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If Wang Yu were right, this newfound ability to resist mental corruption would be transformative for the Nightblades—Hugin was absolutely certain of it. The moment Wang Yu explained the faith network that linked all the believers of the Lady of the Night together, Hugin grasped its profound significance.
The primary enemies of the Nightblades had always been void entities steeped in mental corruption.
Their greatest cause of attrition wasn't battlefield casualties, but rather the gradual erosion of their minds. With every mission, their mental resilience was worn down—until one day, the string that tethered them to sanity simply snapped.
There were no known effective methods for restoring the mind, and by extension the soul, across the entire continent.
Even detection of the problem was a challenge. The soul was impervious to most forms of sight, and without a systematic method of assessment, it was difficult to even determine the extent to which an individual had been tainted by mental corruption.
Dealing with the resulting problem was even more complicated. Aside from relying on the soul's natural capacity to regenerate, there were only a handful of exceedingly rare natural treasures that had any restorative effects on live souls. While various items could repair the souls of the dead, they acted by entirely different mechanisms that were inapplicable to the living.
These soul-healing...
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