The first thing Michael did was to use Extraction on the crystal chains to extract as many components as possible. He left only a tiny part of the main component hanging to prevent the crystal chains from breaking.
Why did Michael do that? He wanted to break the crystal chains simultaneously with little to no energy consumption once the taming process had been completed.
Once Michael replenished his energy storage, he conjured the magic circle of Taming for the second ti since he procured the Soultrait. He weaved the magic circle ticulously and added as much energy as possible to fortify the taming circle. The circle's shape changed slowly, morphing into a crimson-colored pentagon as it moved below the feet of the Elental Empress.
The Elental Empress twitched once after the taming circle appeared beneath her, but she didn't reject it. The Soul Pacts weighing down on her didn't seem to affect the taming process either. Nothing seed out of place. Step one of the taming process had been completed successfully.
Unfortunately, step one was the easiest step. Followed by the manifestation of the taming circle, the real taming process was initiated.
Michael's focus remained on the taming circle to keep it intact. Simultaneously, he used the taming circle to enter the Elental Empress' consciousness where her soul resided. It hadn't been necessary to enter Sun Demos' consciousness when Michael used Taming for the first ti. However, the sa thod as last ti couldn't be applied here.
He had a dozen Soul Pacts to pay attention to while taming the Elental Empress after all.
At first, Michael wanted to crush the Soul Pacts while taming the Elental Empress, but he decided against this idea. Rather than doing sothing dangerous like that, Michael chose to ta the Elental Empress first to alter her soul before waiting for the response of the Soul Pact. Afterward, Michael would still be able to enter the Elental Empress' consciousness since the Elental Empress would beco a part of him; his second tad monster.
The crimson pentagon, the taming 'circle', manifested in the Elental Empress' consciousness. But instead of focusing on the taming circle right off the bat, Michael looked around. In the center of the consciousness, a thin, and fragile pillar of light could be seen. It was as fragile as the Elental Empress, and it was restrained by chains that were tightly coiled around it in a vice-like grip.
There were a total of a dozen chains coiled around the pillar of light, preventing it from growing or expanding further. The pillar of light was unmoving. It didn't even respond to a foreign existence infiltrating its realm. Every trace of energy entering the pillar of light inflicted pain, forcing the Elental Empress to distribute the energy to create new elental cores to create new lives.
While staring blankly at the dozen chains and the weak pillar of light, Michael was once again reminded that the Elental Empress was used as a breeding facility by the Kitsun Lord. It was disgusting and beyond cruel.
Michael ca back to his senses and was filled with the mad urge to skin that bastard alive. But for now, he had an important task to do. Clenching his fist and gritting his teeth, he returned his full focus to the application of the taming circle inside the Elental Empress' pillar of light.
Instead of affecting the Elental Empress' pillar of light from the outside like each of the chains, the taming circle would influence the pillar of light from the inside. This particular fact was also the sole reason why Michael felt that it was possible to overwrite the Soul Pacts. The taming circle would be much higher on the list of priorities after all.
Ti slowed down as Michael inserted the taming circle inside the pillar of light. It was a slow task that required a trendous amount of energy, and focus. Not a single mistake was allowed as both tar and the tad monster would have to face the consequences.
Michael would survive it rather easily. He might end up with a bad headache for a few days, but that was it. However, the sa couldn't be said about the Elental Empress. Even if the backlash was not noteworthy, it would probably be enough to kill the Elental Empress. She had been confined for too long and grown very weak.
As the taming circle was inserted into the pillar of light, the pillar of light began to ripple. Michael could hear the Elental Empress groan in pain, forcing him to slow down. He didn't want to inflict pain on her since he was pretty sure that the removal of the Soul Pacts' chains would hurt like hell. It was not necessary to torture her even more.
Realizing his mistake, he slowed down his speed of inserting the taming circle and observed the changes occurring in and around the pillar of light. The pillar of light continued to ripple but the Elental Empress didn't wince anymore. Her breathing grew ragged but that was her only response.
After what felt like an eternity, Michael finished inserting the taming circle inside the pillar of light. Thereafter the changes revolving around the pillar of light beca more prominent. The pillar of light was shrouded in a faint crimson hue as it began to expand ever so slightly. What followed next caused shivers to run down Michael's spine.
