Chapter 1598: Section 1599: Methods of Handling Ingredients

After a silence, Sinistra was the first to break it: “It must be Asaz! Only he is capable of this extent!”

“He’s got some nerve, daring to turn Kavoline into a live ingredient!”

Sinistra clenched her fists, her face dark, the vines wrapped around her gossamer robe, which once bloomed with magnificent white flowers, were now withering, sprouting black thorny flowers exuding an icy chill.

Others agreed with Sinistra’s words. Kavoline had fallen into a coma not long after the competition with Asaz, and Greya’s diagnosis was that someone was intending to turn Kavoline into live ingredients, meaning it must have been done by a Gourmet Sorcerer.

Although Sinistra is also a Gourmet Sorcerer, given her relationship with Kavoline, she would not do such a thing. Even if Sinistra really had the intention to harm Kavoline, she had plenty of opportunities and didn’t need to choose this moment to act.

Of course, Allen is also a Gourmet Sorcerer, but his power is simply not enough to pose a threat to Kavoline. So, only Asaz could do this.

Allen: “Lady Barbie, Kavoline has been turned into a live ingredient, can, can she still be saved?”

Sinistra would not let Asaz off easily, but the most urgent matter at hand was Kavoline. She also looked anxiously at Greya, hoping for some good news.

Greya: “I only said someone is preparing to turn Kavoline into a live ingredient, but it’s still in a midway state; it’s not completely transmuted yet. If we were even an hour later, I reckon the transformation would have been complete.”

“If she were completely transformed, it would likely be very difficult to save her. But as it stands, saving her shouldn’t be a problem.”

Hearing Greya say so, Sinistra touched her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, her intuition told her to rush over without delay, otherwise in another hour, it would indeed be beyond help.

As long as there is a way to save her, that’s naturally good.

“I request Lady Greya to save Kavoline,” Sinistra bowed deeply to Greya, her expression very solemn.

Greya: “Saving her is not an issue, but I won’t save her for nothing.”

Sinistra, having mingled in Wizards’ Realm for so long, naturally understood the principle of equivalent trade… However, as Kavoline was in a coma and there were no members of the Shepherd family nearby, she couldn’t discuss the details of the trade with Greya. After thinking it over, she gritted her teeth and said, “As long as you can save her, I will pay the corresponding price on her behalf.”

Greya looked deeply at Sinistra: “Are you sure, you will pay the price for her? Currently, in Sky Mechanical City, aside from the perpetrator, I am probably the only one who can save her, so the price will not be low.”

Sinistra nodded without hesitation: “Yes, I will pay the price. I trust Lady Greya’s fair measure in a trade; as long as it does not involve principled matters, I will comply.”

The matter could be big or small. If the deal involved someone without connections, Greya could manipulate the measure of the trade, exaggerating indefinitely until the other party was trapped and unable to repay.

But behind Kavoline stood the powerful Shepherd family, and Sinistra’s background was also very secretive. Hence, even if Greya deliberately raised the “price” ceiling, she dared not truly exploit it without limits.

That’s why Sinistra said, she believed Greya’s “fair measure” in trade.

Overall, Sinistra was bound to be at a disadvantage, but since no one else could save Kavoline and seeking Asaz was the least desirable solution, she had no choice but to agree to Greya.

As for why Sinistra was willing to pay the price for Kavoline, that was her own personal business.

“Since you have already decided, then the deal is made.” Greya didn’t bother with formalities; whether there was a contract or not, Sinistra wouldn’t dare to defy: “What the price will be, I will inform you in due time. First, let’s talk about how to save her.”

Greya: “There is something you all need to understand: humans themselves are also a type of ingredient. Perhaps you wouldn’t eat it, but to the vast majority of non-human carnivorous beasts, humans are just like any other creature, an ingredient.”

“If I were a human-eating witch, all of you here, including those at the Mukihara Bar outside, are ingredients to me, or in other words, reserve rations. So, there’s no need to fuss over the matter of ingredients; ingredients themselves aren’t special.”

“The same meat, handled differently, tastes different. If we treat Kavoline as a piece of meat, the ordinary processing method is like how you grill meat–flavorful but not necessarily delicious, nor necessarily beneficial to the body. However, through a Gourmet Sorcerer’s processing, the meat will be revitalized, becoming an ingredient possessed of Special Energy.”

“Kavoline’s current state is such a ‘processing’ phase by a Gourmet Sorcerer.”

Greya: “To save her, the simplest way is to remove the Gourmet Sorcerer’s ‘processing’ and restore it to its original, pristine state, just a piece of meat.”

Greya’s words, discussing meat, ingredients, and reserve rations, all referred to humans. Even though the threshold of acceptability was high for those present, it still felt awkward to hear.

Allen shook off the goosebumps on one arm and asked, “Then how do we remove the traces of the Gourmet Sorcerer’s processing?”

