The Invincible Full-Moon System

Elder Tilrith gazed ahead at Rex and was stunned.

She could feel Rex's fingers trembling slightly as he gripped her shoulders.

And from the way Rex avoided making eye contact, keeping his gaze down to the soil below, it seemed he was serious. Just then, Elder Tilrith, shook her head, recovering from her daze, "Having to fight you, I didn't expect you to use this kind of trick. But I saw through it, you will not fool me"

Instead of answering, Rex tightened his grip on her shoulders, "Let's abort this"

"I changed my mind, I'll take my chances" He added while trying his best to remain calm.

"Eh...?" Elder Tilrith was stunned again. 'Is he being for real?'

Despite her skepticism, that was washed away once Rex lifted his head up to look at her.

Having lived for thousands of years, the art of reading people was only among the basics an entity, as old as her naturally knew. Seeing Rex's shaking pupils, her instincts were riled, and she believed that Rex was being serious.

Initially, she thought that he was playing tricks on her.

He must've wanted to draw her attention away by pretending to be weak.

Perhaps, he wanted to hide his real weakness to be found.

But that doesn't seem to be the case.

Rex was actually afraid and hesitant about being here, there was no doubt about it.

Because of that, she turned her gaze to the surroundings as the gears in her mind worked.

Doing something like this wasn't the first for Elder Tilrith.

Many forces in the past had asked for her help—as a high-ranking Succubus—with a delicate control over her energy, like her was rare. She might be one of the best Succubus to properly heal or clean souls.

Elder Tilrith was knowledgeable regarding this—Rex came to the right person.

In cleaning a soul, the person must confront their fears, regrets, or other negative aspects.

A soul is an intangible object, untouched by the laws of the world.

Some powerful spells or abilities could harm the souls but in normal circumstances, the soul was separate from the world—and the only thing that could harm them was also something, intangible but real such as trauma, emotions, and such.

And the only way to clean that was to conquer them.

'Most of the time, the soul suffered from something personal that happened in the past'

Elder Tilrith scanned the place again, a frown forming on her face.

'But his... His soul isn't suffering from the past'

Normally, in a case of cleaning the soul, Elder Tilrith would create this space for the one she was helping—a space, that lies between the crack of the mind. Due to that, the space could take the shape of anything depending on what was inside the mind.

It could be a garden of mirrors, a forest filled with memory trees, and such.

Inside this space, there would be the representation of trauma or bad memories.

Usually, it was stark and easy to spot.

And the trauma or memories that were still troubling would be marked by the mind.

For instance, inside the garden of mirrors, the floating mirrors were the representation of the trauma, while the cracked one was still troubling the person. It was straightforward and very easy to spot.

If the person still has regret, anger, or loss, the memory would become a plague in the mind.

Left for too long, the soul would start to be influenced by it and deteriorate.

Cleaning the soul would be the person to re-live that trauma, and do the right thing, it could be overpowering the opponent, forgiving themselves, or simply letting go if something can't be done in that situation.

Elder Tilrith scanned the place and identified each one.

In Rex's case, as he was a person who has battled throughout his life—the space was a gory and endless battlefield that stretched ahead. Multiple trenches could be seen—sinking deep into the ground.

Surely, these trenches were the representations of Rex's trauma.

Some are small and some are big—some are shallow while some are deep.

Moreover, thin plumes of smoke could be seen rising gently from the trenches, faint and also subdued. Each one of them lingered persistently, covering the ground in a quiet—eerie haze, which made Elder Tilrith come to one conclusion.

Clearly, at some point, these trenches were burning with flames.

But those flames were already reduced to plumes of smoke.

'He already conquered his past, it was done' She thought before turning back to Rex.

A surge of disbelief climbed to her face.

"It is not your past that was making your soul suffer, it is your current self..." She muttered.

Rex has come a long way, the trauma he suffered still motivates him to do more but it hasn't disturbed him, like it used to. Rex has already conquered them. Each one of them, his actual parents' death, his foster parents' death, his series of rampages, all of it were conquered.

In hindsight, his soul should not deteriorate.

But it is.

Just then, Elder Tilrith's eyes widened when she saw Rex's body begin flaming.

It started mildly but climbed into massive flames that swayed and licked the surroundings.

Swoosh!

Elder Tilrith wasn't the only witness, Mavenna and Iris also saw this.

Despite being engulfed in literal flames, Rex didn't seem to be in pain—he was silent.

Realizing what was happening—Elder Tilrith pushed his hands away and went to the nearest trench. She wanted to make sure what she was seeing was correct. But as she was one step away, Rex grabbed ahold of her again.

"Let go," Elder Tilrith commanded. "if you want to clean your soul then you must let go"

"No... Leave, I changed my mind" Rex replied through his burning mouth.

Even then, Elder Tilrith used strength to forcefully pull her hand but Rex held onto her tightly.

He wasn't willing to let go.

"We already made a deal," Elder Tilrith said again, with a firm tone. "I am going to help you so that your soul can be stronger. And to do that, you must let me check the trenches, you must allow me to see"

"I already told you, I changed my mind" Rex retorted, his face sour behind the flames.

