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Watching Agatha leave, Klein returned to the Foreign Affairs Office, where Gwen found him again.

Although Gwen had witnessed the battle during the day, she still asked Klein knowingly:

"Fakis hasn't returned. Was she taken care of by you?"

"What are you saying, Lady Gwen? Ms. Fakis? I don't understand!"

Klein wore a puzzled expression, his emotional control perfect. He wouldn't admit to killing Fakis unless his strength reached a point where he no longer needed to worry about repercussions.

Being questioned by Gwen now, he wouldn't rule out the possibility of her setting up some kind of verbal trap.

If Gwen hadn't seen Klein personally kill Fakis during the day, she might have actually doubted whether they were the ones who killed her.

"Heh, you're putting on a good act, but Klein, what's the point of denying it? Fakis has already been killed by you.

And Her Highness the Princess is on your side. You practically control the team's decision-making power now, don't you?"

"Lady Gwen, please don't joke around. How could a bunch of Tier 2 and Tier 3 newbies like us kill someone like Fakis without the cooperation of a master like you?

She's a Tier 5 expert! She could crush me with a single finger! How could we possibly fight her? As for you mentioning the team's decision-making power, I really don't understand.

Also, it's not that Her Highness the Princess is on my side, but that we are on Her Highness the Princess's side. We are all Tailerreans, and it is our duty to fight for Her Highness the Princess."

Looking at Klein, who refused to admit anything, Gwen felt a little strange. She sensed that Klein's attitude had changed somewhat.

Even though Fakis was already dead, Klein had become more cautious than before, which she hadn't expected.

At the age of 20, he could still suppress his emotions after killing a Tier 5 expert. That composure is quite impressive.

"Alright, I'm not interested in playing games with you. Have you considered what I mentioned before?"

"Is Lady Gwen referring to Lord Frando's mission? If it's a mission assigned by Jay Society, we will definitely complete it diligently.

But this mission only needs to be completed before we return to Tailerra, right?

So, before carrying out the mission, I'd like to have more contact with Lord Frando to gather information about him. Is that alright, Lady Gwen?"

Klein's request made Gwen frown. Although Klein was ostensibly just the team's arcanist, he actually controlled a great deal of power.

Because the Lilith team and the Becky team had completely banded together, almost all of them were at Klein's disposal.

The Lilith team had also eliminated Shadow Three during their journey, and the relationship between Lilith and Klein was now out in the open.

Princess Qianhua had also become almost aligned with Klein and his group due to the Fakis incident.

And the combat power of their two teams goes without saying. Considering the slain Fakis, she probably wouldn't be able to withstand their combined attack.

Now, the only real main force Gwen has in her hands is Alvin's team, and among them, only Quinn can be considered an expert, while the other two are just dead weight.

The overall structure of the team has changed imperceptibly, and Gwen can no longer be considered the leader of the Jay Society team.

Gwen understood that she could no longer afford to clash with Klein. In terms of overall strength, Klein now had the capital to rival her.

This situation also made this originally surefire mission start to become unstable.

After all, it was a command issued by Esmond, and Gwen still had to try her best to complete it. So, after hesitating for a while, she finally nodded.

"Alright, I'll give you some time to understand Frando's information. I won't interfere with you during this period, but I don't want this period to last too long."

"I understand, Lady Gwen. It won't take too long."

Watching Klein leave, Gwen had a feeling that Klein's purpose wasn't as simple as gathering Frando's information.

However, she couldn't figure out what Klein's real purpose was.

To attack her? Aside from other things, just in terms of hard power, Klein and his group, while strong, hadn't reached the point where they could confidently defeat her.

Moreover, if Klein really attacked her, it would be difficult to explain to Esmond.

Excluding these reasons, what did Klein really want to obtain? The biotechnology in Frando's hands? That's a possibility.

… …

After saying goodbye to Gwen, Klein returned to his room alone.

A Royal Academy training director, a high-ranking member of the Skull Society, Fakis's wealth was truly beyond Klein's imagination.

Just the cash alone amounted to a huge sum of 400,000 Thales. In fact, Fakis's salary as a training director wasn't that high. A large portion of this money was the operating funds given to her by the Skull Society.

