Chapter 582 Aaron's choice
A while ago;
Assad's leader was in his chains as he was dragged out of the prison and then escorted to the execution tower with more than twenty guards. Even Vice President Ramiel personally tagged along with them so that no one will try to liberate him.
Little did know that he and everyone else were already under Aaron's illusion who replaced himself with another guard.
Usually, Ramiel would have been able to find something suspicious and resist the illusion. However, as Aaron made a forceful breakthrough to the 8-star realm due to Azzy's betrayal of his promise to him, he was able to fool the thunder emperor and quietly slipped away by imprisoning his adopted father in a jail card.
And this was where a twist was waiting for him. Azzy was patiently waiting for Aaron to fall into the trap.
Once Aaron slipped away from the guards and flew away in a hurry, he was ambushed by an attack at a breathtaking speed. Aaron didn't even know what hit his neck and lost consciousness.
After taking him to a remote location in the mountains, Azzy placed him on the ground and proceeded with the sealing technique under the Reaper's supervision.
"Now, use the 4th, 11th, 18th, and 24th runic symbols to form the Cluster Rune." The words of Reaper continued to echo in Azzy's head.
Azzy followed the Reaper's instructions diligently as he created functioning runes one after another and transformed them into mystical symbols and characters.
After three whole minutes, the seal was finished and Azzy directed the seal toward the unconscious hostage.
Once it disappeared into Aaron's body, Azzy summoned his Jewel of Lightning and used it to give him a slight bit of shock and forcefully woke him up.
"Arghhh…"
Yelping out in pain, Aaron sprung up to his feet and saw Azzy standing before him.
"You bastard," Aaron couldn't help but let out a curse with a look of anger evident on his face.
Azzy, however, responded calmly, "Your adopted father can no longer be saved. The soul of the Chaos Lord has already taken over his soul orb and there is no way out. Now, take him out and let me finish him. At the very least, his soul could be returned to the spirit realm and enters the circle of reincarnation."
"No, you are lying," Aaron bared his teeth like a beast, not intending to trust Azzy's words. His sister was first abducted and used as a bargaining chip to release the students. Followed by that, Azzy made a promise that he will help him, only to betray his trust. Then, he suddenly ambushed him out of nowhere and abducted him. After that, he shocked him using lightning energy. Aaron would be a fool to still trust Azzy.
In a determined tone, he further said as his eyes started glowing, "You might be in the supreme realm but don't underestimate… huh?" The glow disappeared in just a second.
However, Azzy wasn't interested in getting into a feud with this white-haired fellow. He was already prepared for this scenario beforehand.
The moment Aaron activated his ocular powers, Azzy's unnamed seal was also activated and disabled Aaron's inborn ability.
Adding on top of that, Aaron already discovered that his soul orb was sealed by Azzy's Decarune seal.
"You… how did you do that?" Aaron was shocked as he never heard of the technique that can disable one's passive ability. Not even demigods could do that.
Azzy simply sat down on the ground and replied, "If you want to leave, you can try to leave, but I say no one in the world will help you to unseal the powers of your eyes. Now, sit down and listen to me carefully."
Aaron clenched his fist and gritted his anger, but he was clever enough to know his circumstances. He reluctantly sat down and looked at the boy, "Go on."
Azzy inwardly sighed in relief and explained calmly, "Your father has a 0% chance of survival. Whether you believe my words or not, it is but the simple truth. However, I can help you save him.
First method, I can transfer his soul into a corpse after killing him, but that will only make him something like a zombie. He will live as long as you keep healing his rotting flesh.
And second, you will have your father back in full health, but have his memories removed from the moment he was arrested by WAMO authorities. The Chaos Lord and those millions of souls will be removed from his body, but that also means he will turn into a mortal with the complete removal of the soul orb and soul energy from his body.
It's your choice to make now.
If you chose neither, then, you can walk away, and both of you will be dealt with appropriately, as every criminal does, once our superiors order for a manhunt. But, if you choose one of them, then, you have to work for WAMO, with me.
Of course, that also means you will help me take down your 'Arc' company and its spies in our organization. In return, we will erase your father's crimes from the record and let him peacefully as long as he turns good."
Raising five fingers, Azzy finished it with, "You have five minutes."
After observing for the past couple of weeks, Aaron already got the gist of Azzy's personality. He was angry at Azzy, but helpless at the same time too.
After much thinking, he decided to take a leap of faith once more time and nodded as he handed the prison item card to Azzy, "Fine, I'll agree to your conditions. Free my father from Chaos Lord's control."
He opted for the second method. Even if his father becomes a mortal, he can still turn the situation around. He still has one more hidden trump card to use as a last resort and wasn't worried about Azzy betraying him again which would result in his father's death.
Sometime later;
In a pocket world created by Azzy, the Death clan's heir was seen silently staring at the card with the image of Aaron's adopted father. He appeared to checking with himself, having second thoughts about his decision. The Reaper, meanwhile, stayed silent.
"Okay, let's do this. There's no need to feel guilty. By doing this, I'm saving 100 million souls from getting extinguished. It's way better than walking away from the problem like a coward."
Azzy no longer hesitated to pour his soul energy into the jail/prison card and freed the man inside.
Once he was freed, Assad's leader was found to be in an unconscious state. His soul orb wasn't unsealed yet.
Azzy raised his hand and summoned the soul card of the Reaper. A scythe was pulled out of the soul card with his eyes fixed on the unconscious man.
Azzy stepped forward and swung the scythe with his eyes tightly shut. An arc of death energy was released by the scythe and swiftly cut down the head of the victim.
*Thud*
As the head rolled down on the ground, Azzy stared at the fallen body with his hand tightly gripping the handle.
Soon, the headless body was covered by a powerful dark energy, which is quite familiar to both Azzy and the Reaper.
The head also flew to the body by itself.
"Get ready," said the Reaper.
Azzy patiently watched the scene of the man adjusting the head on his neck while reconnecting it with the Protos energy. Meanwhile, the man's eyes turned pitch black with no visible pupils.
"Finally, after so long, I'm free…" The man bursts into laughter like someone who became crazy. The seal on his soul orb was shattered by the raging Protos energy and his soul realm was forcefully pushed to 9-star-realm in a matter of seconds.
Azzy, meanwhile, stared at him in silence until the latter was done with his celebration and focused on him.
"Boy, you freed me," said the Chaos Lord with a look of amusement on his face. As he raised his hand, protos energy erupted from his body and transformed into a sword, "For that, let me give you a quick death."
Azzy didn't waste time talking and directly went to action by unleashing his favorite seal.
The Decarune Seal was instantly formed below the Chaos Lord and suppressed his soul realm.
The Chaos Lord, however, didn't feel surprised a bit. Instead, his amusement turned into excitement as he praised his opponent while the Protos energy struck the seal and ate it up, "The ancient seal of guardians; good… very good. You even mastered up to the ninth realm. Boy, tell me, what is your name."
Azzy responded by raising the scythe above his head and unleashing the soul skill while removing the seal on his soul orb, displaying his 9-star realm status.
As the eyes of Chaos Lord widened in surprise, Azzy's words echoed in the room, "Soul skill: Claws of Death."
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