Nyissa confirmed as she said, "That's true. Champions are people who won this tournament at least once, and so the Guardian Gods felt that it would be a waste to let even their powers disappear like that. So they created the Fallen Soul Crystals that would merge with only the ones it deemed worthy or ones most compatible with wielding its power. Otherwise, those who force it would probably die."
"So the white soul crystal that Umi received was the Pure Soul Crystal? What about the Fallen one? How does it look?" Viktor remembered Umilia getting the white shining crystal and so couldn't help but wonder how the Fallen soul crystal would look like.
"It will be black and have cracks over it as if the crystal got fractured. It will only possess the powers of the Fallen Champion and wouldn't contain any soul essence," Nyissa answered.
"So even ordinary humans have the capability to get chosen by these soul crystals?" Viktor eagerly asked since this was a question he had been keeping in his mind the moment Nyissa mentioned that these soul crystals can choose people.
Nyissa looked at Viktor with squinted eyes and said as if seeing through his thoughts, "I know what you are thinking. But it isn't that simple. These things come with heavy consequences. Getting chosen by any one of the soul crystals would mean that you will automatically become a participant in this tournament. And when your name comes up, you will have to fight to the death whether you like it or not."
She then asked in a skeptical tone, "But why do you seem very interested in all this? Don't tell me you…"
"I want to join too. So how do I do it? Since I already have powers, I don't need any soul crystals," Viktor said with a shrug.
Nyissa's eyebrows raised as she came up to him and held his hand, and shook her head, "No…you shouldn't join. If you do, then people might learn about your specialty, and other than that, you might become a target to kill for countless powerful warriors or even champions out there. They wouldn't rest till they kill or make you submit to them."
"Look. Am I really the only one with the ability to not die? You once mentioned a being or a deity named the Silver Night King, right? You said he was unkillable, and just now, Vanessa mentioned the being they worship also cannot die or something? Is that really true? Which deity do they worship?"
Nyissa's expression became contemplative as she said, "I didn't know that the deity the Icemoon Kingdom worshipped was truly immortal as well if what she said was true. We don't have clear information on their history, especially considering the clan I am coming from. But the deity they worship is the Infernal Monarch. But even if he was truly immortal, these two deities are nowhere to be seen, and we don't even know if they are alive or dead. So there is no point in mentioning them. Besides, it is not like anybody would dare to go after them even if they were alive."
Viktor sighed and patted her hands as he said, "Nyissa, don't you think you are worrying too much about it? First of all, coming to the tournament, it would not be impossible for me to win even if there are warriors more powerful than me since death is the sureshot factor that decides the winner."
"No, you don't get it," Nyissa immediately refuted as she continued, "Death is the absolute factor to decide the winner, and that I can admit, but it is not the only way one can win against the other. One of them can surrender, whether they are forced to or not. Or for people who are quite hard to kill like you, there are ways to make them lose, especially by destroying their soul or by manipulating it. Either way, it wouldn't end well if you meet experts who have powerful soul abilities," Nyissa cautioned, though she was not sure if Viktor's soul could be destroyed.
Viktor still didn't bat an eye as he said, "Then I will just take my chances. Secondly, I have already come into the radar of many powerful and dangerous people out there. I just can't stay hidden forever, can I? I have to fill this emptiness in my soul…otherwise, I may not be able to stay sane forever. And maybe the sure-shot way of doing that is probably through this tournament."
"So your wish is to recover your memories?" Nyissa asked, knowing what he sought the most.
"That always has been and still is my wish…to find out who I truly am and why I lost my memories. I can't shake this feeling that my memories held all the answers that I wanted. But now I have people I love and want to make sure that they stay beside me as long as possible, especially people like Taya who don't have powers like us," Viktor said, his tone a bit sorrowful.
"Then…you want to wish that they gain immortality or at least live long enough till you figure out something?"
Viktor nodded, "That is the plan. I don't know if those kinds of wishes would work or not. I know I can't wish anybody to gain immortality like mine, but as long as they can live longer, that is enough."
"You must really love Taya so much to go this far. I doubt anybody with your power and age would do the same, especially when the other person is only just a human. They would rather fulfill their own wish rather than fulfill one for others," Nyissa said as she stared at Viktor with a glazed expression, feeling glad that her man was different, unlike men with immense power who only cared about themselves.
"But if you just want to prolong Taya's life, then you don't have to go to such trouble. Instead, you can focus on your own wish while I can give you the solution to prolong Taya's life. I am already working on one with my grand-aunt since we both know that you want Taya to stay with you longer."
Viktor couldn't believe what he had just heard as he excitedly held Nyissa's arms as he asked, "You…You two can really come up with such a solution?"
Nyissa nodded with a dreamy smile as she said, "Usually, we can extend the lifespan by a certain amount for odic users only. But there have been instances in our history of ordinary people gaining more lifespan with our help. So we have been digging up the complete history of the witches and mages and using those references for our research which already looks promising. We didn't tell you to let it be a surprise for both you and Taya. But now that things came to this, I just had to let you know about this so that you can regain your memories as well, which you wanted since the moment you woke up in this world."
Viktor couldn't help but feel as if this time fate might not be cruel to him.
