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Ambrose crushed several artificial souls in his hand. Pure spiritual energy seeped into the hourglass, replenishing the strength of the dormant spirit of Arthur Lyon.
The essence of a heroic spirit was, after all, a soul. Arthur Lyon's inability to regain power stemmed largely from the scarcity of spiritual energy.
And unlike other entities, heroic spirits had no means of restoring themselves by devouring souls. Only someone like Ambrose, who could manipulate such energy, could replenish Arthur Lyon's strength.
Watching him transmute materials into blank souls, James Watson couldn't help but remark, "So that's how those phylacteries were made? I always suspected… You couldn't have slaughtered tens of thousands without anyone noticing."
Ambrose snapped back, "Slaughter tens of thousands? Are you insane? If I'd done that, Alkhemia would've wiped me out long ago. Without a population, who would those alchemists exploit?"
That, in fact, was one of the reasons James Watson had been willing to sign Ambrose's pardon.
If this lich could...
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