Chapter 504: Meeting & Exploring the Zero Realm (1)
Several days, five to be exact, have passed ever since Cal transferred his soul to his new body while giving back his previous one to its original owner, Khal.
During those days, the two of them discussed many things including their past lives and important things that must be done before they choose to go on their separate ways.
The latter one was especially important as Khal revealed to Cal that he wishes to go back onto the Fourth Realm and find Liza to finally meet her for the first time after almost a decade!
Of course, during these days they completely ignored the times when either Sofiel or Alta wished to talk with them as those matters were simply things that could wait no matter how important they really were.
"So? Anything else you wish to discuss?" after five full days of continuous talking, Cal sighed and asked.
Khal looked at Cal with a calm gaze before shaking his head. He even took the black ring down from his ring finger before handing it to Cal.
"Hm? Why are you giving that to me? That is y-"
"This one is yours. Although you were using my body to acquire everything, it is an undeniable fact that everything you have obtained, let it be weapons, skills, techniques, or treasures, was because you have worked hard for them. YOU were the one obtaining them and not me."
[Well, that is surprising considering how he acted the very first moment during your first encounter.]
Cal was surprised also, but thanks to his Divine Soul Sutra it only lasted for less than a second before he shook his head and pushed Khal’s hand back, showing he won’t accept it.
"Sure, then how about this? You will keep half of the things you have collected through the years while I will keep the other half. After all, you used my body to acquire all these things but through your own effort." Khal stated with a calm expression, "Fifty-fifty. This is how it’s fair."
[Just accept it already. Also, you need Essence Pills to increase your current pitiful Body Essence count which without any will be rather hard to do.]
Khal pondered silently before he sighed and nodded, "Sure, as you wish."
Khal nodded scarcely and without further ado started to put out things one after another from his Spatial Ring which were all soon placed into Cal’s Monarch Ring that could function just like any Spatial Ring but with a way greater storage space within.
After they finished, Khal stood up and quickly took down the Invisible Armor from his body which Cal obtained from the Second Realm from Darla’s father during a trade.
"I think this one is also yours."
Cal sighed and without saying a word accepted the armor and put it on his body.
"Now then..." After taking care of everything, Khal took a deep breath and for the first time smiled with joy, "Shall we get going?"
Cal seeing Khal so happy and relaxed couldn’t help but smile too and with a nod stand up.
"Sure, let’s go. I bet the others are still waiting for us."
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Within the separated space with the gigantic platform in the middle of the ocean and the floating white orb above it, Khal and Cal stood next t each other with Hale and the six Lords looking at them with various faces.
"You two must be shitting. There is no way... There is no way in hell your story is real. You both must trippin’."
After several minutes of straight silence, Pilzrod was the first one to break the silence, his usually annoyed and angered face now having nothing but disbelief on it.
"But that is the truth and this is the proof." Cal raised his hand and pointed at his bracelet and his Monarch Ring with his other.
"All of you know that the Monarch Ring cannot be taken away from a Lord no matter what, not even if the Lord willfully hands it over to someone else. The only way to take it away is through killing- there is no other way."
Hale seeing the Monarch Ring on Cal’s finger together with his bracelet on his wrist closed his eyes and sighed, "He is telling the truth."
"But Lord Hale... How... Wait a minute." Nefia wished to ask how was all of this possible when he suddenly remembered something and her pretty eyes widened like saucers.
"Two souls in one body. It seemed those two souls were not one soul separated into two parts, but two completely different souls trapped in the same body." Iara mumbled through utter disbelief.
"So that explains why he has decided to master the Divine Soul Sutra despite having the chance to choose something completely different," Kemuel spoke calmly, unknown what he was thinking or looking like at the moment.
"And what will you do now?" Selenia suddenly asked her question directed at Khal as she had a rough guess of what Cal will and wished to do now he obtained his own body.
"I have already discussed this matter with Cal. Once I give him his sect back within the Fifth Realm he will help me get back onto the Fourth Realm to meet with Liza. She is someone really precious to me who I could not see nor talk with for several years."
"Liza?" Selenia raised her delicate brow but it didn’t really take her a long time to figure out who Khal was talking about.
"Interesting... Maybe the reason she chose ’that’ path was because..." Selenia narrowed her pretty eyes at the two young men, her thoughts going wild as theories appeared and disappeared in her head with lightning speed.
"Anyways, now that you all know the truth, can I... You know. Can I go back?" Khal pointed behind his back with his thumb to which Hale nodded and waved his sleeve, teleporting Khal back to the Fifth Realm.
"I always knew you were someone special, but this surpassed my wildest guess. Haha!" Hale walked before Cal and with a wide grin, he placed a hand on his shoulder.
Cal sighed with relief in his heart for Hale not suspecting him being a Realm Walker and even acting the way he used to, and with a somewhat awkward smile, he laughed while scratching the side of his cheek with his index finger.
Hale laughed too before he turned to look at the six Lords and say, "Well then, now that this was also taken care of, let’s discuss a few things, shall we?"
