Fei looked at the current 'Shadow Shurein' with fear.
The inner essence of this guy was not human at all.
Not a trace of humanity could be seen in his eyes; they were as cold as if he had no emotions, only showing a look of extreme fanatical loyalty when facing that Person in Black.
"You can also choose to refuse." Shadow Shurein drew his sword.
The Master had only ordered him to complete the mission with the other party, but hadn't said how to handle it if they refused.
However, he knew the Master only cared about the status of the mission.
So if Fei dared to refuse, he would kill these two humans without hesitation for the sake of completing the mission.
Fei hurriedly said, "I agree!"
Hearing her answer, Shadow Shurein sheathed his sword without changing his expression.
"Then from now on, I am Shurein, the Fourth Prince of the Anareto Kingdom."
"Yes, you are Shurein, I can vouch for that!"
Fei's performance almost made the real Shurein die of anger; this girl had actually defected so quickly.
Shadow Shurein said, "I will explain our mission. First, I must become the King of this country. You, explain the situation of the other competitors to me first..."
Both Fei and Shurein looked at Shadow Shurein in shock.
From the way this guy spoke, he wanted to seize the throne right now.
He intended to usurp the throne using Shurein's identity, and he planned to use the crudest of methods.
"This..." Fei didn't know how to answer.
If she agreed to this task, how was she supposed to face Shurein in the future?
This guy was out to kill Shurein's entire family.
Don't say anything!
Shurein's soul shouted from inside the doll, but no one could hear his cries.
Even though he still had the System and his Reincarnator Perk Skills at this moment,
inside an immobile doll, he couldn't do anything at all.
Furthermore, there was one more thing the Person in Black hadn't told them.
If Shurein couldn't take it and tried to come out of the doll, the one who would regret it would certainly be himself.
Seeing Fei's hesitant look, Shadow Shurein said coldly, "You can refuse to provide assistance."
Fei asked cautiously, "What would be the consequences if I refuse?"
Shadow Shurein silently drew his sword.
"Wait, I understand, I'll provide assistance!"
Fei felt she was truly down on her luck.
If she had known, she wouldn't have followed Shurein here.
No, as long as that contract existed, she wouldn't have been able to escape even if she hadn't followed.
Damn Shurein, you bastard should have released the contract sooner.
Claiming you didn't know how to release it—I really fell for your nonsense!
"I'll give you one week to write down the list for me."
"What list?"
Shadow Shurein swept a cold glance over.
Fei quickly indicated that she understood.
"Don't think about faking it. If I can't complete the Master's mission, neither of you will live."
Seeing that Shadow Shurein looked ready to go on a killing spree at any moment, Fei had no choice but to agree to his demands for now.
But this wasn't a solution; in a week, if she couldn't hand over the list, she'd be dead.
Even if Shurein could be saved, she wouldn't be.
Because the initiative of the contract lay with Shadow Shurein.
That contract could take her life at any time. She was truly a fool to believe Shurein's lies back then, believing it was an equal contract.
In the end, a contract signed between a human and a monster could never be equal.
Shadow Shurein said, "Now, take me back to the dormitory, and then tell me how to play Shurein, as well as Shurein's interpersonal relationships."
Fei lowered her head weakly, looking as though she had accepted her fate.
Shurein's soul shouted frantically inside the doll, telling Fei to refuse to cooperate with them, but the doll could not make a sound.
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Tsukasa returned to the dormitory without alerting anyone; her roommate hadn't come to school.
Eidor emerged from invisibility.
Before Tsukasa could even ask, she knew what Tsukasa wanted to know and took the initiative to explain.
"Shurein's soul is just the soul of an ordinary person."
"Is that so? But if that's because he's a Reincarnator, why am I different from them?"
As soon as Tsukasa finished speaking, she received a roll of the eyes from Eidor.
Eidor really wanted to say something.
Don't you have any self-awareness?
Tsukasa also realized she was indeed different, so she changed her question: "Then where did all the skills he strengthened go?"
"Aren't they still inside his body?"
"..."
Tsukasa frowned and looked at Eidor with an expression that said 'don't mess with me'.
She knew Eidor definitely understood what she meant.
According to the information she had gathered,
the System's strengthening was clearly directed at the soul, because when people die, energy is recovered by reclaiming the soul.
"Still can't figure it out?"
"Just say it."
Tsukasa indicated she didn't want to waste brain cells.
Eidor said with an 'I can't do anything with you' look, "Actually, the matter itself isn't complicated, you just haven't thought of it."
"Oh?"
"This isn't a problem with Reincarnators, but rather how people in this world are. If you think about it carefully, you'll understand. If skills and the soul were inseparable, how would the System recover and recycle their souls for energy after they die? Don't forget they have to reincarnate after death."
"Skills and the soul can be separated to begin with?"
"Exactly. For them, that's indeed the case."
If they couldn't be separated,
how could the souls of the dead be used to recover energy?
Casting souls into the cycle of reincarnation, letting them repeatedly reincarnate to harvest energy, is the System's way.
The System recovers energy through this efficient method.
The price is that humans are likely to be squeezed dry, until finally the entire human race is destroyed and can no longer continue the cycle.
Although the quantity initially determined was definitely enough, don't forget the Elf Race is over there stealing energy.
So now it's not enough.
But this problem isn't for them to worry about.
Eidor had just clarified the relationship between souls and skills to Tsukasa.
"You can now achieve things like soul extraction. As long as the opponent is off guard, with the exception of that Wakaba-san, even the previous Demon King would be no match for you. Because NPCs cannot defeat the GM. Although you aren't the GM, you've already mastered GM methods; you're like a hacker now."
Tsukasa hadn't expected Necromancy Magic to be this strong.
No, it wasn't that Necromancy Magic was strong, but that this System itself had this bug.
If there were no System, then Necromancy Magic would be ordinary magic—just a bit scary, no different from other magic.
But now it was different.
Because the System was intentionally designed this way.
Therefore, within Necromancy Magic, a mere low-level spell for manipulating souls could kill the powerhouses of this world.
Even that Demon King could potentially be taken out by this small spell.
However... "I'm overthinking it. In the time it takes for me to use the spell, the Demon King could kill me ten million times over."
Tsukasa thought of the Demon King's attributes she had seen back then.
, reaching the System's upper limit—just ask if you're scared.
Moreover, her casting also required time; it wasn't as if she could pull out the opponent's soul in an instant.
Just like just now, if Shurein had the strength, he could have completely killed her before she pulled his soul out.
Shurein didn't have that kind of strength, but the Demon King certainly did.
And besides this move, spells like soul destruction could all be nullified.
Because within the System, they were judged as a type of Heresy Magic and could be defended against.
Back then, she had thrown a spell with a similar effect face-to-face at that Demon King, but it didn't even cause a ripple.
Instead, she herself was injured by the backlash of magic power.
Only this method, which can directly touch the soul, is effective.
In summary.
It seems very powerful, but in reality, it's not very useful for her.
Those she couldn't defeat, she still can't defeat.
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