Chapter 1025: 16.71 First Red Star - Incidental Possession

The World Eater was about to rejoice at the acquisition of a powerful p.a.w.n. At the very least, powerful enough to kill a G.o.d Soul fragment with a vessel. He was so ecstatic about his accomplishment that he didn't notice the Sovereign of the Abyss had returned to his throne. The World Eater only realized he was being watched when he felt someone was staring at him.

{I found you.}

From the darkness of the abyss around him, a cold and menacing voice resounds. The World Eater became terrified, as if someone was preying on him. He realized that this aura was very familiar to him. The World Eater trembles with instinctive fear when a pair of sharp and icy crimson irises pinpoint his location.

{You cannot escape.}

"It's him! Why did he return to his domain!?" exclaimed the world eater as he tried to flee, only to be engulfed by the void.

The supposed endless and vast void appears to be contracting right now. With no other option, the world eater chose to destroy his soul fragment and vanish into the abyss. When Ye Xiajie arrived at his coordinates, he was no longer present, but the pure soul that was doing everything it could to avoid becoming completely tainted floated before his eyes.

"That d.a.m.n thing! Destroying itself to escaped!"

Ye Xiajie was perplexed for a moment after seeing the soul, as if he didn't know who it was.

He only realized what had happened when he looked into the soul's memories.

"The Heavenly Laws of this world are truly careless. Why did he lose this child's soul and allow it to take over another person's body from a different timeline without completely reincarnating? So the child died when he was young, and this lost soul took over. How interesting. Since you seem to want to live then... This lord shall give you another chance."

Ye Xiajie vanished from the void once more, this time carrying the soul he had picked in the void. He returned to his current vessel and a.s.sumed the ident.i.ty of Fenrir Skoll once more.

Genus Academy, Blood Clan's Dormitory...

Athan Vladimir, who was sleeping, awoke unexpectedly. However, the person inside the body is no longer Athan, but rather someone else. When the G.o.d of Void appeared to be closing in on him, the world eater fragment chose to directly destroy itself. When he imploded, his destroyed fragment should have vanished, but in the final moments, he forgot about his interference in this world and forgot to cut its connection when he obtained the child's soul.

Ye Xiajie's arrival was completely unexpected; he had not planned any escape route and had chosen the most safe route only to face a backlash due to his unbreakable connection to this small world. Athan Vladimir, who is now the world eater, lost his cool and nearly destroyed his room. Because he couldn't separate from this vessel no matter what he did because his fragment was too small to survive the separation.

"I need to leave. With only a quarter of my former strength and a mortal vessel, that d.a.m.n G.o.d of Void would grind me to nothingness. There is no way that d.a.m.n lover of Chaos would let me leave. I have to escape before he caught me," the World Eater said as he pushed everyone out of his dormitory.

Others thought something had gone wrong with Athan Vladimir and thought that he might have been affected by the miasma those undead have.

The World Eater panicked, "Scram. Vermins, leave this Lord's path!"

"Brother Athan...? What's wrong with you?"

"Someone call an instructor! There is something wrong with Brother Athan!!!"

"I... I'll go call Instructor Luther or Instructor Keylan!!!"

"Everyone help me restrain him!!"

"Scram, you ants!" Yelled the world eater in Athan Vladimir's body.

The world eater went for a kill after seeing how these d.a.m.n mortals were attempting to obstruct his path. He intended to kill the person closest to him who was constantly striving to restrain him. But his attack was foiled by someone he did not expect. Students in the academy who did not have parents were asked to live in a single building. Instead, the entire area would be renovated.

After a month of training, the problems between factions had almost faded, and with one sole enemy of all races, these children began to treat the existence of the other races as an equal. Conri Lycaon shares a dormitory building with Athan Vladimir now that the three races have coexisted.

He awoke suddenly, with a pain in his heart and a state of restlessness in his mind. He went for a walk to relieve the tension in his chest, only to return to find the dormitory in a state of uproar. He noticed Athan Vladimir acting strangely. It is more accurate to say that he is another person in his friend's body than that he is behaving weird.

Especially after seeing Athan Vladimir go for a kill. Something the real Athan Vladimir would never do because, despite his aloofness, he got along with almost everyone in the dorm. He drew the student who nearly had his heart dug out and deflected Athan Vladimir's attack. When someone tried to block his attack, the latter flew a short distance and his expression turned menacing.

Athan Vladimir remarked, "Imbecile! You dare to block this Lord's attack!"

"Who are you!? How did you take over Athan's body!?" Conri Lycaon questioned.

The words these two men had spouted all caused everyone in the area dumbfounded. Some immediately understood Conri Lycaon's words and more than half were confused by the situation.

"W-What did Young Lord Conri just say? He just asked who Brother Athan is..."

"No way! Did someone possess Brother Athan's body? Is it a devil!?"

"C-Call the instructors! No! Ask Lord Fenrir or the Lord Headmaster to come! There is a devil. A devil possessed Athan Vladimir's body!!"

The weak students attempted to flee but still supported those who attempted to restrain the devil. Some wanted to a.s.sist Conri Lycaon in capturing this being who was using their brother's vessel. The World Eater looked at them with contempt and disdain, wondering how weaklings like them could try to stop him from the most evil existence in the universe.

