GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

This is the first time he is using soul force to fight directly. Origin gods use it to push and pull the law matrix. It is a more powerful means of the manipulation of laws but rarely do Origin gods use it to attack each other. Only immortals with spiritual concepts use soul force directly but those are rare.

Unfortunately for Legion-7, there is no law matrix or laws in this place so he can't use soul force for what he is most good at. The best he could use it for is to defend himself. However, that turned out to be enough.

This is because the soul fragment was being ground down by the grey corrosive water around them. The two of them are not the only ones in this fight. The third combatant is everywhere and is attacking everyone indiscriminately.

So even if he didn't do anything to the soul fragment, the corrosive water would destroy the soul fragment. He doesn't need to injure the soul fragment himself to win the fight but he did it to speed things up. His attacks were clumsy compared to the soul fragment who appears to be quite versed in the art of attacking souls, but he continued attacking for the sake of a swift victory.

Their fight slowly moved into the stage of inevitability. The soul fragment knew it was going to lose so it tried to escape. It didn't have wings so it used its feathers as fins. Its feathers spread outwards from it and enable it to move in the grey water.

Legion-7 on the other hand had soul force. He didn't have fins but soul force was easier to control and also stronger than fins. All he had to do was push and pull himself around to move. He was left behind at first but he caught up after getting the hang of movement.

Unfortunately, things were not that simple. The soul fragment could move like fish in water. It could accelerate and decelerate however it wished. It could change its direction and maneuver expertly as opposed to Legion-7's clumsy movement.

Legion-7 was fast in a straight-line acceleration but he struggled to control his speed and change his direction to catch up. He had to bring his entire mental prowess to bear in acclimating himself to moving quickly without limbs.

He said to himself, "This is just like the first time you learned to fly as a transcendent. All you have to do is push and pull incrementally. Feel the world around you and anticipate the changes caused by your mind before they happen."

The difficulty in flying here lay in the fact that he couldn't synchronize with the world. This is made extra important by the lack of uniform resistance by the surroundings on him. He pushed and pulled but the water reacted differently and variably as opposed to the uniform resistance of the law matrix.

The soul fragment was admonishing him sincerely throughout the whole process. "There is no need for this. Give up your resistance and you will receive peace. Your worries will be no more. We will bear your burdens together and we will achieve greatness together."

"Are you the great mother or someone she paid to advertise for her?"

"I am both the great mother and part of the great mother. We are the great mother. She bestowed upon us her greatness in her infinite mercy. She is offering you that greatness now. Accept it and be at peace."

Legion-7 became curious about this great mother. She sounded interesting but he wasn't willing to meet her to ask her so he focused on learning the feedback of the surrounding water on soul force.

He got the hang of it in less than 30 seconds. He was able to keep up with the soul fragment enough to run straight at it and smash against it. The brute force attacks destabilized and harmed the soul fragment so it couldn't escape.

The tide of the battle changed in his favor when he started to use soul force to attack the soul fragment. He formed a rod with his divine sense and coated it with his soul force. This prevented the rod from being destroyed by the corrosive water and granted it the necessary durability needed to inflict damage during collisions.

His soul force slammed into the soul fragment like a hammer again and again. With it, he doesn't have to clash directly with the soul fragment anymore and he could attack it from any distance. It was like he was pummelling it with a fist. The soul fragment was injured quickly but it healed itself just as quickly.

His opponent already couldn't run anymore after he began ramming into it. Now that he has the advantage in speed and attack, he became able to run circles around the soul fragment while he ground it down until it broke apart. His absolute advantage turned into another victory. The flames of rebirth had run out so the soul fragment didn't heal.

But the soul fragment did not bear any grudge towards him. It said as it died, "The great mother is good. She is divine. She is merciful. Embrace her and you will gain immortality. I can never die so I will be back. I am eternal. Join us and become eternal. Join us and achieve greatness with us. Join…"

Its conversion sermon was cut off when it died.

Legion-7 scoffed. "If she was so great, then why does she want me so much?"

The soul fragment broke into pieces of white motes. The white thread also disappeared with its death. One of the white motes struck Legion-7 because he was close to the soul fragment when it died.

The white motes were absolved into his soul immediately. It joined into him without any resistance as if it had always been a part of him.

Pieces of information flashed in his mind when he absorbed the motes. He immediately realized what the white motes were.

"So they are memories." He said in understanding.