The Stone that crystallized after Remiel's death was actually his core...
In this state, Remiel was much like Siyla, whom Alvin had encountered in Moloch's treasure vault in Hell.
Angels had no physical bodies. After their bodies died, their souls gathered inside their cores and waited for energy to accumulate, after which they would awaken again.
But by then, they were no longer who they had been.
Of course, not every angel had this ability. The two-winged angels who had been killed earlier were certainly finished, because they didn't even have cores to contain their souls.
Vanaheim seemed powerful, but in truth, they had taken the wrong path from the very beginning...
Alvin had interacted with the Qin Emperor many times, so he knew the warriors serving him very well.
The Einherjar of Vanaheim were no different from those serving the Qin Emperor. They all needed something to house their souls.
The Qin Emperor's warriors had chosen their own bodies. As long as even a fragment remained, their Einherjar wouldn't dissipate. That was what made the Cradle of Life useful to Alvin and the others.
In the past, when those brave warriors' bodies had been completely depleted, they could only enter the Terracotta Warriors, contribute their final strength to the Qin Emperor, and then wait for their Einherjar to slowly dissipate.
Now, all it took was a fragment of bone from their former bodies as a foundation, filled out with more powerful materials, to create an invincible army.
What Alvin admired most about the Qin Emperor was that he had never considered using people to house his warriors' souls. They had kept fighting and expending themselves, and they still hadn't stopped.
Without physical bodies, Vanaheim's angelic Einherjar were, in the end, nothing but ghostly warriors with better looks.
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