Let's make a deal

Iode was mesmerized and out of words to quantify what he was seeing in his front, is he seeing another clone like the one at the purple tower or is this just an illusion, an imaginary being made from the fragments of his imagination, but what he was seeing is too real.

"How?! How is this possible". Iode said stunned.

" Hehe, I finally got to meet you face to face, it hasn't been easy I know, but it's good to see you well, Iode". A middle aged man with purple and specks of white hair said smiling sheepishly.

"You are not Igor right? You are his clone that appear in this dream". Iode said still stunned.

"Well, you can say that, since this is a part of my consciousness, however, in all seriousness, I am me, Igor Zenivia, the first legendary mage of the wizard tribe ".

"No way, you have been dead for a very long time there's no...". Iode was saying then he remembered the words of Dettomolian the goblin shaman, who told him that there are two souls fused together within him.

Iode's stunned expression soon turned into rage, he grits his teeth and glares at Igor with spears of death. Igor starts to feel uneasy with such glare, he smiled wryly.

"Your expression is saying quite a lot hehe". Igor said.

Iode kept staring daggers at him in silence.

"Oh boy". Igor said wryly.

"You bastard! It's all your fault, you and the others, because of you I've never felt normal like anyone else, everyday I live in fear for I do not know what or when I'll have this hellish dream!". Iode yelled and casted a flame magic on Igor.

"Yiiii"! Igor scurried to evade Iode's flame spell.

However, the flames engulfed the whole room and from within, Iode jump out, his arms was enveloped in flames, he tighten his fists and lept towards the scurrying Igor.

He punched Igor in his tommy. Igor was flung to the back and hit the door.

Filled with rage, Iode said:

"Me seeing you here means you have fused deeply into my soul, what is it you want, why show your face now ".

Igor stood up and held his stomach.

"I'm sorry Iode, I know how you feel, I'm sorry that the 'soul demon' chose you, it's not you or Sanhazer's fault that you despise me, the original five and our actions".

"What we did was despicable, I know, we signed pact with a devil, a race that the whole world fear and loathe because of their evil nature that cannot be plunged".

"However, if signing pact with the devil was all we did, you might have overlooked it, but, we split our souls so that our powers and legacy could be continued... Iode, I'm sorry". Igor said meekly.

Iode's face was still filled with rage, he was panting in anger.

"This dreams you have are fragments of the future, we did an outrageous thing as splitting our souls so that we can do something about it, the future of this world is bleak ".

" We split our souls so that we can give our powers to people _ mostly our descendants, to have what it takes to change such fate ". Igor said.

"Such narrow thinking, what makes you think people of the future cannot handle such challenges, rather than extend the pact that you and the others made with Valier, you can just leave a message for the future generations to know and be ready for it. Because of you five, a handful of people have contracts with Valier even when they do not intend to enter ". Iode yelled back.

"..."

"I'm sure the successors of you five, I included, aren't happy with what you have plunged us into, the only thing that makes me, us, live with this power is because there's no way we can let go of it, since you have already bounded with our souls ".

"We... I keep a facade to continue what you have laid down. Should anyone hear what you did, it would give them the free rein to communicate with demons , that's why I do whatever I can to help people with this power ". Iode said.

"..."

"You might be right Iode, maybe we didn't think things through that time, if we hadn't split our souls for succession we wouldn't have dragged you and others into our problems..."

"At least, while I'm..."

"Since you are here, you should have a good understanding about souls, you were able to split your soul... I want to relinquish your power". Iode cuts Igor off mid sentence in a chilling tone.

"Huh, are you sure? You could lose everything you've hard worked for". Igor asked.

"Do I look like someone who cares, I loathe what you did and how this power of yours transfered to me, demons are horrible looking, I don't want to have anything to do with you or Valier ". Iode said.

"..."

"You must really hate me so much to deny me after we just met...".

*Sigh! "How about this Iode, why don't we make a deal ". Igor said.

"A deal? To grant my request, how bold, you are literally on rent in my own body". Iode snapped.

"You said earlier that we should have left a message for future generations to know so that they can solve it in their own way".

"Iode, I'll try my best to grant your request using the knowledge I've gained in my lifetime, in return, I want you to tell as many people as you can about this foreseeable future, so they too can tell their descendants".

"If you can, I want you to travel across the world to tell the nations what you have seen, when that is done, I'll detach myself from you ".

"What do you think about this, Iode..."

Iode frowned and stared at him in the eye in silence...