Chapter 104
104 The Red King (IV)
Fear and panic overwhelmed Sonar’s heart when he heard those words since he knew that the Red King was not exaggerating and this one would devour his soul.
Before Sonar could do anything, the Red King morphed the Astral Wave he used to create that third eye into a gauntlet that covered his right hand.
The Red King’s right hand gained phantasmagoric qualities before his fingers pierced the Atrox’s head. Those fingers seemed able to phase past the skin and bones and did not even harm the brain as they reached a special place.
In the Old World, the existence of the soul was widely disputed. Most of the population did not believe in it since, despite their technological and scientific advances, they never found any proof of it.
It was only after reaching Aether and gaining the power to control the supernatural that the Godslayer Humankind began to decipher the mysteries of the soul.
The human soul found itself inside the brain, but we were never able to find any trace of it because it was not in the physical plane of existence. It was in a place beyond the three-dimensional space, what some scholars called the fourth dimension.
Humans in the Old World could not access the fourth dimension, but with the mastery of the Wave, the Godslayer Humankind achieved that amazing scientific breakthrough. It was a perfect example of how magic and science stop being opposite concepts and could complement each other.
An expression of utter and absolute agony appeared in Sonar’s eyes as the Red King’s hand reached his soul and began to pull out, dragging it to the physical plane of existence. It was like having all your extremities torn out of your body simultaneously.
The Atrox would have killed himself if he had the chance since the pain was just too much, but there was no way the Red King would allow that.
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The Red King pulled with more and more strength, and exhaustion began to appear on his face, making it clear that even for him, extracting a soul was an incredibly challenging feat.