Chapter 344: Sword Intent, a blessing or a curse? Part-3.
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''Looking at it all over again... Everything started from the day I got transmigrated into this body...''
Originally, Rio had assumed that he was not able to sense emotions properly because his soul
hadn''t perfectly merged with this new body and his control over the body wasn''t at its maximum.
Butter, he discarded this idea when he found that formless sword in the hidden artificial dungeon created by Kevin.
The only reason why Rio was able to bind this sword is because his soul had properly merged with the original Rio''s.
You can say that he''s the one who got transmigrated and the original Rio both at the same time.
Thinking this far, Rio nced at Fenix and asked a question.
"By the way... is it possible for twopletely unrted souls to merge into each other so perfectly that you can''t tell them apart anymore? Can an SS ranker do something like that?" Hearing Rio''s strange questione out of nowhere, Fenix fell into contemtion.
However, after pondering for an extended period, Fenix continued to shake his head and stated,
"No... No matter how I consider it, it''s impossible... I have never heard of such a thing in the past ever... Moreover, even necromancers can''t fuse souls in this world, let alone us, who can''t even see souls..."
Even SS-rankers can''t see souls, which means that interfering with the soul of someone is beyond their capability.
There are indeed necromancers in this world, but they have a lot of restrictions ced on them.
Necromancers are a ss like any other, but the alliance doesn''t support them; additionally, most people don''t view necromancers favorably because they aided the demons during the thousand-year war.
All people who awaken the necromancer ss have to always report to the alliance branch to register every new undead they take as a subordinate; only when the alliance branch has given an ''ok'' sign can you use that subordinate.
The reason for this is to stop any necromancer from barging into random cemeteries and digging out people from there. Most of the necromancers in this world use monster corpses to create subordinates.
But even then, you still need to register that monster corpse and where you got it from.
Sometimes there are exceptions, though, like if the necromancer is a very talented individual and has graduated from a famous academy like the Great Freya Academy, then they get more freedom in legal matters.
Nheless, most undead creatures are just soulless puppets with no free will or consciousness.
Even a necromancer will need to make the soul agree willingly if they want to create an undead that has a soul and mind of its own.
Necromancers in this world are really at a great disadvantage, as even though they can see souls, they can''t really interact with them on a physical level.
A strong necromancer once said:
{A soul can neither be created nor destroyed... It can only be converted into a new life form...) (Note: This is an ''inspiration'' taken from a famous quote from Einstein about energy... This is entirely ''fictional''...)
Although this quote seems quite solid, the main w is that there''s nothing that can exin where the ''Soul''es from in the first ce if it can''t be created.
How do you exin the growing poption if there is no way to create a new soul?
As poption increases, there will be fewer people dying than being born, which means that there is definitely something in this world that ''can'' create new ''souls'' and ''can'' destroy them too.
But as even SS-rankers can''t do anything about this matter, there is no concrete proof yet that can describe the origin of souls.
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"In the first ce, even demi-gods and necromancers can''t interact with souls physically; even mana doesn''t work on it..."
"So, to say that someone can fuse two souls artificially... That''s basically a joke; it isn''t possible...."
Fenix''s expression turned serious for a moment as he continued.
"And if such a thing is indeed possible... then it''s definitely not something we canprehend... Such a being would be far beyond the abilities of a demi-god..."
"If someone could control life, death, the soul, will, and consciousness... wouldn''t that already be an omnipotent force that couldn''t beprehended by mere mortals?..."
"Such a being can be considered a ''God'' in the truest sense..."
Although Fenix was talking about hypothetical things, his expression was solemn all along. "For more than two millennia... no, from the day mana first descended in this world, there has never been anyone who has passed the great cmity ced by the world..."
"Not a single peak SS-ranker has seeded in ascending to a new realm... Those who tried died horrible deaths under the endless bombardment of the ''heavenly punishment''..."
Rio frowned a bit and asked,
"Wait, Link''s father was able to shatter the space-time fabric to stop the ''Heavenly Punishment''; doesn''t that mean he has the chance to seed if he tries to ascend?"
Fenix shook his head and said,
"Shattering the ''Space-time fabric'' is in itself a very demanding task; to nullify the effects of the heavenly punishment poured on a peak SS ranker during ascension, just shattering it won''t be enough..."
