Chapter 332 - Harvest Time (1/2)
Chapter 332 Harvest Time
When they returned to Ur-Hekal, all they saw was a melted city.
Thick smoke swept up and slowly drifted toward the dim sky. Hot magma was flowing randomly in the city, and houses would collapse into the magma from time to time. The flammable objects burst into fierce flames when they came into contact with the magma.
The entire city was burning. Apart from the alliance army’s attack, the reason why the city of Ur-Hekal had become like this was mostly because of Kha-Beleth. When he transformed into a flame demon and fought Roy, the nearby Ur-Hekal naturally became the first place to suffer.
As Roy was worried that this melting state would be disadvantageous to his search, a large amount of black frost quickly spread out from beneath his feet the moment he landed. Not only did the black frost freeze the flowing magma in the city, but it also strengthened the crumbling buildings.
After identifying the direction, Roy brought Julia and Benia straight to the city hall of Ur-Hekal, while the other demons scattered into the city and tried their best to find something useful.
The city hall was also melting. Roy’s arrival caused the frost to freeze the collapse. After entering the interior of the hall, Roy raised his head and looked at the circular dome above. There was an enormous purple crystal embedded on the dome, exuding a warm light.
“That’s… a soul crystal?!” Julia looked up and was shocked. “Such a big soul crystal?!”
Benia also came to a realization. “No wonder the souls of those killed on the battlefield would drift to Ur-Hekal. So there’s actually such an enormous soul crystal here…”
Yes, this was the first harvest Roy obtained in Kha-Beleth’s memories.
Soul crystals were also a method to store souls. Compared to storage methods such as soul contracts and other documents, soul crystals could store more souls. Moreover, soul crystals had a special characteristic. After the number of souls stored in one reached a certain number, a special ability to attract and absorb souls within a certain range would appear. This was similar to Roy’s Soul Attracting Flag.
Benia’s eyes were shining as she stared at the soul crystal on the dome and whispered, “How many souls are stored in such an enormous soul crystal?! We’ve made a killing!”
“About 3,430,000!” Roy replied. “This is the number of souls that Kha-Beleth has been storing since he left Sheogh and came to the surface. Over the past twenty years, demons have sealed half of the souls they obtained in the war here…”
“Why was Kha-Beleth storing so many souls?”. Benia asked in puzzlement. “This is a kind of… magic power energy!” Roy spread his wings and slowly floated toward the dome. Julia and Benia quickly followed. As they flew, Roy explained, “Although Kha-Beleth wanted to use the Dark Messiah to break Sheogh’s seal and release all the demon lords, he did know if the Dark Messiah would have such powerful magic power to break the seal after growing. So he stored a vast number of souls in advance so that he could prepare for emergencies when breaking the seal.”
“Even if the Dark Messiah can grow up, it will still take at least twenty years. How many souls was Kha-Beleth preparing to store?!” Julia asked in surprise. “More than ten million!” Roy said. “Moreover, even if he doesn’t need to use these souls to break the seal, there are other uses. For example, after breaking the seal, using them to replenish the magic power of the demon lords who are constantly weakening after being trapped in Sheogh. Or… using these souls to sacrifice to the Dragon of Chaos, Urgash, to help him recover and return!”
Benia’s eyes widened when she heard this. “They actually want to play this big?! They want to let Urgash return?!”
“There are more demon lords in Sheogh, but no one at the demon king level…” Roy explained. “And Urgash is truly at the demon king level. Kha-Beleth and the others need Urgash’s power to fight against the Dragon of Order, Asha… He prepared this soul reserve just in case.”
“Hehehe!” Benia suddenly laughed. “But now, it’s all for you, right, Osiris?”.
Roy smiled but did not say anything. He stretched out his hand and hugged the enormous soul crystal. Then he used his strength to break the soul crystal off the inlay socket.
This purple soul crystal was about seven meters tall, more than twice his height, and it weighed about two tons. When he carried it to the ground, the ground trembled slightly when he landed. He sensed the number of souls in the crystal and found that it far exceeded the 3.43 million in Kha-Beleth’s memory! It was over 3.6 million!
The extra quantity was probably the souls of the alliance army and demons who died in this battle. Kha-Beleth had not included them in his number after the crystal attracted them.
Holding this crystal, Roy was ecstatic. He really made a killing this time!
Although he had been collecting souls over the years, the greatest amount of souls he had obtained before this was the soul contract that Fury had given him in the Darksiders world. There had been a million souls in it. And now, the souls stored in this crystal were 3.6 times as much as in the soul contract.