16 Up Coming Danger (1/2)
That one remark had froze Stigma's line of thought, he was about to figure out what to do about his treasure, then Hilda's remark caused him to feel a chill down his spine.
Even if he was not holding the sword or near, it was able to tell.
”Master, what is going on, you suddenly have souls of two Heavenly Beast, from those two before, one strong one weak, it truly amazes me how master who is young can do such an advance technique.”
She knows about the souls, but more importantly.
”You know the technique? Is it common or a secrete?”
Stigma had to be sure; if it was common knowledge or else is it rare, if people found out about the abilities he had, other would hunt him down or use him for their own purposes, which he really wanted to avoid since he wanted freedom to do what he want.
”Master, I know you are concern about matters such as this, I only remember there was a small group who did something similar, but unlike them, you did it without the need of a ritual using sacrifices, also the ritual would take about a year for them to finally extract the soul completely and the group had sacrificed a lot of lives to mix it and absorb at least one soul, yet they still made a soul full of impurities which led to any one who fused it with their souls drive themselves into madness. A lot of nations purged them, but the name of the group was still unknown even where their affliction has been similar to a cult, since then they ended their live after they failed.”
Hilda continued after a brief silence.
”On the other hand, you master have done it in moments that didn't even last a day, I can sense that after you absorbed the soul it was purified by separating itinto different forms, hence you have the complete version unlike the previous one that was modified to add numerous faults”
Her explanation went on, 'What if it is not purified, is it still usable?' was a question , the answer, it is and not possible, do you eat meat unless it was cooked or prepared, do you not bath after you checked then warmed the bath, do you not inhale then exhale after you feel exhausted.
Her explanation was that, the soul would still contain the strong emotion of anger, death or wrath of the beast that they felt before their death, if not prepared accordingly, the person will be possessed and will have the old memories leading to have the beast characteristics, their soul will be devoured, then a blind instinct of the beast being hunted while its own grudges remain.
The logic is that, the impurities explained were the memories and mental state of said beast, when they tried to refine it, they were trying to remove the problem which was going making any person berserk after absorbing it.
So their choice would be to refine the soul with humans since they can cope with the problem they are facing with logic, unlike beast souls that runs on instinct, but instead the soul of the beast they were absorbing, had been erased little by little from human souls overwhelming it losing any of its ability in the process.
Then beast soul they were trying to culminate was instead failure made from multiple human souls which lead to anyone being near go insane.
Their goal was to mass produce soldiers with the abilities of the beast, since there was more beast than human at the time, and brand them at the same time to be their ferocious followers.
But with their constant genocide of small villages and towns they were branded as a demonic cult, then they were all hunted down.
...So no one would know about the correct process then, the process she explained was that the souls needed to be purified to be stable, but the result is that they would only get a portion of the original which they thought was a mistake.
Now the issue, which soul should I absorb first.
'Essence Reader!'
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[Name: Stigma Falsus
Age: 10
Rank: Unique
Skill: Essence Reader(II), Poltergeist(II) (1), Soul Eater (II)
Current Souls Absorbed:
*
Pure Energy: 5%
Grudge Energy: 30%
Wrath Energy: 45%%
Zen Energy: 115%
Wolf Soul: 15%
Tiger Soul: 30%
*
Souls: Soul of Purity, Soul of Impurity, Soul of Wrath, Wolf Soul
*Familiars:*
1. Dusk (1)
2. Brunhilda (1)
*
Out of habit, he tapped each of the completed souls and found their abilities.
Soul of Purity
*A complete form of heavenly energy, once absorbed all current status ailments will be lifted, gain small resistance to diseases, poison, exhaustion, and regenerate lost blood. Rank of souls will determine the effects.
*Grants extra life force*
*Host will gain resistance permanently*
Soul of Impurity
*A soul formed from the malevolent nature and curses, once absorbed curse attribute attacks will lose effects gradually, gain the ability to produce curses. Rank of souls will determine the effects.
*May gain the birth of a demon infant of bane and depravity*
*Host will gain effects permanently*
Soul of Wrath
*A soul formed from the rage of the fallen, once absorbed drastic change of physical structure will form. Rank of souls will determine the effects.
*Effects will include increase in vitality, physical strength and defense*
*Host will gain effects permanently*
Wolf Soul
*A soul formed from one the noble race of the hunt, once absorbed the characteristics of a Wolf will be gained including their skills. Rank of souls will determine the effects.
*Gain increase in speed and reflexes*
*Host will gain effects permanently*
Soul of Purity, Soul of Impurity, Soul of Wrath, Wolf Soul.
'Each has their own unique abilities once absorbed. But the problem is which one should I absorbed.'
”Hilda if I were to absorb the souls would it affect my greatly of I make a breakthrough right now?”
She was silent for a moment, trying to remember if there was a success in the said development.