I focused on the Vitae energy inside my body, and when I opened my eyes I found myself in the dark place where I met Alexander, Kepler and Thomas for the first time.

I saw them sitting at the table looking at me

I turned to them, "You must be bored staying here all the time..."

Kepler smiled, "Not really, actually when your soul comes out of this place, our souls will go into hibernation, and when your soul goes back inside the orb we also come back here…"

"Really? Well, I guess it's better than sitting in this lonely place all day. By the way, where did this table and chairs come from?..."

This place was supposed to be inside the orb, so where were they able to obtain these things from

Alexander was sitting on the chair and he crossed his hands on his chest, "I made it..."

"How?…" I asked curiously

"You can get anything you want just by imagining..."

"Anything?…" My eyes opened wide

"Anything..." Alexander confirmed

I closed my eyes and imagined pizza, when I opened my eyes, I found a pizza box in my hands, I opened the box to find hot pizza

I tasted the pizza, and it is exactly as I imagined it. This pizza was something I ate from one of the restaurants in the academy, but unfortunately, because of rumors spreading about me, I could not go there again, and they do not provide delivery services

This pizza was very real, i looked at Alexander, "Is this some kind of illusion that the orb uses?…"

"I don't know either, but the orb fulfills the highest desires of the people it chooses…"

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"The highest desires? , but it's just pizza..."

"Do you think the chosen people will use the orb to make food…" Alexander looked at me annoyed

"And who are these chosen ones?"

"Not everyone who obtains an orb can use it, and you were an example of that. When you found the orb, the shadow started chasing you because the orb didn't allow you to use its power and didn't choose you because it deemed you unqualified…"

I felt uncomfortable when the shadow was mentioned, "What are the requirements that must be met in order for a person to be able to use the orb..."

"I'm not sure, but there is one thing they have in common, which is that they have a desire they are ready to fulfill at any cost..."

"Are the three of you among the chosen ones?" I looked at Kepler, Thomas, and Alexander

"Yes..."

"And what powers did the orb grant you?..."

Kepler replied, "Thomas and I were alchemists, and our goal was to obtain knowledge, to gain wealth and help humanity..."

"I heard about all of Thomas's achievements, so these sciences were obtained from the orb…."

"Right…" Thomas still looked depressed, and I saw tears in his eyes

I'm starting to worry about this guy

I looked at Alexander Bernenberg. "And what is your ability, Alexander..."

Alexander did not reply, but Kepler smiled strangely, as if he wanted to annoy Alexander

Kepler looked at me. "Alexander has the ability to create illusions..."

This sounds strong

"But…" Kepler spoke with a serious look as he looked at Alexander fearfully, "He can use other powers, which the orb didn't grant him, he can use sorcery and magic…"

I looked at Alexander in shock, "Are you a magician?..."

"You can say that..." Alexander spoke softly

This man never ceases to amaze me

I decided to ask the question that occupied my mind for a long time, "And what about the shadow, what is it? And how can we eliminate it?..."

Kepler's and Thomas' faces froze

Alexander's face turned dark. "Shadow is not a physical entity, it does not have a physical body so we cannot hit it. All I could do was use my knowledge that I had accumulated over several centuries to fortify my castle and prevent the shadow from entering it...." Alexander spoke bitterly.

"Then how did you manage to seal it?…"

Alexander remained silent

I turned towards Kepler and Thomas, but Kepler shrugged his shoulder and smiled apologetically, "After the shadow destroyed our bodies, Alexander tried to transfer his soul to the orb and escape on his own…" Kepler gave a fierce look at Alexander, "But Thomas was able to use what was left of his strength to transfer our souls to the orb, but because of that his soul entered a weak state and mine was also weak because I had been imprisoned for so long, as for you, it was your soul that suffered the most damage, because the shadow was targeting you… but When our souls awakened, we found Alexander there and he said that he was able to seal the shadow, although I doubt his words..."

I looked at Alexander, "Did you try to escape and leave us behind..."

"That's right..." There was no guilty look on Alexander's face, as if he had done nothing wrong

"....." I knew I couldn't trust this man, "But didn't you say that all you could do was use magic to prevent the shadow from entering the castle, how did you stop the shadow?..."

"After our souls were transferred into the orb, I was strangely able to use great powers, and I used those powers to counteract the shadow , all I could do was get him away from us , unfortunately those powers were only temporary…." Alexander sighed with a look of regret on his face.

After thinking about my next question, I noticed something strange that Alexander said, "Did you say that you used the knowledge you have accumulated for centuries against the Shadow? But how old are you?..."

Alexander closed his eyes trying to remember his age, "I don't remember exactly, I stopped counting after the fifth century..."

"....." I looked at Alexander with my mouth open, "Are you an immortal ?…"