Chapter 2453 – 2453. Dark Moon

I killed him by destroying his heart and the power stone.

His body falls to the ground.

[Telekinesis]

Using telekinesis, he pulled out the soul core embedded in his brain. The soul core was fine. Of course, the soul of the guy inside it.

‘You can replace the body as much as you like. What is important is the soul core. As long as the soul core is intact, you can kill as many times as you want.’

I took out a new body from my inventory.

This time it’s not a human corpse.

Monster.

It was also the corpse of a goblin.

‘The body is as intact as possible, the brain burned by a thunderbolt. Even if other organs don’t know, the brain can’t function.’

Insert the soul core into the head of a goblin corpse. The heart is embedded with a magic stone.

Wiggle.

The goblin corpse moves. The traces of the soul core and magic stone remaining on the corpse quickly disappeared. It has recovered.

‘One of the functions of the soul core. It was recovered using mana. … No. Since he is already dead, it is not recovery, but repair.’

I know the magic that turns an object into a soul core. However, we do not know exactly how soul cores are created. The same is true when looking at the technique.

‘Ilario created this arcane magic together with the devil. I guess it must be said that the power of the devil was at work.’

Somehow or another, they are not low-level devils. Minimum high level demon. Perhaps a demon-level demon may have made a contract with Ilario.

“Ugh. Argh! My, I’m a goblin!!”

“You speak clearly as a human being. Due to the structure of a goblin’s vocal cords, it is impossible to speak in a clear tone. Are you talking using mana? But. Ilario must have thought about putting this into a doll… “I should be able to speak regardless of my vocal cords.”

“You son of a bitch!! Bring me back to normal!!”

The guy gets angry and runs towards me, shouting.

Bang! Kwa-bang!

The power of the goblin’s fist hitting the barrier was similar to that of a cannonball. Even so, it is not enough to break through the barrier spread by a level 6 wizard.

“You can use this ability even in a goblin body. “Your special ability is related to the soul.”

Take out the dark hole and use black magic.

[Corpse explosion]

However, the magic did not appear.

‘Corpse Explosion, a level 5 black magic, explodes distant corpses or undead made of corpses. Undead without magic resistance cannot resist. But the corpse explosion didn’t work.’

The goblin corpse was ordinary. There is no such thing as magic resistance. This means that the soul core itself has high magic resistance.

Snap your fingers. A bloody blade appeared and cut off the goblin’s limbs.

“Ahhhhh! You bastard!!!!”

“If you fuck up one more time, I’ll torture you forever.”

“…”

The guy immediately shut his mouth.

‘The biggest drawback of the Commandment of Souls is that there is no means of controlling the created soul core. The magic resistance is so high that the corpse explosion I use doesn’t work… It seems impossible to control it through necromancy.’

In that sense, necromancy was not a form of necromancy. Even in the grimoire, there was nothing written about how to control the soul core.

‘Ilario. This crazy guy had no intention of controlling the doll he had created through his will. A pervert who is satisfied with just making dolls.’

The man whose limbs were cut off died just like that. The soul core did not have the recovery power to regenerate a severed limb.

He waited a little longer, but the thing didn’t die. The mana of the magic stone maintained life. Even though his life was lost to a critical degree.

“Well, that’s enough now, right? Please stop killing me…”

“There is still one left.”

I took out the doll from my inventory. He looks like an ordinary human on the outside, but on the inside he is filled with machines. Inside, it is equipped with a mana power source that is incomparably more sophisticated than a magic stone.

He put the soul core into the mechanical doll’s head.

“Is this a human body? I can hear the sound of a machine running inside my body…”

“The machine is right.”

“… But why do I feel like I’m alive?”

“It’s a function of the soul core.”

He snaps his fingers. A bloody blade appears and cuts off his arm.

“Click!”

The guy was holding his severed arm and was in pain.

Mechanical dolls do not have the ability to feel pain. Feeling pain is purely the power of the soul core.

‘Perfect doll. That means humans. The doll itself is an imitation of a human being. Not only will you feel sensation and pain, but you will probably also feel desire.’

Ilario did not think of the Command Plan as anything more than a tool. Because his true purpose was to create a soul.

‘So I copied the soul core and tried to create a new soul core, something from nothing.’

However, it failed.

The copied soul core was also similar to the original. That too with a deteriorated plate.

While I was lost in thought for a moment, the guy moved as he pleased.

Bang!

He smashed his own head with his remaining hand.

The shattered soul core was visible between the shattered pieces of the machine.

‘Once a soul core is broken, it cannot be made into a soul core again.’

Ilario also gave the doll the right to commit suicide.

‘I need to be careful when managing it. But this does not mean there is no way. This means that even if you try to commit suicide, you can only protect your soul core.’

If they were completely the same as humans, the desire for life would also exist. The reason he committed suicide was because he didn’t want to suffer as an experiment.

‘I think if I coax or make a deal, something will work out. If you use magic engineering well… I can create subordinates that I can control.’

Besides that, there were many other uses for the commandment.

• • •

Area X is so quiet that even rats don’t wander around.

Although it is a place where gangs gather, it has its own order and discipline. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t on guard.

And here.

There was a group quietly observing the anomaly in Area X.

Gang members have spiky hair, wear punk clothes, and are armed with guns and knives. They looked at a certain place through a telescope.

“Oh, fuck. A high-ranking wizard is robbing assholes? “I never thought Rose would send a real high-ranking wizard.”

