Chapter 112: The Concept of The Soul  

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Chapter 112: The Concept of The Soul  

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"I told you two to be cautious yet you let your guards down completely, why?"

That left the two stunned as they thought back on their behavior in front of him and how relaxed they were, how vulnerable they were to any attack.

Sweat started coming down their spine as they realized just how easy it was to kill them at that point.

Biscuit narrowed her eyes adding, "I don't know if it's an ability of his or not but just staying near him made even me let my guard down for a second, and I felt that even when I fully put my guard up, just staying there made me slowly put it down again.

A gradual effect that's too dangerous especially if one is near him at all times so next time, take note of that..." To which the two young hunters solemnly nodded.

All this happened while Yasuo lightly stroked his earring making the bright light shining within them disappear as he stood on a tall tree somewhere on the Island. His eyes closed hiding whatever is within.

A smile of accomplishment knowing the king is within his hand, knowing that the battle is already won before it even started, knowing the future is set in stone, ones of his own making, the making of his own meticulous mind.

As the glow on the earring died down, the man opened his strange eyes looking into the sky and thinking to himself.

'60% huh... perfect though I could've gotten a higher percentage if I didn't want the card however I needed it so he didn't feel like he owed me as much as he would've otherwise.

Perhaps he would've owed me the maximum amount which is 80% but it doesn't matter, I already have much more than enough to do what I want.' The Zoldyck lightly started lightly stroking his earring while thinking of the previous.

The long-chain earring that never leaves his ear always remaining there like his guardian angel and to a certain extent that's exactly what it is to him.

His conjuration ability and what could be his second strongest ability though a bit far from his control domain. It's also one of the primary bases of his plans though its power depends on the person.

If one can make use of it and its power happened to be short-lived so it's definitely a strange ability and it won't be long before he uses it... Just as planned.

And so, the boys continued on their journey enjoying the game, and just as they agreed, they despawned the card allowing them to have the option to take the quest like its intended which they did though it proved to be more challenging than predicted so they assembled a team strong and suitable enough to face Razor and his devils.

And well, they succeeded despite the difficulty, getting the card again though this time in their own way.

They had to deal with some minuscule problems before and in between but nothing that stopped the young adventurous soul within them.

Yasuo wasn't interested in interfering with their adventures nor in spending time with the two so he only appeared when they finished the game and collected the card and disappeared directly after.

His next destination is his lab in the Kakin empire which happened to be built beneath Morena and Yasuo's house.

The lab where he performs most of his experiments just like this new one, a subject he was never able to touch upon, something he still can't sense even with his control domain and that says a lot considering he can sense space at this point.

A subject that remained unanswered for eons with scientists and philosophers only coming as close as using their imagination or coming to the hard truth that what he wants to experiment upon simply doesn't exist.

But again, people's perspective is a wonderful yet vastly different thing, especially when it comes to completely different worlds because while such a subject remained a matter of whether one believes in its existence or not... Here, it's different.

This is a magical fascinating world with limits far beyond his old one, so it's not that strange when the devil himself says he knows souls exist.

His existence in this world is evidence of its existence as unless someone uploaded his memories into a baby's brain then it wouldn't make sense how he is alive and remembers everything.

Another thing this insinuates, souls can hold memories such as his and the same could be said to all the chimera ants who remembered their past lives leading him to believe their souls have something to do with this.

And souls aren't something the chimera ants' queen can affect though there are still too many questions to be answered, too many irregularities when it comes to such a vague concept.

A concept he is curious about to such a degree that he choose that specific card instead of all the other available cards.

A card that can help him touch upon such a vague concept which is thanks to the existence of Nen, energy magical enough to mess with the fabric of reality.

And so, Yasuo could be seen in his lab with a simple white pillow in his hands which he placed on a comfortable bed then rested on the bed with his head on the pillow.

He closed his eyes and almost instantly, he traveled between realities to enter the wondrous land called the land of dreams.

Except he doesn't have dreams, he rarely sleeps, and even when he does, he doesn't dream.

His complete control just won't allow such a variable to happen within his mind though it's a natural thing that came with his control domain yet what he can see now is so peculiar that it can only be a dream. He of course knows it's not a dream, this is why he got the pillow after all. A pillow that allows one's astral form to be able to wander at will, but one will turn into a real ghost if one does not return to one's own body within 24 hours.

The description is quite vague making one wonder about a few things, what is the astral form?

If one turns into a ghost after that specific time is spent in that form, doesn't that mean the astral form is actually one's soul?

These are all questions he wants an answer to as well as touching upon the concept of souls.

Yasuo looked at the strange scene all around him as well as the peculiar feeling he is sensing in his current form.

He looked at the vacant body sleeping beneath his current form, an empty yet alive body, he can see himself slightly breathing and he sense... he can sense and see the blood flowing through his sleeping body.

He can see through his most vital ability, his absolute best creation, his control domain.

A peculiar phenomenon happened when he entered this form, his domain which his brain was always the source of became more than it has ever been as the vast domain split into two.

The domain that surpasses a range of 400 meters split with two different things becoming its center, while he can still sense the domain around his brain albeit at a range only surpassing 200 meters by a bit, he can also sense another domain with the same range with his current form as its center.

Another thing he noticed is his Aura, while a significant portion remained in his body, he can feel another portion in his current form albeit as he can sense, it's too hard to control.

And though he tried using his abilities none worked as if it's impossible to use them in his current form.

He continued experimenting for a while coming to a few conclusions, he can't use any of his abilities when in this form and that applies to even use them from his body.

Except... His control domain which he is able to use on both his body and current form albeit he noticed the consumption and the maximum input becoming lower limiting what he can do in such a state.

Yasuo started flying around in his weightless form, gravity not affecting him one bit, his current form that appeared to be his physical shape albeit completely purple with a dark shade all over it.

He looked at the colorless yet bright world around him with interest as he flew around the city.

In this astral form, the world seems so different... so colorless as all he can see is the two colors of white and black albeit with different shades.

He looked at the people walking all over the city and noticed another peculiarity, there is a shining glow on every person in the city.

A glow with different shades and depths of black and white making him believe that every person glows in different colors and if he can see other colors in this form, he'll be able to see what color the glow really is... Except he can see what his glow is like just like he can see his current form clearly.

Some glowing more than others while some's glow almost completely faded, every life seem to have that strange glow from the smallest of animals to plants and trees and once something neared its end, its glow only continued to fade until it dies down never to be seen again...