Damon's eyes flickered when he heard the word brand. He went slightly on guard the moment the branding seal came into view.
His gaze swept over the gate, the overall number of guards stationed there, then returned to the small seal in their hands.
It was a magical artifact.
He activated Appraisal, and sure enough, the system confirmed it as an artifact specifically designed for branding.
However, the brand itself was not as insidious as he had initially imagined.
What it did was simple.
The brand placed at the gate was etched into the soul at least partially. Anyone with halfway decent soul protection could resist it.
Damon had a powerful soul.
What the brand primarily recorded was location. In function, it worked much like Ghost's skill, capable of tracking a target. Of course, with the city's massive population, finding any single individual was far easier said than done.
Another function quickly caught his attention.
It monitored kill count.
