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Meanwhile, Elise, far away in the manor, sat quietly on the sofa, observing Sally's every move.
Although she trusted Sally's thieving skills completely, infiltrating the research institute was ultimately too difficult; in the game, it would definitely be a place that could only be infiltrated in the later stages of the game.
However, Elise's presence made this otherwise impossible infiltration possible.
Although there are eighth-tier powerhouses in this research institute, Elise used the protection of the World Tree to prevent Sally's presence from being detected for a certain period of time.
With the World Tree's protection, there shouldn't be any problems as long as they aren't directly seen.
At the same time, Elise's eyes also granted Sally the ability to charm others, making it much easier to enter the core area of the research institute.
In addition, Elise gave Sally a lot of handy gadgets, which generally shouldn't cause any problems.
Even if something goes wrong, the backup plan Elise left for her is enough to allow Sally to escape unscathed.
In just over ten minutes, Sally used her ability to pass through walls to enter a storage room in the research institute.
The research institute has a spatial confinement device, so she couldn't teleport in directly. Fortunately, she had Elise's blessing. But then again, shouldn't only the Earth Goddess be able to bestow such a blessing?
Sally felt like she had thought of something serious, but she quickly dismissed her curiosity; now was not the time to worry about such things.
According to Elise, no one usually comes here, especially late at night.
Sally pressed herself against the door, listening intently to everything happening outside. The information Elise had given her included the guards' patrol routes, their changing of the guard times, and even where some guards might slack off.
Even the head of this research institute couldn't possibly know such details, right?
Sally didn't think much of it. After the footsteps faded away, she pushed open the door and went out.
The room containing the Arm of Order is specially made; even with Elise's blessing, it's impossible to pass through the walls to enter. Only the head of the research institute has the authority to open that place.
Sally was supposed to steal the key from the person in charge before she could enter and steal the Arm of Order, but before she left, Flora gave her a master key.
In Flora's words, as long as the door is made with magical technology, this key can open it.
This master key also allowed her to skip the most troublesome step.
Now all Sally needs to do is find a way to get to the special room where the arm is located, and she can directly open it and take the thing away.
"Turn left ahead, walk forward for ten seconds and then dive underground. Wait for the guards to leave before continuing."
"There are magical warning devices ahead. Go through the wall and head to the right."
"The patrol officers have just left; you can simply walk through the wall to get out."
……
With Elise's guidance, Sally arrived near the spatial confinement device without any problems. After all, the best option to leave safely after taking the items was to teleport directly.
To teleport, you need to first disable the spatial confinement device.
The research institute's equipment is a fixed, large-scale device. There are many magical warning devices nearby, but Sally directly installed the interference magic device underground.
After confirming that there were no problems, they continued to follow Elise's guidance and arrived near the special room where the Arm of Order was stored.
Like the skin of the gods, this arm of order generates random orders every so often, but it will remain silent as long as there are no living beings within its range.
There are two guards at the door of the room, both of whom are at the fifth level of strength. There are also many magical devices hidden around the room. Even if you kill the guards, the magical devices will be activated.
This is where Flora's eyes come in. Sally is currently using two eyes that are not her own; one belongs to Iris, and the other to Flora.
Although she doesn't have any talent in magical artifacts, with Flora's eyes and the interference magical artifacts Flora gave her, she can temporarily paralyze magical artifacts within this range.
Sally hesitated for a moment, then walked directly to the two guards.
The two guards were immediately drawn to the strange heart-shaped mark on Sally's right eye the moment they saw her.
Seeing the charmed guard, Sally didn't have time to marvel at how useful the charm was. Instead, she immediately pulled out the interference magic device that Flora had given her.
This kind of interference is not very effective against mages, but it can be quite effective against unmanned magical devices.
After confirming that the interference was effective, Sally took out the master key. Although it was called a key, it was actually a soft ball, which she pressed directly against the door.
A short while later, the door was opened directly.
As the door opened, a large room was revealed, in which a skinless arm was placed on a shelf. Although it looked bloody and ferocious, it also gave people a sense of holiness.
