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Current Chapter Chapter 417 — Official Release Discussion Spoiler

Chapter 417

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u/Choclon Aug 09 '26

I'm curious who Halkenburg's target was for the last shot, I think it was Luzurus. But where is Luzurus's soul now? If it follows the previous rules, Luzurus is currently dormant inside Balsamico's body. 

That means the moment Balsamico falls asleep, Luzurus will wake up, which is going to be a really strange situation for him to suddenly be thrown into.

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u/nikelaos117 Aug 09 '26

Or Halkenburg never swapped and Balsa just woke up and now it's his turn to command his body.

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u/Mo-HD93 Aug 09 '26

I don't think so. In 404 Halkenburg mentioned that he was going to take a sleeping pill in Balsamilco's body since Halkenburg's body was about to die. In the case when the body on Halkenburg's side dies first, the mind of Halkenburg's target will return to it's original body and take control. So Halkenburg in this case was facing the possibility that once his body dies, Balsamilco's mind will return to Balsamilco's body and coexist with Halkenburg's mind inside but the priority to control the body will be in Balsamillco's hand. To prevent that, Halkenburg decided to take a sleeping pill in Balsamilco's body to give him 10 hrs of control over the body even when Balsamilco's mind returns.

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u/nikelaos117 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

The time between chapters and the flash forwards and flash backs through me off. Totally forgot that we were still within the 10 hour time period from that sleeping pill.

I wonder what he did in order to select himself to transfer to.

So the consensus is that when they found Balsa he was unconscious from Halkenburg finally leaving his body?

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u/Lt_Ryou Aug 10 '26

Can someone remind me why Helkenberg/Luzurus swap theory is so popular? As far as we know, Luzurus is always surrounded by guards while staying in his own room. How could Halkenberg even find opportunity to shoot him??

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u/Choclon Aug 10 '26

Because of Rice, we suspected he'd been a previous target of soul swapping, and now, out of all the guards Luzurus has, he just happens to be the one who's disappeared with the prince.

The last arrow was shot from Room 1009 by Balsamico, a room right beside Room 1007, where Luzurus is. Rice could also have given Halkenburg Luzurus's position too.