Pov Luthien:
When Zenos started to make a contract with the Holy Beast I noticed his power influencing the environment a little.
The World Tree is something that brings harmony to the surroundings, even if others don’t notice the Aura of the World Tree is all over the Illusory Forest mixed with nature in an imperceptible way to others, but I can feel it.
Zenos’ Aura from the first time at the village gates has been going against the Harmonious Aura of the World Tree, this conflict of Auras enhanced the power of nature, even more, it felt like two pieces of a puzzle fit together, the two Auras gave meaning to each other.
Now if Zenos achieves the trinity, he will be able to do it all the time, that kind of power will draw attention wherever he goes, plus it will be apparent in his Aura.
I look at Zenos impressed by the Holy Beast’s transformation, its power has not increased much perhaps due to Zenos’ own power level not being very high now but his presence is much stronger, his potential has gone far beyond what even myself expected.
When Zenos’ Astral Body appeared I was shocked, this is a skill that only very talented Spiritualists can learn, the Astral Body is created using a person’s will as a basis and using spiritual energy to create an ethereal body that can be used for many different things including battle, wounds caused by an Astral Body affect one’s body and soul.
The Astral Body usually takes on the appearance that most closely matches various characteristics such as power, will, elemental affinity, Race, etc.
In most cases someone’s Astral Body looks like the person with a few small changes, in some rare cases, it looks different like a Knight, Monster, or in my case like a Tree.
This is because these appearances represent what these people really are on the inside.
But Zenos’ Astral Body was very strange, perhaps it was the best repression of what he really is, a mysterious figure whose depth cannot be measured superficially, the moment he appeared I felt the energies around him becoming more and more chaotic.
One thing I found strange was that the Astral Body looked at the bark of the World Tree before turning to Luth, only after that did the contract process begin.
The process was quite different from what I had imagined, but the Holy Beast who was now named Sakura was much more connected with her Contractor than usual, the contract was so strong that even her appearance changed to something closer to Zenos.
I looked at Luth and she was focused only on the Astral Body, she looked thoughtful and only woke up when the contract process ended and Zenos started screaming as the natural energies within him got out of control.
After a while, I helped Zenos to a seat and Luth instructed the strange Fairy, Holy Beast, and Dragon Spirit on the positions they should take and how they should help Zenos.
When they started to send their consciousness into Zenos and gain control of the three energies, a flow of these three energies formed between them and Zenos, there was a flow of Mana between the Fairy and Zenos, there was a flow of spiritual energy between the Spirit Dragon and Zenos, there was a flow of Ki between the Holy Beast and Zenos, the Divine Beast had one of its paws on Zenos’ back with a red energy emanating from its body to Zenos’ body.
To help, Luth formed a dome of these three natural energies around them, this should influence the process, but these energy flows were very unstable and fragile at first, it took a whole day to become stable and strong energy flows showing that the three managed to gain control of the energies within Zenos.
While I was watching this process I went through before, I realized that Zenos’ pain is greater than I went through, his body is also being destroyed much faster, soon I realized the reason, his Aura had already lost control again, but this time once lost control within his body, perhaps because he is maintaining consciousness this time he is unconsciously suppressing the Aura within himself.
“What’s going on here?” (Karina)
“I’m sorry to interrupt ma’am and great World Tree, but if I didn’t bring her here there could be a mess as this woman doesn’t know how to behave.” (Aredhel)
I was so distracted that I didn’t notice the arrival of Aredhel and the Priestess of the Dragon God.
“You are a guest in our Priestess of the Dragon God village, so don’t try to meddle in our affairs.” (I)
“I apologize for my rudeness Elf Queen, but I’ve been gone for two days looking for Zenos after he left, I didn’t expect to go back to the village to ask for information and find out that his companions were in the village, furthermore I find that he was brought to here, so I came running to see him.” (Karina)
“As you can see he’s busy right now, you’ll have to wait a few weeks to talk to him.” (I)
“…” (Aredhel/Karina)
Aredhel is silent the entire time not understanding what is happening, but after a while his expression changes to one of disbelief, but Karina seems to be confused not knowing what is happening.
