Book 3: Chapter 12 (9/12)

“My love, are you alright?” Jaane asked as she saw tears come out of Kain’s eyes. Ever since Jaane knew Kain, she had never seen him cry.

Vampire Mutant-Kain deactivated his [Flesh Abyssal] spell and shakingly answered, “I’m fine, Jaane. That Diamond Skeleton is my father. My Second Soul is speaking to him right now.”

“How can that Diamond Skeleton be your father? Kain, don’t you think it is too odd? Could it be a trap luring you to lower your guard?”

“Human beings that have reached ninth-tier warriors will be chosen to become Angel Warriors or Demon Warriors after they die. Weaker human warriors along with all Demi-Humans warriors will become Skeleton Warriors in the realm of the dead after they die. Their only goal is to fight as many times as they can when being conjured by Conjurer Mages for merits. Those merits can be used by the time they receive reincarnation. The Skeleton Warriors that obtained high enough merits can be born into rich or powerful families to ensure having better lives after reincarnations. Skeletons that have reached Saint-tiers will be allowed to recover the memories they have lost about when they were still alive. Saint-tier magic casters that became Golden Skeleton Mages will have the ability to become God-tiers. But still, Saint-tier Skeletons can't speak human language. Saint-tier Skeletons have the option to continue training hoping one day to achieve God-tiers. I have never heard about or seen any Diamond Skeleton and I didn't know that a Diamond Skeleton can speak human language. Regardless of how my father could become a Diamond Skeleton, but I’m sure he is my father.”

All Conjurer Mages that have reached Saint-tiers can unlock knowledge about other realms. This was to allow Saint-tier Conjurer Mages to create Saint-tier Conjuration Magic spells easier by finding the targeted powerful Saint-tier Conjurable Creatures to defeat. Kain, Arthur, and Noe are Conjurer Mages, basic knowledge about how the realm of the dead (Skeletons Realm) function have been unlocked for them ever since they stepped into level 51 of training in Conjuration Magic and unlocked [Astral Projection] ability (Soul Travel).

Back on the ground. Devil-Kain could no longer hold back his emotion. That Diamond Skeleton had to be his father. Kain ran toward the Diamond Skeleton and hugged him tightly. If the Diamond Skeleton wasn't Kain's real father and intent to hurt Kain, then this would be the perfect opportunity to do so.

The Skeleton (Hagar) patted Kain’s head and said, “I don’t have much time left. I will use the next two hours to kill the Holy Mage and the Lords of the Colors. My son, I will see you a hundred years from now when I can open the portal connected from the realm of the dead to Toria Continents again.”

Kain shook his head and said, “Father, please don’t waste your time on those Mages Council bitches. My Soul-bound Creature is a Devil Overlord and she alone can kill them all. Not to mention I have a trusted companion who possesses a Delusionist Soul. Please use your time to be with me instead. I wanted to know what happened to you after you were killed. How did you become a Diamond Skeleton? Is mother in the Skeletons Realm as well?”

“Your mother wasn't a trained warrior when she was alive so she must have gone through reincarnation already after she was executed. Ever since I achieved Diamond status and regained the ability to speak, I have been looking for your mother throughout the entire Skeletons Realm but there was no trace of her ever staying there. Son, what do you mean about your Soul-bound Creature? Are you a Conjurer Mage?”

“Father, Twin Soul…” Kain quickly explained how Twin Soul works for Hagar.

“This is such great news, my son. You can use [Astral Projection] ability to find me in the Skeletons Realm and defeat me using your Conjuration Magic after I go back to the realm of the dead. Defeating me will be easy for you since I will voluntarily allow you to weaken me to the state that you can create a Saint-tier Conjuration Magic spell to conjure me as many times as you want. By that way, we can always see each other whenever we want to.” Hagar happily advised.

“Kain, congratulations on finding your father. My deepest apology, but I will have to cut your meeting short.” Arthur said as he conjured Isia back using [Soul Bridge] ability.

Isia immediately transformed into an Archangel using [Avatar of Archangel] and summoned a hundred Sixteen Wings Angel Warriors. Isia then created a large shield on her left hand and a long lance on her right hand as her choice of weapon. Still standing behind Arthur, Isia quickly leered at Hagar and Kain then asked, “Arthur, do you want me to fight with the Devil Overlord to rescue Lord Clerico, or would you like me to help you fight against Kain Bersk and his Skeleton?”

Arthur calmly said, “That Diamond Skeleton can use Wind Magic to fight against a Devil Battlemage which means its magical power can’t be overlooked. However, his Wind Magic will be useless inside my [Isolation]. Isia, I will defeat the Diamond Skeleton first and force him to go back to his realm then defeat Kain Bersk right after that. Your job is to rescue and protect Lord Clerico. I know fighting back against the Devil Overlord isn't easy, but try the best you can until I finish those two.”

“Understood.”

Hagar heard Arthur confidently tell Isia that he was going to defeat both Hagar and Kain using the [Isolation] spell. Hagar breathed out lightly and asked Kain, “Son, who is that idiot?”

Kain respectfully answered while lowering his head, “His name is Arthur Castillon. Father, you have to be careful with him. He can set all the rules inside [Isolation] to take away all of your advantages. [Isolation] is a magic spell he obtained after gaining knowledge of Creation Magic.”

“Hoh? Sounds interesting.”

Arthur heard the conversation between Hagar and Kain. Despite being called an idiot, Arthur also lowered his head toward Hagar and respectfully said, “Mister Bersk, I heard you said you have killed all the Champions of the Mages Council. And because I am part of the Mages Council, I consider your action a declaration of war therefore I won’t hold back in destroying you.” Arthur then raised his head up and angrily stared at Hagar.

Arthur used the word 'destroying' because he wasn't referring to killing Hagar and forcing him to go back to the realm of the dead. What Arthur truly meant was that he will travel to the Skeletons Realm in the future and truly destroy Hagar, making sure his existence in the lower realms will be over, prohibiting a chance of Hagar ever receiving reincarnation.

Hagar laughed out loud and said, “Ignorant brat, try and see. Many people thought Devil Overlord and Saint Archangel were the two strongest beings in the lower realm. Little did they know there is another powerful being who isn't weaker compared to those two. I, the Key Keeper for Almighty Watcher Tykan, the Ruler and Protection of Skeletons Realm. Dissimilar to the Devil Overlord and Saint Archangel, I have achieved Diamond Status and became as strong as I am today through cruel training instead of being granted.”

Arthur ignored Hagar and casted the [Isolation] spell to isolate Hagar and himself to an empty desert environment with the intent of killing Hagar as fast as possible. Arthur immediately set all the rules including prohibited flying, casting magic, and access to Soul Weapon. After chanting the secret codes for his Soul-bound armor, weapon, and shield to appear from his Storage Ring, Arthur activated [Darkness Flood] then used [Syphon Strike] ability to pull Hagar closer to him with the intent of having [Living Shadows] to attack Hagar.

“What’s going on? Why isn't he moving?” Arthur quickly noticed things didn’t go the way he planned because Hagar didn’t move an inch despite actively being pulled by Arthur’s [Syphon Strike].