In a small shack, two individuals were inside, one was enjoying a good meal but also lost in thought, the other began a discussion.
"Young Man, why do you possess the energy of a devil?". Detto asked dead serious.
Iode's face became frozen, his heart skipped a beat, he immediately forgot about those who might be worried about him. His thoughts were in shambles and disarray, he couldn't think straight anymore.
' he knows i have a connection with Valier? How, not even the archmage noticed this'. Iode thought.
"As a shaman, i can sense and see things sorcerers can't". Detto said.
To the goblins, magic divided into two main branches; sorcery and shamanism. For goblins, sorcery is a belief and practice used to manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces, such as mana and spirits. A goblin who studies sorcery is often called a goblin sorcerer or a goblin mage, but they prefer being called the latter.
Shamanism to the goblins is a religious practice that involves a practitioner interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination, or to aid in some other way.
Iode's face was grim, he does not even know what to say. His face was fixated in one direction _ he was facing the food looking all grim.
"When you were brought here, i sensed two different energies within you, but now i sense just only one..." Detto said.
"Do you have any idea about that?".
"I, i don't know what you are talking about". Iode said trying to deny Detto's claim.
Detto stared blankly at him
"Kid, your face says it all, if you are going to lie, don't give cheap ones".
"Fine, since you have seen it all, i can't lie anymore... Yes, i have demonic energy within me but i wasn't the one who did it, i inherited it". Iode finally confessed.
"Inherited it?...". Detto said but he paused a bit.
"Alright, i believe you ".
"You do? You are not disgusted that i have such energy in me and would make all i say lies?". Iode said surprised by Detto's words.
"Of course I'm disgusted, but through clairvoyance, i was able to see deep into your soul and i saw that you weren't lying...".
"Do you know that within you, you possess two souls?". Detto said.
"You say what now? Two souls?". Iode said stunned.
"As far as i can see, two different souls are tightly fused together inside of you... It quite difficult to know which one is yours and who owns the other ". Detto said.
Iode was perplexed with the new secret he was hearing, if this is true, then all the successors had the souls of their predecessors fused within them, including the original five...
If Detto is actually right then the mystery of the original five having successors is partially solved. They had successors because they had their souls split so it could attach itself into another host, to carry on their legacy.
Then Igor not having successors until now meant that his soul never found a suitable host to attach to. The actions of the original five begs two questions, the first is that, why would they want their legacy to continue knowing full well that their source of power comes from a devil, why would they do such? Is it to deter Valier from collecting their souls or to bring more people to join their occult group?
The second is, how they were able to split their souls, even now in which knowledge of magic is more advanced compared to the original five's time, anything that deals with souls are impossible to deal with. The original five pulling such feat is very, very impressive.
Iode went silent for a long time, when he first heard about the original five getting their power from a devil, he was extremely sad, so sad that he preferred to have stayed ignorant... Wait, did Detto just peered deep into his soul?
"You were able to see my soul? How did you do that?". Iode asked.
"Through clairvoyance". Detto replied.
An idea popped on Iode's head, he was super sad and even angry that the original five got their powers from a devil, if someone like Detto who was able to sense his secret immediately, how many more people have this ability.
Sooner or later, he is bound to be in trouble if he encounters people whose hatred for demons and devils are beyond compressions, plus he himself wants to do away with Valier powers and it seems now is the perfect time for that.
"If you can see deep into my soul, it means you have powers to manipulate souls too, right?". Iode asked.
"Unfortunately, i don't, seeing through souls is the most i can do". Detto replied.
Iode's hope to part with Igor's soul became shattered in an instant. If he has to do away with Valier, he needs to unfuse his soul from Igor, but it's impossible at the moment.
"To be able to manipulate souls, one needs to be highly favored by a celestial and also have a very precise control of magic... Just having the powers of a celestial does not give power to manipulate souls ". Detto said as if reading his thoughts.
"I want to do away with Valier's powers, i don't like it how i have it in me, i want his energy to just disappear". Iode said in sadness.
"I'm sorry I can't do that... but there's something i want to know, i said it before that i sensed two different energies within you but them it became one when you are up how?". Detto asked.
"Oh right, before i woke up, i was in a dark empty void, then this ugly looking demon started to move around as if it was planning to harm me without knowing where it came from... But Valier, his powers protected me ". Iode replied.
"... Now I'm sure about it, young man, that other energy i felt from you, I've encountered it for some time now, some goblins were infected with this same energy and had the same experience before succumbing to it... Iode, i think someone wants to repeat history, someone wants to trigger another demon invasion ".