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Old man Langdon glanced at Connor, drew his conclusion, and waved his hand dismissively at Emerald:

"Hurry up and bury him and take care of the funeral arrangements, don't delay my research."

“I didn’t actually ask you, old Langdon, to save him… He’s my fiancé, I’d love for him to die.”

Emery showed no sign of leaving, casually sitting down on a chair beside the hospital bed and even taking out a carton of solid yogurt to eat with a small spoon.

"I'm just here to borrow your space to handle some things, and also to borrow 03."

"...Oh, so this unlucky guy is your fiancé? No wonder he's in such a bad situation, getting engaged to a woman with such a vicious heart like you. He must have been incredibly unlucky in his past lives."

Old man Langdon made a blunt remark, then his eyes darted around, and he completely understood what Emerald meant:

"This guy must have something to offer to become your fiancé... He must have some kind of inheritance that even your Melson family wants, so you can't just let him die like this. You want 03 to control him and cooperate with your act to seize his inheritance? You really are a vicious snake, Miss."

"Stop talking nonsense. Everyone outside says I'm a beautiful and kind-hearted saint!"

Amy rolled her eyes at old man Langdon, then licked the yogurt off her spoon.

"But old Langdon, you guessed right... that's it. Lend me 03, and you can continue your research. You don't need to worry about the rest."

"A beautiful and kind-hearted saint? Ha... I'm a great philanthropist and charity worker outside."

Old man Langdon first curled his lip in disdain, then said without any politeness:

"03 is my most important experimental assistant. Every thread is busy enough. Where would it find the resources to cooperate with your charade? I won't lend it to it!"

Although he said he wouldn't lend it, old man Langdon didn't seem to want to kick him out, and his intentions were quite clear.

Need more money!

"...Tch, I knew you old codger were greedy, and not even greedy for money."

Emery wasn't too surprised; she had been prepared for it.

She casually took out a very exquisite box and tossed it to old man Langdon:

"Look, there's something really good in here, you've never seen anything like it before."

Chapter 169 The Engagement is Completely Over

"Tch, stop bragging. Even if you are the young lady of the Melson family, what kind of things have you gotten your hands on that I've never even seen before? I've lived for over 40 years longer than you, you know... Holy crap!"

After taking the small box, old man Langdon, while grumbling, first removed the seal from the box, then opened the lid, and couldn't help but swear.

A finger lay quietly inside the box—a human finger.

Langdon is a doctor, and a human researcher who has completely abandoned morality. He has cut more people than many people have ever seen, so of course he is not afraid of ordinary human fingers.

That finger is the fusion organ of a fusion-stage mage.

Having studied the human body for so many years, Langdon himself, though only in the awakening stage, possessed an incredibly rich theoretical knowledge. He recognized at a glance that the fingers inside the box were fused organs, and he knew even more about how dangerous fused organs were.

"Are you crazy, girl?"

Old Man Langdon quickly put the lid back on, nervously looking around, and even preparing to activate the hospital's defensive array, fearing that a powerful expert in the Fusion stage might suddenly come and kill him.

"Don't worry, old Langdon~~"

Emery, however, remained relaxed, even sporting a mocking smile:

"He's lived more than 40 years longer than me... Is that all? What a small fry... Don't worry, I've already killed the owner of this finger, and his soul has been completely purified by holy magic. He won't use this finger to cause you any trouble."

"...Really? You're that strong, girl... Oh, right."

Then, old man Langdon suddenly realized something and took a deep look at Amelie's heterochromatic eyes, which were a deep blue and a shimmering gold:

"I almost forgot, you've quietly become a Fusion Stage expert, no wonder you've suddenly become so arrogant... tsk."

After clicking his tongue, old man Langdon continued to examine the finger, and soon a look of realization dawned on his face:

“I remember now! A while ago, the Art Association sank a cruise ship and lost a Fusion Stage expert. That unlucky guy’s fusion organ was his finger, and the Art Association just happened to provoke you, girl… Tsk, you really are ruthless. A whole ship of tourists and a Fusion Stage expert were killed by you just like that.”

"Old Langdon, don't talk nonsense! The matter of the Beauty has nothing to do with me!"

Emery immediately denied it:

"That ship was sunk by monsters and pirates. I just happened to find this finger while taking a walk on the beach."

"Are you still pretending? You just said that you completely killed the owner of this finger with holy magic."

Old man Langdon gave Emery a disdainful look, then carefully put the box away.

"However, this finger is indeed a good thing. I've been wanting to find a fusion-stage mage to dig out the fusion organ for research for a long time, but unfortunately I don't have that ability... Well, alright, I can lend you half of 03's thread for a few days."

"Hey, wait!"

After Langdon finished speaking, he tried to leave, but Amelie quickly stopped him:

"Old Langdon, do you think I'm stupid? Safe fusion organs are so precious... You think you can just borrow 03 for a few days and then take it away? Dream on!"

"...Then what else do you want?"

