Chapter 993 - Soul Interrogation (Part Ⅰ) (1/2)
Chapter 993: Soul Interrogation (Part Ⅰ)
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The magic core which was shaped like a giant spindle suddenly expanded while giving out a purple light. Its luminescence lit up the entire hall. It floated two meters above the ground and began to spin, looking like a fabulous merry-go-round.
Seeing this, Roland had to admit that the magic power, to a certain extent, could not be explained by physical concepts. After this skeleton structure automatically expanded, all its parts could somehow stay in the air without falling to the ground under the influence of gravity. It looked as if there was an invisible hand holding them together.
“How did the underground civilization create these things?” He looked at Pasha. “Can you make copies of them if I give you the same materials?”
“I’m afraid we cannot do so for now, Your Majesty.” Pasha shook her head. “Although I’m reluctant to admit it, the underground civilization did have a deeper understanding of the magic power than the Union. Celine is already one of the best researchers of the Quest Society, but even she only learned to operate them in the past hundreds of years.”
“We are short-handed. It’s a major problem.” Celine turned around. “We can’t activate the magic core simply by injecting our magic power into it. We have to connect ourselves to the thousands of sensors in it. Common people can never do this.”
“In other words, if I want to learn to use this magic core, I have to transfer my soul into an original carrier in the same way as you did?” Tilly asked.
“That’s right. A summer insect never knows how cold the winter is. A deaf man never hears anything in the world.” Celine sighed with profound resignation. “A human being can hardly imagine what I feel when I’m operating the magic core. I can’t find an appropriate word in the human language to describe this particular feeling to you either. Given that, now only Pasha and I can control a magic core.”
“Wait… Do you mean that the main tentacle on you, which looks rough, is actually very sensitive?” Roland was surprised.
“Yes. Not only the main tentacles but also the other tentacles on us are highly sensitive,” Celine confirmed. “They are able to smell and to feel cold and hot, wet and dry. They can sense even the slightest touch, and the main tentacles can even capture the flow of the magic power. So once you transfer your soul into a carrier, you won’t be able to adapt to a human body anymore. Are you interested in it?”
“No, I was merely curious…” Roland turned his head away to stop the conversation. He had to clear his mind at such a crucial moment. He remembered that an original carrier’s main tentacle was also her weapon and according to Phyllis, the carriers were as powerful as God’s Punishment Witches regarding physical strength.
Based on what Celine had said just now, he realized that an ordinary man who was unable to sense the magic power could never study it in depth. Without a reliable observation and measurement method, this study could only be conducted by a few original carriers for now.
“No. 3 core has been activated in the Soul Instrument mode. The soul transfer is about to begin.” Celine’s voice interrupted his thoughts. Hearing this, Pasha and Alethea also inserted their main tentacles into the giant spindle apparatus.
Roland widened his eyes in fear of missing a single detail of the process.
However, this transfer process did not look as extraordinary as he imagined. Two beams of light shone out of the core and covered the two stone beds below. The magic power inside the skeleton structure began to surge. After 15 minutes, Celine sighed of relief. “Well, we are lucky. The instrument has caught the demon’s soul. Now, all we need to do is wait for it to enter the God’s Punishment Warrior’s body.”
“That’s it?” Roland blinked.
“Yes, in fact, the Soul Transfer is a process of exchanging Keys,” Pasha explained. “If you had observed the process through a Five-Colored Stone, you would have been able to see the demon’s beam of light move to the God’s Punishment Warrior.”
Before the ancient witch finished her sentence, the God’s Punishment Warrior who had lied on the bed motionlessly suddenly opened his eyes!
His face was contorted and thus looked exceptionally ferocious. He could not stop shaking and his fingers, which looked like dead wood, twisted violently. Some weird sounds came out of his throat. Seeing this, all the witches around subconsciously took a step back.
“Don’t worry. That’s the normal reaction shortly after the soul enters into an unfamiliar body,” Zooey said. “We didn’t look any better when we transferred our souls into the God’s Punishment Warriors for the first time. We can hardly eat or drink without someone else’s help.”