Chapter 105: Theory Of A Soul (2/2)

'I will have a few more test subjects for you soon,' said Aldrich

'Ah, wonderful!' said Fler'Gan in glee 'Once this awful, loud, and all too destructive battle is done with, I may finally return to my experiments With that 'Editor' sample you spoke of and further more of these Alters, I fully believe I h'

'That's excellent to hear,' said Aldrich 'I need your expertise on so'

'Oh? What is it, O Elder?'

'The Chrysalis - you've seen it and you have an idea of what it is It's housed inside the Phylactery you personally built And you knoell how the entire process of tethering a soul into a Phylactery goes So there's nobody better to ask you this question: the Chrysalis has entered a dormant state after I moved my soul into the Phylactery,' said Aldrich 'I can understand it having difficulty processing the influx of power, but it feels different too Trying to reach out to it is difficult, as if I need to pass by some kind of mental block'

'Has it now? Let ain 'It is difficult to offer accurate diagnoses for the Chrysalis is a creature not native to our realht from you would be valuable,' said Aldrich

'This Chrysalis, from my limited experience with it, see the characteristics of the energy it absorbed,' said Fler'Gan 'Hence, it could perfor itself to , then, it should be able to adapt itself to the energy of my newly empowered soul,' said Aldrich

'Ah, but there is a distinct difference

Mana is colorless Pure energy And, most importantly, physical in its essence In our realm, it permeated the air we breathed and the dirt we tread upon Si this world

Thus, anyone native to our real a physical body

However, a soul is vastly different

In its basic fory, yes, but it is spiritual in its essence, lacking any physical fory fro an anchor not in the physical world, but in the spiritual plane

Thus, drawing energy from a soul requires that one possess a soul, for without one, there is no tie to the spiritual plane where souls reside

As a result, you will never see a Necro upon the dead without a soul Or a Shaman that communes with the dead without a soul To use souls requires having a soul, and a strong one, at that

All too often, there are tales of errant Necroht of far too many souls and overwhel as their bodies becon spirits'

'I see…,' said Aldrich He did resouls themselves This, of course, included the field of Necromancy But this was not the rownat so at, Fler'Gan?'

'That creature, that 'Chrysalis', lacks a soul, no? Thus, it should be iiven by your own soul, no?' said Fler'Gan

'Well, if what you say is correct, then yes,' said Aldrich He paused for aabout this, and then the realization hit hi creature It latched onto energy and then changed everything about it to effectively harness the energy it absorbed It could change its physical structure greatly, creating environments that matched the landscape around it It could alter its very own spatial died itself to harness the energy given to it, and if the energy of Aldrich's soul required a soul to harness, then that left only one strong conclusion: the Chrysalis was trying to form its very own soul