Chapter 1448: Tree Core
"No wonder everyone gave me strange looks in the square.
What the Gray Old King promised me were only 'relevant fragments.' According to you, Sally, they must have been relatively safe fragments as well.
The aftermath of the necromancy incident should be the various copies scattered across the world, right?"
"Mm.
Although most Book Seekers died during that time, a small number survived... Each survivor was examined by higher beings, who removed the negative effects from their brains so they would not Transform Into undead.
Some textual information regarding the Book of the Dead remained in their minds.
Later, the Old Kings they served extracted it and combined it with their respective attributes to create various harmless copies."
After pondering briefly, Han Dong gave his own opinion.
"Though the Book of the Dead is dangerous, it is equally important to the world.
The Old Kings are unwilling to discard such an ancient grimoire, unwilling to give up the Forbidden Secret Arts contained within.
The nature of the Book of the Dead is similar to Gitte and the utterly deranged existence behind him. If a way can be found to use it properly, it will surely become a powerful weapon of the world.
As for the copies, I have a different view.
The Old Kings may be unable to deeply assimilate the Book of the Dead because their own rules have already been fixed.
Thus, they choose copies as a foundation, searching for individuals compatible with the Book of the Dead and attempting to turn this unstable, dangerous forbidden grimoire into a stable, controllable Living Weapon.
Unfortunately... I was chosen."
Black Forest
As they traveled, Han Dong gradually came to understand what kind of region this was.
It was a living forest capable of endlessly reproducing