Haze’s Soul Stone.
As he gazed at the orb, tainted with an ominous black light, Seongjin couldn’t help but wonder.
“Demon King, is the one inside this thing perhaps a demon?”
The magic he’d seen with his spirit vision was always black. But the Demon King’s response wasn’t very reassuring.
[…Hmm? Sniff, I don’t know. I don’t sense any magic, though?]
“Really?”
[Yeah. Sniff, maybe Haze’s soul is just this color. Perhaps he’s just a guy with a dark heart?]
That wasn’t all.
Along with the change in the Soul Stone, the message floating before his eyes had also shifted.
〚Summoned Being: Haze Martin〛
〚Summon / Release〛
And the number of souls listed in the amulet had decreased by one.
〚List of souls available for summoning: 1/3〛
〚1. □□□□ (Inactive)〛
〚2. □□□ □□ (Inactive)〛
〚3. Red (Active)〛
He thought he might understand.
So, an active soul meant one that could be used right now—in other words, a soul that was already dead and only the spirit remained.
The Demon King, being just a soul from the start, was active from the beginning.
“Then, the two whose names I can’t read might still be alive somewhere.”
Of course, assuming they were human.
But with so many dead people in…