Jacob's eyes shimmered with ecstasy as he finally got the answers he had been looking for a long time. The part about Soul Force was a bonus, and now he finally has a clear picture of his ability.
Taking a deep breath, he asked with deep anticipation, "Since that's the case, can I now use the Eyes of Judge on the Immortal Chapter as long as I use them with Soul Force?"
"Hehehe, I knew you would ask this. Well, since you were working so hard, it would naturally bear rewards. Yes! You can now peer into Immortal Chapter for 15 seconds with the Eyes of Judge and your current Soul Force!"
"Finally!" Jacob felt a huge mountain had been lifted from his shoulders at this moment. He can now finally start with his progress with the Cursed Bone Marrow Amalgamation!
But Jacob wasn't in a hurry anymore since he had already exhausted his soul force, and his weapon was still not complete. It would still take him about four or more months before it was completely finished.
Furthermore, now that he had already achieved his goal, he didn't need to look for the faeries anymore and waste his time. His goal was to become as powerful as possible before the path of legend surfaced.
'I need to retrieve the Legendary Key now since I won't know when the Path of Legend will open without it. According to Flame Calamity, it could open anytime within the century after the keys were unearthed.
'Furthermore, since Nyx is now evolving, and I have completely lost connection with the nightmare realm, there is no point in wasting time on the Dark Battle Arena now. But I won't give up on annexing the Dark Battle Arena, and Nyx might be able to do it after she evolves.
'But if she couldn't, then I can only give up on it, leave for the Legendary Plains, and come back for it in the future. Right now, I should quickly complete 'it,' then leave for the Legendary Key, and start my seclusion for the Immortal Chapter. It is too important to do it in here.'
Jacob quickly made his plans and then asked, "Can you tell me if this Soul Force can be increased by only absorbing soul vitality or if there's some other way?"
"Hehehe, you're asking too much. Just follow your path, and you'll be fine. This will make things more entertaining, especially now that you are about to start the Cursed Bone Marrow Amalgamation!" Immortika ambiguously wrote.
Jacob suddenly felt something was amiss, "What is this supposed to mean?"
"Hahahaha, I didn't say anything!" Immortika instantly burst into wanton laughter.
Jacob's heart sank even more as he knew there was definitely something wrong, but he was helpless against this cursed book, so he could only close it in frustration.
Then, he finally paid attention to the items in the room, which were emitting wisps of colorful particles.
'The Judgment Gaze can allow me to see True and False. What does it mean? Although I only believe that those color spectrums show flaws and true structures of the world to me, it is still only my conjecture. Now, these strange smoke-like wisps are emitting from these magic items...
'Wait, why only these items that had magic, not these ordinary items that didn't have any magic? Could it be that this Judgment Gaze allows me to see only magic? No, I need more input.'
From then on, Jacob started experimenting with his new vision and even used fluid acceleration to increase its input. The results were out of Jacob's expectations.
Furthermore, he found that his Soul Force recovery was natural, and he couldn't accelerate it by another, at least now with normal means. He reckoned that since the soul force originates from the soul, it can only be recovered by the soul medicines, which he didn't have.
Nonetheless, it was the least of his worries since it only required around eight hours of sleep to recover fully; other than that, he used his Eyes of Judge with the soul force and found they were somewhat different, and he could keep them open for a whole 500 seconds now.
He also does some experiments with just his soul force, but he finds that other than Telekinesis-like abilities, it doesn't seem to have other uses, or he didn't know them yet. After all, this ability was something a Fable Legendary Rank should have, so its uses and information about it won't be available in the lesser plains.
While experimenting with his soul force and getting familiar with his new abilities, he didn't stop crafting the weapon.
During this time, Jacob received notification from Dark Rose that he had guests from the Marquis Estate, but Jacob ignored them all. After all, Fulwood could only send him messages but not force him to show himself if he didn't want to, which made Fulwood absolutely abhor Jacob and sulk to no end.
More than a year had passed since Jacob entered the Dark City, and many things had taken place in this time, but they had nothing to do with Jacob.
On this day, the Dark Room's closed door finally opened, and Jacob's figure appeared wearing his usual black outfit. In his disguise, his hair and eyes were black, and he wore a mask.
But behind him, the Dark Room was now completely emptied, and except for the original equipment present in the Dark Room, everything else Jacob had brought was gone.
"Dark Rose, I'm going to leave the Dark City today; this estate will be vacant," Jacob announced impassively.
"Conformation received! The remaining time has been saved in Dark Earl's account. You can use it anytime!" Dark Rose statically replied.
Jacob didn't pay much heed as he exited the dark room. A few moments later, the head butler approached him. Jacob's eyes suddenly widened because the head butler was also emitting a wisp of particles in a dark blue color.
'So, it wasn't just the magic equipment and treasures; anyone with magic emits the same color patterns. According to my experiments, these colors showed the different power levels of magic ranks.
'Sky Blue color is for Rare Rank Magic, Blue is for Epic Rank, and Dark Blue is for Unique Rank. Magic runes without any formations or use will emit a white color. If I create rare, epic, or unique rank treasures, talismans, or arrays with them, their color will turn into the aforementioned patterns.
'I can now confirm that no one can hide their true power level from the Judgment Gaze…' Jacob's eyes shone, and the butler suddenly felt uncomfortable for a reason.
But since Jacob's real eyes were hidden behind the disguise, the butler didn't find the source of that strange sensation.
"My lord, you're finally out. There are many messages and gifts from his highness Dark Marquis." He quickly started to tell him about the events with agitation.
However, Jacob was completely focused on something else at this moment: the color particles emitting from the butler. As the butler spoke, those particles began to tremble like an electrocardiogram.
Jacob's mind jolted at this moment as he instantly thought of something, 'The Judgment Gaze can allow me to see True and False… nothing can hide from the Eyes of Judge… no one can lie to me… I think I finally get it!'
"Wait, I never got your name before. Tell me ten names, nine fake and one real. You don't need to tell me which one is your real name." Jacob quickly ordered.
"M-my lord?" The butler was startled by Jacob's eccentric request.
"Just do as I told you to." Jacob's coldly glared.
The butler trembled and quickly began to call names, and Jacob's eyes were fixed on the surrounding particles.
After he was done, he looked at Jacob with agitation and waited for his response.
"Your name is Pulane, right?" Jacob asked with anticipation.
The butler's eyes widened as he quickly nodded, "Yes, my lord!"
"Good, now take me to those gifts and answer some more of my questions." Jacob jollily ordered as he was in an excellent mood now!