The power of Gluttony was rather incredible, I had decided to let the weapon absorb all the Demonic Cores I had instead of trying to sell them, for the moment prioritizing the growth of my weapon was my goal.
After every Demonic Core was devoured by Gluttony, only transparent sand was left from the formerly red crystals, he wasn't able to devour them in the literal sense, but after piercing them, all the power in these crystals was completely absorbed, so they turned into very thin glass that fell into tiny pieces.
[Gluttony] has devoured the [Demonic Core]!]
[Gluttony] has gained EXP]
[Gluttony] has devoured the [Demonic Core]!]
[Gluttony] has gained EXP]
[Gluttony] has devoured the [Demonic Core]!]
[Gluttony] has gained EXP]
[Gluttony] has Leveled Up from Level 1 to Level 2!]
[Gluttony] is growing stronger!]
Gluttony suddenly leveled up, as Eleanora and I noticed how the spear began to glow with a bright red color, and a few parts of its body was covered in black steel… But only a bit.
I checked the Status of the weapon through the Grimoire, and its bonus stats had increased.
The power it could give to me while wielding it had been enhanced, how amazing.
[Cursed Wooden Spear: Gluttony (Rare-Grade): Lv2 (EXP: 50 / 2000)]
Demonic Predation: Can grow stronger by predating in Blood, Spirit Orbs, Demonic Cores, and more. It can grow faster if it consumes the blood of Demons.
Accursed Wounds: Inflicted wounds with this spear might not heal as fast, and rotting would begin faster.
Hm, seeing at the Stats, I can already notice that it gains more by leveling up. I had never seen a weapon that could grow through this method, even the ones I had made before didn't grow but required me to spend materials and enhance them with these materials.
But this weapon… well, it was alive, and perhaps thanks to its connection with the Grimoire, it was able to Level Up. It appears that it gains experience through the absorption of Demonic Cores. I don't know if it can gain Experience Points in other ways, perhaps by slaying demons too? But we would have to try that out on another occasion, as of now, I don't have any plans regarding killing demons.
Taking a closer look into its Ability it does indeed says that it can predate on blood, spirit orbs, demonic cores, and more… I guess it might also work with spirit orbs, but these are rare now that I can't find them as easily. Even going into the Second Layer gave me only demonic cores, the demons are probably hunting down every single monster for food.
Oh right, there was the wolf corpse… I saved it in my bag, it should have a spirit orb…
I took out the wolf and then opened its chest, taking out the spirit orb from it.
I used the spear to pierce through the spirit orb, and in an instant, it cracked open, an essence came out of it and rushed into the spear.
The spirit orb then turned completely transparent, drained of all its energy.
[Gluttony] has devoured the [Spirit Orb]!]
[Gluttony] has gained EXP]
[Gluttony] is growing stronger!]
[Gluttony] learned the [Beast Spirit Summon] Special Ability!]
I looked into the spear one last time.
A single, weak, and small spirit orb helped the weapon unlock a new ability.
"Eleanora, did you see that?" I asked.
"Yes… For a faint moment, I saw something resembling a wolf entering the spear… C-Could it be? Are Spirit Orbs… do they contain the soul of the beast?" wondered Eleanora.
"Hmm… Recalling how Erika came to be, that's quite possible… Her soul is after all within her Spirit Orb, so it is possible that all Spirit Orbs possess souls… But this new Ability it learned…" I said, as I began to look at the weapon's description once more.
In there, a new Special Ability appeared.
Beast Spirit Summon: Grants the Ability to Summon a Beast Spirit from the Spirit Orbs it had absorbed which will be the embodiment of the spear's powers. These Beast Spirits grow stronger as the Spear does.
Even after absorbing so many Demonic Cores, it didn't got anything , but after absorbing a single Spirit Orb, it gained such an incredible Ability.
But how does this works, exactly? Grimoire, can't you offer some more detailed information?
I tried infusing my Mana into the spear and tried to activate the ability while holding the weapon tightly.
"Beast Spirit Summon."
Suddenly, I felt like I lost over half my Mana in an instant, and then, the spear began to generate a large cloud of red and black smoke, which slowly took the form of something…
The gray wolf made of darkness and red energy quickly materialized in front of us, standing there in silence.
"E-Eh?! A beast spirit was really summoned!" said Eleanora in surprise.
"Indeed… This is big. To think the spear of my father would hold such potential… I wonder if I can turn more weapons into Cursed Weapons with extravagant abilities… Well, for now it would be better to only concentrate into this one." I said.
"I agree… But is there a limit of how many you can summon?" wondered Eleanora.
"Hmm… I don't think so, but the cost of Mana is big, and judging by its appearance and the status of this summon shown by the grimoire, it will probably die in a few hits, and it cannot level up nor grow stronger by itself… it is all tied up by the Spear." I said.
"Interesting… Nonetheless, if you can let it absorb more Spirit Orbs, more forms could be unlocked!" said Eleanora.
"Yes… This is indeed very interesting. I will make sure to use this to my advantage…" I said.