My Soul card is a Reaper

The death scythe has been swung down by Azzy, unleashing an arc of three layered energy with soul energy as the core, layered by natural energy, and then the Protos energy at the top.

For the first time in his life, the stranger with demigod realm felt fear from a weaker opponent's attack.

This time, he didn't dare to take it head-on. Instead, he simply evaded it with a minor teleportation, appearing behind Azzy as the arc of energy reached him.

An orb of soul energy conjured by the demigod's palm and struck Azzy's back almost in the instant he disappeared, and Azzy wasn't fast enough to react to such speed. The adamantine shield tried to protect its master by conjuring up a layer of adamantine on Azzy's back.

However, the latter's attack turned out to be fast enough that it could only form a thin layer, which was destroyed by the beam of soul energy and pierce Azzy's back.

"Argh…"

A painful groan escaped Azzy as he staggered forward; the beam of energy constantly destroyed his insides, almost paralyzing his movements at the same time. "F**k off…" He roared as loudly as he can, feeling hatred for this stranger. The Protos energy in his forehead reacted to his negative emotions and it gushed out like a wave of sea, striking the demigod head on and blasting him away.

As Azzy turned around with a layer of Protos energy over him while still keeping his consciousness intact, he saw the demigod sliding away while trying his best to block it.

Azzy took advantage of it and charged forward, only to instantly hit his face against the wall of the invisible barrier and crash to the ground.

"Ugh… Damn it."

"He could go in and out but I can't get out of this prison. The barrier should be destroyed…"

Letting go of the scythe, Azzy stretched his hand to the front and closed his eyes.

"I need to use Jupiter's power." With a thought in his mind, the sparks of usual bluish white lightning was seen all over his palm and they swiftly formed threads of electric current, attacking the barrier's wall in a wide range and cracking it; the barrier slowly materialized where it was struck by the divine lightning energy.

The demigod, whose hands were burned by the wave of Protos energy after he tried to crush it, was stunned on the spot for a moment. He stood right there with his eyes widened in surprise, watching Azzy cracking the barrier more and more with the lightning, "This is pure divinity, not a borrowed one.

Only a fellow apostle born in the celestial realm or someone with the power of a God could destroy my barrier. How could this be possible?"

As a huge hole made out of the barrier and Azzy flew out, the stranger voiced his assumption, "Are you the Apostle of Zeus?"

Azzy didn't respond and charged forward while slightly raising his hand; the Death scythe on the floor flew to his hand on its own. Grabbing the weapon, he swung it at the stunned enemy.

The stranger raised his arm and blocked the blade of the scythe with his bare hand; he then held on it so tightly that Azzy couldn't move it. Taking a closer look at him, the stranger firmly shook his head in denial, "There is no way Lord Zeus would accept a mortal like you who had such a demonic energy. You must have the blessings of a fallen angel that controls divine lightning.

The only one who had such power was…" His face suddenly showed a look of revelation. "Lucifer Morningstar," A whisper escaped his mouth.

Azzy couldn't help but frown at the stranger's words. First Apostle of Zeus? And now, blessings of the devil? He felt like the stranger had gone insane. But, at the same time, Jupiter's sheer hatred for these two beings hurt his ego a lot, even thought he personally doesn't have any opinions about them.

As if Jupiter's persona rubbing off him, Azzy snorted in response and replied, "Don't group me up with those infidels, mister. My powers come from someone who deserved to a revered figure. Someone who cared about law and justice, not like your selfish gods who treat mortals as your playthings." "You…" The stranger's face darkened deeply.

Maybe, it is because Azzy had these broken memories despite which they don't seem like they were his own, at the moment he was speaking of those words, he felt immense hatred for the gods.

And the Protos energy that formed a layer of protection over his body responded to his hatred immediately and gushed out like torrents of water to push away its enemy, intending to eliminate him at all costs.

"Argh… this damn corrupted cosmic energy…"

The stranger once again had his insides burning but he firmly held on to his grip on the scythe's blade.

