Up Coming Danger
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 it into 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.
There was at the time cultivators who gambled the odds, but they gradually gained a primitive mindset of a beast and lost all points of being a human from a society, just a deranged individual who was born and raised in the wild.
On the other hand, if Stigma successfully gained the souls, then he will be the first one ever to succeed.
"...It would be best that you try master, but keep in mind you are going into uncharted territory. So you can only blame yourself for your choice, no one has yet attempted with a complete soul nor succeeded when they have yet gained."
So it was my choice all together. After choosing it's my problem, anyway no one can be blamed except for myself.
...
After careful deliberation, Stigma choose the Soul of Impurity, the reason was because the process of elimination was based on the danger each one had.
If he were to absorb the Soul of Wrath, he will gain the strength, but with his current body he will sustain more damage than the gaining anything, unless he will has a proper physique.
The danger is that if he were to have gained immense strength then the body will be sustaining damage it can't take.
If the Soul of purity were to be absorbed, it wont change the fact, that he is still in the body of a child, and if the explanation was correct, it was like an emergency first aid if he were get in trouble, so he might as well stock up on it before using at least one.
As for the Wolf Soul, he will gain the numerous skills from the wolf, but the issue is it will be useless if he had no instinct or experience on combat.
Even a professional such as a fighter, will be hard pressed on which style is appropriate, unless he has the experience and training then it will work out.
But for Stigma, he had no such backgrounds on fighting and his current body can't handle the stress of muscle pain, unless it was tempered the foundation, so choosing between these two carries danger, so his only choice is the Soul of Impurities.
Bell and Hilda had explained, that unless the person has the ability to house the element, then there is no issue if he were train with it.
After making up his mind, he ordered Dusk in helping him extract the cores and parts that were valuable; the furs and hide were good for clothing once cleaned and dried, the fangs, bones including the blood were used for materials, which fetch a good price.
Hilda explained that you can either sell or use the cores for cultivation, but many choose to refined them into weapons that increase the chances of their fighting, so only a quarter of most continents would choose to absorb the cores.
He then opened his status again and picked the Soul of Impurities to absorb.
*BING!*
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*
Absorb the Soul [YES] [NO]
[YES]
*BING!*
[You have chosen to absorb the Soul of Impurity]
[Once soul is fully combined, abilities will be gained]
[Take note that absorbing a soul for the first time will be the foundation of one's strength do regret your choice]
[Subjecting to pain is inevitable.]
Wait? what?
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,
FUCK NOT THIS AGAIN!!!!!!!?!?!!??!!, !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? [1]"
After about two hours of severe migraine, he was about to pass out when the notification that would piss him off again showed up.
"Soul has been submerged, congratulation in absorbing it."
FUCK YOU! After the notification disappeared he went back into the hole and tried to mediate.
Unknown to him eyes of several beast were watching from afar.
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The Naga Clan, of all the surrounding clans, they are said to have the most prosperous and vast land, within the family they were ranked using the snakes as a symbol, the number of stripes in the snake indicate the seniority along with their status in the family.
Once they reach five lines, another snake is sown on the robed to indicate they are of a higher status among their peers and their cultivation level.
A middle aged man was walking in a corridor, he had no distinguishing figures except for his short stature and an eye patch, he had a green robe draped on him, with three medals, the medals were accomplishments on how many enemies they have slain as a leader.
On his left chest were two snakes, this represents he is a 2nd Tier Realm warrior, a veteran outside the Naga clan with experience with matter of the battle with cultivators and Heavenly Beast, a man which no one dared to ignore.
Clans have a system, where they would gain subordinates to order around, but for the main family the can even order the branch family who had the weakest status.
Each rank can vary, represents the task that the family has handed down or the abilities measured.The man was clearly the later.
A group consisting of young girls in groups of four was walking past him, with a look of fear, they had heard rumors about him and so many try to steer clear from his general direction.
"Wait! stay right there." the girls stopped moving as he ordered them, they all had a snake emblems, which indicates them as 1st Tier members, the only problem is that their logos were yellow, while the man was green, it represents that which one has the backing of the Naga clan. Clearly the later can order anyone below his rank excluding those from the household.
"You the tall and the short one, come to my room to service me."
He licked his lips after he said it, gleefully looking at the trembling figure before him.
"That is enough Wade, you just returned now you want to cause trouble." a voice from a far was heard with anger mixed within.
"Harrison, long time no see."
After their greetings, Wade summoned a large great sword turned around and charged at Harrison with a vicious grin, with a big swing in motion aiming to cut Harrison in half, but Harrison already foresaw such action as he sidestepped.
Seeing as the first strike was dodged, he continued to grin stopping the great sword midway and changed trajectory, in a horizontal motion.
Harrison however, summoned his weapon at the last moment before the great sword landed on the wall, only large cracks can be seen but the bloody body of Harrison was not present.
He was dangling on the ceiling with a whip.
Unable to accept that his attacks was dodged, Wade wall climb vertically then swung his sword only to be greeted by air again, but this time he was prepared, stopping his attack mid way again, he slammed his sword once it hit the wall and was used as a foot hold , he then turned to find Harrison was nowhere.
"That quite enough Wade, I have work for you so get down from there." Looking down, Wade saw Harrison with a look of indifference, but he didn't care, as he looked around the girls were gone.
"The have already left, I gave them permission, if you go after them again I will vouch for their safety to the elder if you continue. "
"Hmph, so what is the job this time."
Even after swinging the Great Sword that weighed more than his body he showed no signs of exhaustion, he didn't even want to go down, he wanted the feeling of superiority as he literally looked down on Harrison.
"I need you to kill Gus and Frank."
[1] He is cursing again, while he is in pain.