Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 386 The Matters of the Soul and the Issues of Money

OUTSIDE THE MOUNTIAN OF ENLIGHTENMENT

"That scythe! Why is it here?" Queen Mother exclaimed as she saw a massive, ghastly-looking scythe shooting from one of the cracks on the Mountain of Enlightenment. "Something like that... should not even be anywhere near this planet!"

The appearance of this scythe brought chills to everyone that saw it, and Queen Mother was able to feel that even her monster followers were also affected by this scythe.

This made her mood worse, as Queen Mother knew that this scythe is a bad news for everyone.

"Tsk, that scythe is undoubtedly a scythe of a Soul Reaper. Why did it have to appear now?" Queen Mother complained to herself inwardly as she gritted her teeth. She continued looking at the scythe more, this time with both anger and wariness appearing on her face.

"I have to deal with some blasted Soul Reapers before... Those bastards are hard to kill, especially when they are extremely hungry! And now I have to see one again here? Is fate really playing against me? Why did-"

SIXTH SCYTHE: HARVEST OVERLORD!

These words, which sounded as cold as the feeling of death, echoed from inside the whole mountain, effectively freezing Queen Mother on her tracks.

The familiar feeling of dread appeared inside Queen Mother’s body, as memories of her encounters with Soul Reapers before began to bloom inside her mind.

"Boom!"

When these memories started to come back to her, Queen Mother’s face started to darken, and it continued on getting darker, especially when the scythe went crashing down towards the World Soul and the Silver Orb.

Her eyes flashed dangerously as she saw the blade of the scythe cutting effortlessly through the body of the Silver Orb, with the scythe having no difficulty passing through the orb itself.

The Silver Orb jiggled mightily against the attack of the scythe, but it was only able to put up a feeble resistance against the scythe for a second, before it was cut in half.

All the Soul Power gathered by the Silver Orb, which amounted to millions of souls, started to pour out from the Silver Orb in a crazed, flood-like manner.

Nothing seemed to be able to stop this silver flood from bursting out, not even all the Immortals on the Mountain of Enlightenment, who all let out shouts of rage at the sudden change in the Silver Orb.

Actually, there was one thing that was able to prevent the silver energy flood from leaking out, but it did not come from the Immortals or the TimeMastesr.

It came from the Soul Reaper’s Scythe, which was not moving from its current position.

"Heng~"

Without any warnings at all, green flames that are the size of human beings erupted from the blade of the scythe, which quickly headed towards the eviscerated Silver Orb.

The speed of these green flames caught everyone unaware, that not even the Immortals were able to stop the flames from moving.

At the moment that these green flames went into contact with the silver flood, a reaction akin to that of a mixture between oil and fire happened right in front of Queen Mother’s eyes.

"Crackle..."

All the Soul Power from the Silver Orb erupted into bright, green pillars of flames, as the green flames from the scythe seemed to have induced a combustion reaction.

Every single portion of the Soul Power gathered by the Silver Orb burned in this state, as if they were highly affected by the green flames.

In no time at all, all the Soul Power at the peak of the mountain disappeared, as they were only replaced by large fields of green flame pillars.

It was both a harrowing and an entrancing sight, and Queen Mother was one of those who could fully understand the scenery right now.

"Those flames... that’s the Soul Flame of the Soul Reapers, which is the catalyst of their secret spells..." Queen Mother muttered to herself as the green light of the flames began to be reflected from her eyes. "From what I can remember, when a Soul Reaper uses their Soul Flame, it means that the Soul Reaper is serious...

Queen Mother’s face then changed as a disturbing thought appeared in her mind.

"Wait, serious? If this Soul Reaper is serious, then it just means that it is willing to go all-out to achieve its goal. But what is this Soul Reaper’s goal? Wait... don’t tell me that its goal was to consume the World Soul? Oh, s**t! If that is true, then this situation is just more f**ked!"

As Queen Mother said these words, her body swayed on the spot, with her eyes only focused on the scythe. She was now looking at it with outrage and fear, with her not giving attention to anything that was happening around her.

