Chapter 1387

After I gave every one a bit of time to rest and recover, I gathered them up and brought them up to speed on everything that had been going on. They had already heard bits and pieces from each other and understood the general situation, but explaining it all in one go was also good.

“So, ultimately, that’s the situation that we’re in.” I finished my spiel. “Of course, none of you are obligated to stay. If you’d like to flee to the surface, Chalm will welcome you. You won’t need to experience what your ances- ahem... what your friends experienced when they tried to integrate with the surface.”

“How can we leave someone else to clean up our problem?” One of the deep dwarves spoke up.

“It was us who started this problem. We need to finish it!” Another added.

“We’ll fight! And we’ll win!”

It seemed like deep dwarves were especially resilient.... Or it was more accurate to say that by default those that had survived to this point would be extremely stubborn. They immediately wanted to help. Unfortunately, I didn’t know what they could do right away, so I had to calm them down. Once they were over their shock, they were quite loud and boisterous. I could see Pait losing his patience too, and I began to understand where the stories about Esmere and Dwarves not getting along came from. I had taken for granted how quiet Pait and Dav were until I had a group of deep dwarves in my soul.

“I’m sorry.” I sighed. “The king said I need to merge my soul with the lore to unlock my true potential. I’ve been trying, but the lore he gave me has told me nothing. The lore in blessings binds itself so easily, yet as soon as I try to bring this lore close to my soul, it seems to repel greatly. Soul Merging is fare more difficult than I thought?”

“Soul merging?” Lapis frowned. “This sounds familiar...”

I nodded. “It’s the fifth level skill from the Soulsmith job. Resurrecting 300 souls, after your monster forces them into their former body, and compounded with a 10X experience multiplier, is a good way to level Soulsmith rapidly.”

“Master, do you need to merge with this lore?” Sapphire asked. “What would you have done with it before he told you about soul merging?”

“I would have...” I blinked and then sighed. “I would have fed it to the dungeon!”

Sometimes, the best plans were simple plans.