Epic Of The Demonic Sage

Waves of pain spread through Lucius's soul, but it was nothing he had not experienced before and was able to bear through. The Spike and chain had now been detached from the hell imprint and were held in his soul's hands now.

The chain was easily over a hundred meters long and had nearly thirteen hundred souls trapped in it. The chain started shrinking in Lucius's hand and soon turned into what looked like a necklace. 

There was a spike like pendant handing at the bottom of the necklace and if one looked closely they would realize that this was the very same spike that had impaled all of the souls before trapping them into the chain.

The souls themselves turned into motes of light that hung onto the necklace like gems. They were tiny and looked like sparling particles of gemstone dust instead. Lucius looked at the necklace in his hand and smiled.

"Necklace of the Damned… never thought I would ever hold one in my hands…" Lucius muttered to himself.

The necklace of the Damned was a special kind of spell that was also a piece of equipment at the same time. It was made by trapping several souls using the combination of two different spells.

The first spell was the Spike of the Damned and was the spike that impaled the souls. Then the second spell was the Chain of the Damned, which trapped the souls within them. Individually, the two spells had different effects.

The Spike of the Damned was used to directly hurt the minds and souls of one's enemies while the Chain of the Damned was used to restrain their spell casting and magical abilities. Of course, this was when the spells were used normally.

In the case of Lucius, he had used them in the soul form and had even used the Hell imprint to empower them. This had resulted in a qualitative change and thus it could be used to make another spell called the Necklace of the Damned.

It came under a rather unique category and was classified as 'Soul Equipment'. It was just as its name was, immaterial equipment that only souls could use. The function of the Necklace of the Damned was rather simple. It was a battery.

It could be used to power anything, from soul spells, to normal spells, to using them for alchemy and many such things. And since it was a piece of soul equipment, it could not be stolen nor could it be damaged.

It would always stay with the owner and would not part from them unless it was depleted. More souls could be added to it later on if needed to recharge it or even increase its overall quantity.

In Lucius's past world, it was one of the most difficult things to make. While the necklace of the Damned was a piece of Soul Equipment, it was not like it could not be separated from the owner.

Of course, this could only be done by the owner themselves. They could transfer it into another vessel, which could then be given to another person, and they could take the Necklace of the Damned for themselves.

Every Necklace of the Damned was easily classified as top tier equipment in Lucius's past world, and even if someone wanted to get their hands on one, they could not. This was not just because they were incapable of making it, rather because of the world itself.

Unlike this world, Lucius's past world had plenty of gods that had their divine pull. They would never let go of souls easily and if one wanted to make a Necklace of the Damned, they would have to first deal with the divine pull of the gods.

Only once that problem was solved could they do this. Of course, how many souls were used for the making of the Necklace of the Damned also differed. A Necklace made from a hundred souls was already a rarity, not to mention one that had a thousand souls.

Even if there was a great massacre and tens of thousands of people died, a mage might not necessarily be able to capture more than ten souls from all those that died. Fighting the divine pull was just that hard.

And this was 'IF' they were able to do it safely. When the gods got pissed, they would send their priests and paladins to deal with the problem. This was another thing that the maker of a necklace of a Damned needed to take care of.

As for the kind that Lucius had just made, it was simply difficult. Going beyond a thousand souls was already pushing one's luck and Lucius had reached almost thirteen hundred souls.

If this Necklace of the Damned was sold in Lucius's past world, Lucius would gain enough fortune to set up an entire city of his own. Or… if he gave this to the Great Barrom Clan as a tribute, his position would rise very quickly and he may even be made into a True Name.

Such was the value of a Necklace of the Damned. In fact, one of the most valuable artifacts of the Great Barrom clan was none other than a Necklace of the Damned. But this one was beyond anything that had ever been made.

This Necklace of the Damned was said to have been made from over a million souls. It was in the ownership of one of the elders of the Great Barrom clan and allowed him to have almost endless Mana.

"So much power and wealth… the people from my world have sacrificed so much to make one with even a hundred soul one and here I am. From just a tiny battle, I manage to make a Necklace of the Damned with over 1200 souls. Marvelous… and ridiculous too." Lucius couldn't help but say.

Lucius looked at the Necklace for another minute and then put it around his soul's neck. 

~SHUA~

The moment he did though, his soul glowed like a lighthouse, letting out a light that spread all the way in his soul space.