Chapter 325: Peach Ring
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Chapter 325: Peach Ring
Sage felt an initial wave of terror when he activated the peach wood ring. The sudden sight of that violently swirling vortex startled him. A moment later, he realized there was nothing to be worried about. His consciousness had been drawn in, but that was the same method for that of even the cheapest Storage Bag. Nothing else happened to him, so he just carefully observed what was going on. He sent his awareness closer to the swirling liquid and then he sensed it wasnt empty. Within those swirling waters he saw the outline of a shadowy figure. A ghostly silhouette drifting through the water.
Could it be?
He tried to will forth one of those shadowy outlines from the water and found his guess to be correct. A spirit of some sort was slowly drawn outwards from the swirling water, the ghostly shape letting out a harrowing wail. It turned its gaze towards him, even though it had no face or eyes, Sage could feel it staring. A sense of deep aggression weighed upon him and at that point he released the spirit back into the swirling water. The ghostly shape was drawn back into the spinning whirlpool and disappeared once more. Sage waited to make sure nothing else weird happened and then drew his consciousness back out of the ring. Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.
Hah, a Soul Locker!
Sage had heard of such items before, but they were quite uncommon. In essence, they were basically a Storage Bag or Beast Bag, but for ghosts, spirits, and souls. A Storage Bag was an extradimensional space, but had no other requirements. Then there was Beast Bags, which had to get air and Qi from the outside world to sustain the living things inside. They were also rated by the maximum power and intellect of a creature that they could store. It wasnt just a strict measure of intellect or force either, it was something to do with the inherent nature of the beast. It was for this reason that people couldnt be stored inside Beast Bags, nor could things like Dragons or other high ranking beasts. A mutated crocodile that had reached rank 6 could be held in a bag, but a newborn baby could not. It was an unusual rule of the world that not many knew how it worked.
A Soul Locker was equally mysterious. Soul Cultivators were rare and so were the devices and tools that they used. Keeping spirits contained had its own special requirements, and it was something Sage had no concrete knowledge of. As such, he had no idea what went into crafting the Peach Ring. At the very least, it seemed he could use the Soul Locker, but as he saw it did not give the owner any control over the spirits it contained. It reminded him of the cages for Demonic Beasts. Even if you bought a cage with a beast inside, it only contained them, it didnt give you a method to control them. The Soul Locker was pretty useless to him as this point as he couldnt really make use of the spirits. Well, thats not true he could feed them to his Twin Soul.
Seems I have no choice but to use that method.
Sage let out an uneasy sigh before responding, Bring those that are healthy to me, one at a time.
Despite how creepy he sounded, he wasnt violating anyone, at least not physically. Instead, he loosened the Human Seal and his eyes shifted to that strange vertically slit configuration. The ellipsis was wide in the center like a normal circular pupil was overlaid upon it. Around that black pupil was a narrow red outline, and as soon as the first person entered the room with him, a yellow glow came from his eyes and that circular black area in the center of his vertical pupils started to undulate from side to side.
The Hypnotic Eye. The ability hed gained from that strange toad, and one which was a violation of a persons mind. He tried to use it as sparingly as possible, considering it could completely subvert a persons free will. Those who were one rank lower than him could be mesmerized when their eyes met. While mesmerized, if they were two ranks lower he could even implant hypnotic suggestions, and if they were three ranks lower he had nearly complete control, as long as they werent performing any actions harmful to themselves at least. Their subconscious mind would shock them back to awareness if he tried to make them do anything truly abhorrent to their sensibilities.
Considering that the vast majority of these captives were normal people, it was pretty trivial for him to make them forget what theyd seen. They would only remember being saved by the Jade Horde from the Slaver Outpost and then wake up outside Lionheart Town being escorted by some Hoplites. There were only a few of the people that were rank 2 and only a single one of the people was at rank 3 and outside of Sages complete control. For that man Sage implanted the suggestion that hed been drugged and heavily injured. He told him he was in deep shock and that is why he only remembered the Hoplite camp and not the journey back to town.
It wasnt perfect, but he was the only witness. Even if he did piece his memories back together again later, the other people who were freed couldnt corroborate his story and what would he get out of causing trouble with the City Lord of Lionheart Town?
