Volume 8: War and Peace Chapter 52: Hesitation
Yu Bin did not choose to absorb the Spirit Bead immediately.
This kind of rare treasure, strictly speaking, is just a crystalline body after the soul power is highly condensed, the method of absorbing it is very simple, just swallow it like eating jelly beans, when it comes into contact with the soul power in the body of the creature, the soul energy in the spirit bead will be activated instantly, and then gush out in a very short time.
But as Andrew said, although the method of absorbing the Spirit Orb is very simple, so simple that even a beast without intelligence can grasp it, for natives like them, it has become a natural danger that is difficult to overcome.
After all, the soul power of the legendary, and even the gods is sealed in the spirit bead, and this soul power is so powerful, it bursts out in a short period of time, which is enough to break the will of any living being, making it a puppet with no wisdom and only huge soul power. For the aborigines, the only way to avoid this consequence is to have a soul more powerful than the Spirit Bead to slowly channel these soul powers, turning the instant explosion into a slow divergence, and slowly absorbing the soul power in the Spirit Bead through years, even decades.
It is conceivable that the existence that can do this has already reached the level of legend or above in its own strength, and for them, it is obviously worth the loss to spend decades for the spirit bead.
In addition, there is still a wisp of remnants of its original owner's thoughts in the spirit beads, which are not so-called soul fragments, but remnants of will like a last wish. Even if a powerful being is willing to put in the time and effort to help his juniors absorb the Spirit Orb, this remnant will have an unknowable effect on it, which can lead to a drastic change in temperament at the least, or a loss of potential due to the inability of the absorber to maintain the firmness of the will. For the aborigines, it is obviously not cost-effective to pay such a big price for a spirit bead.
Of course, this is not to say that the Spirit Orb is not precious to the aborigines. In fact, due to the extremely large amount of soul energy contained in the Spirit Bead, it is very suitable for use as a summoning prop or a trump card to save life. Mages who are proficient in summoning or soul spells can use the Wraiths Orb to summon heroic or even legendary spirit creatures, or use them as soul cores to control a powerful construct golem. On the battlefield, when encountering a deadly threat, some aboriginal powerhouses will also choose to swallow the Spirit Bead to obtain the soul power that has skyrocketed in a short period of time, in exchange for a glimmer of life.
But players are different!
Swallowing the Orb directly is tantamount to suicide for the natives, but for players who can be resurrected, this consequence can only be regarded as a death. After the player swallows the Spirit Bead, the huge soul power will wash away the player's own soul power in a very short period of time, which is like pouring a basin of water into a glass of water, and the player's soul power, which is not very powerful, will be squeezed out of the cup in an instant, and then dissipate in the continuous washing of the soul torrent.
At this point, the aborigines can only usher in complete death due to the exhaustion of soul power, but for the player, this situation is equivalent to death due to the exhaustion of soul energy, and there will not even be a loss of the upper limit of soul energy, and the player's soul will still be resurrected in the graveyard, and then find a chance to return to their body.
At this time, the player's body left in place is full of a high concentration of soul power, and the most important thing is that this soul power still has no independent consciousness, which can be called the most primitive and pure state, and the player's soul can easily integrate into this body and regain control of it.
This process may be repeated several times until the player's own soul power is enough to suppress the ownerless soul power, and the body is truly returned to the player, but in the process, the player only needs to spend time without worrying about the danger to their lives.
As for the wisp of residual thoughts remaining in the spirit bead, there is no need to think about it. When the player dies and the soul returns to the graveyard, the remnant is left in the body along with those soul powers, and the body at this time is simply an empty and unconscious puppet in the eyes of outsiders. A puppet, will it still be affected by residual thoughts?
The remnants of the inability to find an independent will as an attachment will slowly dissipate in the continuous cycle of death and resurrection until the player completely fuses these soul powers and regains control of the body. At that time, if there is still some remnant of this residual thought, it may also have a certain effect on the player's own will, but it is more likely that it has been wiped out, or at least it is weak enough to impact the player's will.
Therefore, for Yu Bin, these three spirit beads are undoubtedly a great tonic, and Yu Bin even believes that if he absorbs all these spirit beads, the upper limit of his soul energy can even break through five hundred points, and even reach one thousand points. After all, according to the conclusions sorted out by players in previous lives, an ordinary hero-level existence has a soul energy of about 300 points.
But compared with the benefits brought by the spirit bead, Yu Bin is more concerned about the deep meaning behind Andrew's move.
Indeed, for an existence like Andrew, no matter how much he absorbs the spirit beads, he can't make the other party stronger, at best, he can only enhance a little soul power, for an existence like him, analyzing the true meaning of power, understanding the origin of the world, and even igniting a divine fire and becoming a god is the right way to make himself go further.
However, that's not to say that these Spirits Orbs are useless to Andrew. Yu Bin believed that with Andrew's ability, it could be said that it would be easy to use the Spirit Bead to create several legendary-level subordinates. As the Speaker of the Council of the Dead and the former president of the Wizarding Guild, Andrew is the strongest necromancer in the Undead himself.
Don't let go of three Legendary-level subordinates, and give such a precious thing to yourself as a reward. Yu Bin was not so arrogant that he thought that in Andrew's eyes, he would be more important than the three legendary-level subordinates.
Then the only explanation is that Andrew's behavior was instigated!
And so comes the problem! Who can command a legendary necromancer? Gods?
Considering the origin of the Spirit Bead, the answer is almost imminent!
"Jecob, the god of death!" When this name came out of Yu Bin's mouth, he even felt that the temperature in the hall had dropped a little.
