#188 - Human experiments

Muin and Zhalan had never seen such creatures before.

"Are they... are they wizards?"

Zhalan asked subconsciously, but Muin just shook his head blankly.

This room was very hidden, tucked away in the innermost part of the third deck.

Perhaps hearing the sounds of fighting outside, as well as the slaves' cries,

the three, no, to be precise, the five people locked in this small room were all emitting subtle but painful groans.

"Save..."

Perhaps seeing that the newcomers were not Montoya, a young man with monkey arms reached out his furry arm towards Muin.

However, this young man had been tortured enough, unable to even call out a simple "help".

The other two also had limbs of other animals sewn onto their bodies.

A bull's hooves and a wolf's claws.

After hearing the movement, they also turned their heads to look at the two people at the door, but they no longer had the strength to raise their arms.

Besides these three "humans" locked to the edge pillars,

there were also two completely inhuman people locked in the middle two huge iron cages.

The only human-like feature on them was their heads.

Their bodies and limbs had long been completely replaced.

When they noticed movement at the door, they didn't even have the strength to blink.

Because Zhalan had seen Montoya transform into an animal from afar, he subconsciously suspected that these five humanoid monsters were also wizards.

However, Muin did not see any traces of wizarding power on these five people.

"The Unbelievers actually use ordinary people for experiments!"

After confirming that the five people were not wizards, the expression on Zhalan's face began to twist, and his teeth gnashed.

It was also the first time Muin had seen such a scene.

There were many branded magic runes on the bodies of these five people.

Especially at the joints where human and animal limbs were sewn together, the magic runes were like needles and thread, densely stitching the two different limbs together.

From these sutures, Muin could vaguely see yellow mucus and dark black blood flowing out.

Muin had seen many dead people.

But such a scene was far more bizarre and terrifying than seeing dead people.

Even though Muin was holding his magic wand at this moment, he didn't know how to rescue the five people in front of him.

Magic seemed insignificant at this moment.

"You go out, I'll save them."

Zhalan quickly recovered his expression.

After noticing the subtle changes in Muin's face, he took a few deep breaths and then pushed Muin out of the room.

This was the last room, everyone else had been rescued.

After witnessing the horrors of using human bodies for experiments, Muin quickly left the cabin and came to the rocky beach outside.

Looking at Montoya still lying unconscious, Muin wished he had learned black magic at this moment.

Because he was at the very center of the spore powder explosion, Montoya inhaled a large amount of spore powder.

This left him with no signs of waking up.

However, Muin really wanted to ask this wizard what he was thinking at this moment.

Having mastered power far beyond ordinary people, why still harm ordinary people?

A dozen [Aqua Eructo] spells did not wake Montoya.

Muin became a little ruthless, he took out his magic wand and pointed it at the sea not far away.

[Aqua Volatem]

Muin didn't know if such magic would succeed, but he couldn't care so much at this moment.

He just chanted the summoning charm over and over again.

After about three minutes, a raised column of water suddenly appeared on the originally calm sea surface.

Then the water column became longer and longer, slowly forming a small waterspout the thickness of an arm.

Under the guidance of Muin's spell, the waterspout accurately hit Montoya's face.

The seawater swooping down from the sky struck Montoya's nasal cavity, mouth, ears, and eyes,

The whole process took less than a minute.

But a large amount of seawater pouring into his lungs still choked this Unbeliever wizard awake.

The effect of the [Petrificus Totalus] spell had already been removed by Muin.

But the knots tied by Zhalan also made it impossible for Montoya to move.

"Why did you do this?"

Seeing Montoya wake up, Muin directly asked the question in his heart.

"It's you, that little potion maker, quickly release me!"

Montoya did not answer Muin's question, he was still struggling desperately.

Seeing that the other party didn't answer the question, Muin directly threw out a [Diffindo] spell.

The spell accurately hit Montoya's leg, and blood flowed out like a stream.

"Ah! I am an Unbeliever!"

Swish!

Another [Diffindo] spell.

"I will kill you!"

Perhaps the transformation into an animal affected Montoya's mind, this wizard had far more patience than ordinary people.

But this just gave Muin a chance to cast a few more spells.

Under the torment of more than a dozen [Diffindo] spells, Montoya's body quickly revealed his bare bones.

