Twin Soul - Book 4: Chapter 25

Michael flew and quickly caught up to Kain then blocked his flying path. Michael smiled and said, “I didn’t give you any permission to leave yet. Watcher Zorim sent me here to kill all the Blood Mages. I will start with you first.”

Kain stared into Michael’s eyes and said, “I deactivated my [Devil Anatomy] because I get bored of fighting with you and your weak Archangels. If you really want a fight with me, then shall be it.”

“You are dumb to deactivate [Devil Anatomy] spell. If I remember correctly, that spell could only be activated once a day.”

“I have found a way to reactivate that spell as many times as I wish. Saint Archangel Michael, I will give you a chance to get away now. We shall fight on a later date.”

“Nah… I prefer killing you here and now.”

“Very well then. You have been warned.”

Kain then activated the [Devil Anatomy] spell and transformed into a Devil Battlemage as he started battling with Saint Michael using the overwhelming physical strength of Devil Warrior combined with Devil Magic spells of a Devil Mage. Michael smiled and was happy that Kain wasn’t lying about being able to transform into a Devil again. It would be too boring to kill the most powerful Blood Mage without some kind of a challenge. Michael activated the [Enrage] ability to temporarily boost his strength and agility to ten thousand percent stronger as he swung his sword toward Kain, broke Kain’s giant fiery battle-axe, and cut him in half. Kain instantly healed himself using the [Abyssal Flesh] spell as he continued fighting strongly against Saint Michael.

In the real world, Kain didn’t know why Saint Michael was just staring at him. Kain looked around and didn’t see Finwe anywhere while Anwyn was fighting against all eight Archangels by herself. Kain eased his mind knowing Finwe had activated [Invisibility Cloak] spell to hide his presence, then used [Teleportation] spell to get to Kain’s location on time and used [Duplicity] spell against Saint Michael. Understanding Finwe just saved him, Kain used that precious chance and flew toward the location where his other Soul last spoke with Jaane.

While flying as fast as he could, Kain thought, “My demon form is too weak to cause any damage against the Saint Archangel. The moment my sword hit him, it would break Finwe’s [Duplicity] spell and I don’t think Finwe would have another chance of successfully casting that spell again on Michael. My goal right now is to make sure Jaane and the kids are still fine. I will figure out what happened to my Blood and Conjurer Souls later.”

Back to Jaane’s location. Jaane and her children stopped flying and landed on a nearby island waiting for Kain to wake up. Two Wind Walkers continued to protect Jaane and her children while another Wind Walker stayed close to Kain to guard him. About forty minutes later, black-haired Kain shook his head violently to clear all the headaches as he regained consciousness. Waited for about a minute to get his eyes’ vision cleared again, Kain asked, “Was it a success?”

Jaane smiled and warmly said, “It was. I managed to cleanse your Twin Soul completely.”

Black-hair Kain attempted to activate the [Second Soul] spell but it wasn’t successful. Kain smirked and said, “Looks like you were right, I can no longer use [Second Soul]. Hmm..? What happened to my Devil Soul? I can’t sense any connection to the Devil or Black Magic anymore. My newly unlocked Angelic Soul seems to be blank now which means I can choose to unlock Angelic Soul again or another Elemental Soul for a different type of Magic.”

Jaane bit her lower lips and quietly answered, “Kain, I’m sorry. Your Devil Soul was completely erased through my [Soul Modification] spell and that effect will be permanent. I’m afraid you wouldn’t be able to use Black Magic ever again. The [Soul Modification] spell is still very new to me and I just found out about this as part of the result.”

“Hmm… that’s mean instead of being able to use four different types of Elemental Magic including Blood Magic, I can now only use three. My Demonic Soul was already upgraded to Devil Soul. Damn… Such a big sacrifice to get rid of Watcher Tykan from spying on me.”

“Kain, I extracted this item from your Devil Soul while using [Soul Modification] spell. It looks like the Soul Advancement Stone you gave me before.” Jaane then handed the Soul Advancement Stone that she extracted from his Devil Soul.

Examining it carefully, Kain smiled in satisfaction and said, “It is a Soul Advancement Stone. This is great. Jaane, thank you!”

[Soul Modification] spell is one of the Druid Magic spells Jaane had learned. This spell could be used to modify any Elemental Soul of another magic caster. [Soul Modification] spell can be used in battle by permanently erasing an opponent’s Elemental Soul, forcing that magic caster to be completely useless. However, the user of [Soul Modification] needs to have a very high Magical Penetration rate that is much higher compared to the opponent’s Magical Resistance rate in order for [Soul Modification] to be successful. The usage of [Soul Modification] spell is most beneficial when the targeted willingly to lower his/her Magical Resistance rate, allowing the user to be successful easier.

