Angor took out a round stool and placed the magic scroll on it.
Keisha looked at the magic scroll on the stool and asked, "Do I just have to stand on it?"
"You can sit on it."
Keisha floated onto the stool without hesitation.
After standing still, Keisha asked again, "And then? Am I going to release the restrictions on my soul power now? "
Under normal circumstances, both undead and undead would subconsciously control the power of the soul, allowing the power of the soul to stay in their spiritual bodies.
To them, binding Soul Power was like breathing for humans. It was a subconscious action. They could control their soul energy without using their consciousness.
On the other hand, releasing the restraints on the soul power required special control.
Once the soul energy was released, the soul energy would slowly leak out from the spirit body. This process was very slow, and it was very difficult for outsiders to observe. Only the spirit body could observe it.
This was why Angor had to find a spirit body that he could communicate with.
Otherwise, he would not be able to tell whether the soul energy was leaking or not.
"Not yet. I need energy to activate the rune. You can release it when I'm done." Angor shook his head.
Keisha nodded and stood motionless on the stool like a dummy.
This was an experiment after all.
Keisha was worried that she might cause the experiment to fail. Therefore, she was so stiff that she felt uncomfortable all over. She didn't even know where to put her hands and feet.
Several seconds later, Angor activated the scroll with his mana and gestured at her. Keisha finally regained her senses.
She quickly closed her eyes and released the soul energy.
In the next second, Keisha felt warm all over, just like when she was still alive, basking in the afternoon sun and lazily drinking afternoon tea.
She felt like she was soaking in a hot spring.
It was so comfortable that she could not help but moan.
It had been too long, too long since he had felt such a real sensation. Her perception of the outside world was always cold. This was the first time she felt such warmth in the past 30 years.
Keisha's eyes were closed, and her porcelain-like face was flushed red.
She was almost about to sink into this land of tenderness …
It wasn't until she heard Angor calling her that Keisha snapped out of her daze.
"Huh? What are you talking about? "Keisha's eyes were still misty as if she could not sense the outside world.
Angor sighed. "I was asking you, did you feel your soul energy leaking out?"
Keisha looked at Angor's helpless face and realized that she was still cooperating with Angor's experiment. She had lost her composure just now.
Keisha felt like her feet were being pricked by needles. She quickly ran away from the stool.
She leaned against the blackboard and panted. The blush on her face did not fade away.
Angor watched the scene in silence. If he didn't experience it himself, he would think that he had done something inappropriate to Keisha.
"Are you alright?"
Keisha let out a long sigh and calmed down the shock in her heart before she said, "It's nothing. I just feel very strange."
"Strange?" Angor looked at the scroll on the stool. "You mean this rune?"
Keisha nodded, and the memory from before flashed through her mind. "It gives me a warm feeling, as if I'm still alive. It's relaxing and comfortable. But it doesn't feel like me anymore. "
Keisha touched her cheeks as she spoke. She was now a spirit, but she still felt something strange about her cheeks. It was as if she was still alive.
Angor listened to Keisha's explanation in silence. "…"
Keisha described it in detail, but she did not mention any important points. Especially when it came to soul energy.
"I think I get it. It's the effect of making you feel different from your usual self. "
"Yes!" Keisha nodded quickly.
"But …" Angor spread his hands. "This rune is called 'Requiem'. It's used to calm restless souls. To put it bluntly, it only calms you down. "
"You don't feel like yourself when you're in Requiem?"
Keisha: "Huh?"
"What I mean is, you've been here for too long, and you've gotten used to staying in the same state. When you're affected by something, whether it's positive or negative, you'll feel different. That's why you feel uncomfortable.
But in fact, you're still you. Nothing has changed. "
"… I know what you mean. I'm too used to my current state, and I can't accept it. Even if it's a good change. "
After a pause, Keisha shifted her gaze to the stool.
She looked at the scroll with mysterious runes on it and wondered, "Requiem … So my soul has always been restless?"
"This rune is for you." Angor smiled. "It can be activated as long as you have energy. Even soul energy can be used as a source of energy.
You can try to get used to your new state in the future. "
Keisha subconsciously wanted to refuse, but … the words were on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.
She hadn't felt that kind of warmth for a long, long time. Even if she felt like she was no longer herself, she still longed for that familiar yet strange feeling.
"Don't say no. I'll give you all the runes I drew here. Think of it as a small reward for cooperating with my experiment. "
These runes were nothing to Angor.
They had no practical use for him to carry them around. He could not sell them, and he had no place to use them. Plus, they would take up too much space.
So, he might as well give them to Keisha as a reward for her cooperation.
Keisha lowered her head and said softly, "… Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Angor paused for a moment before he continued, "Now that we're done digressing, let's get back to the experiment. Did you feel any soul energy seeping out of the 'Requiem' rune? "
Keisha tried to recall what happened earlier.
She was immersed in the long-lost warmth, but she did not forget her duty.
She had been taking the initiative to let go of the restriction on her soul power. During this process, her soul power had not stopped dissipating. Although the amount of Soul Energy that was being emitted was negligible to her, the dissipation itself had never stopped.
Angor showed a disappointed look after hearing Keisha's answer.
It seemed that the "Requiem" rune, which shared the same name as the "Requiem Magic Array", did not receive the same treatment. It could not be used as a medium to carry souls.
