97. Chapter 97: Soul Binding
Chapter 97 – Soul Binding
Several people were digesting this in silence.
Catching Sheep suddenly said:
“It seems like I’ve experienced this statement of yours before ……”
“The Holy Paladin’s Order Guardian, or Order Shield, was actually built in the first few steps of the quest, but it could never be bound and didn’t come with any skills.
“It was only after a Paladin’s Soul was sacrificed in a later quest that it took on the Detect Evil trait, and jumped to become equipment that could be bound.
“Looking back now, the extra skills were all the dude’s best, even detecting evil was his best skill.”
Megumi: “Yes, after reading Naga’s memories I realized that in reality it’s not ‘magical equipment over level 5 is bound to the soul necessarily’, it’s the other way around.
“”Only magical equipment that can be soul-bound can be rated to reach and exceed level five.””
“And the boundary of level five is not just for magical equipment, but is likewise related to power ratings.”
…
Hearing this, Heine was abruptly startled.
The first thing he remembered was the Chain of Pardon.
Both of the things that Megumi had said had happened perfectly to Xiara.
The latter had said that power came with a price.
She only had the chance to talk to herself about the Seon Shrine when she was temporarily free of the chains.
And even then, she couldn’t say too much.
Apparently, in addition to the Chain of Forgiveness, her own power also had some kind of surveillance effect.
It just wasn’t as harsh as that chain.
Could it be that this was the reason why she rocketed up to level five after becoming a Servant?
At this point, he had pretty much told his story.
And it just so happened that Servant was mentioned, so he simply asked naturally:
“By the way, does Naga know anything about the Chain of Pardon? Or rather, does the House of Veritas have any publicized research on the Shadow Temple?”
Megumi’s face froze, then she shook her head, “I’m not sure about these.”
But the mind-
She hurriedly asked, “Why is he suddenly asking about this?”
“Didn’t the Shadow Sanctuary come with someone, and his old flame brought this.”
After explaining, Catching Goat wondered, “Shouldn’t the Servants of Godello City have the Chain of Forgiveness of Sins? That’s probably a ‘sub-chain’, and it’s not the same as the one in the bad woman’s hand.”
The bad woman was Nyces, the chief priest of the Temple.
She was also the “Servant” closest to the Lady of the Dead Whisperer.
She’s holding a genuine Chain of Forgiveness.
Huihui was obviously very surprised: “The sub-chain doesn’t work either……. Shiala has only been a Servant for a few days, how could she have so much power?…… Who is she?”
Teacher Xia smiled and said, “She is Heine’s concubine.”
Huihui: “…… You’re being serious ah hey!”
Teacher Xia: “Okay, on a serious note, is there very little information on her? Quickly ask the natives of the Northlands, are you clear on that, Wei?”
Wei Temple Iris: “Honestly really haven’t seen her, I’ve stayed in Godello City for quite a long time, even though my buddy isn’t a colorful person, but ah, if I can really meet an NPC like her, it wouldn’t be so bad that I don’t have any impression at all.
“Not over hard to say, I remember just open service when a brother took a letter delivery job, a rash run results did not catch up with the trip, the letter to, the place is gone, I guess that is the matter of the burial ground, right?”
Huihui: “That is to say, she is the npc that we seriously interfered with the predestination …… Oh, that also makes sense.
“Servant, Chain of Pardon for Sins, Lightspeed Upgrade …… She was likely favored by the gods from the start.”
The three were each confused.
What the heck, how is it favored?
Megumi: “Didn’t we talk about the demarcation line of level five before, although it wasn’t explicitly stated, it can be found from the official regulations of the Veritas Academy:
“Currently the biggest factor in drawing the demarcation line of the fifth level is namely ‘whether or not it attracts the favor of the gods’.”
Mr. Xia: “Wait, didn’t you just say that you have to have a soul tied to the equipment in order to be graded as a fifth level?”
Hui Hui: “Yes, but that doesn’t conflict. You might want to think about it, the soul tied to the equipment came from a strong person of how many levels?
“Has any of the souls attached to any of the equipment picked up and bound to the equipment been from a nobody below level five?”
Silence.
She had three dry silences at once.
If her mouth wasn’t in the middle of a story, Heine would have wanted to be quiet and think for a moment.
Because Barry had also emphasized this issue, that promotion to level five would be disturbed by the emotions of the power.
Maybe that emotion was the emotion of the gods.