But Elder Tilrith pushed further, she wasn't going to stop here. Your journey continues with empire

Clearly, she couldn't afford to stop here.

'I can't let him stop here or else the deal would be off,' Elder Tilrith gritted her teeth.

Rex already promised her to fetch the Maw of Oblivion from the Spirit Emperor, if he came to decide to stop now then the deal would be off, and that would make this spectacular chance slip from her fingers.

Just as the situation was about to escalate, Iris intervened.

She limped her way to them and looked at Rex.

"How badly do you need to strengthen your soul, Your Majesty?" Iris asked gently.

Upon hearing this, Rex paused for a second before replying with the truth.

He was already here so there was no reason to lie, "Like my life depended on it"

"Okay..." Iris nodded—she cast a brief glance at Elder Tilrith before focusing on him again. "If that's the case, you must know that Elder Tilrith spoke the truth, she didn't seem to be lying, the only way for you to do that is to go through with this"

Rex remained silent, his face obscured by the flickering flames, yet the hesitation was vivid.

His stance alone, being rigid made it unmistakable.

As Rex contemplated harder, Iris added, "But, instead of Elder Tilrith, let me be the one—to peer a glimpse of you. I'm sure I won't be enough to reach the end, but at least I could help you take your first step. As long as you'd allow me, I'll gladly help"

Despite not knowing Iris for long, she was the better choice compared to Elder Tilrith.

She has helped him and her presence in his eyes was high enough to allow her to peer in.

Eventually, Rex nodded stiffly, "Okay, I'll allow you to do it..."

Upon hearing this, Iris smiled and bowed in appreciation before turning to Elder Tilrith.

Seeing her ice-cold look, Elder Tilrith clicked her tongue and went to the side.

"It doesn't matter who did it as long as he'd go through with this" She muttered in irritation.

Elder Tilrith stepped aside, positioning herself beside Mavenna, her gaze fixed on Iris as she drew a deep breath and approached the nearest trench. On the side, Mavenna was puzzled, she glanced between Elder Tilrith, Rex, and Iris, "What's going on? I am completely lost. Can you explain this to me?"

"Are you pretending to be slow like you always did?" Elder Tilrith hissed suspiciously.

But Mavenna shook her head quickly, "No, I'm not! I'm really lost!"

"Sigh..." Elder Tilrith shook her head, she could not believe a Rosadonna Succubus' bloodline was passed down to her. "The prince's past was not hurting his soul, he had already more or less conquered his past. It was his current self—that was deteriorating his soul. A byproduct of his trauma lived in him and it could be that he couldn't let go of the past"

"It brewed inside of him and after a while, it was able to rekindle his trauma" She explained.

Elder Tilrith glanced at the plumes of smoke rising.

Because of this byproduct, Rex's trauma was revived again into an ember.

"From the way he was acting, I am sure it has something to do with him not being open—to anyone. I can even guarantee that none of the Silverstar Pack knew his past exactly, maybe glimpses of it but not all" Elder Tilrith continued, squinting her eyes at Rex.

Rex kept it all inside, never talking about his past and troubles.

He conquered it all, he could accept that what happened in the past happened for a reason.

But a byproduct was created and that caused a strain on his soul, causing it to deteriorate.

"So for him to mend his soul, he needs to allow someone to peer into his past? But—I'm quite sure he wouldn't allow Iris to see everything" Mavenna commented, he finally understood the situation.

Upon hearing this, Elder Tilrith nodded, "Yes. But for now, let's see what'll happen"

As she said that, the representation of Rex's soul appeared above her.

She would be keeping an eye on it while Iris peered into Rex's past.

If what they were doing was correct, the cracks should be healed a little bit.

Iris slowly walked towards the trench, she didn't know what to expect once she looked down.

Knowing that every single powerful entity in the world has a powerful drive—that made their thirst for power, insatiable, Iris could feel her heart pounding inside. She wasn't only helping, she was going to see a glimpse of the drive that pushed Rex forward.

A powerhouse that was revered and feared in the new era.

For Rex to reach his position, he must have a powerful motivation that was downright scary.

It could be anything but knowing Rex's reputation, it must be something painful.

Arriving on the edge of the trench, Iris stopped and looked down.

A shallow trench greeted her but it was bottomless, falling to complete darkness.

"Prepare yourself, Dark Elf," Elder Tilrith warned from the side—with her arms crossed. "you'll feel what the prince feels and you can be overwhelmed, and instead of helping, your soul will be wounded instead. If you want to change your mind, now is the time"

Upon hearing this, Iris shook her head, "No, I won't give you an edge over my emperor"

"Suit yourself..." Elder Tilrith replied, her tone laced with disdain.

Ignoring her, Iris firmed her heart and leaped down to the trench.

Darkness swallowed her whole, it felt like she was drowning in a black sea of emptiness.

But soon, a glimmer of light appeared and she regained her vision.

Not her vision, but the vision of Rex inside this trauma of his.

Looking around, she couldn't make sense of where she was until a voice whispered to her.

"Kill her and bring her to me. She will be the replacement..." A baritone voice commanded.

And as soon as that voice echoed, Iris felt a stab in her heart.

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