Jack's hand moved involuntarily to the Mask, his fingers tracing the surface where the cracks should had been.
The artifact was smooth now, undamaged, radiating power that was almost overwhelming in its intensity.
Another notification blared across his vision.
[Blessing Reward: Soul Binding Cost Reduction for living souls - 1000× → 900×]
The implication of that reduction cascaded through Jack's consciousness with the force of a revelation.
The cost to claim a living soul had been reduced from one thousand times to nine hundred times. That was a significant dropin price.
That was the capacity to claim higher-tier creatures with substantially less resource expenditure.
Another notification erupted immediately after.
[Mask of the Soul Warden: Status Change - [Fractured] → [Normal]]
[New Ability Unlocked: Phobia]
