Burning Soul

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“I knew you’d understand right away! Isn’t he something?” Dimitri asked him while patting him on his back.

“Oye!

That’s not even a good joke!

It’s impossible to carry such a rare bloodline.

I’m glad he hasn’t awakened that yet!” Lumiere replied while looking at the scene in awe.

“Oh,

he was contacted by hell if you are curious!” Dimitri commented before walking past him to others.

‘Just what is that kid!’ was the only thought that popped in Lumiere’s mind.

After giving it a brief thoughtful moment, he also closed in on the corpse of the bear as others carried Theo away from thereafter he fell unconscious.

He stopped at a certain point where there was a sword lying around on the ground, it was a familiar sword.

“So, you really went after it huh!” He looked at that sword with regretful eyes.

He then picked it up and went to the stack of bones that were lying around.

The tyrant had been slain and the would of those who died in his hunger were finally free of the horror.

“Let me help you!

This is after all my duty as a king to look after all my people.

Although I couldn't do much for them when they were alive, it's never too late to seek forgiveness.

I should atone for it, not you Lumiere.”

Dimitri put his hand on the back of his old friend to which he nodded in agreement.

He then slammed his staff on the ground causing a small circle to appear above the pile of bones and started pouring in soil on them.

In a few seconds, the pile was fully covered by the soil. With another slam, he flattened it and there appeared a small plant.

“In their afterlife, let the wind that once blew upon this land carry their souls to eternal peace.

Let this plant be their salvation from the pain they endured in the last moments of their peaceful lives.”

Dimitri said and then Lumiere stabbed the sword in the ground praying for the dead.

The moment was so immersive that others could feel the dead waving them back from where they stood under the subtle piercing light,

finally,

their soul had been liberated.

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A while later as they turned back to head back, there were still a few concerned faces.

“Don’t worry, he has only drained his mana essence.

He’d be fine in a while!” Dimitri answered the question no one asked but everyone wanted to.

“Tell me,

why in the hell such a beast was here?” Nuae couldn’t help but ask looking at its corpse.

“It was possessed by the negative energy, but we haven’t seen such a thing in the longest time, what do you say?” Lumiere answered looking at Dimitri who was thinking about the same,

“Umm, you are right!

We haven’t seen this happen in a long time.

Two ways can explain why this happened!

The first possibility is that this poor creature might have ventures someplace he shouldn't have and got infused with all the negative energy leading him to go berserk,

The second is someone might have performed some forbidden ritual to awaken the negative energy plane and pour it on this poor bear making him go berserk.”

His explanation was a possible vector yet Lumiere wasn’t satisfied.

“So!

Did he pass or not?”

Vivian asked Lumiere with an angry look. It was obvious of her to be angry as he had put Theo through such a brutal test not to mention using the weapon which wasn’t even suited for him.

“Yeah,

he sure does.

He’s the only after Duvrion to pass the trial.” His answer made everyone feel questioned.

“And he’s no dagger bearer, let me tell you that clearly!

He has to master that other class he’s hiding in there!”

Hearing this baffled everyone once again.

“What class?” Vivian asked out of curiosity.

“He’s a Dual Swordsman!

A class so rare even gods would envy him if he managed to master it!”