Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 142: Transmigration

""Teleport me and leave the Vicinity and don't walk into the Rift"

Nix warned Felishia while carrying the bag and other necessities.

She swiftly tapped her staff on the floor and swiftly a blue portal opened up. As he looked deep in, he saw Nate who had regained his body standing with a grim expression gazing through the portal and him.

"Thanks..."

Nix said and walked into the rift indifferently. 

[Private ability - Doom prediction vision activated]

[Awakened ability - Latent instinct activated.]

[Private ability - Truth eye activated]

He uncovered the chain from his hand and gazed at Feroz khan, who was sitting majestically on the broken dome. 

He stared at both of them to check their information.

[The information of the target cannot be read due to the low rank in ability]

[The information of the target cannot be read due to the low rank in ability]

'Last time it worked,Why is it not working now?'

He thought and gazed at Feroz khan's eyes.

"Well ~ well! Look who we have here!"

Feroz khan clapped his hand with a smile.

Nix dug his hand into the boot and took out the Dagger and stared at him.

"I am not here to fight you, place your dagger back."

He said with a smile, just as malicious as ever. With the same mocking smile and the same rude eyes that looked down on him in the Saragame forest.

" "

{Time to awaken me.}

Astaroth conveyed through his mind.

He didn't speak a word and abruptly bought out the humongous neon explosive and tried to pierce it with his dagger.

Noticing it both Feroz and Nate rushed towards him at great speed, far beyond what Nix was able to perceive.

Latent instinct is an ability that works as both passive and active ability just like Truth eye. It is surely a good ability, but it was slower to Doom prediction vision which already showed him several probabilities and Feroz khan and Nate Fraser attacks. It was not perceivable for him even though he possessed exceptional abilities that were beyond a human's capabilities.

His body moved on its own for several punches yet, he barely survived considering the speed, mana, and strength which far exceeded everything he had ever seen. He received a few attacks that sent him flying.

Fortunately, he succeeded in stabbing the neon red cube with his dagger. He wrapped his arm around it while gripping the dagger and walked towards them both.

"What do you both need?"

"Can you just stop! But, Before that. Tell me how you've grown to this place at such speed?" Nate asked and slowly but, carefully moved towards Nix.

"Over 50,000 remaining people in this city will die... You'll still do it?" Feroz khan asked.

"If you take another step, we are all going down." Nix declared and twisted his dagger creating more cracks on the cube. He was ready to kill anyone and steeled his emotions. Indeed, it was a huge amount to kill but he was ready unlike his early days.

"For your information. We can come back to the mid world. Just like you did. So do it if you want to... Al zalam has a high interest in you. I know you won't die easily and can travel from the underworld at ease. But, you have the potential to become one of us, The demigods. Why not join us?''

"I will ask you again what does Al zalam and the other gods need?" Nix asked.

"Simple, they want you to serve them in exchange for bestowing you powers."

"And what makes you both think that I'll join your side? They make me go through shit and ask me to join them?" He asked again.

Nate intervened in their conversation. "Think about it... Do you think you'd have reached this point? if it wasn't for the sufferings you went through? If you plan on going under Integrity I'd call you a fool." 

Nate sighed and continued.

"Hah, In the first place, you'd have led an easy life if they chose you. They did not undertake you, Why? Because, you are fated to take the side of Corruption."

"Tch,I am not planning to lick any self-proclaimed alien's foot that calls themselves gods," Nix scowled.

"Your insolence knows no bounds..."

Feroz khan smirked and continued.

"Do you plan on surviving opposing gods? You won't have any upcoming peaceful days. You won't be able to sleep at peace. Problems will chase you. We will destroy everything you build and everything you love."

"This conversation is nonexistent and I can already guess what you both have in mind."

"Haha, Just as I expected... I want your soul!"

Abruptly, a green aura surrounded Nix that was expelled from Nate's hands.

Nate Fraser was the true greed, one of the new seven sins. This was indeed a secret that was withheld among the gods and Devils and the other five deputy commanders were his apostles. Just like gods, a Demigod can choose servants. This also shows why Razik khan had the super regeneration and few traits of Greed. 

