Chapter 395
Although the public was largely unaware, Wurgen’s death had triggered changes in the hero industry that were far beyond anyone’s expectations
After that incident, they all vanished—the optimists who once claimed that humanity, if united, could even subdue the Perfect Ones. The revelation that their seemingly absolute power could not only be stolen, but that others could even be compatible with those powers had terrified them.
The list of the revelations introduced to the world by that incident was endless, with matters concerning the death or lifespan of a Perfect One being just the beginning.
And among them all, the hottest topic by far was the correlation between Perfect Ones and their powers.
“Do the absolute powers of Perfect Ones disappear together with their obituary?”
For those aware of the death of the Seeker, the answer was already clear. It was just that only the Ten Evils and the senior Watchers possessed that knowledge.
But with Wurgen’s death, now all of humanity had finally realized that even the Perfect Ones’ deaths couldn’t erase their powers from the world, sparking countless new theories.
If the Perfect Ones were separate entities from their powers, then just what, exactly, constituted the Perfect Ones? Why were most humans incapable of wielding their power or reaching transcendence?
Many had theories, but there was one particular one that started with a question too controversial to be discussed openly.
“What power is contained within a Perfect One’s corpse?”
It was common knowledge that the human body could mutate according to their skills, mana, and synesthetic mindscape. Naturally, that understanding also extended to the Perfect Ones—and their remains.
With their bodies, the Perfect Ones could single-handedly battle all of humanity, destroy worlds, and even extinguish the life of stars—just how much mystery and power lay dormant within their vessels? Yet, while countless scholars pondered over it, none ever dared to investigate it.