Chapter 107: Soulforce
"Just wait till you are ready to create your heartcard," Ambraz said in between crunching on his second card. "When we combine all your cards, remove some useless parts and increase those we need, your drinking problem should largely go away."
Irwin leaned back, staring at the stacks of cards. According to Ambraz, the best one there still wouldn't be all that useful. It just left a bad taste in his mouth that even after selecting them as he had, there wasn't a single one that gave him some movement ability.
"Can you tell me a bit more about how to get a heartcard?" he asked, slightly disgruntled.
Ambraz swallowed the remnants of the card, then turned to the others, licking his lips.
"No more cards," Irwin said. "We need to finish those missions first. If we do that successfully, you can have another one."
"I'll hold you to that, kid," Ambraz said. Then he flitted through the room.
"So… heartcards are easy and incredibly difficult," he said. "Not as difficult as soulcards, of course, but still. To get one, you need to either be a cardsmith or… well, let's leave it to that for now. As a-”
"Let's not," Irwin said as he tapped the finger, interrupting Ambraz. "What other ways are there to get a heartcard?"
The Anvil's lips turned into a pursed line.
"If you don't want to tell me, you could just tell me what that symbol on your head meant when you ranked up. And perhaps start by explaining why you can even rank up in the first place?"
Ambraz sighed. "So… when a creature dies, most of the time, their soulskills shatter. As you know, sometimes they don't, and this is when they crystalize into a card that beings without soulskill seeds can use."
"Right… as I know," Irwin snorted. "Soulskill seeds?"