Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 530 What is the Soul?

Before the farmer boy could finish speaking, Yaro's body on the high seat suddenly stiffened, and a few emerald green hues even appeared on his stark white skull mask.

"what?"

A surprised voice came from under the hood.

Before he could react, the tall rattan chair exploded, and deep black mist, accompanied by fine lightning, surged up.

"Chirp—!"

Accompanied by a piercing phoenix cry, a blazing white flame burst forth from the collapsed rattan chair, stabbing fiercely towards the farmer boy in mid-air.

Fiery Sword Technique - Charged Flame!

A stone wall inexplicably appeared in the void, but before it could solidify, it was already pierced by the firelight.

The blazing flames swept across the farmer boy.

hum!
A ripple of water spread through the space.

The farmer boy's figure swayed like a reflection in the water.

“Interesting… I never expected your puppet to be able to speak. I thought you could only summon a thin piece of bark.”

A weathered voice emanated steadily from the swaying body, making it seem as if the person had not been attacked.

"This is not a difficult task..."

Before Yaro could finish speaking, the collapsed rattan seat suddenly exploded.

Magical Technique - Fourth Level - Black Flame Phoenix Dance.

The black flame phoenix soared into the sky, hovering in mid-air, slowly flapping its wings, from which came Yaro's calm voice.

"...I first created a tree bark illusion, then used the growth spell to make the vine chair grow upwards, and left a vine to transmit sound."

"Sound travels much faster in solids than in air, so it sounds like the sound is coming from under the mask of illusion."

Yaro hadn't expected that such a simple trick could mislead him.

It was clearly just to borrow wood-type magic to sense intangible and intangible mental attacks.

"..."

The farmer boy fell silent, unsure how to respond to Yaro's "straightforwardness".

More importantly, it was the strength that Yaro displayed at this moment.

A black flame phoenix, crackling with wisps of black lightning, enveloped and surrounded by jet-black armor, unleashed a powerful aura that burned the air and distorted the light.

I thought it was just a rat that could be easily crushed, but it turned out to be a ferocious man-eating beast!
There's no way to hold back when dealing with man-eating beasts.

If they don't hold back, are they really going to kill Yaro?

He had witnessed every detail of Yaro's conversation with the explorer, and he knew perfectly well that the explorer greatly 'admired' Yaro.

Otherwise, why would they give away a mysterious magical artifact as a "gift" when they left?

Yaro was actually a bit confused.

If the sneak attack had succeeded and the mysterious man had been killed, everything would have been fine.

But since it didn't work out, we have to face a problem.

How can we rescue Holly and Bevan?
To save people, we have to go inside.

But once inside, one has to face the situation where the magic tricks are constantly interrupted by mental power, and one might actually be captured.

Should we clear out the surrounding eyeball monsters first?

Let’s not say whether it can be done or not.

Both Heri and Bevan are under the enemy's control. What if he is pushed too far and kills someone?
Pretending not to care won't help.

There are two of them, Heri and Bevan. If he kills one of them, he can test whether he cares about them or not.

……

Yaro's mind raced, but his expression remained calm as he looked at the figure in mid-air that resembled the Grim Reaper, and asked with great interest:
"Your method is quite interesting. Is it a spiritual entity? Or a clone? Or have you transformed yourself into a spiritual state?"

"I am a soul! This is the world of souls! It is heaven!" The farmer boy was inexplicably excited.

The more you lack something, the more you want to prove it. Since he values ​​the term 'soul' so much, it just shows that he may not be a soul!
A thought struck Yaro, who sneered:
"Soul? Do you think I understand nothing?"

"You also heard my conversation with the explorer just now. Because of the Soul-Possessed Black Orb, I already know about souls."

"What is the soul? The soul is..."

Hmm... I don't know!

Who knows what the soul is!
Although Yaro sought knowledge about the soul, he gained virtually nothing.

All he knew about the Soul-Possessed Black Sphere was that the soul within it could be nourished with fluorescent powder.

His true understanding of the soul was limited to the knowledge the explorer had just demonstrated.

But the mysterious man in front of them also heard those words.

Whether you can fool him depends on whether you can deduce correct and different information from the knowledge you hear from the explorer.

Yaro's mind raced, and he slowly said:

"The soul... is like a book, containing a vast amount of information..."

First, make an analogy that is impossible to make wrong, and then interpret that analogy.

"It was born from the body of an intelligent life..."

This is also a fairly accurate, albeit vague, interpretation.

"The body provides energy, and knowledge fills the void..."

The previous sentence is a deduction.

The next sentence is when Yarrow thought of what his father had said when he was young: "The strength of the soul lies in knowledge."

But when these two sentences were put together, Yaro came up with a deduction.

"—Similar to waves, like sound waves, like water ripples! The energy given by the body can be understood as ordinary and commonplace energy, but only knowledge, that is, 'waves,' can truly fill the soul and strengthen it!"

If we compare this information with the explorer's previous information on [bloodline → sea of ​​consciousness → magic affinity → mental strength → body], we can arrive at a reasonable conclusion.

The energy generated by the body may be 'spiritual power'.

Therefore, the knowledge provided by the explorers can be summarized as: [Bloodline → Spiritual Power → Body]

The reverse is also true.

"Everyone has a soul..."

This is correct nonsense.

"But not everyone's soul can leave their body..."

My mother had mentioned this before, which is why the Soul-Possessed Black Orb exists.

……

In the past, various kinds of knowledge about the soul kept flashing through my mind.

Yaro then integrated all this information together.

He slowly revealed a crucial deduction:

"Therefore, a truly successful soul must possess independence; it cannot replenish its soul with external spiritual power!"

A person's body nurtures a person's soul.

No two leaves in the world are the same, let alone two people who are exactly the same.

Even identical twins cannot be the same.

Different experiences and knowledge leave different imprints on the soul, and different soul imprints naturally produce different spiritual energy fluctuations.

Thinking of this, Yaro looked up at the boundless 'Shadow Eye' monsters and firmly stated his conclusion:
"With so much chaotic spiritual energy here, it can't possibly be a soul, nor can it be a world of souls!"

(End of this chapter)