Joshua had currently discovered that this world consisted of two parts... one was the World of Consciousness, representing consciousness and souls, while the other was the real world where living beings resided.
Runes served as the bridge and medium connecting the two worlds, but the source of magic power remained a mystery. Still, one thing was certain.
That was, a single soul could only possess one Magic Web. However, Joshua was not sure what would happen if two souls shared one body. Clairely and Monet, the sister and brother under the Bone Duke, had yet to try activating another Magic Web Source Crystal Stone.
But in the current situation, Joshua could only think of twenty-six souls sharing one body at the same time. That was practically equivalent to a case of twenty-six split personalities.
"Do you Inquisitors have the ability to absorb other people's souls?"
Joshua also entered the cell. After stepping around several instruments of torture, he stopped beside Thousand Faces and asked.
"Feng Zhen was granted an ability by her messenger—an ability to mentally enslave others." As Thousand Faces brought up the past, she silently tightened her grip on the dagger in her hand.
It was difficult to imagine how much self-control this Dark Elf had needed while interrogating this enemy to keep from accidentally killing her.
"Humans with weak wills become puppets in her hands, but that is an ability to control other people's souls. I don't know whether she can draw power from them," Thousand Faces said.
"Looks like she does have that ability..." Only when Joshua approached the Inquisitor did he realize that the soul within her was abnormally powerful. It was not a spirit as overwhelmingly powerful as the Bone Duke's, powerful enough to make one tremble.
Instead, it was a grotesque creation, as