Isekai: The Eight Soul Fragments

Wesley swapped with a shadow outside the walls of Aquila, where he gave cover to the townspeople and warped them to the Preeliance Rehab Center. Their representative came to him confused for his actions. "Umm... Sir, what happened?" "Sorry, something came up that we have to bring you all to Preeliance for the time being. Please stay here until the weather in Aquila subsides." "W-What?! Why?!" "The rain will kill everyone there, something happened to our leader and he might've lost control due to the manipulation of the enemy." "I-I see... May the best of luck come to you." Wesley then returned to where Jevil was. "So another soul has been awakened huh? What do you think is about to happen?" Jevil asked a question to Wesley as he wanted to make sure about the situation. "Gayle knows about the abilities of the souls, so she will be indispensable here. I kinda get now why Draxus thinks she's useful." "I see... What does she know about this soul?" "The soul has the ability to control the atmosphere. You know of [Weather Report] from that anime right? Something like that, but can also seemingly control energy." Jevil's expression squinted as he knew that they're going to fight something absurd again. "We're going to hell again today huh?" Jevil muttered about being prepared to die. He remembered facing against the Destroyer as it was one of the fights where he was truly close to death. "Considering that the [Destroyer] is basically a being just below the gods, I think we can rest assured since we have more allies this time on that fight. And besides, we're much stronger now." Wesley smiled as he prepared himself for an impossible battle once more.

"HQ, I will take command in absence of Draxus' mind. Have the vice-chiefs prepare themselves for battle!" "Got it, good luck out there Wesley." Olivia then prepared to hand over orders to the others.

Wesley brought Jevil to the castle of Aquila as they avoided the rain. However, Wesley left Jevil there as he wanted to bring in more people. He swapped with shadows from different towns to gather a good enough force to resist the current soul possessing Draxus.

"W-Wesley?! Did something happen?! That light on the capital city!" Scuti, noticed Wesley who had arrived as they take shelter from the rain. "Yes, the chief has been possessed by one of the souls. Sorry but can you help us stop the soul's rampage?" "Souls...? I don't understand what's going..." "It's a really complicated situation, but I'll explain it only once. Actually, I should bring Cephei and Canis as well, makes it easier to explain the situation." Wesley then left for a moment to catch Cephei and Canis as he brought them both to the same room with Scuti.

"Alright, the situation has changed greatly, Draxus is currently being taken over by one of his souls, so we need to simply knock him unconscious." "Unconscious... Our own chief?" "Yeah, as long as he is possessed, he cannot control the body unless it is returned to him or knocked out. We've done this before, when he had a [Destroyer] possess him, though we were quite close to dying and failing that time." The girls were shocked, as Wesley mentioned of how they nearly fell when fighting against Draxus who was possessed by the [Destroyer]. "Will we be fighting this... [Destroyer]?" Wesley shook his head, reassuring the three sentinels. "No, not really, it's a different soul this time. Apparently this one can control the weather and atmospheric particles along with energy. It's a lot less threatening in paper, but we still have to be careful." Hearing that atmosphere manipulation was an actual concept, the three unlisted sentinels were still terrified with what their chief can truly do.

Wesley then explained the finer details, preparing himself and the unlisted Sentinels to fight against Draxus who was possessed. "Wait, how did our chief get possessed?" Canis brought up the question as she was unsure on why Draxus allowed himself to get possessed. "The enemy has a member that can manipulate memories. She's been moving around actively and using that ability to extract the souls from dormancy in Draxus' mind. And considering that it had happened, it means that the council is actually involved in this country. The chief had expected such high level threats standing by in this country, however... It seems that there's even larger threats that come around." Wesley summarized how he felt with what may have happened. "Alright, are you all ready?" Wesley asked the girls if they are now prepared for battle, as he wanted to be sure that they are willing to help as he couldn't just enforce everything. The girls nodded, which made Wesley smile. "You've helped us so much from that time, it's our turn to help you in this disaster." Scuti took over on telling him their feelings. "That's a good spirit. Ready up!" Wesley had some shadows hold the arms of the unlisted Sentinels as he swapped with them onto the castle.

Wesley looked around as they seemed to have gathered completely. The members preparing themselves to fight against Draxus are present, which includes himself, Keith, Jevil, Viceroy, as the four of them will be taking the frontal assaults. Audrey who is currently fighting Draxus alone and stalling for time with them, Pauleen, Juniper, and Gayle who has the knowledge of his souls. Layla, Maria, Lilianna and Julianna taking support roles. Most of them are exhausted and tattered from their previous battles. "Damn... Looks like Keith was not having fun with his fights..." Wesley's thoughts crossed his mind as he glanced over to Keith whose clothes were mostly damaged from the fights he had. Lilianna and Julianna had injuries that were recently healed with [Recovery Deluxe]. Jevil was exhausted as he drank a [Precise Focus] potion. Maria and Viceroy seemed spent with their mana usage. Layla was also the same as them as they were fighting against the armies. Pauleen, Juniper, and Gayle having directly fought against the Hero as they were exhausted from the constant pressure. And then the Unlisted Sentinels, Scuti, Canis, and Cephei who is now in the sudden sub mission that revolves around knocking down Draxus. Wesley knew that everyone was not in perfect shape on fighting this battle, specially with Audrey currently stalling Draxus. "Any council threats?" Wesley looked at Gayle prompting her for answers. "No, they left earlier after a while of fighting Draxus. They couldn't seem to kill him as Audrey was also attacking them." "Alright..." Wesley took a deep breath as he prepared everyone for a fight for their lifetime.

"Alright everyone, most of us here have already faced a situation like this. Don't hold back on your attacks, or everyone will be in trouble. Got it!?" Most of them were nervous, Gayle especially she's now a vital piece that they need to slow down Draxus. Everyone had their weapons out, and there's nobody that will disturb them as it was confirmed by Olivia in HQ that the threats have retreated.

"Move out!" Wesley took the lead as they started rushing down through the halls towards the royal bathroom where Draxus is currently fighting against Audrey.