"Spare me, all the money, slaves, beauties, I can give them all to you."

"Why did you do this?"

Swish!

Muin cast another [Diffindo] spell, directly cutting off Montoya's leg bone.

"Ah! What have I done?"

"Why did you do this!"

Swish!

What Muin wanted was never an answer from Montoya's mouth, he didn't ask about specific things.

He just repeated a sentence over and over again.

"Why did you do this!"

After Muin issued another [Diffindo] spell, Zhalan came out of the cabin.

"Muin, wake up, he's not worth it for you to be like this."

Zhalan didn't know if this state would affect Muin's future magic learning, so he timely pulled the bewildered Muin back.

"How is it?"

Hearing Zhalan's voice, Muin gradually regained his senses and turned to look at the other party.

"I helped them, they are all very peaceful."

Zhalan said, taking out a strange stone tied with a black rope.

"This is Anton's younger brother, he asked me to give this to Anton."

The young man who had monkey arms attached to him in the laboratory was Anton's own younger brother.

The reason why Zhalan took so long to come out was to listen to the other party tell him some things.

Muin didn't take the stone, he just glanced at it, then suddenly glared at Montoya.

"Why did you do this!"

After seeing the stone that had been stained black by human blood, Montoya knew what Muin was asking.

"Those are just ordinary slaves, I....."

Montoya wanted to explain further, but a sharp arrow directly pierced his throat.

"He's not worth it, let's go, it's almost dawn."

Zhalan dragged Montoya's body and threw it into the burning wooden ship wreckage, then turned around and pulled Muin to leave.

The fire on the ship continued to burn, and even after adding this evil wizard as fuel, the flames suddenly shot up again.

Muin looked at the soaring flames, feeling like he was burying Montoya's evil deeds, and also like he was saying goodbye to all the spirits on the ship.

Whether it was Muin's illusion or not, after Montoya's body was thrown into the fire,

he actually heard bursts of wailing from the dead.

When the sun came to the middle of the sky.

The people lying on the rocky beach slowly woke up.

"The ship is gone, we are saved."

After a sorrowful scream full of rejoicing sounded, the surrounding people slowly reacted.

"Saved, we are really saved."

"Heavens, we really got out ~"

All the slave crew members began to shout.

As more and more people joined in, a short carnival spontaneously formed on the rocky beach.

"Who saved us? I want to pray for him every day."

"That's right, I want to say a Mass for him."

Everyone wanted to express their gratitude to the person who saved them, but no one knew the true face of the one who saved Moon.

"He was wearing a mask at the time, but I'm sure he was very young."

An old man in the crowd immediately knelt devoutly on the beach after hearing someone say this.

"That is the son of the gods. They never show themselves with their true faces. They came here to punish the evil wizard."

The old man's words were recognized by everyone.

All of these rescued people knelt on the beach and thanked the son of the gods devoutly.

Moon was not aware that these people he had rescued would worship him like a god.

He had already returned to the Crimson Moon ship outside of Myerzu Castle.

After handing the black stone to Anton, Moon finally had a truly trustworthy friend in the Bailey family.

"You should control your expression, otherwise it will be easy to give yourself away."

After returning, Zalan had been persuading Moon to try to keep smiling.

However, after experiencing such a cruel thing, Moon was still unable to control his expression freely.

Now, as soon as he closed his eyes, he saw the fire just now, as well as the ordinary people who died in the fire, and the five strange "people."

"That's right, little Moon, did something happen to you? Even Lynn was so scared by your eyes that she didn't dare to get close."

Aunt Daisy also asked with some concern.

Moon didn't answer. He knew that such things could not be told to others.

"It's okay, Auntie. I just encountered some difficulties learning magic. I've already thanked Miss Lynn."

Moon and Zalan had no time to rest after returning. The Bailey family had already gathered at the dock to see them off.

In addition to saying a few polite words to Ryan Bailey, Lynn Bailey also specially prepared a considerable farewell gift for Moon.

However, Moon still did not agree to teach her magic.

As Myerzu Castle became smaller and smaller in sight, the Crimson Moon was about to leave the wide waterway and enter the sea.

"I think the young lady of the Bailey family must have taken a fancy to you."

