Chapter 802: Chapter 183: The Wild Hunt Transformation Ceremony Chapter 802: Chapter 183: The Wild Hunt Transformation Ceremony “You just said, ‘The furious earthbound spirits are beyond calming’?”
Aiwass keenly noticed the detail in Merlin’s words: “What’s going on?
Does my soul still linger in this world?”
Although it was somewhat embarrassing for Merlin to reveal this to the hero of bygone days.
He still puffed out his chest and told Sir Helquinn the truth: “The giants of old, obviously, couldn’t hold a funeral for you.
Even though some people have collected parts of the remains, not only is it impossible to tell which part belongs to whom, but it’s also impossible to invite an Elf Priest from the Holy Nation to Avalon Island to conduct the funeral.
“These restless souls have transformed into the undead due to intense resentment, even more terrifying and powerful than in life.”
“…And among them, the most ferocious undead is you.”
Merlin said candidly: “It’s for this reason that our king is holding the still-experimental Ceremony of Heroic Spirits.
Summoning the heroic spirits who fought against the giants in the past to fight alongside us.
“After the battle is over, we can rely on your connection with the undead to forcefully perform purification.
After all, heroes of the past shouldn’t be transformed into feared and loathed undead simply because they were denied a proper burial…
“…But I think we might not need to wait until the battle is over.
Facing an Angel Envoy, merely using ‘Heroic Spirits’ might not be enough.
The best method I can think of is to use the Heroic Spirits as a medium to transform your past soul into The Wild Hunt…”
Listening to Merlin explaining his plan and watching him start to set up the ceremony, Aiwass gradually began to understand.
—”Heroic Spirit” originally referred to those undead who retained their rationality.
Typically, the undead are either confused and harbor hatred towards the living or are transformed by immense resentment.
However, there is an exception, which is becoming an undead while maintaining a clear intent.
This requires strong willpower to resist the Dusk Transformation’s invasion of the soul…
and those capable of this are generally heroes.
Hence, such undead are called Heroic Spirits.
True Heroic Spirits are extremely rare.
Furthermore, if not protected, Heroic Spirits will gradually lose their sanctity over time and devolve into ordinary undead as the ages pass.
The only “true Heroic Spirit” Aiwass currently knows of is the one sleeping within the Red-Handled Sword.
—It should be one of the knights in Arthur’s current camp.
It continues to exist as a Heroic Spirit because it remains sealed and in Sleep within the Holy Sword.
What is called “summoning of Heroic Spirits” is actually not summoning true Heroic Spirits.
This skill, in the future, belongs to the Path of Authority’s spell—this job skill is exclusive to the Aide-de-camp of the Path of Authority and its advanced profession, Heroic Spirit Commander.
They can summon “Spiritual Weapons” with a simple self-awareness; or through some special, long-worshipped weapons, they can summon Light-Attribute Spirits capable of controlling these weapons.
These Heroic Spirits are definitely not the actual souls of the weapon’s owners…
they are merely simulacra created.
Or rather, they are the ‘holders’ as seen in people’s minds.
They are fragments carrying hopes and adorations, an image created from the fake to the real.
Usually, this art is used for guarding.
For instance, if you wanted to guard an important warehouse but were worried about insider theft, you could create a tireless, invisible, and illusion-immune Heroic Spirit to guard the door.
Just like if people opened a temple or shrine to worship Sir Helquinn—even though the real Sir Helquinn has transformed into a furious undead and cannot possibly be summoned, as long as “Sir Helquinn’s Weapon” from this temple is used as a medium, the rational and mild-mannered Heroic Spirit Helquinn of the past can still be summoned.
This not only relates to the Path of Authority and the Ascension Path but even has some connections with the Path of Beauty and the Path of Dusk.
Necromancy also has a similar ability, which can bring back souls that have died or even reincarnated for a brief manifestation.
—And in this era, the Path of Authority does not yet exist.
The role Aiwass is playing is probably that of the “first summoned Heroic Spirit” in the world, personally summoned by Arthur.
“No wonder he entered a brief realm of time suspension when he came out…” Aiwass thought to himself.
It’s probably like the time in the Ceremony of Avalon’s Shadow when Aiwass came in contact with Lancelot I.
What Merlin needs to do is to substitute the real with the fake.
Let the “Heroic Spirit Helquinn” summoned by Arthur replace the irrational undead Helquinn in the signing of the ceremony…
thus, consciously selling himself to the Great Sage, becoming one of the Great Sage’s Wild Hunt.
Compared to summoning a bunch of Heroic Spirits with the strength of the third or fourth power level, it’s better to directly transform undead Helquinn into The Wild Hunt.
“Hate” is a very precious nourishment for the undead.
Transcendents transformed into the undead because of immense resentment often become much stronger than they were in life.
Just like the Earthbound Spirit sealed into the Phantom Card by Aiwass—she was merely a mortal little girl as a human, but under immense resentment, she suddenly became a Fifth Power Level Phantom Demon.
Helquinn and his attendants, though massacred by the giants while alive…
after their deaths and transformation into undead, the giants no longer dared to provoke them.