829 Remnant souls (2/2)

Was this related somehow to the Inner World Crystals? Why could he absorb this essence? What would happen if he absorbed it?

Various questions popped up in his mind. However, his system remained as eternally silent as always. All it did was offer him the options [Yes] and [No] on whether he wanted to absorb the essence or not.

He didn't know what would happen if he absorbed the essence… but since his system's options were usually beneficial, he decided to try!

Seiji immediately chose the [Yes] option.

He then saw a progress bar on the absorption, which also listed how many points he was using up. Seiji simultaneously felt something flow from the broken sword through his arm and into his body!

This warmth made Seiji's body begin to heat up as the warmth started flowing within him. It felt slightly discomforting, yet also slightly good. Seiji could faintly feel something deep within him becoming slightly stronger.

As the progress bar for absorption swiftly increased, the number of points he used up also increased at a shocking rate.

Luckily, this absorption soon finished. In the end, it cost him 392 points to absorb all the Inner World Essence from the broken sword!

He had spent almost 400 points just like that. And what he obtained in exchange was...

[Absorption complete. The Spirit House now has a new room, the Soul Room. The Soul Room can be used for storing and saving spirits and souls. Every day, the Soul Room will produce and store Mana. You may obtain additional Mana from the Soul Room.]

Seiji widened his eyes in surprise.

He actually gained an entire new room for his Spirit House, and this room could be used to store spirits and produce Mana!

He immediately wanted to check it out.

”Seiji, what's the matter?” Natsuya noticed that he seemed to be behaving strangely.

”I… just absorbed some energy from this sword,” Seiji explained. ”I'm not sure what this energy is… After I absorbed this energy, I gained a new room in my Spirit House that's capable of storing spirits and producing Mana.”

What?

Natsuya widened her eyes in surprise.

Absorbing energy led to a new room appearing in the Spirit House… Was building a personal dimension that easy!?

Not only that, she hadn't noticed that the broken sword contained any type of energy at all. Just what the heck was that energy supposed to be!?

Compared to Natsuya's shock, the others didn't really react that much. This was because the Spirit House already seemed miraculous enough to them, so they felt that there was no need to be astonished over a new room appearing. Although they were surprised, they didn't feel like this was such a big deal.

”I'm going in to check it out.” Seiji opened the door to his Spirit House and entered.

He didn't have Natsuya or anyone else come with him, since there was no need. Besides, the now one-handed Kungo still needed someone to keep guard on him.

When Seiji went to the living room in his Spirit House, he saw that a new door had appeared along with a sign that said ”Soul Room”.

Seiji opened the door and instantly felt chilled.

Inside this room… it was snowing!?

To his surprise, the environment inside the Soul Room was filled with snow.

The ground was covered in snow, and snow was also coming down from the sky.

That was right, the sky!

This ”room” had a tremendous area. It was impossible to see any of its walls. Seiji could only see a dense mist for a few meters. And, everything above was also gray and hazy!

Yet, the environment wasn't the most important part… What attracted Seiji's attention the most was a group of different orbs of light that floated on top of the snow at differing heights!

These orbs of light had many different colors, including red, yellow, blue, orange, and green. They seemed like burning flames, as well as water flowing in a zero gravity location. Some orbs were large, and some orbs were small. Some floated up high, and some were low next to the ground. Some were almost completely still, while some were moving slowly. Some had nothing on their surface, while some were flashing… This all seemed quite wondrous.

”What are these?” Seiji muttered to himself while looking at an orb of light close to him.

”These are remnant souls,” Yomi spoke up to answer him. ”These are souls left behind by dead humans. You could call them soul shards.”

”Soul shards… whom do they belong to?”

”I don't know.”

Seiji fell silent as he contemplated.

His system had absorbed the so-called ”Inner World Essence” from the Totsuka no Tsurugi in order to create this room… no, this dimension. The soul shards here could only possibly have come from the Inner World Essence, which meant that broken sword. The sword was a spiritual artifact… used for powering up large-scale spells…