Brain bloom

"'Souls of Travel,' you have a poetic name. But you've done terrible things. I've seen your god's slave, endlessly digging at the hard earth in an endless life. You even gave him a flower, saying it was a companion."

Upon hearing this, its eyes visibly moved, but it was unable to make any other reaction.

"How many slaves of the gods did you kill to gather the items on these monsters? I will let them rest in peace."

"..."

"never mind."

Mori dealt with the eyeball and continued onward.

[Level 91 - A Tongue Without Taste]

This thing is a bit better; it's just a bunch of tongues from different people sewn together into the shape of a giant tongue, which also looks a bit like a leaf. The stitching marks are like the veins of a leaf.

Unfortunately, these tongues could not speak until their deaths.

After defeating these four, Mori went through [Level 92 - Indigestible Intestines], [Level 91 - No Longer Growing Body Hair], [Level 90 - Layers of Blood Vessels], and [Level 89 - Neatly Arranged Teeth].

All of them were close calls, but ultimately ended without serious harm.

Finally, Senshi gradually began to see the entrance that Man had mentioned.

And there was the last monster that remained there.

Based on previous patterns, this guy is probably an 88-level monster, which would be relatively weak.

Mori was curious about which part of the body it was made of. But after looking closely, Mori realized he was completely wrong.

[Level 95 - A Soul Intertwined]

That was a true monster composed of thousands... no, tens of thousands of souls, all contained together.

……

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Volume 1, Chapter 240: Magic

Although she had truly entered this game world, and it had unfolded into a series of realities for Mori in a way fraught with mystery, her soul remained intact, retaining some ingrained ways of thinking, and she would often examine this world through the lens of the game era.

For example, she would describe her current behavior as "leveling up by running dungeons".

As for this strange ruin? She treated it as a dungeon to be explored and conquered, and perhaps that was indeed the case.

Therefore, based on this common sense, the monster in front of us is clearly not ordinary.

After all, dungeons have different levels. For example, the eight monsters that Senshi killed earlier had an average level of around 90, which is probably the level and difficulty of the dungeon.

But this guy is considerably taller...

She hadn't even gone deep into the dungeon yet, and she'd already encountered an enemy of this level; the thought was a little terrifying. Judging by the dungeon's logic, this was probably the first real boss, also known as the "first boss" or "gatekeeper."

This creature is entirely composed of souls, which is another strange appearance, and it shares a design with the other eight of them.

From a distance, it still had some shape, a strangely colored humanoid form. It was impossible to tell whether it was male or female, old or young, but it was definitely a person. Its body was like gel, seemingly transparent, and had a crystalline texture.

However, once you fix your gaze on it and observe any part of it closely, you will find the problem.

Even a mere inch of the body is an incredibly rich place, because countless tiny souls sway within it, and intricate traces create a wealth of patterns.

These souls were connected.

The way they weave souls seems no different from how humans spin silk and weave cloth, except for the human eye on their head.

"Can you talk?" Mori asked.

“弮悎偵壒偲偟，偰妝偟傒偨偄応!!崌偼丄撉傑側偄……傎偆偑椙偄，偐傕偟傟傑偣傫丅.” It suddenly became very excited.

"...What are you talking about?"

The limbs, formed from the soul, twisted and danced wildly, disregarding the laws of physics and the structure of the human body. They also made incoherent noises, uttering words that Sen Shi couldn't quite understand.

This makes my ears irritated.

“偢偼偙傁偭偔”.

"Looks like you can't speak... After all, you're just a country bumpkin from the underground. Even the demons from the neighboring Demon Realm are stronger than you."

“摴憪壆丂偢!”

"Okay! You're right, chatting is boring, let's fight instead."

Its voice was so unpleasant that Mori wanted to shut it up.

Of course, she didn't get arrogant because of her previous overwhelming winning streak. Instead, she calmed down in front of the Soul Monster that was spouting gibberish.

This guy might be a bit tough to deal with—but she still made the first move.

This time, the method of fighting was naturally no longer to recklessly charge in with the skull, but to launch a probing attack with the Pope's hand bones.

On his journey of overcoming obstacles, with the tacit approval of the first Pope, Mori had already developed even more combat methods.

These methods allow for the efficient use of the Pope's sacred remains for smarter combat.

For example, the Pope's right hand bone was tied with a long rope. This way, the bone could be thrown out like a whip, and it could be retrieved without fear of being whipped.

Although Morishi doesn't possess similar combat skills, and there's no such class in the game, her high agility becomes her advantage.

With this ability, her exceptionally nimble fingers could manipulate the ropes in different ways. She could control the bone, performing all sorts of tricks, even making it fly out in the shape of sacred letters, which would surely please the Pope.

The enemy is very clever.

The monstrous soul didn't make a move, but kept uttering unintelligible sounds. Judging from its body language, it seemed to be swaggering, indicating that "I'm three levels stronger than the other eight," at least that's what Mori thought.

She responded decisively with a piece of her hand bone that flew towards her.

The bones were extremely fast, and the five finger bones were also very sharp; this could be considered a proper attack.

But the results were not good.

The sacred aura lingered around the holy remains, never weakening. Even though the hand bone pierced the opponent's body, it only slightly evaporated some of the surface soul, without directly destroying the opponent.

The sacred aura restrains evil, which is why Mori can be invincible with these bones.

But now, this aura has met its match.

This was somewhat unexpected, but Mori's second move was already prepared.

She was tired of playing and missed the sunshine.

So, the timing is perfect, it's time to use your legs to unleash the "Great Recall"!

Because the only thing they could rely on was the remains left by the first pope. Faced with these monsters in the underground ruins, they either had to achieve an overwhelming victory with divine power, or they would lose.

Since the former is impossible, and the ruins are unfathomably deep, there's no point in keeping them. She's already gained a lot of experience points. She might be a little short of reaching level 50, but she's almost there.

To make his escape easier, Mori Shi pulled back his hand bone and used magic to construct a large number of ice walls.

These items also have a freezing effect, which can stop enemies.

However, whether it was her imagination or not, she always felt that this lump of soul was strange, and it hadn't shown any intention of attacking her. Even when she tried to escape, it remained completely still.

Instead, they keep making noise about things that can't be understood.

After noticing this detail, Mori felt increasingly uneasy. The eight monsters he had encountered before were all the type that started fighting right away.

Mori began to think that these voices might not be provocative.

She kept releasing more ice walls, but at the same time, she tried to listen to the noise. She discovered that it seemed to have a strange rhythm, and not only that, it was like the lament of thousands of people singing together.

"...What's with this fluctuating sound? Uh...no good."

She suddenly realized that the enemy had already launched an attack.

Those are the sounds.

From the very first sentence to now, it's all a magical structure built from sound.

When the sound vibrates the air, the ripples it leaves behind become the shape of the magic itself. In other words, Mori had unknowingly found himself within a rather large-scale magic.

The power and effect of magic are closely related to the preparation process. Just as advanced magic often requires longer incantations, this is a kind of preparation process.

The monster used its voice and spent several minutes preparing... Mori swallowed hard, sensing impending doom.

For her own safety, Mori immediately began to analyze the spiritual energy in the air, trying to find a way to deal with it, but even she was completely baffled by these things.

This doesn't belong to any known magic system, and we don't know what it's used for.

But the monster's shouts abruptly stopped.

This also signifies that the magic has begun to work.

It worked in a bizarre way—before Mori escaped.

Volume 1 #100,000 Recommendation Votes Commemorative Event

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