Spirit and body become one.
A miraculous phenomenon, the manifestation of a personâs inner strength.
Such union grants an extraordinary power, one that knows no bounds: the Spirit Mode.
In order to quickly awaken the Spirit Mode, Lied together with Zaccharias joined a cluster of dead people seeking reincarnation by passing Mictlanâs trials.
Could Lied solve the mystery behind the second trial?
âDoes it have anything to do with the blood itselfâ¦?â Eduardus used his cop intuition.
âI hope thereâs still timeâ Zaccharias said.
âFor Lied?â Hector asked.
ââ¦You havenât forgotten about the time limit to reincarnate, have you? Iâm afraid you donât have much leftâ the talking crow reminded him.
Lied let his guard down as some jaguars took him back to the depths of the bloody river.
âAt this rateâ¦â Luna murmured.
âItâs fine. My husband didnât want to accept the fact that I couldnât have children and left me. I lived and died alone. A weak spirit like mine isnât worthy of reincarnatingâ Liana bared her soul to them crestfallen.
No one there could berate her, everyone went through similarly difficult situations.
âSame here. My son passed away relatively early in an accident. I always put work first and spent very little time together with my family. Ironic because it was while working that I kicked the bucket. So, itâs okay⦠if it ends like thisâ Hector said.
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The human returned to the surface as corpses huddled floating in the water.
âDamn it! What am I missing?â Lied thought.
That was when the boy saw a body fading away and, in its place, a new jaguar materialized right off the bat.
âLooks like he noticedâ the crow said.
âEh?â the spirits said simultaneously.
âStay as far away from me as possible!â Lied shouted.
Bewildered, Luna and the rest simply complied with his command.
âI donât know if it will work, but Iâll follow my instinct!â Lied thought.
The young man clenched his fists and wriggled his body as if he were summoning all his strength. The concentration of spiritual power made the whole chamber quake. Zaccharias created a barrier around them with just his paw so as not to get hit by the squall breaking out from the river.
âW-What is he trying to do?!â Eduardus asked.
After charging up energy for about a minute and a half, he released it.
âThis is⦠the answer!â Lied exclaimed.
An immense, sudden brief burst of bright light swallowed everything while the entrance gate to the final trial moved by itself. The aztecs reopened their eyes â both the river and the jaguars were completely gone. The teenager stood alone in the center of the chamber, blood soaking his shirt.
âSplendidâ Zaccharias smiled slightly.
âI seeâ¦â Eduardus came to realize what happened.
âAs long as there was blood, the jaguars wouldnât die for goodâ the talking crow started explaining in a plain manner.
âThen in order to put a halt to themâ¦â Luna followed his reasoning.
âYes, he needed to expunge the river, their source of life. However, there was only one way to wipe out such a large area at onceâ the crow said.
âA huge explosionâ Eduardus said.
âHe gathered all of his spiritual energy with the Expandability property to boil the water awayâ Zaccharias brought the explanation to a conclusion.
âHeâs not even a user and yet⦠Your spirit is really somethingâ the talking crow gazed at Lied.
Liana and Hector were emotionally stirred. That overflowing light was also a ray of hope that pierced through the heart and illuminated the soul.
âSave the tears for when we reincarnateâ the aztec police officer put his hand on Lianaâs shoulder, the latter on the verge of tears.
âWe must hurry, Liedâ the crow got his studentâs attention.
âYeah!â the human nodded.
Only five minutes remainedâ¦
Liedâs current SSL: 20%
[END OF CHAPTER]