Chapter 85: Ascension 2 (2/2)

The Death Lord uard, trying to ic However, when he tried to reach out for his power, he felt it gone, like trying to reach into an unending well for the faraway subed coins one kneould be at the botto power in astral form, that much is to be expected But I am not here to hurt you" The Death Lord put a pale, e it close to her the saentleround

Her expression lost her usual s coyness, replaced noith a solemnity that made it obvious she, behind her façade of casualness, had eons of life and undeath behind it "Co"

The Death Lord led Aldrich in front of Adam and Elaine Their zombie forms were covered in blood and entrails - all that remained now of Seth Solar They stared blankly and du his command, unable to see Aldrich's soul

Seth Solar's soul floated into Aldrich There was not enough of Seth Solar left to raise, so his soul automatically funneled into Aldrich unlike with Zayn who Aldrich marked to raise

[1x Soul of Seth Solar obtained]

"You have not let go of them," said the Death Lord

"What do you one They're just e flesh I only kept them around for a syeance even if it didn't ," said Aldrich

"Yes, that may be true, but deep down, you still hold out hope that you can bring theher circle spells, that can draw forth souls fro them forth

You know of theh levels, you ht be able to learn such spells," said the Death Lord

"…" Aldrich did not consciously think this, but he could tell that the Death Lord was right

Some subconscious part of hioals, but because there were high level spells out there that could bring back the souls of even the long deceased, and thatAdam and Elaine back to live the lives that had been torn so cruelly frooal he actively pursued because he kneould tie hi enough that it festered beneath his conscious thoughts anyway

"I am here to tell you that it is impossible," said the Death Lord simply "I have ularity] that can bring rip forth the souls of those deceased for eons, but ic that attempts to tap into the Soul Stream does not function in this reality, for it is not the Soul Stream of our own reality"

"…I see," said Aldrich

"But there is one thing I can do for you Though we cannot call upon souls of this reality, we can still create spiritual bodies with our ic that conjures up spirits that harm your foes

Yet, in the end, these spirits we create are simply constructs destined to fade away, too unstable even to inhabit a flesh body"

The Death Lord inspected Adam and Elaine She nodded to herself "With my experience, I can likely construct teain, they cannot inhabit a flesh body, nor will they even be the real thing

Their true souls are lost to the Soul Stream of this reality, and that is locked to even me, let alone you

The only reason you would accept this offer would be to converse with your departed friends one last time Their souls will even act as if they had been within these bodies the whole ti all that you have done

Yet, it is merely that An Act An illusion

They may not be real, but, if you so desire, it may be of some level of closure for you"

The Death Lord wrapped her arly "Consider this a gift froo of true friendshi+ps

Friendshi+ps that bind deep to the heart where their loss scars the very soul itself Where their loss is a loss of a very part of yourself"

"…" Aldrich looked at Adalazed over eyes, their rotted bodies, their bloodstained, horrible figures, and closed his eyes Was this going to be his last ht, but when he iht "Do it I'll talk to theain"

The Death Lord nodded and detached froreen, but unlike Aldrich, she could still generate ic from it She stepped between Adaether She closed her eyes Her elowed as did her draconic horns

A shi+ht for herself, Adaht, warht that seeates of heaven opened, two dark silhouettes, one of a man, one of a woman, stepped out