“How is that possible…how can this monstrosity manage to do that?” (Aredhel)
“How can a creature like him achieve the Trinity of Nature!?” (Aredhel)
“Nature’s Trinity…” (Karina)
“Don’t raise your voice here, Aredhel.” (I)
“You can’t interrupt what’s going on.” (I)
“…” (Aredhel)
Aredhel became angry upon realizing that Zenos is trying to obtain the Trinity of Nature which is something she herself will not be able to as she has no talent for awakening her Ki.
Karina only seems to have understood what is happening after hearing what Aredhel said, now she is staring fixedly where Zenos is with a smile on her face.
“Neither of you is to interfere, so say what you have to say and leave until this is over.” (I)
“I don’t have anything to say, I just came to accompany Karina here to make sure I didn’t start a riot.” (Aredhel)
“My business is not with you Elf Queen, the only reason I came to this village was to wait for his arrival.” (Karina)
“I know what you’re thinking of doing, but I don’t understand why, I should go get another one, Zenos is still very weak.” (I)
“No, according to the wish of the great Dragon God it should be Zenos, besides, after what I saw at the entrance of the village a few days ago, there’s no chance of letting him escape.” (Karina)
“You know what will happen to you, right?” (I)
“It will be a very turbulent life for anyone who follows him.” (I)
“Was that supposed to make me change my mind? Why does that only invent me even more, who wants to live a peaceful and boring life?” (Karina)
“How wonderful would be a life full of strong emotions and battles, a life full of great events and strong enemies, a life where I wouldn’t have to worry about my status as Princess or Priestess and have the opportunity to go wild in this vast world. ..hahahaha…” (Karina)
“You’re even crazier than your mother.” (I)
“It’s your decision what you will do, now whether he accepts is a very different thing.” (I)
“No need to worry, I know he’ll accept it even if he doesn’t want to, I just need to know when this will end.” (Karina)
“A little over two weeks, wait in the Village in the meantime.” (I) ．𝒄𝙤𝙢
“I just hope he doesn’t disappear again, I think I’ll use this time to get closer to his teammates.” (Karina)
After that Karina left with Aredhel, so I went back to follow the process where Zenos is acquiring the Trinity.
Soon I see blood start to flow all over Zenos’ body, wounds also start to open one after another, his body is being destroyed by the three natural energies, his body started to collapse much sooner than I expected.
But it seems that it is being healed at the same rate as it is being destroyed, the power of nature is integrating into Zenos’ body little by little, this excessive destruction must be caused by the chaos inside him going against the power of nature, the collision between these powers is destroying him.
With that time passes, hours become days and days become weeks until finally, the process is over, the floor is smeared with remains of blood and flesh.
Zenos kept his eyes open the entire time, but even though his eyes were empty, I could see the weariness in his expression.
When he passed out the other three woke up too, I offer my help and Luth creates the big comfortable bed of sheets, I make everyone float and lie down on the bed to rest.
When they were all asleep Luth goes to Zenos and caresses his face while he sleeps.
“You’re not he…” (Luth?)
Sigh
“But maybe that’s for the best, don’t make the mistakes he made son of Selene.” (Luth?)
I could see through her eyes that this wasn’t Luth, his presence was different, I could feel from our connection that there was something else using his body, but there didn’t seem to be any resistance on Luth’s part, so I let it continue.
“You two plan can work out with his help, I’ll leave a gift behind as compensation for borrowing my younger sister’s body, I hope you successfully save the other one.” (Luth?)
Suddenly Luth blinks her eyes and I notice her presence has returned to normal, she looks at Zenos and then at me, she looks a little tired, this is the first time I’ve seen this.
“I’m going to get some rest, keep planning what we discussed before, tomorrow we’ll talk about it.” (Luth)
Luth fades into energy that returns to the World Tree, so I look confused at Zenos who is still sleeping.
“What happened here?” (I)
