Chapter 199 199: 10,000 Souls
With the funds from the Enthrall Institute, Carter set up a nearby abandoned warehouse as the Corpse Processor Facility.
No one knew what happened within their warehouse. The carriers came and dropped the corpses at the storage zone and left without asking further.
A doctor's skill was his livelihood. So it wasn't rare that physician may be a little secretive.
But Dr. Frankenstein just kept receiving more and more corpses. He accepted them all without hesitation.
Even with a famous doctor like Frankenstein, people started to gossip.
They called him mad doctor. Dead doctor. Even some called him as plague doctor.
People knew that Dr. Frankenstein was interested in human anatomy. After all, he was the one that introduce blood transfusion and advanced surgery technique to Anglas.
Still, people were wary.
Carter didn't care about the noise. He made potions and treated patients at day. He turned corpses into Human Skin Shards at night.
[Total Synchronization Fained]: 8,825.0%
[Acquired x79 Shadow Apothecary Token]
[Acquired x8 Shadow Apothecary Champion Seed]
[Shadow Apothecary's Current Synchronization]: 9,915.0%
[Acquired x5090 Minor Human Shards (Mortal)]
[Acquired x3831 Medium Human Shards (Mortal)]
[Acquired x2002 Major Human Shards (Mortal)]
Carter finished his work for the night and sat down on a chair within the warehouse. He gently swiped his forehead full of sweat.
'Almost 10,000 corpses. There are even more outside the street.' Carter thought to himself.
The Black Blood Pandemic had really put a dent on the history book this time. People died like ants. Each day there were more patients than yesterday.
Carter did as best he could and save as many he could. But the corpses kept coming in.
'It may seem like a huge number. But 10,000 corpse are meaningless in front of the population of five million in Luandon.'
The capital was large and crowded. The perfect place for this kind of pandemic to thrive.
'I have been stalling for quite enough. Letting the Necromancers continue spreading Black Blood would harm the core of this society. Two weeks are enough.'
Carter worked relentlessly for half a month. Making potions, saving patients, increasing his Synchronization to almost 10,000%. He was going to have new Shadow Apothecary Doll soon.
'It's unfortunate that the blood of these corpses couldn't raise Dracula's Synchronization. Otherwise, I can get even more powerful.'
Carter pulled up the details of Dracula. He still had one retained aspect from Dracula he had not taken yet.
'Dracula has many powerful ability. But perhaps the best one is still that questionable skill, the Prince of Blood.'
The Prince of Blood. It used to be just a thing that Carter made up. But it became real.
[ZENEROS BLACKBURN EQUIPPED]
Carter switched to the black swordsman. He wanted to make sure that he wouldn't explode to oblivion like last time. If he died, he would get resurrected back on Wild Earth where the Obsidian Statue was.
'Here goes nothing. Retain the Prince of Blood.'
[Prince of Blood is retained]
[Prince of Blood is reacting with Descension (Rank: Unknown)]
[HOST has awaken a new skill]
[Prince of Soul is acquired]
Carter didn't explode to death this time. In the opposite, he had received a gift.
'Prince of Soul? I wonder what is the difference between this and Descension?'
[CARTER HAYES EQUIPPED]
[Carter Hayes gained Prince of Soul]
Shadow wrapped around Carter and he returned to the appearance of the goat-horned devil. He felt the power stirred within him.
The Prince of Blood gathered blood to be more powerful.
Shadow Force was similar, but it was slightly different. It gathered shadows, not souls. These shadows were just, coincidentally, also contained the souls.
There was a limit to this ability. Carter couldn't collect the souls of the dead. The ability simply didn't react with corpses.
This was no longer the case. The Prince of Soul had finally completed.
Carter's eyes were that of a deep dark black. Everywhere he looked, the souls drifting around aimlessly. There were so much souls in this warehouse that there wasn't even a empty space.
The goat devil raised his hand and pulled all the souls into a small sphere.
'10,000 souls. All the corpses I converted recently. Their body became skin shards but their souls remained.'
The sphere of souls called to him. It smelled extremely delicious.
'Should I?'
Carter slowly put the sphere toward his mouth.
[WARNING]
[Consuming Souls will forever alter Carter Hayes]
[Carter Hayes will no longer be Host's default skin]
'I can make a new Carter Hayes. No harm done.'
Carter swallowed the sphere of 10,000 souls.
[Carter Hayes is renamed to Satan]
[Satan's Appearance is permanently altered]
[Synchronization +50,000.0%]
[Acquired x449 Demon Token]
[Acquired x45 Demon Champion Seed]
[Acquired x5 Demon Dolls]
[Token Crusher is unlocked]
[Satan has awakened Demonic Wings]
Carter hunched over. His back burst open. Two bat-like wings hovered gently above him, dripping pure black blood.
The blood evaporated into dark smoke when it left Carter's body.
It was very similar to Dracula's bat wings but these were of a different kind. Dracula was monstrous and large. These wings were more reserved and elegant but sinister in every way. It had a deep black color and a smooth clean surface.
Carter straightened his back and inhaled deeply. The warehouse was empty and peaceful now. But the demons weren't.
The Forest Crone deep inside the woods felt a disturbance in the air. She looked up in fear.
"Something arrived! What is it?! Did the Dark Witch regain her memory?!"
The Forest Crone was a small hunchback hag that hid in her little swamp house. She was the leader of the Dark Coven. Yet, she was simply a cowardice witch that ran away.
The Crone took out a rough green crystal ball and let it float in the air. She twirled her palms around it. The power of a witch reached out and wrapped around the ball. It had a sickly green color similar to the Wicked Witch.
"Show me... Show me what is it..."
The crystal ball showed the face of a man with goat horns.
But, the Crone couldn't imagine one thing.
The man looked back at her through the crystal ball. The Crone fell backwards in horror.
"You?!" The Crone widened her eyes.
The devil reached his hand out of the crytal ball. His skin leaked black blood and converted into an eerie black smoke around him.
"This isn't possible! You shouldn't be able to travel through a scrying crystal!"
Carter breathed in deeply and smiled. "Little witch... Why did you spy on me?"