True lord of souls

In a dark room with only one light source directed at a colorful box, sat a stuffed animal in the shape of a clown. As Mortis approached it, the stuffed animal clapped its hands and spoke, 'It was a quick fight, but you proved yourself. This is your prize. Be glad of it, for this was a test of a god, and therefore your reward will be great. However, keep in mind that today you only made more enemies and drew attention to yourself. Until the next time champion of Primus.' The clown bowed and disappeared.

"Pff, what drama,' Mortis thought to himself, already looking forward to what might be in the box. On the other hand, he was careful to make sure that this part was not a mimicry or another trap. Therefore, he prepared himself and slowly opened the box. To his surprise, he found a book whose title was 'Soul Binding'. When Mortis picked up the book, he immediately received a message from his system: 'You can use this ability to allow a deceased soul to occupy a body. This will serve you and does not count as a companion. Reborn: 0/2.'"

In the arena, Osmirnis was beside himself with rage when Mortis left. He would have liked to kill him, but he was stopped by two gods: Luxia of the good gods and Sabalef of the evil gods. Sabalef angrily told Osmirnis to accept the consequences of his pact or else bad things would happen to him. Osmirnis was called a miserable failure, just like his champion. Luxia stood silently, feeling guilty that she had not been there for Osmirnis, not knowing what was going on as the Supreme Goddess of this world. Osmirnis snorted contemptuously and returned to his realm of the dead. Sabalef even bid a friendly farewell to Luxia and disappeared from the dungeon with the evil gods. Tenebris, who was still sitting on the tribune with Lumina, said to her that she would probably have something from Mortis for a while longer. Lumina grinned broadly and looked up with shining eyes. She said that she had found a man for eternity, even if he was still at the beginning of his journey. She was not afraid that he would not return to her, although she knew she would have to share him. At that moment, Luxia reappeared and said that Lumina had said that beautifully. She wondered if he had room for one more goddess. Lumina jumped up as if she was ready for the fight, but Luxia told her to wait and that she didn't mean herself. However, she had heard a rumor and they would see, as she was not particularly sociable. Luxia then disappeared with the other gods.

When Mortis left the dungeon, he was standing right in front of the crypt. The fresh air washed over him and showed him that he had truly escaped from the dungeon. Mortis went down to destroy the statue of Osmirnis and thus wrest from him his power over this area. Normally, this would have been a happy moment for Mortis, especially when souls were rushing towards him to enjoy their afterlife in peace. But this time he felt rather sadness, for the countless souls he would take in only showed the suffering that had come over this land.

When Mortis opened the door of the crypt, he saw nothing but souls ready to storm his sea of souls and enter peace. But Mortis roared, "Wait! You're just going to leave and let these monsters do what they want? There must be some still alive, and even if peace is near, I beg you, fight by my side to rid this land of the demons as well and give this area a new beginning. It is not fair, but nothing is. At least let us tear away these monsters with you. I order you to follow me to give this area back into the hands of the people. After that, you shall be rewarded with beautiful dreams and a peaceful death."

The souls nodded and gave a shrill cry. They waited for Mortis to lead them to rid their home of evil.

On his spirit bear, Mortis rode through the forest and helped the animals. He then made his way to the border and saw that the wall had already been dismantled. Thousands of soldiers rushed into the country when they realized that everything from magic to air was returning to normal. The people were now ready to reclaim their cities that had been cowardly taken from them.

On a large battlefield, Mortis raced up on his bear, which some thought was crazy. But when they saw him standing on a small hill, pointing his scythe forward, and thousands of spirits rushing out of the forest toward the demons, they were shocked. The spirits wanted only one thing: revenge and safety for their relatives who were still alive. Like a wave, they swept over the demons.

The battle did not last long, for with the help of thousands of spirits, the battlefield became a rallying point for Mortis, who willingly accepted all the demon souls. Although this battle was won, there was still much to clean up. Just as Mortis was about to ride on to destroy every demonic being, three nobles rode out to meet him, accompanied by a white ibex with golden horns.

"My lord, please wait!" roared the nobles, who were three barons from the area. Mortis waited, amazed that Edna had joined the fight even though she was under no obligation to do so. When Edna arrived at Mortis, she transformed back and spoke to him, "Lord, the cave is almost cleared and everyone is retreating. But I wanted to help in the fight against these monsters, for here I have been kindly received, one might even say too kindly," looking at one of the barons sitting on a horse.

Mortis praised that. "But there is still a lot to do to clean everything up, and it could be dangerous. So you'd better go back and follow Lumina."

Edna objected, "No, I'll go with you and follow you, Lord. I'm a druidess, and I'm sure you could use me. After all, I know my way around. So please let me follow you."

"Very well, let's go together," Mortis said. "Show me the way to the nearest cities to give the Dark Emperor another smack. One of them already got one, now I can tease him some more."

"Well, follow me," Edna said, transforming again as she rode to the next town. The three barons ordered their soldiers to follow them. Thus, a huge army formed to rescue the survivors and restore peace.

The more demons fell, the more nature and the land recovered from the flood of negative energy that emanated from the demons and threw everything into chaos. The cities were lost and only a few people and animals could be saved. Like a plague of locusts, these creatures came to destroy or eat everything. Even some portals and caves had to be cleared. But after about a day, everything was done and this land was ready to start all over again.

At sunrise, Mortis took all the souls to a small hill to give them their deserved rest. Tired and exhausted, all he wanted to do was sleep, but he picked himself up and headed for the nearest graveyard to prevent such acts by Osmirnis and the Dark Emperor. Edna, trotting slowly behind and almost falling asleep, was asked to change back so Mortis could hold her in front of him and let her fall asleep in his arms.

When Mortis reached the next cemetery, he didn't even care about the ghosts present or anything else. He ran down, destroyed the nearest statue and created an improvised bed for himself and Edna in a corner. Exhausted, he lay down peacefully and fell asleep while continuing to collect souls.