Why did Caelus choose that instead of eradicating them?
It was simply because he knew that they had corruption in them. It might have been their choice, or maybe it might not be the case. He didn't know how they lived their life before they became a Wandering Soul that only lusted to kill. And he doesn't know what happened while they became a Wandering Soul.
However, one thing was certain. They were also once an innocent soul before they became Wandering Soul.
The judgment for the Wandering Soul should come to whoever the fuck is the God, not him.
It was not because of some bullshit sense of heroism. It was simply because he wanted his previous family, friends and cherished people to also be judged accordingly.
Shouldn't they have been reincarnated to live a good life after their suffering?
And so, he chose to ferry the Wandering Souls.
Once more, he activated his Qi Sight along with his Qi Aura Cloak.
*Hm? What's this? I think I can hold out for two hours with both Qi Sight and Qi Aura Cloak activated… is this an effect that happened with the experimentation of combining Qi, Mana and Energy? I've benefited even after System stopped it and deemed it as dangerous. It's no wonder the System didn't ban the technique and instead was looking for the safe path.*
He didn't think about it too much. In a fight, one should just focus on the fight ahead.
He quickly ran towards the nearest person, it was noteworthy how the guy had sinister eyes complimenting his corrupted soul.
"W-what…?" He uttered but his voice failed to reach other people. Being in Caelus' QI Aura Cloak and unaware of the technique's weakness, he was as good as dead.
"Don't blame me for this. Blame yourself for being too greedy."
The man tried to struggle but his body only moved a millimeter. He even failed to struggle. With the man opening his mouth, Caelus took advantage of it and put the Energy Pill he had asked Alisa's group to make. It was the makeshift "gold coin" offering so that they could successfully ferry a Wandering Soul.
He just asked for it because he thought it would come in handy. He thought it was better to be prepared after what they experienced inside the Sanctuary.
Little did he know he would use it the moment he had stepped out of the Sanctuary Shelter.
The next moment was a little surprising. Just like how he ferried countless Wandering Souls before, Charo arrived to take the Wandering Soul.
What surprised him was what Charon uttered.
And with that Charon took the Wandering Soul making the body Caelus was holding became lifeless. Having eaten the Original Soul, the body naturally became inanimate. And because of the corruption the Wandering Soul had, the barren body slowly decayed as if something was eating the body away.
After he moved away from the body to catch the next guy, the body crumbled into dust, not even leaving a bone in the floor.
"What happened?!"
Of course, he knew he couldn't hide the fact that one of their members vanished into ashes. The moment he moved, everyone noticed how someone just died.
They didn't know what happened. The moment Charon arrived, everything seemed to stop except for him. The next thing everyone knew was someone suddenly turned into dust.
Everyone was alert.
However, no one was prepared with Caelus' skills.
He was a monster of the past. Even without his memories, he dreamt of how he carried out a solo operation of massacring. With the surge of emotion he has right now, he knew he could move like the monster Caelus.
For him, these people were nothing but children.
While all of them were panicking and were on high alert looking for the perpetrator, he was running after them one by one, reducing their number as he moved forward.
"Enemy attack!"
*Cute.*
He dashed towards the nearest person to him, his movement was sharp but without any excessive movements. He was like a shadow that pounced his enemies. And when he left, only ashes were left behind him.
Well, most of them turned into ashes. However, there were still some who didn't. Still Charon arrived to get their soul. It was confusing but he had no time to think about that. He was still far away from Miya. There's still a lot of people he needed to pass through.
He continued rushing forward, picking out the people infected with Wandering Souls or corruption one by one.
It was too easy.
The only thing that was stopping him was his limited Qi.
"T-this… this pattern! It must be him! Y-you must be him!"
*Huh?*
"Do you know me?" He asked quickly. The guy who said that was someone who he just ferried. "Damn!"
He could only curse as the Wandering Soul left the body before the body began to decay. He was too late already.
*Someone actually know me here? Or was he mistaken? Is that possible? I came from a different world. I know that my world is already destroyed. Or is it possible for our world to have survived…? Just like how Sanctuary's world became a shelter, is it possible for our world to become a Shelter Zone too?*
Because he couldn't get his answer anymore, he could only move forward. But this time, he took his time, he was curious if anyone else would know him.
However, no one else was able to recognize him.
"Hana…"
He frowned as he stopped.
He wanted to proceed forward but there were two things that stopped him.
First, the Wandering Soul was alert on him. Their eyes locked even after him having a Qi Aura Cloak.
Secondly… he could still see Hana's soul inside Hana's body.