Within his consciousness. Julien is dazed for a few moments before snapping out of it. "Oh dear God, am I dead? Is this what they called the afterlife? Am I doomed? Damn that old guy! Daaaaaamn!" he screamed.

He wails and screams like a little girl, and then a figure emerges out of nowhere. He moves like mist and with the elegance of a hero.

    The old man's face is familiar, he has good facial features, and he is appealing.

Julien began to relax as if fascinated, and then the elderly guy began to speak.

"Kid, how old are you?" said the older man. "I'm 21," Julien says hesitantly.

He then snaps, as if he's been mind-controlled. "What. W-what!? Wait! Who are you? Why did I answer that question? Who-whoo! Oh, God!" Julien panicked and stammered once again.

    "Kid, relax, I will not harm you. I am here to confirm a few things. I vow with my lifeblood oath that I, Vel'krim, will do you no harm!" he declared, as a black line shot out right from his heart and joined to Julien.

Everything happens quickly, which causes Julien to panic inside. Vel'Krim is a person who works without saying anything. He is a guy who takes action.

    "With that lifeblood oath, if in any way I harm you, I shall instantly turn to dust!" Vel'Krim sneered.

    After a brief period of confusion, Julien became more at ease. He stated: "What the heck is going on, and what's with all the black lines now? This is all too frightening to me.

Old man said "We'll discuss it, kid. I want to introduce myself first. I'm Vel'Krim, and this is my companion," he says, as a hazy shadow behind him materializes into a young man who is so seductively attractive that you can't help but be enthralled by him. "This is Sil, my other consciousness and partner."

    He bowed and said, "Greetings, young man," with his red pupils and extremely attractive face.

"Damn this combination, so odd yet both attractive. I'm very sure both are lady killers," thought Julien.

My name is Julien Weiz.

Vel'Krim stated, "First of all, I do apologize for what happened. I understand you are surprised, and I have a compelling reason for doing this.

He says, "Right now we are in your consciousness, I used an Arcane in your world, you people call it sorcery or magic, the spell I used was called [consciousness quagmire]. This is safe, and I merely do it so that we can converse properly without any interference outside."

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    - [ SoulSet Technique ] [Consciousness Quagmire]: A high-level Arcane Art that uses mana to target opponents' consciousness.

    The higher the opponent's level of mana base the more difficulty of using it.

    There are a lot of techniques that I will introduce in this book and SoulSet is one of the most profound techniques.