A mageweath that could carry souls had to maintain the condensation of soul power when Keisha released the restraints on it so that it wouldn't dissipate.
Requiem rune, eliminated.
"It's fine. I have four more here. We'll do them one by one." Angor was disappointed. He did not expect to succeed on his first try.
Keisha nodded. "Okay."
She was looking forward to seeing what kind of runes Angor would take out next.
Soon, Angor placed the new rune on the stool and activated it. "This one is called 'Twilight'. It's similar to the Requiem rune, which calms the soul. But this one seems to work faster …"
As soon as Angor spoke, he saw Keisha's expression turn from joyful to grim.
There was no buffer at all. The change happened in an instant.
Angor almost thought that Keisha had fallen into depravity.
When he sensed that Keisha was still calm, he sighed in relief.
Three minutes later, Keisha jumped down from the chair and spoke to Angor with a frightened look, "The rune's effect is really strong. I was looking forward to it one second, but the next second, I felt like I just drank a bucket of ice water. My heart was completely cold. "
Judging from Keisha's expression, she was also shocked by the sudden change.
The Requiem rune was gentle and warm, which calmed people down involuntarily.
The Twilight rune, on the other hand, was forceful. It poured a bucket of ice water on you and forced you to calm down.
"It made me a little uncomfortable, but I'll think about it later." Keisha rubbed her forehead. "It's fine."
Two runes, one hot and one cold.
She felt as if she had returned to her life. After all, people couldn't always feel warmth when they were alive. Most of the time, they would feel cold water being poured on them.
After Keisha finished talking about her feelings, she finally got back to the main topic. "However, this mageweath still doesn't make me feel like my Soul Power is being restrained."
In other words …
The Twilight rune was eliminated.
Angor took out a new rune. "Let's continue. This is a Heart Earth rune, which is considered the home of one's soul. It can help energy entities recover quickly. Usually, it has to be combined with a rune of the same type to create a corresponding magic array. But it's fine to use it on its own. "
The Heart Earth rune didn't only affect the soul. All life forms formed from energy would be used as the mageweath's target.
Keisha flew to the stool out of curiosity and stood still.
Two minutes later, Keisha exclaimed in surprise, "This rune can recover my soul power. It's slow, but it's faster than I can recover on my own."
After Keisha finished her compliment, she followed up with a proviso.
"However, it didn't make me feel like my Soul Force was being restrained. Although the amount of soul energy recovered is much more than the amount dissipated … "
Angor didn't know what to say. It wasn't about the ratio between recovery and consumption.
Angor sighed and looked at the two remaining scrolls on the table.
One was Soul Mark, and the other was Spirit Stream.
His strategy was straightforward. He would use whichever rune he thought was most likely to be used as a medium.
According to his own ranking, the most likely medium mageweaths to contain souls were the Requiem mageweath, the Twilight Breath mageweath, followed by the Heart Earth mageweath, and lastly the Soul Seal mageweath and the Spirit Stream mageweath.
He looked around and finally looked at the rune on the Soul Seal.
Soul Mark and Spirit Stream … he believed that Soul Mark was more likely to be used than Spirit Stream.
"Soul Mark doesn't have a direct effect. It needs to be combined with other runes. It's a receiver rune. "
"It doesn't have a direct effect, but it can mark and guide the movement of soul power in a magic array."
Many mageweaths that required soul power to be inscribed would have corresponding Soul Imprint mageweaths.
In other words, Soul Mark was a rune that specifically targeted soul power.
Compared to the Spirit Stream rune, this rune was more likely to be the Soul Seal rune.
Keisha immediately stood up after putting the scroll of soul seal mageweath on the stool.
With her previous experience, Keisha didn't feel stiff or restrained at all. She even treated the stool as her "stage". She stood on the stool, lifted her wine-red wig, and posed elegantly.
Perhaps she would look even more charming if she changed into a colorful dress.
But even so, with Keisha's appearance, her performance was filled with an exotic flavor.
Unfortunately, no one was there to appreciate such a beautiful stage.
Angor completely ignored Keisha's flirtatious behavior and focused on the rune. After activating the rune, Angor quickly looked at Keisha.
Keisha also understood the importance of the matter. After the Perception Mageweath was activated, she stopped fiddling with her body, closed her eyes, and released the restraint on her soul power.
A moment later, Keisha opened her eyes and shook her head. "Nothing."
Angor couldn't help but sigh in his mind when he heard the familiar answer.
He was still too naive.
Now that he thought about it, even a genius like Tootsie couldn't find a solution for a single rune. It would be very difficult for him to find a solution right away.
Perhaps he should set his sights on dual mageweaths instead of single mageweaths.
But which ones are suitable for dual runes?
Keisha noticed Angor's long silence, so she had to remind him, "There's another scroll on the table. Should we continue?"
Angor looked at the "Spirit Stream" scroll on the table and nodded.
"Let's have a try."
Angor put the scroll on the stool and explained, "This is a Spirit Stream rune. It's used to restrict the movement of souls."
The Spirit Stream rune was a control-type rune, but it could only control spirits.
Since it could control the movement of souls, Angor wondered if it could also restrict the dissipation of soul power.
This was why he chose the Spirit Stream rune as one of his experimental runes.
One minute later …
Just as Angor was about to give up, Keisha suddenly spoke up, "Huh? My soul power is still dissipating, but it's slower than before …"
(End of Chapter)
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