Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25958552-20160731160314/@comment-26814804-20160805163850

No, the HUMANS actually became weaker in the time that MONSTERS were trapped under the Barrier, since they lost the use of magic and their immense DETERMINATION. If ASGORE had headed to the Surface with just one or two SOULS, he could have taken the others from humans dying of natrual causes.