Chapter 817 Section 48

As Skeletron collects weirdness and brings it back to the lab for research, Annan's understanding of weirdness gradually deepens.

Weird is not as "harmless to humans and animals" as it seems, if you have to describe it, they are like necromantic creatures, carrying a withered aura with them.

The charred girls ran around with Annan before, and it wasn't obvious. However, with Annan staying in Liberty City, they did not set off with the Fourth Army, and the "withering halo" began to take shape.

The House of Weirdness - Annan's home for them.

According to nearby neighbors, the greenery on the street and their potted plants have stopped growing and withering to varying degrees, and the closer you get to the weird house, the more severe the withering becomes.

And the eerie withering aura is far more difficult to deal with than necromancy. Dade's natural magic is twice as efficient as it gets.

So Annan had to move them to a new home, a single-family house next to an industrial area in the suburbs.

In addition to this, Skeletron also analyzes what "human nature" is - it is more like a concept that strips away the "vitality" of the natural elements, and is deeper than the soul.

According to Skeletron's experiments, the weird can plunder this substance called "human nature" from all living things, with the least animals, followed by goblins and kobolds, followed by humans, and elves and dragons are the most immortal species, which makes Skeletron begin to go astray, believing that human nature represents lifespan, and regards weirdness as a vampire-like niche in other worlds.

Skeletron's insight into the truth was a mistake that caused the two subjects to fight and devour the vampire in a strange way, and Skeletron was surprised to discover that the vampire was less human than human...... This almost excludes that human nature equals life force.

"So what exactly is human nature?" Annan asked Skeletron at the time.

"Human nature is human nature. It's like soul and magic, they both represent a separate source, and that happens to be what you have the most. ”

"Me?" Annan didn't know how to get involved with him again.

"Why are warlocks inherently attractive?"

"You're saying warlocks are highly human."

"Judging by the results of the current experiments." "I need to catch a weirdness that can only separate human nature."

"It's going to have to be lucky, right?"

For example, those who took refuge in Annan are weird, and their skills are different.

"yes, so I'm going to catch a warlock to participate in the experiment."

Annan didn't know what it was like to watch them hunt the nezumi and cut off their ears, but now he did feel a little sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox......

"Since you said that the strange predator of humanity has a withering aura, the warlock is also highly human...... But the plants around me won't wither, right? ”

"That's the problem." Skeletron doesn't have flesh wrapped in skin, otherwise it would have fit into a pair of glasses," here's the model I've built based on the progress I've made:

"Life is not the soul as the carrier and the vitality as the shell as we know before, but has three origins: the soul, the life force, and the human nature."

"They are independent of each other, but they are interconnected. If we are a ship sailing in the sea of mist, the soul is the ship itself, the life force is the helmsman, and humanity is the light that dispells the fog and illuminates the surroundings. ”

"A vampire that drains life is the equivalent of making a ship lose its helmsman, and the weirdness of eating away at humanity is breaking the lamp. Without a helmsman, the ship would sail aimlessly on the seas. When the ship is destroyed, it will begin to sink. The lamp is broken, and even the best helmsman will be lost in the sea of mist......"

"As for your final question...... Why does weirdness make plants wither? Skeletron's soul fire jumped, "I think the weird lamp has broken, and the fuel called humanity is running out, and in order to keep themselves from losing their way in the Sea of Mist, they can only hunt down other voyagers and steal their fuel. ”

"Doing so delays the lights going out, but it also allows the burning embers to vent out......

Skeletron tries his best to describe the three sources of soul, vitality, and humanity that Annan can understand.

"Didn't we find out before?"

"Because human nature is like air, it 'doesn't exist' until we know it."

If it weren't for the chance encounter with such a creature that eats away at humanity, the Allen Continent would have been kept in the dark.

Annan suddenly thought of a possibility: as a warlock, he obviously had no talent in magic, and he relied on the gods to reward bread. So now that you have discovered a new source, can you gain something from it?

Annan asked. "What if humanity gets higher and higher?"

"It's going to get higher and higher."

"Ugh."

However, Annan understood what Skeletron meant: if there is any change in high humanity, refer to those epic and legendary warlocks.

They casually fall in love with elves, demons, and dragons, making stereotypes span countless worlds, and there is even the existence of the fanatical starchaser Warlock Protection Association!

Well...... But I should be different from them, right?

Skeletron went into more detail about human nature, which involved the rules of another world that Annan couldn't understand...... Luckily, he didn't need to figure it out.

Curiosity is a mage's, and a warlock only needs to rely on his face.

"Shall we publish it?" Annan asked.

"Publish?" Finally there's something Skeletron doesn't understand.

"Well, published in Voices of Freedom, the title says...... Skeletron Leonepa discovers the third source in addition to soul and life force, human nature. ”

The more Annan spoke, the more excited he became: "I guess other newspapers can't sit still with such heavy news, and the entire Allen Continent will follow in, so that everyone will know that it is the third source you discovered first, and maybe it can attract like-minded companions." ”

"I'm okay with that."

Before informing Evelyn that "The Voice of Freedom" will be rich and rich, Annan first needs to settle the weirdos......

Raised by Annan, they can't starve to death, but they still want to live a normal life, make money and spend money normally...... Annan, for example, knew that the candle head was always hovering in the tavern, but he once said that he never drank.

In view of the limited impact of their "withering aura", at most they can wither flowers and plants, and not even a single fish can die, Annan agreed to them, and even took the initiative to arrange work for them.

The charred girl wants to run a flower shop the most, but obviously it is impossible to do it, but she can sell plastic flowers on the street in a gray robe.

The Sketchpad Man is the least likely to starve to death, and has accumulated a lot of fame by painting portraits of people on the street.

The slender dancing shadow runs to the New World and the New World as a special actor, bringing the anthropomorphic with him.

The Invisible Man wants to go to the orphanage to play with the children, but Annan is worried that it will affect the children's health, so he asks him to perform magic tricks on the street with slugs and candles.

(End of chapter)