Part 1 – Something wrong
Its been 5 years since I was stuck in this game and 4 months since I got a load of paperwork and other tedious tasks forced onto me by Alexandra since I wanted to do her a favour. Lots and lots of minor things happened after I heard from Linda that she assassinated the Kings of the Kingdoms of Mortem and Seisin. There was a large panic over this but the culprit (Linda) was not caught at all.
To be honest, if I were the one who tried the assassination of those Kings, my infamy would increase even more....its nearing the 300K mark now and the guild of Shadows' influence plus lots of favours can't protect me forever from having an extremely high bounty....
But right now isn’t the time to think about that.
Why?
Because I'm surrounded by enemies.
“We will rule under the rightful King Audelon!” they cried in a cheer.
I looked at the so called King and it was a fat man sitting at the edge of the battlefield not even commanding the troops. Such a person should not be a King. I decided, since these guys are technically rebels, I should be able to reduce my infamy by killing every one of them.
There were only around 200 men against the lone me after all, it won't be that hard to deal with.
“Dragonic Release....”
Dragonic Release
A modified version of the outer seal which once allowed access to power above the norm. Upon changing to a lesser race, this ability was taken away. In exchange, this state will pushes the body's limit was created to replace that.
Improvements have been made so this state has more power and stability compared to the original.
- Spell Damage Increases by 100%
- Spell Range Increase by 60%
- Mana Absorption can be Activated
- Strength is Increased by 60%
- Agility in Increased by 60%
- Movement Speed Increases by 30%
- Defence Increases by 30%
- Resistance to Magic Increases by 20%
- Domination is twice as effective
- Fighting Spirit is increased by 150%
Time Limit: 12 Hours
Spirited, I decided to not hold that much back against these guys since most of them seem like high levelled mercenaries at the very least and there were truly some strong knights as well mixed in.
They seemed to have moved to surround me on all sides to make sure I don't escape, plus it forces me to keep track of people behind me as well lowing my concentration. It at least means that the person who is commanding these guys know at least basic tactics.
“What are you waiting for, kill that wrench!” shouted the fat man at the back.
It doesn't change the fact that this man was very incompetent in many ways at once. Anyway time to get rid of everyone here.
“Dragon Transformation.”
I gathered scales on my body as I turned half dragon. Going full dragon mode was not required right now since these guys aren't that strong to begin with. My hands turned into vicious claws by the time one of the enemy got near me.
Dragon Transformation is now active
“Heeeeeeya!”
I immediately slashed at the man and severed his head from his body as it dropped lifelessly. There was a moment of silences as 200+ people were shock. Well that gives me time to attack first them. Better make sure they don't escape.
Earth Formation ? Wall Form ? Enchant Factor ? Enchanted Earth Wall
I dropped my hand to the ground and summoned several Earth walls there were 5 or so metres tall trapping everyone in an arena style box.
“What the hell is this?!” someone screamed in fear. Oh don't worry, you'll get the scream later. But first need some preparation to face against these numbers.
Lightning Formation ? Enchant Factor ? Lightning Enchant
“Lightning Enchant!”
Sparks flew and formed around my body as the spell took it's effect.
Lightning Enchant is now active
To put it simply, by applying this to myself, it gives me some property of lightning which increases damage and speed in exchange for less defence.
I quickly decimated the rest of the army without much difficulty using only small scale magic to take out those from mid range from me and used my claws and speed to take out the ones close to me at the same time.
Those who were long range from me were a bit more difficult since they were either archers or mages and rained down attacks at me. The magic attacks were fine, it was just when arrows hit me it hurt like hell and annoys me greatly.
Well wither way, they all died including the commander of this lot.
Now there was only the fat fake self proclaimed king that brought a army.
“Pl-please spare my life!”
The first words he spoke up were to save his own hide. He didn't even bat a eye when his men died one by one since they protected him and yet he was begging now.
Personality: F
Mental: F
Physical: F
Magic: F
Ability: F
Overall: Unsuitable, Kill
Those words quickly appeared in my mind, it didn't appear as a message from the game but directly in my head like it was crawling in. However the urge to kill this man increased to the point that before I realised it, I was covered in his ripped out body parts.
“...”
What was that? This never happened before. Why did I kill before I even decided, this never happened before.
Ding
Killed Rebel army that had been plaguing several villages
Infamy decrease by 10 000
Relationship to those villages increased +10
“...”
