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Chapter 17 Appreciating the Aesthetics of Bones

After bidding farewell to Dali Feibian, Blaze continued to the Balkan City, testing the skills of the night watchman on the way.

"[Soul Capture]!"

The rat monster that was turning into dust twitched like a flashback, and the originally floating soul flame suddenly swelled in size.

After Blaze crushed a larger ball of soul flame in his hand, he determined the advantages and disadvantages of the [Soul Capture] skill.

This skill was originally used to capture the wandering souls that escaped, but Blaze then thought about it. The way for the blessed to become stronger is to absorb part of the souls of the defeated monsters. Then use [Soul Capture] to capture all the souls in one go. If you pull out all the souls and absorb them, can you get more experience points?

It turns out it works.

[Mixed Rat LV1]

[After stealing the evil god’s blood, his too humble soul was crushed to pieces and became a walking zombie spreading the evil god’s faith]

The lowest level monsters can give very limited experience points, so after using [Soul Capture], you can feel the changes in the amount more clearly.

However, Blazer is still a little worried about other side effects. The soul is too mysterious.

[You don’t have to worry about what impact absorbing a complete soul will have on your own soul. Your shapes are all different. ]
Chicken was nonchalant about Blaze's doubts.

[The soul of a mouse is only a mouse in a mouse container. When it enters other containers, it will lose itself and become pure energy. Things like the soul are very pretentious. As long as there is a slight difference, it will completely collapse into ordinary energy. ]
[But if you use the soul capture skill to absorb a complete soul, it is better to try to avoid absorbing the souls of humans and demi-humans. Souls are like puzzle pieces. There are always places that coincidentally overlap with your soul. If you absorb more You will gradually lose yourself. ]
Blaze couldn't help but think of his predecessor, the Black Beast Knight, who said at that time that he "absorbed too many souls."

The soul fragments of 400 million strangers caused the Black Beast Knight to lose his soul, so he wanted to kill him at that time and regain his consciousness by absorbing him who had a similar appearance, name and maybe even soul.

"Actually, you are reminding me that when making your body, remember to match the shape of your soul."

[Yes, so hurry up and learn the two skills [Skeleton Aesthetics] and [Botany], and then make a perfect body for my noble soul. ]
The chicken kept crowing, and because it was in the form of a soul, the noisy chicken crow echoed directly in Blaze's mind.

[Botany] is acceptable. It is equivalent to a basic plant encyclopedia. All medical planting professions will have this skill. The night watchman can regard the wandering soul as the seed of a plant and cultivate the soul in the same way as a plant.

[Skeleton Aesthetics] is a bit laughable. The skill description clearly states that this is a skill that can improve the ability to appreciate bones. At a high level, you can even appreciate bones through skin and muscles.

Once you learn it, there is a chance that you will develop a desire for bones.

"I can only get 2 skill points when I level up." Blaze looked at his remaining 5 skill points with some distress. The amount of experience he needed to level up would not be reduced just because his level was lowered. .

[Okay, now you can use the materials on your body to prepare my body. ]
The chicken raised its head proudly and started picking through the materials Blaze had placed on the ground.

[The teeth and claws of the Nemean Lion? It can be used to make weapons that can destroy the fur of the Nemean Lion of the same level. It is just perfect for my claws. ]
"Oh? This thing can pierce the skin of those lions?"

Blaze picked up a claw and stabbed it into his palm, but it did not pierce the soft material of his palm and armor.

[Your armor is very strange. The special ability of the Nemean lion’s teeth and claws can easily penetrate [armor]]
"Because although this armor has the defensive power that armor should have, it is not [armor]." Blaze glanced at his equipment column. The head, chest, waist and legs all showed "None".

There are two speculations. One is that it will only appear in the equipment list after he lifts the curse on the armor and knows the name of the armor.

The second is that this armor is a special status brought by the skills of an extremely rare profession. It can give yourself another layer of armor while wearing equipment. [Paladin] can use his unique skills to put a layer of illusory armor on himself.

Judging from his profession [Soul Knight LV5], it is mostly due to the unique skills of the profession.

"If you make it into a weapon, it can cause cutting or penetrating damage to the Nemean lion."

Although fists can also cause damage to the Nemean Lion, who would give up his biggest trump card [fatal execution].

[It is not possible for a third-rate blacksmith to use materials of this level for weapon forging and retain the desired characteristics. ] The chicken's wings are crossed, making a posture similar to that of humans with arms crossed.

[It requires extremely high skills, at least one must have a [Blacksmith Master]. ]
"This……"

Blaze looked troubled. Blacksmiths in this world are particularly rare because the pinnacle of blacksmiths, the "Master Craftsman", has lost its upgrade path due to the curse of the dwarves.

To become a [Master Craftsman], dwarf blood is not necessary, but the dwarf's skills such as [Dwarf Blacksmithing] and [Looking into the Eye of Fire] are necessary. But these necessary skills are no longer available because the dwarves have lost their intelligence.

Even strangers who have created miracles many times have not been able to break the blacksmith's bottleneck.

"Can we just give up?"

Blaze put down his teeth with some regret. If weapons made from lions' teeth and claws could be produced in large quantities, they would undoubtedly come in handy when fighting the Nemean lions.

After grinding the bones of a man-eating sheep with a twisted sword inserted next to it, tiny pieces of bone were placed on the smooth stone.

These are the bones that can completely build a chicken skeleton. To be honest, not long ago, Blaze might not be able to distinguish between the left leg bone and the right leg bone. After learning the skill of [Skeleton Aesthetics], he can even Find beauty in your bones.

[Skill] This existence is really terrifying.

[Next is the seeds. Use the [Botany] skill to find a random seed, and then use the [Soul Seed] skill to place me in the seed. Finally, put the seed into the heart of the skeleton and you're done. ]
"It definitely can't be an ordinary seed."

Blaze looked around. The [Botany] skill had improved his ability to identify plants due to his blessing, but all within his field of vision were ordinary seeds.

The seed is not something like the body that can be replaced at any time, but the place where the real soul resides. Once chosen, it cannot be easily replaced.

Chicken deliberately said it casually and kept emphasizing the noble body. I am afraid that he did not want to cause additional burdens to him and wanted to bear the burden of ordinary seeds on his soul.

"Ah, that seems to work."

(End of this chapter)