At that moment, a figure emerged behind her, wielding a sword and cloaked in a devilish form. Swiftly, he dashed towards the frog, dealing a decisive blow that inflicted permanent damage.
With relentless strikes, he carved through the creature's body, penetrating inside, targeting and destroying the soul core, resulting in the annihilation of the entire soul entity.
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"Who are you guys?" The figure turned back, eyeing them cautiously.
Tamim pondered, "Is this the same soul sorcerer from the esports tournament?"
"If you don't speak up, I'll attack you assuming you're the enemy," warned the figure.
"We are working for BSSB," Farid replied.
"Oh, the secret superheros Foisal sir mentioned," acknowledged the figure. "What's happening here?"
"We're here for an investigation, and we were attacked," Tamim explained.
"I understand," said the figure, pulling out his phone and taking a picture of the area.
"Two of my team members are exploring this place from different paths."
He sent a bird soul to call his friends.
"Are you a soul sorcerer?" Faria inquired.
"Yes, I am, but you guys seem familiar," the figure paused. "Wait, are you the individuals I encountered at the esports tournament?" he asked, recognizing them.
"How did he recognize us?"Tamim wondered silently.
"Yes, we are," Faria replied to the figure.
"I understood because, as a soul sorcerer, I can perceive everyone's soul, and yours resembled those individuals I encountered earlier," explained the figure.
"These soul sorcerers are incredibly formidable," Tamim pondered to himself.
" By the way, Foisal sir told me that there will be one person.... " He was saying but a sound came from back.
"Hay Nadim," Nadia called out from a distance.
Tamim turned back and noticed Nadia and Rajib approaching.
"These are our allies," Nadim informed Nadia and Rajib as they joined them.
As a few souls began advancing towards them with hostile intentions, Nadim swiftly dashed towards the souls, cutting them down.
Nadia, wearing a frightened expression, and Rajib promptly joined Nadim.
Tamim contemplated launching an attack, but Faria cautioned, "Don't engage. Only a soul sorcerer can destroy a soul with its soul-made weapon."
"So that's why you couldn't defeat the frog," Tamim concluded, finally understanding why Faria struggled against the powerful frog-like soul entity.
As the barrier dissipated due to the trio destroying all the souls, they found themselves facing a two-story small building.
Tamims eyes hurt suddenly " Ahh.." Tamim held his eyes and it started bleeding.
Because of Tamims mask the blood was not visible.
With that Tamim's X-ray turned off.
Nadia, Nadim and Rakib turned back.
" You alright? " Says Faria
" I'm good. Just my x-ray turned off. " Says Tamim
" But your eyes are bleeding " Says Faria
" What? " Says Tamim and touched the mask and saw blood popped up outside
" I thought this was water, " says Tamim.
And started wiping up with his hand.
" Ah..your voice. It seems known." Says Nadia to Tamim.
" Ahh..Nadia. Don't bring your wired guess here" Says Rakib.
" Tamim, I think you need to take some rest. " Says Faria.
" You don't have to think about that. I am ok. Just X ray vision stopped " Says Tamim and looked at the house.
" We need to search the house. But it might be trap " Says Nadim
" Leave it to me." Rakib said and with that Rajib summoned a few dog souls and dispatched them to investigate the building's interior.
Tamim asked Faria " Am..Faria. Can you tell me how you turn your X-ray off. While fighting you were not always turning it on. You was just switching it i guess "
" Oh, well I don't know how it works but I think of relaxing my eyes with the intention of turning it off. It works like that. " Says Faria
"The dogs found no one inside, not a soul," Rajib reported.
"Looks like we wasted our time coming here," Nadim sighed.
Faria, using her X-ray vision, pointed out, "No, with my X-ray vision, I can see an underground base and people inside."
Tamim also attempted to use his X ray powers to see and confirmed, "Yes, people are hurriedly packing up things in the underground base."
"They're preparing for an escape; we need to stop them quickly," Tamim urged again, blood came from Tamim's eyes.
" Tamim, i think you should avoid using X ray for now. " Says Faria seeing this.
" Mmm..This girl seems to care about this boy a lot. Why does their aura feel like that i saw them earlier " Thinks Nadia looking at masked Tamim and Faria.
"Can you locate the entrance?" Nadim inquired.
"I can't see the entrance," replied Faria.
"We'll have to search inside the building for it," suggested Rajib.
The team entered the building and began scouring every room. Tamim noticed a box on the ground floor. As he approached the box, a soul suddenly attacked him, thrusting him backward. The soul took on a human-like form and, as it emerged, the entire house began acting erratically, as if under the soul's control.
Nadia rushed into the room and screamed as a hand from the ground grabbed her, pulling her down. Tamim reacted swiftly, rescuing her and leaping out of the window teleporting outside.
"Thanks for saving me, it's a top tier soul" Nadia expressed her gratitude.
"It's okay... but tell me, what exactly is a top-tier soul?" Tamim inquired.
"A top-tier soul is capable of shaping itself into anything and creating distractions on a city-block level. Here, this soul is mimicking a building, allowing it to control the entire place," Nadia explained, breathing heavily from the sudden ordeal.
As Tamim and Nadia made their escape, Faria entered the same room and faced the monster's attack. With a powerful punch, she struck the monster, causing it to scream in pain.
Rajib swiftly transformed into his bear form and launched a ferocious attack on the soul, causing the entire building to tremble.