Bro, I'm not an Undead!

Chapter 1121: Something's Wrong (1)

Chapter 1121: Something's Wrong (1)

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Several minutes ago.

"As I said before, you already have the tools to do this on your own. [Soul Sense], in particular is going to be of great use, and with this new body of yours, I don't think you will have much of a reason to expect failure," Serenity said, temporary killing Replicus' shock at the inner world of the Empyrean Bosom.

It was truly magnificent!

Serenity, along with Replicus and his Apostles had used a key to enter the Warmoth's

demesne, but looking around and noting every single detail wasn't at the top of the priority list, as shocking and interesting as this place was.

There was still the matter to do with Actuass' soul.

Serenity had told Replicus that there was a better way to put the necromancer to good use, and that was by safely extracting his soul and forging it into a weapon.

After reining in the Warmoth's Progeny's attention, Serenity began explaining some necessary details involved in the process she had prescribed.

"The soul we have here is rather potent. It contains bits of multiple other souls which were by no means ordinary, giving it an absurdly powerful and robust presence. We could forge something very useful with this," she said.

"Don't we need some kind of base or conduit? Like something that this soul will be attached to? A sword, or something," Replicus said.

"No. I assume that is the means you know to create weapons from this world. It will be ineffective in this case. Souls are mostly made in the same fashion throughout reality. They are a concept that reality cannot work without. Their components aren't as intangible as most think. Souls have the capability to become as solid, and interact with physical matter without much strain. It's quite like how souls can become independent from the body when one breaches through Divinity and reaches even greater heights past mortality. I'd say you even saw this necromancer exercise some of the true power of a soul."

Replicus narrowed his eyes as he looked at Actuass' soul which was trapped in the cage Serenity had made earlier.

The necromancer's soul was large and luminous. Because of everything that now made it up - Rayn's soul and a portion of Jerthrax's - it hardly looked like it could have belonged to a mere Incandescent Stager.

"I'm assuming this method you are proposing to do this...doesn't actually have to do with me reaching Divinity, right?" he asked.

"Not at all. It's actually simpler because this soul is imbued with a variety of characteristics and has been strengthened by Divine energy. It won't break during the process. It's using a vessel to try and contain or control it that would make the job harder. With that method, you'd have to account for compatibility and several other factors, but here, there is no such hassle. The soul itself will take the shape of a weapon."

Replicus nodded.

He supposed that made sense.

With [Soul Sense], he could confirm more than just the presence of Actuass' soul. He could vaguely see the intricate details imbedded within it, some that looked like skills, and some that looked like odd crests and brands; other variations of power, perhaps Blessings.

This was odd. Skills weren't etched into the soul. They were branded to the body. The principles pertaining to the soul seemed to still be foreign to Replicus.

'Funny,' he thought. 'I suppose this is what Incandescent Stagers see when they look at the soul. It's very odd that a simple skill like this - [Soul Sense] - is so hard to acquire even before reaching the Incand-'

Suddenly, Replicus came to a halt.

A thought came to mind that shook him.

'Wait. I'm not able to imbue skills that I extract with [Wealth of Spoils] into living things

unless I access their brain from a young age. What if—' he began, but...

"Let's get started," Serenity said and began teaching him how to weld Actuass' soul and give it the desired shape.

***

Present time...

The Warmoth's Progeny loosened his arrow and the mountain top seemed to explode, violently shaken by the power that was released.

Sause and Aurolio who had been forced to kneel were stunned. The radiant arrow seemed to disappear from sight before they could even see Replicus' fingers release the string of the bow spear!

It vanished into the clouds and then....

BOOOOOOOOOM!

Replicus' yellow eyes brightened.

It was hard to tell if the target had been hit or not as it was so far away.

He had instructed Yuyui to rush back if the job had been done, but since she hadn't returned, he had to assume that the false Null Devil King was still alive and that she was still acting as a beacon using the Hollow Dusk Prison.

The fact that the Null Devil King could survive two arrows from his new weapon seemed infeasible though.

Said new weapon, the Fallen Reincarnator's Shadow- as Replicus had ended up naming it – was a genuine Transcendent grade weapon!

As Sause had pointed out, the arrows it shot out were capable of erasing souls from existence, plucking them at their very roots, as though they had been uncreated!

This was only its basic attack form, of course.

Replicus only decided to use this weapon against the false Null Devil King freely after he confirmed that he wouldn't be putting Ferex, who was currently the Null Terror, in danger.

His Apostles didn't have souls, but the Null Terror did. If one of his arrows hit, it would purge the BoneTender's soul and leave Ferex's body intact, after all, aside from colliding with effects that protected the target's soul, the arrows from the Fallen Reincarnator's Shadow, did not interact with physical matter directly.

'Something's wrong,' Replicus thought, and he turned to Sause whose body had started to

heal.

He then looked at the shrine.

"Is this really the source of it?" he asked.

It was clear exactly what Replicus meant to Sause.

He narrowed his eyes.

"It depends," the Giant said with a hefty breath. "What do you intend to do with that

knowledge if I confirm or deny it?"

Replicus looked on ahead to where he had sent his arrow.

"I have yet to decide what I will do."

Sause huffed and looked at the shrine.

"No," he said.

Aurolio, only a dozen or so meters away, looked horrified when he heard this.

He promptly pieced together what these two were talking about.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT HERE?!" he screamed as he forced himself to stand.

Sause looked at him with a triumphant grin.

"It means, ahaha..." he said. "You fell for a simple trick."