I Became a Soul Eater

The red floating spirit that was flying slackly entered the tavern and wandered around as if looking around, then slowly approached a man dressed as a mercenary who was drinking in the corner. And slowly began to dig into the body of the mercenary.

The black mercenary’s soul and the red floating spirit gradually merged into an unpleasant dark red soul.

bang!

“Hey, give me another drink!”

There was something strange about the look in the mercenary’s eyes as he put down his glass and ordered more. The tavern owner also seemed to sense something strange.

“I think you’re already very drunk, why don’t you wake up”

“I’m not drunk, give me another drink”

“I’m not selling, get out”

The tavern owner was a man with quite a pulpit. He faced the tough mercenary’s momentum without being intimidated.

“f*ck! Are you ignoring me too?”

“I think you can ignore your alcohol consumption.”

Other patrons giggled at the tavern owner’s counterattack.

visor!

“Such an asshole!”

The mercenary suddenly drew the sword from his waist and rushed at the tavern owner. It was quite sharp for a drunk, but surprisingly, the tavern owner easily avoided it and hit the mercenary on the head with the short stick he was holding in his hand.

f*ck!

The mercenary lost his mind and collapsed.

“As expected, it’s Prandel!”

“I’m not dead yet!”

“Return to active duty!”

Among the guests, those who looked like mercenaries giggled and said a few words to each other and slowly got up and approached the fallen mercenary.

“Do you know who this guy is?”

“Looks like someone who fell out of the guild that passed last time.”

“It was garbage. Hey Roach, let’s clean this up together.”

As the two dragged the fallen mercenary out of the tavern, the tavern owner chuckled and shouted to their backs.

“Clean up quickly and come, I’ll roll up one cup at a time.”

I stayed at the tavern. It was because the red spirit came out of the body right after the mercenary was defeated. The red soul was roaming the tavern again as if looking for other prey.

[Is that a demon?]

My guess was that it was a so-called evil spirit. Are there any other spirits other than evil spirits that possess people and make them do worse things?

I wondered if it would be better if it was a demon like that. I approached the demon and bumped into it as if I had absorbed the second brother’s soul.

Suwook!

[uh?]

It didn’t sound like that, but the demon absorbed me too easily anyway. And it was subtle, but I felt something like a feeling of power rising.

On the one hand, I was worried that I might become a demon by absorbing evil spirits, but as a result of several tests, I couldn’t cling to the souls of living people like a demon. It also failed to absorb the souls of living people.

Even if it’s not a rich spirit, a grudge spirit, or an evil spirit, there are a lot of souls. Not only humans have souls. All creatures have souls. When you go to a mountain or a field, you can see countless lives disappearing and ascending to the sky as souls, as if snow is falling backwards.

I tried absorbing them as if I was harvesting while flying. However, the souls of things like small plants and insects were so small that they didn’t feel as powerful as when they absorbed evil spirits.

[Should I also absorb the evil spirits?]

If I keep increasing my power like that, won’t I develop some ability? I thought so.

While I was thinking about this and that, several guilds came into the village, and while I was overhearing their conversation, I found the corps going to the capital and followed them.

On the way, a group of goblins attacked at night and a battle broke out with the mercenaries guarding the guild. The battle was more close than expected. Goblins are cunning beasts. If they don’t think they have a certain chance of winning, they won’t attack.

The number of mercenaries following the caravan was not small, but many more goblins attacked the caravan. About 40 of the raiding goblins were killed and 5 of the mercenaries were killed. Meanwhile, a wagon was dragged by the goblins. I roamed the battlefield and quickly absorbed souls.

At first, he only absorbed the souls of goblins, but when he thought about it, he absorbed the souls of mercenaries as well, wondering what the difference was between human souls.

And in the meantime, I found out another thing. I didn’t know it when I absorbed one or two goblin souls, but after absorbing dozens of them, I can’t explain for sure, but it felt like the memories of the goblins were transferred to my head at first glance.

Come to think of it, I don’t have a brain, so where are my memories stored and how do I think? Another question arose.

After many twists and turns, we finally arrived at the royal capital. Now, if I arrive at the academy and learn to my satisfaction, will I be able to attain Buddhahood? With that thought in mind, he wandered around like a country boy to see the enormous royal capital. Although the viscount’s territory was on the small side, the royal capital was huge beyond comparison.

It’s nice because I don’t have to notice other people even if I snoop here and there like a country boy. It was the strength of the soul. As many people live here, a huge number of floating spirits are floating around, and grudge spirits are attached to the heads of many people. And there were many evil spirits. The evil spirits absorbed all the sightings.

I felt it when I absorbed dozens of demons. I felt like I could do something. I tried this and that and got amazing results.

I was able to knock down the salt shaker on the table if I bumped into it with all my might, feeling that I was using my soul power. Even though it was only that, it felt like half of my strength was used.

[Still, it’s a demon and a soul, and if you keep absorbing it, you’ll get stronger. If I absorb a few hundred more demons, I might be able to knock down the chair instead of the salt shaker]

I tried to masturbate, but what would I do if I had that kind of power?

It was delayed for a few days due to useless experiments, but I finally entered the academy.

