Chapter 481: Inside the Void

Adrian caught the sickle arms of the faceless one and dragged it towards the black hole with him. He thought that he should just get killed anyways since he would just respawn back to the Paradox Planes. 

He saw his two companions disappear in particles of light which meant that they escaped successfully. Saena, who is his only remaining soulbound that is alive, unsummoned herself to the surprise of Adrian. He did not know that his soulbounds could be unsummoned like that.

The faceless one, who has accepted dying, is suddenly terrified because it is being led towards the black hole. The faceless one cannot transform back to its old self because it needs complete control of its body to do that.

Adrian is keeping the faceless one in place by applying a layer for nether energy to his hands. The nether energy made it possible for the faceless one to lose the feeling of its arms which made it go limp. Adrian always thought that the faceless one's transformation process is interesting because their whole-body morphs.

This caught his attention and decided to test the limits of a faceless one. Thankfully, Adrian's risk paid off. The faceless one could not revert to another form to escape because of his theory. He always wondered what the limitations of their transformations are because they seemed nigh invincible.

The thing that shocked Adrian the most is the faceless one showing real fear of being devoured by the black hole. Adrian understands is though as the faceless one would die but he would just be respawned at the Paradox Planes. 

The faceless one is visibly terrified because its 'temporary soul' given by its god will not return to its revered god. All things swallowed by a black hole no longer return and that goes to souls as well. The only thing that fanatics fear more is that their souls will not accompany their god upon death.

In the faceless one's mind, it is sacrilege for it to sacrifice every fiber of its being without even doing something for its god. The faceless one decided to bet on its 'temporary soul' and look for another host. It plans to escape Adrian's grasp and escape this collapsing pocket dimension.

The faceless one separated its 'temporary soul' from its real body which made all the souls it ate escape from it. This way would have been highly effective but the specific title that Adrian has gives him dominion over souls not going towards the reincarnation cycle.

[You title, Shepherd of Lost Souls, is triggered. Every lost soul in the vicinity will be yours to command.]

The souls that did not ascend all surrounded Adrian and grasped the escaping faceless one. It is their dying wish for the one who defiled become shredded to pieces. Adrian told the lost souls that it would be him to deliver judgement and told the souls to ascend before this pocket dimension totally collapses.

The souls devoured by the faceless one gave the 'temporary soul' to Adrian for him to judge. After all, they feel compelled with every fiber of their soul. Adrian has yet to notice this function of his title because he is not one to lord over the dead. His culture is one of the reasons over this because his culture respects the dead as if they could hear normal people.

The lost souls all ascended one after the other while Adrian continued flying towards the black hole with the temporary soul of the faceless one. The temporary soul of the faceless one voiced its concerns, but Adrian is not hearing it. Since Adrian is about to die anyway, he might as well check out the black hole that will devour the pocket dimension.

Adrian would have tried using Dimensional Teleportation, but the skill is grayed out. Even his normal Teleportation skill is grayed out as well. Adrian made a realization that he is now trapped and the reason for that is the faceless one. He is in no way shape or form venting out his stress on the temporary soul of the faceless one.

Adrian decided to observe every nook and cranny of the pocket dimension since he is not going anywhere anyway. He checked what mechanism makes the dimension become unstable and the patterns of the collapsing dimension. He wanted to know if it is sporadic or actually in a controlled manner.

He did all this with temporary soul of the faceless one in his hand. Adrian did not intend to do it, but he introduced the notion of impending doom to the faceless one. The faceless one could not handle it and essentially extinguished its own existence in its own accord.

The faceless one is basically thinking that if it is going to be erased from existence then it might as well go by its own terms. Adrian did not notice this as he is busy observing the surroundings. He only saw that the color of the temporary soul changed from a black murky color to a translucent white color.

[You have received the item Soul Container.]

[You have successfully incited terror and doom to a being of pure malice and evil.]

[You have received the title 'Heartless One'.]

"I do not know why but I do not feel good about the title." Adrian muttered.

Adrian is about to look at the details of his title, but he noticed that the black hole is now five meters away from him. He could see that this black hole is not like the one his spell Vortex conjures up. This black hole is naturally made and will devour everything in its path.

"I guess this is it. The faceless one already erased itself before I could even present it to the black hole. I guess I will experience what other players hit by my Vortex skill feels like." Adrian thought as he does not know if he will get killed instantly or slowly.

Adrian did not know that this black hole is more than what he thought it would be. He happily welcomed it as it devoured the whole pocket dimension. The lush forest type pocket dimension vanished like it never existed. 

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Levin Cloud's group appeared in Alfheim with tired and dirty clothes. As soon as they appeared, faekin guards already appeared and surrounded them. The elven sentinels were taken aback by the security but mostly the huge world tree they can see in the distance.

Elder Diana immediately appeared via a blooming flower from the ground. The elven sentinels immediately noticed the regal and dignified appearance of the elder dryad. The elven sentinels unconsciously vowed to Elder Danaya.

Levin Cloud thought that it is weird that the elven sentinels vowed but that is actually the normal reaction. Even Anastacia unconsciously vowed upon seeing Elder Danaya for the first time. This is actually an effect from one of her titles.

The ones that are really weird are Levin Cloud and Equinox from Elder Danaya's perspective. It is also the reason why they have high favorability towards Elder Danaya because they are not like other people. The reason why Levin Cloud and Equinox do not unconsciously bow or are not affected by her title is because they have been vessels to gods.

"Vitae, welcome to Alfheim." Levin Cloud stated as he escorted Vitae to stand.

Vitae looked around and her eyes sparkled. The elven sentinels almost fainted upon hearing the name Alfheim because they only heard of this place in myths and legends. Vitae wandered around like a curious girl, but she is still maintaining a rather calm composure.

"Any news from Equinox?" Anastacia asked as Adrian's name is grayed out in her messenger. She could not ask or send a message to him at the moment. She tried but the system blocked him.

[You cannot send a message to this player as of now. Please try again later.]

"What is this? Are we in like a secluded area or an area in the mountains without reception or something? Should I buy an antenna for this function?" Levin Cloud argued but he really is worried about Adrian.

He thought that if Adrian died by now then they would have been able to contact him by now. He also thought of the possibility that Adrian escaped using teleportation but if that is the case then they would have heard from him by now.

"Can he not escape? He can teleport us to another dimension surely, he could do better by himself.]

"I do not know the answer that, but he has told me once that mastery over magic is another factor when it comes to his spells. If I know him then he is probably surveying the collapsing dimension. Sometimes his curiosity is the one that makes him daydream. He will turn up eventually but now we have more pressing concerns." Levin Cloud stated as he looked towards Vitae then to Anastacia.

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[You have been transported to the Void.]

"Crap!" Adrian cursed.