The game has become a real alternate world-Chapter 639 - 320: The Link/Broken Pieces of the Soul
In the office.
The side door opened.
Alyris walked out from inside, her face slightly flushed, wearing a thin dress.
Facing Kana’s gaze, she couldn’t meet his eyes, her head slightly lowered.
Kana took Alyris’s hand and pulled her into his arms.
"Your Highness~"
Alyris coquettishly called out, sitting in Kana’s embrace, her entire head buried in his chest.
"You weren’t this shy yesterday, so..."
Before Kana could finish his sentence, Alyris directly raised her hand to cover his mouth.
"Stop talking."
Kana smiled and held Alyris’s hand.
Yesterday’s matters need not be elaborated.
The main thing was the skills Alyris acquired, rapidly advancing their relationship.
After a simple study, the skill could be described as very peculiar, or perhaps twisted by Alyris.
When two closely connected people touch, their hearts gradually open amidst the emotional surge, allowing a true soul link to form.
In the instant of linking, the surging emotions exchange, impacting each other’s hearts.
In simplified terms, it’s like showing the other person your own heart.
In such a scenario, the other person’s thoughts and emotions are conveyed directly.
What’s there to pretend? It’s more direct and profound than any emotional expression.
If it was just that, it might be considered a flirting method.
The problem lies in the aftermath.
Or rather, because of the rapid progress in the heart exchange at that moment, they directly achieved the final step.
This caused a change in the skill.
After the soul link, there’s a deep exchange, not a soul swap, but each gaining something from the other’s soul.
For instance, after the event, Alyris found that her soul’s strength had significantly increased.
Enough that the soul’s fluctuations were constantly overflowing.
In other words, the capacity of the Soul Cage had expanded.
Similarly, Kana also gained an increase, but it was limited, not as dramatic as Alyris’s.
However, Kana gained something else.
Something unspeakable.
Talent, or perhaps aptitude.
Kana could distinctly feel his control over blood and the in-depth mastery of this blood-colored power.
It became easy to handle, like using an arm at will.
A new status also appeared in the Status column.
[Soul’s Aptitude (Alyris): Soul aptitude gained through natural soul link.
Blood Magic Control, Experience Multiplier ×1.5]
Correspondingly, Alyris also acquired the same status.
[Soul’s Aptitude (Kana): Soul aptitude obtained through a special natural soul link.
Obtained — Strong Soul.]
Originally, Kana lacked talent, but due to the crossing, the soul’s strength became extremely resilient.
This became his exceptional talent, which he imparted to Alyris.
Similarly, in her original history, Alyris was a genius, unmatched in Blood Magic control.
Kana wasn’t surprised by his control over Blood Magic, but by the 50% extra gain in experience.
Is this the so-called transformation of talent?
Turning individual talent into additional experience gain, which, at first glance, seems incredibly reasonable.
And through this complete use, Alyris understood the meaning of the skill she acquired.
It seems like a capability beneficial to both parties.
But you must know this ability was taken from the Apostle of the Evil God.
In essence, its original capability was evil plunder, which perfectly aligns with the ability of an Apostle of the Evil God.
It involves exploring the other’s soul through the pinnacle of emotional connection.
Originally, it’s mere plunder, looting the other’s talent through deep emotional exchange.
Yet Alyris forcibly turned it into a mutual exchange of talents.
From forcible taking to mutual giving, the skill directly became a fixed link.
Alyris used it as a one-time skill.
It was a skill distortion caused by her intense emotions, aligning with the construct of the [Desire Incense Burner].
This Evil God, by nature, is a powerful plea of desire or emotion, and the ability formed is constructed based on emotions and desires.
Thus turning out to be a win-win.
However, this emotional soul link should have other uses that Kana has yet to understand.
...
With the engagement in Tula City.
The renown of the Night Watcher resounded completely in this region.
The Night Watcher also issued an official statement.
They reiterated their objective once more.
Emphasizing again that the Night Watcher’s presence is not mandatory, nor should there be any persecution after inviting them in.
The various forces basically acquired intelligence on the situation in Tula City at that time, although the intelligence seemed exaggerated, it at least gave them some apprehension.
Regardless, Night Watcher’s affairs on this continent have settled down.
Although more impending wars can be foreseen, this is beyond the current stage for the Night Watchers to intervene or prevent.
The Night Watcher also lacks the qualification to intervene.
Meanwhile, in the current office.
Kana sat at the desk, looking at the fragments before him.
Previously in Bruto, Kana’s fragments were enough to form a new piece.
A piece originating from a column-like fragment.
Alyris’s recent actions brought another piece, a very significant piece to them.
From a newly descended piece of the Cross Star.
Clearly, this piece had only recently appeared in this world.
This also indirectly validated Kana’s suspicions.
The world is frantically gathering fragments; as long as there’s a vacancy, a fragment will form.
Used for self-rescue.
Kana pondered over the piece’s use as he gazed at it.
At this moment, the door was knocked upon.
George walked in.
"Your Highness, should the reception of newcomers be paused with your upcoming departure?"
This was precisely the dilemma Kana faced.
Truth be told, George was anxious, not only George; leaders from various departments were also awaiting Kana’s response.
It was simple: with the breakout of wars and the intensification of local conflicts.
One could predict the need to dispatch a significant number of Night Watchers to curb the rampant local cults.
The newly implemented welcoming mechanism over the past few years had smoothly set into motion, Kana practically blessed a batch of newcomers every time he returned to Candlelight City.
Kana had to perform a major blessing almost every month.
The issue, however, was Kana’s planned trip to other continents.
This planning had reached a stage of completion, with all preparations done.
Only a few days remained before the operation commenced.
Yet the concerns of the headquarters’ departments lingered.
That is, if Kana leaves, who will conduct the blessings?
Won’t the flow of personnel be interrupted?
This was the primary reason for delaying Kana’s move.
There was a shortage of staff within departments and regions, especially in production and research departments.
They were the most short-staffed; the newcomers had been deployed to various areas by the [Night Patrol].
Once Kana leaves, it stops here, halting progress.
Kana’s solution resided in the piece before him.
Yet the piece was too large.
Using it solely for this capability seemed a bit wasteful, honestly.
This capability could definitely not be solved with a fragment, but the smallest tier of the piece might be just right.
But this piece was too large.
Even with additional wishes, they must revolve around the core for enhancement.
For instance, while adding professions, Kana sometimes added multiple professions based on the stone’s size.
These are multiple wishes granted through one stone.
But diverting wishes using such a method isn’t feasible.
Therefore, one must think about what similarly directed wishes to add that don’t require consuming too much energy.
