Mixed Blessing System

Chapter 863 Fusion of Spectres

"Lothur, we've received information about a city that was recently attacked by demons." The Koch patriarch arrived where the young Ritter was talking with a smile on his face.

Lothur was still in the Ritter family's treasury, but he had already gathered all the available resources in a place that looked like a closet of pills, potions, and artifacts of all kinds instead of clothes. 

Looking at that man who was one level stronger than he had been a few days ago due to the absorption of a new Soul Bone, Lothur asked. "Where is that? I'll go there right away."

"It's a town in Thasan, near that state's border with Utrary. There was a demon attack there about 19 hours ago." Patriarch Koch said, but he couldn't help but stare at this place, which looked much emptier than a few days ago.

However, Patriarch Koch had already noticed that every resource there was of the highest level, with weapons and other items he had never seen before.

'Did he replenish our treasury?' The man wondered as he looked around, holding a crystal-shaped item with the exact location of the city he had just spoken of.

Lothur took the crystal and clenched his fists in satisfaction.

He said. "Use these new resources I'm leaving behind. Next to the pills and potions are small texts explaining what they are useful for."

Everything Lothur had created from his fusion skill didn't exist in this world. No alchemist would understand the properties of the pills and potions he had left behind without a great deal of study.

But Concordia's alliance of living beings didn't have time for that. So Lothur had done them the favor of leaving an explanatory text.

Upon hearing this, the Koch patriarch bowed his head and said. "Thank you for your assistance, Lothur. I will ensure that these resources are distributed to the right people."

"Hmm, keep working. There are many demons out there. I want new places like this." Lothur said as he crushed the crystal he had picked up from the man in front of him before activating the power of the Space Crystal within his being.

As he did so, Lothur quickly teleported to the location the Koch patriarch had just informed him of!

The patriarch saw the young Ritter disappear and clenched his fists in determination, thinking that with Lothur on their side, victory was highly likely, even considering the existence of the Demon Emperor and the recent defeats of the Human Alliance.

He paused next to one of the shelves containing the treasure, thinking about it. But when he saw what was there eleven 5-stripe pills, his eyes fluttered as he realized the true value of what Lothur had left behind.

"This..."

...

At the same time that the Koch patriarch realized the true value of the items Lothur had left behind, the young man appeared above the town on the eastern border of Thasan that demons had recently attacked.

Upon arriving there, he noticed the signs he had found in the last demon-slaughtered city he had passed and realized tens of thousands more humans had been killed or devoured there.

"All demons must die." Lothur closed his eyes for a second as black flames erupted around him.

"Rise up, fallen ones!" He commanded, speaking to the many souls of the beings who had died there hours ago and had been unable to reincarnate due to the problem of the Wheel of Reincarnation.

As Lothur spoke, a terrifying aura spread throughout the city, darkening the skies above the area while all the buildings and even the streets of the city trembled under his presence.

A world of dark flames formed over the city, refining the remaining souls that could form spectres in weeks or months.

In the blink of an eye, more than 1,000 creatures of darkness emerged from the rubble of that city, emitting crackling sounds from their throats as they felt all their emotions from earlier return to the world along with their existences.

"Kill!"

"We must kill!"

Some of the more powerful spectres Lothur summoned were capable of shouting out entire words, while others merely shouted things unintelligible to human ears.

Lothur opened his eyes and sent out a pulse of energy from his position, spreading out into the surrounding area.

As he did so, all of the creatures he had summoned realized that they were in front of their master and quickly changed their ways, silencing themselves.

Then, as these many creatures stared at him in silence, Lothur moved his two hands, moving a ridiculous amount of spiritual energy as he circulated his powers through his 9th Soul Bone.

Fusion!

As he did so, 500 cauldrons of golden energy appeared on the outskirts of the city.

Immediately, two spectres entered each of these cauldrons, accepting Lothur's commands without hesitation as he experimented with his ability on 'conscious' creatures for the first time.

 The mental energy required for this fusion was not small. Within seconds, Lothur had used over 80% of his power to activate this great fusion, causing the spiritual energy in the area to become extremely chaotic.

Pulses erupted from every cauldron in the area while space vibrated violently as the spectres merged.

When all the creatures were united, a glow appeared in the area so strong that people tens of thousands of kilometers away would notice something coming from that place today.

However, no one would stand in Lothur's way. In less than 15 minutes, he would use his newest skill on a grand scale to complete the fusion, halving the number of spectres in the area but significantly increasing the attributes of those creatures.

As the cauldrons disappeared and Lothur saw these beings, who looked much more beautiful and rational than before, with less ethereal bodies, he smiled as he felt how much stronger they were now.

'Using 2nd, 3rd, and 4th stage spectres, I now have 4th and 5th stage beings. Not only that, even the weakest of them have a much higher level of intelligence than the strongest creatures from before.'

"Find demons. Don't attack them or make contact with them. I want you to mark their positions and use that to communicate with me." Lothur said as he threw 100 communication devices connected to the communication network of his vehicles.

By dividing these spectres into groups of 5, he made them leave the area with devices that could alert the members of the Ritter family to demon sightings!

Lothur's new slaves took his orders well and soon left to gather in groups of equal strength.

Lothur then activated his "One With Nature" ability, causing all the plant organisms in the city to become part of a collective consciousness capable of showing him what was happening in the area.

Plant beings couldn't see. But they were able to sense spiritual fluctuations. From these sensations, someone like Lothur could recreate scenes in his mind by combining his abilities with the sensations of the beings in the area.

With this, he sensed the direction in which the more than 400 demons that had massacred this city had gone and set off in search of more EVF points!