There was only her and the scythe right now, and she appeared to be not interested in anything else, except for what the scythe will do next.

"..."

With the way that Queen Mother acted now, it appeared as if the appearance of the Soul Reaper’s Scythe was a bad thing for her. And it is indeed a bad thing for her.

After all, Queen Mother had a share of experiences with Soul Reapers before, especially those who wanted to consume the World Soul of her original world.

The appearance of these Soul Reapers in her past was too much for Queen Mother, that if she could have done so, she could have already done everything to stop more of them from coming.

But even when she employed every defensive strategy that she could think of in the past, Queen Mother was still unable to stop the arrival of hungry Soul Reapers. Because of this, she had no choice but to do everything that she can, along with her Monster Race to eliminate and kill these Soul Reapers.

Because of all these experience, Queen Mother developed a hatred for the existence of Soul Reapers, which is still not gone, not even after she had joined Alex in his Journey.

"Ugh, I almost died many times defending the World Soul of my world against those pesky Soul Reapers. Those bastards are sure hard to kill!" Queen Mother grumbled as she tightened her fist. "And those Soul Reapers were only around Fifth or Sixth Stage of Power...As for this Soul Reaper right here, I can feel that it has a power around the Sixth Stage! With this kind of power... I am not sure if even I have the capability to save the World Soul!"

"Crackle crackle.."

The green flames just continued on burning on the mountain as Queen Mother talked to herself, creating a picturesque sight that nobody will be able to forget, not even Queen Mother herself.

"Tsk, since that Soul Reaper was here, does that mean that I have no chance to save that World Soul anymore? Ugh.... Why did it have to be like this?" Queen Mother muttered sadly to herself as her whole body tensed up with anger. "If... If I am just in my True Form right now, I am sure that I can eliminate that Soul Reaper. But it will still take me some time to return to that state..."

These thoughts started to make Queen Mother feel hopeless, as she realized that her existence here in this place, along with her new creations, were actually just negligible. Even if they were here, they actually have no way to influence the battle. They were just here... as decorative pieces.

"Alex! Why did you make me go here? Do I still have any use here?" Queen Mother shouted angrily inside her mind as she started to doubt Alex. "Are you really confident with your plans right now? What if... you miscalculated something? Alex, are you perhaps grasping at straws here? Are you... actually in desperation mode?"

This doubt inside Queen Mother started to intensify as she saw continued watching the scene on the mountain.

Due to the power emitted by the Soul Flames, there was nobody that was able to approach them, not even all the Immortals that appeared from inside the mountain.

These Immortals appeared to be trying everything that they can to extinguish the green flames, but none of their attempts worked, as if their power was nothing in front of these flames.

"You fools... the power of a Soul Reaper relies on the amount of Souls and Soul Power that it has." Queen Mother murmured to herself as she shook her head. "Since you Immortals have given this Soul Reaper almost all the Soul Power of the cultivators in this world, you created an extremely powerful being that can easily burn your souls right now! Nothing that you can do will work here! You can only make a move... once these flames use up the all the Soul Power and becomes extinguished later!"

If this was the only problem in this situation, then Queen Mother could still accept it, as these Immortals were people that Queen Mother does not care about.

However, there was a person in that mountain that Queen Mother cares about, and unfortunately for Queen Mother, this person was located at the source of the problem.

The World Soul, which was the nearest person at the scythe earlier, was right at the midst of all the green flame pillars.

The World Soul was currently standing on a spot that has no flames in it, with the green flames appearing to have made a safe space for her.

Fortunately, this empty space have allowed the World Soul to be unaffected by the flames. She’s not yet burning from the flames, although Queen Mother thinks that this might not be the case later.

"So this Soul Reaper is interested on making the World Soul feel fear huh? How despicable!" Queen Mother exclaimed as she gritted her teeth. "The Soul Reapers are only interested on finishing their food, but this Soul Reaper is actually playing with its food? How deplorable! How-"

The sight of the World Soul being caged by the green flames, like a pig imprisoned on its pen, was enough to make Queen Mother extremely angry. This of course led to her cursing out the Soul reaper continuously, with her wishing for a chance to tear the Soul Reaper into tiny pieces with her own hands.

