After Angel killed the Aurora Order's Oracle, Ms. D, in Backlund, she collected her Shepherd Beyonder characteristic and had the Hanged Man contact Sharff to turn it into the Rose Necklace. It was her first Sequence 5 Mystical Item, and one of the most powerful of its kind, giving her considerable help in countless battles afterward.
But now, after the Ruby Necklace had been absorbed into the Black Knight's twisted, mutated body, it had actually fused with the demigod's Beyonder characteristic. It even held the souls he had grazed that had yet to be freed, combining them into an upgraded Rose Necklace!
Although its appearance had barely changed, Angel immediately discovered the differences after a cursory examination aided by divination and warnings from her spirituality:
The Shepherd characteristic seems to have fused with the Black Knight's, just like when a Beyonder consumes a characteristic to advance directly. They've become inseparable... This has given the necklace an ability called Spirit Flesh Blade, which can bypass most defenses and directly attack a target's Spirit Body and flesh... Isn't that how the Black Knight attacked me earlier...?
The necklace's existing Flesh Magic has also been strengthened. It should be comparable to that of a demigod of the Secrets Suppliant pathway. As long as I have enough spirituality, nonfatal injuries can heal rapidly during battle. Even fatal wounds can quickly improve, provided I don't die or lose control on the spot...
*The number of grazed souls it can hold has increased from three to six. It can now graze Sequence 4 Beyonders, and I might even get a chance to try a Sequence 3... Souls possessing divinity are more powerful and harder to control, so they take up twice the "space." Switching between souls and abilities is much faster, too, but I can still