Tsk. Tsk!

"This is truly absurd. What can you ants do to this lord? I can take your lives with a pinch." The world eater is threatened.

But Conri Lycaon was unmoved. He took a step forward and completely blocked his escape path, his eyes turned wolf-like, and his ears and tail protruded from his human body. He's employing a half-transformation. He didn't have the full strength of a beast in this form, but because he is afraid of destroying the dormitory, this is the only way he can fight.

Looking at the brave ant in his path, the World Eater realized he had seen this brat's face somewhere and remembered seeing it when he extracted the soul of this vessel he was in. He had witnessed the tumultuous fate of that pure soul. Born in a body that wasn't destined to be hers.

Reborn only to become lost in the river of time, trapped in the body of a male after the memories of her previous life faded. His previous life vessel left behind her crest, which connects him to his soulmate. If he wasn't mistaken, the brat in front of him was the destined one for that pure soul. Their soul connection must have been completely severed after he extracted that soul. That is why this brat's soul is currently in turmoil.

The world eater chuckled evilly and said, "Hah! I know who you are. You are this pure soul's soulmate. Ah~ former I guess. I mean I accidentally broke your fate when I extracted his soul. He was asking you to save him until the end. Did you not hear his voice? Mortals are truly fun to toy with. They are too sentimental and you would never get bored. Hahaha~"

Conri Lycaon couldn't believe what he was hearing. "What!... What are you talking about!?"

But for some reason, these evil thing's words were piercing his aching heart like needles in each of his words. He couldn't or wouldn't dare to believe the words of the devil.

Conri Lycaon's guard had slipped, and the World Eater noticed it. This alone was enough for him to take his own life. As expected, the World Eater in Athan's body appeared suddenly before Conri stabbed him in the heart. Conri Lycaon was fatally injured when he was caught off guard, but he was able to put some distance between them. Conri appears to be alive despite the hole in his chest.

The world eater commented, "Not bad. You moved your heart out of the direction of my attack instinctively. You have a good teacher for survival techniques." Seeing the unique effect of Conri Lycaon's blood, the devil couldn't help but comment. "Light attributes in blood. You are not a mere werewolf. You have the bloodline of the white wolf. I wonder how many times you can regenerate your wounds. We should test it after all~"

The World Eater had completely forgotten about his escape goal. He thought that playing with the newly discovered toy was even more enjoyable than playing with the first toy (Kenan Light). A toy that does not break easily is enjoyable to play with. Conri Lycaon had been manipulated by the world eater, and his entire body was covered in wounds. The other students who attempted to attack the enemy in order to aid Conri in her escape were all killed by a single move from the evil being. The first floor of the dormitory now has a small pool of blood made up of all students who died at the hands of the world eater in Athan's body, including Conri Lycaon, who was tortured by the devil.

"Is this all you got? No longer struggling~ you are too fragile to this lord to keep." The World Eater said.

Conri Lycaon looked up with dull eyes at the black sky and moving clouds that obscured the moon. A large full moon appeared before Conri Lycaon once the moon had fully risen. The current limits that the Fenrir Tribe possessed can be broken during the full moon. Conri Lycaon's sealed bloodline was finally unlocked, as predicted. His hair grew long and white, as if the original color had faded. The temperature had dropped throughout the area, and ice elements were clamoring to protect their master.

Conri Lycaon's lifeless eyes glowed once more. He grabbed his opponent's hand, and ice began to form on it. Even the blood pool beneath their feet had frozen.

"No, even if I have to die, I will drag you to h.e.l.l with me! WHITE FROST!"

Conri Lycaon attempted to kill this man who possessed Athan Vladimir's body until the very end. He already knew that if the Instructors hadn't arrived after all the commotion, it meant that the devil had erected a barrier that would take some time to destroy. He was determined to keep this man regardless of the consequences.

The world eater said, "Hah! You held back just now! You didn't want to destroy this body of mine at all! Hahaha~ truly. Mortals are much more interesting than just becoming my food."

But deep down, he didn't want to destroy Athan Vladimir's body. The pain of losing someone very important to him for the second time is unbearable. He knew from the start that the words of this evil existence were true. He was more preoccupied with the imprint crest that appeared on Amber Dawn than he was with his heart, which was leaning toward Athan.

He chooses not to see Athan for who he is because they are enemies. After all, no matter how arrogant this man is, he has never openly started a fight with him. He would always fight Asher rather than him. As if avoiding him was the only thing he could do. Until he was forced to be in their group by Amber and had no choice but to stand by their side, his side.

Conri Lycaon finally recalls everything in his past after forcibly unlocking the seal in his blood. The extinction of his tribe, as well as the deaths of his parents and his elder brother, Yoru. Yue was his forgotten name. Conri Lycaon was a new name given to him by his foster father. His elder brother had asked their foster father to seal his memories of the tragic past, including those of his elder brother.

Tsk!

"I... knew it... wouldn't... work." Conri Lycaon muttered as he could only watch the body of Athan intended to smash his head and kill.

The world eater said, "I will pull out your soul as I did to your other half!"