It wasn't just that the scythe's blade was locked. Threads of Thanatos' death energy spread all over the scythe's handle like vines and bound Azzy's arm to his weapon.

"Enough," A thick amount of death energy rushed out of his body and enveloped him; Azzy, meanwhile, was forced to let of the shield this time and stretched out his palm. "Die…" With a roar from him, Jupiter's divine lightning powers formed a concentrated beam of lightning which were enveloped by Protos energy.

The anti-divine and divine lightning beam struck the stranger enveloped with miasma of death energy. However, as if it is a black hole, everything was just absorbed until the end, forcing Azzy to end his attempt.

"Ha" "Ha" "Ha" "Ha"

Azzy was taking heavy breaths with sweat filled his entire body and frustrated filled his face. Soon, the stranger became visible once again, but this time, he no longer appeared a human.

He transformed into a familiar form that Azzy seen before.

It is that of a cloaked specter with a scythe in his hand, the grim reaper transformation.

At once, the remaining barrier disappeared and every single soul living in the clan village felt tremors in their soul; everyone except for Azzy.

However, Azzy, despite being unaffected by the transformation, was having another problem. It's the exhaustion. If not for the fact that he was still in a merged state with Vajra, he would have passed out by now.

The Jewel of Earth glowed brightly and rose in the air, forming a thick adamantine barrier as quickly as possible using its master's more mental energy as the stranger finished his transformation and freed Azzy from the grip.

Meanwhile, strange but familiar whispers started filling inside Azzy's head, obstructing him to even think.

"Master, my support is limited. I need to get out of this prison to increase my power."

"Master, free me from this gem, and you will be granted unlimited power rival that of a god"

"Master, use the Jinn for the wish. Free me from this prison."

"Master, use the Jinn"

The stranger in his grim reaper form raised the scythe and swung it down. The adamantine shield, the nearly indestructible metal, and the strongest known metal in the entire universe was just cleaved into two by the blade of the Reaper's scythe and before Azzy could react, the stranger raised his skeletal arm to grab Azzy's throat, raising him high.

"Ack…"

Azzy's throat was being crushed by the firm grip of the stranger's hand while whisperings continuously fill his head.

"Master, survival is most important."

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"Master, only I can protect you"

"Master, Chronos abandoned you." "Chronos took away your potential" "I'm your true ally" "Free me and win"

The Protos energy from the gem on his forehead was constantly whispering in Azzy's mind, taking advantage of his current situation. An exhausted and struggling Azzy felt more and more tempted by the whisperings of the Protos energy.

Azzy slowly closed his eyes, feeling as if he passed out.

His consciousness was then seen floating before what it seemed like a jail. A humanoid figure, looking just like him but without any body and just in the form of pure energy was seen inside the jail and is constantly leaking threads of energy, spoke to him, "I'm the personification of Protos energy, the very first existence of the universe.

You don't need to depend on Chronos, Vajra, or anyone like that who will eventually leave you once you become a God. You just need me who will stay with you for eternity. Master, let us become one, and we will no longer be on mercy of anyone else. Since you found me, you don't even need the Jinn's wish to free me. Just summon the Gluttony beast.

We will protect your family and destroy everyone that dares to disturb our peace."

The Protos energy whispering this time was unlike anything Azzy had experienced before. While it always responded to his negative emotions, it never used the word protect. And it had never spoken like a human.

But then again, Azzy's consciousness also looked too muddled to reply.

He slowly started making a seal of gluttony using the Protos energy as the medium.

Soon, a dark beast appeared before him with nothing but a huge mouth and infinite teeth on his body.

"Master, you did it. All that's left is to eat this jail up. Hurry up. We don't have much time to counterattack. Come and free me, master." The humanoid figure of the Protos energy grabbed the cell bars and its actions looked like it was excited.

Azzy raised his hand to order the beast.

Just as he was about to motion his hand, suddenly, the atmosphere in the surroundings changed.

Everything became plain white and Azzy's consciousness became clear all of a sudden.

His eyes widened as he saw a mirror version of himself, except that this one has strange tattoos over his cheek and also his arms.

"Where am I?"