Chapter 3230: Isn't That Funny?

Roan was the first to ask, "What is it?"
Rean then retracted his senses and elements from the Abyssal Soul Shard, shaking his head. "This shard doesn't actually carry a consciousness. It's just a tool to connect with the real thing. Through this shard, the Abyssal Soul can control others without being physically present."
"Like the Werdlem Soul Worm?" Zangeshu asked.
"Exactly," Rean nodded. "The Werdlem System can use the Werdlem Soul Worms to take full control of their hosts' bodies. We've seen it before. However, usually, the Werdlem System does not exert control over the hosts. It allows them to have their own thoughts and act independently. Of course, the host still remains 100% loyal to the Empire, regardless of whether they are being directly controlled or not."
"This Soul Shard differs in that once it merges with its host's soul, the real soul completely loses its consciousness. From that point on, the shard is in control. More specifically, the Abyssal Soul connected to the shard is the one controlling everything. You could say Duere was a puppet in the truest sense."
Roan understood. "That means we can't extract any information from this shard, since it simply doesn't have any memories to begin with."
"Exactly," Rean agreed. "If we want any information, we would need to allow this shard to connect to its real soul and then communicate with it."@@novelbin@@
Who decided to accept the idea in the end. "Yes, we can give it a try. But not now. The last thing we need is more trouble at this point in time. Let's first stabilize our situation, then we let this thing interact with the outside world from within our Dimensional Realm."
"Thank you," Rifindio quickly bowed in appreciation. Just too many things were happening to him. First, his involvement with Triaglia, the Universe's Owner. Now, this Abyssal Soul. Looking back at his life before, never would he think he would even interact with such important things.
"Ah!" Then, he remembered something. "Rean, what about Duere? Before his soul finally went to the Underworld, he made that comment. 'If just I hadn't come here,' was his last words. What did he mean with it? Also, how come he had been stuck in the Void Tempering Realm for over four hundred years?"
Rean indeed knew the answer since he read Duere's memories before his soul disappeared. "Well, you said that before, didn't you? Duere was one more of those Camazotz Bats that kept pulling your leg, and he was especially fond of doing it to you since you were born around the same time."
"So?" Rifindio didn't understand. "He probably laughed out loud when he heard I was sent to the Mortal World, saying something like that's where I deserved to be or whatever. It doesn't answer why he ended up here."
"You truly know your bullies pretty well, don't you?" Rean asked with a smile before continuing. "However, you were wrong about Duere. He did indeed hate to have someone like you with such low bloodline concentration around. Yet, what he hated the most was the fact that you never seemed to completely fall. You always clung to the last spots at the bottom, preventing the Supreme Palace from throwing you away outright due to its own rules."
Rean didn't stop there. "He was pretty much a bloodline supremacist. When he heard you were sent to the Mortal World, he actually thought that was the perfect opportunity to get rid of you. So... just after you left, he sneaked out of the Supreme Palace and even brought with him that Station where he spent his time."
"He wouldn't intervene with your mission since it was connected to the Werdlem Empire Main Universe. He just kept checking the information without letting anyone know, waiting for you to finish it." Rean spoke.
Then, he noticed something. "That reminds me, the Supreme Palace sent you here to spend decades or maybe hundreds of years on that mission to find Roan and I. Yet, Duere was certain you would finish it pretty fast and return to the Supreme Palace immediately. In a certain way, he was the one who believed you the most. Isn't that funny?"