Chapter 144 - 58. The Mystery of the Soul_2
Caleb speculated about the total energy contained within the soul in his writings, introducing the concept of a "species baseline magic power," which described the base amount of magic power a species possessed even without soul training.
Fisher quickly realized this might have been the source of the technology that Philone had obtained from the manual, as well as the theoretical basis behind his bizarre ideas.
Fisher guessed that Philone’s original idea was to allow the soul to release energy, then wait for their magic power to be depleted before self-repairing, and then wait for the next use. However, this was no different from engraving magic, consuming a lot of time and being extremely inefficient, otherwise those magic items would not have been so expensive.
When this approach proved unworkable, inspired by Soul Loss, Philone went to the other extreme.
Thus, the second property of the soul, [renewable energy], was fully explained, but before discussing the third property, Caleb asked the readers to consider a very interesting question.
Fisher’s magic power was depleting rapidly, but he seemed completely unaware of it, wholeheartedly engrossed in the knowledge in the book.
The Demi-human Girls Completion Manual began to emit a slight heat, but the temperature was not too high, and Fisher did not notice it at all.
"Friend, first consider an interesting question. Is the soul of a person born with a disability, missing an arm, complete? If a person is born with a complete soul and then loses an arm due to an accident later in life, is his soul still complete?"
"The answer is, their souls are indeed complete. However, when they lose a part of their body, that part of the soul also disappears, after all, we all know the soul manifests in the body as a Magic Circuit, and cutting off a part of the body means that part of the Magic Circuit has been separated from the main body. But because of [Self-healing], the soul will slowly grow back to its original form."
"But the question is, will the soul in the severed body part grow into a complete soul because of the Self-healing property?"