After a while of the boy staring into the cracks in the sky, he decided to use the system to notify Astrick that something is inside his soul, just in case it was something he can't deal with...
Which, if you still haven't figured it out yet, the boy was the one who created the system for Astrick after Astrick's awakening day as a way to help him without his knowledge.
As for the way the boy knew Lilith's world, it was in fact a complete coincidence as he was one day trying to see if his ability to teleport would work in the outside world, which it should as the only reason it didn't work before was that there was something in this dark space that was blocking it somehow.
And surely enough, when he tried it using Astrick's body as a baby it worked, even better than he thought as he was sent to a completely different universe.
But before he was able to get excited and happy about it he sensed two different energies that were both familiar to him as one of them was red and the second was blue, of course, he was barely able to sense the two energies as they weren't as much as visible as after the apocalypse...
With that being said, even though he lived for more than 10 thousand years, he still knew little to nothing about the soul or mind energy or their sources... He still doesn't even know why people are sent to such spaces like the one he's in after their death...
And so he decided that if anything related to souls/spirits ever happened he would take all the preparations possible and be as cautious about it as he could.
Leading him to have no other inform Astrick of a danger that might secretly lie in his soul...
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Meanwhile, Astrick was still checking the new changes in his body with an excited look on his face... He couldn't believe that his reckless action of pushing his body beyond its full limits led him to actually get such a strength boost.
But even with all the benefits Astrick didn't want to ever go through that sort of pain ever again, he was surprised himself that he was able to endure it all...
While checking his body changes Astrick's eyes suddenly widened in shock as he mumbled...
"H...h...How is that even possible... ?" Unlike what Astrick thought, he didn't reach the beginner's demonic rank in this session... Instead, he was now in the mid-stage of the demonic rank...
Reaching the beginner stage of the demonic rank should've already been impossible for someone of his talent, the mid-stage demonic rank should've been something he doesn't reach even if he died for it. Suddenly all his negative thoughts about his former suffering disappeared as he finally felt like all this enormous pain was worth it...
After finishing his self-body check Astrick decided that he was going to meet up with Karl, but before anything, he needs a shower right now...
Although in this apocalyptic world showers have become more of a luxury, to Astrick who could travel between two worlds, it wasn't that much of a problem as he could bring water with him whenever he needs it.
After a quick shower, Astrick went out to meet Karl and ask him a few things such as if there are any other bases to the north that they know of... Although Astrick wanted to find Ava and Isabella as soon as possible, moving aimlessly would take him too long and might even be useless in some cases.
This is why he decided to stay in this military base until he finds some sort of lead to Ava and Isabella's current location.
Walking through the military base's streets, Astrick was once again astonished by how peaceful it is inside here, people were wandering around with pure smiles on their faces, it's like the apocalypse never happened here... Once again Astrick was so curious about the leader of this base and how he was able to do such a good job.
While Astrick was soaking in his thoughts he suddenly heard a manly voice he hasn't heard for a while...
[Congratulations to the host for achieving the Demonic rank...! ]
[Against all odds, The host was able to ascend to a rank no human with his body limitations was supposed to achieve... ]
[The host has achieved the impossible, rewards will be given after returning to the fallen world]
[A hidden secret has been revealed... Would the host like to know the secret?]
[Yes] [No]
Hearing the System congratulating him for his breakthrough, Astrick started thinking if the system lagged or something, but the next announcements made him leave all his jokes behind as he took on a serious expression on his face...
But the last few words made him really confused as he wondered...
'Hidden secret? What could it be? Wait... Is the system gonna scam me and not give me other rewards if I say yes?'
Astrick asked himself the last question partially as a joke but to his surprise the system actually answered his suspicion
[No, the information won't take any of the host's deserved rewards, but these dumb jokes might... ]
Astrick had to check his ears a few times although the system was talking directly to his mind...
'Did the system just roast me?'
He couldn't believe it, he was just roasted by a machine, a freaking machine, Astrick couldn't just take that in, his pride wouldn't allow him to...
He was going to start cussing but the system reminded him of what's important.
[Does the host want to hear the secret or not?]
Astrick felt like if he doesn't answer right now the system is just gonna choose for him so he ate up his ego and answered while gritting his teeth.
'Yes, I want to hear this secret'
The system's next words were too heavy to the point where Astrick couldn't do anything but stand there like an idiot staring into the distance astonished.
[The Soul is one of the most complicated creations of the Universe, it's something that nobody could fully understand no matter how strong they got... ]
[It is believed that souls are not imprisoned by things like death, time or many other things... ]
[It is also assumed that a person's soul consists of their mind, thoughts, and character, amongst other things... ]
[But something only beings who reached the peak strength of the Universe know about souls is that after the physical body dies, the mind travels to a spiritual dimension that is created to fit with their soul, and in this spiritual space, the soul can embody to a half-physical half-spiritual form..... ]
[An unknown creature is initiating to awaken in the host's soul]
The system finally dropped the bomb it was preparing for throughout this entire conversation...
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