Markets and Multiverses (A Serial Transmigration LitRPG)

Chapter 251: Soul Clamp

More time passed. We turned fourteen, and began preparing to graduate from school.

Felix was determined to go to the town's alchemy university after graduation. At first, I thought that was because of its proximity. However, I learned that was only part of the reason. The university had offered Felix a full ride scholarship - and something far more important. A re

My next test was on a rabbit. I tried soul-clamping its soul, then stabbing it in the brain and healing it. The rabbit spent two days in a coma-like state… but afterwards, it went back to hopping around like usual. The connection between the soul and the body was weakened when I stabbed the rabbit’s brain, but if I held its soul in place, it healed much faster than normal.

After a few more tests, I got confident enough to try it on a coma patient. The coma patient hadn’t woken up in over two years, and his family had lost hope of him ever waking up.

My first attempt at using soul clamp as a healing spell was rather absurd. I took the coma patient’s soul and stuffed it back into the patient’s brain for several hours. Over time, the patient's soul, which had originally dangled half in and half out of his brain, started to reconnect.

It took another two weeks before the connection was even half-rebuilt, but it was progress. Most importantly, the patient woke up afterward.

The restoration process wasn't perfect. The soul-glue between his soul and brain was nowhere near as resilient as a normal soul-glue. I suspected that it would be exceedingly easy for him to slip back into a coma if he got another head injury. He also had a few minor issues, like getting fatigued more easily than normal. It was still better than never waking up at all. I also noticed that coma patients that woke up 'naturally' had the exact same issue, meaning it wasn't a problem with my spell. It seemed that it was impossible to create a perfect soul bond after birth, at least for now.

After another few rounds of tests and observations, I had no clue how to improve soul clamp further. I suspected I needed a higher grade ability to keep improving.

Since I didn’t see any hope for improving my spell further in the near future, I decided that it was time. I was going to try to heal my mother.