The Elental Empress scread out at the top of her lungs, the chains holding her back rattling wildly. She was in imnse pain as the pillar of light expanded, pushing against the Soul Pacts' chains that ought to restrain her pillar of light. However, the pillar of light continued to expand. It was not affected by the Elental Empress' screams. Michael froze in response, unsure what to do next. He had a plan, but he didn't expect the Elental Empress to start screaming in pain so soon.
The Elental Empress continued to scream for a full minute until she went silent all of a sudden. The lack of noise worried Michael even more than her screams. He worried that she might be too weak to scream and that she was actually on the verge of death now.
Suddenly, a faint crackling noise resounded in the eerily silent room. The pillar of light began to ignore the Soul Pacts' chains and expanded past their restrictions, resulting in cracks appearing all over the chains.
As Michael took note of the cracks, a sudden idea flashed through his mind. He closed his eyes and used Extraction. He was already inside the Elental Empress' consciousness, and the True Link of Loyalty between him and the Elental Empress was about to be established as well. Therefore, he could use Extraction inside her consciousness, and try to extract the Soul Pacts' chains.
It might work, but it was more likely to fail. Despite that, he wanted to give it a try. Michael wanted to weaken the chains if extracting them was not possible.
Extraction's golden threads shot out, a dozen at once. Each golden thread pierced through the Soul Pacts' chains, infiltrating the inside to extract it slowly.
Several hours passed as he focused on the task, but Michael didn't feel anything. A re minute, an hour, or weeks could have passed, yet Michael wouldn't be able to notice anything as he focused entirely on extracting the Soul Pacts' chains.
At last, the cracks spread all over the surface of the chains. A loud noise reverberated throughout the Elental Empress' consciousness as the chains grew even more weak.
Michael left her consciousness in response, but he was still using Extraction. He added another use of Extraction to reach out to the crystal chains that pinned the Elental Empress to the wall and extracted the last main component.
In the next mont, the chains restraining the Elental Empress' soul and body broke simultaneously.
Michael expected to hear the Elental Empress scream resound through the small room, but all he could hear was a heavy sigh, a sigh of relief.
The Elental Empress slumped down to the ground right after the crystal chains shattered to pieces. She stayed on the ground, panting heavily and unable to even think about moving around. Not having been able to move freely even once in her life, the Elental Empress felt like she had plunged head-first into an entirely new world; a world full of things to explore.
She could feel that a connection between her and Michael had been established, a connection that would force her to obey Michael's commands even if it ant that she would have to sacrifice herself. But she didn't even bother thinking about that. After living in a literal hell her entire life, the Elental Empress could only think that her situation would improve after today.
There was no way that her life could get worse.
Michael observed the Elental Empress for a while and gave her so ti to calm down. He expected that sothing would happen. The Soul Pacts' chains had been broken, indicating that the Soul Pacts weren't valid anymore. Thus, sothing should be happening now. The Kitsun Lord must have noticed the termination of the Soul Pacts. He must be fuming in anger, initiating so sort of plan to get rid of Michael and take back what ought to belong to him.
And that was exactly what happened right after the Soul Pacts broke. The entire building around them began to tremble as a thunderous explosion resounded from above them.
A trendous heatwave shot down the staircase, nearly burning Michael alive. He could barely react and manifest a thick layer of Glacicle around his body in response. The Glacicle lowered the temperature in his vicinity and took the brunt of the searing heatwave. A second later, the flas and heat were pulled toward the back of the room. Surprisingly, the Elental Empress absorbed the flas and heat.
She converted the flas and heat into energy to replenish her vigor and strengthen her pillar of light. For the first ti in forever, the Elental Empress was able to use her power however she pleased. She felt energy coursing through every inch of her blazing body along with a newfound confidence.
Despite the joy of regaining freedom and being able to feel power for the first ti in her life, the Elental Empress didn't look happy.
A wave of sadness swept through her entire being.
"Thank you for serving ," She mumbled sadly, while a deep frown appeared on Michael's.
The Elental Empress didn't speak to him. Her words were not directed at him at all. She stared in the direction of the Elentals - seemingly staring through the walls - and bowed down in gratefulness.
"What is going on?!?" He asked, a bad feeling resurfacing.
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