Holding the light sphere in her hand and observing it, Selene answered Cale.“This is the essence of Krasin over there that is something akin to his soul. It is everything that he ever was when he was alive, containing the complete information of him as a person, including his memories, knowledge, and skills from the time he was alive. My power allows me to extract all of this after a person dies, allowing me to claim their everything for myself.”“But that’s not all… I can also imbue this essence into any inanimate construct that meets certain requirements, making me use the same powers and abilities they had when they were still alive. If I choose, I can also allow them to regain their sense of self, fully bringing them under my control, thus achieving a kind of resurrection.”Listening to Selene’s explanations on what her powers were capable of, Cale was shocked. The more he heard, the greater his shock became until Cale found himself doubting whether what he was hearing was real o

Somewhere in the fortress…In an alley hidden far deep out of sight from anyone, a presence lingered amongst the darkest shadows, wallowing in a haze of humidity and stench, an environment that was made bearable by sleep and hibernation.Swish!A rare breeze blew through the desolate alley, carrying a scent of freshness that drove away the stench momentarily, rousing the presence from its sleep in the process.Feeling the breeze whistling by, a thought lingered in its mind, awakening a powerful longing within it.“How long has it been since I basked in the sun? Every day I skulk away in this wretched place hiding, and at night prowl like a lowly beast looking for prey to devour to recover my strength. Yet the prey are numerous but difficult to feed on, for they have turned the game around, becoming predators while I am reduced to mere prey by them.”“I hate this… I hate how weak I have now become. Once I was a majestic being, the tallest and most glorious in existence, spreading my mi

“It isn’t a big issue. There wasn’t any reason to bring it up before,” the admiral simply replied, not minding the suspicion in the provost’s words. In return, Magistrate Yelena let out a little smile, asking in amusement, “Then why bring it up now if it wasn’t a big issue before? And why do you want Hive to handle this?” With the same tone as before, the admiral explained, “After the beast tide, my men noticed traces of an exotic beast infiltrating the fortress, but none of them could track it down, causing them to speculate it was in a weakened state and had hidden itself to recover. But recently, I have received news of a series of unnatural deaths where people have had their flesh, blood, and mana sucked out of them.” “My people believe that it is the doing of this exotic beast, who is using its victims as a means to speed up recovery. In order not to spread panic amongst the populace, plus with the exotic beast acting in secret, none of this was made public. We have been i

Cale waking up to find that five days had passed while he was asleep was shocking beyond any doubt, but he was able to accept it shortly after. Given the state of his recovery, it made sense that it would take so long to recover so much. But then, Cale looked at Anise, thinking of how she had stayed by his side to care for and guard him throughout these five days, and he felt grateful to her. Looking at the pile of things she had dropped on the floor when she had come in, Cale realized they were fresh beddings and other items that could be used to make Cale more comfortable while he slept. It was no wonder that despite spending five days unconscious, Cale’s body didn’t smell and he looked clean, with even his clothes being a different pair than what he was wearing when he escaped—Cale chose not to think about how Anise would’ve needed to change him, seeing it as not being important—while Anise herself looked haggard, like she hadn’t had a good night’s rest in a long time, with he

“You also noticed some people following you since you entered the fortress, right? Did you manage to get a good look at them?”Hearing Bolin’s question, Karla’s brow arched slightly as she focused on the keyword ‘also’.“Is he also being followed?” Karla asked herself at the same time as she was answering Bolin’s question.“No, I can’t really remember who it was—maybe Bill or Jeof, I’m not sure. You know I wasn’t very social with people back then.”“That’s a no, I guess…”Bolin directly interpreted Karla’s answer as her saying that she didn’t recognize the people following her. As for the names she mentioned, she was likely giving suspects that she thought could be responsible.Bill was the name of somebody from their neighborhood whose father served in the military, so it meant she was suspecting that her followers were from the military. As for Jeof, he was someone with links to the underground gangs who was rumored to be an enforcer, making him a high-level member with considerable