Alius felt the dense weight of the mana he had used to extract the Soul Power. It was far heavier than any regur mana, and he quickly realized he had reached a limit. Each bit of Soul Power he absorbed freed an equal amount of that energy, but trying to hold more seemed impossible—its potency was simply too great, its weight too much for him to carry.
"This probably isn’t how Soul Power is meant to be handled," Alius mused to himself, "but it’s the only method I have right now."
As he moved the densed mana, now infused with Soul Power, he sehe proportions: around 99% mana and just 1% Soul Power. Yet, even that tiny fra of Soul Power made the entire mass feel twice as heavy.
'This is extraordinary. Being able to use suergy to fuel skills would be incredible,' he thought with a glint of excitement, though he khat it was just wishful thinking. He could only ma by diluting it within the mana.
Carefully, he directed the mana thread ced with Soul Power out of his heart and toward the [Frost Fairy], who, in a moment of panic, had tried to escape. Unfortunately for her, the [Celestial Tiger] had quickly brought her back, gently swatting her into pce.
As the energy moved closer to her, the Frost Fairy trembled. Her shimmering wings fluttered in a frantic rhythm, and an unmistakable look of terror overtook her face. She could sense something primal in the Soul Power that left her paralyzed.
Alius paused for a moment, notig the iy of her rea. He had wao test this method, but seeing the overwhelming fear in her eyes almost made him resider.
'I'm sorry little Fairy, I have to test this.' He had killed tless beasts before, and now wasn’t the time to start feigning . He had a goal to achieve, aing Soul Power art of it.
As the energy ehe Fairy’s body, her trembling grew more violent. Her delicate wings fluttered wildly, and her eyes, wide with pain. Alius watched, his own curiosity blending with an uling sense of unease as the creature vulsed uhe influence of the potent Soul Power.
And then, in a moment, the trembling stopped.
The [Frost Fairy] colpsed, her body eerily still. Alius crouched down, examining her. No outward signs of harm. No visible injuries. But she y motionless, her life seemingly extinguished.
His eyes narrowed in thought. 'I uimated this power.' Soul Power wasn’t something to be toyed with lightly, and he realized that now—too te for the Frost Fairy.
For a moment, he felt the weight of his as. Then, pushing it aside, he sat down, knowing there was n baow.
At that thought, Alius paused. 'Kara bring the dead back to life with her Supreme Skill, so there must be a way to do something about the fairy, right?'
Determio fix his mistake, he tried various methods to revive the [Frost Fairy]. He infused her body with Soul Power-ced mana, attempting to restart her heart or activate her brain by mimig blood flow, but nothing worked. No pulse, no signs of life. Everythiried failed.
Frustration g him, but then a thought struck him. 'I wao subdue beasts with Soul Power instead of tracts, but maybe I was thinking too far ahead. Maybe the tract is the key to a solution mixing both options...'
He stood up again, this time creating a new tract. Instead of using regur mana, he began repg it with his Soul Power-enhanced mana. The tract shimmered, trembling with the iy of the energy i, as if it were being overloaded. Cracks formed along its edges, but then stabilized, barely holding together.
Pointing the tract toward the fairy’s still body, he focused. Then, to his surprise, a system notification appeared:
[Would you like to sign a soul tract with [Frost Fairy Corpse]?][Yes] [No]Alius hesitated for a moment before pressing "Yes." Terms began appearing, seemingly dictated by the system itself:
[The tract being damaged, the duration will be set to 60 days.]
[The other party having no soul remaining, the Soul Power you provided will be used as a rept to trol the corpse.]
[You will provide experience or Soul Power to ehe other party's growth.]
[The other party only be harmed permaly through Soul Damage.]
[Your Soul Pace will be used to allow the other party's [Soul Fragment] as a resting pce after temporary death.]
Alius stared at the notifications, wide-eyed. 'What the hell... Did I just create an undead?'
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While Alius was disc a new path frowth, Sora and Kara exited the [Time Space] after a single day had passed iside world.
