Noland Lee coveted the all-powerful effects of Soul-stealing Magic, where it indiscriminately plundered Soul Strength. However, this did not mean that he intended to stir up trouble in Black City.
Firstly, he did not know much about Soul-stealing Wizards.
Secondly, his Deconstruction skill couldn't obtain Active or Passive Skills; at most, he could acquire Scholarly Skills.
If he took down a Soul-stealing Wizard inside Black City or if he was beaten half to death by them, all he would achieve was obtaining encyclopedic Scholarly Skills like "Soul-stealing Magic Studies".
If he truly wished to obtain Soul-stealing Magic, the objects he needed to deconstruct were the magic book or Magical Items containing the spells. This includes things like the bone-mending wand which contains the "Martyr's Ten Commandments" and the Crow Spirit Mask with the Mind Magic Bead that contain the "River of Mind" and the like.
Noland Lee planned it this way:
