Chapter 1711 - 134: Coercion 3

This meant that whether it was Erwin or Fisher, after they used the power of the Life Completion Manual, they actually no longer fit the concept of "human."

Erwin was a monster wearing a bird-beak mask, disguising itself as a humanoid to walk around; as for Fisher, though he had always considered himself human, this world is ultimately not shaped by subjective thought. In essence he was no different from Erwin, only their inner mental levels differed.

Alicia, however, was not like this.

He could still remember that the first time he met Alicia, Fisher was not under the Hidden Blessing. He used his Mythical Rank perception to observe Alicia, and the conclusion he reached was that Alicia was a human who was close to perfect in both appearance and soul.

In other words, no matter how those life chaos powers changed and operated in her, her essence remained human and did not change.

As for whether Valentina was like this, Fisher could not be sure, because at that time he was under the Hidden Blessing and could not determine whether, after she turned back into a Phoenix, she was a "true Phoenix," or something like him and Erwin—"a monster wearing Phoenix skin."

But now, Fisher seemed to have discovered a key property of the "treasure."

The so‑called "treasure" can completely maintain its original nature under the influence of life chaos power, that is, the Authority of [Usurping Life].

Understanding this is extremely important, because if the purpose of the Life Completion Manual is to allow the usurping life authority to smoothly grow and be born to wreak havoc upon this world, then it means that the "treasure" is a necessary condition for Its power’s birth, and the base is the same.

On one hand, Fisher could use this condition to accomplish reading the entire Life Completion Manual and thereby sealing away the power of chaos; on the other hand, if Fisher could change this property on Alicia’s body, he could strip her of the qualification to become a [Usurping Life] base. Her life would then be safe, and they would no longer need to adopt the method Renie mentioned—killing her.

Fisher drew in a breath of excitement, and then, under Alicia’s astonished gaze, she felt that this blurry mass of transparent shadow in front of her suddenly scooped her up in its arms.

"Alicia, I’ve thought of a way."

"Eh? Big brother, you... what did you say, I didn’t really hear it clearly..."

Clearly they were within arm’s reach, but because Alicia still couldn’t fully see Fisher through the Hidden Blessing, hearing his voice was like diving three or four meters underwater and trying to listen to people talking on the shore—she could only catch vague outlines.

This wasn’t important. Although it was only a hypothesis for the moment, Fisher seemed to have grabbed a thread of clues that had stretched from long ago all the way to now.

Thinking carefully back to Nali, to the disappointment Erwin showed when she watched Anna, twisted by mutation into a monster, and spoke her judgment.

She said that experiment had failed; the reason was that Anna had completely lost control and her essence had turned into a monster.

Then, conversely, what should the outcome of a successful treasure experiment be?

What Erwin truly wanted was a Creation that, after being subjected to the power of [Usurping Life] (the Plant Meat surgery), still remained unchanged in essence—a true human—and that is the [treasure].

This undoubtedly once again corroborated Fisher’s conjecture.

All right, let’s offer thanks once more to the long‑dead Erwin, thanking her that the lingering warmth of her cruel research can still illuminate the present.

"It’s fine. I roughly know how to solve it now, it’s just that for the moment I can’t."

He had yet to collect the power of the Hidden Blessing left outside by the demi-human girl control, so he still couldn’t reshape the Blessing into the form he wanted—one that allowed free use of Extraordinary Power. He had to use Extraordinary Power to probe the deeper principles of the treasure and change the Constitution of himself and Alicia.

Speaking of this, he couldn’t help but let out a sigh and said to Emhardt,

"Right, after we go back today, remember to make some preparations. In a few days we might have to take a long trip."

"A long trip? You can even leave? I don’t believe Elizabeth will let you out. You’re her canary now, every single move you make has to get her approval first."

Fisher smiled slightly and said to Emhardt,

"This time she’ll be taking us out together. Officially it’s... a honeymoon."

"Oh, oh, oh, a honeymoon, huh. Haha, guess which poor little bastard got married to you and still hasn’t had a honeymoon yet? That’s right, it’s... boohoohoo, your mom!"

"..."

Unfortunately, the snark Emhardt wanted to spit out got cut off halfway when Fisher clamped down and stopped him.

The reason was simple enough: the Cardinal behind them, suspected to be Elizabeth’s surveillance, was still watching the two of them. Blabbing more information about Valentina carried huge risk, so Fisher, driven by sheer survival instinct, forced Emhardt to shut up.

Of course, Fisher’s inward sigh over the bond between teacher and the granddaughter he took in in his twilight years, his realization about the so‑called "treasure," and his playful bickering with Emhardt were all being recorded in real time by that Cardinal floating in midair behind them.

Yet behind that Cardinal, after all, was not the terrifying Nali Empress, but a lovesick and pitiable female from Sardinia Female Country.

At this moment, when Alagina saw Fisher about to meet with someone else, she had even taken out pen and paper, wanting to jot down any possibly useful information that could help her "rescue Fisher from dire suffering." But Fisher talked and pondered for ages, and everything he said left her completely baffled.

It was as if she and Fisher were originally a peasant couple from Sardinia Female Country, and one day her husband Fisher said he was going to the city to work as a house servant for a rich family, and when he came back, the clothes he wore and the things he talked about had become utterly incomprehensible to a down‑to‑earth farmwife like her...

Moreover, when this husband, now a rich family’s house servant, mentioned that rich person, there would be a hint of shy, unnatural flush on his face...

Something like that.

Thus, after listening for so long and understanding nothing at all, Alagina could only slowly write on the paper:

"Elizabeth imprisoned Fisher, forced him to be unable to leave the Golden Palace, and even forced him to go on a honeymoon with her."