And the reason why the McCalla Mountains calmed Barry was because the gods’ sight couldn’t be cast here?
No wonder none of the locals had broken through to level five.
Heine was instantly enlightened!
It still had to be a koan party!
She had cleared up as much fog as she could for him in one breath with this threading of the needle!
…
Hui Hui continued, “So it’s entirely possible to say this: “Professionals below level five are containers of energy, and to put it bluntly everyone is a warrior.
“When one breaks through to level five and is recognized by the gods, the energy is bound to the soul.
“That’s why Lv20 is an intensity watershed in the game.
“After this it comes to the aboriginal level five and the player has a hidden camp determination.
“In behaviors consistent with the camp position, energy recovery is doubled and consumption is halved.
“But if it’s contrary, there are no benefits.”
Teacher Xia: “But we’re all fine and dandy, and we haven’t seen anyone become a believer of some god after quitting the game and having a seizure on the street?”
Catch the Goat: “That’s because players are essentially leveling their characters, just like we’re upgrading skeletons now – that’s the idea, right?”
Megumi: “Yes, we’re not really in touch with transcendental energies, separated by a barrier that is our game characters.
“I should say that it’s our consciousness that’s dominating the character, umm …… how do you say that, that’s considered ‘taking over’, right?
“In that case, I realize that it resembles the principles of the Metamorphosis School alas ……”
…
Yeah, isn’t this a spirit figurine!
Heine was shocked in his heart.
Isn’t a player dominating a character what Barry’s experiment would look like at its best?
And he also confirmed that the soul fires of these travelers were perfect soul mass themselves ……
The souls of the living are attached to the soul mass, using the spirit figurines as carriers.
So the game character is the player’s spirit figurine?
…
Huihui: “…… That’s why players can only upgrade step by step, but aboriginal’s grow by leaps and bounds – both in the game and this time in reality.
“This Shadow Priest that you guys saved jumped to level five in a single trip back to Godello City.
“But in reality players have a similar situation, but instead of leveling up, it’s a ‘transfer’ across energies.”
Catch the Goat couldn’t help but interject, “I’ll have something to say about that, I know this well.
“I started out in the game as a warrior, and then inexplicably got extra virtue buffs.
“When I saved up enough seven and leveled up, a window popped up straight away asking me if I wanted to switch to Paladin.”
Hui Hui: “Yes, there are many other similar situations, all of which illustrate that the essence of soul binding is a high degree of unity between energy and soul.
“First a transcendent professional is recognized by the gods and promoted to level five, then his soul is qualified to be bound to the same camp equipment.
“At the same time, equipment bound to such a soul can only be used by people of the same camp, and in a bound form.
“To explain in gamey terms ie:
“It doesn’t drop on death, it doesn’t take up space when stowed, and it has a specialization requirement.
“It is because of the unity of energy and soul.”
The three listened with rapt attention.
So did Heine.
Just how does it feel ……
Transcendent Professionals a bit miserable?
Live by the camp, die by the camp’s soul.
No wonder so many people’s refuted anger gathered in Barry’s rage.
Seems like there’s a reason for that.
…
Guardian Iris: “According to you, the fact that Chief Sa can’t suck the energy out of the feather explains it; the man is still alive and tied up.”
Megumi: “Yes, the energy on the Tweed Whisper has a master, bound to Saberia’s soul, which is why I’m convinced he’s still alive.
“I suspect he was having trouble with his shapeshifter experiments and needed a medium, which is why he went out of his way to take the feather, taking Chief Saberia with him in the process.”
Mr. Xia: “Finished, then my Sa is going to be gone ah …… He won’t be controlled by Saberia and then turn around and hit us, right?”
Megumi: “No it won’t, which brings us to the question I’ve been thinking about these days:
“In what form do we exist? Or rather the form of your existence.”
Weidian Kite: “What, we’re both traveling through the world and we’re still different?”
Catch the Goat: “In that case it’s indeed different, Mr. Hui has a body and hasn’t died suddenly in the past eight days – you shouldn’t be able to sleep on your own, right?”
Hui Hui: “Hui teacher what the hell ah …… But I can indeed sleep and eat, I even went to the bar in the Silver Bazaar to find an escort.
“Unfortunately they don’t seem to stimulate my physiological responses, and I suspect it has something to do with my gender perception.”
The three of them exclaimed in unison, “Crap?”
Even Heine mentally exclaimed Crap.
It can still be played like this?
(End of chapter)