Chapter 222: Reformers!
After returning to the dorm, Luis found Alicia inside the meditation room, upon seeing her deep in practice. He didn't disturb her and went inside his pocket space.
When he caught those criminals. Luis separated a small section inside the pocket space into a prison. Six criminals were in one chamber and the two brothers were in a separate chamber each.
He also enclosed the chambers, so they couldn't get out or see anything outside their chamber.
Luis sensed that all the criminals and William were still unconscious. Only Karlos was showing signs of waking up.
'As expected, of a B-rank. Though the repercussions of using the pseudo bloodline won't make it easy for him.'
When he thought of a pseudo-bloodline, Luis licked his lips and teleported inside Karlos' chamber.
As soon as his figure appeared again, Luis greeted Karlos.
"Yo! William's chicken brother! You awake yet?"
In response, Luis only received some painful groaning sounds. He observed the state of Karlos' body and commented with some mockery and disgust.
"You are quite tenacious, huh? After the last attack. I had expected you would have turned into a stir-fried-roasted chicken. Guess I underestimated the body of a B-rank."
Luis lied without batting an eye. Lily had already calculated the expected damage from that attack, and everything was under his control. There's no way he would let such a precious experimental subject die in vain, right?
*Grr… rr*
"Can't you speak, Karlos?" Luis asked like a curious kid.
*Grrrr*
Karlos was angry. He could hear everything clearly, but he was in no state to scold Luis back. The pain was too much, and his body's condition was worsening every second. If he doesn't take the serum, his body won't be able to recover.
Luis also felt like it was enough messing around, so he stopped the nonsense.
"Your state doesn't look good. Don't you need some medicine? I don't know what kind of medicine is needed looking at your state. Did you keep some in your mana bracelet?"
Karlos, who was groaning, became shocked. He heard footsteps coming closer as Luis got close to him and grabbed hold of his left hand. He knew Luis was going to get his hands on the serum, but he was helpless to do anything.
Luis used Karlos' other hand to tap on the mana bracelet and activate it. Then brought out all the items from the storage.
'Hmm, a curved sword, metal wires, a set of five falcon masks, a dozen low-grade elixirs, two small knives, some clothes, and two mystery boxes.'
Luis put aside the other things and brought his focus to the wooden mystery boxes. He was certain that one of them contained the tranquilizing serum he was interested in.
When he opened the first box, Luis saw three small jars containing red liquid, which were placed carefully in between the foam.
"Lily, is this it?"
{Master, I am 93.567% sure that this potion may have a tranquillizing effect.}
"Well, we can just test, but before that."
Luis put the box aside and crouched near Karlos, then said in a gentle voice.
"Just don't resist, okay? Otherwise, you may turn into a birdbrain. You knock off harpy."
Luis' words horrified Karlos, but he wasn't in any condition to put up any resistance.
Helpless, he could only hope that whatever Luis did, it didn't kill him. Luis raised his hands towards him and used his illusion magic.
"Hypnosis!"
After practicing the Ancient Spiritual Meditation, Luis' mental strength has increased several times. Besides, Karlos had no willpower to resist the illusion spell in his body's current painful state. So, it only took Luis around a few minutes to gain temporary control over Karlos.
"Stand up," Luis commanded.
Karlos, who was groaning in pain a few minutes ago, suddenly stood up on his feet. Luis could see Karlos' body was under a heavy burden and it must have been very painful, but no sound came out of his mouth. Which made Luis certain that his illusion magic was in effect.
Luis took out one jar of tranquilizing serum and put the rest, along with the box, inside his own mana bracelet.
"Take this serum and use it how you would normally use it."
Karlos took the serum from his hands and drank it.
"Lily, scan and analyze all the changes."
{Yes, Master.}
For the first few minutes, nothing happened, but Luis calmly stood there and watched him. Right when the 15-minute mark passed. Luis noticed that the protruding purple veins on his face and neck had started calming down.
{Master, it's estimated that it would take around 2 hours for the serum to have the complete effect.}
"I see." Luis nodded, then asked Karlos. "Can you at least speak properly now?"
"Yes," Karlos sounded somewhat dazed.
"In that case, answer some of my questions."
Luis knew that in the current situation, he could keep Karlos under hypnosis for 3 hours, and that was enough.
"Are you a pseudo-bloodline awakener?"
"Yes."
"Who gave you that power?"
"The organization."
"What are they called?"
"… Reformers."
'As expected, it is them.' This news didn't surprise Luis. In the game's story, they successfully created an army of pseudo-bloodline awakeners, whom they called Reformers.
"Since you are still taking these serums, are you an imperfect reformer?"
"Yes, but as far as I know. There are no other perfect reformers in the organization yet."
"What exactly are reformers and what is the purpose of your organization?"
Although Luis already had a general grasp of it from his knowledge of the game. He still wanted to hear the information from Karlos' perspective.
"Their purpose is to let the untalented people in this world have a place to live and, by gaining power, also stand on equal footing to those self-centred prodigies who were blessed by luck."
Luis' gaze became flat.
"What bullshit! Are the Reformers also experts at brainwashing? Besides, I am not a self-centred person, okay? Think before you speak!"
Karlos, who was in a dazed state, nodded.
"Yes, you are not a self-centred person. You are the most handsome man alive in Alnaur."
Luis closed his eyes and nodded. "At least you are aware."
{Master, why are you making him praise yourself?} Lily asked in confusion.
"What are you talking about? I did no such thing." Luis denied it with a straight face.
{Huh, but obviously-}
Lily was about to say something, but Luis cut her off.
"Lily." He called out her name in a deep voice.
{Yes, Master?}
"Do you want me to reset you?"
His voice was calm, but hearing his words, Lily was horrified.
{No, please don't Master! I apologize!}
Because of her low EQ level, she didn't expect that Luis would get offended by her question.
Luis ignored Lily and brought his attention back to Karlos.
"Do you know who turned you into a Reformer?"
"It's the genius scientist named Morbo Vulmuske."
Luis nodded, seeing that Karlos' answer was consistent with his knowledge. "What do you know about him?"
"He is the person with the most knowledge about genes and bloodline factors in this world. It is said that in the field of genetic study, he is decades ahead of dwarves and the other species."
Luis stared at him with no change in expression. He also agreed with Karlos' words that Morbo Vulmuske was a rare talent.
Unfortunately, such a talent was in the hands of the Aiverson Royal Family.
Yes, from the game's knowledge, Luis knew the 'Reformers' was an organization supported and funded by the King himself. It's just that he didn't dare to legalize that organization for fear of angering other species.
If the other races knew that the King of the Aiverson Empire allowed the kidnapping of people from other races to create an army of 'Reformers'. There will certainly be another Great War.
Morbo Vulmuske hasn't perfected the Reformers yet and the King's goal is far from completion. That is why he let the Reformers work as a criminal organization that is deeply hidden.
Even if they are caught conducting illegal experiments on other races. He could escape the blame while also supporting the organization from the dark.
Then once the Reformer project is successful. He would have a powerful army of awakeners with the ability to transform into other races in his hands. After transforming, the awakeners would also gain the innate racial abilities of other races, increasing their power by several levels.
Although Luis knew the goals and the future of the Reformers, he didn't plan to act now. At present, the Reformers are far from perfect. He still has a lot of time to get what he wants.
If he tries to take over the Reformers, then not only the king would be angry but also, it will become difficult for the Suarez Family to get along with the other races.
In that case, most of his plans regarding other races would plummet. Loss outweighs the gains for acting early. That's why, even if he was greedy, he wasn't in a hurry.
'Besides, it's not even certain yet. If the King would be alive by the time Reformers are in completion.'