Chapter 146: Spectral fiend
Percy listened to the girl talk to her father for a while, trying to piece together the situation from her words alone. Sadly, he couldn’t tap into her ears due to their weaker connection, so he couldn’t access the man’s side of the conversation.
Apparently, she was under the impression she had captured a kind of creature she referred to as a “spectral fiend”. Percy couldn’t be certain, but he strongly suspected the monsters that had attacked him in the vicinity of this world fell in that category. It was quite eye-opening, as he hadn’t even known soul-based entities existed out there, roaming the universe. He guessed they were relatively scarce, as that would explain why he’d never encountered any, but he did make a mental note to be more careful from now on.
‘So, these people are intentionally injuring themselves and leaking soul mana from their bodies, to lure the creatures and trap them in their cores…’
That still didn’t explain what they planned to do with the fiend once they caught one, nor why they had failed to identify him as something else. Perking up, he continued following the conversation, hoping for some answers.
“No, I don’t think it has four heads...” she said with some disappointment evident in her voice. “Let me check again real quick.”
A wave of mana brushed over Percy, though it felt different than before. The mana had purpose behind it, seemingly scanning his soul for something rather than blindly accumulating in his wounds to mend them. This only confirmed his guess that the natives knew a lot of valuable soul spells he could learn. Granted, he had to get out of this mess first.
“Er… I’m not sure what it is. It doesn’t have a defined appearance. It’s more of a blob. Maybe it’s damaged?” she wondered.
Percy would have rolled his eyes if he had any. Of course he was “damaged”! He was just a soul clone – a severed piece of his main body’s soul! Not to mention all the other crap he’d endured over the last few hours.
Though he focused on the other thing the girl had said. Apparently, there was more than one type of spectral fiend. She and her father were currently trying to identify which one she’d captured.