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“…”
There was only silence; the faces of the two men listening to Se-Hoon had stiffened.
“…You’re saying that it could mass-produce shadows that have the strength of the Perfect Ones…?”
“Then the reason it felt like there were several presences in the shadows at once was…”
Thanks to the truth Se-Hoon revealed—that the shadows were unified entities formed not from a single soul but multiple souls fused together—the reason for the strange things that had occurred to them during the battle started clicking into place.
“So that’s why the Black Flame Wheel went out so easily. It was because it shed itself after dying once and reviving.”
“I was wondering why my Frost Alchemy barely worked either…. I never imagined those shadows were beings composed of multiple souls.”
Retracing the oddly stifled flow of battle in his mind, Amir looked toward Se-Hoon.
“I feel like there’s a huge difference between simply having multiple souls and having them fully unified. What exactly is the distinction?”
“If the former refers to many souls that merely appear as one, then the latter refers to a complex existence that is both many and one.”
Pausing his explanation, Se-Hoon had Terra project the image of the shadow they had fought.
“For example, a creature that houses multiple souls is like walking five dogs at once. As long as you’re gripping the leashes tightly, it’s chaotic but manageable. The moment you slip and let go of even one, though, everything falls apart.”
“Hm…”
“In contrast, a unified entity is like grafting five heads onto a single...
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