Primordial Soul's Rebirth

[There are some things different in this world; some things that will be a bit annoying for you to handle.] Enjoy more content from empire

This was what Sophia had told Alex some time ago.

But at that time, Alex was talking about the empire's situation with the four demon generals and the demon ancestor, so...

'We'll talk about it in a while.'

Alex postponed the talk with those words.

Sophia acknowledged his command and went back to her work, making sure that things that Alex couldn't take care of stayed as they should.

'Now tell me, what did you mean by your words earlier?'

So, when she heard Alex questioning the thing she wanted to talk about, Sophia replied without a moment of hesitation.

[This world is different from Gaia, Alex.]

Sophia started cryptically.

'Just tell me what you want to say and how this world is different.'

Alex just waved his hand inwardly.

He was short on time as he walked down the hall, ready to get his coronation done.

Although he didn't want to do it, this was the best way to get a good look at the higher-ups of the demon empire.

It was also the best way to purge the ones that seemed like an annoyance.

Alex had the empathy of the incubus, and it worked perfectly on demons, so in this gathering and grand celebration, Alex would be able to mark the ones he thought could turn out to be a problem later.

[All right, I'll tell you what you should know.]

Sophia, who was trying to break the news slowly, decided to do what Alex asked her to do.

Alex also nodded his head inwardly, waiting for Sophia to continue.

[This world is older than Gaia.]

Sophia said the first thing she wanted to.

'So?'

Alex, who didn't know what changed, posed in a confused tone.

[So, this world is more arrogant than Gaia; unlike Gaia, not only does it not respect you, it also thinks of you as a variable that should be eliminated.

It gave you a new title: Antagonist.]

Sophia revealed the first change that Alex was going to face in this world.

Here, he wasn't going to be the protagonist, and things might not go as he wants them to sometimes.

But…

[You don't need to worry, though.

Your luck is still there and even with the antagonist debuff, you have SSS-ranked luck, which is higher than what any protagonist in this world could hope to have-]

Sophia tried to assure Alex that he wouldn't be affected by the debuff, but she stopped when she saw the nonchalant look on Alex's face.

'I knew that I was probably the antagonist.'

Alex, who could feel Sophia's bewilderment, commented.

[Huh? How?]

Sophia questioned in shock.

{Did he start awakening some of his powers already?

How did I not know about it?}

Sophia was shocked, not because Alex knew about it; she was startled as she thought that maybe Alex had unlocked some power that he shouldn't have.

'You remember the demon king and hero plot from some of the novels I read?'

Sophia was pulled out of her thoughts by Alex's words.

[Huh?]

Sophia, who was thinking about what could've happened, let out a confused voice before things finally clicked in her mind.

'The demon king and hero plots—you recall them?'

Alex repeated his question, oblivious to the things going on inside Sophia's head.

[Ah, yes.]

Sophia finally replied to Alex.

She had already guessed that it had nothing to do with Alex's power or something like that.

It was just because Alex had seen and read a plot like this many times before.

'Hm, this is just like those plots where the MC gets transmigrated or summoned as a hero, sometimes as the demon king.

But from what you said and everything going around me, I'm probably not the hero summoned to this world, so there must be a hero as well, right?'

Alex questioned as he raised a brow.

His mind had been working better after the time he went into the overdrive mode of the SD.

Even his body movements were smoother.

When Alex asked for the reason, Sophia replied with a simple line.

[The SD upgraded your body and mind to the maximum it could, but it couldn't just revert it back to how it used to be, so some effects are still left.

They will go away in a while on their own.]

Alex would soon turn back to normal, but before that happened, he wanted to take care of as many things as he could.

[That's what I was about to say next, and yes, there are heroes in this world.]

Sophia replied to Alex's words.

'Heroes?'

But Alex picked up something that Sophia was going to explain next, even without her saying anything.

'This world created more than one hero to counter me?'

Alex frowned a bit, waiting for Sophia's reply.

He had read novels like this one as well; the MC transmigrates into the body of a villain, and then he has to 'take care' of the various protagonists in that world.

But he only read those kinds of things in cultivation novels.

'Am I going to be the first one to experience the same thing in a magical world?'

A strange thought passed through Alex's head, but he waved it off and focused on Sophia's words.

[Yes. As I said before, this world is trying to eliminate you, but it also knows that you have the potential to become a monster so strong that even the world would have to cry.

So, it created many heroes.

Some are still to be born or emerge, while others are already at their peak power; they will only grow stronger from now on.

But the one that is your true nemesis, or the one that was supposed to be summoned to slay the demon king, is the hero summoned by the people of Solaria.]

Sophia's words caused Alex to pause for a second.

"Hm?"

"What's wrong, my lord?"

"Is something the matter, my lord?"

But that minute pause was enough to confuse the demons and alert Luna.

Unlike the demons, Luna knew that Alex wouldn't just stop without a reason.

So her body tensed.

But then Alex just smiled at her and then turned to look at the demons simultaneously.

"It's fine; I was busy with my thoughts. Let's go."

Alex's assuring words made the demons nod their heads, but Luna was still not sure if everything was all right.

But as they kept walking, Luna's eyes kept staring at Alex, and looking at his side profile, a smile automatically made its way to her lips, causing her to forget the previous matter.

'It's Alex, not someone for whom I should be worried.

The one who should be worried is the poor soul who caused him to have that expression.'

Luna just shrugged inwardly.

Others didn't notice, but Luna saw the chilling glint that passed through Alex's haunting, red eyes.

That was the reason for her alert.

But now, she just gave her condolences to whoever the poor soul was.

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