My Soul card is a Reaper

From clothing to appearance, everything is identical. The only difference is that this time, the opponent is bathing in Protos Energy. In a nutshell, it's a dark version of Azzy who was consumed the Protos energy.

The opponent let out a peal of laughter, "Look at me, Azrael. The power of the Protos race makes you unimaginably strong and you still depend on that silly death energy. Someone, who can't even take decisions on their own, cannot defeat me."

In response, the Reaper swung the scythe, releasing an arc of energy. "You talk too much."

Dark Azzy dodged to the left and furrowed his brows, "it's you, Chronos. So, you have possessed him, again? I bet he didn't volunteer for it."

"So, not only the opponent will have Azrael's memories but is also conscious of my presence. Demigod Amerys is skilled." The Reaper mumbled to himself before attacking him once again.

Dark Azzy dodged it with ease and stretched his arm forward, "Chronos, Death Energy is weak and slow. Behold the mighty power of Protos Energy."

A concentrated beam of black energy was shot towards the Reaper.

The Reaper blocked it with the Death Scythe but the power behind the incoming attack turned out to be stronger.

The Reaper was pushed back for several meters before he managed to stay firmly on the ground. He stared at the sky, "should I use it? The spirit will disappear anyway."

"Where are you looking at, Chronos?" Dark Azzy shouted as he conjured Protos' spears out of thin air. Unlike normal Azzy, this one could potentially control more Protos energies accurately.

It took the Reaper by surprise as he didn't expect that the opponent would unleash an attack that Azzy had never used before.

"So, it can improvise too and bring out the potential of the candidate." The Reaper turned serious. "No matter what, this spirit cannot exist in this realm, any longer. But, before that, let's finish the battle."

The Reaper raised his left arm while constantly evading the five Protos spears that are fixed onto him.

Dark Azzy's expression changed upon seeing a familiar set of mystical symbols, which formed at a rapid pace.

Various runic symbols were arranged in the shape of a seven-pointed star.

"Seal of Faery"

As soon as the Reaper pushed the seal onto the ground, it expanded to over 100 meters with him as the center.

Dark Azzy attempted to escape the range but the speed of the seal turned out to be a bit faster.

Before he even reached the edge of the seal, Dark Azzy was crushed to the ground.

Protos Energy erupted from him, canceling the effects of the seals within just two seconds.

However, those two seconds of time is more than enough for the Reaper to make his next move.

The moment he got out of free, Dark Azzy found a harmless-looking hourglass in the hands of the Reaper. It was currently turned upside down.

<strong>"Soul skill: Time Stop"</strong>

<strong>"Hidden skill: Unsealing the Sands of Time."</strong>

The Reaper unleashed two soul skills one after another.

Azzy didn't master his Arcana or soul energy. So, if he had unleashed the soul skill of the hourglass, the Time stop soul skill would have stopped the time of the entire world.

But, the Reaper is the deity of Time and Death. He doesn't just rule them like the other gods. He is the Time and he is the Death itself.

So, when he used the Time Stop soul skill, he made sure to not affect the world or illusion realm. Within that fraction of a second, he completely toned it down to just the opponent, freezing his time for one whole minute.

Still, he knows that the negative cosmic energy of the dawn of the universe, the Protos Energy can negate even the time. So, he unleashed the hidden skill to finish the opponent without sparing him any opportunity to counter.

Just as the Reaper thought, Dark Azzy managed to nullify the soul skill after a few seconds but by that time, the white sand had already covered him completely.

Before he used the Protos energy to expel the sand, every part and every cell of his body was destroyed.

The Reaper retrieved the sands of time back into the hourglass, leaving behind nothing. There was no trace of Dark Azzy anymore.

It was then an exclamation of surprise was heard from the sky. "The hourglass and the death scythe. I didn't expect to meet the reincarnation of Azrael Garcia and the legendary servant of Thanatos. I was truly fortunate to witness this moment. Anyway, I congratulate you on completing the trial. Please proceed through the portal."

Followed by his words, a large portal appeared before the Reaper. Even though the spirit of the Demigod misunderstood his identity, the Reaper didn't feel the need to correct him and just walked into the portal only to find himself standing in another place.

He didn't return to the tomb chamber.

As the Reaper looked around, Amerys materialized before him with a huge smile on his face. He said, "Please wait a bit longer. Princess Leah Pendragon is in the middle of the third phase."

"What do you mean by that? Shouldn't the fastest one get the cosmic gem?" The Reaper asked him.

Amerys was taken aback by the commanding tone but he didn't let it show on his face. He is a demigod. How can such a thing intimidate him?

He replied, "I only said that the one must complete the trial to claim the Jewel of Earth. We will have to wait until the princess was done with the trial."

"And what if she succeeds?" The Reaper asked him, to which the latter answered, "please be patient."

Roughly about 20 minutes later, a portal appeared nearby and Leah walked out of it with little bruises and wounds all over her body.

"As expected, you have also cleared the trial," Leah let out a bitter smile when her eyes fell on Azzy's back. She knew that Azzy would pass the trial but still, she was a little bit hopeful about his failure.

Unfortunately, it didn't go the way she wished it to be.

"What now, Demigod Amerys?" The Reaper asked the spirit. It was then she realized that it wasn't Azzy but was possessed by Death Scythe Arcana named Tezca, according to Excalibur.

As the Reaper was revered by Excalibur, Leah was careful to attempt conversation with him. Now that she realized the Reaper appeared to be quite irritated, she didn't talk any further and just takes out a few skill cards to heal her wounds as well as recover her soul energy.

Demigod Amerys then looked at the two of them, "I have been testing the geniuses for the past sixty millennia but I had never seen the Arcana Masters who not only defeated their inner demons but even dark version of themselves. Now that there were two before me, I have a proposition.

I give both of you, two choices.

1) Fight each other. The winner will take the Jewel of Earth. The loser will get a unique skill.

2) Both of you will fight together against the guardian. If you are successful, one will randomly receive the Jewel of Earth, the other will receive two unique skills. Apart from that, I will also pass the knowledge of Advanced level Fusion technique, which will affect the soul skills.

What do you say?"

"Advanced Fusion skill?"