[Subjugation: Force a contract upon those who were beaten by the entity; Quin Noir. There''s a limit to how many entities can be subjugated within a time frame. Unlike with the simple ve Contract spell, no medium in the form of cors are required. Willing participants can also be enved by Subjugation.]


    The description even mentioned me by name, because just like the Primordial Viin ss, it was a Unique rarity one, meaning only I could have it.


    I had gained such incredible rewards this time around, and were it on any other asion, I would''ve jumped with joy. Yet now, I just stared at the screen for a bit before sighing dejectedly. I didn''t even feel like checking the unlockable spells of my new primordial ss.


    Things were very bleak inside my soul at the moment.


    The memories of Iris wrecked mepletely. It might be safe to say that I was a changed man, though at least I evidently managed to stay sane since I seeded in the task which was literally ''Remain Sane''. Therefore, maybe I just needed a bit of time to recover from the immense mental trauma I was suffering from, or perhaps I would never be as cheery as I once was. Only time could tell.


    …


    It didn''t take more than a minute for the four waiting primordials, namely: Luminara, Mearie, Dragnar and Karl, to see Quin''s form emerge.


    While it was just an incredible short while for them, they all understood that the power of the Soul Records were iprehensible, so much so that diluting the passing of time was not out of its reach at all.


    It was technically possible that Quin passed the test within a few seconds, but chances were that he spent a lot more time in there.


    Nothing disyed it better than the man''s sunken features. He was so… dejected. Sad. Pained.


    "Quinnie!" His two mothers shouted as they rushed up to him. Their hearts were overjoyed for a moment due to the fact that their newfound son had passed the test, but once they took a better look at him, their minds began worrying.


    Just what did he see that made his confident and cheerful demeanor change so badly?


    They asked exactly this question while hugging him tightly.


    He took a deep breath, sighed, and answered. "... I had to live through the life of a baby as she grew for many years, until the point in her life when she unlocked the Child of Agony ss."


    He didn''t go into more details, but all four present could easily deduce what exactly happened in his trial.


    "That''s a bit too soon." Dragnar murmured. He believed that witnessing such a miserable life was beneficial for a primordial entity, but not a newborn. Quin was only a few months old, thus a myriad of mental issues could emerge in his young head that could cripple his future. He didn''t approve of the Soul Record''s challenge at all this time.


    "Right! This is unfair!" Lumi shouted furiously.


    "Are you fine, Quinnie?" Mearie asked worriedly. She was also beyond enraged, but his well-being was much more important right now.


    "I-I don''t know. I need some time to think."


    "Come, you should sleep! We''ll cook you a warm meal and make afortable bed for you to rest in." Lumi hurriedly began dragging him away by his hands.


    …


    - PoV: Quin -


    I''m not gonna lie, the past week was simply amazing. If any army vet is suffering from PTSD, I rmend they get themselves two turbo-dedicated mommies who wish for nothing in life besides pampering him to the highest degree possible.


    I wouldn''t say that I have no lingering trauma, not at all, but they did a wonderful job in nursing my damaged mental health back from pure depression to a state where I could function without everything looking in bleak.


    I''ve also had some talks with the pair where I learned that a primordial should only gain their primordial ss when they pass their first such test, which brought up the question of why I had two.


    I received Primordial Viin very early on in my journey, which was aplete anomaly ording to them. No primordial had ever received two primordial sses.


    However, Viin was a strange ss to begin with. It acted more like a hub for my evil sses than a usual ss, but the Primordial Subjugator was very clearly an upgrade over the ve Master ss, which made it a normal one as far as primordial sses were concerned.


    This also meant that the Soul Records believed me to be most limated to being a ver as opposed to my other sses it could''ve upgraded, like how it upgraded Berserker for Dragnar back in the day.


    Guess I''m officially the primordial who specializes in very.


    Its innate spell, Subjugator, was a mighty one. It was a significant upgrade over the ve Contract spell, which I refused to unlock because it would''ve cost me 10 Free Skill Points, and boy am I d for my stinginess which prevented me from splurging on it. It would''ve been aplete waste now, since it was basically the extreme budget version of my new spell.


    The fact that my ves no longer needed to wear cors was an insane benefit. It will allow me to inject mypletely obedient minions into the ranks of my enemies and no one will know about it. The drawback of me having a sort of limit in how many people I can subjugate before it goes on cooldown was an annoying one, though, but we''ll have to see how limiting it is by live testing it, and the normal [ve Contract] spell also faced simr limitations anyhow. This [Subjugation] spell was a clear upgrade in all areas.


    I also checked the ss for unlockable skills and was weed by a few good ones which I unlocked in a heartbeat.


    [Overlord''s Eyes: Watch the world from any of the ss holder''s subjugated underlings.]


    A very useful spell, especially once I will have them going all over the world on difficult missions or if they see something hard to describe with words through our [Master''s Link].


    [Overlord''s Sacrifice: When the Subjugator receives a fatal wound, all damage will be transmitted to his designated subjugated objects and he will be fully healed, but only if the targets can sustain the wounds. 24 hours cooldown.]


    Definitely my favorite. I''m not keen on dying, so anything that helps me prevent death is amazing in my book, and this one does that magnificently. My understanding of the description is that I need multiple high HP ves to take over my damage from me.


    For example, if I had a single ve designated as my sacrificial pawn, and he only had 200 HP, he could only tank a bit of my sustained injuries and limated damage, thus I will either need to select lot''s of nobodies or a few strong dudes.


    [Overlord''s Magnanimity: as long as the Subjugator is not engaged inbat, he can bolster the strength of his minions from any distance. The amount of boost provided depends on the Subjugator''s personal strength.]


    A good spell, especially for the future. Once we are done with the Consortium''s Trials, my n is toy back a bit and enjoy life while working on my ve forces, stronghold n, and just enjoy time with mydies since I haven''t seen them in over a decade, so it will be nice to support my future soldiers from afar while I''m balls deep in mydies'' fertile, moist kittens.


    However, first, I will have to tank the bitch Selene''s fire spell and defeat her, Cedric, Soren and his ve Lyra, as well as the remaining Phantom League members.


    Let me just say that I have a strong suspicion that today will be the day when I will be officially making my entrance into the world of Thalorind as its Primordial Subjugator.