Farming Simulator

And so a year has passed since Reima came to this world, although he doesn't know this due to Lordran still being locked in the same time of day no matter what... The now thirteen year old Reima has grown taller and broader, looking as if his age is around 16-17. He'd been quite busy this year, even while disregarding the elimination and collection of the Lords and their souls he'd not been idle. The first thing on his agenda was maxing out Attunement before regaining control over his Mana, what'd be the point of training to control it and then throwing a spanner into his progress. So that's what he did, he descended into the surroundings city of Anor Londo, systematically pillaging the hollow undead's for their souls. While he was doing this he couldn't help himself and "Acquired" many different pieces of furniture as well as any valuables that he'd come across, this had only inflated his already astronomical wealth even further. Not only had he robbed the kingdoms treasure, he'd robbed the pockets of the citizens as well! While he was busy with this he didn't forget to spend time with his friends and the Chaos Covenant, he'd even taken some of them on trips through the city, Priscilla especially liked accompanying him and seeing the different sights, businesses and buildings that she'd never seen before. It'd be way more exciting were there not bodies littering the streets, storefronts and even inside the buildings themselves, he was also disappointing to find that all the food that had been stored was completely and utterly rotten and unusable. This didn't seem to effect Priscilla though as she dragged him through the various medieval stores, most being clothing and funnily enough weapon stores...

Quelaag, Quelina and Quelana also occasionally came with him, they were very curious as to what regular cities would look like as they'd never travelled out of Izalith in it's prime. If you ignored Quelana and Quelaag's bickering, Reima would say it was a very enjoyable excursion. There is also another matter concerning Quelina that surprised him, after Gwyn had been slain she'd been constantly requesting him to teach her Chemistry and how to create Mutagens. He thought she'd get bored of it quickly and so haphazardly wrote the basics in a notebook before handing it off to her, she'd come back the next day and requested another, stating that she'd already finished reading the previous one. He didn't believe her at first and gave her some questions that she easily answered, thus she became something akin to his apprentice, at least when it came to Chemistry.

Solaire was also very active after Gwyn's death and subsequently regaining his divinity. Reima hadn't thought it was a big deal until he had seen Solaire practising his abilities in the Demon Ruins... It was rather eye opening seeing him conjure a massive whip of lightning without using a chime, he'd even suggested a couple things Solaire could work towards that he'd seen in various works. He'd explained that the highest form of mastery would be embodiment of the element, he'd explained it by describing the Goro Goro no Mi, the lightning devil fruit from OnePiece. After hearing his explanation Solaire immediately ran off to attempt it, his failure readily apparent by the following explosion...

Reima didn't just farm souls however, he'd also been working on a secret project that he'd not told anyone else about. What he'd be researching is Humanities effects on different creatures and especially humans. The results always varied but he'd finally found the answer after months of experimentation, it all relates to how the Soul affects the Body and vice versa. The soul slowly morphs the body to suit it's own image, however the opposite is also true, with the Body slowly changing the Soul. There are exceptions to this, if you recieve a cut, that doesn't mean your Soul also received the same injury, this is where Humanity flips the table and bends the rules. As Humanity is just shards of the original Dark Soul it also carries a "Will", this is where the Abyss comes from, when a large quantity of Humanity gathers the collective Will eventually leads to it's formation. This is also why Humanity can corrupt other beings, if a being absorbs too much Humanity that it's own "Will" is no longer more dominant that is when it becomes an Abyssal creature. This is also where Dark Wraiths originate.

This research isn't just for the sake of research however, Reima had intended on absorbing the Dark Soul into himself to increase his own power. This is now impossible as his own Will would not trump the Primordial Dark Souls. It isn't a complete lost cause as Reima decided to experiment with how to increase someones ability to receive Humanity, the result was easily found and it related to the strength of the Soul. This was very fortunate as Reima just so happened to have three very powerful souls on hand, he couldn't previous absorb them straight up due to a similar problem to Humanity... The Will's of the previous owners lingered on, that wouldn't be so bad as he was confident that he could overpower them but another problem was their unique traits... With the exception of Gwyn's soul his soul and thus body would be drastically changed if he absorbed the Chaotic Soul of The Witch of Izalith or Nito's Deathly attuned Soul... As much as he'd like the power they provided, turning into a massive demon or skeleton isn't on his to-do list.

The two individual studies proved that he couldn't take the Souls power with his own strength alone, however... An idea popped into his mind, what if he Absorbed the Dark Soul and the Lord Souls simultaneously?