Chapter 265

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Chapter 265: Hometown and Magic Bag

After explaining the progress to the mercenary group from the United Kingdom of South Sotua, Lolth used her magic to make the blank parchment float in the air, then began to gather words on it with her magic.

That’s right, Lolth planned to create a set of exam questions on the spot.

This was not difficult for Lolth, as she only needed to test if there were any redeemable people among these "scoundrels."

Moreover, she also needed to understand how to save these people.

For Lolth, this just required some basic knowledge of sociology.

Her love for self-learning "practical skills" did not start when she came to this new world. In her past life, during her high school years, she also taught herself some psychology because of her "interest" and to seem cool.

Soon, a series of personality test questions based on various classic theories from her past life appeared on the paper.

She knew that some of the mercenaries would surely try to guess her intentions to answer the questions just to "survive." So, to ensure the test results were reliable, Lolth deliberately chose many vague questions that they might not be able to fake or judge.

Just like those suspicious music apps and your friends on WeChat or QQ sharing links in group chats saying, "Find out what kind of XX you are."

However, Lolth believed these would be enough to deal with people from this new world who had never seen such things before.

Moreover, she had a final safeguard method.

After finishing all the questions, Lolth took out the space magic bag that her family had sent her.

The moment Lolth opened it, she smelled a familiar sweet and fragrant scent, and a line of messages appeared in the pink smoke.

"Congratulations — This is a little gift from Mom. Please use it well and be kind to it! ~❤"

Although Lolth did not know what her cheap mom had misunderstood to send her this bag of items, it was actually a good thing for her now.

She ignored the messages, waved her hand to disperse the faint magical letters, and began searching in the space magic bag.

"Hmm… Okay, I hope there is something I need…"

Among a huge pile of Abyssal Crystals, various strange elongated items, and about ten bottles of Magic Potion bubbling pink smoke shaped like hearts, as well as handcuffs and chains that looked like bondage gear but were very suspicious in color, material, and style, Lolth finally found what she wanted.

"Magic device: Thousand Feelings and Desire—Wow, it’s really here, and it’s a super high-quality item!"

Lolth took out a device that looked like a model of a star system.

In the center was a large pink light sphere, surrounded by seven pink light bands, with purple beads rolling on top.

The base was made of light blue crystal sculpted into the shape of delicate hands lifting it, supporting this magic device that was only the size of her forearm.

This was one of the things Lolth was most familiar with from the Succubus clan, a standard magic device from the series of feelings and desires.

Although most succubi use it for similar reasons as its name suggests, to enhance their emotional waves during special moments, connecting with their partners more quickly and making their soul emotions more intense and longer-lasting, it is commonly used when both individuals belong to the Succubus clan.

However, for Lolth, she discovered a clever use for it.

Originally, it was designed with the meaning of "hoping for honest encounters," and the special materials and magical structures from the Succubus clan already have effects of "hypnotizing and amplifying emotions." With a little modification of this magic device’s structure, Lolth…

Could achieve the effect of a lie detector.

By observing the level of emotional increase in the other person, she could determine whether they were being truthful.

If combined with mental-type spells, it could also serve as a truth serum—though unfortunately, Lolth didn’t know any mental-type spells.

Of course, if she devoted all her energy on spatial magic to studying the Succubus clan’s spells, she could probably charm these individuals directly without needing this device, making them obedient to her.

The effect would likely be much better than that of characters like Yuri X, Junko Enoshima, or the Vieltarians.

But sadly, even if Lolth had a hundred thousand chances to choose again, she might change the focus of her studies among spatial, arcane, and divine spells, but she would absolutely never study the mental spells that she even finds a bit distasteful.

In her past life, Lolth found psychology very interesting, but in this life, as a succubus, she felt that it would be much more fun not to study such things.

However, after making some simple adjustments and removing the more heating functions, Lolth could still use this magic device to put the mercenaries into a very light hypnotic state, making it easier for them to choose and judge according to their true feelings.

She adjusted the magic device and placed it at her feet, then waved her hand, scattering one hundred sixty sheets of parchment with the same questions everywhere.

Each mercenary received one of these parchments along with a matching feather pen.

Lolth even kindly wrote the questions in the common language of the continent.

These mercenaries, being Superoperators, were generally more educated than most common people. Even though many came from poor backgrounds, those who made it to Hillenbrand Town were indeed the best among them and had some reputation. To perform better in their tasks, they had at least taught themselves some common language, so they could understand Lolth’s questions.

Lolth, pulling along a space magic bag, looked at the mercenaries holding their papers and pens, deep in thought, and nodded with satisfaction.

"It seems you have not decided to skip the exam… That’s good, because skipping the exam means you must face the consequences of that choice," Lolth said, even though she had no idea what those consequences were. "So for the next two hours, please answer seriously according to your true feelings and the questions asked. This will be the first and most important ‘screening’ and ‘test.’ During the exam, no talking is allowed—good luck to you all."

Saying this, Lolth looked at Tina beside her and started giving instructions to the fairy maid.

"You stay here to supervise and look after this group of guys and the magic device. I’ll go to the kitchen and check… Didn’t Kanor make me some soup? I want to taste it."

Tina heard this and showed a worried expression again.

"But…"

"Okay, the kitchen is very close. I’m just going to drink some soup," Lolth shook her head, "I’m really fine!"