Ragnarok was still reeling from the shock of the event that just took place. He was on the brink of death. It is true that he had been hoping for death but he did his best to avoid it when true death was offered to him. All he had to do at that point was to give up but he didn't. It became apparent that the burden of the demon god was just training for what he had to go through to survive Helios's experiment. Legion survived because of his tenacity which was mirrored in the other clones. They didn't give up. Not one of them. Their obsession kept them struggling and fighting for survival. And they won. Their souls were not consumed by the Origin fire. He would like to take some time to think and commune with other clones. But the voice in his head wouldn't give him that time.
"What happened to you?" The demon god asked.
The demon god is usually the last one to notice when something monumental occurs within the plane. But it is the first one to notice this time since what occurred is directly in connection with it. It knows without a shred of doubt that something has happened to Ragnarok. Ragnarok didn't answer. It is not because he is totally ignorant of his situation. He knows what happened to him. He was there after all. He witnessed everything that happened to Legion as a whole. They nearly died. But they didn't. He is alive. But he doesn't know what his current situation is or what the black orb rotating around him is or what it does. That means he has an answer to the demon god's question. But he is not going to say it. In fact, he is not going to answer any questions at all. He doesn't want to at all. That rebellious tenacity and his unbreakable determination not to serve surged within him. Unbeknownst to him, the black orb responded to his Will, and his Will was solidified.
That means he has an answer to the demon god's question. But he is not going to say it. In fact, he is not going to answer any questions at all. He doesn't want to at all. That rebellious tenacity and his unbreakable determination not to serve surged within him. Unbeknownst to him, the black orb responded to his Will, and his Will was solidified.
"What is going on, boy?" The demon god insisted.
Ragnarok nodded as if he understood something. He said, "So you didn't see that."
"See what?"
This time the voice of the demon god is higher than before. The demon god felt something but it was fleeting. It was like a hitch in the rhythm of its existence but it doesn't know if it was real or if it imagined the hitch. All it knows is that something is very different about Ragnarok. It can't tell what it is so it wants to know.
Unfortunately, Ragnarok is not in the mood to answer questions. Instead, he probed, "I guess you can't see that black orb."
The demon god suddenly calmed down. It said, "You have changed. It seems you have gone mad. Your soul fluctuation is displaying erratic behavior. If I didn't know any better, I would think that you just suffered damage to your soul. What happened to you now?"
Ragnarok smirked. "Why don't you try and find out yourself?"
The demon god went silent. The silence made Ragnarok grin.
"You can't, right?" He asked while grinning.
The demon remained silent. That's all the answer that Ragnarok needed. He can feel the difference. His intuition is telling him that he can do it. After all, Legion-7 just did it. If Legion-7 can do it, so can he.
He doesn't know why or how. The best explanation he can think of is the experience he just went through and what it did to his soul. But he isn't sure of it. His uncertainty is understandable since he doesn't know what the origin flame is and what it is capable of. But the ignorance of the demon god gave him the confidence to go ahead with his conjecture. Besides, he has nothing to lose. If it doesn't work, his situation will remain the same. "Here goes nothing." He said.
He moved to resolve his scrambled existence. He acted as if he wanted to resume his breakthrough to transcendence. His soul exploded out of his soul space. He and the other clones expected resistance since he doesn't have the permission of the demon god but his divine sense spread throughout his body unencumbered by the influence of the demon god in his body. His soul drove the consciousness of the demon god out of his existence. Then his divine sense enveloped his colossal beast form and sealed it from the demon god. A thin film of spiritual barrier formed a cocoon around him. This cocoon isolated him from everything else including the demon god's connection to his body.
What he did was essentially form a domain around him. But he is just a mana entity. His domain should not be powerful enough to block out a demon god. In fact, the domain of an origin god is not enough for that either. A domain eventually becomes a world. Only a world can lock out a demon god just like the plane locked out the demon god. Even then, the demon god still found a way to spread its influence into the plane. He is not a world god so this should not be able to occur. But he knew it would happen. He knew it immediately when he felt the pressure on his soul from the demon god suddenly disappear. This happened immediately after he survived the baptism of Origin fire. He felt then that he could reject the demon god from his existence.
"It worked." He said in disbelief and excitement.
Then he laughed as hard as he could. He yelled, "FREEDOM."
He expected his body to detach from his existence so that he could die in peace. He didn't expect the channel within his body for the demon god to be cut off. The guillotine hanging over his head is no more. The mark of Carnage pressing against his soul to enslave him has been expelled from his body along with the voice in his head. It is a very good reason to be excited.