Volume 1: Chapter 513 Maru La, targeted by a bad woman
"Stop looking. The commotion has already spread, and people will probably be here soon."
Elise's voice successfully brought Sally back to her senses. She avoided looking at the arm with some apprehension. When she saw that arm just now, she actually felt a sense of wanting to worship it.
Is this the remains of a god? It's terrifying.
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Without hesitation, Sally took out a small box from her spatial ring, which contained the Eye of Order that they had just retrieved two days ago.
With the suppression of the Eye of Order, Sally rushed into the room without hesitation and put her arm directly into the container that had been prepared beforehand.
Containing the arm is actually the key to this operation. After all, as long as Sally enters the arm's range of influence, the arm will randomly create an order, and if she's unlucky, Sally might even die on the spot.
However, Elise had already figured out how to deal with all of this, and she even took the initiative to borrow the Eye of Order from Ronald.
She had thought Ronald would never give her something so important, but to her surprise, he gave her his eyes without hesitation as soon as she asked.
After successfully capturing the arm of the God of Order, Sally activated the interference magic device she had prepared beforehand.
As the interference took effect, the spatial confinement device was forcibly stopped, and Sally, as a spatial mage, clearly felt that spatial power had become active.
Without the slightest hesitation, she rushed out of the room and immediately used long-distance teleportation to leave the underground research institute.
Not long after Sally left, a middle-aged man appeared here with a gloomy expression.
As the head of this research institute and an eighth-rank mage, he never expected that someone could infiltrate the institute silently and steal such important research materials.
The middle-aged man silently took out a ball of yarn and a dagger.
He first used his dagger to tear open a spatial rift, and then the ball of yarn seemed to come alive, with the end of the yarn directly entering the spatial rift.
Sally, who escaped the place using teleportation, did not return directly to Elise's manor. Instead, following Elise's instructions, she began to teleport back and forth between various places without regard to the cost.
Unlike teleporting others, Sally doesn't need to expend much magic to complete a teleportation when she's alone.
Although she didn't know why Elise wanted her to do this, Sally obediently carried out Elise's plan.
After teleporting continuously for more than half an hour, Sally, who had been teleported back to Serissa, heard Iris's voice in her ear: "It's okay, come back."
Hearing this, Sally breathed a sigh of relief. Even though teleporting alone didn't use much magic, she felt completely drained after continuous teleportation.
Even if Elise hadn't said anything, she could sense that something seemed to have pierced through the void and locked onto her.
However, as she teleported more and more, the feeling of being locked on became weaker and weaker. In fact, she could no longer feel the lock on ten minutes ago, but to be on the safe side, she teleported for another ten minutes.
Teleported back to the manor, Sally looked exhausted, but her eyes held an irrepressible excitement.
To know that you stole something from a heavily guarded imperial research institute, the sense of accomplishment is no less than... cough cough.
Feeling that her thoughts were a little strange, Sally coughed twice, then walked up to Elise and placed the thing containing the arm and eyes on the table. Even though it was in her spatial ring, it felt a little hot to the touch.
"Thanks a lot."
“Actually, it’s not so bad. If it weren’t for your detailed information, I wouldn’t have been able to steal the things so quickly.” Sally continued excitedly, “I think you’re quite suitable to be my partner. I feel that with your guidance, even stealing things from the emperor’s palace wouldn’t be a problem.”
Elise looked surprised, then said shyly, "Are you confessing your feelings to me?"
Sally, who had been excited, froze on her face after hearing Elise's words. She then turned and ran away without hesitation. She knew that the maid was still there, and she felt that if she stayed any longer, she might be killed by the maid's glare.
But then again, I haven't gotten my eyes back yet, but oh well, there's no rush.
After Sally left, Elise also turned her attention to the two boxes on the table, one large and one small.
With these two parts, plus the divine skin, all that's missing is a leg and a torso, and then we can try to summon the head that was banished to the void.
I wonder if Ronald has managed to get his leg back.
After casually putting the items into her spatial ring, Elise stretched lazily and said to the maid, "It's getting late, let's rest."