But even with her temper right now, Queen Mother had no choice but to stop her cursing spree when someone suddenly appeared beside the World Soul.

The way that that this new arrival appeared was so silent and fluid, that Queen Mother was almost taken aback by its sudden appearance. But this slight surprise only lasted for a moment before Queen Mother felt a different feeling about this new person.

"What..."

Queen Mother’s eyes narrowed as she observed the appearance of the new arrival. A few seconds of observation later, and Queen Mother let out a deep, heavy breath as she confirmed the identity of the visitor.

"That black robe showing the bleak color of death, and that wicked aura coming out of its body... There’s no doubt about it! That’s the Soul Reaper!" Queen Mother exclaimed as she felt her power starting to overflow from her chest. This power in her body slowly got stronger and stronger, and it reached the point where it began to go past her own limits!

This made Queen Mother tremble in the spot, as she realized that the appearance of the Soul Reaper made her fighting intent reach its peak.

"Ah... So this is how angry I am at the Soul Reapers.... Even if I am indecisive to fight, my body would still want to fight it. How enlightening..." Queen Mother mumbled as she shook her head sadly. "But even if I want to fight this Soul Reaper right now, I don’t think I should fight it..."

Queen Mother then laughed at this point, with her face showing that she was not laughing at all.

This time, Queen Mother was looking directly at the face of the Soul Reaper, not taking note of the clothes or the aura that the Soul Reaper had.

Even when she saw Asteria behind the Soul Reaper, Queen Mother ignored that fairy as she only concentrated on the Soul Reaper itself.

"I do not know what Asteria did earlier... but I can see that Kiera has somehow turned into a Soul Reaper. Ha, what a surprising turn of events... I did not expect this at all..." Queen Mother said as she had to stop herself from laughing. She seemed to be faintly amused by what was happening now, although there were also signs of more uncertainty in her eyes.

"What ridiculousness is this? Kiera, who was just a normal person earlier, suddenly transformed into a being that can overturn this battle? What the hell is happening here? Alex... did you have a hand in this?"

Queen Mother said these words with vindication in her voice, as if she was blaming Alex for all the twists that she had seen. If Alex was here, he will surely start laughing while explaining himself.

But he was not here, so Queen Mother can only imagine it to herself.

"Alex... once I see you later, I will really demand an explanation from you!"

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While Queen Mother was busy on her ’role’ in the Mountain of Enlightenment, the person that she was thinking of right now was playing his own role too.

Alex, who had just finished watching the Great TImeMaster’s past, was currently wearing a sinister smile on his face as she stared at the Great TImeMaster.

He seemed to be scheming heavily on something right now, and the way that he looked at the Great TimeMaster just proves it.

"So you want me to do something? How amusing. Well then, state your desires. Let’s see if I have the capabilities to grant your ’wishes’.’ The Great TimeMaster said as she gave Alex an amused look. She hid the desperate look on her face earlier, as if she was trying to make her look more amicable.

Alex seemed to find this move of hers amusing, as he started to smile while tilting his head forward.

"Actually, I just have one question for you, Great TImeMaster. "Alex replied as he kept his tilted head still. "If you can answer this question right, then maybe I can let you hold the baby. But if you don’t, well..."

"Just one question? Well then, spit it out now, Mr. Alex." The Great TimeMaster said as her face started to twitch. Her eyes had narrowed into slits, and her arms crossed right in front of her chest. "We don’t have much time here, after all."

She appeared to be extremely concentrated right now, as if she was willing to do anything just to correctly answer Alex’s question.

This made Alex look pleased, and he had to continue smiling for a few more seconds before he started to talk.

"So... how much did you pay to the Endless Monarch to make us appear here?" Alex said in a casual tone. "And did you pay him with money or other things? Oh wait, that’s two questions there... my bad, my bad."