"You.." immediately catching the drift in Lilith's revelation, a horrifying thought popped up in Henri's mind. "Are you saying—"[Yes. The bodies of those from House Bernadette were refined to contain the power of the Celestial Divine Beasts. The outer properties of the World Slaying Bow was created using the true essence of the last Black Empress of the Soul Palace.] "That.." Henri's expression warped with disgust. "The Soul Palace did all that just so they could possess the power of the Celestial Divine Beasts?" [Perhaps it is as result of you residing in the lower realm all your life but where I come from, the Celestial Divine Beasts were the absolute Hegemons of mass destruction. Their power was said to rival that of beings like myself.] [Unfortunately despite the best efforts of the Soul Palace Great Families, their schemes failed. Although they succeeded in containing the power of the Celestial Divine Beasts and turning them into what is now known as Terrace Items, they were

"Y--You!" turning around, Dr. Caspian felt a shiver run down his spine as soon as his eyes made contact with a pair of pitch black ones. Stony. Cold. Deep as the abyss. "What.." gulping heavily, he tried stringing a coherent line of sentence while cold sweat dripped from his forehead. "Your must be wondering what I plan on doing? kill you perhaps..?" leaving Elizabeth's side, Henri calmly began approaching the "good ol' Doctor" who was currently frightened out of his wit. "Killing you sounds justifiable.. doesn't it?" without a trace of emotion on his face, Henri raised a brow. He appeared like as if the Doctor was merely a friend who he was suggesting something to. "After all, you just revealed your intentions to cut off the lifeline of my sister.." Arriving before the doctor, Henri silently observed him for a bit before his hands suddenly shot towards him, neither moving slow nor fast. Sensing Henri's movement, Dr. Caspian flinched while both of his eyes slammed shut in a

Finally having the apartment unit all to himself, Henri thought briefly about his next course of action. The upcoming Auction event that would be hosted by Jingle Wood Auction House was roughly five days away . At first Henri had been wondering why Jingle Wood Auction House would choose Delta City as a venue to host one of their most prestigious events — the Golden Chime Auction. Although Delta City was a B-tier City, Golden Chime Auction was one of Jingle Wood Auction House' most curated Auctions and past iterations of the events normally took places in top commercials hubs like Las Vegas or New York City. But after the conversation he had with Dr. Caspian earlier, Henri finally understood. It was all because of the potential Haunt Realm Collapse that was projected to occur in the city. Although the general public were oblivious to how Haunt Realm Collapses came to be, it was public knowledge that low level Haunt Gates were incapable of developing into a Haunt Collapse. Only H

—[Congratulations! Player has pulled +1 Special Tier 1 Resource!] Henri had just initiated the twenty second draw when he received this pop-up notification. Although the section that was currently glowing happened to be the first section, Henri noticed that the fifth section was currently emanating a reddish hue. ' It is just like the first draw. ' commenting this to himself, a small curve spread across Henri's lips upon receiving the follow-up notification.—[Player has received +1 Flask of Mana Extract!] "So that is how the lottery operates.." with a flicker of realization appearing across his face, Henri patiently waited for the shimmer of light to make its appearance. Following the appearance of the shimmer of light, it only took a couple seconds before the light condensed into an object that fell towards Henri's outstretched palm. Henri immediately observed the appearance of the object. Just like its name implied, the Flask of Mana Extract appeared to be contained in a lite

By the time Henri exhausted his stock of red star cores and was therefore forced to exit the Augmented Reality Scape of the Orchard of Beginnings banner, he felt satisfied with the amount of loots he obtained.- Ten Vessel-Patch Balms- Seven Essence Petals- Fifteen Common Rusty Soul-Needle Naturally Henri felt a bit underwhelmed by the small amounts of Essence Petals he ended up pulling from the Orchard of Beginnings banner, unlike the way he ended up pulling fifteen Common Rusty Soul-Needles. Considering how risky Elizabeth's operation was, Henri was aware that there was a high chance she might die during that procedure. This was why his enthusiasm was immediately stoked when he learned that the essence petals could get used to refine the Seed of Rebirth. If Aiden managed to refine the Seed of Rebirth, that meant a ticket to an extra life. In a situation where Elizabeth's procedure didn't go as planned and she ended up dying, Henri would then feed the Seed of Rebirth to her. Un