I deactivated Dragon Transformation and walked back to base alone since my job was done.
I need to find a worthy King.
That was all that is important.
Part 2 – Distress on the highest Levels
There was something strange going on with Eden recently. Well you can say there's always something wrong with Eden no matter what but it seems to be worse this time. When he came back he was covered in dried blood as if he was swimming in it and his eyes looked dead.
“Eden...?” I called out.
Then his stare froze me making me unable to move.
This feeling was fear and it shouldn't be coming from Eden. There seem to be something wrong with him but I couldn't put my finger to it, even Magic King Drive didn't make him go this cold.
“Another failure...” he muttered out standing there dazed.
“Huh?”
Why did he say those words?
“Personality is an issue.....otherwise fine....Hey...Alexandra....do you wish to become King?” he asked as if he became a different person.
“...”
I felt his eyes over my body like he was examining me. It was a very unpleasant feeling but I endured since it wasn't the worse I have been through and plus fighting Eden right now because of that would be a honest mistake.
He was stronger than me.
That was a fact I got used to though I can still put up a good fight. Even Viv can't handle him single-handedly now since he caught up in levels. It was simple a matter of how he fought, he was too unpredictable in what he would use. But that's not the main issue right now.
Eden was acting strange and I want to know what the hell happened.
“Oh Eden your.....” Risene appeared from her room which was opposite to mine and she saw Eden as well drenched in dried blood all over. She paused for a second with fear like I did as he stared at her as well.
“Mentally unstable....unsuitable....still useful....” Eden muttered again.
“...”
Both me and Risene stood there silent not knowing to how to act.
Then Viv entered the scene as well like it was a scripted event in the game.
“Eden....why are you looking at me like that?” he asked in a concern voice.
Viv had saw Eden like that and us not knowing what to do. He determined immediately that something was wrong.
“Eden are you there?” Viv walked up to Eden without fear and waved his hand in front of Eden's eyes. Eden didn't even react.
But then there was an odd pressure coming from Eden.
Instinct took over as I grabbed Risene and jumped as far back as possible in this corridor.
BOOOOOOOOOM
Viv was blown back but luckily he set up a defence wall to soften the blow in time. But he was in sort of critical condition so he couldn't fight right now. I better heal him when I have the chance. But those thoughts disappeared as Eden appeared from the smoke the blast caused.
His hair was still black so he didn't use Magic King Drive yet....but the feeling that came from him was the same....no worse. His eyes glowed a dangerous colour and his tattoos materialised again around his body.
“What is going on?” cried Risene not knowing what indeed was happening.
I want to know that as well but now was not the time to ask questions. I quickly examined the area we were in.
Underground, small corridor and not much ventilation due to recent blast.
Pretty bad against someone like Eden I suppose since he did cause a large blast in the corridor.
Light Warrior and Sword Wave was out of the question right now but maybe I have to resort to that later. In his current state, he was too dangerous.
“Risene, support me and don't get too close!” I commanded thinking of how Risene was a NPC.
While I died, I would come back soon or later unlike Risene who would really die if killed.
I didn't take out my sword since it would be a hindrance right now since it was really large and the corridor was made up mostly stone. As such I decided to go with hand to hand combat which wasn't exactly my best point though still better than my magic skills.
I didn't have my heavy armour equipped right now so I was faster than usual but that left me with less defence.
“Crusader Sprint!”
Agility will be boosted for 10 seconds
I immediately sprinted to the still dazed and dangerous Eden intending to tackle him on the ground to restrain him there but I golden sword appeared in front of me about to pierce my head.
Using my sup-superman reaction I barely dodged but hit the wall hard with great speed.
Bang
You took 10676 damage
Stunned for 3 seconds
Feeling a bit dizzy
This was bad. 3 seconds was enough for Eden to kill me right now.
“Reinforce Body!”
Light shorn on me and the negative status effects disappeared and I gained some defence as well. It seems Risene was helping me against Eden. But still it was weird that Eden didn't attack me right now, he was just standing there.
It was like approaching a dangerous magical beast which you don't want to skill but talk to.
But then Eden moved to attack me like a blur. Well...it was still kinda slow compared to me who still has the agility buff plus Eden didn't even set up his buffs yet as well so he's kinda weak at the moment.
Bang!
A straight hit to the face sent Eden facing away to the end of the corridor where he hit the wall. Naturally it was me who did this since I'm the only one who had enough strength to do this.
