Life Infusion was an ability that Alpha had awakened after devouring the Unknown's remains, prompting her to undergo a transformation.

By activating Life Infusion, Alpha could temporarily enhance the spirituality within objects, turning them into her puppets that she could control for a short period of time.

This ability provided its user with a variety of uses, some purely auxiliary and others that could be used during battle too.

For example, Alpha could use Life Infusion on her enemy's weapon and control it to attack them in the middle of the battle, catching the opponent off guard.

Though this ability was relatively simple, it could be said that its potential was endless.

Despite knowing so, when Alpha heard Liora's instructions, she was left stunned.

It was clear to her that Liora was telling her to use Life Infusion on the corpse of Baron Bloodshield, obviously wishing that she turn him into her own puppet.

Alpha instinctively wanted to say that this was impossible and it would never work, but upon further thought, she discovered that she might have fallen into a misunderstanding.

Indeed, she could use Life Infusion on all dead objects. So, what was stopping her from doing the same to a corpse?

Thinking of this, Alpha swallowed the words that she was about to say.

Perhaps because of her trust in Liora or perhaps because she felt that it made sense, she chose to give it a try.

With a thought of her mind, the skin in her palm parted slightly, revealing a huge, seemingly endless dark hole hidden beneath it.

From that hole, a thin white thread shot out and, following Alpha's commands, rushed towards the Baron's dead body.

After it drilled into him, the thread disappeared as if it had been erased from existence—signaling that the connection between the two of them had been established.

At first, nothing happened. But only a few seconds later, Alpha sensed her connection with the corpse and, through it, passed her instructions.

Seated on the side, Liora was observing every single one of Alpha's movements.

Thus, she witnessed the thread coming out of her body, as well as the process of Baron Bloodshield turning into a puppet.

A second later, under her eyes, the dead Baron slowly rose to his feet.

His movements were stiff and awkward, lacking any sense of balance and elegance. If he were an ordinary person, he would have long fallen down and sprawled to the ground.

Yet, as if a batch of invisible threads were keeping him standing, the Baron remained upright.

"It actually works!", Alpha's surprised voice echoed in Liora's ears, as if she had never expected that her attempt would really achieve anything.

Hearing her exclamation and sensing Alpha's joy, Liora didn't say anything.

Instead, her eyes focused on the Baron's puppet, and she examined him carefully.

At first glance, she noticed that Baron Bloodshield's gaze was blank and lacked any vitality, while his movements were uneven.

Even if other people couldn't possibly guess that he had turned into a puppet, they would still realize that there was something wrong with him just based on his state.

However, Liora was not disappointed by this.

She could sense that the Baron's aura had remained roughly the same.

Even if his strength had decreased a little because of his transformation, he would still be able to fight with a True Knight.

Moreover...

"...as long as Alpha becomes a little more familiar with controlling this puppet, there should be no issue with passing him off as a real person."

"This makes it easier for my next plan to succeed.", Liora thought as she shifted her gaze to Alpha, who was busy experimenting with her newfound ability.

"For the next period of time, you should try your best to become familiar with controlling the Baron. I'll give you two days to succeed.", she said.

Though Alpha didn't understand her purpose, she knew that she would find out the reason sooner or later.

Therefore, she didn't ask any questions but instead nodded her head in agreement.

Seeing this, Liora continued:

"During this time, you should make sure that no one discovers what happened in the manor. If possible, you should hire a few servants and maids to make the people's disappearance less obvious."

In fact, the disappearance of such a large number of people—members of the Bloodshield family and guards—was bound to be discovered sooner or later.

However, given the Baron's status and the methods used by Alpha, it would require some time for people to find out.

This time was crucial to Liora.

If she were lucky, it would be enough for her to hide what had taken place. At worst, she could use this time to put her next plan into action.

"Also, don't forget to send a letter to the Black Tulip mansion and inform Eleanor of what happened. You should understand what you can reveal and what you cannot.", Liora said to Alpha.

Liora had already noticed that her part of the agreement with Eleanor had advanced further towards completion upon the Baron's death.

She could be certain that as long as she took action one more time—no matter how insignificant that action was—she would finally complete her part of the deal and become free to do as she wished.

Thinking of this and recalling the various gains she had made as a result of killing Baron Bloodshield, Liora was relieved.

She understood that her hard work was worth it.

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After confirming that Alpha could indeed manipulate Baron Bloodshield and giving her a couple more instructions, Liora no longer wasted any more time.

She didn't stay in her room but left the manor's main building and, following Alpha's guidance, arrived at the manor's back.

Soon, she came face-to-face with what Alpha had mentioned earlier.

A tall and thick metal fence surrounded a large green field, trapping a bunch of beasts within it as if it were a gigantic metal cage.

These beasts were the Twilight Wolves that Alpha and Baron Bloodshield had talked about—a rare race of beasts that had almost gone extinct.

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