"You would need to maintain the shattered space-time fabric for a long time... and that heavenly punishment is ''endless''... Even an SS ranker will get tired after exhausting all of their mana..."
"You may think that the SS-rankers can use their ''Authority'' without using mana, but truth is that they can''t use it endlessly either!"
"Using ''Authority'' puts a burden on your ''mental fortitude''; use it too much and you will end up mentally exhausted, your brain will fry, and you will end up in a vegetative state, which will take a lot of time to recover..."
Fenix smiled a bit and said,
"Why do you think the SS-rankers are called ''Demi-gods'' but not ''Gods''? It''s because we are
not omnipotent."
"Even demi-gods have their own limits, constraints, and emotions, which weigh them down and keep them in a ''cage''..."
"The reason why the world can tolerate the existence of such strong beings as us is because we have ''limits'' and can''t pose a threat to the world in the truest sense..."
"But anything above the level of a demi-god is apletely different story... The world can''t tolerate something that threatens its very existence..."
"There have been many SS-rankers who have spected that the ''World'' itself is a kind of ''Living'' entity..."
Not only does the world have its own rules and functioning patterns, it even has its own ''will''.
"We refer to the ''will'' of the world as the ''Heavens Will'' or ''Heavenly Luck''... but don''t confuse the two of them together... The heavenly will only represents the ''Will'' of the
world..."
"It''s more like the representative of the world; the ''world'' itself is a different entity; it has its
own ways of doing things..."
Fenix nced at the sky and said,
"Usually these two ''entities'' work together in sync, and their decisions are always the same,
buttely things seem to have changed..."
"The two of them seem to be in disarray; all peak SS-rankers can feel this fact intuitively, I think... And this is very bad news for the whole world and all those who live in it..."
"A problem between the ''heavenly will'' and ''the world'' will affect everyone and everything.... even the ws'' of the world..."
"Perhaps the reason why your ''sword intent'' has been so actively destroying your emotions is also rted to this weird change in the ws'' of the world..."
The main problem is that even SS-rankers are powerless in front of the vast power of the world and the heavenly will, they can''t change thews of the world and can''t turn things
around in their favor.
If they could do such a thing, they wouldn''t be demi-gods anymore after all. Although most of Rio''s doubts were answered, he still has a lot of questions in his mind.
Originally, he came to the dragon valley just to wander around and enjoy the dragon festival, or maybe go on a date or two with Lia.
But now Rio feels thating to this dragon festival and meeting Fenix was a very good
choice.
Not only does Fenix have a lot of knowledge about things that he wanted to talk about, but Rio can even take a lot of advice from him.
"Hmm, well... If it''s like this... I guess I will re-direct my path too, just like you... Although it''s
a slow process and will take a lot of time, I think I can indeed do it..."
Fenix also nodded his head at those words,
"Well, the choice is simple: if you want to keep your love for your girlfriend alive, then re-
direct your path and stop aiming for ''eternal peace''..."
"And if you want to reach the level where you can ''cut'' anything and everything, then keep
going on this ''Path''..."
"The ''Path'' you are walking right now is meant for a killing machine that won''t be bound by
the constraints of emotions..."
Fenix smiled and said,
"After talking to you, I can say that you appear cold from outside, but you have a warm heart. This ''Path'' is not for someone like you, Rio; your wish is to live a happy life...."
"If you keep following this ''Path'', that wish will eventually be lost somewhere in the depths of darkness, and your warm heart will end up bing freezing cold..."
Right now, when Rio is standing at the intersection of his ''Path'', he can choose to go in any of
the two directions.
One direction leads him to his ''wish'' and the other leads him to ''supreme power'', and he can
only choose one of the directions.
Now Rio will have to decide whether sword intent will be a ''Blessing'' for him or a
''Curse''.
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Author''s Notes.
Yo! It''s your beloved author here!
The mysteries and secrets of this world are hidden very deeply; perhaps this is the point where
we have started to finally uncover these hidden secrets...
Question of the day:. Would you still dare to learn ''Sword Intent'' despite knowing its consequences?
(Tell me your thoughts in thements)
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