“What was...I...?” muttered Eden getting up. It seems he was back to normal for now at least. I sighed and went to Viv to heal him before I noticed that Eden ran away.
Part 3 – Contempt of oneself
Why did I attack them?
Why can't I remember it at all?
What is happening to me?!
llyfr answer me!
However my call to him was unnoticed. But someone else heard my call.
A blue magic circle appeared under me. I recognise it since it was a teleport circle.
Flash
Thud
You took 10 damage
I landed on my face again....
I looked up and found Warlic. How many years have it been since I last seen him.
“Do you know the reason why I called you here Eden” said Warlic binding me with magic in order to prevent me from attacking anyone.
“The mana fragment....? Or the recent me....?” I responded a bit slow since those were the only two reasons Warlic would summon me like this.
Warlic sighed and said, “Yes. First of all I want to discuss the future since it will be important to the residents of this world. Remember what I said about the mana fragments?”
“The fact that they are extremely dangerous?”
“That and the fact that they rapidly increase the user's power greatly. The mana fragments tap into the potential of the person and forcefully extracts that power. The longer someone uses a mana fragment, the more power that is extracted from them to use. I believe you know how much power comes from a mana fragment even held for a few months.”
“...”
That last time I collected a mana fragment was.....4 years ago and that would mean...
“The next 2 are going to be extremely difficult even for the current you who turned part Dragon. More to the point it seems the remaining mana fragments are dormant for now.”
“Dormant?”
“Yes, they are not active currently. I don't know the precise reason but its either something suppressing its power or the mana fragment completely extracted the potential of its host and there is no more reason it is active.”
If tat was true then if a strong monster got hold of the mana fragment....how many times stronger would it get.
“Well the mana detector should be able to detect them when they become active.”
Warlic took out a couple of potions and handed them to me.
“These will help you with your recent problems. Drink them and after that we can discuss matters concerning you personally.”
I drank the 4 potions Warlic gave me. For some reason the game didn't show the effects it had on me but it felt like I was in more control over myself right now. Though I don't know when I will start attacking people without realising it.
“Your recent problem relates to your nature. You destructive impulses urge you to destroy and kill anyone who gets in your way no matter how small the issue. In your case, your nature as a destroyer comes from wanting to kill the perfect King.”
“...”
“There are two possible ways you can stop this. The first is simply allow the nature to take over which means you have to find and kill the perfect King which is frankly impossible since humans are imperfect. The second way which is still very difficult is to suppress your destroyer nature or rather you must conquer it and turn it into a part of you. From what I can see there is another you are is being developed in you like a split personality.”
“...”
You got to be joking, this isn't that kind of story. Something like that would never....but Warlic was serious and I therefore had to accept it.
“I believe this started when you changed races into your current form. The change trigger something in you to store something instead of deleting it completely. This grew slowly for years but now its finally awakening. Even llyfr can't stop this since it is how you will eventually end up no matter what you do.”
“Then how the hell do I stop it?! I already attacked people I care about without knowing what I was doing!”
“The answer is simple. You go where the other you is at and beat it up.”
“...”
Isn't that kinda putting it bluntly?
“Well there are countless other issues you have to work on but for now you need to keep yourself as the dominant personality. Its very possible that the other personality can never be removed from you as it is a part of yourself that was casted away. Well the potion effects should be taking place now so good luck.”
My body became heavy....no it was my conciousness that was becoming heavy. Damnit why do people always do these kind of things without talking to the other party....
Part 4 – Second Nature
When I opened my eyes again, I was in a room filled with books. This....seems very familiar to me.....wait isn't this the soul room place?!
That would mean....
“llyfr!”
As I called out to him, he appeared and the room disappeared as if it faded away. The other predecessors were also there chained up. They were all acting strange....well they were always strange to begin with but now they were even more strange if that was possible.
I walked up to llyfr but he wasn't responding to me at all even when I slapped his face a couple of times.
“Its been a while Eden.”
I looked to my right and I saw....
“Me?”
The other me smiled, “Yes, its me though I suppose to you its yourself that you're seeing.”
This is getting confusing quickly....
“Anyway, your here because my influence on the body is getting too strong. Well I don't blame you thinking that you were safe after you discarded me.”
I had a bad feeling....a very bad feeling like this wasn't going to go well for me at all. Then the room became blank....no everything in it simple disappeared and this was what it was really like. I was....floating...?
