Is this really a Game?!

Crack!

Boom!

The barrier barring the way of Reign and Wolf exploded into pieces as the two men smashed through it with their weapons. Even though it was a worthy attempt at stopping intruders, the barrier was not powerful enough to be able to withstand the attacks of Reign and Wolf who were more powerful than the enemy had ever imagined.

Upon reaching the top of the building where the control room was, Reign and Wolf scanned the room in order to check if there were any more 'surprises' waiting for them.

There were none.

The barrier truly was the final obstacle the enemy had placed for them, one that was unfortunately not powerful enough to block them. The truth was, the leader did not place the barrier there in order to stop Reign, Wolf, or the others, but to stop his own men from entering.

He had done so in order to stop the elder or anyone else from trying to take over the base while he was gone. Even though he was confident enough in his connection and control over the base, he wasn't going to risk losing it.

With the two of them inside the control room, they stared at the center of the control room, where a massive orb of light was located. That was all that was present inside the control room.

"Hmmm, it looks like the core of this base." Reign said as he stared at the ball of light and walked around it.

"It produces mana, but also some other kind of energy, hmmm, wait, it seems like it doesn't really produce mana, but takes it from the surroundings before creating the other form of energy by converting mana to it." Reign said as he concentrated and tried sensing the flow of mana and the other form of energy that was present.

"Spatial energy." Aethion suddenly said from inside Reign as the latter stared in wonder.

"Spatial?"

"Yes, it's … not really a different form of energy, but at the same time it is," Aethion said as he scratched the back of his head.

"It's complicated, and to be honest, I do not have the necessary knowledge over it to explain it, but from what I know, one needs mana in order to create spatial energy, and yet, there are also places in the universe where spatial energy exists on its own, without any mana nearby," Aethion said before looking at the ball.

"Your previous words were correct, this is the core of the entire base, it is also the reason why the base can hide in such small places and switch locations," Aethion said with an interested voice.

"To think this was on your planet before the system even arrived, interesting, truly interesting."

"Why, why is it interesting?"

"Well, spatial magic is a tough one, to be honest, it is one of the hardest to learn, mastering it is almost impossible and there were few even back on my planet that managed to learn a bit about it and create similar things to this, but a base of this size, that was never created even back on my planet where Transcendents lived."

"You don't realize just valuable this base is, but in the future, you will learn its true value, but first, you must sever the connection it has with the soul inside the sword and take it for yourself."

Reign nodded at Aethion's words while the young man that they had brought together with them stared at Wolf's sword. His eyes were open wide in shock as he was able to see the soul of the leader that was staring at him.

"Oh, you can see this guy now?" Wolf asked the young man who was down on the ground, but he got no response from him as the latter was fully focused on staring at the sword.

"This place is where the soul is connected to, the thick mana and the connection it has with the core of this base allows for the soul to become visible to all." Aethion spoke as Reign gave him enough power and freedom to talk outside of his body.

"I see, so, soul, do you recognize this young man?" Reign asked the soul who was curiously looking at the young man.

"Very familiar, just like everything here, just like the buildings and the people." The soul said as it cocked its head left and right whilst staring at the horrified young man.

He instantly recognized the look and the voice of the soul. It was one that he had seen and heard many times in the past as it belonged to his master, the person that taught him everything he knew.

"Yeah, he should look familiar, you did place all of those things inside of him after all." Reign said as the soul's eyes widened before it glanced at Reign, the young man, and then finally, the sword it was bound to.

"My body, this is my body!" The soul shouted in happiness as it stared at the young man.

"Hey, what are you doing, transport me to my body, now!" The soul told Reign who smirked at it before walking closer to the sword.

"What are you talking about, you already have a body, and it's quite a tough one." Reign said as he knocked on the sword with his fingers, making the soul angry.

"Shut up, this is my body, I remember now, I made it, I formed it from the inside, making sure that I can take it over at any moment, it's mine!" The soul said angrily as it stared at Reign and the young man who was looking more and more horrified with each passing second.

"Ah, so that was what you meant by 'your body'." Reign said as he smiled at the soul.

"Unfortunately, it's already taken, I can't really put you there, can't I?"

"Of course, you can, you idiot!" The soul said with anger before staring at the young man with passion.

"Just put me in and I can take it over, the seals I placed will let me take control over it immediately, can't you see them, I placed tens inside of this body, it doesn't matter if the body is already taken, I can take it for myself right away, so put me inside of it!"

The young man opened his mouth, but no sound came out. His body was shaking and he gulped in fear before collecting himself enough to speak.

"M-master, what … what do you mean?"

"You're joking, right?"

"This is all just some sort of joke you are planning, isn't it?!" The young man asked in a high voice as the soul stared at him.

"Huh?"

"What the hell are you talking about, what joke, what master, why is my body even talking?!" The soul asked with anger as it stared at the young man who simply continued staring at it.

"I"

"I, alright." The young man said as he stared at the soul before extending his arms to the side.

"Take it, I owe you that much, master."

"What the hell are you even talking about?" Reign suddenly asked before smacking the side of the young man's head.

"For god's sake, what the hell did he even do to make you so submissive?" Reign asked as he stared at the many seals present inside the body and the soul of the young man.

"Yo, did you actually tamper with-" Reign started asking the soul, only to stop himself before showing a smirk upon seeing the soul.

"I see, so that's why."

"What's up?" Wolf asked Reign who shook his head before whispering something to him, making him look at the young man and the soul in wonder before shaking his head as well.

"He truly deserved to die," Wolf said before Reign went to the core.

"Alright, I'll start now." Reign said before his eyes turned purple as he started using his soul manipulation.

He was able to see a thin thread that connected the core and the soul, and he started attacking it by manipulating his own soul and creating a sword that he used to start cutting away at the thread.

"Argh, that hurts, what are you doing?!" The soul shouted out as it stared at Reign, unable to do a thing.

"I'm helping you out, just stay calm, alright?" Reign told the soul as he used more and more of his power, together with the help of some souls he had previously taken over in order to slowly cut away at the thread.

Even though the thread was thin, it was quite durable, and Reign could see that it would take him a while to sever the connection between the soul and the core, but he was confident enough that he could do it.

After about 15 minutes, he was able to sever it, but a problem arose.

As soon as Reign had cut the thread and severed the connection the core and the soul had, the thread suddenly reconnected and this time, it was even a bit thicker.

"What?"