All was silent, only the moonlight remained.

This time, Liens chose a later time for the instance, around one or two in the morning.

He didn't believe that by this time, Marvin, that old geezer, wouldn't be asleep.

Liens quietly left the room, but this time he didn't wake Ben, so there was no conversation like before.

Considering that Marvin might close his window before going to sleep, Liens decided to go find a guard first to 'borrow' some tools.

As mentioned before, Liens was very familiar with the guards' night patrol routes; he could easily avoid them, and naturally, he could also easily find them.

It didn't take long for Liens to find a lone 'lucky audience member' on the patrol route.

Under the moonlight, the figure walked along the predetermined route, his steps slightly hurried, his gaze fixed only on what was ahead.

Rather than patrolling, he seemed to be merely completing his route.

Liens hid in a dark corner, silently calculating the distance between himself and the patrolling guard, waiting for the opportune moment to strike.

"Now's the time."

Liens silently recited in his heart.

Immediately after, he pushed off with his feet, rapidly approaching the patrolling guard from behind.

Then, before the guard could react, he drew his longsword, tensed the muscles in his right hand, and swiftly slashed the middle of the patrolling guard's throat, destroying his vocal cords.

After preventing any screams that might cause a disturbance, Liens struck again, thrusting his sword upwards from the jaw to pierce the patrolling guard's brain. The latest chapters are uploaded first on *.

He withdrew the sword again, and it was over.

Obtained equipment—[Consecrated Longsword].

The entire sequence of actions was fluid and without hesitation, completed in a very short time, as if it had been done many times before.

The night patrol guard lost consciousness even before he could react.

Liens supported the falling body of the guard and dragged him into a dark, moonless alleyway.

Blood spread along the drag marks, and Liens roughly covered it with some dirt from the ground, then left it.

Anyway, he only needed it not to be discovered for a short time; there was no need to waste too much time on cleanup.

Liens used the part of the guard's clothing that wasn't stained with blood to wipe his hands, preventing the sticky blood from affecting his grip on the sword.

Time was short, and after obtaining the equipment, Liens quickly rushed to the vicinity of Marvin's house.

By then, the house no longer emitted light but was dyed the same color as the night.

As expected, at this time, Marvin was indeed already asleep.

Liens lightened his footsteps and gradually approached the house.

He first went to the window to check the situation and found that the window was now tightly closed.

"Sleeping without opening the window is a bad habit."

"How can you ensure good ventilation in the room without opening the window? How can you friendly receive a friend like me without opening the window?"

Liens muttered in his heart, as if sighing.

Of course, his face showed no expression, remaining blank as ever.

Fortunately, he had anticipated this situation early on and specifically killed a guard to seize his longsword.

During the previous instance, he had observed that the windows of Marvin's house were structurally no different from those of their dormitory.

At most, the windows here were just larger.

This type of window was a two-panel casement window, an outward-opening structure, and when closed, a wooden bar was used in the middle to secure the two panels.

He planned to use the longsword to push open the wooden bar, which would allow him to open the window and enter the room.

He acted on his thought.

Liens used the longsword to probe the position of the wooden bar through the gap between the two window panels and slowly applied force to push the bar upwards.

This process, aside from needing to be careful to avoid making noise and waking Marvin, presented no difficulty.

Soon, he pushed open the wooden latch and carefully and slowly pulled open the window.

Everything went smoothly; Liens climbed through the window, gently pushed aside the curtain, and once again entered Marvin's house.

Perhaps Marvin was sleeping soundly, or perhaps his window-climbing skills had improved, but this time he was not discovered by Marvin.

Marvin's room was not pitch black as imagined, but had a faint and soft glow.

The source of the light was a device placed on a wooden table.

The upper part of this device was a spherical transparent glass, and the lower part was a metal base.

Inside the transparent glass was... a stone.

Yes, a glowing stone.

After careful inspection, Liens confirmed that he had not misread it; it was indeed a glowing stone.

"What kind of magic item is this again? Hmm... wait, I think I know what this thing is."

"Ben seemed to have said that some high-end taverns use glowing stones for lighting."

"It's called something like a 'Magic Stone Lamp,' yes... that's the name."

"I almost thought it was some high-end item again; turns out it's just a high-end lighting fixture."

Liens muttered in his heart, feeling a bit speechless.

Indeed, many so-called high-end things are only mistakenly considered high-end because one doesn't recognize them.

Shaking his head slightly, Liens inwardly laughed at his own fussiness, then refocused his attention on the notebooks placed on the table.

Liens gently placed the longsword in his hand on the table, then picked up the topmost notebook.

He walked over to the [Magic Stone Lamp] and stood near the light source, beginning to read the contents of the notebook.

...

...

[Elemental Calendar, May 15, 4624]

[Today is the 46th day of the experiment.]

[Of the several test subjects specifically chosen, all but the most important one have died.]

[The cause of death for all was being killed by Leinajin for resisting Training.]

[From their performance, the magic flower made their emotions more extreme and sensitive, causing them to lose the ability to discern the current situation.]

[After successively dissecting their bodies, it was found that the cause of this situation was some pathological changes in their brains.]

[So, the essence of the magic flower is to cause pathological changes in people's brains to affect their minds?]

[Liens still hasn't shown any abnormalities... strange.]

...

[Elemental Calendar, May 23, 4624]

[The 54th day of the experiment.]

[Today's experiment still made no progress; Liens did not show any abnormalities.]

[Is it that his 'Mental Talent' provides stronger resistance to the magic flower than ordinary people?]

...

[Elemental Calendar, May 28, 4624]

...

Liens read Marvin's experimental diary one after another.

...

"Wake up... wake up, Liens, get up quickly, it's almost time for Training."

Ben once again woke the sleeping Liens.

"Is it time?" Liens said softly.

In that instance, he had been reading Marvin's experimental diary in his room until Ben woke him up.

Liens had told Ben before that he sometimes slept very soundly and might not hear the horn.

So he specifically asked Ben to be sure to wake him up if that happened.

Things went smoothly, and Liens also gained a lot of information in the instance, too much to explain clearly in a short time.

However, he hadn't finished reading everything, so he would likely continue to sneak into Marvin's room in the future to retrieve more information.

Moreover, there were many books in Marvin's room.

When he had time, Liens also planned to read them, which would help him increase his knowledge.

"Yes, it's time for afternoon Training... hurry and get up," Ben replied, urging Liens to get moving.

Liens said no more, got up, and went with Ben to the square for afternoon Training.

There was nothing special to say about the Training process; it was the same as before, except he noticed a rather unusual person in the square.

He stood beside the instructor, his figure portly, but his attire was exquisite, and he was followed by several attractive women who looked like maids.

This indicated that his status should be quite good.

He thought that person might be an important figure from the Glenbagen Family.

However, that person only stood in the square for a while, briefly glancing at them, the Trainees, before leaving.

Liens found it very difficult to figure out what he was there for.