NOVEL NEXT Chapter 98 Renascence Part 5
When the paralysis wore off Valna ran to Nova lying in the water and picked her up. She checked to see if Nova was breathing and that she had no injuries. After spending a minute checking on Nova’s condition, she let out a sigh of relief and turned to face Nyx who seemed to have gotten bored waiting for her, and started to splash water around.
Hikaru had left the water after being splashed by Nyx and went to stand next to Dahlia and Azalea. They asked politely if they could see Zero since they had seen Nova’s attempts to forcibly take Zero were repelled. Hikaru saw in their eyes that they genuinely were worried about the lifeless Zero so she complied and laid the body on the ground. They began to examine him as thoroughly as Valna was doing for Nova.
“What happened to his soul?” asked Dahlia after she finished checking up on Zero.
“Yes, I can feel his pseudo soul in the body but the connection to his true soul seems to have been cut.” assed Azalea
“I don’t know the details but Madam Nyx said that he did something foolish and now his soul is in danger. If you wish to know the details you have to ask her.” answered Hikaru as she stood to the side and looked worriedly at Zero’s body.
At Hikaru’s words, Dahlia, Azalea, and Valna all turned to face the primordial goddess who was playing in the water as if she were a child. Though they wanted to demand answers they knew that she was above them and feared angering her.
“You don’t have to be afraid you can ask me your questions.” said Nyx as she stopped playing in the water and walked toward the 3 women followed by Valna who was carrying an unconscious Nova.
“What happened to master?” asked Dahlia wasting no time.
“Well to my understanding of the situation a soul parasite was attached to his soul. They’re difficult to remove so in his attempts to remove them my son consumed his own soul.” answered Nyx
“What’s a soul parasite?” asked Azalea
“Think of it as a bug with a personality that latches onto your soul and feeds on it to grow. As it gets stronger it starts to affect your personality until it fuses with your soul completely turning you into a different person who’s loyal to the one who created the parasite.” answered Nyx
“Where did this parasite come from? Did it come from Yaldabaoth?” asked Valna
“No, it came from the angel named Sophia. She planted it in the boy named Soma’s soul and my son, unfortunately, split off a piece of it that contained the parasite and absorbed them both.” answered Nyx
“That damn angel!” yelled Dahlia as her usual cool personality crumbled under the rage springing forth from within herself.
“Calm down sister.” said Azalea as she grabbed Dahlia’s hand causing her to calm down.
“Well, that’s that now. Q&A time is over now so I’m going to go fix him now.” said Nyx as she pointed to Zero who laid on the ground.
Before anyone could say anything, she vanished instantly without a trace. The 4 women looked at each other with a shared understanding and sighed at the same time.
Nyx appeared in a secluded area where Zero kept his items. The space was filled with clothes, guns without bullets, and many other things. After a few seconds, Nyx came across 2 crystals. These were Zero and Yoko’s soul crystals that housed their true souls. Only their soul crystals were in this space since Nova’s true soul was split between her world trees and Dahlia and Azalea had no need for the techniques since they could be killed unless they were killed together. In Valna’s case, Zero hadn’t cared enough to do it at the beginning so he never made one for her.
Pushing the blue crystal aside Nyx grabbed the dim purple crystal that had cracks all over the surface. Nyx held the crystal with a sad look on her face as she said, “You foolish boy when you wake up you’ll need a stern talking to.”
The crystal glowed brightly and when the glow faded the crack on the crystal was now gone and the color of the crystal was no longer dim but a bright purple with some red undertones. Nyx released the crystal, teleported, and left the area.
Nyx appeared back at the beach and saw that the 4 women hadn’t moved since she had been gone for less than a minute. They looked at her with concern and after a few seconds Hikaru spoke up and asked, “Was the damage too severe for you to fix?”
“Huh, what do you mean? He’s fine now.” said Nyx as she walked back into the water and laid back and floated in the dark ocean.
“What!?” yelled all 4 women almost simultaneously.
“I said he’s fine now. He should wake up soon so all we have to do now is wait.” explained Nyx
“Wait if it was this easy why did you need me to come with you?” asked a curious Hikaru
“There’s no reason I thought it might be more fun with more company. Aren’t you glad I brought you along?” asked Nyx
“Yes, I’m glad.” answered Hikaru
“Then there’s nothing to worry about.” said Nyx
“I should report this to mistress.” said Valna
“No don’t do that. She’s adjusting to her new form and trust me you’ll need her to.” said Nyx
“What do you mean?” asked Azalea
“Spoilers.” answered Nyx
“I think it’s best if we heed her word.” said Dahlia
“Yes, I believe it would be wise to do so.” said Valna
“What about Nova? When will she wake up?” asked Azalea
“She won’t until I’m done talking with Zero.” answered Nyx
The 3 women looked at Nyx with a look of surprise and worry as they heard her response. Nyx on the other hand paid no mind to the 3 women and continued to relax as she floated on the sea. Hikaru looked lost as to what was going so she remained silent and observed.
Elsewhere Yoko stood on her completed realm with eyes closed in a meditation pose. As time went on she began to float in the air as blue magic circles began to form around her and glow but then they all shattered instantly and Yoko was knocked down. She stood up off the ground, opened her eyes, and sighed.
‘Damn, I can’t seem to control the powers of both my divine and infernal mana. This is quite difficult it’s a simple spell that I could cast as a human but it’s failing. I was able to create this world just fine but that was pretty hazy. Do I need to adjust the magic circle to accommodate the new mana? Or is it that since I’m a mix of both I need to use a bit of both?’
Yoko had found that after creating her world she couldn’t control her power so she was entirely focused on attempting to control them. She was so focused that she failed to notice Nyx mana when she repaired Zero soul crystal and remained oblivious to her visit for a while.