Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 402 Azik's Soul Fusion

Does the feathered serpent weep for its offspring?

Salinger wouldn't. Death would only coldly weigh the value of its offspring, and even personally kill those who are not needed.

But Azik, the Death Consul, knelt before the familiar tombstone, making no sound, only tears falling onto the weeds before it.

A father weeps for his deceased child, though he will soon forget it all.

Perhaps fate is such a cruel thing; it never favors the ruler of death.

So Azik continued to sink into the cycle of reincarnation, touching those emotions that could be called beautiful time and time again. In the cycle of reincarnation, he had a family, children, friends, and everything that the Death Archon had once longed for, only to lose them all soon afterward, leaving him with hardly any memories.

How long will this last?

How long can this kind of life last?

The Death Archon in the dream was unaware, and Azik outside the dream was equally clueless.

One day, the Death Consul, who had lost his memory again, opened his eyes and found that his name was Azik and that he was a history professor at Hoy University.

Azik has no memories of the past. He instinctively longs to know everything that happened in the past, but he is afraid to explore it because he has noticed his own abnormality and the power that does not belong to ordinary people. He is afraid that his peaceful life will be disrupted.

If nothing unexpected had happened, Azik would have lived this life peacefully, just like in his previous reincarnations, and then regained all his memories before the reincarnation ended, before falling into a new one.

However, an unexpected event occurred: a new teacher named "Jack Jones" arrived at Hoy University, and a student named "Klein Moretti" became involved in extraordinary events.

Thus, fate changed. Azik made new friends and became close to students he was not very familiar with before. He treated them like juniors, received help from them, found traces of the past, and even witnessed a miracle.

With the help of "Jack Jones", Azik meets his childhood child, and a corner of his long-buried memories is revived at that moment, making it impossible for Azik to escape.

What followed was far beyond Azik's expectations; the existence of Lucifer, Jack Jones's mentor, completely changed Azik's fate.

When Azik saw the Death Archon from his past in his dream, he suddenly felt a little dazed, and also wanted to laugh—not mocking, but rather joyful.

So that's when it happened.

Ah, this is the perfect time!
The sealed memories returned at this moment, and Azik finally remembered everything. He remembered his life as Azik and his past as the Death Archon. The two perceptions merged into one at this moment, making him feel dazed, but not unfamiliar or repulsed.

The dream continued, and everything unfolded just as Azik remembered, from his repeated merging with past memories to the fall of the Cult of Souls, and then to the last scene he saw before merging with the soul: the three little Azik looking at him with worry, Lucifer looking at him encouragingly, and Medici saying with an impatient but serious expression, "Don't die, I don't want to coax children"...

The dream finally ended at this moment, and everything returned to darkness. In the darkness, Azik looked up at the huge feathered serpent in front of him. The serpent's expression was no longer blank, but carried a familiar gentleness.

"Long time no see, Death Archon."

Azik gazed gently at the giant serpent before him, the part he had lost, the soul that the Death Archon had once struggled in agony.

Divinity does not inspire fear, for divinity is also him, the once bewildered divine puppet.

Perhaps His emotions were not as rich as His, but they were no different in essence.

Just like the divine puppet that had never been born of itself, it would still read those stories again and again. It had no emotions, it didn't understand those stories, but it still longed for those emotions.

Azik thought he seemed to understand why Adam, despite possessing only divinity, was still so determined to save the world.

Divinity also arises from his own self; it is not something external, but rather a shadow of the essence of the soul.

"Long time no see, Azik."

The feathered serpent gave him the same gentle smile, though it was slightly stiff, probably because it hadn't smiled in a long time.

“…Perhaps you would like a hug?” Azik said, opening his arms to the giant snake. In his human form, he was so small in front of the giant snake, but the giant snake lowered its head with great affection, letting itself into Azik’s embrace.

"It's so cold outside, the tomb of death is so cold, I want to go home, Azik."

The giant serpent said this.

"Then come back!"

Azik responded in this way.

……

In the Death Mausoleum, under the tense gaze of everyone, Azik finally opened his eyes.

He was clearly somewhat dazed, as if he had just awakened from a long slumber, but soon, when Azik's gaze fell on the people a few steps away, and when his eyes met Little K's worried gaze, this dazedness was replaced by gentleness.

"Sorry for making you worry."

Azik gave them a slightly apologetic smile.

This undoubtedly relieved many people. Rolin raised an eyebrow and looked at Azik, saying, "So you are Azik now?"

“No, strictly speaking, I should be called the Death Archon Azik.” Azik smiled gently, shook his head, and explained, “My two perceptions have merged into one. Now I am both the Death Archon and Azik. Well, I should lean more towards Azik, since the Death Archon doesn’t have much of a self, so it is Azik’s personality that is dominant.”

“That sounds like good news.” Roland nodded, not surprised by the result but still relieved. Then, remembering something, he asked with interest, “So, the next question is, are you the King of Angels now?”

Upon hearing this question, Azik did not answer immediately, but instead emanated a unique power that resonated with the false uniqueness within Rolin.

“I think I should indeed be considered an angel king now.” Azik smiled, clearly in a very good mood.

"Very good, it wasn't in vain that I just suppressed your scumbag father for you." Luo Lin nodded in satisfaction.

Upon hearing this, Azik recalled that in that hazy dream, he seemed to sense something awakening deep within his soul during occasional gaps, only to be forcefully suppressed by another force.

Azik looked up at Rolin and said earnestly, "Thank you, Lucifer."

(End of this chapter)