Chapter 65: The Rose Wight (1/2)

Opening the bag, Merlin found a couple bones and a strange crystal talislow This confirh necro there was a culprit, but he was yet to find the reason why she was killed, or how turning her into a wight fulfilled their goals

He pulled a flask of lantern oil out of his inventory and poured the entire flask inside the bag He then grabbed the s of blessed salts he previously purchased fro its contents inside the drawstring bag as well

Upon the blessed saltsout of the bag, and an eerie screa the screa

「Skill ⟪Ignite⟫ Activated」

S, which quickly erupted into a large fireball as the lantern oil caught fire The eerie screams becamewhistle before beco completely quiet onlyre was the talisreen ball of light

Merlin's eyes widened as he saw the green light, it was a monster's soul Without hesitation, he reached his hand out and grabbed the soul, causing a notificationto appear before him

「You have empty soul slots, would you like to absorb, "★★ Race Soul: Rose Wight (Level 1)"?」

Merlin accepted the proht was absorbed into his body Mo the soul's stats and skills

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★★ Race Soul: Rose Wight • Level 1

Bonus Stats: +7 Constitution

Abilities: ⟪Rose Blight⟫

Origin Soul Bonuses: +12 Status Resistance, ⟪Thorn Vine⟫

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Merlin admired the informationfor a moment, he didn't expect it to be a two star race soul, not this early into the game anyway, but that didn't matter too much as he acquired it from a lower level creature

Stars weren't typically an indication of power, they were more there to make it feel special, or as an indication of rarity But coincidentally higher star souls usually had better stats and abilities than lower ranked souls, although this wasn't always the case

In the case of race souls, souls that hada rarer creature, a higher species of creature, or in the case of the rose wight, a rare mutation of a creature This wasn't an indication of power, as the soul's strength varied based on the type of creature, as well as the creature's level you received the soul froon's soul would be vastly superior to a level three goblin's soul And a level four hundred goblin's soul would also be oblin

For class and job souls however, higher star souls were generally given by quests with a high rarity, but they could also be levelled up and evolved by variousclass questlines provided by the various guilds and colleges

But the most common way to acquire superior souls, which was an essential part of being a ranker, was by utilising the soul forge and the soul e allowed you to forge two or ether to create a new soul that typically contained traces of each soul The output was usually a higher class of soul, or at the very least had more potential than its parent souls

Merlin decided to take a look at his soul's abilities, unfortunately he couldn't utilise the thorn vine skill due to his origin soul being taken by the fighter soul, but this didn't stop hi the skill

The first ability he checked was the core ability of the class, one he'd be able to use regardless of the soul's origin status

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⟪Rose Blight⟫

You have become immune to rose poison, but your blood is now poisonous

• You can imbue your attacks with rose poison

• This poison has a 10 chance to reduce the target's stats by 5, this does not stack

• Can be used to amplify certain skills or coat any physical weapons

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Merlin read the ability out, it seemed a little weak at first, but five percent was incredibly useful when versing higher levelled opponents The ten percent chance seemed a little low at first, but Merlin kneould raise relatively quickly when he started levelling the soul up

He then looked at the next ability, which appeared to be ht, which washis blood into a toxin and giving him an immunity to it