Black-haired Kain opened his eyes widely, turned and looked at Jaane, and asked, “Jaane, does this mean you can obtain more Soul Advancement Stones from our enemies?”

Jaane nodded and said, “Yes, but only if the enemies have upgraded their Elemental Souls and only when their Magical Resistance rates are much lower compared to my Magical Penetration rate.”

“If I defeat Arthur Castillon to the point that he is about to die, can you extract the Soul Advancement Stone from his Ethereal Soul?”

“It is possible. But… Kain, Arthur is a good man.”

“I know. I just wanted to understand if that [Soul Modification] spell can help us gain more Soul Advancement Stones in the future.”

Sensed someone was flying fast toward their location, Kain commanded the three Wind Walkers, “Protect my wife and kids. Use [Replica] spells if needed.”

Kain started chanting for more [Conjure Wind Walker] spells while preparing to cast [Conjure Furcas] to conjure the Demon Knight that can use Fire Magic. However, landed in front of Kain, Jaane, and their children were not an enemy, but the blonde-haired Kain in his flying demon form.

Blonde-hair Kain looked around, exhaled, smiled, and said, “Jaane, I’m glad you and our children are unharmed.” Blonde-hair Kain then deactivated his [Demon Anatomy IV] spell and started walking toward Jaane.

Black-haired Kain conjured Furcas then commanded it to block blonde-haired Kain’s path as he asked, “What do you think you are doing?”

Blonde-haired Kain squeezed his eyebrows, turned to look at Kain, and said, “I felt my connection was lost with you which was why I left Linkeep Island as fast as I could to get here.”

“Are you saying that you are my [Second Soul]?”

“No, I am Kain Bersk. You are my [Second Soul].”

“Nonsense. Look at our hair colors. I have black hair, and you have blonde hair.”

“Exactly, blonde hair is the natural hair color for citizens of Toria Continents. It was my natural hair. You, the black hair mother f*cker, are my [Second Soul].”

Black-hair Kain turned toward Jaane and sharply said, “This could be a trap. Watcher Zorim could have told the Saint Archangel about you having used the [Soul Modification] spell on me. The Saint Archangel then sent an underling who could shape his image to look like my [Second Soul] to trick us. Jaane, you and the kids needed to fly back to the ship now. Be ready to use Iviss and Reana if you encounter any powerful angels or Executioners from the Mages Council.”

Blonde-hair Kain looked at Furcas, then bit down his teeth and angrily said, “I am not an underling of the Saint Archangel. I was fighting against six Archangels when Jaane was casting the [Soul Modification] spell on you. You and I are one.”

Seeing Jaane hasn’t left yet, black-hair Kain turned to look at her and asked, “Jaane, is this supposed to happen? Did you somehow separate both of us into two different entities?”

Jaane was confused as much as Kain was, she shook her head and said, “I don’t know. Your [Second Soul] should be dispelled the moment [Soul Modification] spell was casted.”

Blonde-hair Kain calmed down, then calmly said, “Noe Clerico already became a God and traveled to the higher realms. Arthur Castillon left Linkeep Island and flew back to Flumen city. We can’t stay here for too long. Let’s go back to the ship to team up with Adrik Volsky and Etgar Revenmar. We will be safer there.”

Black-hair Kain shook his head and said, “You will not come with us until I know for sure you aren’t an underling of the Saint Archangel.”

“You dare keep my family from me?”

“They are my family. If you are my real [Second Soul], then kill yourself because you shouldn’t exist in the first place. You are just a tainted part of my Twin Soul implemented by Watcher Tykan!”

Being told of shouldn’t be existing, in anger, blonde-hair Kain activated [Demon Anatomy V] spell to transform into a flying demon having a flaming aura carrying an icy scythe. Quickly struck Furcas using his icy scythe to push him out of the way, Demon-Kain flew toward black-hair Kain who was still calmly staring directly into his eyes. The moment Demon-Kain swung his icy scythe toward black-hair Kain, he also activated [Sun Flash] ability to release a very bright light aura on top of his flaming aura with the intent of temporarily blinding black-hair Kain. Demon-Kain succeeded as his icy scythe cut black hair Kain’s head off in one swing.. However, the decapitated head quickly vanished as black hair Kain’s body healed itself using the [Life Drain] spell.