Chapter 334: Unexpected
And, with that revelation, Koyu vanished.
It may have been more accurate to say that he walked through the wall of the Infernal Armory, muttering something about needing a drink. Arwin barely noticed. Several minutes had already passed by the time he realized the Lich had left. He’d been staring at the Soul Guardian, half waiting for it to lurch to life.
A child? This is a child?
Logically, Arwin was pretty sure that Koyu had been exaggerating. He highly doubted he’d made a child in the literal sense of the world. He might have spent the majority of his teenage years at war, but he wasn’t that out of touch.
The whole purpose of the core had been to give the materials a way to fully manifest their desires in the world. It was the heart and soul of whatever it was put into. In this case, that was a [Soul Guardian].
If Koyu’s words were right… then this was the next logical step beyond that. He hadn’t just given the armor a way to influence the world. He had pulled out the desires themselves and formed them into one, coherent being.
It was an amalgamation of energy from his soul and the will of his components. And, if he understood everything correctly, then the [Soul Guardian] was really more akin to a very estranged cousin than a child.
Arwin let his hand rest on the breastplate of the armor. Warm heat met his touch. It was… strange. He could feel something almost familiar, as if it were his own hand he was feeling, but at the same time, it was something else entirely.
And there was something else there too.