"I 't stand the boredom after a little more than three years in there. Holy, I’m impressed you spent twenty years on your own... You’re amazing, Kara," Sora admitted with a smile. "But we ’t spend our whole lives holed up in there like hermits, training."
Kara smiled bitterly. "I hated it, but I needed such time to grow. Let’s get out there and do something else." She ged topiot willing to remember such days. After a pause, she tinued, "I visited a few cities whenever I left the [Time Space] to gather information or sell items. I met a few high-level pyers, and it seems like most people above level 80 are saying the same thing: Europe is just a lower-level region. We don’t have enough opportunities or resources. The highest-level zone here barely reaches level 120, and without enough pyers, we ’t even activate double-experience zones regurly, as that requires killing a certain amount of monsters in the regiurly. So, the petitive pyers feel stuck here, and have all left. But what Hannah didn't tell us was that Europe actually has tens of thousands of high level pyers all over the world."
Sora frowned. "But if we have that many high level pyers, why don't they e back for wars?"
Kara said. "They don't see the war with Dark Elves as the highest priority, so losing a few tier 4 territories to them isn't a big deal to them. They think they just earn them back ter and e back during the bigger fights for pces like France, Engnd, ermany. They don’t focus on this region, and I think it may be because the higher ups treat this like a game."
"So, it's alright if civilians have to be moved stantly during every war?" Sora asked.
Kara expihat top pyers did not mind losing half of Europe as long as they could cim better territories elsewhere a on going. After all, staying four weeks in a low level region would be detrimental to most high level pyers’ growth.
During each three-day truce after defeat, the I civilians would be escorted out of the territory, and the Adventurer's Guild pyed a key role, creating high-reward quests to minimize casualties in these evacuations. The higher-level pyers would step in with reinforts if needed for major cities like Paris, London, or Istanbul, but beyond that, they were focused on chasing bigger opportunities in ions.
Sora’s brow furrowed. "So, the top pyers don't treat the massive migrations of their family as a big problem. With our levels, if we want to see real a, we’ll o move to higher-level zohis makes me want to see how other tries are handling things. Want to visit one or two pces before the event in Japan?"
Kara thought for a moment before replying, "That sounds like a great idea. I’m curious about how other tries adapted after the Update. I’ve heard amazing things about Lagos and Abidjan, in Nigeria and Ivory Coast... but, holy, I’ve always dreamed of visiting Korea. My mom used to show me their dramas and movies all the time. And their music—I love it! I ’t help but want to see Seoul."
Sora facepalmed. "Seriously? K-dramas and K-pop? That trend died out like twenty years ago! You’re so old-fashioned, Kara... Fine, fine. West Africa will have to wait. We’re headi." Keeping his tongue in check, he thought, 'Well, teically, you're old now...'
Kara blushed at his teasing, but her excitement couldn’t be taihe thought of visiting Seoul filled her with joy.
"Do you want to rush there or stop along the way?" Sora asked, though he already expected her answer.
"Let’s rush there!" Kara said, her eyes sparkling with anticipation before asking "What about Alius? You're leaving him here?"
"I added him as a friend... And before you ask, yes, I add him. As long as he's not in a different realm or currently under level 10 after resetting, then I tact him using the friend message feature; and if I wao, I could find him through the Locate Your Frieure. So let's not worry about him."
"Should be good," Kara replied with a nod.
Suddenly, Sora paused mid-step, a thought fshing through his mind. "Wait, Kara, you see ‘Ralph Eden’ on your friends list and not my inal name, right?”
"Oh, you're talking about before you ged identity?" she asked. "Like I’ve said before, I see 'Ralph Eden' on there."
"Why did I hink of this ? This... this is perfect," Sora whispered, excitement sparking in his eyes.
Without hesitating, he opened his friend request system aered a name he hadn’t typed in a long time: "Rachel Cude."
His heart pounded as he sent the request. If she accepted... he’d finally have a way to track her down. His hand trembled as he waited, unsure what would happe.
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