Chapter 231: Inheritances
In the simplest terms, an inheritance can be considered a fated encounter. Finding an inheritance could lead to massive benefits, including Soul Shards, an array of mystical items, and hidden secrets.
Inheritances were exactly what they sounded like — treasures left behind by a powerful Awakened to be found by later generations. It wasn’t an uncommon occurrence to run into one as long as the inheritor routinely explored their surroundings.
There were countless inheritances left behind by both legendary figures, and unknown outlaws. The time period they were made in could range from the ancient civilizations of the Dream Realm to a mere decade ago. Throughout history, leaving behind an inheritance was a very common practice among powerful Awakened — at least, for those who didn’t have children. For those who had great ambitions, they would believe that there was no place for a child in their life, but still wanted to leave something behind.
Sunny believed that this strange occurrence could be simply explained by human nature — or rather, the instinct of all life, but twisted by the complexities of humans.
Animals wanted to leave behind offspring. Most Nightmare Creatures wanted to leave behind offspring. Even humans were not exempt from this desire. However, humans were not bound by instinct. They were also driven by numerous emotions and even logic. Those instincts become warped by these things, and lead plenty of Awakened to leave their inheritances to those who were lucky enough to find them.
It could be said that this was another way of continuing their legacy.
Frankly, Sunny thought it was stupid and time-consuming. After all, those who set up their inheritances are usually set to die soon — either by reaching the end of their lifespan, or because they were inflicted with something incurable. There were those who had crippled Soul Cores due to a dangerous encounter with a soul-attacking Nightmare Creature, and could no longer fight.
If Sunny was in any of these positions, then he’d worry less about leaving something behind, and more about solving the problem. Dying of age? Might as well challenge the next Nightmare and hope everything goes well. Incurable poison? Nothing is incurable. As long as he had a decent amount of time, he could find a cure... well, he had Blood Weave. Poison didn’t really work on him.
So what if his Shadow Core is crippled? He had two more! Besides, there are always ways to heal the soul. They were just... extremely rare.