"Okay, miss."
……
Perhaps because she had used up a lot of magic last night, Sally slept until almost noon before waking up.
Upon waking up, she immediately got up and went into the bathroom.
For some reason, she had a very pleasant dream last night, and the main characters in the dream were herself and Elise.
Sally looked at herself in the mirror, her attention quickly drawn to those sapphire-like eyes. She had reason to suspect that her dream was because of Elise.
After all, Elise herself had said that using the power of pleasure comes at a price, and last night she used Elise's eyes to seduce two people.
Well, that must be the case!
Sally took a deep breath, didn't think too much about it, and immediately took off her clothes and started taking a cold shower.
When Sally finished showering and came downstairs, it was just time for lunch.
Seeing Sally enter the dining room, Elise smiled faintly: "Looks like you slept quite well last night~"
Sally glanced at Elise subconsciously, and perhaps because of the dream she had last night, she avoided eye contact with Elise somewhat guiltily, and then said, "I was just waking up because I had used up too much magic."
"Yes, yes, yes, I specially asked the kitchen to make extra of your favorite dishes to reward you."
Upon hearing Elise's words, Sally glanced at the dining table instinctively, and indeed there were quite a few of her favorite dishes on it.
Wait, something seems wrong!
Although she had been with Elise for some time, she was never picky about food; she was the type who would eat whatever Elise gave her.
So how did Elise know what she liked to eat?
Was she observing me all along?
"Wanla, that wicked woman wouldn't actually have taken a liking to me, would she?!"
Volume 1: Chapter 514 Thoughts Infused with the Soul
Seeing Sally's somewhat flustered look, Elise tilted her head in surprise.
Sally realized she had been a bit out of line, so she coughed twice and said, "Um, thank you."
"It's nothing. Let's switch our eyes back after we finish eating. Or, if you want to continue experiencing it, we can leave it for now."
"No, let's switch back." Sally didn't want to have that kind of dream again; her heart couldn't take it.
Elise glanced at Sally with a puzzled look. She thought her own eyes were quite pretty, so why did Sally seem to look at her with disdain?
However, Elise quickly thought of a possibility, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly. Suddenly, she didn't want to switch her eyes back so soon.
Perhaps Elise's mischievous smile was a little too obvious, because Sally said somewhat warily, "You promised to exchange it back, so you'd better keep your word!"
"I know~"
After lunch, Elise called Flora over and then used her life force to exchange the eyes.
This time, Elise didn't try to pry them out with her hands. Instead, she infused them with life force, causing the eyes to crawl out of their sockets and return to their respective owners.
Although the scene was quite bizarre, Flora said with some excitement, "So there's a way to use life force like this? Could it be used in magical artifacts?"
“Theoretically, it’s feasible, but it can’t be maintained for long. You could try infusing Elena’s flying swords with a soul, which would make those magical flying swords more agile. However, you don’t know much about this, so I’ll see if I can find an expert for you.”
"Infuse a soul into a magical flying sword?" Flora looked thoughtful, as if she was seriously considering the matter.
Sally, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but twitch her lips after hearing their conversation: "Your conversation sounds like a discussion between cultists."
“I’m a cult member myself,” Elise said matter-of-factly.
"If it allows me to advance my research in magical technology, then I can do it too."
Perhaps having found a new research direction, Flora teleported back to the Land of Hope immediately after exchanging eyes.
After Flora left, Sally asked curiously, "The research institute was robbed. Is there any news circulating outside today?"
"After all, it involves a god-making project. Even if something is stolen, it can only be investigated in secret. It's impossible for the outside world to know. However, I heard from Vivian that the emperor is very angry about this and has ordered a thorough investigation. Celia's patrols have been much tighter today."
"Should I go lay low for a while?"
"Then I'll go to the kingdom and stay there for a while. I also need to send some things over there."
"Ah."
Sally responded softly, and that afternoon she teleported Elise and the others to Castor.
Seeing Elise and Sally return, Elira smiled and said, "Looks like you've got what you wanted."
"So you trust me that much?" Sally said somewhat shyly.