The Shadow then waved its hand and sixty-nine other bodies made of darkness appeared around it. It then said with a mocking smile, "Look closely...who do they look like?"

The Magus Gods then found out with stupefaction that each body of darkness corresponded with each one of them.

The Shadow then explained, "As you can see, these are puppets that I made out of your Shadows. They are called Dark Soldiers and they are now extensions of my own Shadow. I still have to do some tests before I completely fuse them with my Shadow."

It seemed he had stolen their Shadows and did something with them.

"Shadows are our mirror selves. If any change happens to them, the body will follow. If I erase a Shadow from existence, the body will also be erased from existence." He stopped for a moment and then said: " I think it's time we test it."

The Shadow randomly looked at one Dark Soldiers, pointed at it and then simply said, " You're the first one to go."

The Dark Soldier then started dissipating. At the same time, the corresponding Magus God watched in horror as her body started dissipating as well. Several seconds later, it was like none of them had ever existed. Even the clothes and ornaments had dissipated along with the body.

"I guess you believe me, now. Do you still think that you have a fighting chance? Do you think that you can escape from me? How about you beg me? Maybe I can still let you go...hehehe" the Shadow said with its arms behind its back. It seemed that everything was under its control.

Kain then spoke up with a self-deprecating smile, "At the end of the day, you're the Dark Form. An evil alter ego. There's no ounce of pity in you. Do what you gotta do. Let it end here."

The old Magus God seemed to have become crazy as he aged at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Shadow looked amused, " Oh? You're pushing your soul to the limit trying to find a future where you're safe and sound...well, I bet all you see is death and you can't believe it, so continue burning thousands of years of your life trying to find a way out...hehe...let me send you on your way." The Shadow then pointed to the Dark Soldier corresponding to the old Magus and had it dissipate.

"All of you eyesores, goodbye...hehehe." the Shadow then snapped its fingers and, except for Kain, all the other Magus Gods started dissipating.

Kain watched as his friends and family died before his eyes. There were tears threatening to come out of his eyes but he stopped them from falling.

When all had dissipated, Kain then turned to look at the Shadow and then said, "Why did you keep me alive?" At this time his tears had finally come out.

The Shadow didn't feel any pity as he said, "You stayed behind because I need to do an experiment. Don't worry, you will expire soon enough."

The Shadow then looked at the last Dark Soldier. He pointed at its shadow and then the shadow turned into another Dark Soldier. The only difference was that the new Dark Soldier had a shadow beneath its feet. Kain's Dark Soldier no longer had a shadow.

Then the Shadow repeated the process an infinite amount of times. When it was done and exhausted, there was an infinite amount of Dark Soldiers around it.

With a satisfied smile, the Shadow said, "I didn't think it was possible, but now I can see infinite futures, but why infinite when all I need is just one. If these Dark Soldiers fuse together until there's only one remaining, I wonder if I will be seeing one single future where everything will happen as I have seen, or if it will remain the same infinite futures. I won't know if I don't try it."

" Dark Soldiers. Fuse."

As the command was given, all the Dark Soldiers started fusing with one another until there was one remaining.

The Shadow then turned to Kain and pointed at him, "Darkness Transmutation."

In less than one second, Kain had turned into an appearance resembling the Dark Soldier.

The Shadow then ordered the Dark Soldier, "Eat."

The Dark Soldier opened its mouth and Kain then turned into a puff of smoke that was then eaten.

"Now the Dark Soldier is truly mine." The Shadow said.

"Fuse with my shadow. Become one with me."

As the fusion was completed, a new Rune appeared on Kyle's body. The Rune was in the now white pupils.

The Shadow then dispelled its body of darkness and returned to its fleshly body.

It closed its eyes for a few seconds only to open them and immediately looking on the horizon. There, a scarlet figure was flying towards us.

"The tier 9 Fire Dragon, I just saw from the future is arriving...I'm about to get an annoying clone...sigh..."