The atmosphere in the hall was a little subtle. Team Kazuma Satou, who had just pushed in the door, was looking at the two beauties in front of them - Hermione and Pheobe - with wary expressions.
"Who are you?" Kazuma asked pretending to be calm, but his sinister eyes had already betrayed his heart.
"Oh my God! Excellent! Absolutely excellent!" He yelled crazily in his heart, "Especially that blonde beauty (Pheobe), her figure is so foul! Has my luck finally come? Wait, is this another trap like Darkness that looks normal but is actually a pervert? No, I have to test the character first."
"Are you thinking of something dirty, kid?" Pheobe looked at him with a half-smile, her charming eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts slightly narrowed, "For example, are you commenting on our figures?"
"Of course not!" Kazuma retorted righteously, "Please don't slander a gentleman without evidence!"
"Oh? Do you know there is a magic in this world called [Mind Reading]?"
"..." Kazuma's face instantly turned the color of pig liver, and he coughed twice in embarrassment, "Um... what do you want from us?"
"Let me introduce Self first." Hermione stepped forward with full aura, "We are Arcane Squad."
"Arcane Squad?!" Aqua, who had been standing aside in a daze, suddenly jumped up, "That's the bastard monster snatching group that killed all the nearby monsters and made us eat dirt these days?!"
"We are very sorry about this matter." Hermione apologized without sincerity, "We just want to contribute to maintaining public security for Axel."
"Stop doing this! Do you know..."
Aqua wanted to get angry, but Kazuma covered his mouth. "Woooooo!"
"Ignore this idiot." Kazuma put on a commercial fake smile, "Thank you all for helping the people eliminate harm. Then, what's the point of looking for a low-level team like us?"
"It's very simple." Hermione got straight to the point, "We need to borrow Aqua and Megumin for a period of time to cooperate with us in doing a few small experiments."
"Experiment?" Aqua was instantly alert and folded his arms in defense, "What experiment? Do you want to dissect me? I am a goddess! Although I am in a state of desolation now, I still have dignity!"
"Goddess?" Kazuma turned over Byakugan, "What are you crazy about?"
"Stop pretending." Hermione suddenly switched to fluent London accented English, "We are from the earth, London."
This sentence was like a thunder. Kazuma and Aqua were stunned at the same time.
"London? Then you should go to another different world?" Kazuma blurted out, "Only those who died in Japan are under the jurisdiction of Eris."
"Sure enough." Hermione and Pheobe looked at each other and confirmed their previous guess: the reincarnation area is divided according to the place of death.
"We had a car accident while Japan was traveling." Hermione explained.
"This is against the rules! That tablet goddess Eris actually dares to cross districts to rob people!" Aqua muttered angrily.
"Okay, the reminiscing is over." Hermione took out a piece of parchment and asked, "What do you think of the experiment proposal?"
"Sorry, we refuse." Kazuma refused without thinking. Just kidding, these two women look dangerous. Who knows what kind of mad scientists they are? What if they are sliced into pieces?
"One million." Hermione spit out a number lightly, "One million Eris."
"Deal!" Kazuma answered decisively, without even a second of hesitation.
"Kazuma!!" Aqua and Megumin screamed in unison, "How could you betray your teammates for money?!"
"Scum! What a scum!" Darkness's face was red, but his body was trembling with excitement, "You actually sold your companion to a stranger without any psychological burden... This feeling of betrayal... Ah~ great! Please be sure to sell me too!"
"Shut up, perverted female knight!" Kazuma yelled, and then began to brainwash his teammates. "You idiots! Do you know how much one million is? We can pay off the huge wine debt owed by Aqua! We can also live in the best hotel and eat frost-fall red crabs every day! Megumin, think about your poor hometown, don't you want your parents to live a good life?"
Megumin's eyes instantly turned into the shape of gold coins. "In order to revitalize Crimson Demon Clan... I am willing to sacrifice myself!"
"Aqua, with this money, you can buy a complete set of limited edition premium bubble wine!"
Aqua swallowed, and his rational defense collapsed instantly. "Actually... it's not a big deal to do an experiment."
"Very good." Pheobe nodded with satisfaction, "As for Miss Darkness..."
"Please be sure to conduct cruel experiments on me!" Darkness looked forward to it.
"Sorry, what we need is the goddess and Crimson Demon Clan. We are not interested in perverts." Hermione refused coldly and dragged Wiz(Wiz) who was watching the show over, "You come too."