“We first need to see what methods this Gourmet Sorcerer employed in processing the ingredient.” Greya looked at Sinistra: “You must’ve watched the competition between Kavoline and Asaz, right? Can you share the specifics of what happened during the competition?”

As a fellow Gourmet Sorcerer, Sinistra naturally understood Greya’s meaning. Asaz must have acted against Kavoline during the competition, so to know the methods Asaz employed to process the “ingredient”–Kavoline, one must revisit the circumstances of the competition.

Since there were no recordings, Kavoline could only use her rudimentary Illusion Technique along with her narrative to explain the events that took place.

Asaz was a man wearing a mask, without any trace of a Gourmet Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and behind him followed a black Ghostly Shadow at all times.

Usually, the Shadow was blurry, but occasionally it would reveal a vaguely clearer silhouette, somewhat resembling a humanoid or perhaps… a demon from the Abyss.

But exactly what kind of demon it was, Sinistra also couldn’t determine.

During the contest, Asaz was actually getting crushed by Kavoline in the beginning, and everyone present could see that Asaz was certain to lose.

That was also Sinistra’s judgment at the time, but the unexpected happened after Kavoline changed into her combat suit.

She put on the strongest suit she could wear at the moment–the Space-Time Witch Suit.

After activating the Space-Time Witch Suit, Kavoline essentially transcended space-time, enabling her to traverse mid-to-long distances at will, and she launched a 60-second space-time pursuit of Asaz.

Angel had previously seen Kavoline put on the Space-Time Witch Suit and pursue Sharley.

In Angel’s estimation, once Kavoline activated this suit, even Jiebo had to keep a distance of three ‘she’. Even some Official Wizards who didn’t specialize much in space could be attacked by Kavoline.

It could be said that it was a suit so powerful it was daunting.

Yet this strongest suit became the main reason for Kavoline’s defeat.

Kavoline conducted several space-time pursuits, inflicting severe damage on Asaz. However, during one traversal, she didn’t launch an attack on Asaz but instead directly fell to the floor, unable to move for a long time.

Because of this error, Kavoline subsequently found herself in a state unable to ward against Asaz, and in the end, she lost to Asaz very unwillingly.

All of the spectators could see that the turning point was the space-time traversal Kavoline made after changing into the Space-Time Witch Suit.

They all thought that it was the failure of the traversal that led to the subsequent ripples.

But that wasn’t the case at all.

After the match ended, while Sinistra was helping Kavoline to the contestant’s backstage, Kavoline told her the truth about that moment–

“At that time, during her spatial traversal, Kavoline saw the black Ghostly Shadow that floated behind Asaz all the time.”

“Or rather, what was in the spatial passage wasn’t a shadow anymore, but a solid entity, and much larger than the shadow behind Asaz.”

Upon hearing this, everyone was startled for a moment.

“So, Kavoline was attacked while in the spatial passage?”

Sinistra nodded and then shook her head: “I think so, she must have been attacked in the spatial passage, but Kavoline… she doesn’t remember.”

“Doesn’t remember? She lost her memory?”

“Yes, she temporarily lost a portion of her memory. Kavoline only recalls seeing a bizarre demonic grin, the shadow covering up, and then what happened, she doesn’t remember. When she came to, she had already fallen in the arena.”

“After that, Kavoline felt her strength gradually draining from her entire body, eventually leading to her loss against Asaz.”

“This loss of strength, I estimate, is also related to what happened in the spatial passage.”

Sinistra concluded at this point. The rest of the events were known to the others. Kavoline fainted in the contestant’s backstage, and Allen went to get Fangling Hall…

“It seems that the problem lies within that segment of spatial traversal.” Shan said with some regret: “But ironically, Kavoline has forgotten what happened during that moment.”

Sinistra sighed; if they knew what had happened then, they wouldn’t have been so passive.

Sinistra could now only hope that Greya could get useful information from her recount of the events. Though she herself felt it was quite a tall order.

Greya was silent for a moment: “It’s regrettable that the memory of that segment was forgotten.”

Hearing Greya say this, Sinistra’s face instantly turned pale; could it be that Greya also had no solution?

However, in the next second, Sinistra’s heart, which had sunk to the bottom, rose again.

“However, I already have a rough idea of the situation. The thing affecting Kavoline must be that demonic Ghostly Shadow. As long as we know this point, I can choose the corresponding method to stabilize Kavoline’s condition,” Greya paused before changing the subject: “But, that’s just to stabilize Kavoline’s body, to stop her from turning into living ingredients. To completely cure her, either we get lucky and screen the factors one by one slowly.”

“Or, we need to confirm what exactly the demonic Ghostly Shadow behind Asaz is.”

Greya doesn’t have that much time to spend on Kavoline, so it is impossible to try one by one slowly. Therefore, the best method is to personally check during Asaz’s match tomorrow.

Besides, Greya herself is also interested in the foundation of Asaz; she had originally planned to observe tomorrow’s event.

Now including treating Kavoline, she could do both at once.