And I started taking lectures at the academy of my dreams. Even though what I am taking is a first-year class, the level of lecture is quite high. I was good at memorization, but not at the level of a genius in comprehension. Of course, it wasn’t Dunjae, but this is a place where students who had been educated in advance from aristocratic families or who heard the sound of genius among commoners gathered. The level of education had to be high.

Still, I was happy. Although the practical classes were only for field trips and the theoretical classes were only for listening, it was good to learn high-level academics from excellent teachers. After all, I have no s*xual burden.

I studied day and night like that. During the day, I went to the class I liked, took classes, and in the evening, I looked over the shoulders of students preparing for and reviewing in the library or dormitory.

A semester passed just like that. I met a big ambush. The academy’s vacation is quite long. I have vacations for two months in summer and winter, but I don’t have a home to go back to?

After the vacation ceremony, students quickly left, leaving the empty academy alone. I came out of the academy with the idea of taking a look at the royal capital, and when I saw the royal castle in the distance, I got a great realization.

[Why didn’t I think of visiting the royal castle?]

Due to my inertia during my lifetime, I naturally thought that it was a place that I should not go to. I quickly turned to the royal castle.

Among the people who were born and died in the kingdom, how many people could comfortably walk around and watch the castle? There will be no more than royalty. You can enjoy such luxury without any hindrance.

There is no heart, but the palace tour began with a beating heart. The appearance of the palace fully satisfied expectations. From the entrance, knights in shiny and wonderful full armor, which I had never seen before in the manor, stood guard, and the palace garden was full of beautiful flowers and trees that I had never seen before.

All of the ladies-in-waiting passing by were incomparably beautiful, including the tavern’s daughter, who was the most beautiful woman in the territory. and saw the king To be honest, it was a little disappointing to see the king eagerly looking at the documents in his office.

He might look a little dignified, but he was just an ordinary person. What I am saying is that although he had the appearance, his soul was also ordinary.

Another thing I found out while watching many talented people at the academy is that their souls are slightly different depending on their ability or talent.

Usually, the souls of professors are slightly larger than those of students, regardless of color. Among the children who are called geniuses among students, there are children whose souls reflect a little halo. I consider that a special talent. I guess he’s a real genius

In any case, the king’s soul was neither large nor bright. Even the color of the soul was a normal gray. In the evening, at mealtime, the queen, princes and princesses could all be seen.

Rather, the queen had a much bigger soul than the king. The princes and princesses were also ordinary except for one. The problem was that one of them had a very large dark red soul.

The crown prince was possessed by an evil spirit. Still, I don’t know how he’s acting like a normal person. Is the size of the original soul holding on?

I want to get rid of the evil spirit, but I can’t absorb it when I’m possessed. I’ve already tried this a few times.

I started following the crown prince. I was thinking of absorbing the evil spirits if they were shocked by something. But who would knock the crown prince out?

I followed him around for a few days, but as expected, there was no sign that the possessed state would be lifted. Come to think of it, whether or not the Crown Prince was possessed by an evil spirit and had an accident had nothing to do with me.

A little less motivated and started to tour the palace again. I also found a secret passage in the basement of the palace, and even went into the secret storage room of the palace to see all kinds of treasures.

While wandering around like that, he unintentionally heard rumors and secret stories that only circulated inside the palace.

“Hey heck!”

I was in front of the maid secretly crying in the room. It is said that she was the Crown Prince’s exclusive maid. It seemed that they were already in love and whispered quite a bit of love to each other. However, it is said that the crown prince suddenly changed his mind and was kicked out of the exclusive maid position. Of course, it would be the work of evil spirits.

“Prince, black!”

[Don’t just cry, go and slap the crown prince in the back of the head, that’s the way to save the crown prince.]

You wouldn’t hear it if I spoke next to you, but I tried to mumble it.

“omg! who are you?”

Suddenly, the lady-in-waiting began to look left and right.

[uh? Can you hear me?]

Is this the psychic I’ve only heard of?

“Who, who are you?”

uh, what should i say? Free soul? A ghost who can’t go to the academy and wanders around? A rich spirit visiting the palace?

[It’s just a passing soul.]

“Passing Spirit, how can you speak to me?”

no i guess i should ask

[Aren’t you a psychic or something?]

“no. I heard that my grandmother had that ability, but she died before I was even born.”

That kind of lineage.

[I don’t know what that sounds like, I’ve never seen a human listening to what I’m saying.]

“It’s the first time I’ve ever heard a spirit speak. By the way, what did you just say? Should I stab the prince in the back?”

I told the lady-in-waiting that the crown prince was possessed by an evil spirit and that something had to be done to shake it off.

The lady-in-waiting cried for a long time again, then stood up as if she had made a big decision.

“As expected, the prince did not abandon me. I will rescue the prince!”

[Well, is that really a good thing?]

Even if this lady-in-waiting struck the crown prince and knocked her out, removing the evil spirit and saving her, would this lady-in-waiting be safe? I think I’ll be dragged in and executed right away.

“I would do anything to save the prince.”

[You die then, it would have been faster for the escort knight to slit your throat than for you to hit the crown prince in the first place]

“are you okay. I have a plan.”

The confident lady-in-waiting looked somewhat uneasy, but there was no way I could stop it.