Chapter 527: Purifying Baku’s Soul (1/2)
Two days. Zero took longer than he expected to create the world flower guardian. The first two souls were destroyed in the process in an unfortunate accident. Zero misjudged the number of chaos fragments used and the experiment went south when he added his 'thoughts' to the unstable mixture.
Then, after adjustment and calculating the right amount of chaos fragments that a regular soul can take, he realised that he had been doing it wrong. While the proportion was now correct, the souls still disintegrated because they couldn't accept the burden of the 'thought' in the reforge.
After consulting several experts, Zero finally understood why he failed. The souls had to undergo enough torture and pain to toughen enough so that they wouldn't crumble under the pressure of the thought's responsibility. Not every soul can accept the position of the world flower's guardian and the duties that came with it.
Sadly, not every soul in Zero's possession had enough reincarnations and life experiences to deal with that kind of pressure. Hence, he had to compress that experience in the shortest time frame possible through a series of simulations and scenarios to train these weak souls while nurturing them using qi.
He also used more than two souls for the experiment simply because he needed more 'pieces' to reforge the world flower guardian's soul. Gaia offered to create the vessel and Zero was reassured that the vessel would be of premium quality. He wasn't disappointed when Swift sent the vessel over. It was created from Gaia's branch and a petal of the world flower that Gaia dubbed as the Flower of Enlightenment after Buddha texted in the group chat that it originated from his mana lotus.
Eventually, after many long hours of continuous testing and tweaking, Hana the first flower spriggan was born.
Tanya, Cleo and Gaia couldn't help but act like mothers to the precious newborn and Zero left the Flower of Enlightenment with its new guardian in their care. He had more important things to do in the U.N.U. before the Tree of Fertility's seed was ready.
Sylvia listened patiently to Zero's explanation and the doctor struggled to phrase it in a way that doesn't sound so harsh. He failed miserably and cringed at how it came out. Yet, the Great Sylph didn't feel offended after he'd blatantly suggested that she forfeited her current life and that her child was going to become a tree stuck in the gloomy Purgatory for however long eternity lasted.
”That...” Sylvia trembled. ”Thank you very much!”
The Great Sylph sobbed and held onto both of Zero's hands, bowing her head in gratitude when Zero was expecting her to curse him. Then, she asked him when they were going to start the procedure of transforming her into a spriggan.
”Not until I successfully fuse Baku's soul with the Tree of Fertility. Today, I will only be doing the purification process because I need to tamper and nourish Baku's soul fragments before it is ready for its new vessel. Are the preparations ready?”
Sylvia nodded. ”Follow me.”
The room that Sylvia prepared was sufficient for the purification process. She must have worked really hard because there were no traces of dark magic present and all the magic circles were drawn beautifully. It was very detailed and should have taken a lot of effort to maintain. The barriers were set up around the room so that there will be no external disturbance and most importantly, there was actual food offering items.