Chapter 753 Unmasking Illusions: The Battle with the Deceptive Guardian
"R-Reign?" Shadow's father stared at Reign with shock plastered over his face as Reign's cold eyes stared at him.
Liara and the others stared at Reign from behind, not understanding what was going on, especially Laura. She knew just how much Reign placed importance on Shadow's parents and how close they were, so she had no idea why Reign would do such a thing.
"I don't mind you showing us all these things, I have to admit, you managed to fool even me for a while." Reign said as he stared into the man's eyes.
"An illusion that is placed so covertly, one that is almost perfect, that's something I haven't seen before, especially not like this."
"I don't mind you showing us our past or future, I'm even slightly thankful I was able to see my parents again, even if it was a mere glimpse of them, I'm sure Liara is thankful as well, but you made one big mistake." Reign said as he took his arm out, which made a ton of blood come out of the chest.
"You truly did create the first level, the jungle, I could sense the souls you had artificially created, but the other layers, there were no souls in them, and no person had a soul inside of them, you did try to mask it by utilizing soul power and placing souls around the area, making it almost impossible for me to see past it, but you never should have dared impersonate a person I care about." Reign said coldly as lightning started flickering around him.
"I can smell the stench of your soul, no matter how many souls you use to cover it up, the soul of a dirty demon will always be the same." Reign said before his swords appeared in his hands. He quickly swung the swords, decapitating the man.
As he did so, he slowly moved his head around, as if he was following something.
"So I can't take the soul, that's a first." Reign said as a large bird that was Tier IV swooped down and stopped a couple of meters away from Reign and the others.
"So you managed to notice it, what a shame, I would have given you a quick and painless death had you simply continued being nice." The bird said as it stared at Reign who chuckled.
"You're no ordinary demon, are you?"
"A demon?" The bird asked before it scoffed.
"Don't belittle me, mortal."
"I am no demon, but I do possess a trace of their bloodline, no matter how faint it is." The bird said as it walked to the side, still staring at Reign and the others who were now in combat mode.
"But to think such a human as you exists, I sense no demonic corruption in you, so you were never possessed, nor are you a demon hunter, and yet you are so sensitive to demons, it is a shame, however, that you weren't able to control yourself and attacked me as soon as you noticed me."
"A smart person would have acted as if nothing was wrong and waited for the perfect time to strike, while of course also doing the very best to try and dispel the illusion."
The bird suddenly laughed as it looked at Reign.
"You were too hasty, and because of that, all of you shall die now, I wanted to find out more about each one of you, but you ruined it, I only need the girl anyway, so now die." The bird said as the entire city suddenly shook and hundreds of monsters started charging at them.
"You know, a smart person would do better than to follow the people it placed in an illusion around." Reign said as he looked at the bird with a calm expression.
"A smart person wouldn't be hopping from body to body and following them, without even noticing what one of them had left as a surprise."
"A smart person," Reign softly said as a smirk appeared on his face while the monsters came closer and closer, "would have noticed that his play was ruined early on."
Suddenly, the bird widened its eyes as the rest were able to hear explosions from afar.
"What … what have you done?!" The bird asked as it charged at Reign with anger before suddenly screaming in pain as Reign used multiple souls to create a blade made out of soul power that he used to stab the soul.
"A smart person wouldn't attack without thinking either."
"It seems you managed to see our memories in some way, you, however, were not able to find out everything, probably just our early ones, huh?" Reign asked the bird who was currently shaking on the ground.
The monsters that had attacked them were suddenly collapsing on the ground as the entire underground area started to heavily shake. Buildings collapsed, but nothing came down at them, they just crumbled, fell down, and scattered in the air before touching the ground.
"It was really just an illusion?" Basred asked in shock as he looked around, even he, a Tier V combatant had no noticed that they were in an illusions this entire time.
"Yeah, don't blame yourselves for not noticing it, it was a very high-level illusion, if not for this bastard being overconfident and following us, I wouldn't have noticed that something was wrong either." Reign commented as he suddenly looked at the bird that dissipated while another monster appeared from the base and stared at Reign.
"You're quick to change bodies," Reign told the person who was inside the body of the large orc, making the latter stare at him hatefully.
Suddenly, it extended his arms, to which Reign replied by attacking with another soul blade, but it was blocked this time.
"I'll admit, I acted without knowing enough before, but now I know you can not only sense souls but attack with soul power as well, the same thing will not happen again." The orc said in a calm voice as it stared at Reign with hatred.
"Miracles only occur once, you had your chance before, but you didn't use it well, you won't have a chance to injure me again."
Just as the orc stopped speaking, it widened its eyes as over ten soul blades were suddenly launched at him, each one more powerful than the first one that had injured him.
The barrier the orc had put in front of him that shielded him from the previous blade shook as the first soul blade hit it, and then shook again as the next one arrived.
Each blade made the barrier shake more fiercely, and the orc quickly poured more power into it in order to make it more powerful and stable, which Reign used to his advantage as lightning exploded from him, coating his entire body that suddenly disappeared from the spot.
The orc suddenly widened its eyes in pain as Reign appeared behind him, a sword clenched in his hand. The sword was not one of his two swords, but one made out of pure soul power that had pierced through the chest of the orc.
"Well look at that, miracles do happen, you got injured again, you moron." Reign said before suddenly punching the orc with his fist powered by soul power. The fist not only damaged the body of the orc, but the soul of whatever was inside of it.
"Impossible, how can you move while using so much soul power, you're only a Tier IV being!" The orc said in anger, as well as some fear as Reign appeared in front of it again.
Suddenly, the orc collapsed dead as the soul once again went out of the body, but this time, Reign was prepared for it as he swung his arm.
A net made out of soul power went over the soul that was trying to escape and held it in place.
"You know, the same trick won't always work." Reign said as multiple soul blades attacked the soul that created another barrier, this one covering it from all sides.
It blocked the attacks of the soul blades as Reign held it in place and summoned more and more of them.
"You're not the one that took care of all those monsters, there's no way somebody as weak as you would be able to take the souls of over a thousand monsters." Reign said calmly as he stared at the soul.
"That means that you are just another guardian of the artifact, one that has intellect, albeit barely any." Reign said with a smirk as he continued attacking the soul relentlessly.
"The fact that I can't take your soul means that you are probably connected to the artifact in a way, that prevents you from being taken by others, but I doubt it prevents you from dying." Reign stepped forward calmly as the net that had captured the soul started shrinking.
"So, are you ready to die?" Reign asked as he suddenly summoned ten more soul blades, which made the soul that was captured shake in fear.
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