Boom!
The wisp of curse coiling around Aaron's body vanished like snowflakes in the sun.
Immediately afterward, a great deal of Power of Secret Source poured in and performed a "purification." Then, seemingly unable to find any other target, it circled once through his body before following the mysterious connection between flesh and spirit back into his spiritual body.
"Just as I thought..."
Aaron sighed. "The Power of Secret Source is far too high in rank. Right now, I can only skim a little off the top. It's like how people in ancient times couldn't make full use of oil, but could burn it for heat... It's the most primitive and wasteful method... Even so, I can't make my body wield it."
That was why he hadn't granted the Power of Secret Source to his followers a thousand years ago, then had them sacrifice it back to him.
That approach would simply be a modern-day re-creation of what had just happened: the Power of Secret Source would make a round trip and return to his spiritual body, leaving him almost unable to use it, just as before.
"To truly make use of it, I'm afraid I'll have to advance to an extremely high rank in the real world... I wonder which Prime Quality I'll have to unlock..."
With a sense of melancholy, Aaron ended the ritual, and his spirit returned to his body.
He glanced at Lilliat, who was still trembling, drew a dagger, and cut her bonds.
It took Lilliat another ten minutes or so to come around. "Just now... I actually felt the Spirit of Void... No, my Lord's response!"
She didn't run. Her occult knowledge told her that reciting the true name of a hidden being established a connection. There was no escaping it!
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