762 A Skeleton’s Loyalty Part 2 (1/2)
The winged skeleton could not care less about the mechanical soul's fear. He would not allow himself to become someone else's slave. He finally understood the Three Kings' fear of losing their freedom forever!
The symbol was a type of rule in the first place. If the winged skeleton was controlled by it, Saleen would be implicated. Saleen's soul bond would be forcefully restrained by that type of rule. Saleen could not leave this dimension ever again, or else he would immediately turn into the symbol's slave.
The winged skeleton did not possess Nailisi's god-gifted talent to cleanse the symbol. He was envious of Nailisi's ability to devour everything, it was the ultimate rule of Luoluokaluo.
”Master, I am about to die.” the winged skeleton's soul flame turned from silvery red to transparent. The power that he absorbed from Judikaka allowed him to break through the limits of a grade-8 spirit and the restrictions of the bond with Saleen.
The symbol seemed to sense what the winged skeleton was thinking. It spread out momentarily and released the sixty-four crystallizations of dark elements.
Four arthropods that looked like spiders appeared on themechanical soul's head. The four of them were struggling to push the mechanical soul's head out of the rock.
”Soldier! Stop resisting!” the mechanical soul was flustered. The symbol possessed power that he would not be able to stop.
The sixty-four crystallizations melted instantly and enclosed the winged skeleton's soul flame. The winged skeleton felt as if time had stopped as a voice rang out from the depth of his soul.
”Submit to me.”
”Never!” the winged skeleton replied decisively. He had no idea where the symbol came from, but he was certain that no one would be able to stop him if he was intent on dying. Time could be stopped, but not reversed. By the time the symbol had fully used up its energy, the winged skeleton would then be able to burn up the soul flame and destroy it.
”If you do not submit, then you shall be destroyed!” The voice spoke with authority. It shook in the depth of the winged skeleton's soul, as if it was trying to waver his determination.
”This is exactly what I want. If you release me, we will die together.”
”What a fool. It doesn't matter whose slave you become, it is all the same!” The authority in the voice was now replaced by ridicule.
The mechanical soul could not hear the conversation between the winged skeleton and the voice. He laid on the ground. After his body had been decomposed by the light elements, he was only left with half a skull and a section of neck. He did not dare to get near the symbol. He crawled around on the ground, trying to find anything he could devour.
”Foolish? This is loyalty.” the winged skeleton could sense that time was passing very slowly. Time was passing so slowly that he might still not succeed in completely burning the soul.
”Does a spirit of the dead need to be loyal? Slaves will always be slaves, always looking for excuses for themselves.” The voice continued to ridicule the winged skeleton. The winged skeleton could sense that his soul was vibrating continuously and would lose control any time. The voice was incredibly tempting.
”Loyalty means that even if the beginning was a mistake, the ending must be perfect. I can sense if Master is worried about me….” As the winged skeleton slowly spoke, he felt as if Saleen was really looking at him from a location far away. 'A mistake in the beginning' was how the winged skeleton felt about soul bonds.
Saleen only wanted his power at first so he tricked Daniel into obtaining the winged skeleton. Since then, Saleen had never done anything harmful to him.
Saleen had since given him a name as a sign of hope. Since then, the winged skeleton lost his freedom, but was given a reason to continue living.
As his soul was on the brink of destruction, the winged skeleton was abnormally calm. The soul that was shaking continuously was gradually stabilizing itself. Most people would think that his loyalty was hilarious. As long as Saleen did not give up on him, that was all he needed. From the dark death dimension to the colorful Myers Mainland, countless spirits of the dead had been summoned over to fight for humans.
Most spirits would be defeated and sent back to death dimension to be revived. It was a long and painful process and no spirit understood why.
”You… are a strange spirit of the dead, stranger than Judikaka.” The voice seemed to recognize that it was unable to convince the winged skeleton so it changed its tone and continued, ”Why don't we sign a bond?”
”Never!” the winged skeleton replied without hesitation.
”A soul that refuses to give in. That's worthy of respect. Alright, I have decided to let you go.” That voice said helplessly.
”So can we die together now?” the winged skeleton asked.
The voice seemed to stop breathing for an instant before asking, ”Do you have a problem? I already said that I will let you go and allow you to regain your body and strength.”
”I can sense that you are going to hurt my Master.” the winged skeleton answered calmly. He regretted his actions a little. If he had taken out the divine crystal directly and burned it into soul flame, this strange symbol would not have been able to control his desire to die.
The soul flame that was enclosed by the dark elements was being restrained by the symbol's rule. Time was passing tens of thousands of times slower there. These conversations were taking place at less than one ten-thousandth of a second.