Discovery of Possibilities

The Soul of Purity, a soul made of pure energy that can heal all sorts of symptoms and bath in holy light, dough I plan to use on myself in case of emergencies.

Compared to my injuries the wolf leader was more injured and lost quite a lot of blood, after looking at him it was no question after a few days when other predators aim at his pact the leader will be extra baggage.

To avoid seeing this type of beast with intelligence die, Stigma had to give a hand, he had with him an emergency healing tool, although even he was not sure if it was effective, much less on how it works.

But the scene before him was enough of an explanation.

First the leader was riddles with injuries from his fight with him, slash wounds were deep including laceration, because Dusk was supporting the wounds were deeper than normal, its glossy fur around its neck was covered in blood with gash marks, and the knife wounds on the eye and neck were causing him to bleed heavily, it looks as though he would die if he were to sleep right now.

If his guess was correct he can at least alleviate the pain, using the Soul of Purity's' abilities, then the notification he was expecting appeared.

*BING!*

[Soul of Purity is being absorbed, current damage on body will be restored and healing shall commence.]

Like what happened to Stigma, the soul was entering the body of the leader wolf then a veil of light was covering him, it was like watching a fantasy movie scene.

The wounds that were caused by Hilda left horrible burn marks were now closing and recovered the lost flesh along and fur were growing back, the eye that was bleeding just moments ago had stopped and a new eye grew, with the fur it was difficult to tell if it was recovering its lost blood but its complexion was becoming more lively.

With 'Essence Reader' he was able to tell the difference with his soul, previously when he came close to it, his life force was declining at an alarming rate, but after absorbing the soul, his life force was becoming stronger.

The soul was pure white, but after assimilating to the wolf soul it was slowly integrating itself, like the Soul of Purity was water and the wolf soul was food coloring.

The entire process took about five minutes, and the wolf leader gave a loud howl that even the surrounding trees had been effected from the sound wave, afterwards it was moving around, but unlike his fight with Stigma it was a little faster.

"Master, you are more mysterious than you lead on."

Hilda was mumbling around about keeping secrets from it, it appears as though I was not trusting it with all his secrets, he'll have to apologize to it later.

Out of no where the leader howled so loud it was tearing his eardrum and scaring his pack mates, then it crouched and ran around with its new found strength leaving behind dust after each dash.

After seeing it dash around a few more time, it made Stigma realized that he had somehow not only heal him but made it stronger as well. Using 'Essence Reader', his soul that was losing light appears to be bigger than before and the level of each skills has increased by a margin.

"How do you feel!" Out of curiosity, he wanted to confirm if the orb was effective. The scene before can mean two things, the wolf was holding back or he was weak before and it got stronger.

The leader stopped and slowly dashed towards Stigma with its tail waging behind him, like a dog being called by his master.

"Better, Grateful" and again it bowed its head still waging it's tail, along with the other wolves.

"Others, can?" lifting its head it he asked with a tilting head, it appears as though he wanted to strengthen the others, with Stigma's abilities he can but he was almost empty so he can only refuse.

Shaking his head, he can only say the truth.

"Can't, not enough." after using the complete form, he can only produce only a quarter of the result to only one member.

"... Grateful." after Stigma's remark, it understood, bowing again it left ordering its pack to drag the Tiger corpse and him with the core, leaving behind Stigma, Dusk, Hilda, and the new born cub with its mothers remains.

The leader stopped and turned it's head saying his last words.

"...Careful, danger, ahead."after saying his last words, they disappeared into the forest, leaving behind a warning for his journey was the last thing it had to offer.

When he heard the warning, it was obvious the wolves had other rivals, if he counted them together they had a total of fifteen members, now they were reduced to seven members.

If he gave that warning it was obvious there were other ahead aiming at him but their not like the leader.

"...Looks like I have to be careful and get stronger, but first."

Looking around he saw that it was still morning, and he was still on the rode near the woods, with wolves he was bound to be hunted by them.

So he decide to gather his things and ordered Dusk to continue with its training, Including practicing his 'Knife Master' and 'Throwing', while Hilda was in charge of warning. After hearing her remarks on his fight it was guessed that she had a similar ability to seeing life forms like Stigma, so he had placed his trust on her.

"Ow! Ah my arms are sore from that fight, guess having Dusk as support was a double edge blade since I'm still a child."

His body felt exhausted and strained, like he ran a marathon for hours without rest, the fight was short but intense with his current body he was overexerting himself.

"Master what are we going to do with this?" Hilda was concern about the little beast.

"Woof!" the puppy had woken up from who knows when, sticking out its tongue and wagging it's tail towards Stigma,

The baby wolf was surprisingly about the size of an actual baby wolf, given the size of these beast were larger than normal he would have assumed it would have been bigger, it had the same coat of fur like the other wolves but its mane was slightly larger, with its body covered in blood it looked weak and needed heat to survive.

With the water stone he used about three from the remaining and started to clean his fur, and used some extra clothes to dry it. What showed was a streak in the fur lighter in color, it must have gained its feature from its mother.

Given that it was still growing, he planned to have it eat a lot to help it develop. Right now the supplies on meat were low and the only liquid that can be drinkable are the water stone that were limited and two jugs of liquor, he had no use for the liquor nor any intentions of drinking it, so he can only save it for another time.

He rummaged the sack to find anything for it to eat and grabbed the last packet of meat inside and feed it to the puppy. Seeing the little one trying to tear the meat with its small mouth was cute so left it alone and made preparations. Since he was planning to let the little guy get stronger he was only spoiling it until it gets older.

