Michael used True Extraction Essence on the 2512 Numbers he had killed and collected. The corpse pile was massive and looked like the remains of a devil's ritual, but not even a full hour passed before Michael was done extracting the SoulStar Fragnts, Soultrait Symbols, mory Orbs, and the like.
He collected more than 5,000 mory Orbs with which he could focus on the Blood Incursion and the Numbers' mories related to it. Michael was ready to consu all 5,000 mory Orbs and learn as much about the Blood Incursion, its effects, and how it affected the body, mind, and soul after it was in effect for a long duration. Michael was curious and didn't have to worry about being negatively affected by the mories. He had the Needle of the Lost mories to use if sothing went wrong.
However, before he consud the mory Orbs, Michael collected the SoulStar Fragnts and Soultrait Symbols. He managed to procure 2,000 SoulStar Fragnts using the True Extraction Essence. The probability of extracting a Soultrait was much higher than it used to be. That was Michael's greatest fortune, especially when extracting SoulStar Fragnts.
Extraction was an 8-Star Soultrait at this point, and its Essence, combined with the active Cursed Seal - and Major Seal - increased the mass of SoulStar Fragnts he could extract at a ti. anwhile, Greater Enhancent accelerated the process.
That was how Michael ended up procuring 5,150,000 SoulStar Fragnts from the Numbers. The majority of Numbers were Tier-4 High Awakened, but there were many Tier-5 and Tier-6 powerhouses among the corpses. Michael went on and beyond to kill as many Numbers as possible and procured a massive fortune.
Five million SoulStar Fragnts were enough to upgrade so of his Soultrait Symbols to 8-Star and push the rest of his Soultraits to 7-Star, but Michael didn't rush anything. He had to strengthen Zeke and Kaleb's souls if he wanted to get rid of Blood Incursion soon.
He stored the SoulStar Fragnts first and put the Soultrait Symbols away. After that, Michael consud the mory Orbs while allowing the Beast God Curses to watch the Numbers' mories.
5,000 mory Orbs weren't consud and digested quickly, but Michael was in no rush. He spent the next few days on the mory Orbs. There was no need for any sleep as he entered a dream-like state while watching the deceased's mories. Once he and his Curses digested the last mory Orb, Michael used the Needle of the Lost mories to remove all unnecessary mories before going through the important pieces a second ti. [You should watch the mories of Xax Lerion, liodas Nimbus, Phillip Kesh,...,...,... a third and maybe fourth ti.] Jormungandr said when Michael was done with the second rewatching. He groaned, but since Jomungandr was serious, Michael followed the advice of the World Serpent.
Michael rewatched their mories again and noticed what Jormungandr must have seen the first or second ti.
"You think it won't be possible to revert them to their original state because too much ti has passed? But others don't have the sa resources as we have!"
[Others will never be able to succeed, but we have good chances. Our chances of reverting everything to normal are close to zero, yet because we have so many resources others will never have access to, we might be able to get rid of the Blood Incursion. You will have to compromise. Either you kill them trying to return everything to how it used to be, or you grasp the opportunity to get rid of Blood Incursion. The latter will destroy a lot, but we can reduce the damage to a minimum if we're patient and ticulous. That will require lots of resources, but it should be possible.]
"Do you support Jormungandr's opinion, Fenrir?" Michael asked, feeling conflicted. If possible, he would love to get his friends back. He hoped they would be just like they used to be. However, Michael was also unwilling to harm his friends intentionally, knowing they wouldn't recuperate from the damage he'd caused.
[Jormungandr is very optimistic about this. Until now, we didn't even know the exact na and effects of the thod the Supre Human Alliance uses to brainwash unwilling human targets into devout believers of the Supre Human Alliance's beliefs. Most devout believers would kill themselves long before anyone could contain and question them. Yet, you did it in a far more simplistic way than I expected to be possible. Still, rescuing your friends won't be easy. We studied them intently for a while now, but I'm still not confident. It should be possible to rescue your friends, but they will sustain so damage. Even strengthening their Souls using SoulStar Fragnts alone won't be enough. There has to be more…or you'll have to invest a lot more to prepare them for the worst.]
Michael paled a little but nodded. He didn't like where this was going, but it wasn't like he would give up. It was way too late to give up now.
"Okay… What can we do then?" Michael asked, his eyes glimring with determination.
**
Experinting.
They had to do that because nobody had cleansed the Blood Incursion before. It was everyone's first ti, and they had to find a loophole to start with.
Killing the numbers affected by the incursion was much easier than spending weeks or months experinting, but it wasn't like killing Zeke, and Kaleb would bring them back to him. He didn't want them to end like the other Numbers.
He and the Beast God Curses worked hard. They first strengthened Zeke and Kaleb's Soul, spending hundreds of thousands of SoulStar Fragnts. The procedure was slow because He had to use Insert to channel the SoulStar Fragnts inside his friends while the advanced healing serum kept them in a coma. As they strengthened Zeke and Kaleb's Soul, they also worked on their minds. They strengthened their minds while slowly working on their brains and minds using curse power and layers of Greater Enhancent on River of Vigor to create the most potent healing serum. Slowly, the curse power altered their minds while the highly potent healing serum healed all potential damages.
It took a few experints until the trio discovered a specific way to alter the mind without informing the soul that sothing had changed. It seed tricky at first, but the solution was a lot more simplistic. They were still in a coma, and the soul and mind had thus a much harder ti communicating. He and the Beast God Curses made it even harder for them to communicate.
The soul was kept busy growing stronger by fragnts while the Beast God Curses altered the mind. Several months passed in the blink of an eye. A few experints failed, but each failure pushed them closer to a solution. After a few months passed, their souls were strong enough. Michael started using the needle to remove all unwanted mories before they cut a portion of their souls out of their bodies.
This step was the most dangerous, and Michael's nearly died. If not for their drastic counterasure, the situation would have gone south, and both Zeke and Kaleb would have died.
Fortunately, they succeeded. More or less.
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