Jia Xiu had more or less sorted out the situation.
At present, the most likely purpose of guiding someone to perform the Dream Demon's ritual was to "steal" the Dream Demon's power through an additional ritual.
And because there was no magic circle with a clear target, that power had temporarily been stored within "Frankenstein."
Although the ritual had not been fully completed, two stages had already been carried out.
The power drawn down through those two stages was still something.
By rights, it could not simply be abandoned.
To obtain that stored power, someone would need to secretly approach and deal with "Frankenstein," whether he was alive or dead.
In other words, whoever was most eager to deal with the necromancer was more likely to be the mastermind who needed that power.
And as it happened, the contents transmitted back by the surveillance spell placed on the necromancer concerned exactly how to deal with him.
Margaret's professionally crafted surveillance spell had an enormous range and extraordinary sensitivity. It could capture sounds within a fifty-meter radius, even through several walls.
It could also adjust the precise direction of sound collection as needed, filter out unnecessary noise, and focus its listening in a specific direction.
That part had been provided by Elizabeth. She could even add ultrasonic monitoring, though no one besides her had any use for that feature.
Such overwhelming performance was not entirely an advantage, because before useful information arrived, there was simply too much chaotic nonsense to sift through.
Fortunately, the mentor had taken on that rather tedious task.
She displayed an exceptional level of focus when it came to uncovering who was planning all this behind the scenes.
From any angle, Margaret was an unquestionable "noble"—in the complimentary sense.
She genuinely believed all the lofty rhetoric the