Allay (8)

As the souls began emerging, Faria noticed and warned Tamim to step back since he couldn't see them. 

Ignoring her advice, Tamim attempted to unlock his X-ray vision again.

A soul moved to strike him, but Tamim dodged it, before the soul could hit Tamim, Tamim's vision suddenly changed and he was able to see the soul.

Tamim dodged the attack and said "Woah! It worked" 

More souls surged towards him, yet Tamim adeptly avoided their attacks. "These souls are weaker than the transformed monsters," he observed.

Amidst the chaos, Tamim glimpsed Faria surrounded by numerous souls. She unleashed a powerful electricity attack, obliterating them.

"Wow, that was a strong attack," Tamim thought to himself, deftly dodging the souls' onslaught. Faria joined Tamim's battle, using her electric attacks to annihilate the remaining souls.

"I didn't need your help," Tamim insisted.

"Dodging alone won't get us anywhere," Faria retorted.

As they conversed, the barrier transformed into a colossal frog-like soul monster with large tentacles , attacking them with its elongated tongue. Both Tamim and Faria dodged its attack.

"What is this now?" Tamim questioned.

"The things we were fighting were part of this soul, and now it's using its real form," Faria explained.

Faria unleashed her electricity attack, but to her surprise, it had no effect on the frog monster, which countered with its own electrical strike. 

The attack hit Faria, yet she remained unscathed.

"It can use electricity attacks too, and my electricity didn't work on it," Faria noted, stepping back cautiously.

Meanwhile, Tamim utilized his telekinesis to pull nearby trees and hurled them at the frog monster. The creature devoured the trees, converting them into a potent energy attack.

Tamim took a direct hit and sustained damage.

"This attack is intense," Tamim grunted, his attention drawn to Faria who was enveloped in a red aura, generating an energy ball that she directed towards the frog. The monster visibly weakened under her assault.

The Frog Giant started attacking them  with its tentacles constantly which is enchanted with energy. 

Both started to dodge the attack. 

Tamim looked at Faria and saw Faria was not concentrating in the fight. She was dodging but it was visible that she was trying to restore energy.

Tamim thought " What the hell is she doing?  I Need to do something by myself" 

Thinking this Tamim ran toward the Frog Giant and dodging all the attacks from those tentacles. 

He teleported right behind the frog Giant and went to punch him and before he could the frog one of the giant's tentacles attacked him. He teleported to another side and another tentacle attacked him from behind targeting his head and the Frog Giant succeeded and the attack directly hitted Tamims brain. 

That attack damaged his back of head so Tamims eyes also got closed because of the pain. His version blurred. 

Suddenly in his vision a memory fragment appeared - 

In that fragment he saw an elementary school school field. He was shorter and wearing the school dress. Everyone's face is blurry, including the overall version. He was walking looking at the field when suddenly another kid got into a crash with him and he falled on the ground. 

He got a heart in the back of his head. A blurry girl of the same age quickly holds him. He was screaming with pain. The girl held his head and his pain started to disappear. The girl said " Tamim, are you ok now? " 

With this memory appearing in front of his eyes he was motionless in the outside world. 

The giant held Tamim with other Tentacles and going to enter the tentacles inside his ear. 

Before that Faria flew and breaking all the Tentacle pulled Tamim out of it. 

Blood was coming from Tamims head and he was motionless so Faria created a portal teleported on the side. She holds Tamims head where it was bleeding. Faria bites his arm and it starts bleeding and with that she touches Tamims head and the damage starts to heal. 

Tamim's memory version broke and Tamim opened his eyes. 

" Tamim, are you ok no.." Faris suddenly stopped. 

At that moment the Frog giant attacked, pointing toward them.

Faria Noticed and before she could do anything and monster  could hit Tamim this quickly teleported them to another side. 

" Oh!  I didn't notice that. Thanks " Says Faria.

The frog giant attacked on their location with its large tongue. Both splitted in both side. 

" I took this monster too lightly. I should be serious now " Thinks Tamim

Farias body glowed with red aura around her and she pointed the aura in a singular small ray and shot toward the Frog Giant. 

With that she started cutting all the tentacles, changing her directions with tacticals positions. 

"What exactly is she?" Tamim wondered, observing Faria's energy-based assault.

Faria continued her relentless assault on the frog, but the creature's regenerative abilities proved formidable. Suddenly, Faria paused, fatigued from her continuous attacks.

At that moment, a figure emerged behind her, wielding a sword and cloaked in a devilish form.  Swiftly, he dashed towards the frog, dealing a decisive blow that inflicted permanent damage.

With relentless strikes, he carved through the creature's body, penetrating inside, targeting and destroying the soul core, resulting in the annihilation of the entire soul entity.

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"Who are you guys?" The figure turned back, eyeing them cautiously.

Tamim pondered, "Is this the same soul sorcerer from the esports tournament?"

"If you don't speak up, I'll attack you assuming you're the enemy," warned the figure.

