Zorn chuckled softly.

"I had an Alchemist specially formulate this Essence of Holy Healing Potion to be at least twice as effective."

"In addition to the previously promised reward, I’ll also give each of you a dozen of these."

"Ah... isn’t this a bit too much?"

Isaac said in a low voice.

"Isaac, you’re being too formal!"

"Mr. Zorn treats us as one of his own."

Meanwhile, Alvin, the Doomsday Shadow Stab, was eating and drinking heartily, treating Zorn’s place as if it were his own home.

Of course, when it was time to work, the man would still fight with his life on the line.

He possessed both his own consciousness and a devout Faith in the great Lord of Holy Witch.

Realizing he was indeed being too formal, Isaac immediately stopped refusing.

After dinner.

The night had grown deep.

The coachman, Old Nero, had just seen the two off.

A rather spacious carriage arrived outside the manor.

The Lantern-carrying Elder stepped out.

...

In the dark and silent basement.

An orange Lantern pushed back the darkness, illuminating the stairs that slanted downward.

Zorn and the Lantern-carrying Elder entered the basement, one after the other.

Without a sound, both of them simultaneously looked toward a corner.

As the Lantern-carrying Elder raised his Lantern, the light grew much brighter.

Under the orange glow, Vanessa’s silhouette gradually emerged.

"Ah! You found me so quickly? I thought I could stay hidden for a little longer!"

Vanessa stuck out her tongue playfully.

"To be able to borrow the master’s Black Mist Power and jump directly in from the outside..."

"It seems Miss Merciful Witch has grown quite accustomed to synergizing with and utilizing the master’s power," the Lantern-carrying Elder praised.

Vanessa’s bright eyes sized up the Lantern-carrying Elder for a moment.

"So you’re the Lantern-carrying Elder. The master never mentioned you to me, but I could sense your presence."

"He is Viscount Ferdinand Hegg," Zorn glanced at Vanessa and clarified.

Vanessa immediately nodded obediently, indicating that she had committed it to memory.

"Since you’re here, come with us."

Opening a long-prepared Calamity Black Mist Chamber, the three of them filed inside.

On a table inside the chamber, the Lantern-carrying Elder placed the heavily sealed black Monster Treasure Chest he was carrying.

He began to undo the seals as he spoke.

"I stood guard there, using the light of my Lantern to illuminate everything around me."

"Just as you predicted, Master, the extremely weakened Evil Spirit Divine Mage used Resurrection to arrive right inside the trap I had built for him."

"Lacking the strength to resist, he was quickly suppressed and sealed by my Lantern."

"He tried to self-destruct, but I gave him no opportunity."

With that, the Lantern-carrying Elder slapped the black, sealed Monster Treasure Chest.

After squirming for a moment, the Monster Treasure Chest spat out a bound human figure.

Looking at the Evil Spirit Divine Mage, who had been schemed against every step of the way and was now tightly sealed, Zorn didn’t hesitate, immediately casting Life Absorption.

His now Level 1 Life Absorption pulsed, drawing in the flesh and blood remnants of Egunus.

However, Zorn did not absorb the Evil Spirit Divine Mage’s own Life Force, soul, Spiritual Essence, or anything else.

A living Evil Spirit Divine Mage was more valuable than a dead one.

Soon, Zorn finished absorbing the flesh and blood remnants of the Evil Spirit Divine Mage, Egunus.

GURGLE... GURGLE...

Through continuous absorption, nourished by the flesh and blood remnants, every aspect of his Evil Spirit Wizard Sequence was constantly growing stronger.

The most noticeable improvements were in the overall strength of his Magic and his casting efficiency.

And these were the areas where the Evil Spirit Divine Mage excelled.

A full ten-plus minutes passed.

Only then did Zorn slowly and completely digest all the power from the absorbed flesh and blood remnants.

’The strength of my Magic across the board has increased by at least 30%.’ 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

’After all, the Magic strength of my Sequence was already very high, so a 30% increase is quite exaggerated.’

’Additionally, my casting efficiency has also increased by about 50%.’

’My casting speed wasn’t fast enough before, but this should do it.’

Having devoured the flesh and blood remnants of the Evil Spirit Divine Mage, Zorn, his overall strength further enhanced, could feel his affinity with the Calamity Origin Land surge as well.

To establish a Spiritual Realm in the Calamity Origin Land, one either needed a high enough Level or had to devour enough flesh and blood remnants.

Zorn had already devoured two extra portions of Egunus’s high-quality flesh, so the Level threshold would naturally be lowered quite a bit.

Once Zorn completed the construction of his Spiritual Realm, the Calamity Black Mist he had previously leveraged would have an even greater use.

As he pondered, Zorn looked over at the Evil Spirit Divine Mage, Francis Rossetti.

Although the Evil Spirit Divine Mage’s body was now withered, his breaths more exhalations than inhalations, he was not dead.

Zorn hadn’t absorbed all of Egunus’s flesh.

Instead, he had left about a tenth of the remnants within the body, preserving his Evil Spirit Divine Mage Sequence.

However, with only a tenth of the flesh and blood remnants remaining, its Sequence strength would be extremely weak.

And this was precisely what Zorn wanted to see.

As he mused, Zorn began using his Evil Spirit Authority to enslave and control the Evil Spirit Divine Mage.

While subjecting him to an all-encompassing baptism of soul, will, and spirit, Zorn mulled over his subsequent plans.

’No one else knows the Evil Spirit Divine Mage has been captured.’

’Under this premise, he has immense value to exploit.’

Next, Zorn planned to use the Evil Spirit Divine Mage as the face of the powerful ritual force known as the Evil Spirit Calamity.

After all, Zorn was the one who would activate the ritual, and Zorn was also the ultimate beneficiary of the "Immortal Calamity Sacred Mark."

The Evil Spirit Divine Mage would merely be the puppet, the public face under Zorn’s control.

In the next one or two Evil Spirit Calamities, as the Evil Spirit Divine Mage makes his appearance alongside the Evil Spirit Calamity... then!

Everyone will know that it was the Evil Spirit Divine Mage who launched the "Evil Spirit Calamity."

And the Evil Spirit Divine Mage is a core member of the Sun Church.

The rest would be simple.

This would successfully escalate into a war between the Holy Fierce Sun Church and the Sun Church.

Every blow the Evil Spirit Calamity dealt to the Holy Fierce Sun Church would be converted into the Holy Fierce Sun Church’s fury toward the Sun Church.

This, in turn, would drive the Holy Fierce Sun Church to pursue the Sun Church even more relentlessly.

Even though, in the near future, the Holy Fierce Sun Church itself would suffer from massive turmoil and internal strife... before it collapsed... under Zorn’s guidance, it would unleash its final sanctity and authority!