Chapter 335 (2/2)
The end result… was that I failed I received the most insane, evil undead spirits of all They were absolutely crazed and would attack anything in their sight Not only that, this still didn’t explain why a soul would actually increase in weight After all, even if a powerful emotion protected the coht appear frole detail of that successful experimental subject 219 and i the experi critical factor… In those two years, the Holy Church probably found it quite le year when typically less than one would appear in a generation Not to mention, several hundred of their elite priests suddenly wentand ended up dead
And that was how by taking away a certain factor, I finally succeeded in failing to create a heroic spirit, finding the criticalfor
“A heroic spirit must have his deeds well known by people, with his descendants proud of him… So this was the critical point A heroic spirit must be well known”
The praises for a heroic spirit was the final result of my research A heroic spirit needed to have his or her deeds known by everyone It would be best if the heroic spirit itnesseda heroic last stand by everyone at the moment of the hero’s death These were all necessary conditions in beco a heroic spirit
In that case, could I create a heroic spirit using a fake story plus a “hero” that I hypnotized? If I could, then that would prove hed onslayer King,” Sven was born He becaht Five years later, I intentionally ran into Sven again and performed a second experiment on him… that unlucky fellow had my hypnosis canceled on him and discovered that he was only a lowly murderer instead of a hero He instantly went up in smoke and died for real, which proved the necessity of the heroic spirit’s own “conviction” in their status
Not only that, it also proved that the Holy Church’s explanation of souls and heroic spirits was nothing more than utter bullshi+t!
Finally, after even more experimentation, the final conclusion I ca to the truth
“No wonder Soul Worlds have the capability of distorting the real world In this world, personality, knowledge, faith, conviction—all these intangible concepts are a part of concrete strength as well They are all nourishh to resist the invasion of negative energy And once so, they can even enter a heroic spirit state after death and begin to use positive energy!”
This also explained why tin can knights whose heads were filled with nothing but the knightly spirit would still ence after transforhtly code, in a way, protected theh they were extreence and viewed so-called faith and conviction as nothing es would typically be invaded by negative energy and gradually lose their senses of self
The moment I received this experimental result, I also understood the true nature of heroic spirits For any e was power My Infallible Diffindor now possessed the ability to teh-level undead into heroic spirits This was a power that nobody else in this world possessed
If that was all it was, I would only be the biggest heretic and desecrator this world had ever seen in the past millennium Yet I ca est heretic of all ever since the founding of the very world of Eich
“Perhaps so-called Gods are just heroic spirits that have gathered a sufficient amount of belief in them to obtain a Divine Concept and evolve themselves… Ha! Doesn’t that mean that the so-called venerated Gods are just another type of undead? The moment that they ascended to Godhood, they were already dead? Their true identities are nothing ether by belief in theht then, if I publicized these research results of mine, probably half of the True God believers in the world would be busy calling me a ridiculous heretic, while the other half would be busy trying to kill me
But I had proof for this hypothesis of mine… becauseabout Wu to Godhood see more than a fortunate coincidence, even to a veteran like Ayer But only I knew that this was my final practical experiment to prove my theory: a human-created God
I wondered sometimes about ould happen if I attempted to tell everyone the truth about the Gods Yet I would always give up on the idea Most people wouldn’t believe me, and if they really did, it would probably mean the world was about to meet its destruction
It was ti down this path I had already detected the foundational truths of the world If I went any further down this path, opening up the entire Pandora’s Box, my research results froht truly end up destroying this entire world
“Heh, but if I don’t do anything at all, this world is already destined to be destroyed If I continue with this, there is a “ht as well continue regardless”
And so, I ended up creating the Seven Deadly Sins Their base materials weren’t particularly excellent “Wrath” Bastian was only an ordinary dog you could find anywhere, “Gluttony” Ah Dang was just a randorabbed fro not living originally at all, an aerial battleshi+p, while “Greed” Harloys’ base material was only an ordinary undead slies on the soul!”
I whispered that softly to myself For an undead, the physical body wasn’t as ies believed it to be Souls were the true foundation
Although I called my specialized field “undead construction,” a more accurate name would probably be “soul evolution” In place of the belief and conviction that heroic spirits needed to evolve theave my Seven Deadly Sins the convictions in my own soul
Heroic spirits and Gods? They were merely idiots tied to other people’s belief in the to be ruled by physical flesh and blood living individuals What I gave to inal Sins was free will, basic individual personalities, and souls that were even ive!
From a certain standpoint, they were indeed ave them endless potential to evolve themselves so that they could evolve into souls that could surpass heroic spirits And they would forever be a part of eddon arrived
“Seven Original Sins? Heh heh, these are the er and judgainst those who commit acts of injustice Gluttony, the desire to evolve one’s physical body lust, an overflowing amount of love Envy, the desire to possess others’ best traits Pride, the desire to rise in status… Children, allow me to witness just how far you’ll proceed in evolution since you have even more complete souls than the Gods theh it’s said that all Undead Emperors are insane, to have used yourself as an experimental subject and cut off parts of your own soul, you’re probably the hness”
The only individual who knew about my true research results was Harloys, as bound to ht now, I really needed her assistance When I provided all this detailed information to her, she actually used a respectful title that Undead Lords would use to address Undead Emperors for once
“…This is the only part where I can’t compare to you But, I won’t lose to you! I have ic! One day, I shall use my own research results to become an Undead Emperor as well!”
“Heh heh, I truly look forward to the All-Knowing Harloys’ research results But please help e and experiround filled with undead? Oh, you intend to use undead construction here! Are you thinking of creating another Original Sin?”
“No, no, it’s just I’redients around Although it won’t be on an Original Sin’s level, it ht actually be similar to their power level”
Perhaps none of the undead around me knew that thanks tovery troublesome for them would appear
Notes:
[1] ED/N: I believe the author is talking about a popular theory that came about froall Here’s the Wikipedia link if you want to read rams_experiment
[2] ED/N: I’m sorry, but I have to say this I am 100 certain that even now, if he needed to, Roland would still kidnap ood’ way, of course—as ever Will do anything to accooals
[3] TL/N: Yes, for soraph Probably because he feels aard about calling Harloys his child, ahaha Sloth will obviously be addressed later in the story