Chapter 6

From seconds to minutes, each felt like an eternity worth of torture. The youth's mind was breaking. This was also a procedure when possessing your host. The youth already dropped to the ground as he made gagging sounds. His mouth agape and saliva freely flowing to the ground.

His eyes opened but he was unconscious, mixture of tears and blood flowed down his cheek. The boy was truly left in a very pitiful state. Normally, once the possession is finished, the celestial would be freely able to control the body without any contradictions.

However at this moment, two celestials tried to possess the same host and so, the pain was twice the amount of pain the possessed should normally feel. Soon the boy's body stopped moving and was left lying on the cold ground.

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Inside the boy's mind, it was full of blinding darkness. Not a single light nor colour could be seen.

" Hmph.. my kind of place. "

A voice echoed in the darkness. The speaker strolled through the unending darkness as if he was inside his garden.

This was naturally Lucifer.

" So this is what it's like to possess a creature. They often say that the mind of the host resembles the mentality of the host. This much darkness, it could be... solitude? no.. perhaps emptiness. "

' Greed would've really loved this creature then. '

" Anyhow... I should be able to regain consciousness in about three... two... one. "

Although he said that, nothing happened.

" As expected... then that means, you should be here... isn't that right? "

Lucifer turned around as a source of light started to engulf the darkness, with it came the figure of a man whose face was one of a warrior.

" Little Mikey~ "

" Scum... "

Lucifer smirked at his brother who had newly arrived to the place.

" Why... why is it so dark here? "

" Such an idiotic question, as expected no less from my moronic brother... "

" W-why you! "

He tried to get close and grab Lucifer but to his surprise, he just went through him. As if he was made out of air.

" What the... what have you done? Lucifer?! "

" No, no, don't blame this on my, idiot brother. The real question here is, what have YOU done? "

" ...What? "

" Normally, not a single celestial would even think about possessing the same mortal at the same time and right now we just did that.

It's just common sense and as expected you, once again lack that- no, to be precise, you don't think at all. At- all~ "

Lucifer repeated the last part to put more emphasis and to annoy the confused Michael.

" Honestly, we're lucky enough to not die because of failure to possess a mortal creature. However, in result of both our possession, the host must've overloaded. His brain should've been damaged.

I wouldn't be surprised that we end up locked inside this shell which might potentially end up being brain dead. "

" ... "

As Lucifer explained the situation to Michael, he sort of got the gist of it but still felt irritated by the fact that he had to rely on him in order to figure out what's going on.

' No, I did not make the wrong decision. This is all in order to stop Lucifer, according to my father's wishes- no, by the Heaven's will! '

With that, he confidently stared at Lucifer who appears to be quite annoyed despite always having a calm demeanor.

' Damn it... I really did not expect for this kind of development. Honestly, I thought I could possess this kid much faster and leaving Michael outside to possibly die. I've already scanned the surroundings ages ago and precisely chose this one to land on since its the only one that had lesser people and specifically this kid which was the perfect target.

There shouldn't be any witnesses for the time being. For Michael to arrive here, it means we both succeeded in possessing the host. I can't believe it... '

" As the answer to your question earlier, the reason this place is full of darkness is because it reflects the host's mentality, his personality to be exact. "

" ...Then this kid is.. full of hatred? "

" No, after looking around, I'm sure. It's nothingness. In other words, emptiness. "

" Huh... then shouldn't the place be pure bright? emptiness as in clear minded, right? "

" That is also correct. The state of having no desire nor any ambition is to be clear minded. However, for this place to be this dark and this empty. Its literally 'nothingness'

Normally, in meditation, the most ideal would be clearing your mind and have the perfect 'bright light' world that would calm you.

However in his case, from the beginning, he does not have anything. In his mind, nothing registered to be connected nor an attachment. They are the same and yet they are different. "

' Truly an interesting mortal. I would've liked to converse with him but such a shame that he should be dead by now. To be exact, he would cease to exist. Since by forcibly possessing someone, the identity of the soul itself gets erased.

No traces of the previous resident of the body would remain and all that's left is the possessor's soul. '

" Such a shame... "

" ...I see. "

" Is that so... "

From within the darkness, a third voice suddenly answered which surprised the two.

" Who's there!? "

" W-WHO ARE YOU?! SHOW YOURSELF! "

After a short pause, a reply soon came from the darkness.

" If this is what's inside my head.. then It's slightly disappointing to know that I myself am quite shallow. "

Lucifer was the first to realize whose voice it was and so, he began to confidently converse with it.

" Heh. Congratulations, human child! Be honoured, for I, The Majestic Lucifer, soon to be ruler of both Heavens and Hell, have chosen you as my avatar. "

" Wha- Lucifer, how dare you spout such bold and shameless words especially. In. MY. PRESENCE! "

Michael then lunged at Lucifer but once again, he merely passed through him like a smoke would.

" Tch. "

Lucifer on the other hand, already dismissed Michael's existence and focused on conversing with the voice.

' How unbelievable... the boy's soul is still here? '

" And so, gratefully hand over your body for mine to control and I wouldn't mind having your appearance recorded down in history under my name. "

" You are... Lucifer? The sin of pride? "

" Indeed I am~ now enou- "

" Don't listen to him kid, already knowing his identity, you should know well what's his true nature is. He is a DEMON! Don't even think about giving up your body as he would use it to do nothing but evil deeds!

Contribute your body to justice and give it to me! I am Michael, The Defender and Protector. I shall make use of your body to eradicate evil! "

Lucifer took a quick glance at Michael while inwardly laughing at his efforts.

' Nevermind the moron, what's more important is the fact that the souls is here and not only is is incomplete nor is it broken but also it's fully responsive!

I never knew such a possibility could even exist- er, maybe I would've but I never really cared about mortals until now. Satan should be the one more knowledgeable about mortals, especially humans. After all, he did toy with them a lot in the past. '

" ....What's going to happen to me if I gave either one of you my body? "

" Well naturally, you'll cease to exist and I would be the new carrier of your current identity. "

" I see... "

Silence filled the surroundings as they waited for the boy's reply. However, even after sometime, silence still filled the area. Michael being anxious and worried, demanded the boy for answer.

" Well?! Just hurry up and give your body to me, child! Don't you want to contribute to justice by erasing the existence of Sin of Pride, Lucifer?

And we won't only stop there, we can also eradicate other demons too! By your body, we can maintain peace and order, forever! "

As Michael continued to try to convince the boy, Lucifer continued to observe the boy's reaction.

' So far, all he's doing is staring at the both of us and it doesn't seem like he- wait.. nothingness... How about I try that~ '