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Rummble!
The sanctuary trembled as if an earthquake was happening, but Aita didn't care.
"H-Hey Soren! Answer me! You know who I am, right ?!"
Aita shouted but there was no reply.
"I think...No! I'm sure that you have something to do with me! Soren!"
Still no answer.
Suddenly thinking about what Orion said about dying soon, Aita panicked.
"H-Hey Orion?! You can't die ! Wake up!"
Aita screamed again.
Boom!
Suddenly, the whole sanctuary shook.
Thud!
The white cube fell on the ground as the chains disappeared slowly.
Crack!
A c***k appeared in the white cube.
"...!"
Aita, in his consciousness, could feel that the chains binding and destroying his body were slowly breaking apart.
Crack! c***k! c***k! c***k!
Several other cracks appeared on the cube and the divine white light leaked out slowly from the cracks.
BOOOM!
The cube exploded and the whole sanctuary was engulfed in a divine light.
The light receded after a few minutes and the tremor also stopped.
Nothing seemed to have changed apart from the shining dead body of Orion.
Orion's body was shining in a pure white light.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
Orion's body shook violently on the ground.
Then it suddenly stopped moving.
The huge gash on his body closed at an alarming rate.
Unfortunately, the scars from his fight against the panther and from his t*****e didn't heal.
Though there were no changes in his features, his body got taller.
Before, Orion's height was 1.70M but now it was around 1.75M.
Orion's eyes twitched and opened slowly.
They were the same black eyes but his eyes were very sharp compared to before.
"Arrgh..."
A pained groan rang out as he held his head with both hands.
"WHAT?! AHHHH!"
Screams of pain echoed as memories of Orion and Soren stormed into his brain.
After a few minutes, Aita stood up.
Then he looked at his new body.
It was a strange sensation, he felt familiar and also not.
But now Aita was sure.
Orion and Soren were both two parts of him.
It was like two holes in his soul had been filled now.
But that didn't change the fact that he was also Orion and Soren at the same time.
Nothing changed in his plans of killing his enemies when he was Soren.
Rather, his anger was even more burning now.
One thing he was skeptical about was the huge coincidence.
How did Orion end up in this place?
No. How did HE end up in this place?
Obviously, he didn't believe that it was luck.
The sudden portal appearing after breaking his chains couldn't be a coincidence.
It was like someone was helping him from the outside.
And this person probably knew why he was sealed there and, more importantly, that person could answer his tons of questions.
Currently, his awareness as Aita was very strong because his memories of Soren were not completely restored.
It was as if he had not completely assimilated Soren. Though slowly Soren's soul was being assimilated.
As for Orion, it was the same thing, strangely. Orion couldn't be assimilated, which was very odd as it was Orion's body.
Something was weird about his 'persona' as Orion Kenway.
If before he didn't think about it because he was drowning in sorrow about his dead family, now his mind was extremely clear.
"Yawwwn_! I'm damn sleepy."
Aita said while doing some stretching to get used to his body.
Thud!
"Hm ?"
Hearing a sound, Aita looked to his left and saw a little stone on the ground.
He frowned and picked it up.
"Guess, it's for me."
Whoooosh!
Suddenly, a space portal appeared behind Aita.
Aita smiled without turning around.
"I knew it. Odin is with me."
Thinking wrongly that Odin helped him from the shadows, Aita jumped into the portal.
***
"Are you sure, Salazar ?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, there is no doubt."
In the courthall of the Solaria palace, Salazar was making his report of their discovery on the fourth floor of the rift.
Salazar approached his brother and gave him the charred bracelet.
Helio took the bracelet and examined the crest on it.
Seeing the silver crescent moon, Helio frowned.
It was really the crest of the Lunarstella imperial family.
If Orion's kidnapper had this bracelet on him, then it would mean that he was close to the Lunarstella family.
But Helio was skeptical. Even an i***t wouldn't keep this kind of object on him.
Nonetheless, the fact that the bracelet was on him could create an irreparable c***k between Solaria and Lunarstella.
No, it was already too late...
"Salazar, how is the person responsible for the hero Orion's death has been leaked ?"
Helio asked tiredly.
"It seems Lord Austin overheard my conversation with Lia. He is extremely angry towards Lunarstella and the nobles were quickly made aware of that."
Salazar explained ambiguously but inwardly he was sweating hard.
He planned to leak the information via one of his knights who was with him in the cave. Unfortunately, he underestimated Austin's anger.
Right after coming back from the rift, he was shouting around that 'he wouldn't forgive Lunarstella'.
'This i***t!'
Honestly, it was his fault as he didn't notice Austin's presence when he was manipulating Liana in the cave.
"Sigh...Salazar, you should have been more careful."
Helio said, as he couldn't believe how easily the information got out.
"My apologies."
"Leave it. What about Lia ?"
Helio asked with a worried expression.
"She has still been in her quarter since yesterday."
Salazar replied, sadly.
"I didn't know she was that attached to the Hero Orion..."
"Neither do I, Salazar..."
Helio replied, bitterly.
He felt guilty as he was the one who ordered Liana to cut off her friendship with Orion.
But he would never have thought of such consequences.
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