Greed's powers are absorption and super regeneration accompanied by superhuman capabilities. In any case, Nix will face him again to truly understand what Greed's capabilities are.

"Tch, Now-Now Nate? leaving me out aren't you?" Feroz khan uttered and kicked his abdomen.

"Kueek" Nate squealed and fell to the ground grabbing his stomach.

Feroz khan slowly walked towards him with a smile.

"What so special about you? I thought I could be entertainment by letting you live but, didn't expect you to change this much." He said and continued. "I will ask you again, why don't you join us? They are willing to bestow your power even beyond us the seven sins."

Swiftly a black aura covered the cube that was released from the dagger. 

Nix used the dual-bladed dagger last time too. And the reason was Astaroth's ability to suck souls. As long as he uses the dagger for mass killing Astaroth can suck souls. 

Noticing the change both Nate and Razik opened their mouths in unison.

"What is that dagger?"

" "

Abruptly Nix twisted the dagger and an extremely huge black wave of energy exploded causing a huge sound and followed by everything inside the city was disintegrated and turned into ash.

For some reason, the Dagger covered Nix with a black barrier that seemed like mist and it also absorbed souls around the city as a huge blackish transparent pillar raised high. Opposite to Nix were the two men that were also covered by Barrier.

Regardless of the barrier that protected them. The heat waves pierced the barriers and simultaneously all three of their barriers depleted slowly. Nix stretched his hand out and witnessed his flesh slowly deteriorating making his bone visible and even his bone slowly turned into ash.

{I cannot protect you but, I'll take care of the chains.}

"Sure."

He uttered and stared at both their bodies that were also deteriorating.

"Next time when we witness each other. I'll thoroughly destroy you both."

He said gazing at the two demigods.

"Make sure to atone for what you have done!"

They might be demigods but, they still had limitations like any other. Similar to Felishia who was humane even though she was a god. There were several things to take into account. He didn't win them he just prolonged their victory. Though they were ordered by the Corrupted gods to make him join them. They both wanted to kill him. These were clearly evident for Nix who witnessed several futures where he'll die.

Soon all their bodies burned down along with the whole city which was destroyed along with fifty thousand people inside it. The whole city was destroyed in mere minutes. This was just the beginning of his upcoming days of suffering. In order to protect what he had, he had to destroy the city. Which was just a way to prolong his chance to build his strength. He'd be fighting the sins again and it's for sure and as a continental threat, he'll be hunted down.

***

He once again found his body in the golden space but this time he was already resurrected without any delay he was sent to the underworld. This time the length of the chain was longer than last time and the tattoo was still in place.

Just as before he was falling down from the sky amidst the crowd.

"Fucking gods and their pawns."         

He felt a strange sense of ecstasy reminiscing his success.

The Soul contract of Eternity, Draconian, and The Great dragon Negatan. All these three variables are disconnected from the concepts that other higher existences use. Higher existences in the sense of gods and celestial beings.

Firstly, Negatan is a being that was born in the ancient days of Empyrean while the gods came out of nowhere and occupied the world. Negatan is one of the other five ancient Dragons and unlike gods they don't like to rule over the lower beings. They are creatures born by nature who love freedom more than anything else. Regardless of all these, they had no choice but to gain followers since there was a dispute between Gods and the other higher existences.

And as beings that love freedom. They chose to let their followers have freedom.

This did not mean that they accepted anyone that wanted to follow them. A being should go through several trials and do a ritual to show that they are loyal and trustable. Well, higher existence, lower existences are just made to divide by strength. Disregarding the fact that they are weak. One can betray the other. It may be a god or a human. The same goes for the Draconians and Negatan and other Dragons.

Gods take control over the souls of their followers. The same goes for the Dragons but, the one thing is they can seek permission to choose what they want as previously mentioned. This also means they have power over themselves. To put it simply, if they die they'll be going to no path but as they regain their bodies they will be transmigrated to a place called Judgement. This goes for every being in Empyrean.

Since Nix isn't a follower of any gods or other higher existences, he was straightly transmigrated to the underworld. This will be the same for beings that were abandoned by their gods.

Draconians who had abandoned their soul will be sent to No-path but since he was contracted Nix is sent to Nopath and as the contract works the soul takes his place and sends him back to the mid-world.