Chapter 157
Chapter 157: Taking all the memories of the soul
The white bone staff, that had originally been hovering above Han Shuo’s, head had reversed directions at sometime and left his head to hover over the necromancer’s instead. The frightened necromancer kept chanting spells and attempted to regain control of the staff, but nothing he did would having any effect.
The Demonslayer Edge abruptly flew out at this time and stabbed into the necromancer’s chest. Red spellfire suddenly flared up over his head, whereas Han Shuo sat down cross legged. It was his turn to chant in a low voice.
The necromancer was burnt to a crisp in very short amount of time as his head was encircled by red spellfire. His head was like a black cinder, and it was no longer possible to make out his features.
A profound incantation rang out from Han Shuo’s mouth. He waved his hand and the white bone staff suddenly shot out a green light that weaved together to create a net. The net of green light encompassed the necromancer’s head like a whirlpool sucking something in.
A cloud of grey aura suddenly floated out of the necromancer’s body and was slowly detained by the green net, just as the souls of the other dead within the surroundings had been. The net and the white staff floated in front of Han Shuo.
The white staff suddenly flew into Han Shuo’s hand when it reached him, while the green net got absorbed into Han Shuo’s brain through his facial orifices, along with the soul within it.
Emily was completely gobsmacked by this sequence of events. She had no idea what was going on. She didn’t understand why the previously cocky necromancer had suddenly lost his soul to Han Shuo instead.
After the green net and necromancer’s soul were absorbed by Han Shuo’s brain through his orifices, Han Shuo sat down cross legged and didn’t move a muscle. However, his expression continuously changed, at times joyful, enraged, and at times pained.
As Han Shuo sat there without moving, the little skeleton that had been standing in a daze seemed to still be perplexed. It walked around the surroundings with bone dagger in hand. When the little skeleton reached the center where the altar was, his eyes suddenly landed on the pool of blood that had been used to summon Ansidesi.
“No, nothing much. Just that your eyes seem brighter than before, and even your presence seems to have undergone some changes.” Emily brushed away Han Shuo’s playful hand a bit bashfully.
“Heh heh, so it turns out there’s a really nice side benefit to taking over the necromancer’s soul.” Han Shuo laughed gleefully.
“Hurry up and tell me, just what is going on?” Emily’s curiosity was killing her at the moment as her hand snaked out and clutched Han Shuo’s throat, asking viciously.
“Cough, alright, alright!” Han Shuo smiled in explanation after he wrenched Emily’s hands off his neck. “I told you that the martial techniques I’m training in are quite miraculous. Not only have they strengthened my body, but they’ve even enlarged my brain. He wanted to use the soul erosion spell just now to take over my soul and memories, but because my brain had been enlarged, I could also sense all the memories of his soul throughout this process.”
“Logically speaking, a necromancer at my level, mental strength, and brain processes would definitely be far inferior to the speed at which he would erode my soul. Ordinary people wouldn’t even have the time to repeat his name before their memories were co-opted.”
“But it was a pity that the tenaciousness of my enlarged brain was something that he didn’t imagine. I took over his memories before he could take mine and occupied his soul, obtaining all of his. It’s that simple.”
Emily was gobsmacked by the explanation that came from Han Shuo’s mouth. She looked at Han Shuo with an incredible look and kept shaking her head, “Unbelievable, seriously unbelievable. What kind of monster are you?”
Hugging her fiercely, Han Shuo held Emily and said cheekily, “Alright, alright. Don’t be so surprised. We can go now.”
The Demonslayer Edge suddenly flew up and out of the necromancer’s chest after he finished speaking, landing into Han Shuo’s palm. There was a chopped off finger at the tip of the Demonslayer Edge with a space ring on it. Han Shuo took that as well.
“You brat, stop flying around and come down.” Han Shuo yelled up with a smile at the little skeleton still circling in the air. The little skeleton capered down in front of Han Shuo and suddenly screeched to a halt in front of him, standing on the ground, waving his bone dagger.
“He, he entered the pool of blood and absorbed all of the blood and all the fragments of bone into those seven bone spurs.” Emily hastened to explain to Han Shuo what the little skeleton had done while he was meditating.
Nodding, Han Shuo smiled, “I know. It isn’t the first time that he’s done something so daring. This is no big deal. See, he can fly now, isn’t that great?”
“I have no idea what kind of demon you’ve created here. I notice that he seems to have his own emotions now. I don’t know if it was my misimpression, but when I was laughing at him being unable to get out of the pool of blood, he immediately flew out proudly from it. Truly, I could feel that he was showing off towards me, I promise!” Emily looked at the little skeleton and seemed to suddenly remember what had just happened.
“Heh heh, don’t be surprised. There are too many mind boggling things in this world. I believe that what you saw wasn’t an illusion because I’ve had the same impression before as well. I can’t really say for sure what’s going on now, but I think that he’ll give me an explanation as he continues to evolve in the future.” Han Shuo wasn’t surprised at all as he pointed to the little skeleton and smiled faintly.
Emily started when she heard these words and looked at the little skeleton with a wry smile after a while, then shifting her gaze to Han Shuo. “You two weirdos!”
“There’s nothing weird about this. You must get used to everything about me, because I believe that there will only be more amazing things that will happen in the future.” Han Shuo laughed heartily and looked to be in quite a good mood.
“Bryan, you’re growing at such a fast speed that your future accomplishments will be hard to imagine. Perhaps I won’t be able to help you with anything soon. I’m just a widow, will you cast me aside then?” Emily suddenly seemed to think of the matters of the future as she looked at Han Shuo. Her beautiful eyes looked at him and asked with a bit of forlornment.
“Don’t be silly. I’m with you, not because of what you can help me with. Even if our identities change in the future, that won’t affect anything between us.” Han Shuo looked deeply at Emily and saw her display a happy expression. He then pulled on Emily. “Let’s go, let’s go. Let’s leave, we don’t need to go anywhere else. I think I’ve gotten what you need.”
The two didn’t linger as they left, hand in hand. The sky had just started to brighten, as the two left stealthily, similar to how they had arrived.