Gaby asks "And, how can we know that?"
Rion replies, saying "I need to touch his soul. Then I can tell if his time is up or not."
So, Clement brings the soul over to Rion. As Rion touches the soul, he says "He has plenty of time. Stand back and lift the barrier off his shadow and body."
As the barriers get lifted, Rion steps forward and summons his inner vitality and then sends a ray towards Black Serpent. Slowly Black Serpent's body begins to glow. Then slowly the soul begins to enter the body and then the shadow enters.
But all of a sudden, Rion is thrown back and he spits out blood. Seeing him, Wilmer runs over to him and as he holds Rion in his arms, Wilmer says "Rion, Salsar is pulling his soul back. Forget it, you'll get hurt."
"Oh, so that's why they are interwinding with each other." Rion says as he coughs. "Well, thanks for telling me. Now, I know what to do."
Rion gets up and dusts the dirt off him and then says "OK, let's begin."