Legendary Beast Master: Starting with Contracting SSS Rank Dragon-Chapter 35: Interrogation

Kael was very interested in the Astral World, not only because it was the means for him to go back to Earth, but also because it was fascinating.

It touched his curious and explorer side. freewēbnoveℓ.com

[About the Beasts, I don't have enough information to even form a hypothesis on their nature. The only thing I can say is they are different from humans, so maybe they work differently too?]

'Possible,' Kael thought. 'The awakening is basically giving humans a medium to communicate with the Astral World, huh.'

[Yes. Intelligent beings with souls can sense the Astral World once their soul becomes strong enough, which can happen due to various reasons like having powerful parents, going through a life-threatening event, or natural talent. But they still need a medium to communicate with the Astral World. That's why a God's blessing is necessary.]

'Yeah, but that also means that we can access the Astral World after reaching a certain rank, right?'

[At the lowest ranks, one can perceive the Astral World, but they might still believe that the Astral World is the same as the Physical World. But that perception changes starting from C-Rank since you can use your Astral Projection to access the Astral World more thoroughly, like you did a few minutes earlier.]

'Oh yeah, that reminded me. How much time has passed?'

[Around seven hours in the physical world and a minute at most in the Astral World, or at least that was the perceived time since it's chaotic there.]

'In a few hours, it'll be morning then,' Kael thought and brought back his focus to the Astral World. 'If the skills are used using the system as a medium, then is there any way we can use them without that medium?'

[I don't know exactly, but it'll be very difficult because a medium is mandatory.]

'We can use our Soul Core as a medium, but the problem is what happens after that?' he frowned. 'What are skills anyways?'

[A set of information inscribed on your soul through the God's blessings. The system occupies a small space in your soul and it does all of that.]

'Then, what if we could inscribe that information on our soul?' Kael asked, though he knew he was being stupid just thinking of this.

[Master, playing with the soul is not something one can do easily or should do. For one, you can survive if your physical body gets destroyed since there is the Astral World, but if your soul gets even slightly damaged, it'll be tough to heal. And in the worst-case scenario, if it gets destroyed, it won't even go to the Underworld.]

'I know, but you didn't say that it isn't possible,' he smiled. 'It's extremely dangerous, but we can still do it as long as we can use our soul well.'

He then noted something from Alpha's words and asked, 'There exists an Underworld?'

[Yes. As the individual Draven told you, the physical world is vast and contains many realms like your mortal realm containing Earth and this world, Eldryn, so of course the Astral World also has special places.]

'And Astral Projection is closely related to the soul...'

[Yes, so once you die, your soul goes to the Astral World. If you're weak, then you'll simply drift unconsciously to the Underworld and go through the reincarnation process. Don't ask me what happens there because I don't have information on the Underworld.]

Kael shut his mouth and wondered about the Underworld himself, 'Is it simply the world for reincarnation and all, or do there also live demons or devils?'

He suddenly remembered a red-headed devil waifu from an anime he watched and rubbed his nose lightly, 'No prejudice, definitely no prejudice.'

[But if you are higher ranked, then you can maintain lucidity and know of your situation. Once the soul loses connection with the physical body, it automatically gets attracted to the Underworld. If you can resist that attraction, then your soul will wander in the Astral World for eternity till you go mad and get corrupted.]

'So there is corruption even in the Astral World.'

[More like... aghh! What was that?]

Kael frowned and asked, 'What happened?'

[I was going to tell you something, but all of a sudden I felt pain and forgot everything about it.]

'You can feel pain?' Kael was surprised.

[That's the thing. I'm not supposed to feel pain.]

'That is weird then. Maybe it's because we were talking about corruption,' Kael sighed. 'It really is a pain in the ass. You can't even talk about it freely.'

He also wondered if it was related to Draven.

[Probably. Anyways, that's also the reason why the individual Draven told you the Astral World is very dangerous. You can find some wandering souls who want to take over your body. Your bloodline is very good for them, after all.]

'Yeah, I understand that much at least. I'm not going there unless I'm strong enough to survive at least,' Kael smiled wryly.

He suddenly thought of something and asked, 'Wait! Old man Draven is actually sealed in the Astral World, then other Gods...'

He stopped his thoughts right there. He didn't dare to even think about them, just out of caution. This world was bizarre and horrifying, so he didn't want to take any risks.

They were literal Gods. Who knew if they would gain knowledge about him just because he thought of their secrets and location? Or maybe just that information might lead him to madness.

[Good choice, because the Astral World is home to many horrifying existences. There are only a few Orthodox Gods out there, but many more terrifying beings and evil Gods.]

This was also the reason he was scared of diving into the Astral World. This world didn't just have Gods and their churches, but also cults of Evil Gods.

They were much more active than the Gods for some reason, and the churches always led operations to eradicate them.

Of course, it was impossible to completely get rid of them unless those evil Gods perished somehow, and that was easier said than done.

After the Great Cataclysm War of the Fourth Epoch, no Gods walked on land — including both Evil and Orthodox Gods.

'I also need to study history to uncover all these tense mysteries. If the Astral World covers Earth too, then these Gods also share history with it.'