Single Wish: Rise Of The Omniscient Paragon

382  381: Insufficient Information?

As Corey was somewhat distracted by the changes to his skills, the most annoying and disgusting voice he had ever heard resounded in the temple.

"Impertinent and foolish human, you have stayed in this sacred land for far too long. Kill yourself this instant and we shall consider sparing your pathetic soul."

The voice was a mix of an adult male's voice, an adult female's voice, a young boy's voice, a young girl's voice, a baby's voice, an old man's voice, an old woman's voice, and a combination of the roars of beasts and monsters he had never heard of before.

There was no symphony in the mixture of voices. Cacophony, dissonance, disharmony, discord, and chaos was what one would hear when this voice was heard.

Those who were mentally weak would become insane or even choose to kill themselves because of this voice, and for Corey who had the Ears of Omniscience, what he heard and experienced was much worse.

Not only could he hear the multiple voices in the single voice that just spoke, he could also hear the screams of pain, horror, despair, and fear in the countless voices that were contained in the main voice.

If not for his stars of consciousness which shared the brunt of these voices and emotions, he would currently be a dead man or an insane man.

It irked him, it disgusted him, and it annoyed him.

Corey's face changed to one of irritation.

"Oh. How admirable. You are a weak, impertinent, and foolish human, but you still stand before my voice. I guess you could be a useful sacri-"

"Quiet!"

Corey growled, and with pure irritation and disgust in his eyes, he gazed at the bone altars in front of him.

Despite the irritation and disgust he felt the first time he heard the voice from the bone altars speak, he did not stop whatever being or thing that was speaking from the bone altar to stop speaking since he thought it might give him some information unknowingly.

However, it had just said more annoying things, adding more to his disgust and irritation.

Some might have been caught off guard or scared to the core if they saw the mouth of every single skull of the bone altars move like they were speaking. However, Corey was not surprised by this at all.

In fact, from the moment he saw the bone altars, he knew it had life in them.

With his Paragon senses, his Cosmic soul, and the increase in his proficiency of the forbidden skill- Soul Entropy, Corey knew that the bone altars were not just pure bones the first time he saw them.

At first he wasn't sure why he perceived life from the bone altars, and since he never perceived any movement or any other thing from them, he assumed that maybe he had been wrong.

However, now that he heard the voice and observed the bone altars more, he could sense a familiar energy from the bone altars.

It was an energy most would be familiar with, but would not notice because of their inadequate senses and knowledge.

The energy was Soul Energy.

After reading everything that was in the Outer Library and Inner Library, Corey knew a little bit about Soul Energy.

Soul Energy was what was contained in soul stones, and although he wasn't sure if the bone altars would have a soul stone- since it would be weird, he knew that there was a soul in the bone altars.

There were countless souls in the bone altars but they all felt… dead and lost.

'Although I can sense multiple souls due to the different soul energies in the bone altars, I can sense one particular strong and powerful soul energy in all the bone altars.'

Corey's eyes flashed with a cold and calculating glint as he gazed at the bone altar directly in front of him that had become oddly silent after his outburst.

'If I'm correct, then that means…' Corey's gaze shifted from one bone altar to another bone altar, '... The bone altars are a single entity.'

Just as Corey had this thought, the irritating voice resounded in the temple once again.

"It seems you desire death and chase it with a stupendous zeal."

Corey was about to give a reply, but then he perceived a vibration from every single bone altar around him.

In the next moment, the bone altars trembled and then they moved at a speed faster than Corey expected.

In less than three seconds, the bone altars came together, and what followed was a loud grating sound.

Corey frowned.

He wanted to attack, but he chose to wait and observe since he did not perceive any threat from whatever monstrosity was about to be formed. However, he perceived a tinge of mystic energy in the bones. It was faint, but it was still there.

Three seconds later, a true monstrosity was before him.

Corey looked up, 'What in the fuck?'

A few meters in front of Corey was a monster he could not describe properly.

The monster was a pile of skulls that had joined together to form a large and round 'head' of skulls. There were also two arms that were made of skulls protruding from the 'head'.

'It basically looks like an extremely round head with arms protruding from its sides.'  Corey thought with his gaze containing a hint of intrigue and curiosity in them. Despite the monstrosity that was before him, he still did not feel threatened by it.

Corey became curious about something, 'Record'.

He used Record, however, something he never expected to happen, happened.

'What?... Does that mean it's three tiers above me?' Corey's expression changed, and his gaze became more serious.

However, just as he had this thought, Chucky's voice resounded in his mind.

{That is not the reason, Master. It's because there's insufficient information about this place in the Perceptual Nexus Repository.}

The instant Corey heard this, a baffled and confused expression appeared on his face.

Insufficient information?