[Chapter 148 has been fixed. Sorry for the delay]
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[An extraterrestrial artifact has been detected]
[Analysis Complete]
[Description: An orb created from a highly dense metal, forged within a dying dwarf star. The orb is virtually indestructible and could adapt to environments, creatures, and people. The orb seems to be connected to an armor set]
The description didn't explain further, but Silas understood the gist of it, and now, he even had a theory as to why so many people were unable to activate the armor.
However, before he could continue to think about his theory, his eyes were diverted in a certain direction where two sets of screens could be seen.
[You have killed a lesser human]
[Devouring one life force]
[Your life force grows stronger]
[Your killing intent grows stronger]
[Your will grows stronger]
Silas raises a brow as these were a set of screens he hadn't seen before.
The life equation would usually just tell him that he killed a human and that he absorbed their life force, but usually, it didn't say anything more.
At the same time, Silas had thought for the longest time that devouring a life force was simply taking the essence of their bloodline. He never really understood how it worked, but there was something at the back of his mind, itching to come forward and remind him of a certain theory he once had.
'Oh shit... The light and darkness thing I was thinking about a year ago or so. I theorized that the light and darkness element came from people's souls, not their cores. Honestly, it was a pretty solid theory. But that's not the point... If I'm right, this whole soul-devouring thing could have something to do with how the soul can create these two elements.
It could also catapult my research on the life equation having branded itself onto my soul, allowing me to reincarnate like this, use healing magic like it's nothing, and possibly even help me with my research on the evolution blessing too!' Silas thought to himself with a trace of excitement.
However, he quickly stopped himself by looking back at the screen.
'Every time I kill something, I take a little bit of their bloodline. So far, I've seen that having a strong bloodline usually meant that they were harder to gain, however, stronger bloodlines do feel much purer despite their low precentage... It's as if a single precent from a strong bloodline is equal to 33% precent of others. It's quite amazing actually...' Silas thought to himself while scratching his chin, completely ignoring everyone around him.
They couldn't see his facial expression since he was wearing a helmet, however, they could see that he was thinking about something from how he was acting.
"Game. Are you there?" Archie asked, but Silas didn't reply.
'An extraterrestrial artifact... Man is that a mouthful.' Silas inwardly chuckled before getting serious again in an instant.
'As I expected, there were bound to be people outside of this planet. Hell, I come from a different planet. This shouldn't be that much of a shocker. Though...' Silas scratched his chin again before willing for the helmet to retract back into the armor.
Reaching for his chest, Silas Grabbed the orb and took it out of where it was previously, and now that he had a connection to the armor, it was much easier since it allowed to him to do it the moment he thought of it.
Lifting the orb up to his eyes, he looked at it for a moment before tilting his head.
'I don't know why I didn't see it before, but this thing is like nothing I've ever seen before. It soft, but now that I'm holding it and even have a connection to it, its allowing me to see the tremendous amoung of power that it holds.' Silas was surprised, but there was something even more surprising.
'It's... Not mana?' Silas widened his eyes in shock.
'If it's not mana, what the hell is it?!'
Sure, mystic eyes allowed him to see inside it, but that was all. Usually, to his eyes, mana would show up as milky white energy that flowed out of everything whether it was living or dead. Everything had a little bit of mana in it, or at least that is the case on this planet.
However, each thing had a different type of mana inside it. Some simply had pure mana within them, like most unawakened humans, and any runes that you see around that illuminate with a white shine.
Metals, beasts with no affinities, and many more things with neutral affinities leaked with pure and natural mana.
On the other hand, other things simply had a broken-down version of pure mana, such as awakened humans without a light or darkness affinity, beasts, monsters, most races, rocks, fire, water, air... Everything leaked with a certain type of mana, no matter what it was.
Yet, the orb before Silas didn't... It was quite fascinating, the say the least. It leaked with another energy that he had never seen before.
It was slightly purple, however, that same purple was shrouded with darkness, followed by a glint of fiery crimson.
The three colors were a mess, clashing against each other as if they were fighting for control over the orb, yet no matter what they did, they always remained balanced.
'I'm going to have to study these things.' Silas thought before returning the orb back into his armor and looking back at the screens to his right.
[Calculating armor compatibility...]
[...]
[Calculations complete]
[Armor Compatability: 4%] [A/N: Don't get mad yet. You'll understand what this means in a few chapters.]
[Orb Compatability: 100%]
"What!?" Silas shouted aloud, causing the audience to suddenly flinch.
Realizing that he was still in the fighting area, Silas looked around with a slight all expression before scratching the back of his head with slight embarrassment.
"Ah... Sorry about that. I got caught up in my own-."
"GAME EVERGREEN!" Suddenly, Silas saw a man rush toward him with a sword in his hand, yet without even giving the man a second glance, his hand instinctively moved toward his face before crushing it under his grip.
*Thud*
Blood splattered all over Silas, while Archie simply covered himself in toki, making the blood not even touch him.
Silas, on the other hand, was covered in blood from head to toe, yet with a snap of his fingers, he cleaned himself with water magic before using purge to destroy any germs or dirt that might have gotten onto him and had yet to be cleaned by the water magic.
'Maybe I should create a spell called cleanse? Combining water and healing magic to purge all germs and small dirt from my body while, at the same time, cleaning me fully.'
With another weave of his fingers, Silas created another spell that blew wind from under him and dried him in an instant.
The crowd looked on in shock. However, not all of them looked on for the same reason.
Some were shocked that Silas had killed someone so easily despite his age. Others, however, primarily mages, were shocked to see him use those spells with a swipe of his hand, not having to even say a single word as he created the spells.
'Looks like he doesn't care anymore.' Jessica, who was standing near the back of the crowds, thought with a worried expression.
She could remember Silas trying his best to hide his abilities from them when he first went on a mission with them, but now that she was looking at him, it seemed like he no longer cared about that.
'Did the news about his family really affect him that much?' She thought to herself while biting her lower lip.
She had already seen what Silas looked like when he stopped holding back. Or, at least that's what she thought the entire time.
From Jessica's point of view, Silas was a ticking time bomb. In her eyes, he was an unbeatable monster that could probably kill and destroy everyone in the city without a second thought if he wanted to.
She had seen the form that had broken out of him when he fought Arlos, the leader of the assassin's guild, and thought that it was something he could summon at a moment's notice.
That's why she was so scared when she found out that he was going to fight against Greed, and also why she was so terrified when she found out about Silas' family.
He hadn't told her, but someone else had...
Eclipse.
He had seen how close they were when they were planning on rebelling against Greed, and had mistaken it for a close friendship. He had told her about Silas' family a day before Silas found out, and hoped that she would ease it onto him, but he was wrong.
She hadn't told him. Of course, she didn't technically need to.
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