Chapter 401 - That All You Got?
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Haydn couldn't be blamed for his ignorance. The feasibility of soul storage might have been proven long ago, but the darkness and loneliness one would have to endure as a bodiless soul was not something most people could endure.

When the feasibility of soul storage was initially proven, many people tried to attach their souls to objects to continue existing past their expiration date. However, when people tried to extract these souls from their containers a few years later, they found that almost all of these souls had long dissipated. Meanwhile, the cause of their dissipation was due to the crumbling of their consciousness.

If it was incredibly rare to even see souls surviving for more than a few years, who would possibly expect to find a Demon King's soul in modern times? After all, any Demon King's soul would have to endure hundreds, if not thousands, of years of solitary confinement to survive until this day.

So, it was only natural that Alice's "I've seen plenty of them before" behavior would cause Haydn to fall into self-doubt. He couldn't help but wonder if he was the strange one for not meeting with the souls of multiple Demon Kings.

In addition, Haydn had kept a close eye on the demon realm due to his interests, so he knew that the radioactive crystal that had been plaguing the demon realm's Demon King Castle for hundreds of years was destroyed a few months ago. Hence, he didn't think Alice was lying about having previously eliminated a Demon King's soul.

Upon coming to this realization, Haydn instantly felt demoralized. Originally, he thought that Alice still refused to reveal her identity as the Hero to the public because she had yet to grow to her peak strength. Hence, he had considered using a veteran Demon King to keep her in check. Yet, it turned out that not only did Alice meet with the souls of other Demon Kings long ago, but she had even eliminated one before.

This put Haydn in an awkward situation. Now that the tables had turned on him, if he didn't think of a way to chase Alice away or eli

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Novel Notes

PHA is going on a hiatus until January 1st, 2023. It's becoming increasingly stressful to translate PHA due to all the unneccessarily elaborate yet unimportant contexts, so I've decided to take a break from PHA and have a go at it again next year.
 
-Hellscythe
 
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