Chapter 460: Chapter 166: I’m not a Caged Bird 3
These were the spoils of war which he had previously collected from monster hunting.
Upon applying his enlightenment, there appeared but one name — Dark Matter Crystals.
“How on earth were these formed?”
Leonard stared at them, his eyes full of confusion.
More than how much they were worth, he was concerned about how they were formed.
Usually, undead creatures did not possess such energy crystallizations.
At least, the lower tier undead didn’t.
However, every beast that had erupted from the Bottomless Pit had them.
It was as if sand had turned into iron filings – their value had suddenly soared.
So, there surely must be an explanation…
Leonard had reminisced on all the literature he had perused, none of the written material seemed to match.
But evidently, these were energy crystallizations.
After pondering over them for a moment and not reaching a conclusion,
Leonard decided to use the Feast Skill.
Those from the Commerce Guild had shared information about it: there is an unknown contamination, it’s not recommended to be absorbed as an energy body right now.
But for Leonard, it didn’t matter.
He had full affinity.
To figure out what this thing was, he decided to give it a try.
Absorbing the crystal core was much easier than due to its high energy content, the energy from the Dark Matter Crystals was almost instantly absorbed into his body.
Leonard then carefully examined the attribute panel.
This crystal core was not extraordinary traits, rather it was element crystallization.
There were no changes in his attributes, but there was a slight increase of 0.07 in his Curse Power limit.
However, there were two previously unprecedented prompts in his enlightenment.
‘Unknown Dark Elemental Affinity +2’
‘You used Feast, Mental Power +0.02’
“What’s going on here?”
This was the first time Leonard’s mental power increased by using Feast!
And what surprised him even more was that the “unknown dark element” was not a Dark Affinity, but a separate prompt?
“Hiss…”
As Leonard contemplated these two prompts, he vaguely sensed that he had encountered some high-tier secret.
Displayed as “unknown” indicates that the energy extracted from this crystal core has temporarily surpassed his understanding.
At that thought, Leonard took out a second one.
This time, he didn’t use the Feast Skill but the normal Breathing Method.
And then…after absorbing it, there was no prompt.
There was no increase in mental power, no Dark Affinity, it was merely absorbed as an energy body.
Leonard looked pensive, speculating, “The mental power of this crystal core and the extraordinary traits are material and absorbable…wouldn’t this be the reason for its formation? Because of the Weeping Angel’s Remains?”
He eventually got lost in his thoughts.
Even the bread he was eating didn’t seem tasty anymore.
At this moment, someone approached.
Catherine Carter, disguised as a little doctor, wasn’t a stranger. She brought a bowl of soup and some bread, and sat right next to him.
Leonard had a feeling that he had been recognized. Although he was surprised, he intentionally feigned ignorance, questioning, “You…?”
Catherine glanced at him, a mysterious smile playing on her lips, “You’ve looked at me so many times today and you haven’t recognized me yet?”
With that, she exposed Leonard’s identity, “It can’t be that Baron Charles is interested in my ugly duckling appearance?”
With a slight smile curling up at the corners of his mouth, Leonard no longer pretended to be ignorant and asked in return, “How did Miss Carter recognize me?”
His current identity was very sensitive, so he couldn’t afford to be careless.
Whenever he wasn’t wearing the gas mask, he used a clown mask to change his appearance.
If merely a few extra glances were enough for her to recognize him, that would simply be impossible.
“Voice,”
Catherine didn’t hide anything, stating plainly, “Even if you use certain means of transformation, some waveform frequencies of your voice can’t be changed.
I am rank 7 of the ‘Plum Blossom Singers’, as you should know.”
Only then did Leonard understand.
Just like his werewolf sense of smell, even in a large blend of smells that most people couldn’t discern, he was able to do so.
However, the voice is more difficult.
Even when Leonard purposely lowered his tone to be very deep, “listening for a voice to identify a person” required a very profound understanding of the extraordinary.
Considering that Catherine was the elder miss of the Lionheart Family and lacked nothing in terms of resources, maybe it was possible?
But it didn’t seem to matter that she recognized him.
This woman probably only knew him as “Charles.”
As the thought appeared in Leonard’s mind, he suddenly remembered.
Didn’t he also have a conversation with her at the Flood Palace Casino that time?
“Ah, did she remember me from then?”
Leonard didn’t display any change in his expression.
But he felt a bit weird.
After all, he had seen her naked.
If she were to recognize him as the same person, it seemed…not very friendly.
Leonard thought again.
It shouldn’t be.
If she had, she would have recognized him long ago.
Remembering the wavelengths and timbre of a voice was entirely different from memorizing a face.
With so many voices heard each day, it couldn’t be possible to remember all of them.
Moreover, people’s memory is limited, and the things captured by the senses are also forgotten as time goes by.
Catherine seemed to perceive something, a trace of uncertain color flitted through her crystal clear eyes.
However, she did not say anything, but picked up a piece of bread, soaked it in soup, and continued to eat with relish.
Feeling the strange atmosphere, Leonard swiftly changed the conversation, “I thought you wouldn’ t be accustomed to this kind of food.”
Catherine retorted, “Do you think that I am the kind of delicate princess who can’t sleep because a pea was placed under her mattress?”
“Hehe…”
Leonard chuckled, then asked earnestly, feigning carefree,” So why would Miss
Carter be interested in playing some hunter game?”