“I don’t know about anything else about Rose, but her connections are amazing. What do you mean, there is a CEO of a large company among her connections?”

“Eugene Meyer. He was a mercenary wizard who worked with Rose. A guy who was lucky enough to discover a superconductor in the ruins. Following him, the number of people who quit gangs and became explorers increased.”

“That wizard… He’s a vampire wizard who works with Rose these days. He is a warlock, and he often uses blood magic.”

“You idiot. Blood magic is also a type of black magic.”

“I heard that blood magic doesn’t even use black mana? Since it uses blood, isn’t it blood magic?”

“I don’t like blood or black mana, so it’s black magic. Oh, fuck. They even use necromancy. “It’s so fucking horrible.”

“… I never thought I would see real necromancy. But why isn’t necromancy illegal? It’s so fucking shit…”

“I don’t know, fuck. Anyway, you should never touch that bastard. Even if I die, I can’t die. If you go against his will, you will become undead and have to serve him for the rest of your life.”

“It’s terrible.”

“… What’s even more terrifying is that it looks like he just put a human soul into a goblin and a machine.”

“What? A soul in a machine? Aren’t you crazy?! How can you put a human soul into a machine body? Even the devil wouldn’t do something like that!”

“All wizards are like that.”

There are mostly two types of guys who do strange and terrible things. Entrepreneur or wizard.

After this day, Soul Collector was added to Eugene’s nickname.

• • •

I need money.

In Neo London, nobles without money are not nobles, and ordinary people with money can enjoy a life comparable to that of nobles.

LK, a company that supplies superconductors, is a company with a clearly guaranteed future. However, the company’s growth was slower than expected.

‘We need to expand the company. That way you can make more money and have more influence.’

The problem was that expanding the company was not something that could be done just because there was money.

What matters is talent.

How many talented people are in the company now? I thought about it and then shook my head. There was no talent that came to mind.

The person I can trust the most and has the most ability is Yuria, and she is currently at the Maid Academy.

‘Even though Yuria is at the Maid Academy, she gives me useful information.’

But he couldn’t handle everything. There is a lot of work to be done. Running a company, researching magic, managing Lemen Prison, investigating Alpha Tier, etc.

‘… At the very least, I have to make sure that the company and Lemen Prison run well even without me.’

The arcane magic that came into my hands just at the right time.

I went looking for talented people.

People who rose to the level of directors of large companies, but were pushed out of politics, manipulated by dirty means, or simply fell behind due to old age.

I went to visit them.

“This is Eugene Meyer, the president of LK.”

“… Yes. I know. A person who is famous enough to appear in the news… “What are you doing in this squalid place?”

“I give you a second life. Although it is not a human, it will be able to act like one. Your salary will be based on how much you work. There is only one condition. Obey me. “I placed a spell on the body I will offer you that will kill you if you betray me.”

“… When I die, I will die. There was a time when I thought so. But when it comes time to die… I wanted to live. Even if I have to do dirty things, I want to live… !”

“The deal is done. “Write a contract.”

“… Well, that new body isn’t a machine, is it? I know that machines are convenient, but being a machine is still a bit…”

“Don’t worry. It is a human body. You have to add magic stones every cycle, but… “It’s not that difficult.”

“Okay! I will be loyal, boss! And if possible, please be handsome!”

“… Yes.”

Acquire talent and focus on investment.

It was easier to select guards for Lemen Prison.

Motivation was given more priority than ability.

Those who have a direct grudge against criminals. Those whose parents, wives, husbands, or children have been murdered, who have lost everything to fraudsters, or who are on the brink of death due to unprovoked assault.

Among their victims, I approached those who had a special desire for revenge. Those who are willing to fall into hell for revenge.

A hospital room.

I looked at the patient lying on the bed.

“You said you were hit on the head by drunk gang members while walking down the street and became crippled? I’ll give you a new body and a chance for revenge. Would you accept it?”

Writing is written on the magic note next to the patient.

-I will do anything! Please! A chance for revenge!

“Don’t forget your answer now.”

Things went well. But not everything went well.

There were some who rejected my proposal.

“… That’s necromancy? This is truly demonic magic. It is a magic that desecrates death. It is not magic for humans to use. If that magic spreads… This world will become hell. “You are trying to turn the world into hell.”

“… It’s going to be hell. Hell for my enemies.”

“Do you think superhumans will stay still?”

“Superhumans won’t be very interested in this. The commandment intention does not work on souls with a level 5 or higher. To superhumans, beings below level 4 are no better than being abandoned. “The dead bug has just become a resurrected bug.”

To be exact, at my current level, it could only be used on beings of level 4 or lower.

“The superhumans who protect order will condemn you!”

“Well, that could happen. But not right away. Those who rejected my offer were definitely killed. You will be like that too.”

“… Karma will hit you.”

“If it were that kind of world, it would have been a utopia where everyone would be satisfied.”

He, who was a professor at the academy, left a sneer when he saw the grimoire of the commanding spirit I was holding.

“It’s a magic book created by the devil. Okay. Ordinary magic can’t be that evil. I have seen many wizards. Among them, the end of all those who used the devil’s grimoire was miserable. You will too.”

“Ha, well. That’s just your wish.”

I killed the guy and escaped.

As the number of talented people increased, the company grew at a rapid pace and began to stabilize.

As soon as I had some free time, I decided on my next goal.

Transcendence.