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Chapter 325: Peach Ring
Sage felt an initial wave of terror when he activated the peach wood ring. The sudden sight of that violently swirling vortex startled him. A moment later, he realized there was nothing to be worried about. His consciousness had been drawn in, but that was the same method for that of even the cheapest Storage Bag. Nothing else happened to him, so he just carefully observed what was going on. He sent his awareness closer to the swirling liquid and then he sensed it wasnt empty. Within those swirling waters he saw the outline of a shadowy figure. A ghostly silhouette drifting through the water.
Could it be?
He tried to will forth one of those shadowy outlines from the water and found his guess to be correct. A spirit of some sort was slowly drawn outwards from the swirling water, the ghostly shape letting out a harrowing wail. It turned its gaze towards him, even though it had no face or eyes, Sage could feel it staring. A sense of deep aggression weighed upon him and at that point he released the spirit back into the swirling water. The ghostly shape was drawn back into the spinning whirlpool and disappeared once more. Sage waited to make sure nothing else weird happened and then drew his consciousness back out of the ring. Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.
Hah, a Soul Locker!
Sage had heard of such items before, but they were quite uncommon. In essence, they were basically a Storage Bag or Beast Bag, but for ghosts, spirits, and souls. A Storage Bag was an extradimensional space, but had no other requirements. Then there was Beast Bags, which had to get air and Qi from the outside world to sustain the living things inside. They were also rated by the maximum power and intellect of a creature that they could store. It wasnt just a strict measure of intellect or force either, it was something to do with the inherent nature of the beast. It was for this reason that people couldnt be stored inside Beast Bags, nor could things like Dragons or other high ranking beasts. A mutated crocodile that had reached rank 6 could be held in a bag, but a newborn baby could not. It was an unusual rule of the world that not many knew how it worked.
A Soul Locker was equally mysterious. Soul Cultivators were rare and so were the devices and tools that they used. Keeping spirits contained had its own special requirements, and it was something Sage had no concrete knowledge of. As such, he had no idea what went into crafting the Peach Ring. At the very least, it seemed he could use the Soul Locker, but as he saw it did not give the owner any control over the spirits it contained. It reminded him of the cages for Demonic Beasts. Even if you bought a cage with a beast inside, it only contained them, it didnt give you a method to control them. The Soul Locker was pretty useless to him as this point as he couldnt really make use of the spirits. Well, thats not true he could feed them to his Twin Soul.
Seems I have no choice but to use that method.
Sage let out an uneasy sigh before responding, Bring those that are healthy to me, one at a time.
Despite how creepy he sounded, he wasnt violating anyone, at least not physically. Instead, he loosened the Human Seal and his eyes shifted to that strange vertically slit configuration. The ellipsis was wide in the center like a normal circular pupil was overlaid upon it. Around that black pupil was a narrow red outline, and as soon as the first person entered the room with him, a yellow glow came from his eyes and that circular black area in the center of his vertical pupils started to undulate from side to side.
The Hypnotic Eye. The ability hed gained from that strange toad, and one which was a violation of a persons mind. He tried to use it as sparingly as possible, considering it could completely subvert a persons free will. Those who were one rank lower than him could be mesmerized when their eyes met. While mesmerized, if they were two ranks lower he could even implant hypnotic suggestions, and if they were three ranks lower he had nearly complete control, as long as they werent performing any actions harmful to themselves at least. Their subconscious mind would shock them back to awareness if he tried to make them do anything truly abhorrent to their sensibilities.
Considering that the vast majority of these captives were normal people, it was pretty trivial for him to make them forget what theyd seen. They would only remember being saved by the Jade Horde from the Slaver Outpost and then wake up outside Lionheart Town being escorted by some Hoplites. There were only a few of the people that were rank 2 and only a single one of the people was at rank 3 and outside of Sages complete control. For that man Sage implanted the suggestion that hed been drugged and heavily injured. He told him he was in deep shock and that is why he only remembered the Hoplite camp and not the journey back to town.
It wasnt perfect, but he was the only witness. Even if he did piece his memories back together again later, the other people who were freed couldnt corroborate his story and what would he get out of causing trouble with the City Lord of Lionheart Town?
