Interlude: Level 100 & Soul realm

Interlude: Level 100 & Soul realm

Level 100 and the rank up brings change, and a lot of benefits. One of the key changes is a UI change, as my interfaces become much more organised, and menus expanded. There are more tooltips as well, and information about my skills improved.

Size wise, the rank up brought about greater size and range. Twice as large, almost eight stories high, and my roots extend wider. And deeper roots, which leads to my discovery of how the demons appeared.

Deep tunnels. The rock centipedes dug tunnels deep beneath the ground, and used them to move their forces without beig detected. They covered the entrances, but these tunnels, their reach is well beyond my range, and perhaps even into the demon lands as well.

Valuable information, perhaps I can trade something for it.

The sudden increase in size overnight scares the humans, but they are too preoccupied with the dead to do anything. It seems to [camouflage] and [illusion] confuses them. With this new size, I have eight large branches, and the new skills allows me to set some of them as an [essence generator], creating essences of the moon, the sun, and nature. These can later be used as part of the forming process of the items and things I want to create as weapons. From the little I gather of the heroes and warriors, demons are generally weak against stellar materials, like metals of an asteroid.

My healing room too changed, and now it has something like a pod, where a body can be fully submerged within. Rebuilding bodies some day in the future. Attached is also a lab-like area, a small underground room filled with roots, pods, and other things, like a spawning pool.

I activate [soul realm]. I feel my consciousness shift, and I appear in a vast space filled with little floating lights. These, little wisps, they float and swirl around, and they seem to whisper and chatter endlessly in a language I do not understand.

What is this place?

This is the [soul forge], where you can make even more things with the remnants, but its inactive at the moment, as you need to either connect to a magical leyline, or gain more levels such that you can power it yourself. It connects to the pod in your secret hideout."

I pause, and I ask, "Why is the soul realm a powerful ability?"

The wisp twirls. "The soul is at the core of power in this world. It is souls that gain experience and levels, and the body expresses that extra experience and levels."

"But why do people train their bodies then?"

"Because the body changes the soul. It is a feedback loop. A strong healthy body nourishes the soul, and vice versa."

"Okay. You said this is a strong ability. Why?"

"..." The Wisp pauses. And twirls around.

And it twirls and spins a while more, before it pauses.

"...because to change a soul, is to amend destiny."