Chapter 1688: Out of Body (Ⅰ)

"Joan, we all know that living people are composed of 'body' and 'soul'. After a person dies, the body disappears, and the soul goes to the outer plane - the heaven where the faith was during his lifetime. The unbelievers go to the spirit world or shadows In the underworld, it is also possible that the soul will fall into the bottomless abyss or Bator Hell after death because of a contract with evil creatures before death."

Before explaining the design concept of "Leaving the Soul", Professor Moriarty first explained the relevant basic knowledge to Joan.

"However, not everyone can die and enjoy a long sleep. There will always be people who, for various reasons, either actively or forcedly, cannot be peaceful after death, and still walk in the mortal world, becoming undead in the eyes of the living."

"According to the theory of necromancy, we can divide all undead creatures into three categories."

"The first type of undead creatures, the remains are relatively well preserved, but the souls remaining in the remains are very thin, making this kind of undead creatures almost completely lose their memory and intelligence in life, and only retain the instinct of hatred for life. Zombies and skeletons are Typical of this type of undead creature."

"The second type of undead creatures not only preserve their bodies, but also have more souls left in their bodies than the first type of undead creatures, so they are intelligent, and they can even recall some past events and recognize relatives and friends before they were alive. Undead creatures with intelligence and memory are obviously higher than the first type of undead creatures, and mummies, vampires and liches are their representatives."

"The third category of undead creatures, for various reasons, their remains are not well preserved and cannot be transformed into zombies or skeletons, but their souls are driven by resentment or longing to produce strong obsessions, not only completely preserving their previous life Memory and intelligence, but also refused to go to the kingdom of heaven, still wandering in the world, stubbornly trying to fulfill the unfulfilled wishes of life, forming the so-called 'incorporeal undead', ghosts and wraiths are the representatives of such undead creatures."

Professor Moriarty picked up the cup and drank the lipstick tea, then got back to the topic.

"I want to invent a spell that can make a trace of the soul of a living person escape from the body, and temporarily transform into an 'incorporeal' form similar to the third type of undead creature, so that it can move freely in the outside world without the shackles of the flesh. basic functions."

Joan listened very attentively, and couldn't help asking: "Teacher, after a trace of the soul leaves the body, can the physical body still function normally?"

"Unfortunately not." Professor Moriarty shrugged and spread his hands, "According to my original idea, if a person's soul is compared to a pool of water, taking out a glass of water is enough to form an incorporeal clone outside the body, theoretically not It will have too serious an impact on the main body, at most the mental attributes will be weakened, and you can still function normally.”

"However, the experimental results show that it is too difficult to keep the main body and the incorporeal clone awake at the same time. The magic power provided by the 4th-level spell slot is too low to achieve both. I can only focus on maintaining the incorporeal clone. During the period of leaving the soul, the main body—including the physical body and most of the soul—is in a state of lethargy.”

Joan nodded in understanding.

If a trace of soul separated from the body is awake at the same time as the body, it is like a person splitting his soul into two parts, each with independent thinking ability, wouldn't he become a psychopath with split personality? !

Even if this can be done technically, this attempt is too dangerous!

What if the phantom avatar that escapes from the body produces an independent will, yearns for true freedom, refuses to return to the main body, no longer wants to obey the orders of the main personality of the main body, and even turns against the main body, what should we do with it?

The more Joan thought about it, the more he felt terrified. It was better to follow the instructor's thinking and avoid the "big pit" of "split personality" and ask another question instead.

"Teacher, there are also different types of incorporeal undead, strong and weak. Which kind of incorporeal undead is closer to the avatar created by the 'soul separation technique'?"

"It stands to reason that the stronger the incorporeal undead, the better. For example, the 'ghost' that can freely switch between the two forms of 'spiritual body' and 'incorporeal body' is very good, but unfortunately it is still the same old problem, 4 The upper limit of the magic energy level of the ring spell slot is too low, and only allows me to create the lowest incorporeal undead creatures."

Joan quickly recalled all the incorporeal undead listed in the "Vares Monster Illustrated Book", and tentatively asked Professor Moriarty, "Is it 'Wraith' or 'Shadow'?"

"The resentful soul must be driven by strong resentment to form, and I chose the shadow form." Professor Moriarty replied with a smile.

"Youying is also good, at least better than 'Wraith'."

Joan fully agreed with the instructor's choice, and then asked: "Can the ghost clone that has lost its body still retain its own attributes and memory?"

"Of course, and even the spellcasting ability of the main body can be preserved." Professor Moriarty thought for a while, and added: "Unless it is a confrontation between incorporeal creatures, a shadow that does not have a substance In other words, the two attributes of strength and constitution are meaningless."

"The shadow created by the soul-leaving technique is like a naturally formed shadow. It has no weight, can float in the air, freely pass through solid matter, and is immune to all non-enchanted weapons. Even if it is enchanted weapons or magic attacks, at least half chance of avoiding injury."

"During the period when the 'Departing Soul Art' is in effect, the shadow clone is immune to all spell effects that affect the physical body. It does not need to breathe air, eat or sleep. Although it has no sensory organs in the material sense, it can intuitively sense the range of sight creatures within."

"The ghost clone looks like a shadow that exists independently of the flesh. It is equivalent to an invisible state in a dark place, but it will become extremely weak under strong light."

"The ghost clone is the product of the aggregation of negative energy and a trace of soul. Like a real undead creature, when attacked by undead magic or negative energy, instead of being injured, it will be healed; but correspondingly, when the ghost When the avatar comes into contact with positive energy—such as healing spells, it will also be harmed.”

"From the tests I conducted in the past, the attack method of the shadow clone is no different from that of the naturally occurring shadow. Every time it touches a living creature, it can inject a trace of negative energy into the opponent's body, causing at least 2 energy levels of necrotic damage , if the opponent's physique is not strong enough, you can also steal 3 points of strength attribute by the way - when a creature's strength attribute is absorbed, it will die."

"Of course, we can still cast spells normally in the shadow state. There is no need to touch the prey and steal life." Professor Moriarty concluded in the end.