He hadn't expected to fail in this way.
At the same time, Sterl began to understand why the creator of the Kingdom of Orichalcum, that legendary great god, had left behind the Soul Devourer Sphere. He could now be certain that, even for that mighty divine-level existence, this artifact had definitely caused them trouble—probably leaving them with a painful lesson learned through blood and tears!
But no matter who it was, the outcome would have been the same. Sterl had done his utmost to prepare, thinking that absorbing the high-level soul power would have no backlash. He never expected that, after absorbing to the fullest, the backlash would all come rushing out at once.
It was as though all the backlash had piled up into a single overwhelming force!