Chapter 344: Sword Intent, a blessing or a curse? Part-3.

Chapter 344: Sword Intent, a blessing or a curse? Part-3.



'Looking at it all over again... Everything started from the day I got transmigrated into this body...'

Originally, Rio had assumed that he was not able to sense emotions properly because his soul

hadn't perfectly merged with this new body and his control over the body wasn't at its maximum.

But later, he discarded this idea when he found that formless sword in the hidden artificial dungeon created by Kevin.

The only reason why Rio was able to bind this sword is because his soul had properly merged with the original Rio's.

You can say that he's the one who got transmigrated and the original Rio both at the same time.

Thinking this far, Rio glanced at Fenix and asked a question.

"By the way... is it possible for two completely unrelated souls to merge into each other so perfectly that you can't tell them apart anymore? Can an SS ranker do something like that?" Hearing Rio's strange question come out of nowhere, Fenix fell into contemplation.

However, after pondering for an extended period, Fenix continued to shake his head and stated,

"No... No matter how I consider it, it's impossible... I have never heard of such a thing in the past ever... Moreover, even necromancers can't fuse souls in this world, let alone us, who can't even see souls..."

Even SS-rankers can't see souls, which means that interfering with the soul of someone is beyond their capability.

There are indeed necromancers in this world, but they have a lot of restrictions placed on them.

Necromancers are a class like any other, but the alliance doesn't support them; additionally, most people don't view necromancers favorably because they aided the demons during the thousand-year war.

All people who awaken the necromancer class have to always report to the alliance branch to register every new undead they take as a subordinate; only when the alliance branch has given an 'ok' sign can you use that subordinate.

The reason for this is to stop any necromancer from barging into random cemeteries and digging out people from there. Most of the necromancers in this world use monster corpses to create subordinates.

But even then, you still need to register that monster corpse and where you got it from.

Sometimes there are exceptions, though, like if the necromancer is a very talented individual and has graduated from a famous academy like the Great Freya Academy, then they get more freedom in legal matters.

Nonetheless, most undead creatures are just soulless puppets with no free will or consciousness.

Even a necromancer will need to make the soul agree willingly if they want to create an undead that has a soul and mind of its own.

Necromancers in this world are really at a great disadvantage, as even though they can see souls, they can't really interact with them on a physical level.

A strong necromancer once said:

{A soul can neither be created nor destroyed... It can only be converted into a new life form...) (Note: This is an 'inspiration' taken from a famous quote from Einstein about energy... This is entirely 'fictional'...)

Although this quote seems quite solid, the main flaw is that there's nothing that can explain where the 'Soul' comes from in the first place if it can't be created.

How do you explain the growing population if there is no way to create a new soul?

As population increases, there will be fewer people dying than being born, which means that there is definitely something in this world that 'can' create new 'souls' and 'can' destroy them too.

But as even SS-rankers can't do anything about this matter, there is no concrete proof yet that can describe the origin of souls.

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"In the first place, even demi-gods and necromancers can't interact with souls physically; even mana doesn't work on it..."

"So, to say that someone can fuse two souls artificially... That's basically a joke; it isn't possible...."

Fenix's expression turned serious for a moment as he continued.

"And if such a thing is indeed possible... then it's definitely not something we can comprehend... Such a being would be far beyond the abilities of a demi-god..."

Originally, he came to the dragon valley just to wander around and enjoy the dragon festival, or maybe go on a date or two with Lia.

But now Rio feels that coming to this dragon festival and meeting Fenix was a very good

choice.

Not only does Fenix have a lot of knowledge about things that he wanted to talk about, but Rio can even take a lot of advice from him.

"Hmm, well... If it's like this... I guess I will re-direct my path too, just like you... Although it's

a slow process and will take a lot of time, I think I can indeed do it..."

Fenix also nodded his head at those words,

"Well, the choice is simple: if you want to keep your love for your girlfriend alive, then re-

direct your path and stop aiming for 'eternal peace'..."

"And if you want to reach the level where you can 'cut' anything and everything, then keep

going on this 'Path'..."

"The 'Path' you are walking right now is meant for a killing machine that won't be bound by

the constraints of emotions..."

Fenix smiled and said,

"After talking to you, I can say that you appear cold from outside, but you have a warm heart. This 'Path' is not for someone like you, Rio; your wish is to live a happy life...."

"If you keep following this 'Path', that wish will eventually be lost somewhere in the depths of darkness, and your warm heart will end up becoming freezing cold..."

Right now, when Rio is standing at the intersection of his 'Path', he can choose to go in any of

the two directions.

One direction leads him to his 'wish' and the other leads him to 'supreme power', and he can

only choose one of the directions.

Now Rio will have to decide whether sword intent will become a 'Blessing' for him or a

'Curse'.

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Author's Notes.

Yo! It's your beloved author here!

The mysteries and secrets of this world are hidden very deeply; perhaps this is the point where

we have started to finally uncover these hidden secrets...

Question of the day:. Would you still dare to learn 'Sword Intent' despite knowing its consequences?

(Tell me your thoughts in the comments)

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