Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out?

Chapter 1396: Barkʼs Past

I was slightly surprised how much the King of Spirits knew about me, and even more of my people the Arboren, he particularly knew and liked Ivy and Selene.

”Yes, Ivy has inherited the powers of the brave spiritual knight Bark, he wielded the power of spirits in his sword. His memories were hazy, but I believe he was once an Yggdrasil Knight. You have many powers, reincarnating people is a wondrous one,” Freyr said.

”And Selene, yes, the wonderful Saintess, she is attuned with the Nature Spirits, even more now with Yggdra and Naturiaʼs contracts. Both of them are wonderful children. They will grow big, and strong... One day they might help us protect and change the world.”

Protect and change the world! What does he even mean with that? How is that even going to happen, exactly, I wonder?

I mean, I am not really planning on letting them outside of my dungeon, so how are they going to do that though?

Well, maybe he knows about the future, somehow?

This is kind of like a god after all, although they donʼt want to be called one.

”I see... Wait, you know about Barkʼs past?” I wondered.

Bark Past...

If this is true, then I want to see it, even if a small glimpse!

He was summoned briefly and died quickly.

Although the people inside the dungeon were with him much longer, to me, he was still a very quick passing.

Something I wish I could mourn more if I had known him better.

”A glimpse, I saw it,” he said, his eyes shining brightly. ”That... I think I can talk. Do you want to know, while we still got some more time, Sylphy?”

”Some more time?” I asked. ”So this time is running out?”

”Yes, thereʼs so much you can do as a mortal soul inside the Spiritual Realm,” he said. ”Youʼll need to learn Complete Soul Spiritualization to enter here without issues. A technique that only the Heroes at their pinnacle have mastered. Despite your quick growth cultivation-wise, youʼre just barely scratching the surface. Thereʼs a long way to go for you, dear.”

”Oh... well, alright, letʼs hurry then!” I nodded. ”Tell me please.”

The giant moth nodded, his cute and fluffy antennae twitching.

”Very well, my dear child,” he said. ”Barkʼs past life was that of a High Elf of this world, surprisingly. While Ivyʼs soul seems to come from another realm or plane. Bark came from this very world. A soul long ago lost. He was known as Sir Heckatarium Woodenhaven, heir of the Woodenhaven family of High Elves, he was a powerful Spiritual Knight and a capable swordsman with the power to channel spiritual energy into his blade and armor, and even shield.”

”I see... He was amazing then! And from this world... I canʼt believe I summoned someone like that!”

”He was, like you, an Yggdrasil Knight, a Gardener as they call them,” said Freyr. ”He was born in your kingdom and moved near the Yggdrasil Tree. His life was tragic, he lost the love of his life and his son due to a raid from a dungeon break, and since then, he dedicated his entire life on protecting the people. Especially the Yggdrasil Tree.”

”Ah... Bark...”

”He was a chivalrous man! Despite his tragic life, he never stopped smiling and guiding youngsters. He taught them his arts, to channel the magic of the spirits, and swordsmanship together,” Freyr said. ”I once met him in a dream, he didnʼt know I was the Spirit King, and simply called me a cute moth, hahah... He was a blessed man in many ways, his talent was superb. But because of that, he also gained energies, political foes within the elven kingdom and the fairy kingdom... ultimately leading to his death, plotted by his vile foe, an once friend of him that was also the one behind the death of his family.”

”W-What?!” I gasped. ”Suddenly it became so sad!”

”I know, Iʼm so sorry! But this was his life...” sighed Freyr. ”When you gave him a second chance, he must have been very happy to get to live a bit longer. Iʼm sure he made wonderful memories... Even if he lived briefly, what he learned and lived with others was what made him die happily too. He gave his all to his friend, knowing full well that death awaited him afterwards. Now Ivy carries his Legacy, a Legacy he created through two lives.”

”Legacies... right...” I muttered. ”They are like Inheritances, right? And as you develop them, you gain new powers or techniques, isnʼt it?”

”Indeed!” Freyr nodded. ”Bark was an exceptional man through two lives, although he never created a Divine Aspect, his very Legacy formed over two lives, and was inherited towards Ivy. The goblin huntress now carries on her shoulders a great responsibility. She has already changed after his death, and sheʼll continue to change, becoming something that girl never thought she could become.”

”Poor Ivy...” I sighed. ”She was the most devastated after Barkʼs death... And yes, she carries a heavy weight, his legacy, and powers, theyʼre now hers. You think it could become a Divine

Aspect?”

”It already has, I would say! Freyr said. ”It is quite obvious that they have attained a tremendous power, something capable of surpassing even the limits of their new bodies. Ivy will become great, as great as Selene. Please raise them well, Sylphy.”

”Okay... But can you tell me who was the one that killed Bark and his family in his previous life?” I asked desperately, noticing I was fading away into particles of light.

”Sylphy, revenge is not good, even less revenge that is not yours...” Freyr said. ”It will pollute your heart...”

”My heart is already polluted, great king of spirits,” I confessed. ”You know about it, donʼt you? my past life? I was an assassin, and right now Iʼve remembered my past life resolve when my friends died.”

”Hah...” Freyr sighed. ”I suppose Iʼm pretty bad at convincing!” he laughed. ”Very well...”

”His name is...”