I Became a Soul Eater

There is no destination, no goal. It was just a journey that went the way I wanted. Occasionally, he helped people who were in danger from thieves or beasts, and stopped at places like villages to help people in trouble.

He called the water spirit to a village where the water was dry and pumped up groundwater, gave money to children with a great spirit and poor circumstances, or wrote letters of recommendation and sent them to Yuri.

He even killed a human carrying close to 100 spirits of resentment. I really did what I wanted.

After traveling like that, he crossed several borders and arrived at the ecliptic of the Propene Empire in the southeastern part of the western continent. This is a place where several kingdoms existed in the past, but through war, the Propene Empire was born.

It was also the country with the second largest territory in the western continent after the Aether Empire. As a country with the only overland passage to the eastern continent, it is also a country with developed trade.

I had passed by before it became an empire, but even then I didn’t look closely, so I decided to take this opportunity to take a closer look. As usual, they toured the imperial palace and other major facilities, and since it was a country with developed trade, there were several caravans, so they toured them as well.

It was one day when I was spending time like that. I saw a large demon roaming in the distance. It is by far the biggest demon I have ever seen.

[Where did that come from?]

I still don’t know the exact reason why evil spirits are born. I watched the process of the birth of evil spirits a few times, but even though there was nothing particularly unfair or evil, they became evil spirits. It doesn’t seem that the size of the evil spirit is determined by the ability during life. In any case, it must have something to do with Junon, the god of this world, but I thought it was really selfish.

Anyway, without much thought, I slowly approached the demon. If something like that enters a person, something like a rare killer will appear, so it’s better to get rid of it in advance. No matter how big the demon is, it’s just a good source of energy to me.

Then the demon suddenly sped up and started shooting at a middle-aged woman who was shopping in a store.

[Hey, hey! for a moment]

I, who had been going leisurely, was surprised and sped up. Before I arrived, the evil spirit had already entered the middle-aged woman halfway.

I have never absorbed an evil spirit while being possessed. But now I got to try it. I sped up and started absorbing the evil spirit that possessed it.

The evil spirit possessing as if permeating into humans and I, absorbing the evil spirit as if sucking in, strangely overlapped, and then a strange thing happened.

[What is this?]

Clearly, the evil spirits were successful in absorbing them. But I was possessed. It was not the middle-aged woman that the evil spirit was aiming for. To be precise, it seems that he was aiming for the fetus in his stomach. I was possessed by the fetus in the belly of a middle-aged woman.

I tried several times to get out, but in vain. And as I quietly contemplated the situation, this wasn’t even possessed. There was no fetal soul left. I don’t know how this is possible.

Also on this trip, the incident came to me on its own. I don’t know if it’s God’s arrangement or fate, but suddenly I became a fetus. But thinking about it, it wasn’t all that bad.

‘Is it rather good to have a body?’

If you are born in this state, you will have a body. I had a good time eating and sleeping well on my stomach. And after a few months, he was finally born.

He summoned the alter ego No. 2, which was in the ship and was active in the southern part of the western continent, to investigate the surrounding environment. I was born in the Baron François. He was not a lord or official, he was a family with a small amount of farming land near the ecliptic and a few salons in the ecliptic.

The salon was run better than expected, so financial resources weren’t bad. The baron couple, now my parents, were famous for their good looks, but their only child was a son who was 22 years older than me. And I was born a late baby. The birth was surprisingly easy and quick despite her advanced age. Of course, I put my hand on it.

Johanna, now a mother, used the power of healing several times to keep herself from getting sick, and even used some magic when she was born.

In any case, the couple were very happy about my birth and even threw a big party. I thought I was lucky to be born as a loved child. And this time he wasn’t even a scribe.

Of course, as long as there is no change, the 22-year-old older brother will inherit the family. Rather good. It was a body that I had already obtained, but I had no intention of living tied to the family. However, the soul of his 22-year-old older brother, Prmain, was very muddy. It seemed that there was no brotherly luck in the previous life or this time.

I was loved and grew up well. I heard that I wasn’t like a child or that I looked like an old man, and I heard that there was something wrong with my mind because I often bruised myself, but I didn’t care. Everything was done face to face.

My looks are very good. Even though she was still a child, the ladies-in-waiting sometimes stared at her in awe. Neither of the parents looked alike, which led to suspicion.

And when I got a little older and started hiring private tutors, there was another uproar.

“This child has nothing more to teach.”

“Genius. Find the right teacher for you.”

No matter which teacher was called, he could not hold out for a few days and quit. After about 10 episodes, even my parents gave up.

The only exception was the swordsmanship teacher, who was theoretically the perfect age, but using one’s own body was a different story, so there was something to learn.

From the time I was in the boat, I began to learn the mental method, which was named Youngsimgyeol, which improved and developed the existing etheric simbeop. Its effectiveness was far superior to what I thought.

That’s why I was able to reach the level of a senior knight around the age of 10, but for the time being, I kept it a secret without revealing it. No matter how much he is rumored to be a genius, doesn’t this cross the line? His magic was already at the level of the Archmage, but this was also a secret.

Around that time, the swordsmanship teacher eventually quit, saying that he was beyond the level he was teaching. The swordsmanship teacher quit and convinced my parents that I must make a knight.