“I suppose you're not used to three-dimensional space battles so this time I'll make sure both of us don't have the advantage” the other me said.
The space changed and we were standing on a floor now and there was gravity it seems as well.
“Well then, let us start” the other me said before a golden sword impaled itself into me.
“Guh! Cough!”
Critical Hit!
You took 62 513 damage
Recovery Burst has automatically activated
Mana Regeneration increased by 300%
I dropped to the floor immediately at the start of the battle. The other me looked disappointed at the sight.
“This can't be all, right? You can do more than that, right?”
This ass.....I suppose its my personality coming back to bite me now.
“Sword!”
I summoned a golden sword from above intending to impale his head from above.
Clang
However the sword broke when he raised his palm to block. I noticed that....his hand transformed. It wasn't Dragon Transformation but I knew this transformation.....long ago when it was corrupting my body....
“Body...Transformation....?” I muttered.
The other me gave me a smile and said, “Correct~ Also note that I can't use any of your abilities after the purge but I can use everything from before that~”
With those words the other me transformed into a monster. It was form that Body Transformation gave me. Silver hair, looking like a blend of several species into one; it was something that was very powerful to begin with.
“Dragon Transformation!”
I turned myself into a humanoid Dragon state and grew claws for my hands. The other me smiled viciously as he let out his fighting spirit.
“First Seal Release!” he shouted before disappearing from my sight. Next thing you know he was next to me and kicking me at the side.
BOOM!
You took 10531 damage
When I came about he was in front of me again.
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Mental Acceleration!
Time slowed down for me as I moved to counter his attack.
Dragonic Release!
Dragonic Release
A modified version of the outer seal which once allowed access to power above the norm. Upon changing to a lesser race, this ability was taken away. In exchange, this state will pushes the body's limit was created to replace that.
Improvements have been made so this state has more power and stability compared to the original.
- Spell Damage Increases by 100%
- Spell Range Increase by 60%
- Mana Absorption can be Activated
- Strength is Increased by 60%
- Agility in Increased by 60%
- Movement Speed Increases by 30%
- Defence Increases by 30%
- Resistance to Magic Increases by 20%
- Domination is twice as effective
- Fighting Spirit is increased by 150%
Time Limit: 12 Hours
I elbowed him in the face in slow motion as he flew away spinning behind me thanks to his speed.
Bang!
From the blow I think his neck snapped sideways....though considering that he is also me....
“That was amusing enough, to think you can react like that~” the other me got up and re-snapped his neck back into place.
At this rate is would be a battle of who can one shot the other. I activated mana absorption to cancel his absorption of my mana as well with my own draining.
The battle continued with us using a bit more power and a bit more magic in our attacks. Eventually it became a magic battle where we were firing countless projectiles at each other which frankly didn't do much damage on both sides.
“Lightning Spear!” I gathered lightning in my hand and fired it at the other me.
He dodged it and produced an ice spear to throw at me.
Neutral Formation ? Mana Shield
I produced a mana shield in turn since I didn't have the time to dodge after attacking like that. The ice spear crushed itself into my mana shield due to the speed and force it was thrown at me. I checked my mana and found that the ice spear attack took my mana down by around 15K alone....it seems I am truly a powerhouse with only attack magic in my head....
The battle continued with spells becoming larger and larger until we were both using consecutive casting to form giant spells that covered the battlefield. At this point both of us were using our second stage buffs with me using Dragonic Overload which gave me an advantage compared to the other me.
“Interesting! So this is the new me!” the other me shouted with happiness or pride, one or the other.
Clapping his hand together, he unleashed arrows of mana bolts at me that homed in. The ground was covered in lava and whatnot at this point so I couldn't really dodge on the ground.
No choice, have to go in the air instead.
“Flight Magic!”
6 wings of light appeared pulling me up into the air where the homing mana bolts curved up to hit me.
Neutral Formation ? Bolt Form ? Mana Bolts
“Mana Bolts!”
I sent an equal amount of mana bolts to cancel the attack against me. Before I could use another spell, the other me already finished creating a spell to use.
From the palm of his hand a laser appeared and narrowly missed me but explosions occurred along the line of attack that engulfed my body.
Bang bang bang
You took 72 510 damage
Even though I had literally 90% magic resistance, this attack hurt me that much. Also is it me or am I being suppressed bit by bit in this battle. I have been attacking less and defending more as well as taking more attacks as the battle continued. At this rate, I'm going to end of dead.
