After getting punched for around ten minutes. Aurelians body was a little sore but that didn't matter to him. It was fun to tease Vel.
With the noon sun shining down on top of them Vel asked with her scythe in hand, "are you ready."
To be honest with herself she was scared and didn't want to kill him. I mean who would want to kill the person they like, and also the only person who can actually see her.
'What if something goes wrong.' Vel thought.
"Let's do it Vel one strike, don't mess it up and back out leaving me in pain. Be efficient." Aurelian said while smiling at her. He was confident this was the only way to awaken his lineage.
"3...2....1" then the blade slashed across his neck killing Aurelian instantly. His body fell onto its knees then forward onto the ice.
Vel worrying, "please hurry up stupid."
As his eyes blurred out he began to sense his soul more predominantly. Which stood out like a bright light in a dark room.
The was because without the normal 5 senses, he only had the 6th sense of being able to sense and see souls.
Aurelian began to use his lineage power revitalize to envelop his soul and control its movements.
As he moved his inwards on its self and moved his consciousness from looming on the outside and sensing inward. Aurelian moved it inside of the glowing soul.
As his sense entered, he felt the familiar area with the wolves and the soul signature looming ahead of him.
Controlling his soul to move once more it shot forward toward the warm light ahead. When his soul touched the outer layer of the light for the first time it felt like a warm bath bringing him away from the cold.
As Aurelians soul kept moving forward towards to middle of the light the heat began to penetrate the the outside of the soul.
It fused everything inside and made it one entity with his soul. An hour later his soul was the size of a basketball when before it was only around 3 inches across.
As the final amount of the light seeped in his soul started to take a form. Just like how Vel took her true form.
He could feel every part of his body being recreated from cells to the organs and bones. Until finally the Aurelians whole figure was back being human shaped.
When he looked at himself through his soul sense what he saw contrasted with his original body by leagues.
He wasn't any taller still 5 for 11 however his clothes were gone. What was left was a loose white gown that seemed to has a protective ability of some sorts surrounding him.
He didn't have any clothes other than the gown and a golden rope belt around his now only 28 inch waist. but when looking at himself he could tell people couldn't see below at his body it was shrouded in that ability.
His body was now very slender but still defined on his stomach and shoulders.
His once short silver hair was now white and down past his waist. Which made his golden eyes pop out against its color.
He looked like as he had become a ghost quite literally. Because technically he had.
He brought his sense back into his body and focused his eyes up at where the light used to be.
What he saw was a script in what seemed to be an ancient language spelling out Afterlife in three characters.
It was floating and golden white liquid was flowing through the carved stone writing. It just stayed their connecting Aurelians Soul to the lineage. It was his Lineage Mark.
Now it faintly illuminated 20 square miles. Of the dark black clouds that Aurelian always walked upon when his consciousness was in the area.
….
As Aurelian Return to the peak of the icy mountain the golden white glow came with him. It blinded the surrounding area until the new look of his body showed as it receded.
Vel excited to see he wasn't dead jumped on top of him without even noticing his look. "You stupid man how are you going to leave me alone. It's not like I even wanted to not to die."
As she finished speaking tears started flowing down her cheeks.
Aurelian seeing she was caught up in the moment took the chance to wrap his arms around her lower back. This brought her closer to him who was laying on the ice.
He then sneakily planted a kiss on her forehead and pulled away to look at her.
"I'm fine I just had to make myself like the wolves and you. And it was the only way. I'm back now you can calm down."
Flustered as she was Vel didn't say anything and began to look at him as Aurelian wiped her tears.
"Aurelian is your outfit like mine, it looks like you about to go to sleep. Also why's your hair longer than mine too." Vel said question his appearance.
As well as turning away from him once she got loose from his grip to face the horizon.
"I've become a deacon of sorts of the afterlife. A ghost. Just like how your a deacon of Death a reaper."
continuing Aurelian began, "it seems we still have plenty of time today, let's set out to the one landmark between Red ice town."
"You sure you want to spend the night in that forest." Vel questioned turning to look in the direction it'd be.
"Yes, I'm confident. It seems although this body is rather lean, it's efficiency is perfect for the abilities that come with it. I'd like to test them out as soon as possible and move ahead from the mountain."
"Well then lunch and after we'll head down the mountain. I can finally start to test my strength too." Vel said excitedly as she looked at Aurelian.
After eating for the final time in the ice platform they waved goodbye and began the descent.