Chapter 41

Jeimi pants heavily as she observes the dusty aftermath of the spell. She used more than half of her yoryoku for that spell and hoped that it finished the enemy. However, she quickly jumps away as she saw a white arrow blowing her way.

She was able to dodge it but she stumbled and fell on the floor. Then, she detects an incoming attack with her Ki and rolls away again. This time, the wind arrow hits the ground. It then explodes, blowing Jeimi off her balance.

On the cloud of dust, Usuma appears as she walks to Jeimi. He didn't shoot a wind arrow this time and merely walked to her with confusion.

"Who are you?" She asks him.

"Who are you?" He returns to her.

"What did you do to Hisashi?"

"The kid? You know him? Looks like I have to kill you too." Usuma said as he grabs her by the hair and starts pulling her back to where Hisashi's body is.

"ARGH! What did you do to them!?" Jeimi struggles. She was then pulled by Usuma to his face.

"He's dead, lady. And you will be next. You'll accompany him and that little girlfriend of his. I've already used the sword to destroy their souls, so you have to die in pain, lady." Usuma said to her. He then creates a wind sword and prepares to slash her head.

Suddenly, just when he was about to finish the deed, he spun and slashed sideways. There, a light spear was dissected into two which gave him a pissed expression.

"Nice try. Too bad that I'm contracted with a pretty strong Wind Devil. Such an attempt to replicate a combat spell must be too hard for you. Also, a soldier of God like me won't be defeated by such attacks."

Jeimi watches in shock as she saw her attack be overpowered. Just like what Usuma said, she wasn't efficient at using combat spells. Due to her past job and experiences, she didn't need attack spells and she specialized in the utility and support use of her Light Sorcery.

The spell she used earlier was her only attack spell and she never really bothered using it until now. She remembers the day she first acquired it when her husband was killed by a strange beast in a foreign land.

Seeing her despiteful look at him, Usuma then pulls his arm back and slashes his sword down to her. But before the sword reached her neck, Usuma freezes. Not only him but also Jeimi. But that wasn't all, Ryujin, who was in the capital of Goshu; Fumihiko who was in the north at Koshu; the remaining Yami Clan members; people from other countries and continents; other races in special environments; the devils on the underworld; and the angels in heaven.

Every single living entity in the universe froze for a second. Some of them noticed it, almost everyone didn't. However, in Usuma's case, he surely noticed it. After all, even after a second, his body was still frozen in place.

On the other hand, Jeimi suddenly disappeared from his eyes. He then felt his body return to normal and he immediately turns around. To his surprise, a walking corpse just puts Jeimi down near the body of Itsuki and Yuna.

He then turns around and walks towards him, making Usuma take some steps back. Hisashi's supposedly dead body is back and moving. But one thing is different from him.

The red lightning and red yoryoku that he emits, are now black. Along with that, his whole eyeballs are painted black. He doesn't know what it means, but he wouldn't bother asking him to find out. He jumps and takes action appearing quickly in front of his enemy's body and stabbing him in the chest.

However, it didn't seem to do anything as Hisashi stood there like nothing happened. His chest was stabbed but his face remained expressionless. He didn't seem to be in a clear and logical mind.

Usuma didn't get any reaction nor seemed to hurt him but he managed to stop him in his tracks. He then summons another sword but before he can attack, a hand grabs his neck and started choking him. He struggles hard to free himself, even creating many wind projectiles but it was overwhelmed by black lightning and yoryoku before it can even form.

Gathering his strength for one big burst of force, he clenches his muscle. Suddenly, for one last time, Usuma's body stopped moving.

That was because his body started freezing. Starting from the neck, up to the end of his toe. His body then fall to the ground as it cracked into countless pieces.

As if nothing happened, Hisashi continued to walk towards Koyori's body. He knelt down, held her in his arms, and closes her eyes with his hand.

Every living being with consciousness in the world has mana. This includes being like angels, devils, dragons, spirits, other races, and even animals. Some are better at using it than others and there are some exceptions too.

However, every person's mana is linked to their soul. Depending on a creature's soul is its magic attribute. Most have one, some have two, while there are attributes that copy many attributes too. Every soul has a form too at they take depending on a creature and their individuality. That is why offsprings sometimes get a different magical attribute than their parent.

But in Hisashi's case… it is different, as his soul... is different. Compared to others whose mana reacts to their soul, Hisashi's is the opposite. Whenever he uses his mana, his soul changes form and thus it is capable of changing attributes. After being broken by the Soul Sword, his soul merely rearranged itself and adapted, bringing him back to life.

Unfortunately, the amount of mana used from this automatic action led to his emotions and desire taking over his body.

Moreover, Hisashi's mana changes depending on his emotions. Different colors represent many different emotions like anger. Consumed by the sorrow and despair of what happened, emotions took over Hisashi's body… the emotion of despair.

As he held Koyori's body in his arms, tears come out of his dark eyes. Along with that, the air around him and all over the town starts to cool down. Unknowingly, Hisashi gathers his black yoryoku around Koyori's body. In his mouth, Hisashi mutters in a low voice.

[Compound Magic: Frozen Heart]

As if another Ice Age occurred again, Hisashi's tears that dropped on Koyori froze, creating a coffin made of ice. His unusual magic caused his emotions to reverberate all over the universe. When he cried, the universe cries. When he ached, the universe aches. When he felt despair, the universe stopped.

The mere emotions of a mortal being caused unimaginable disasters all over the cosmos. World-ending earthquakes, shifting of a planet's orbit, the explosion of suns, creation of black holes, and as he went silent, the universe also went silent.

Hisashi caused all of this without any of his awareness. Nothing but his emotions… and his mana.