Ice Formation ? Wave Form ? Ice Wave
Wind Formation ? Blade Form ? Wind Blade
Consecutive Casting ? Ice Wave + Wind Blade ? Glacier Blade
Creating a sword made up ice and wind at hand, I charged from the sky to the other me who created a golden sword to block.
Clang
The force broke part of the ground into a crater and I was stopped in mid air. However the second part of the spell occurs now! Ice and Wind mixed and started freezing the other me body. However he noticed this and casted a fire spell to blow both of us away.
Boooom!
You took 1377 damage
It was low damage but had enough force to separate us. I need to continue attacking in order to win!
Earth Formation ? Wave Form ? Earth Wave
Fire Formation ? Torrent Form ? Fire Torrent
Consecutive Casting ? Earth Wave + Fire Torrent ? Lava Torrent
“Lava Torrent!”
I turned the ground into soft lava and fired it at the other me who was using water magic in the form of something similar to a water gun to turn the lava into stone.
Lightning Formation ? Axe Form ? Expand Factor ? Thunder Axe
“Thunder Axe!”
Covering my arm in lightning, a giant axe made of lightning appeared connected to my arm like string to a yo-yo. I swung my arm forward which propelled the thunder axe at high speeds slamming down at the other me.
The attack narrowly missed and ice bolts and ice spears were shot out like a shotgun at me.
“Dance of Water!”
Dance of Water is now active
Using this skills, I barely dodged most of the life threatening ones though some of the other ones managed to hit me at various places on my body. In an instant my mana dropped and was regenerated at rapid speeds.
We continued to clash a couple of times before both retreating to go to the next stage of the battle. At the same time, both of us chanted the same words.
[I to awaken am the Tyrant whom stole the throne of God]
[I devour the wisdom and rip apart the Knowledge]
[I will become the Magic King that rules over all Creation]
[And I will show you true Despair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
[Magic King Drive!!!!!!!!]
Magic King Drive has been Activated
- Spell Damage Increase by 150%
- Spell Range Increase by 140%
- Freely able to use the Elements at Will
- Strength Increase by 140%
- Agility Increase by 150%
- Movement Speed Increase by 120%
- Defence Increase by 100%
- Able to use 'Golden Weapon Trio' Freely in this state
- Resistance to Magic Increases by 40% (Maximum Magic Resistance is 99%)
Time Limit: Until the Body breaks down and dies
Both of unleashed golden aura from our bodies at the same time.
Battle Aura has activated
Using this state, I jumped and did a jump punch to the other me who failed to react in time. His body was blasted back a few tens of metres.
“Hahahahahahahaha!” the other me started laughing out loud. I paused my attack due to the strangeness of the situation.
“We are completely even except for how you are stronger physically! Looks like its time to show my thump card! Magic King Armour!”
Golden light flashed and the other me was donned in golden armour that immediately made me jump back with instinctual fear. Silver hair flowing out from the helmet that covered his eyes and armour that looked a blend of both knight armour and mage robes, the other me summoned a spear.
Unlike the version I have its most likely to be the real version which means its really bad for me.
The spear pointed at me extended suddenly which gazed me but took around 5% of my health in an instant. The other me adjusted his aim and continued to fire off the spear at me rapidly. Thankfully Dance of Water was still active so I could dodge most of them easily enough.
Amongst the firing of the spear, I created several small ice spears and fired it at the other me. They were blocked entirely by the aura and didn't even cause damage. It seems like a magic fight is pointless at this stage since both of us seem to have max out on magic resistance. I also need to thicken my aura as well so the rapid attack from the spear doesn't damage me too much.
I took out the Divine Sword which the other me should have as well and charged in for close combat.
Unknown to me on when but a golden spear I didn't create pierced the ground right in front of me. I looked up and there were countless golden spears in the air all aimed at me.
“Shit....”
The next 10 seconds were some of the toughest in my life. Not only did I manage to not get killed, I even got a good hit in as well since the other me was concentrating on attacking and not defending.
Lightning Formation ? Wave Form ? Paralyse Factor ? Amplify Factor ? Paralysing Shock
“Take this!”
Breaching through his aura, I managed to touch him and deliver the shock through his armour which did nothing to stop the non-lethal attack. Well...there was some resistance but I overpowered it one way or another.