Although there was a lot of money, it was only the smallest part of her wealth. Materials were the main thing, and the most conspicuous were two Tier 5 ice and lightning magic crystals.

Such a magic crystal was worth tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of Thales.

There were also nearly 10 Tier 5 primal water and primal lightning, nearly a hundred Tier 4 materials, and hundreds of Tier 3 materials.

Basic elemental materials were solid and effective resources for Klein.

These materials would become excellent raw materials for Klein to synthesize the Mystery Potion, but whether he could synthesize the Mystery Potion still depended on his luck.

In addition to the materials, there were countless potions in the ring, including 5 bottles of Super Energy Potion and countless mana recovery potions.

There were also some unmarked potions that appeared to be exclusive secret medicines of the Skull Society, but Klein didn't have time to check them one by one now.

After counting these miscellaneous items, the equipment also made Klein very satisfied. There were a total of 24 curiosities, most of which had some unique effects.

However, Klein never lacked curiosities, so the only two that he felt were truly useful were:

[Hypnotic Pocket Watch (Curiosity): As long as you wave it in front of someone, you can hypnotize them. The duration of the hypnosis depends on the opponent's strength and willpower.]

Hypnosis! The effect of this thing is a bit evil, but Klein didn't intend to use it as an evil thing.

He doesn't lack women now, so there's no need to use such despicable means as hypnosis.

In his opinion, the real purpose of this thing is to create unexpected interruptions. It only needs to be waved once to produce an effect, and it's also useful against professionals.

If he waves the pocket watch during a battle, it can distract the opponent, even if it's only for a second, it would be a huge advantage for Klein.

So he can use this hypnotic pocket watch as a combat item.

[Eagle Eye Telescope (Curiosity): Allows you to see distances 2-10 times further.]

This is a reconnaissance item. It's not that useful, but Klein doesn't have this type of curiosity yet, so it can barely be kept.

Besides the curiosities, Fakis had quite a few magic items, a total of 9.

Among them, the one that Klein liked the most was a very powerful defensive magic item, and Klein had witnessed its power in the previous battle.

Seed of Ice

Grade: Magic Item

Effect 1 - Ice Wall: Creates an ice wall for defense. The defensive effect increases depending on the mana you inject.

Effect 2 - Ice Armor: Actively activates to form a thin layer of ice around your body. The ice has extremely strong defensive power and will not affect your mobility or spellcasting.

The effect of the Seed of Ice is extremely powerful. Many of Fakis's combat methods were even built around the Seed of Ice.

Her powerful defensive ability was still fresh in Klein's memory.

However, this equipment in Klein's hands probably wouldn't exert the same powerful effect as Fakis, after all, he doesn't have ice-type abilities.

Without the amplification of ice power, the defensive power of the Seed of Ice would be greatly reduced.

However, Klein hasn't decided whether to extend his ice abilities. Most ice abilities are control or defense, and the attack power isn't very prominent.

But now Klein has Bone Chains for control-type magic, and countless defensive abilities, Bone Extension, Bone Shield, Static Field, Mist Form, Magic Resistance, these are all defensive abilities.

So wasting a soul slot to extend ice, whether it's right or wrong, is difficult for Klein to decide in a short time.

However, although he can't exert the maximum effect of this item, at least he can use it. He has a lot of mana, so he can just use it as a permanent defensive item.

Besides the Seed of Ice, there were two other magic items that Klein was more concerned about, because both of these magic items were mana recovery items.

Fairy Amulet

Grade: Magic Item

Effect 1 - Meditation: Allows you to maintain a certain amount of mana recovery even during combat.

Effect 2 - Mana Gathering: Allows you to recover an additional 5 points of mana per hour.

Sapphire Eyeball

Grade: Magic Item

Effect 1 - Echo: Restores 10% of your mana.

Effect 2 - Clear Spring Echo: Restores 20% of your mana.

Effect 3 - Rune Echo: Restores 30% of your mana.

"No wonder this old woman's mana is so strong, it turns out she has such things."

Fakis relied on the Seed of Ice as the core magic item for combat, so she inevitably needed a lot of mana to maintain her combat power.

The effect of the Fairy Amulet allowed Fakis to maintain a normal mana recovery rate even during combat, which greatly improved her endurance.