Old man Langdon immediately showed a very wary expression:

"You don't want ownership of 03, do you? Absolutely not! I don't have a test assistant to replace 03 right now, so there's no way I'm giving 03 to you!"

"I do want 03... but not now~~"

Amelie smiled slightly:

"Old Langdon, you're over 60 this year, right? I'm not even 20 yet, and I'm a Fusion-stage mage who has already broken through the human lifespan limit and can stay young forever. I can live much longer than you... So I want you to make a contract with me. After you die, I will inherit ownership of 03."

"...Tsk, you really are a vicious girl!"

Old man Langdon couldn't help but start complaining again:

"You haven't even received your fiancé's inheritance yet, and you're already eyeing mine... You wouldn't be trying to kill me off just to get 03 as soon as possible, would you?"

"Of course not, old Langdon, you're still very useful."

Emery waved her hand:

"Right now, 03 can only play its greatest role in your hands, and it needs to grow further by your side... Didn't I say? I can outlive you by a lot, there's absolutely no need for me to do something short-sighted, old Langdon, don't worry... Besides, aren't we friends? How could someone as kind as me betray a friend?"

Don't give me that! I don't believe you!

Old Man Langdon scoffed, but he could accept Amelie's conditions, so after thinking for a moment, he continued:

"Let's sign a contract. It'll be as you said. This finger belongs to me, and after I die, 03's ownership will go to you. But you can't cheat me in any way, okay?"

"no problem."

Amelie nodded readily.

After reaching an agreement with old man Langdon, Emerald stayed at Langdon Hospital temporarily, claiming that she was taking care of her dying fiancé.

In reality, it's impossible for him to take care of her; Connor simply doesn't deserve it.

In the empty VIP ward on the entire floor, only Connor lay alone. His soul was still suffering from the burning pain of the dragon's breath, while his body had been invaded by 03, and the secrets in his mind were being constantly dug out and copied.

Emery spends most of her time in the guest room of Langdon's villa, and also borrows Langdon's laboratory.

I spent most of my time in the guest rooms during the day.

Marcy and Julia both returned to Locke City. Julia continued to be her idol hero, while Marcy had to stay in Emerald's office as an agent.

Of course, Marcy doesn't need to handle documents, nor can she understand them. Her task is to remotely transmit important company documents to Emery for review, and then approve them according to Emery's instructions... So although Emery is at Landon Hospital, she is basically busy with her own work during the day.

At night, Emerald would borrow an old man Langdon's laboratory to practice and research her necromancy.

The corpse of that ancient dragon-level shadow dragon is a valuable item. If it were used entirely as material for necromancy, Amelie could obtain her first ancient dragon-level undead.

However, Amelie doesn't intend to do that, because there aren't many occasions where she needs to take action herself, and she has other trump cards besides necromancy.

Emerald intended to use most of the Shadow Dragon's corpse as food and materials to enhance everyone around her, and even allow Yulia to try to break through to the Fusion stage.

Dragon meat is used to make dishes for everyone to eat, dragon crystals are given to Yulia to absorb, dragon blood can further strengthen Marcy's bloodline, dragon eyes can be used to make a magical artifact for Viliana, and dragon scales and dragon teeth can be used to forge armor and weapons... In short, ancient dragons are treasures from head to toe, which is one of the main reasons why humans and elves love to hunt them.

However, Emeryt decided to keep the dragon bone for herself.

When she passed the test by the old witch Granny Ya last time, she accidentally created that bone fighter jet, which Amelie found quite useful and cool.

However, that bone fighter was ultimately made from the bones of mortals, and its strength was still too low. Even with the magical enhancement of Emerald, it wouldn't be much stronger. Any master-level mage skilled in ranged attacks could shoot it down.

Therefore, Emerald plans to upgrade the Bone Fighter, using the Shadow Dragon's bones instead of human skeletons as materials to upgrade the Bone Fighter into a Dragon Bone Fighter, and also upgrade the ordinary phosphorescent-powered bone spike missiles into dragon breath missiles that can explode with the power of dragon breath.

The old lich Granny Ya's [Flesh Reforging] and [Contact Fusion] techniques are most adept at upgrading and modifying the undead. As her only student, Amelie naturally possesses this skill as well. Upgrading a Bone Fighter to a Dragon Bone Fighter is no challenge for her; she's confident she can complete it within a few days at Old Man Langdon's place.

. . . . .

Three days later, 03 had almost completed reading Connor Holm's memories and controlling his body, and was already able to disguise him very well. Emerald then began the next step of her operation.

Although Connor Holm's parents died when he was very young, he still had many blood relatives, more than 20 of whom were eligible to inherit his estate under federal law.

Emery didn't intend to keep any of these people, in order to avoid any unforeseen circumstances later.

Killing them all one by one would be too obvious and would look too blatant. The best approach would be to create an accident.

Connor Holm's relatives mostly only knew that he had become successful and was engaged to a super-powerful heiress, but they didn't know much about the specifics.

So Viliana took matters into her own hands, posing as Connor's fiancée's maid, and informed Connor's relatives that Connor had an accident, inviting them to Warrento to see Connor one last time and discuss the distribution of his estate.

