[ Human corpse has been discovered. Would you like to extract it? ]

Vale closed his eyes as he answered the system.

'Yes'

At this time, his mind wasn't just repeating his mantra. He was also trying to sense the 'Spirit' or the Intelligence of the Corpse.

Recently, he discovered how the Spirit Converging Crystal and revealed his number of Spirit Strands.

He felt how the Crystal works, and he was using the same idea to sense the Corpse's Spirit Strand or Intelligence.

In a way, he was trying to replicate how the Spirit Converging Crystal detects his Intelligence and turns it into a Spirit Strand.

Technically, if his theory works, he could also use this method to extract Power or Strength Attributes and Life or Vitality Attributes.

As for the Energy, Agility, Spell Models, and others he could extract, he would think about it once he could accurately extract Intelligence or Strength Attributes.

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Agility +0.05 ]

'Ugh I failed again. And the Extraction is also too low. Is it because of the way they're sealed? Or maybe I'm doing something wrong?' Vale sighed as he saw the result.

Anyway, he didn't give up after a single failure. He continued with his extractions as he wanted to get used to the sensation of extracting attributes.

[ Human corpse has been discovered. Would you like to extract it? ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Strength +0.05 ]

"Continue" Vale muttered as he didn't stop.

[ Human corpse has been discovered. Would you like to extract it? ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Strength +0.05 ]

[ Human corpse has been discovered. Would you like to extract it? ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Intelligence +0.05 ]

He then continued with his extractions as he immersed himself in the sensation of the Attribute gains Although the attributes he extracted were close to zero, they would be a considerable gain once accumulated.

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Agility +0.05 ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Intelligence +0.05 ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Strength +0.05 ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Intelligence +0.05 ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Intelligence +0.05 ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Intelligence +0.05 ]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Intelligence +0.05 ]

"Ohhh! I'm doing it." Vale exclaimed as soon as he got four consecutive Intelligence Extractions. It feels as if he received enlightenment after being immersed in the Extraction.

'I think I'm getting the hang of it.' He thought.

Of course, it might just be some coincidence since it was natural to have a higher chance of getting Intelligence Attributes from the corpses of Arcanists. However, the fact that he started feeling the 'Spirit' strand of the jiangshis or bodies made him realize that what he was doing wasn't a waste of time.

With this in mind, Vale continued. This time, he was more determined and focused.

[ Human corpse has been discovered. Would you like to extract it? ]

'Yes.' He answered calmly.

[ Extraction successful. Intelligence +0.35]

'This'

Vale suddenly felt an indescribable relief and satisfaction as soon as he saw the result of his Extraction.

This time, he knows that he really succeeded. After all, the Intelligence he extracted was way higher than what he could get from the normal system extraction. Even the Energy Points had disappeared because of it!

'The attribute increased from 0.05 to 0.35. This is so much better' Vale felt delighted as he didn't mind the missing 5 Energy Points.

The increase shows how his concentration on extracting only the Intelligence Attribute was successful.

'So that's how it is I should only start the Extraction once I feel connected with the Spirit. Furthermore, I have to keep my grasp on it until the extraction delay is finished.' Vale silently thought as he tried to recall how he had succeeded just now.

Luckily, he could still extract nine corpses, so he felt confident he would get a decent result once he was done.

'Extract'

[ Extraction successful. Intelligence +0.35]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Intelligence +0.05]

[ Extraction successful. Intelligence +0.35]

[ Extraction successful. Energy +5 Intelligence +0.05]

[ Extraction successful. Intelligence +0.35]

[ Extraction successful. Intelligence +0.35]

[ Extraction successful. Intelligence +0.35]

***

[ Extraction successful. Intelligence +0.35]

"I did it" Vale muttered as he leaned on the wall, feeling dizzy after his Spirit increased drastically after some extractions.

Although there were some mistakes at first, Vale finally had a clear grasp of extracting Intelligence from the corpses.

He may still have a long way to go before he can extract Spell Models, but this was certainly a good start.

Vale looked at the corpses in the morgue, and he couldn't help but feel grateful to them. Without their assistance, there was no way he would learn this trick.

'Right... I should also thank Ashe for leading me to this method of Extraction. If she didn't suggest this, I'd probably blindly think that the system's Extraction was absolute and couldn't be changed.'

Vale smiled at this thought as he thanked the corpses once more before leaving the Airship.

When he came out, Ashe could no longer be seen, so he just headed back to the Academy.

This time, he was planning to meet the Headmaster.

However, before he could do that, he sensed someone's gaze drilling into his back.

"Hmm? I almost forgot about you" Vale softly muttered as his gaze turned cold.

***

Neil Sommerhalder woke up early as he planned to rent the training room for the whole day to practice his spells. He thought to at least have a late-stage Elementary Realm Dark Spell in the next three months or in the second assessment of their Spell Mastery.

Although the first assessment of their Spell Mastery wasn't done yet, it would be completed in the next couple of days, and he had no hope of increasing his mastery on that day.

Instead, he was focused on the second assessment to surprise his classmates.

'Eh? Isn't that Vale? Where is he going?' Neil was curious as he followed his classmate from afar. He didn't disguise or use stealthy spells to himself and just acted like a typical student.

He knows that he would look suspicious if he tried to hide his presence. In any case, they are in the Academy, so he knows that Vale will let his guard down and won't mind his stalking.

He was indeed right! Vale didn't notice him!

What made him speechless was how he saw Vale meeting with a beautiful member of the Order of the Evanescent Vessel in the Dockyard near the Academy!