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Chapter 97 - Eight Souls

It was around Draxus's birthday as they celebrated in the observation room of the laboratory. The people in there were mostly Draxus's harem, Remuel and his harem, Arlesk with his girls, and the Sentinels. Serkyrio was simply keeping his eye at Draxus who remained dormant inside the hyperbaric chamber. He was listening to the conversations around the room as he tries to reminisce certain things.

Before long, Matilda, Lily, and Julie went towards Serkyrio to ask him about Draxus and why he knows a lot about him. "Well, let's just say that I have a very long story about him." He simply smiled as he recollected all the bits of information he had managed to gather about Draxus. The three sat down as if interested to hear the story, which got the attention of Olivia and Gwen as they came closer. Serkyrio called Remuel and Arlesk to come as both of them also have information regarding Draxus.

"First of all, let's just say that the three of us are somewhat beyond what a normal human being is capable of. All four of us were reincarnated in our old world, leading normal lives as we talked to each other about our pasts." It was a lie, but Serkyrio continued telling the story with half truths. However, he willing told the truth about Draxus.

"Eight souls of the Prime Existence, the creator of everything, universes and gods alike. The progenitor, and the one who sits on the throne of infinite space. He saw that as nothing but fiction as it was only a dream, but each one of us witnessed that existence separate into eight souls. With one part falling into Draxus's body. I took care of that soul and turned it into my disciple to ensure his growth as his teacher." Serkyrio, having witnessed Draxus's souls coming back to him as they entered this world, could only smile wryly as he finally could bring out the potential that was hidden. "Yet, he could not control his power, with eight souls each having their own rage and wrath inside. Managing all of it was impossible." Remuel continued Serkyrio's words, as he sat down on a chair comfortably. "Some of you may have only seen the aftermath, but I guess Serkyrio can fill you in with the information." After passing it back to Serkyrio, he started drinking the drink that was given to him by Noelle. But before Serkyrio could continue, Olivia asked a question on how they knew about that. "Well, let's say that old friends will be old friends, Remuel was a demon god reincarnate, while Arlesk was a legendary hero reincarnate. I still have yet to identify which reincarnate I was." Another lie given by Serkyrio, he shrugged his shoulders and continued to explain about Draxus. "Let's see, which part are you lot curious about?" The five girls turned their gazes toward each other as Olivia nodded to ask. "Then, about the eight souls, what did he say about those?" Serkyrio inclined his head as he rested his hands on his knees. "That immediately huh? Aight, let's begin with the one that showed up in Santuria capital. The Endless Abrasion, Wandering Abomination. I won't speak of his name, but I can tell which kind of power he held." Serkyrio described the appearance and explained why Draxus placed that power in the Moonlit Memories card, as it was something that was engraved in his memory due to the soul's connection. Thus allowing him to see memories of a past life, but Draxus simply branded this as fiction in his mind. "He held the power of dimensions, as his race continuously travels world after world. But he held a mutation that was considered an abomination that only happened once, the power to control time. As for the story, you should ask him about that, once he reawakens, don't ask him about everything at once, just one story at a time or you won't be able to keep up. Just know that all souls never had a good ending so far, and now they'll all in one place again, merged with a mortal, giving a blessing, and a curse called eternal life. The other souls, you may ask Draxus about their story and name but I'll only speak about their power. One is able to control anything, living, non-living, and even the will. One was born as an angel, with powers that provide miracles. One was a guardian of the world, to protect both nature and the oceans with a noble heart. One was an incarnate of death, with a single touch to suffer endless decay. One was born in endless stardust, unleashing the wrath of the stars. While the last one was the one that created them all, a Creator who made worlds, and journeyed with a partner. That's all I will tell you." Serkyrio kept the final secret about the eight souls, and hoped that nothing bad will happen to the group which will cause Draxus to use that." Serkyrio no longer dared to continue speaking about Draxus's power, as they know that they are being monitored by the Council of the Skies. "Again, the rest, is something you ask your beloved by himself." The girls held their sad expressions as they turn their worried gazes towards Draxus.

In a realm of distortions, a shady figure walked forward as he was followed by a man with similar height to him. The tall man was sweating nervously as he was suddenly called out to the distorted realm in order to discuss something.

"So you have decided to summon another batch? Cronus." A soft, melodic, yet elusive voice passed through the area, which eventually reached Cronus's ears. "Yes my lord, us from the council have finally finished the preparations for both the second batch, and the other pieces to join the center." The shady person stood still for a few seconds before disappearing. To which Cronus already understood as they had arrived at the area. There was silence, until distortions were created as the resonance of the voice entered Cronus's ears once more. "Wonderful, I believe you have done a great job as to handling the enemies. To think that you would be able to summon them from a world outside my dominion, I impressed that you can manage that." Cronus bowed down to not get himself viewed as an arrogant person. "No, without the assistance and cooperation it would've been proven difficult." The distortions stopped for a second, before they continued as it spoke of a different topic. "Then the task I have given you, to dispose of the reincarnations of the heroic god, demonic god, creation god, and the eighth soul. I trust that all of you will be able to give me a great show against them. Their souls may be persistent as to find new hosts, but I trust that you'll send their souls here without their bodies. That way, I can finally remove them from the circle, and become inexistent." Cronus could only widen his eyes in retrospect to his encounter with Draxus, whom he knew was the owner of the eight souls. In his mind, a question popped up as he could feel that the distortions were feeling angered as it uttered the Eight Souls.