角川旗下专注于网络小说和游戏小说的ドラゴンノベルス宣布，《黑暗之魂小说：辩解的假面具》（小説 ダークソウル 弁明の仮面劇）将于 10 月 25 日在日本和美国发售。小说将由美国奇幻小说作家迈克尔·A·斯塔克波尔（Michael Austin Stackpole）撰写，他也曾为《星球大战》系列写过官方小说。在保留游戏世界观的基础上，迈克尔·A·斯塔克波尔原创了一个男人在这个残酷世界上生存下去的故事。以下为官网的小说故事介绍：本应在地下墓穴死去的男子，在黑暗中逐渐找回了知觉。男子丧失了所有的记忆，从现场情况来看，埋葬他的人认为他肯定会死而复生，想把男子关在这里。但因为一些意外，封印被意外解除了。面前掘墓人的尸体突然向主角袭来，男子想起自己曾经会使用魔法，用手心发出的魔法之光击败了敌人。这时候，掘墓人的记忆流入了男子
Kawakawa's "soul of darkness novel: the mask of justification" (the novel "Ming opera") which focuses on online novels and game novels will be released in Japan and the United States on October 25. The novel will be written by American fantasy writer Michael A. Stackpole, who also wrote official novels for the Star Wars series. On the basis of preserving the game world view, Michael A. Stackpole created a story about a man surviving in this cruel world. The following is the story of the novel on the official website: the man who should have died in the underground tomb gradually regained consciousness in the dark. The man lost all his memories. According to the situation at the scene, the person who buried him thought that he would certainly come back from the dead and wanted to lock him here. But because of some accidents, the seal was accidentally lifted. The corpse of the grave digger in front of him suddenly attacked the protagonist. The man remembered that he had used magic and defeated the enemy with the magic light from the palm of his hand. At this time, the memory of the grave digger flowed into the man