Chapter 325: Peach RingSage felt an initial wave of terror when he activated the peach wood ring. The sudden sight of that violently swirling vortex startled him. A moment later, he realized there was nothing to be worried about. His consciousness had been drawn in, but that was the same method for that of even the cheapest Storage Bag. Nothing else happened to him, so he just carefully observed what was going on. He sent his awareness closer to the swirling liquid and then he sensed it wasnt empty. Within those swirling waters he saw the outline of a shadowy figure. A ghostly silhouette drifting through the water. Could it be?He tried to will forth one of those shadowy outlines from the water and found his guess to be correct. A spirit of some sort was slowly drawn outwards from the swirling water, the ghostly shape letting out a harrowing wail. It turned its gaze towards him, even though it had no face or eyes, Sage could feel it staring. A sense of deep aggression weighed upon him and at that point he released the spirit back into the swirling water. The ghostly shape was drawn back into the spinning whirlpool and disappeared once more. Sage waited to make sure nothing else weird happened and then drew his consciousness back out of the ring. N00vl--1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.Hah, a Soul Locker! Sage had heard of such items before, but they were quite uncommon. In essence, they were basically a Storage Bag or Beast Bag, but for ghosts, spirits, and souls. A Storage Bag was an extradimensional space, but had no other requirements. Then there was Beast Bags, which had to get air and Qi from the outside world to sustain the living things inside. They were also rated by the maximum power and intellect of a creature that they could store. It wasnt just a strict measure of intellect or force either, it was something to do with the inherent nature of the beast. It was for this reason that people couldnt be stored inside Beast Bags, nor could things like Dragons or other high ranking beasts. A mutated crocodile that had reached rank 6 could be held in a bag, but a newborn baby could not. It was an unusual rule of the world that not many knew how it worked. A Soul Locker was equally mysterious. Soul Cultivators were rare and so were the devices and tools that they used. Keeping spirits contained had its own special requirements, and it was something Sage had no concrete knowledge of. As such, he had no idea what went into crafting the Peach Ring. At the very least, it seemed he could use the Soul Locker, but as he saw it did not give the owner any control over the spirits it contained. It reminded him of the cages for Demonic Beasts. Even if you bought a cage with a beast inside, it only contained them, it didnt give you a method to control them. The Soul Locker was pretty useless to him as this point as he couldnt really make use of the spirits. Well, thats not true he could feed them to his Twin Soul.Seems I have no choice but to use that method.Sage let out an uneasy sigh before responding, Bring those that are healthy to me, one at a time. Despite how creepy he sounded, he wasnt violating anyone, at least not physically. Instead, he loosened the Human Seal and his eyes shifted to that strange vertically slit configuration. The ellipsis was wide in the center like a normal circular pupil was overlaid upon it. Around that black pupil was a narrow red outline, and as soon as the first person entered the room with him, a yellow glow came from his eyes and that circular black area in the center of his vertical pupils started to undulate from side to side. The Hypnotic Eye. The ability hed gained from that strange toad, and one which was a violation of a persons mind. He tried to use it as sparingly as possible, considering it could completely subvert a persons free will. Those who were one rank lower than him could be mesmerized when their eyes met. While mesmerized, if they were two ranks lower he could even implant hypnotic suggestions, and if they were three ranks lower he had nearly complete control, as long as they werent performing any actions harmful to themselves at least. Their subconscious mind would shock them back to awareness if he tried to make them do anything truly abhorrent to their sensibilities. Considering that the vast majority of these captives were normal people, it was pretty trivial for him to make them forget what theyd seen. They would only remember being saved by the Jade Horde from the Slaver Outpost and then wake up outside Lionheart Town being escorted by some Hoplites. There were only a few of the people that were rank 2 and only a single one of the people was at rank 3 and outside of Sages complete control. For that man Sage implanted the suggestion that hed been drugged and heavily injured. He told him he was in deep shock and that is why he only remembered the Hoplite camp and not the journey back to town.It wasnt perfect, but he was the only witness. Even if he did piece his memories back together again later, the other people who were freed couldnt corroborate his story and what would he get out of causing trouble with the City Lord of Lionheart Town?