'Now that I think about it, the leader said that this child was from his eldest, must either be the big one or the small one.'

Looking towards the puppy he checked its status using 'Essence Reader' and what he found shocked him.

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Species: Sprite Dire Wolf(I)

Ranks: Rare

Skills: Lightning Spirit(I), Thunder Wave(I), Lightning Rod(I)

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Lightning Spirit (I) 0%

*A skill that increases the effectiveness of lightning based attacks, increase chances of target gaining stun effect. Each Level increase stun duration. Passive Skill.

Thunder Wave(I) 0%

*A skill that releases a shock wave in the surrounding areas, those in range will receive paralysis effect for five seconds. Each level increases paralysis duration.

Lightning Rod (I) 0%

*A skill that absorbs lightning element and strengthen the next attack, cool down time will be 5 minutes. Each level increase, will lessen cool down time.

And already this little guy was a treasure after being born. Now he had to do everything in his power to make sure it gets stronger and with it being born it still had more room for development. After the inspection of the wolf he started checking the supplies and preparing for the trip.

With all the preparations done, he just needed something for him to eat and drink on the go, there was the mothers body but he put that idea aside and decided to bury the body near a tree and to make sure he knows where it was he used piled together, to act as a marker and a shrine and like before he placed some offering for it and prayed for it, taking its core as payment.

*Bing!*

[An act of kindness has been recognized, Heavenly Beast are descendant of Legendary Beast that once ruled the land and transcendent to the Heavenly Realm.]

Pure Energy: 25%

Grudge Energy: 30%

Wrath Energy: 45%%

Zen Energy: 25%

Wolf Soul: 20%

Tiger Soul: 30%

"Now then I suppose, we should continue towards the Red Lily Valley. No complaints right Hilda."

"As you wish master!"

His current goal was still going to get some subordinates and acts as his proxy for his work.

Though he was not technically alone, Dusk who would be in charge of protecting him form the shadows was present, Hilda with her experience can give him any detailed facts he wasn't aware of, along with the little wolf puppy after it grows older can give much more support.

But all of them are not capable of interacting with humans, so he had to get somebody who can. Another would be to get an organization or create one to support him, amassing wealth is a priority as well, he can get materials to...

"By the way master, what was that just know?"

Hilda had cut in in his train of thought, it was good to have a second opinion for once and to converse with somebody.

"You mean the orb of light I gave to the leader?"

"Yes, I sensed a pure amount of energy and you passed it on to the wolf leader and it healed, what was that?"

Now that he thought about it, he had never told her or considered that he could transfer energy after collecting them, seeing is that he was successful in healing, he might as well try to use the Soul of Impurity on further experimentation.

Packing all the things he had and having Dusk stand by his side as both continued their training, Hilda with the puppy wolf were strapped to his back. Checking everything twice had become his habit and noticed a dilemma.

"The fire stone's about to run out, with the water and light stone involved, I'm short on supplies when it comes to necessity."

Because of the strong winds, the fire kept going out, so had to use about two or three stones to keep in from running out, the total amount he had were as followed: Fire Stone x 5, Light Stone x 3, Water Stone x 6.

The stones are limited due to the clans monopolization, so of course them having enough is out of the question, they only have enough to fill only half the bag.

Using 'Essence Reader' he could see that the continuous use of the Fire Stone had been wearing them out, only one was still full, while the rest were almost out, with Light and Water Stone he can still make do.

Hang on, if these have energy in them, then that means!?!!

"Soul Eater!"

His guess was right, the energy on the stones were being absorbed in his hand little by little.

These colorful stones have a variety of purposes, finding ones that are natural form were difficult to find but they can last longer so many try to mine them, whilst the man-made ones' manufacturing cost was outweighing the profit and can only produce half the result.

So with that in mind, 'Soul Eater' can absorb energy why not absorb the already stored energy made by someone else, and the result.

*BING!*

[You have absorbed elemental energy of Fire]

[You have absorbed elemental energy of Water]

[You have absorbed elemental energy of Light]

[Name: Stigma Falsus

Age: 10

Rank: Unique

Skill: Essence Reader(II), Poltergeist (II)(1), Soul Eater (II) Taboo(I)

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Current Souls Absorbed: Soul of Impurity

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Pure Energy: 25%

Grudge Energy: 30%

Wrath Energy: 45%%

Zen Energy: 25%

Fire Energy: 10%

Water Energy: 25%

Light Energy: 5%

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Wolf Soul: 20%

Tiger Soul: 30%

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Souls: Soul of Wrath, Wolf Soul

*Familiars:*

1. Dusk (1)

2. Brunhilda (1)

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OOOHHHHHHHH! I can learn them after all, if I can get more of them in a variety....Interesting.

A devilish grin started showing on Stigma's face.

"Master?"

"Nothing Hilda, just a discovery of possibilities."

After hearing his comment, Hilda can only sigh and guess what was in store in the future.

After checking his status the timer was still going so he can't learn anything at the moment so he can only grind in the skills he has right now, after checking the skills he noticed that two options were left, the Soul of Rage and the Wolf Soul. Checking to see what they were he was convinced.

Both have there uses, but they have issues in their own way. Using the wolf soul he can become nimble as the wolf but the Soul of Wrath can be helpful in times of need.

".. Alright I have decided. I'll choose this."

"Again, master is talking to himself, I followed a weird master."

Even with Hilda's complaining he went on with his strange smile and laughter.