The scythe's attacks felt like a terrifying curse. Adrian and Rozi could feel the soul locked within the curse running amok. The giant scythe would reap all of the souls it could. Dragonbane unleashed a wave of heat, but it was no match for the chilling cold coming from the scythe. The black aura around the scythe chilled one to the bone. It pierced through even their thick clothes. Rozi shivered profusely from the cold. She found it hard to hold onto her sword and was hit by a strong urge to resign herself to her fate whenever the scythe attacked. She felt like it wanted to redeem her soul.At that moment, a string of memories flooded Rozi’s mind. The memory fragments she had lost came back to her, causing her to shiver uncontrollably. She fell to her knees in anguish as she grasped her lost memories. Catching this opening, the monster yelled as it swung its scythe. The souls within the weapon wailed, and a chilling cold gathered around the weapon. Rozi's head would roll if the
But another arm grew back in the blink of an eye. The monster was unstoppable. With a beam of black light, the scythe leaped back into the monster's grasp."This thing is unkillable." Adrian frowned. He had understood two things during the battle.The monster's attack was profound and conjured illusions in whoever got close to it. Should he lose control, the weapon of death would surely redeem his soul. This redemption entailed the scythe sucking in one’s soul and trapping the soul within itself forever.Secondly, the monster did not have an actual body. Its body was a conjurement, allowing it to regenerate infinitely no matter how severe its wounds were. This monster was unlike the zombie guards in Enigma City. Although the zombies were undead, they were rendered immobile once their legs were severed. But this monster could instantly regrow lost limbs. It could regenerate its stomach even if a hole had been blasted through it. This monster was like an unkillable boss in a video
Adrian stared at the monster as Rozi retreated. The monster swiftly charged toward Adrian with its scythe raised. As it was about to hit him, Adrian leaped into the air and unleashed a golden light from Dragonbane. The light enveloped the sword as it slashed upwards. Since they were currently inside a building, Adrian did not unleash the same amount of power he did during his battle with the Gost emperor.Slash!!!The monster was split in half, but Adrian did not stop. He proceeded to cut the monster into four. Within seconds, the monster and the scythe were sliced and diced into tiny little particles that were scattered all over the floor. He only stopped when he could cut the monster's body no further.As Adrian landed on the ground, Rozi came to stand next to him. They watched as the monster reformed. In mere moments, the pieces had rejoined. Less than ten seconds later, the monster stood before them once more."Annoying thing."Adrian and Rozi fell back.Rozi took a deep brea
The moment he touched the scythe, Adrian could feel the countless souls trapped within screaming and squirming. They were filled with endless hatred as they tried to grab his hand.A chill of death surged, causing Adrian's right hand to be thoroughly frozen.The souls grabbed out as they screamed. They yearned for blood, suffering within their cage. Hatred, pain, and suffering surrounded Adrian as he felt the anguish the souls felt.His right arm felt as though it was about to freeze over as the scythe continued to unleash its power. The souls fought their way toward the arm, hoping to escape through his frozen arm.Adrian could even see their anguished faces appearing before him. His soul began to struggle the moment he touched the scythe as an unprecedented pain flooded his senses. He lost himself, and his eyes turned bloodshot. As the souls clawed their way through Adrian, Rozi yelled, "Get that scythe away from you or you'll die!" Her voice echoed in Adrian's ear. Though hi
Following the monster's disappearance, the scythe turned into a puff of black smoke and vanished as well. The souls that had fed on the monster seemed to have been redeemed, dispersing throughout the palace as though nothing had happened. After everything disappeared, Adrian sat on the floor, gasping raspily. The freeze in his hands had been dispelled, but he left exhausted. He had just felt how much pain and suffering the souls had felt. He never expected there to ever exist so much grudge. The souls that were locked up were the culmination of hatred."Are you okay?" Rozi asked as she knelt next to him.Despite it being negative fifty degrees Celsius, Adrian was drenched in sweat. The sweat that fell off him even melted the ice. "I now understand why the Creator wants to reset our memories. I also know what they’re afraid of."Confused, Rozi asked, "What is it?"Adrian pointed at his head. "Human intelligence. They’re afraid of human intelligence, something capable of defeatin
Adrian proceeded to crave some words onto the floor with the sword.“This is Navia. The monarch's name is Crystal Nave. There's a place called Wyvern Peak that defends this country. My name is Adrian Xander, former war legate of Wyvern Peak. I later passed on my position to Jerome Yahn.“My wife's name is Samantha Cowell, and we have a daughter named Nova Xander. I came here to investigate the Creator, who can memories and erase everything I know. The woman with me is Abioye Rozi, my companion from a thousand and two hundred years ago. She can live forever and has stopped aging due to the meteorites modifying her genes.“When I see these words, I must believe everything that is written. When I see these messages, I must continue forward. On and on again…”Adrian took off his clothes and carved onto his arm, “My name is Adrian Xander. I'm the one who carved the words in the palace.”He then used Dragonbane to carve into anywhere he could in a maddened frenzy.“My name is Adrian Xa
The pair carved out the same messages over and over until they were numb. They had lost all their memories, but the words reminded them of who they were and that they were there to investigate the Creator.They repeated the same cycle like robots as their memories were reset over and over. Adrian and Rozi no longer knew what they had forgotten, but their subconscious told them to continue carving the same words onto every surface so that they could identify themselves. The words had gone through numerous resets, but the pair would immediately begin carving new messages.The whole thing turned into an endless loop. The pair diligently carved out the same messages so that they would remember every time their memories were reset. They forget over and over. The words on the wall kept disappearing as though they were never there. The cycle kept going, and the pair lost track of all time.Through this robotic cycle, the pair began to develop muscle memory. Even after their memories
"The person is tired." Adrian observed his surroundings. He had forgotten many things, but he remembered his name and that he had a wife and daughter. Thanks to the carvings, he also knew he used to be the legate of Wyvern Peak."They've erased all our memories, and we must’ve forgotten a lot of things. But we have the same objective, and that is to investigate that person. I think that person has suffered a blowback after trying to reset things here over and over."Although Adrian had lost his memories, he had not lost his ability to think. His judgment remained sound.Rozi stood next to Adrian and asked, "What do you mean? Are you saying that something happened while we were carving the same messages over and over?"Adrian nodded. "They probably spend a lot of their energy every time they do a reset. I remember that we've been here for a few days, and they've been erasing our memories the entire time. It seems like they’re suffering from fatigue now. This is probably the chance