Isekai: The Eight Soul Fragments

The next day, Keith's group had returned to do a preliminary search on the entire capital city of Aquila. They were now joined with the [Hunt] Group to fully entrap the entirety of Aquila from all sides.

Keith had taken over the main operation, as he wanted Draxus to take a long rest due to the aftereffects of a soul possession. Since he's not actually joining the surround, he was observing everything happening around the area. Draxus is present as he wanted to watch face first on Keith's first command on an operation. "Well, this is a pretty good strategy. A slowly converging circle that makes it more claustrophobic to the enemies." Draxus made some comments on Keith's strategy. "Yeah, though this strategy is only efficient after you've dealt with any tough opponents inside. If they just focus on one point to make a breakthrough, it would easily crumble down. Anyways, how are you doing?" Draxus opened his left palm facing him and manifested the abilities of the new soul. "[Soul of Nobility]'s abilities are quite handy. I basically increased my repertoire on things I can manipulate freely. From my Concepts and Theories, to Zero's Time and Dimensional Spaces, Reito's Cosmic Destruction, and now Liam's Atmosphere and Energy... I'm wondering what abilities my other souls will have. I have a hunch but whenever I try to forcefully remember, I tend to get a bit dizzy." Keith was surprised by how Draxus is unable to remember the souls that he had. "What do you mean you can't remember?" "It's just as I say, either Mnemosyne has blocked my access to those memories, or it's Serkyrio's doing which makes more sense." "Serkyrio's doing?" Keith was a bit confused as to why Serkyrio would block out the memories of Draxus. "Imagine if all seven other souls possess me, all of you would have to fight them. Serkyrio must've blocked them all since they could potentially make him struggle as well. Oh? Looks like we're seeing some action."

Keith directed his gaze towards where Draxus was staring. Keith's friends who joined the Sentinels were handling the situation smoothly as a small platoon of a noble's guard started resisting. The converging of their circle stopped so they could wait for those who are fighting to finish their part while still keeping the circle so nobody could escape. As Keith's friends finished eliminating their enemies, the circle started to converge again. "Mhm, this is definitely a good strat." Draxus was impressed. The two of them continued to converse for a while as they were seated on the roof of the castle's central tower.

A portal opened and the ones who appeared from it were Lilianna, Julianna, and Layla. They were supposed to be taking a rest inside the Preeliance castle but decided to chill with their beloveds. Layla sat next to Keith and Draxus scooted over a bit so he could allow Lilianna and Julianna to sit next to him. Their conversations then shifted from the operation to just simple flirting.

As they watched everything start to crumble down, Lilianna had an idea on what she wanted to do. "Ah! Drax, this castle won't be demolished right?" Draxus nodded his head to affirm her assumptions. She then smiled and exchanged glances with Julianna as she brought up her suggestion. "If possible... In our rooms..." Lilianna whispered to Draxus with her face starting to flush a bit. Julianna was also the same as she heard Lilianna whisper to him. Draxus immediately took the hint. It was still early in the morning so he has time to give both Lilianna and Julianna. "Keith, we'll be back around lunch hours." Keith simply smiled as Draxus started floating down while holding Lilianna and Julianna. Knowing what he's about to do, he simply turned his gaze towards Layla who had something to say. "Our chief really does his best to spoil his harem huh?" "Yeah, he's always been like that. Since he's gone to do his stuff, I guess the operation is completely up to me now." "You say that, but he was quite impressed with this strategy you know?" "Heh, well I guess being counted on by him is also a great way to grow for me at this point. So far only Wesley and Audrey could pick up potential strategies, so I need to catch up to them." 

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After lunch time, Draxus had set off to act on hunting down the rest of the nobles in other towns. Since they have confirmed that the [People of Earth] members have escaped to a different country, namely Temockria, Draxus didn't have to worry about a tough battle. And even if he did encounter any Apostle or [People of Earth] member, he has more abilities he could use.

Joining Draxus was Gayle, who snuck her way to forcefully join Draxus in cleaning up the rest of the corrupt nobles. "Drax your smell..." "Goddamn it..." Draxus knew what Gayle was talking about. Since he recently has been to Lilianna and Julianna's bed, Gayle could understand what Draxus has done right before the mission. "Well considering it's you we're talking about, you can still move for the mission right?" "Yeah, let's start cleaning the rest of them up." Draxus and Gayle arrived to one of the towns that have yet to be checked by Wesley's group. With a swift act, Draxus and Gayle massacred the private armies and eliminated the corrupt nobles. They even went to deeper lengths and searched through possible bases of dark guilds. And because of them walking around more instead of just crashing into the area, they often found themselves being greeted by some hooligans.

"Oi brat! Let's make things simple ere~! Hand over the bitch and you can dip!" Draxus and Gayle were both unimpressed by the tall burly guy who simply wants to fulfill his desires. Draxus decides to play into his game a bit while basically still remaining as himself. When he opened his eyes after pondering deeply, he showed an extreme smug smile. "She's just my slave... But." He pulled Gayle close to him, slipping his left leg in between her thighs and his hand on her head placing her on his chest before brushing his hand down slowly her back. "I don't enjoy handing over my possessions to other people." Draxus then released his aura completely. The pressure he unleashed made the burly guy clutch his own chest on fear as he instinctively stepped back. Gayle's face completely flushed in a tinge of red all the way to her ears upon receiving such treatment from Draxus. As the hooligans disappeared from the fear of fighting Draxus, Gayle was released from the hold. She kept her face hidden from Draxus as she blushed greatly from what happened. "Get a grip, we're on a mission here." Draxus adjusted his headset before telling Gayle to regain her composure. She quickly managed to regain it but she had certain thoughts in regards to Draxus' actions. "Right, he does things like this every time but well... I guess it feels nostalgic..." Draxus didn't bother trying to read her mind as he wants to finish dealing with the operation as soon as he could.

After going through a few towns in two hours, Gayle was somewhat starting to show signs of being exhausted. "Draxus, clean me." She didn't hesitate to continue demanding from Draxus as he simply cleaned both of them. Draxus knew that she could learn how to do it, but also knew that she's way too lazy for something like that. Thus, he cleaned her as she demanded. "You're getting sluggish, I guess a short rest is in order." Draxus could easily tell whether Gayle is exhausted, since his assessment of her is still too weak compared to others.

Draxus sat down on a bench that remained after their rampage of the dark guild in the area. Since the private armies and the guards have been eliminated beforehand, they have a chance to spend some time to recover a bit naturally. Draxus was seated on the side of the bench, giving space for Gayle to even lie down. However, she decided to sit on Draxus' lap. "What the hell do you think you're doing? What if we get found?" "Presences?" Gayle ignored Draxus' warning and simply asked him whether they could be spied on the rubble. "None." "Drones?" "None." "Then it should be fine." Draxus was manspreading when he took his seat, so Gayle sitting on his lap was pretty much showing the world a questionable public play as Gayle's skirt was pretty much covering Draxus' lap. "I'm your slave or servant anyways so this is normal for you right?" Draxus facepalmed, as he couldn't argue with her on that. Thus, instead of complaining he decides to lift Gayle a bit from below her shoulders and scooted over the center of the bench before letting Gayle place herself back on his lap. She then started to bring out some snacks that she had in her [Interdimensional Storage].

As Draxus kept his attention around the area, Gayle chuckled as she kept some of her thoughts to himself. She smiled as she started munching on her snacks, and since she was sitting on Draxus' lap, he couldn't see her face. "I'll take responsibility for our past... So take responsibility for your judgement on me."