Second World

Chapter 1685 1685. Soul Frame

Soul Frame (Unique artifact)

Register 1 player or NPC (Target has to be willing)

+10% to the player/NPCʼs stats, HP, stamina/MP.

If the player/NPC dies, they are resurrected at the place where this soul frame is located. Cooldown: 1 week.

Soul frame has an HP bar after a target is registered. If the HP bar is depleted, the registered player/NPC loses 70% HP, cannot be healed for 1 hour, enters a weakened state for 1 day, and is forcefully unregistered.

Soul frame cannot be stored inside a playerʼs inventory after a target is registered.

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This item was like a personal version of the Chapel of Resurrection for players and the Revival Pool for natives. It also added some buffs to the registered target.

After reading the complete description, Jack could guess why Hatori didnʼt use this soul frame. If Hatori did, he needed a safe place to store it. Otherwise, he was in big trouble if this soul frame fell to his enemy. They could destroy this soul frame and weaken him.

Carrying the soul frame with him was risky. NPC didnʼt have an inventory system. Even if they did, the artifact couldnʼt be stored inside after being registered. During combat, the soul frame could suffer damage. If it was destroyed mid-combat, then it would be a disaster.

Jack sighed. ”If only Hatori handed me this soul frame sooner, the grand chief could still be alive.”

”Kabaka already died when Hatori returned,” Peniel reminded.

”I know. I mean if he returned earlier. Well, it had happened. There is no use thinking about a what-if scenario.”

”Who will you be using this soul frame on?” Peniel asked.

”On the person who gave it to me,” Jack said. ”I guess Hatori wants this as well. He just didnʼt want to say it out loud. I will be able to provide this soul frame with a safe place to store. For example, my throne room or the mobile throne room. I can even station guards to protect it. This comes at the right time, I originally thought about giving Ana or Stewartʼs spot in the revival pool to Hatori. Now, I donʼt have to.”

”You know, transferring the soul-securing shrine or revival poolʼs slots is not without repercussions. If the person whose life is protected by those wonders finds that you remove their protection, they wonʼt feel good about it. If you checked their loyalties when you gave them the resurrection slots, you should see their loyalties went up. If you take these slots off them, their loyalties will fall. It will fall to maybe even lower than before they were given the slots.”

”Why didnʼt you advise me about this before?” Jack complained.

”Itʼs common sense,” Peniel shrugged.

”Sometimes the common sense in this game world is different from the common sense in the real world,” Jack countered.

”I have no idea about the common sense of your so-called real world so donʼt expect me to know,” Peniel countered back.

”Whatʼs done is done, there is no point in arguing,” Jack said.

”I agree, so stop complaining,” Peniel returned.

”You are getting more sharp-tongued, lady. Itʼs unbecoming of you.”

”I guess your bad habit rubs off onto me.”

”I admit defeat,” Jack ended the argument.

The soul frame needed to be in direct contact with the target to be activated, so Jack left it for tomorrow when he met Hatori again.

After storing the soul frame, Jack laid the loots dropped by the eldritch beholder. He only placed the items with the utmost value. Other less valuable loot like materials and ingredients were set aside to be donated to the guild. Among the dropped equipment, two were unique grades. A bow and a magic staff. Jack gave those two weapons to Howard and Nerd.

The loots that had been laid down before him were six items. The first one was a small chest. His Inspect informed him the chest was called a Mana Core Chest. It was a unique-grade consumable. Peniel informed Jack that upon opening the chest, he would receive a pile of mana cores. The number depended on the chestʼs grade.

Without prolonging, he opened the mana core chest. Bright light poured out the same way as when he opened a treasure chest. Streams of light entered him. At the same time, he received the notification that he received 15,000 mana cores from the chest.

From slaying the eldritch beholder itself, Jack received 12,000 mana cores. With the additional mana cores from this mana core chest, he now had 41,000 mana cores in total. With this number, he lacked only 9,000 to be able to summon the archdemon lord again.

The second item was a recipe for a war tool. The name of this war tool was Accursed Psionic Bomb. Peniel explained that the Accursed Psionic Bomb was a powerful offensive consumable that caused dark element damage to a large AOE. Aside from that, those who were in the area of the blast also received mental disruption. Those with weak minds were most likely stunned for some time after the explosion, opening them up for more attacks.

Jack put this recipe with the other items that were to be donated to the guild. The third item was a lump of dark stone that emitted strange light.

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Heart of Darkness (Legendary material)

For crafting purpose

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”Oh…? Isnʼt this the type of item I can use with my Amulet of Summoning?” Jack asked after reading the description.

”Thatʼs right,” Peniel confirmed. ”Do you want to exchange your archdemon lord with this one?”

”Will it be stronger than the archdemon lord?” Jack asked.

”No,” Peniel answered flatly.

”How can you be so sure? That eldritch beholder was insanely strong. Especially her anti-magic ability. If I have that, Master who relies on magic spells are surely done for,” Jack argued.

”First of all, itʼs not a guarantee you will get a beholder monster when you merge this heart with your amulet. Secondly, the eldritch beholder is special among her kind. She could be said as the Goddess of all beholders. The other beholders had high magic resistance, but none shared a total anti-magic ability like hers. Thirdly, the archdemon lord you summoned follows your low level. You canʼt compare it to the eldritch beholder who was level 95. A level 95 archdemon lord is a force to reckon with.”