Arthur quickly scanned the text before him—
[Rite of Souls: In the notes recorded by Marinda, there are various secret techniques related to 'Undead'. Among them, the core legacy 'Rite of Souls' of the 'Black Robe' from the Tower of Mist is particularly coveted. These secret techniques and Entry-level Atlases usually take countless hours to learn, and one must possess exceptional Talent to succeed. But for you, who possess the Talent of 'Breath of Death' and the Bloodline of 'Serpent of Death - Remnant', it is far too simple, as if you had merely forgotten these advanced techniques.
You simply remembered them!
Moreover, due to the traits of your Talent and Bloodline, they also underwent mutations and were promoted, becoming wholly different from the original versions—
The soul? It's merely a part of 'Death'.]
[Effect: 1, Soul Bind; 2, Whipping; 3, Bone Divination;]
[Soul Bind: Due to your Talent and Bloodline, after mutating and promoting the 'Rite of Souls', every time you kill an opponent, you can use 'Aura of Death' to imprison the opponent's soul to serve you]
[Whipping: Construct an invisible whip with 'Aura of Death' that can inflict double damage and ten times the Pain on specters, evil spirits, fierce spirits, and evil spirits]
[Bone Divination: When you choose to extract the bones of your slain opponent, you can use them for divination]
(Note 1: Soul Bind requires occupying a part of 'Spirituality', starting from 'Spirituality' 0.1 up to 3. When it exceeds 'Spirituality' 3, 'Aura of Death' will automatically trim the opponent's soul to fit the maximum limit, but this will cause irreparable loss of memory)
(Note 2: The imprisoned soul will completely lose all Bloodline, secret techniques, and Talent related to the body, but the secret techniques and Talent related to the soul can be retained)
(Note 3: The soul retains memories from its life, but under the influence of your 'Aura of Death', such memories will become chaotic and fade away. After the memories have fully vanished, the imprisoned soul will become your slave; they will be numb, loyal, tireless, and the occupation of 'Spirituality' will be greatly reduced, almost negligible. You only need to spend a little Aura of Death daily)
(Note 4: After the memory of the imprisoned soul completely disappears, they might be promoted to specter, evil spirit, fierce spirit and, if specific conditions are met, there is a very low possibility of becoming an evil spirit. Promotion failure will cause the soul to vanish completely. The likelihood of promotion depends on the soul's innate Talent; specific conditions include but are not limited to one's own talents, environmental factors, and artefactual factors, etc.)
(Note 5: The construction of the Whip of Death entirely depends on the 'Aura of Death' you provide, and its length also depends on the strength of your 'Aura of Death'. Moreover, when facing a soul you have imprisoned, as long as it is in your line of sight, the Whip of Death is utterly locked on. When the imprisoned soul is promoted to specter, evil spirit, fierce spirit, or evil spirit, this effect still exists.)
(Note 6: During Bone Divination, using Deathly Fire to roast will yield more accurate divination results, but it is still not 100 percent accurate)
As Arthur read the text before him, he couldn't help but silently criticize—
To kill the opponent, and then imprison their soul?
What kind of hellish, devilish act is this?
And this is a result of my mutated and promoted Talent and Bloodline?
Am I this kind of person?
You're describing me as some kind of villain!'
The young 'Spirit Medium' thought to himself, yet there was an undertone of excitement in his eyes.
He wanted to experiment!
He was definitely not some pervert!
He just wanted to see if he could learn more secrets from an opponent's soul.
According to [Note 3], it should be feasible.
However, he needed to consider timing, and...
Dead people don't lie.
But the souls of the dead do lie.
Having full memories means having the memories of being killed, so Arthur could totally imagine the hatred in their hearts when he appeared before them.
Under such hatred, it would be natural for them to lie to him.
After all, ghosts are full of deceit.
'I wonder if [Insight][Eagle Eye] can see through the lies of the soul?'
Arthur thought to himself but wasn't too anxious.
Whether [Insight][Eagle Eye] could see through the lies of the soul, Arthur didn't know.
But one thing Arthur did know.
"Bluff — capable of deceiving even ghosts!"
Arthur was absolutely sure of this.
As long as they believed, he could deceive them.
To make them believe was a bit challenging, though not overly so.
'In life, I had killed them all!
How much smarter could they possibly be in death?
Especially as time passed, their memories starting to fade and disintegrate, deceiving ghosts seemed hardly fair with a tiny bit of challenge!'
Arthur smirked inwardly.
However, he did not truly disdain them.
Because he was well aware of how complex and erroneous the information became once the souls' memories became muddled and dissipated, and what a massive undertaking it was to sort that all out.
But Arthur was not daunted by this.
Having something was better than nothing.
Even if it took a great effort to sort through, it was still less trouble than creating something from scratch.
Bear in mind, he could also "corroborate" from the side.
Where there's action, there are traces.
A thing never simply springs from nothingness.
The things the soul knew could also be known by others; he just had to slightly "adjust" and he could discern the truth from lies.
Thinking so, Arthur looked at Marinda with a smile in his eyes.
The lady before him always brought surprises.
Filled with fairness and surprises, Marinda suddenly seemed extraordinary in Arthur's eyes at that moment, even as she was puffing on a pipe toward him, but to Arthur, she appeared slightly adorable.
Of course, if this notebook contained the secret technique of the 'Ghost Carriage,' Arthur promised Marinda would not just be slightly adorable, but exceptionally adorable.
'So, that so-called 'Ghost Carriage''s secret technique isn't 'Undead,' but 'Smoke'?
Arthur believed what Marinda said, that this notebook was her summary.
And if such a summary didn't mention the 'Ghost Carriage,' then that was the only possibility left.
As for the undead around the 'Ghost Carriage'?
Clearly, that was a disguise.
Entirely to fit the title of Marinda, the 'Lady of the Eternal Night.'
Because, according to rumors, when that lady traveled, she was carried by undead in a carriage that materialized out of thin air.
"Don't look at me with that kind of eyes!
Are you trying to trick me again?
I definitely won't be fooled again!"
Marinda spoke such words.
However, it was obviously bluster —
No sooner had she finished speaking, Marinda completely disappeared into a ring of smoke.
Clearly, she had been scared away.
Seeing this, Arthur couldn't help but laugh.
'Do I still need to devise plans for you?
Aren't you always the one walking into the line of fire?'
With that teasing sound, Arthur picked up Pendragon, who was utterly puzzled by the human world, to continue napping, when the voice of his good friend Scott suddenly came from outside the tent—
"Arthur, get dressed, will you?