Condensed Soul Milk

Despite having his treasure stolen by his host, the orb of light remained calm without the slightest once of anger or hatred. Why? Because this was all part of the orb's plan.

The orb knew that Ivan was just a child, and not a calm collected adult.

Understanding the mind and behaviors of a child, the orb kept this to mind as he formulated a plan to get Ivan to drink the white liquid inside the stone bowl.

Then again, the plan the orb thought of was too simple to be called a plan. It was more of an….intent. The orb utilized the branches it had rooted in the boy's mind to influence Ivan's thoughts and future actions.

After gulping down the last drops of Condensed Soul Milk within the stone bowl, Ivan let out a long burp before commenting. "It tastes like milk."

'It's called Condensed Soul Milk for a reason!' The orb grunted in response. It was now wondering whether the Heavens had chosen a stupid host for the orb itself.

But before the orb could think further, Ivan's sea of consciousness began to churn violently.

'Oh right, the milk's effects are immediate…'

"What's immediate–Aahhhh! My head! It hurts!"

'Shut it, you whiny baby! Listen to me if you don't want your head to explode.'

"Ugh! I'm…I'm listening…"

'Sit cross legged next to the altar. Calm yourself. Take deep breaths. Imagine you're in a forest. The birds are chirping, the trees are swaying…There's pretty river nymphs squirting water at each other…'

Enduring the severe migraine he had by gritting his teeth, Ivan followed the orb's instructions and sat cross legged next to the altar.

Every time he tries to focus on his breathing, the control he has on his head slips and he's hit with a greater headache. He tried to take a deep breath, but the pain from the headache he felt was too much to bear.

'Focus, child. Focus!' The orb of light instructed from the side.

"It's…too much…to handle–" Before Ivan could finish complaining, he fainted from the pain.

To which the orb of light immediately seized control of the boy's body.

"Well, that took longer than expected." The orb mumbled.

When the orb of light took over Ivan's body, the pain he felt from his head subsided as quickly as it appeared.

Because unlike Ivan who had zero experience on how to absorb treasures into his body, the orb of light had plenty.

"Alright boy, watch and learn…this is how you absorb a treasure to get stronger." The orb quietly mumbled to himself before doing a swiping motion in the empty space in front of him.

"I, Chaos, the strongest Paladin among the Ten Heavens, will now absorb this Condensed Soul Milk with ease. And after having absorbed this heaven sent treasure, I will release its energy into your soul to strengthen it." Chaos declared clearly and concisely to the blue screen in front of him.

The blue screen buzzed for a moment before a string of words appeared on it. [Condensed Soul Milk is a high grade crafting material. Are you sure you want to consume it raw?]

Chaos tapped on the blue screen to confirm it.

[The system will now help you break down the dense energy found within the Condensed Soul Milk to ease your future absorption process.]

Following that, Chaos felt a spike of pain in his abdomen.

The system has started to break down the Condensed Soul Milk in his stomach into simpler data.

A loading bar also appeared before him, the green strip within the bar represented the progress of the system's current action.

Chaos proceeded to close his eyes and meditate. If he was going to help his host, he was going to do it right.

Hours had already passed by when the green strip reached the end of the loading bar. A "Ding!" rang along with it. That meant that the breakdown of Condensed Soul Milk was completed.

Chaos remained silent as he continued meditating.

To him, the absorption process can wait. Chaos was currently busy connecting Ivan's soul to his body's realm of consciousness.

Chaos was thoroughly weirded out when he found out that his host's soul was somehow disconnected from the main body's sea of consciousness and dantian.

'Damn, I wonder what did this kid go through to disconnect his own soul from his mind?' Chaos thought inwardly.

In the blink of an eye, a total of 10 hours have passed since Chaos had tricked Ivan into drinking the Condensed Soul Milk raw.

The dense energy contained within the Condensed Soul Milk had already been processed and broken down into simpler data, waiting for Chaos to start the absorption process.

Guiding the final strand of Ivan's consciousness to the boy's soul, Chaos had successfully reconnected his host's soul to his sea of consciousness.

"Now that that's completed, I'm going to start the absorption process. System! Start absorbing the milky goodness of the Condensed Soul Milk!" Chaos exclaimed he closed his eyes again and entered a meditative state.

[...]

[The system will now help you absorb the pure essence of the high grade crafting material, Condensed Soul Milk.]

[. . .]

A new holographic screen appeared in front of Chaos. Since the item Chaos was attempting to absorb was high grade, there were now 3 loading bars trying to load instead of one.

Besides that, Chaos' presence began to waver as the system automatically set the room he was in as a safe zone.

Monsters wouldn't be able to see nor harm Chaos as long as the system was around.

Thus, Chaos began absorbing the pure essences of the Condensed Soul Milk with the help of his system.