“I’m not a fan of long explanations,” Henrick said. He continued, “So I’ll summarize the whole thing.”

He coughed once to clear his throat and explained, “There was a man named ‘Rick’ among my ancestors, and he developed two Body Crafting Kits while going on a serial killing spree. Afterward, he decided to resurrect his victims, but he left one Body Crafting Kit as a family heirloom and hid the other one in his workshop that only he knew about.”

“His workshop?” Shaneth asked.

“It’s called a workshop, but it’s actually an extremely large ruin. Ha! I wonder how a madman like him ended up with such a fortune,” Henrick grumbled. He then continued his story. “Anyway, nobody was able to find the Body Crafting Kit he hid in the ruin. It’s said he hid it somewhere for his successor to find, according to my great-grandfather.”

“Then are you saying that the man from a while ago who was controlling the puppets could be Rick’s successor?” Shaneth asked.

“Yes, because he has the Body Crafting Kit,” Henrick responded with a nod. He continued, “Well, I don’t really care if he has it or not, but it’s not that simple.”

Shaneth gulped before muttering, “Don’t tell me…?”

“The Body Crafting Kit can also be used to turn a corpse into a doll, and it seems that that bastard used it to create his corpse dolls,” Henrick said.

“Creating a doll out of a corpse… Is that even possible?” Shaneth asked.

“It’s possible if you submerge it in antiseptic so the flesh won’t rot, then cover it with mana. A doll made out of a corpse is far more...