5 Will of origin

A young soldier could be seen heading toward the general's tent.

crossing their spears the guards asked in a loud voice

"Halt! ...what brings you here?"

"I came here to report the situation under the orders of the southern

Commander" answered Saulo while showing the Commander's token

"you may pass"

"This young man seemed urgent to relay the news, I hope sir general won't be pissed"

entering the tent, Saulo observed the simplicity of the decors, all there was a carpet and a round table encircled with 6 chairs, sitting on a more luxurious chair a man with red hair dressed in a simple black robe

" what brings you here?"

" Sir, there was a large flood in the southern part, it has slowed down our advance, we cannot take down the southern fort..."

suddenly the soldier stopped talking midway, the hushed voice of the guards also stopped, everything stopped moving.

only the shaking pupil of the aging general could be seen moving.

"I feel like I forgot something important"

"who am I?"

Aznar, no Magnus came to a sudden realization.

"Right, right I don't belong here I'm not the general of the empire..."

a very familiar voice sounded in his mind

'are you denying my existence? my soldiers know you as their general, you are their Commander, you have been so for years'

'This is a but a dream I'm not you Aznar'

'the soldiers that sacrificed themselves for you, don't you remember them? The soldiers that you commanded all your life, they who fought to the death by your side?'

'as I just said I am not their general, I am just an observer, I did not forget my purpose'

'you lived as Magnus for only 20 years while here you already passed the age of 40, are your goals still meaningful? Magnus already passed away, while you are alive now, forget about all that happened in your first life'

for a moment, Magnus felt that he made sense, however, few seconds after his gaze regained clarity.

"Huh, that was close, I should make haste"

"Hopefully I will be able to succeed, this part is of utmost importance for my plans"

Magnus chuckled, he took a gamble whether he succeeds now depends on luck

summoning his weapon he took a deep breath and stabbed himself, the spear passed through his heart, though, no blood spilled.

"before I was able to control this body, it just didn't feel right, like I was watching a scene and all that's happening is already planned, however after I regained conciseness I can control this body, although there is some resistance from his will"

starting from the moment Magnus injured himself, the world started collapsing everything began to dematerialize.

Magnus regaining clarity found himself still bound by chains, looking around he found that Aznar disappeared only a few traces of him remain

near him, Orran still in the same position with eyes closed.

'still in the same place, then what I just experienced was just a dream...'

'the dream I lived in for so long was so real that for a moment I doubted if I was Aznar myself.'

'His will sought to live and replace my original self, however, in the last moments, I destroyed his will.'

the body is the embodiment of the soul, the original will is the core of a being.

'in the first place when we fought, we fought as souls, then what I destroyed in the first battle, was merely the facade, although I destroyed his core after'

'However, completely erasing the core of a being isn't so easy '

'especially so considering that my core got corrupted by his will, I have to either suppress it or find a way to disperse of his remains'

a few moments later Magnus who was still in thought felt as if needles poking his core, the discomfort went away quickly, then once more he experienced the rest of Aznar's memories, only this time he was awake all time.

'the rest of his memories? however, this one felt different I was awake, It felt like I was observing everything from Aznar's view, is this the difference between memories containing will and memories without?'

'surprisingly all of this was easy, not as hard as they described and I obtained so much from this battle, whether it is his experience in commanding or his attainment in the saber, I am sure they'll be useful to me, but most importantly I gained some insight into soul path'

'First, though, let's break these chains although they are different from each other, there are some similarities'

Now armed with more knowledge on the unholy runes, He began unlocking some of them,

TAK,TAK ,TAK

after some time more and more chains broke

'After going through all that, I was only able to break 50 chains, I thought I would break at least a few hundreds'

'sigh, I need to do this a few dozen times so that I can break free'