Eon Soul Dew, a Top-level Rare Item that Kai had obtained not because of a mission, but because of his obsession and greed; an ever-burning desire to obtain Power.
In the Pokemon Random World, even after the completion of his mission, Kai had persistently refused to complete the last task, preventing his eventual teleportation to the Game of Thrones Random World.
Instead, he had forced the self-destruction of three legendary Pokemon - an adult Latias and two young siblings, Latios and Latias, by creating an artificial tsunami.
This tsunami could have easily annihilated the town of Alto Mare if it wasn't for the three Pokemon.
These abhorring acts had caused the System to bestow a new Stat upon him — Cosmic Authority.
Moreover, Kai had also unlocked a Title, Outer One, whose mysteries he had yet to pry into.
It was also then that Kai had gained his three minor epithets - The Devastating Despair; The Blue-skinned Demon; The Unforgivable Cursed One.
Only later did Kai find out how to use them to create a channel from one dimension to another, linking two Random Worlds through his Inventory; an impossible feat for the Contestants without the help of Old Ones like Hastur.
The third epithet did curse him to face a tsunami in sea bodies across the Multiverse, but it was a small price to pay for the promised boost in power.
Yet, all this couldn't compare to the ultimate gift Kai had given himself that day.
The sacrifice of the three Eon Pokemon had created a never-seen and the most powerful Eon Soul Dew, and because there was a Contestant involved in its creation, it had turned out to be an Item as well.
There was only one issue with this so-called gift.
It corrupted Kai's soul with every use.
That's why he had gone out of his way to ask for a solution regarding this from an 18th-floor Contestant.
However, there was one grave issue with the solution itself.
To use the Philosopher's Stone to mend his soul, especially in the Random World of Harry Potter, might turn the very nature of the Stones.
Because these Stones weren't Items. They didn't belong to the Systems.
In a timeline, that itself possessed Philosopher's Stone of its own, there were high chances of attracting the eldritch gazes of Deep Ones.
Kai knew this all, but he didn't have a choice.
He could feel it. There was an itch creeping through him.
If he waited any longer, then the corruption would become permanent, limiting his growth potential. Not to mention, it wasn't like Kai wouldn't need to use the Eon Soul Dew again.
Kai's gaze lingered on the ten imprints of long, dark fingers on his right forearm, and he sighed.
Risks without reasoning had always gone against his principles.
And there were enough reasons to take this risk.
Kai turned his face and looked into the fire, its myriad colors and transformations.
The thousands of tongues of fire licked at the void in front of Kai, sending a warm, burning sensation.
In this feeling, Kai took solace, calming himself down to an optimum state.
Then he picked up one of three crystals, the Philosopher's Stone.
The crystal almost looked like a densely crystallized form of tons of volumes of blood.
Kai even felt something more eerie and unearthly about it. He didn't know its true capabilities, for even in the Primordial Tower, there weren't many who possessed it and had used it before.
And even if they had, who would be foolish enough to publish the results of their findings?
Kai took the Eon Soul Dew in his left hand, then.
The fist-sized jewel was as smooth as Lethifold's silk, and he could see millions of stars floating into a yellow starry river, giving it an otherworldly grace.
-Selene,- Kai hissed. -Once again I am leaving it to you.-
Within him, the Ghost Basilisk pulsated, sending a minor burst of cold, full of affection.
If the Philosopher's Stone were to fail in healing his soul as he activated the Eon Soul Dew, Kai would rather have Selene's Soul Chill freeze his soul than let it get corrupted even more.
Kai stood up, and with his one thought, the three chairs and the table got pushed far.
Then he sat on the ground, facing the fire.
Despite the previous instance of calming himself down, his heart was pounding.
At this moment, Kai looked over his shoulder and eyed the Lethifold.
It was the still hovering midair some dozens of feet away from him, flapping and fluttering endlessly.
Kai didn't know what made him do this, perhaps an unparalleled instinct, but he said, "If something happened to me, then Darcie Malfoy wouldn't remain alive, either."
Lilith, the Lethifold, showed no response.
Kai narrowed his eyes and then turned his face around.
Kai activated the Item.
The Eon Soul Dew let out a brilliant burst of yellowness before disappearing off Kai's hand altogether.
The roof over Kai's head vanished as it became a night devoid of stars.
Among this starless sky, a yellow star hung, flashing hideously in rhythmic bursts.
For a moment, nothing happened. Then, a mysterious sensation coursed through him.
Around him, a wave of yellow-white color burst out, full of sparkling stars. One could even see a formless and ethereal figure of a white-haired man, wrapped around Kai.
It was the outward manifestation of Kai's soul.
There were several black, filthy lines covering this soul as if they were cracks.
Suddenly, from his right hand, a blood-colored wisp of ethereal mist entered him and began healing Kai's soul.
The stone itself began shrinking as if it was melting within Kai.
The filthy cracks surfacing on Kai's soul began shrinking at a visible pace, but, suddenly, the entire crystal had gone out.
"AS IF?!!" Kai roared, sensing the remaining cracks resurfacing exponentially within him.
The second crystal almost blinked into his right hand.
And just as the last corruption got stomped by the Philosopher's Stone it happened.
The scene to his left completely disappeared; the walls, sofas, paintings, tapestries, and many decorations all vanished.
In their place, a vast emptiness surfaced, full of black fog, curling and roiling up and down.
From this vast blackness, a bony hand came out, hidden within a black, silky sleeve.
Kai couldn't even turn his face, but he felt the presence.
It was almost like dying, and Kai had already died once — Impossible to forget such a feeling when experienced before.
The half-remaining Stone in Kai's hand fell.
In sheer horror, Kai looked to his left, bringing out everything he had on him to face this bony hand.
Kai's entire body cracked, and his muscles, tendons, and bones almost burst apart even before the bony hand made contact with him.
He couldn't even scream.
It was then that someone dared to defy HIM.
Lethifold, the evil and vile magical creature who was hovering with no reaction just a moment ago, reached Kai in a single flutter when the bony hand was just inches away from him.
It coiled around him, wrapping itself around Kai's entire figure.
When it coiled one last time, Kai had already vanished from his place.
The bony hand paused, and then suddenly reached for Lethifold instead. But the magical creature had more tricks up its sleeve.
Lethifold expanded itself like a banner and threw itself in the air like a giant piece of cloth getting taken up in the sky by a thunderous tempest.
It looked like the magical creature had stretched, the dimensions of the entire black silk expanding outrageously.
And just when it seemed it couldn't outrun Death's reach, Lethifold shrunk instantaneously.
With soundless pop, it vanished into the void, becoming a single speck of black point.
In the library, the bony hand lost its target, and then vanished as well, as if it had never been there, and whatever had happened was nothing but a horrifyingly giant mirage.
This... was an absolute nightmare.
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