Some of Connor's relatives still live in Holm, but many others have settled in other cities across the United States.

So Viliana arranged for them to meet in the capital, Sphingard, and then take an airship to Warren. Nobody thought anything was wrong—they were just marveling at how rich Connor's fiancée's family was, chartering an airship that was over 20 meters long so easily.

It wasn't until the plane crash that the more astute among these relatives finally realized what was happening, but by then it was all too late.

The airship, full of Connor Holm's relatives, obviously didn't reach its destination; it lost contact en route.

By the time the rescue team found the wreckage, 25 of the 27 people on the airship had perished, leaving only the seriously injured pilot who survived while protecting a little girl less than a year old.

The airship pilot was a mage. According to his recollections after recovering from his injuries and the records of the airship's magical devices, the airship was attacked by a white dragon. The pilot fought desperately with the airship's weapons, but it was to no avail. In the end, he could only do his best to protect the youngest child on the airship, and he was powerless to help the others.

After the news spread, no one blamed the airship pilot; on the contrary, many newspapers praised him as a hero, after all, he had rescued a child.

The little girl who was rescued was the child of Connor Holm's cousin and also had a right to inherit Connor's property.

So things became easier from there. Connor, controlled by 03, cooperated with Emery to put on a show.

03 Connor first pretended to have a brief moment of lucidity before his death, briefly regaining consciousness from the burning soul of the dragon's breath, but unexpectedly, he immediately heard new bad news - all his relatives except for a cousin had died in the plane crash.

Wow, that's so pitiful.

Emery pretended to cry with 03 Connor for a while before promising to adopt the surviving child and give her a rich and happy life.

03 Connor, of course, agreed with tears in his eyes and immediately wrote a will, stating that all his property and patent rights would be left to the little girl, and that they would be managed by a guardian until the little girl came of age. This guardian was, of course, Emerald.

After writing his will, Connor pretended to wail in great pain a few times before losing consciousness and fainting again. His physical condition deteriorated rapidly, bringing him closer to death.

Emery immediately sent someone to take Connor's will to the federal government to handle all the formalities. With the Merson family's connections, everything went smoothly, and the staff were extremely efficient. The transfer of all of Connor's assets and patents was completed on the same day.

The surviving little girl also became Amelie's goddaughter in law, but Amelie was too lazy to raise her herself, after all, she was her fiancé's relative.

Fortunately, the Melson family intervened quickly, so Amelie didn't need to worry about the little girl.

She will grow up in one of the Merson family families under a new identity, with two or three other Mersons her childhood sweethearts, the kind she can marry directly when she grows up... This means that she will become a member of the Merson family after she comes of age, and the patents under her name will still belong to the Merson family.

Ultimately, it wasn't Emerald herself who truly desired Connor Holm's patent, but the Melson family. Emerald's actions towards Connor Holm were also aimed at resolving her engagement without compromising the family's interests.

Now that this boring engagement is finally over, Emerald feels no sense of accomplishment because Connor Holm was just too weak and easily defeated.

However, Emery didn't care. Her ambitions were enormous, and this was just the beginning.

Connor Holm would need to wait a few more days to be completely dead, and Emery wasn't in a hurry, so she stayed at Langdon Hospital, using old man Langdon's laboratory to research her necromancy. The Dragonbone Fighter was almost finished.

. . . . .

The news that the Lohid family had been attacked by an Ancient Dragon-level Shadow Dragon during their hunting trial quickly spread among the upper echelons of the Federation.

Connor Holm's tragic fate was hardly worth mentioning and didn't interest people. What truly captivated everyone was that Emery had actually killed the Shadow Dragon.

Although the matter has not yet been made public, most people who need to know already know—the eldest daughter of the Melson family is not only a business genius who founded Blue Star Films, but also has an astonishing talent in cultivation.

A fusion-stage mage under 20 years old completely defied the experts' predictions; even normal novels and picture books wouldn't dare to have such a plot... except for some brain-dead works that depict children participating in wars at age 4 and becoming invincible at age 6.

Amelie, who was already attracting a lot of attention because of the movie and her own identity, has now become the focus of discussion among many large families.

Even her own family was no exception.

In the top floor of the Melsen Tower, in the patriarch's private study.

A sprightly old man stood with his hands behind his back, his back to the door, looking up at the portraits on the wall—those were portraits of the outstanding figures of the Melson family throughout the ages. Even the head of the family might not be qualified to hang their portraits there; only those who had made outstanding contributions to the family could have them displayed.

The first portrait is of our ancestor, Melson, who invented the magical artifact technology. Behind him are Granny Ya, who was nominally expelled from the family but secretly did countless dirty jobs for the family, and a former principal of the Federal Noble Girls' Academy who developed magical artifact technology by contracting with otherworldly magical creatures about 500 years ago.

It can be said that the greatest wish of every head of the Melson family was to have his own portrait hung up alongside those of past heroes. If that was not possible, then he would cultivate an outstanding talent for the family whose portrait could be displayed.