Chapter 168 - A Reunion with Malicious Intent (2/2)
”As for the matter as to whether I can possess other beings with my soul, there's no better way to know than to try.”
”Heh…” Although Horell replied with a tone that he understood what Aurus was doing, he still could not help but become shocked at how versatile Aurus' skillset had become. Back when Aurus entered the Tempest Branch Alliance, he could only cast basic magic and attack with a huge amount of force. But right now, Horell could not believe that his skillset even included the manipulation of other beings.
In the end, he decided to accept that Aurus could do surprising things. Thinking about what to ask next, a thought popped up in his mind, prompting Horell to ask Aurus, ”Oh, right. How can I help with your plan?”
”What I had in mind was that I'd possess the 6 division leaders with my soul, then have you report this matter to Chonk,” Aurus answered Horell's question before adding, ”Since you're a Pseudo-Animate, Chonk has designated you as the overall leader of the army, right?”
”Mhm,” Horell responded with a sound. He then asked, ”What would happen after that?”
”After thinking about it for a bit, it could two ways,” Aurus replied before adding, ”The first conclusion would be that Chonk would go ahead and kill the 6 division leaders that I possessed, leaving the division leaders without a leader for a short bit. If the divisions obtain a replacement leader, they would surely be unprepared for the task given to them.”
”And the second?” Horell continued to ask.
”The second conclusion would be that Chonk won't end up killing the 6 division leaders, just telling them to leave them as is. And that's where you come in.”
”What do I do by then?” Horell asked one more time.
”You kill them in secret,” Aurus let out a malicious chuckle as he replied. ”With Chonk not knowing that the division leaders have been killed, he surely wouldn't put in any replacement leaders for the divisions, leaving them in chaos.”
”Although I'm willing to participate in your plan,” Horell thought that Aurus' plan was a good idea, but he could not help but think about it from another angle. ”What if Chonk found out that I killed those 6 division leaders? Wouldn't he go out and kill me?”
”Don't worry about that,” Aurus replied before adding, ”I have a trump card that would allow me to protect you without a problem.”
”I see…” Horell went silent for a bit before a determined aura started to radiate from inside. ”I'll help out then.”
”Glad to have you onboard,” Aurus replied. ”I currently have 8 soul balls hovering above the army to act as surveillance, so I'll split them up and use them to possess the 6 division leaders. Speaking of which, do these division leaders have strong souls?”
”Uh…” Horell was quite shocked that Aurus could do multiple things at once. He could not help but wonder if Aurus was getting confused at this point in time. Nonetheless, he composed himself and replied, ”To be honest, I don't know. I guess they have a weak soul?”
”Eh, fair enough,” Aurus said in response. ”And with that, this concludes our conversation for now. I'll let you know when to move. Don't act suspicious, okay?”
”As Herellia's double agent, how could I?” Horell lightly chuckled as he answered back. After that, the connection between the two was cut, with Aurus proceeding to split up 6 soul balls into 12 smaller soul balls, with the first half staying where they were. As for the second half, they made their way towards the leaders of the 6 divisions, which increased the burden on Aurus' mind since he was controlling 15 soul balls simultaneously at this moment.
Nevertheless, since he was an Inanimate that was more suited to the back, Aurus was at ease, allowing him to put his full focus on controlling these 6 smaller soul balls towards the division leaders. Not long after that, he tried to use [Unified Soul Control] to possess the souls of these division leaders.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Surprisingly, the souls of the division leaders were easily possessed, allowing Aurus to control the bodies of these leaders without a problem. He could not help but think that the reason why the possession was easy was that he had higher Soul Strength than the souls of these division leaders. Nevertheless, with the addition of 6 division leaders being possessed, this increased the number of perspectives Aurus could see from his original body to 9. At this moment, he could not help but become confused.
”As long as I pull this off, this will surely increase the chances of the alliance winning,” Aurus muttered to himself, steeling his resolve as he connected with Horell once more.
”I've successfully possessed the souls of the six division leaders,” Aurus said to Horell, which slightly surprised Horell as he said, ”That fast?”
”I'll go ahead and make a ruckus with these leaders then,” Aurus then said to him before adding, ”Once these division leaders have caught the attention of most of the army, I hope you go ahead and report this to Chonk.”
”I'll make sure to do so,” Horell replied before adding, ”Trust me on this one.”
”And with that…” Aurus said with excitement.
”Operation Reversal is now a go!”
”Operation Reversal? What's that?”
”The name of the operation I'm doing right now.”
”Oh. Hooray for Operation Reversal!”
”��Let's go ahead and start.”