"Eh?! What does it have to do with me?!"
Five minutes later, underground laboratory.
This place has been transformed into a high-tech research center full of cyberpunk style. Various precision instruments moved from Floating City are humming and running.
Aqua and Megumin were fixed on two metal experimental tables, and their bodies were covered with various sensors. Snape and Lily were wearing white coats and pointing at the data on the holographic screen.
Kazuma stood aside, looking at this technological equipment that was beyond the times, and was so shocked that he was speechless. Who are these people? This is too hardcore!
"The data is out." Hermione called up a brain scan, "Aqua's brain structure is different from ordinary people."
"Of course! I'm a goddess!" Aqua proudly held up her chest.
"No." Hermione pointed to a glowing area in the cerebral cortex, "You have a 'tumor' in your brain."
"Ah?! Am I going to die?!" Aqua turned pale with fear.
"That is [Godhead]." Hermione corrected, "In other words, it is a special Energy Conversion organ. It is connected to your nervous system and can convert the Faith Power** of believers into magic power. This is why you have Infinite Magic."
"Not only that." Snape added, "This 'organ' also has an automatic purification function. It can filter out the negative emotions and impurities contained in faith, preventing the gods from being contaminated and corrupted by the desires of believers. This is much more advanced than the original gods of our world."
In the Arcane Empire universe, gods are often "poisoned" by faith, leading to distorted personalities. The Godhead system in this world is obviously more complete.
"Besides Infinity blue energy, what else can this thing be used for?" Kazuma asked curiously.
"Attribute assignment." Hermione explained, "Godhead of Aqua has water attributes, so she is the goddess of water. If it is Eris, then it has Luck attributes."
"No wonder she is the goddess Luck, and you are mentally retarded... Oh no, the goddess of water." Kazuma thought thoughtfully.
"Kazuma! Do you want to die?!"
"In addition, Godhead is also the key to casting [Holy Magic]." A trace of enthusiasm flashed in Snape's eyes, "This kind of magic can allow low-level spells to have cross-level effects. For example, Aqua's ordinary purification spell is only Tier 3, but Holy Purification can reach level 4. If we can analyze this mechanism and copy..."
Then, the mages of the Arcane Empire will be able to leapfrog and challenge the strong men of level 9 at Tier 8! This is definitely a strategic level discovery.
"Next is Megumin." Pheobe walked to another experimental table and looked at the complex genetic map on the screen.
"Crimson Demon Clan's genes have been artificially modified." She came to the conclusion, "Someone has implanted a special magic circuit in your DNA. This makes your entire family have extremely high magic talents, and you are born with the growth potential of Tier 3 (about level 60)."
"What does this mean?" Megumin blinked.
"It means that if I can crack this genetic code..." Pheobe's smile became a little scary, "We can mass-produce billions of genius mages through genetic engineering. Let every citizen of the Empire be born a destined strong man."
Hermione frowned. "Mageization of all the people? This will make public security management very troublesome. Think about it, if the naughty kid downstairs in your house can easily make a fireball..."
"That's something to consider in the future." Pheobe didn't care, "Let's get the technology first."
The experiment lasted the whole afternoon. Apart from drawing a few tubes of blood and doing some physical examinations, Aqua and Megumin did not suffer any inhuman torture (except that Aqua was called a fool several times).
"Okay, today's experiment is over." Hermione untied the restraints and handed Kazuma the bank card with one million Eris in it.
"Is this the end?" Kazuma held the card and felt that it was too easy to make money.
"No, this is just the beginning." Hermione pushed up his glasses, "In the next few months, we need to observe and test them regularly. Of course, the reward is separate."
"No problem! The boss is awesome!" Kazuma immediately put on a slutty expression. If you hug this golden thigh, will you walk sideways in another world from now on?
After sending away Kazuma's group, only five people from Arcane Squad were left in the laboratory.
"How was the harvest?"
"Huge." Snape looked at the test tube in his hand, which contained a blue liquid that exuded divine light (Aqua's blood), "With this, I can develop [Divine Magic Potion]. The opportunity to break through Tier 7 is right here."
"Crimson Demon Clan's genetic sample has also been saved." Pheobe added, "I have sent the data back to Floating City's host for analysis."
"Very good." Hermione looked at the setting sun outside the window with a confident smile on his lips.
"This world is indeed our treasure house."