Perhaps in order to ease Moon's mood, Zalan deliberately said this.

However, before Moon could answer, Aunt Daisy next to him immediately followed up.

"I think so too. Lynn has a good appearance and a good personality. It is indeed worth considering."

As Daisy spoke, her eyes intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Moon.

Since knowing that Moon was a magician, she had rarely asked about Moon's affairs.

But when it came to major events like marriage, Daisy couldn't help but care.

"I know, but my heart is only for magic."

Zalan never thought that Moon would be so decisive.

Especially at Moon's age, when he should be interested in the opposite sex.

But Moon was like a piece of wood, only wanting to gain strength and grow quickly.

"At least she gave you a box of gifts. I didn't expect you to be so unromantic."

"I originally gave them the list just wanting to pay to buy them. I didn't expect her to send them directly."

Moon had found the steward of the Bailey family yesterday and offered to buy some precious magic potion ingredients.

But after Lynn Bailey learned about this, she directly prepared an extra copy of the materials for Moon, saying it was a farewell gift.

Moon had no choice but to accept it helplessly.

When the Crimson Moon left the waterway of Myerzu Castle and came to the sea outside.

Moon returned to his room to check the gifts Lynn Bailey had given him.

Opening the exquisite wooden box, the first thing he saw was a whole unicorn horn.

This material is very precious. In another world, because the number of unicorns is small and protected by the Ministry of Magic's laws, it is very difficult to obtain.

As a result, in Diagon Alley pharmacies, most of these beast horns are sold after being ground into powder.

A plate costs about a hundred galleons.

The wizards of this world obviously don't know that this is a precious magic potion ingredient.

Only after Moon brought it up did the Bailey Chamber of Commerce take out the beast horns that they had collected from raising unicorns in the past.

But even knowing the preciousness of the beast horn, Lynn Bailey was still willing to give Moon a whole beast horn, which inevitably made Moon a little happy.

Taking out the beast horn and carefully observing it in his hand,

Moon found that there was no substance similar to a horn core in the middle of the beast horn.

"Could it be that the beast horn I got in Snow Eagle Mountain is of a higher grade?"

Moon still clearly remembered that he had specially run to Snow Eagle Mountain to collect unicorn tail hair in order to make a magic wand.

But later, by chance, he obtained a more precious wand core material.

The horn core of a deceased unicorn beast horn.

It was with the cooperation of this material that Moon created an unparalleled old willow wand.

"It seems that my magic wand is more extraordinary than I thought."

Since there was no horn core in this beast horn in his hand, Moon planned to use it to refine magic potions in the future.

In addition to the unicorn beast horn, the lower layer of the box also contained other magic potion materials.

Three swamp lilies, five snow berries, and two moon grasses.

The quantity of these materials far exceeded the needs Moon had listed on the purchase order.

Although these three materials don't seem like much, each one is very precious.

Professor Snape has confirmed that there is only one swamp lily in another world.

And Moon now has a total of four, including the one he bought in Nitz Harbor.

According to Professor Snape's original words, swamp lily can be used to refine a high-level antidote potion.

As for snow berries, this mysterious herb originally produced in the Himalayas has long been extinct in another world.

It can not only treat all frostbite, but also has the effects of hemostasis and analgesia.

Indian wizards use it to assist in practicing yoga, and it is rumored that it can improve the wizard's physique, but this has not been proven in the magic world.

In alchemy, after purifying the juice of snow berries, it can also repair damage to alchemy items.

The last two moon grasses are also very precious.

Mr. Newt's biggest prize this year left in the Herbology Club was a moon grass.

Cedric brewed Small Living Death Potion in order to get this herb.

Using it with other materials can refine moon potion, which can give wizards the ability to see at night.

According to Professor Sprout, the moon grass in the Herbology Club is the only one discovered in the British magic world in nearly 30 years.

And Moon now has two.

"Will putting these materials out be too eye-catching?"

After getting these materials, Moon hesitated a bit.

He knew that these materials would definitely cause a stir in the British magic world.

"I can plant these herbs first, and then slowly release them."

Thanks to taking care of magical plants in the Herbology Club for a long time, Moon is now very familiar with these herbs.

After settling the swamp lily and moon grass.

Moon turned his attention to the things he brought back from Montoya.