"These three steps sound a bit more complicated than putting an elephant into an ice cellar."
Shade said as he lowered his head to look through the documents:
"I do have a way to attack souls. Soul Whiplash should work, right?"
"Of course it can."
Having returned to the appearance of an eighteen-year-old red-haired girl, she recalled what had happened not long ago:
"Megan and Audrey tricked me into thinking that thaumaturgy was quite good. Back in the Dream of the Old Days, I actually believed they could get excited by that kind of pain."
"Megan and Audrey are special cases. Besides, we all agreed not to tell anyone about how you reacted back then."
So the red-haired girl pinched his arm. Her puffed-up expression was rather adorable.
As for extracting the relic's spirit, it required the cooperation of the hound fused with the relic on one hand, and the appropriate means on the other.
There were no thaumaturgies or spells specifically meant to absorb spirits. After all, a spirit was not simply energy. Recklessly absorbing a spirit that did not belong to oneself, especially a relic's spirit, would only lead to loss of control or even self-destruction.
That was why highly specialized relics were needed for this task. Their properties guaranteed a basic degree of safety, and this containment record also listed more than a dozen relics capable of doing something similar.
"None of these relics are currently at Saint Byrens because most of them have very narrow uses, so they will not be easy to find. For your next use of the Time Key, wait a little while. I'll use the Academy's channels to find a suitable relic for you."
But Shade shook his head:
"No need to trouble yourself. I have the Poet Level relic Benevolent Doctor's