After the soul dissipated, the corpse beneath the ground stopped rioting as well. With his hands freed, the priest looked at Shade in surprise:
"I wanted to ask just now, what thaumaturgy was that? Though power itself is neither righteous nor evil, that..."
"Priest, try communicating with the soul again."
Shade waved his hand, not wanting to explain, and pointed at the corpse on the ground.
"The corpse can restore itself after being destroyed. Perhaps the soul can too. If it works, we'll try communicating with it again. If I truly destroyed the soul completely, then this corpse can be safely sent to the church."
"No problem."
So the corpse received another slap from the priest. The soul that appeared afterward was in a normal state, and it clearly remembered what had just happened.
The moment it appeared, it tried to flee rapidly into the distance. But Shade had already prepared for this and manipulated the chains to bind the soul tightly.
The tip of the slender chain, a rune chain symbolizing Gluttony, pointed at the soul's head. The soul was somewhat crazed at the moment. Whether it was driven mad by the experience of having its soul twisted and shattered, or because the Great Sin Chains' influence had not vanished with the soul's rebirth, was unclear.
"If you want to experience that feeling of nearly losing control again, I can help you."
Shade said. The threat was intimidating enough.
"No, no, I won't run."
The soul hurriedly shook its head. The expression on its transparent face was distorted, but its eyes glanced toward the black metal dagger on the ground.
Priest Augustus asked:
"What exactly are you doing? What is the purpose of this resurrection ritual? Or rather, why does the dagger have no Whisper Element, while your corpse