Chapter 156 - He's Against Him (2)

"You... Who are you?" Asil couldn't help but the tears flowing from his eyes as he stammered. He had even forgotten where he was now and how he got here. All he could think about was the smoky creature before him. It had become almost the focal point of his entire being.

"I see..." The smoky creature moved its mouth slightly, and the ancient female voice echoed everywhere. "Even though your perception is high, your soul is incompatible with your body. Just as I thought..." He took a step forward, instantly in front of Asil. "Let's see what's the reason for that..." It raised its hand slightly and slowly placed its transparent fingers covered with smoke on Asil's forehead.

As soon as he put its fingers down, a colorless and uncharacteristic aura began to emanate from Asil's body. This aura only appeared for a moment and then disappeared completely. But even if it lasted for a moment, it made the smoky creature withdraw its fingers back.

"Hmm... So that's really how it is. Two out of eight, so..." It nodded as if it was thinking about something and was sure that what it was thinking was right. "Since you're here, you must want to take the ego test. I don't know if it's luck or disaster for you to meet someone from the Legemeton Clan, but whatever happens, remember that your choices will have consequences!" It tilted its head slightly: "Tell me, the person named 'Asil'. Are you sure you want to take the ego test?"

After the smoky creature spoke, Asil's stunned state continued for a few more seconds. Then Asil, who came to his senses, replied quickly: "Yes... I want to take an ego test. But before that, can you tell me where I am and who you are?"

"Me? I'm sorry, but I can't answer that. But I believe that one day if you get strong enough, you will be able to find the answer to this for yourself. As for here... This is the part of your soul that you can embody. To take the ego test, you must first get into the core of your self. And in order to get to the core of your self, you have to prove that you have enough for it in the first place. The fact that you can see my current self and embody your soul proves that you passed the first test. If you can prove that you are the only ruler, I will put you to the ego test. Otherwise, I'm sorry, but I can't let you take a test that's big enough to be done at the core of your self when you're so weak."

Asil memorized the smoky creature's words and looked first at the surrounding vast sea. If this sea, whose borders he could not see, was the part of his soul that he could embody, how much was the part that he could not embody? Why did he feel so close to the smoky creature before him? And why was it talking as if it knew him, even as if it knew things about him that he didn't even know himself?

"The only ruler? Of course, I am the sole ruler of my soul. Who else but I can have my soul?" Asil asked with an expression that seemed unable to make sense of what was on his mind.

"Who else could it be? Hahaha..." The smoky creature slowly raised its right hand and pointed to a distant place. "If you claim to be the sole ruler, you must first make him obey. And from what I understand from your current situation, it won't be easy at all, hahaha..."

With a strange expression, Asil looked towards where the smoky creature was pointing, but he couldn't see anything. There, like other places, there was only a quiet, unwavering sea. However, this similarity only lasted for a short time. Noticing the presence of a tiny black dot appearing in the distance, Asil squinted his eyes, increased his attention, and looked towards where the dot was.

The tiny black dot grew larger and larger, soon becoming a human silhouette, and finally, the silhouette's body was fully revealed, causing him to be completely shocked.

This person, who was about one meter and seventy-five centimeters tall, had long black hair that was laid back and extended to his neck and was quite compatible with his charcoal-colored eyes. Although he had an ordinary body, there was air around his body as if it did not belong to this world.

"You... Are you the one inside me?" Asil asked with a strange expression. The reason why he was so surprised was that the person in front of him actually looked like him. It would even be quite simple to call it a similarity. Because, if it were not for the black sun symbol on the forehead of the person in front of him and the contemptuous look in his eyes, even someone who has known Asil for years would not be able to understand their differences and would definitely think that he was Asil.

Asil knew who he was as soon as he saw her. He was the other half of himself with the black sun symbol while he was with the other smoky creature. However, his other half, who was asleep when he saw him last time, was standing in front of him, fully awake this time!!

To make him obey... Asil recalled the words the smoky creature had just said. It said that in order to prove that he was the ruler, he had to make him obey what it showed. So...

Did he have to fight and beat his other half to take the ego test? If that was the case, it should have been pretty easy to do. After all, the other half was probably just as strong as him and believed he could win a fight on equal terms.

"The one inside you?" Asil with the sun symbol on his forehead looked disdainfully at the real Asil. "Hmph!" He snorted as if he had encountered something too insignificant to even mention when compared to himself.. His voice was cold enough to pierce Asil's bones. "Worthless piece of the shell! What makes you think you are allowed to talk to me?!"