SOULTALE | By ShadowNTS

(Chapter 101) Domain.

I bet you're very interested in knowing what this place is, aren't you. Well, let me explain. The person speaking to you right now, I am your soulist.

RHT: My... soulist?

You've heard of it before but you haven't quite understood what it meant, but now you have. This is the space where your existence and mine interconnect, a safe place for us to talk. Time doesn't move in the outside world and we can spend as much time as we want here.

RHT: I see, but why are you telling me this now?

Because you're losing, and if you keep losing, you'll die. Not even correct can save you from a string of deaths. You're not immortal, you're just cheating death until it's not a mistake anymore.

RHT: How can I defeat him then?

Let me lend you my full power, but in turn you have to give me something as well.

RHT: Something? A contract?

Yes, think of it like that. If you want to use my full power then I'll ask of you this. You give me total control over your body at any time I demand it.

RHT: I accept the contract. Now lend me your power.

Very well. I now release upon you every last ounce of my being. I am now truly one with you, harbinger. Feel the despair burning in your heart...
*CORRECT*

RHT: And make my enemies suffer.

You stand back up and grab your blades. Loyd is smirking at you. He grips his revolver tight.

LYD: Still on your feet, huh? This oughta be fun.
RHT: Who the hell are you?
LYD: Tsk, acting clueless now, are we? I'll finish this before your brain fries up even more.

Loyd dashes towards you and fires multiple rounds at you. The bullets get sliced in half in an instant. Loyds' expression shifts to shocked. You appear right in front of him and grab his throat, slamming him into the ground. You raise your sword and thrust it. Loyd envisions it and dodges out of the way. You stare at him menacingly. He's sweating. You lean forwards.

RHT: Purgatorys' wrath slash.

You zip through the battlefield instantly. Loyds' expression is filled with despair. Multiple slash wounds appear on his body. He drops to the ground, coughing up blood. You slowly approach him. He looks up at you. You stare down on him.

LYD: H-how are you so strong?!
RHT: A corpse is talking.
LYD: (No! My vision is gone! Don't tell me this means... my left eye...?)
RHT: Goodbye.
LYD: *chuckle* Now I realise why my vision is gone.
RHT: Huh?
LYD: All this time I've been stuck on wanting to win when in reality I should be looking for ways to kill you. It's over for you harbinger. My new vision shows me multiple futures in where you die! This is my new resolve! I am the knight of Legality!

You swing your blade. Loyd vanishes in an instant. You're shocked. He reappears behind you and kicks you in the back, sending you flying into rocks.

End of Chapter 101
"Domain"

[ Both Rhett and Loyd have awakened. Who will come out victorious?! ]