The home teachers all said in unison that I was a genius and that I had nothing to teach, but usually I didn’t study anything and I was often absent-minded in a garden or something, so the servants gave me the nickname of a lazy genius.

Actually, it wasn’t a bruise. It was to organize the experiences of alter egos 1, 2, and 3, or to study Inclonius’s research journal and Prisoner preservation magic.

The preservation magic of the Prisoner family was almost finished with improvement research, but the magic of Inclonius was still far away. It is absurd to improve the magic that a genius wizard perfected over hundreds of years until he became a lich with only about 10 years of research.

No matter what people call me, I was actually very happy at this time. I was receiving a lot of love from my parents that I had never experienced in my previous life, and being able to use my body was good because I could use greater power even though I was not free than when I was a soul.

But that time didn’t last too long. When I was 13 years old, the sad news came.

“what?”

For the first time since I was born again, I was taken aback by the news that the servant brought with a hasty face.

“It is said that the master and the madam died in a carriage accident.”

It was like a thunderstorm. And I regretted it. Could it have been stopped if even one of the alter egos had been attached to the parents?

The accident is said to have overturned the carriage as the wheel fell into a ditch while trying to avoid the carriage of the marquis family, which was running while speeding. And unfortunately, my parents died on the spot. I couldn’t believe it and I thought there was some trick, so I even ordered No. 2 to investigate the site, but I couldn’t find any charges. It was a pure accident.

That night after my parents’ funeral, I sneaked out of the mansion where I had lived for 13 years. No matter how muddy the soul, he wouldn’t openly do anything about it, but even if he remained in the family, he didn’t seem to see anything good.

Even if you are a 13-year-old child, your body is not weak enough to be abused anywhere, but being young in itself will cause a lot of trouble. I needed someone to babysit for a while.

He went to the largest mercenary office in the imperial capital and entrusted the request. I found 5 people to escort me to the Ecliptic of the Aether Empire. I called for a high commission, and there were quite a few applicants, so I selected the ones who looked the best among them.

Like most mercenaries, their souls were rarely light gray. Most are just black. That doesn’t mean they always do something bad. Most mercenaries take quests very seriously.

Jake, one of the five escorts chosen, was a rare mercenary with a light gray color. The size of the soul was also considerable. This is almost like a knight, but I don’t know why he works as a mercenary. It is also an unwritten rule not to ask about a mercenary’s past.

Another mercenary that stood out was a character named Jijak. It seemed that he was quite a celebrity among the mercenaries, to the extent that he was nicknamed Half Head. This mercenary, on the other hand, had a very black soul, but was quite large.

The other 3 were just ordinary people. So, with an escort of 5 people, I left the imperial capital. In fact, I thought a little bit that my brother would find me who had disappeared. However, no one visited until he openly stopped at the mercenary office, hired a mercenary, and left the imperial capital. As expected, I didn’t have any brotherly blessings following my previous life.

I stopped at a horse market outside the ecliptic and bought a two-horse carriage and four horses. I’m thinking of going by carriage. There is nothing particularly good about seeing a child outside.

If I gave money, the mercenaries prepared for a long trip on their own, and they took care of me so that I would not feel uncomfortable. Sometimes staying in a town or city and camping for a few days, the road to the Aether Empire was smoother than expected.

And the mercenaries and I were able to become a little friendly. As expected, Jake was a knight. He said he stopped writing for some reason, but he didn’t tell me why.

It is said that G-Jacques served as a mercenary for 21 years. He had explored several dungeons of wizards and was a veteran among veterans who entered and came out of the Great Forest. Unexpectedly, the leader among the escorts had become G-Jacques. His skills are excellent, but the thoughts and judgments from his experiences were so great that I wondered if they were supernatural powers.

Just before leaving the territory of the Propene Empire, I had the carriage stop.

“I think a bad guest has followed me.”

“How did you know?”

Zizac asked with his eyes shining sharply.

“Because I feel good.”

In fact, No. 2 was roaming around me. And the customers who had caught up now were the pursuers attached by the older brother. I was thinking of doing it like this.

“Can’t you run away?”

“I wouldn’t know if I was alone. You guys must be having a hard time.”

G-Jacques was talking about bullsh*t with his face. However, in reality, the number of pursuers was large and their skills were considerable. Although Jake and G-Zach had excellent skills for a mercenary, they were not at a level they could handle.

Suddenly, the sound of horses’ hooves began to be heard very close by, and the pursuers appeared in front of them. As soon as the pursuers saw me, they drew their swords without even checking the rest.

At the same time, the escorts also drew their swords. Rather than a desperate will to fight, it was greater that he would not die without being able to do anything.

At that moment, those at the rear of the pursuers suddenly fell one by one and began to fall off their horses. That was what number 2 was doing. No matter how knight-level people are, unless they are master-level, they are weak against internal attacks.

A huge fireball shot from my hand and flew away while the pursuers were momentarily confused.

“Fireball”

Quaang!

The fireball that flew right into the center of the pursuers’ camp did its job faithfully. Since it was much more efficient than normal magic, the power was multiplied several times. In an instant, half of the pursuers left, and the pursuers started running without looking back.

And I also took out a sword from subspace. It is one of the few artifacts brought from Drakan’s Rare. It looks like an ordinary arming sword, but by human standards it is made of Drakan bones and is close to a divine sword.