As an ancient and powerful deity, Jecob had already held the authority of death at the beginning of the First Age, and his function was twofold, one was to bring death to those who had exhausted their lives, and the other was to throw the souls of living beings into the River Styx after death, so that the souls could successfully complete a cycle. Thus, Jego, the god of death, is also the guardian of the River Styx.
As far as Yu Bin knows, the god of death Jego rarely participates in the specific affairs of the Ntagri world, and does not care about the battles between other gods, and has been faithfully maintaining the operation of the Ntagri world for tens of thousands of years, ensuring the transition between life and death, and guarding the safety of the River Styx. Yu Bin found it hard to believe that such a high god would be interested in such a small existence as himself.
But the spirit bead in his hand overturned Yu Bin's view for the first time, and Yu Bin, who had always used those powerful gods as a background board and thought that he would not be involved with them, had doubts about it for the first time!
In addition, there is another question that makes Yu Bin very confused!
In Andrew's study, Yu Bin once said that he was still six rare academics away from being able to take up the Death Knight profession. He wasn't lying, but he also set a trap, which was proprietary scholarship [ghost-ridden].
This scholarship is a very special kind of proprietary scholarship in the academic chain of the curse system, and it is more of a continuous state ability than an academic. After mastering this science, you can create a spiritual shell on the surface of your body, this spiritual shell has no defensive power, and it will not cause any effect on those who touch it, and the only effect is to resist the curse effect applied to yourself.
The reason why Disama Cuaron was able to run amok in the elves and lead Serena all the way through the elven obstacles was undoubtedly of great help to him. With this spiritual shell, any curse-type spells that do not exceed one's own level will not be able to take effect, and even those that can take effect will have a greatly reduced effect.
This is also a big reliance of the Death Knight class as the ultimate meat shield, when other classes have to carry a lot of debuffs to fight hard, only the Death Knight can go back and forth as if no one is in a no-man's land, and the majesty is undiminished!
And in Yu Bin's guess, as the strongest necromancer, Andrew almost certainly has this academic, otherwise this guy would not have become the speaker of the Council of the Dead, you know, necromancer can be called the most profound profession on the continent to study curses, and at this point, even the lich can't compare.
And yet Andrew doesn't mention it at all!
This creates a contradiction! If he is unwilling to help Yu Bin academically, then Andrew will not name the special scholarship that Eliot and others have. And if he is really willing to help Yu Bin, then Andrew will not hide the fact that he has [ghost-ridden]!
It's like someone comes to you to borrow 5,000 yuan, and you know that you have it in your pocket, but you don't say it, but tell the other person that there is 5,000 yuan on the table next to you, and you can take it yourself.
Of course, it is also possible that in the next contact with Elliot and others, these Andrew's servants will refuse Yu Bin's request, but this is undoubtedly contrary to Andrew's attitude.
If you really don't want to help in this regard, Andrew, who is a legendary existence, can refuse in person, and he doesn't even need to bring up this topic, Yu Bin doesn't think that his identity is worthy of Andrew's duplicity and pretending attitude, that is completely lowering his level, Andrew, as the speaker of the undead, I'm afraid he can't afford to lose this person!
Thinking about it, Yu Bin has only one explanation for this, that is, some people are unwilling to let themselves get this academic from Andrew!
Being able to do this means that the other party, like Andrew, also has this academic!
Who could it be?
In fact, a simple consideration will make you understand! First of all, Disama Cuarón must have possessed this academic requirement, otherwise he would not have mentioned this academic requirement in his professional legacy! Secondly, according to Disama Cuarón, he actually became the ancient version of the Death Knight when he left the place of bones.
The conditions are all in place, and the results will naturally appear!
Farhara Palace! Lich Navik Frostwhisper!
If Yu Bin wants to be a death knight, he can only go to the place of bones again, to the palace of Farhara, and find the lich Navik Frostword! Unless Yu Bin is willing to spend an unknown number of years to find a third one in the undead clan who has [Ghostly Haunting], and the other party is willing to teach him an existence!
If this were a real game, Yu Bin wouldn't mind spending a year, or even two years looking for this possibility! But alas, it's not just a game!
The upcoming camp war, the bottomless abyss invasion that is likely to come early, and even the world fusion in a few years, these are like a guillotine hanging above Bin's head, forcing him to use all means to improve his strength and increase his chances of survival in the fastest way!
In fact, from the very beginning, Yu Bin was already thinking about entering the place of bones once again to learn these rare academics from Navik Frost. Not to mention anything else, Yu Bin can at least guarantee that since Disama Caron can be inaugurated as a Death Knight there, it means that among the undead in Farhara's palace, there must be someone who can teach these academics required for inauguration!
But he still chose to go to the Abyss Plains, trying to find opportunities to learn these rare sciences in those camps, and even did not hesitate to ask about Xiubein Ogu. And in Andrew's residence, even if Andrew doesn't take the initiative to ask, Yu Bin will find an excuse to consult Andrew about it, even if it will pay a greater price.
Because in Yu Bin's view, the bits and pieces he has experienced since entering the world of Entagri all reveal a certain strange feeling. And going to the place of bones again to take up the position of a death knight seems to be the easiest, most convenient, and easiest way at a glance, but Yu Bin's subconscious is still resisting, he doesn't want to go down like this according to the route planned by others! It's like a puppet being manipulated!
However, the truth brutally shattered Yu Bin's illusions! Andrew's concealment, as well as the three spirit beads given to him by the god of death Yego with the help of Andrew's hand, all mean that Yu Bin's every move is expected by the man behind the scenes!
"Ha~~~" With a long sigh, Yu Bin lay down on the seat dejectedly, "What should I do?" ”