.

　Separated by the wall, the part of the soul belonging to the Demon King suddenly trembled.

　Sister Kallian's expression changed, and she quickly restrained him.

　After a long while, the soul finally calmed down.

　Sister Kallian looked over with a resentful expression.

　Dak simply ignored it.

　After examining Werther's soul, Professor Harvey pressed it back into his body.

　He then turned to help Sister Kallian, continuing the reconstruction and repair of Demon Lord Number One's soul.

　At 8:30 a.m., the soul of Demon King-. was finally reassembled.

　Professor Harvey took out a small bottle, put the soul of the Demon King into it, and then plugged it with a cork.

　Thus, the souls of Witt and the Demon King were successfully separated.

　But neither of their souls was complete.

　This can be somewhat discerned from the appearance of the soul alone.

　After the original root is split in two, it will naturally be damaged.

　The portion allocated to Wietz was slightly larger, but not by much, and significant deficiencies remained.