Chapter 161: You Brought Her Back?
“Those pipes have already deteriorated. Replace all of them! In such an enclosed space, you actually don't clean the ventilation outlets regularly? A lens needs to be installed here to concentrate the light and improve catalytic efficiency during reactions...”
Leon stood in the corner with his arms folded, watching two apothecaries frantically reorganize the laboratory under Weiss's direction. When their eyes happened to meet, Leon beckoned to her, signaling for her to come over to the corner.
“How is it? Can you make the antidote for Saltification Disease here?” Leon asked.
The biggest reason he had chosen to bring Weiss here and put her in charge of the laboratory was so that she would have a place to formulate medicine for treating Saltification Disease.
He had not brought Weiss back merely to ensure her safety. He also wanted to use her abilities to save people. There was no way he could completely keep her hidden away.
For Weiss to produce medicine, she needed a proper laboratory environment. It was difficult to find a sufficiently secure location outside, and constructing a new laboratory from scratch carried the risk of being discovered.
At present, it was not only the Earl's forces pursuing Weiss—the entire Church was searching for her. If she remained out in the open and either side discovered her and launched a raid, everything would be over.
After much consideration, Arend Island remained the most suitable option. There was already a laboratory here. Procuring the necessary materials and equipment and shipping them to the island—or simply reorganizing the existing facilities—would not attract much attention even among the Earl's internal forces.
The island's geographical position was naturally isolated. Anyone wishing to investigate it would first have to get through the numerous checkpoints and watchers Leon had established. Everyone here belonged to him. The personnel in the core area—the people in this stronghold, those stationed in the inside-the-labyrinth positions, the guards of the stronghold, and even the two apothecaries—had all consumed Cursed Blood.