"We are working for BSSB," Farid replied.

"Oh, the secret superheros Foisal sir mentioned," acknowledged the figure. "What's happening here?"

"We're here for an investigation, and we were attacked," Tamim explained.

"I understand," said the figure, pulling out his phone and taking a picture of the area.

"Two of my team members are exploring this place from different paths."

He sent a bird soul to call his friends.

"Are you a soul sorcerer?" Faria inquired.

"Yes, I am, but you guys seem familiar," the figure paused. "Wait, are you the individuals I encountered at the esports tournament?" he asked, recognizing them.

"How did he recognize us?"Tamim wondered silently.

"Yes, we are," Faria replied to the figure.

"I understood because, as a soul sorcerer, I can perceive everyone's soul, and yours resembled those individuals I encountered earlier," explained the figure.

"These soul sorcerers are incredibly formidable," Tamim pondered to himself.

" By the way, Foisal sir told me that there will be one person.... " He was saying but a sound came from back. 

"Hay Nadim," Nadia called out from a distance.

Tamim turned back and noticed Nadia and Rajib approaching.

"These are our allies," Nadim informed Nadia and Rajib as they joined them.

As a few souls began advancing towards them with hostile intentions, Nadim swiftly dashed towards the souls, cutting them down.

Nadia, wearing a frightened expression, and Rajib promptly joined Nadim.

Tamim contemplated launching an attack, but Faria cautioned, "Don't engage. Only a soul sorcerer can destroy a soul with its soul-made weapon."

"So that's why you couldn't defeat the frog," Tamim concluded, finally understanding why Faria struggled against the powerful frog-like soul entity.

As the barrier dissipated due to the trio destroying all the souls, they found themselves facing a two-story small building.

Tamims eyes hurt suddenly " Ahh.." Tamim held his eyes and it started bleeding. 

Because of Tamims mask the blood was not visible. 

With that Tamim's X-ray turned off. 

Nadia, Nadim and Rakib turned back. 

" You alright?  " Says Faria 

" I'm good. Just my x-ray turned off. " Says Tamim 

" But your eyes are bleeding " Says Faria 

" What? " Says Tamim and touched the mask and saw blood popped up outside 

" I thought this was water, " says Tamim. 

And started wiping up with his hand. 

" Ah..your voice. It seems known." Says Nadia to Tamim. 

" Ahh..Nadia. Don't bring your wired guess here" Says Rakib.

" Tamim, I think you need to take some rest. " Says Faria. 

" You don't have to think about that. I am ok. Just X ray vision stopped " Says Tamim and looked at the house. 

" We need to search the house. But it might be trap " Says Nadim

" Leave it to me." Rakib said and with that Rajib summoned a few dog souls and dispatched them to investigate the building's interior.

Tamim asked Faria " Am..Faria. Can you tell me how you turn your X-ray off. While fighting you were not always turning it on. You was just switching it i guess " 

" Oh, well I don't know how it works but I think of relaxing my eyes with the intention of turning it off. It works like that. " Says Faria 

"The dogs found no one inside, not a soul," Rajib reported.

"Looks like we wasted our time coming here," Nadim sighed.

Faria, using her X-ray vision, pointed out, "No, with my X-ray vision, I can see an underground base and people inside."

Tamim also attempted to use his X ray powers to see and confirmed, "Yes, people are hurriedly packing up things in the underground base."

"They're preparing for an escape; we need to stop them quickly," Tamim urged again, blood came from Tamim's eyes. 

" Tamim, i think you should avoid using X ray for now. " Says Faria seeing this. 

" Mmm..This girl seems to care about this boy a lot. Why does their aura feel like that i saw them earlier " Thinks Nadia looking at masked Tamim and Faria.

"Can you locate the entrance?" Nadim inquired.

"I can't see the entrance," replied Faria.

"We'll have to search inside the building for it," suggested Rajib.

The team entered the building and began scouring every room. Tamim noticed a box on the ground floor. As he approached the box, a soul suddenly attacked him, thrusting him backward. The soul took on a human-like form and, as it emerged, the entire house began acting erratically, as if under the soul's control.

Nadia rushed into the room and screamed as a hand from the ground grabbed her, pulling her down. Tamim reacted swiftly, rescuing her and leaping out of the window teleporting outside. 

"Thanks for saving me, it's a top tier soul" Nadia expressed her gratitude.

"It's okay... but tell me, what exactly is a top-tier soul?" Tamim inquired.

"A top-tier soul is capable of shaping itself into anything and creating distractions on a city-block level. Here, this soul is mimicking a building, allowing it to control the entire place," Nadia explained, breathing heavily from the sudden ordeal.

As Tamim and Nadia made their escape, Faria entered the same room and faced the monster's attack. With a powerful punch, she struck the monster, causing it to scream in pain. 

Rajib swiftly transformed into his bear form and launched a ferocious attack on the soul, causing the entire building to tremble.

From the second floor, Nadim observed the situation, realizing what was happening. He slashed the building's structure, joining Faria and Rajib, effectively merging the entire building into a singular soul entity.

Meanwhile, Tamim discovered some strange markings connected to a hole in the ground. He rushed towards it, and using his X-ray vision, identified a cave.

Following the tire marks, he reached the cave entrance and found a metal door. Employing his telekinesis, Tamim broke through the door and stepped inside.

"Is it safe?" asked Nadia, who had followed Tamim into the cave.

"Not at all. I don't think you should come in; go call the others while I explore this area," Tamim advised.

"Okay, I'll be right back," Nadia replied and hurried away.

As Tamim ventured deeper, a transformed monster ambushed him. Unfazed, Tamim skillfully defended against the monster's attack and retaliated with precision.

"It's been a while since I faced a transformed monster. This time, I won't struggle," Tamim thought determinedly, landing a powerful punch that made the monster bleed.

With a quick motion, Tamim pulled the monster's arm, flinging it out of the cave.

While it was airborne, Tamim utilized his telekinesis to launch a punch towards its face. Swiftly teleporting behind it, he struck its back, shattering its backbone before it hit the ground.

The monster was down so Tamim reentered the cave, he found himself in a spacious area with two different doors.

"Two different doors, but where should I go?" Tamim contemplated. Suddenly, the monster he had left behind attacked him again. Tamim swiftly dodged its assault, but before he could counter, a bolt of lightning struck the monster, causing it to collapse.

It was Faria who had used the lightning attack to incapacitate the monster. She approached Tamim, and together, they observed two different pathways ahead.

"Where do you think we should go?" Faria asked Tamim.

"I don't know; they all seem the same," Tamim replied uncertainly.

"What's happening?" Nadia screamed, seeing the monster's body slowly transforming into a human-like figure.

"Don't scream," Rajib advised Nadia as he tried to calm her down.

Tamim and Faria turned around to see Rajib and Nadia entering the cave.

"What's happening here?" asked Rajib, trying to assess the situation.

"It's a large base, and it seems there are numerous humans inside waiting for us to engage in a fight," Faria reported, scanning the area with her X-ray vision.

She looked back and saw the knocked down monster has become normal again. She created a portal and the body fell inside the portal and filled on a helipad of BSSB headquarter. 

"How many?" queried Nadia.

Suddenly, a transformed monster burst through the left door, breaking it as it entered with a blink of an eye. It launched an attack toward Rajib, who quickly formed a protective shell with his soul.

 However, the monster's assault managed to bypass the shield, inflicting a deep wound on Rajib.

 Before the creature could strike again, Faria leaped forward and shielded Rajib from the impending attack with her hand, which got severely damaged in the process.

Faria quickly tends to Rajib, employing her red aura to heal him. She then delivers a powerful punch to the monster, causing it to collide with the cave's ceiling and crash down.

Faria swiftly creates a portal, transporting herself and the monster outside the cave. Tamim turns his attention to Rajib, noticing his complete recovery.

"She also has healing abilities. It's almost as if we share similar powers," Tamim muses, then turns to Rajib. "Are you okay?"

"I'm completely fine, but how did she heal me so rapidly?" Rajib wonders.

"Where's the other guy?" Tamim inquires.

"Nadim? He's battling the Top Tier Soul. It might take some time for him to defeat it," Nadia responds.

"We shouldn't waste any more time; we should get inside," Tamim suggests.

"But which door?" Nadia asks.

Tamim utilizes his X-ray vision and notices that the right gate has three people while the left gate has two.

"I think we should split up. I'll go right, and both of you should take the left," Tamim proposes.

"Why such a specific division?" Nadim questions.

"Because the left gate has two people, but the right one has three. I believe both of you can handle two opponents," Tamim explains.

"But you'll be fighting three alone. Isn't that risky?" Nadim expresses concern.

"I don't want anyone worrying about me," Tamim assures before entering the right door.

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Outside, Nadim grappled with the formidable soul monster. "This entity is incredibly strong. I'm baffled by a soul possessing such immense power. It feels like a human soul; someone must have altered it into this menacing pet," Nadim thought, evading the soul's relentless attacks.

"I must unleash my full strength now," Nadim declared, tapping into his true soul form. A ghastly shell enveloped his body, transforming his sword into a radiant yellow energy ball. The powerful strike hit the soul, triggering a swirling vortex that obliterated trees and disintegrated every part of the soul. Exhausted by the immense energy, Nadim collapsed to the ground.

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Meanwhile, high above in the sky, Faria engaged in combat with the monster she had encountered. Despite her relentless punches, the creature deftly countered every move.

"This adversary possesses extraordinary power, possibly drawing from a soul-based ability. Its invisible wings indicate it's harnessing soul energy," Faria pondered while exchanging blows mid-air.

Unexpectedly, the monster pleaded, "Please release me from this torment. I can't endure this agony any longer. I want to die ."

Stunned by the monster's plea, Faria paused, unsure of what to do next.

To be continued...