“Ahhhhhh!” the other me screamed in pain as I continued to shock him. The armour fazed a bit and his aura decreased as well to my attack but that was not what I was aiming for.
“Full Dragon Transformation!”
My aura turned into a sphere of mana and the body from a dragon grew from it.
“Roooooooooar!”
To end this, I gathered mana in my mouth and compressed it to increase its power before firing it at the other me who was still stunned for a bit.
Dragon Breath!
BOOOOOOOOM!
The Dragon Breath was cut down. The other me held a golden sword like the golden spear on the ground. He managed to cut the Dragon Breath in two just like that and diverted much of the damage from himself.
Normally I would say as expected from myself but seriously? The only other person who would be crazy enough to do that is Alexandra. The other me then held a golden bow...
This is bad!
Instead of retreating away, I charged straight in to do as much damage as possible so he won't be about to use that bow.
As such I head butted the ground hard causing a crack through the ground that spanned over 30 metres. The other me naturally dodged it by using Dance of Water as well plus the fact that dodging an attack by a massive Dragon would be natural.
The battle once more continued with its final stretch with me in Dragon Form and the other me donning the Magic King Armour which I must say is overpowered as well. Not to mention it increases countless things, it allowed the other me to evenly match me in Dragon form and I'm not holding anything back at all.
The battle soon reached its limit with both of us not using our 'final form' anymore and with our buffs disappearing as well leaving it to a natural brawl to the death since using Magic here would drain too much of the limited mana we had left.
Punch!
I twist my fist into his stomach.
Punch!
He in turn hit me square in my face
Punch!
Punch!
Punch!
….
Several hours later....
“When the hell will you drop?!” I demanded with anger. This isn't funny anymore, our natural mana regeneration is offsetting any damage we deal to each other. Its a matter of who has more stamina right now.
“I could say the same me! You are nothing short of my expectations!” the other me cried as he did a jump punch knocking me to the ground. There he pin me down and started beating me up. After a few punches in me, I kicked him off.
This battle lasted so long that I couldn't even focus enough to use the simplest of magic.
“Huff....Huff....”
“Ha......ha.....”
Both of us were exhausted. But now that I think about it, couldn't we just come to an agreement with using this body of ours?
“That may not be the greatest of ideas you had me. Things could get really complicated with who gets control and such” the other me commented on my thoughts.
Wow! You can read my mind?!
“Of course” the other me said as if it was natural, “I am you after all. Well I think I have a solution since fighting would just mean an everlasting battle.”
The other me sat me down on what he thought would be the best solution for both of us. In the middle of the explanation I thought that was this really me? Was I this smart?
“Well I had a long time to read up on stuff in here plus something the others talk to me as well.”
“By others you mean....them right?”
“Yep, they can actually talk if your prepare to wait a while for them to organise their thoughts.”
“...”
I thought they were all mentally damaged or in a vegetable state.
“Most of them were broken after what they went through.”
I see but still....why do I feel that this me was smarter than the usual me.
“Its not that I'm smarter than you, its just that I know how to apply the large amount of knowledge actively. You do know that our style of magic is a lot more complicated than most magicks other mages use?”
“Huh?”
“Though we simplify it into commands, those commands are usually made of more complicated details in which we unconsciously gloss over. Making a small fireball using our method is a lot more difficult than normal people but larger spells such as Lightning Shower is more simple for us compared to other mages in contrast.”
“So that mean we're more suited to large scale complex spells compared to small scale simple spells?” I asked wanting to know more about myself which was strange since I was literally asking myself about it.
“Well....spamming small scale spells is something we do a lot as well so I suppose you're half right” replied the other me.
Anyway some more time passed by before the other me got to the point.
“Basically we merge together into one being.”
“...”
Isn't...that the whole reason we fought in the first place?
“Not exactly, doing that would just determine who was dominant in this body. Merging is a lot worse.”
Oh great we got from the bad option to an even worst option.
“To be frank, I don't know what will happen if we do merge, However its the only way for us to make it through this stage without one of us disappearing. I don't need to say what will happen if one of us disappears right? Another one will pop up and the cycle will repeat itself until we truly die.”
So...the only option is to merge then....I don't like the sound of it still.
“Anyway time to get this done with. Place your hand with mine. Don't worry, its not like we will die.”
“...”
“Well we may die but on the other hand our nature as a destroyer will cause us to die if we don't fix this immediately. Plus I'm the one more likely to be absorbed since you have more memories than me.”
Still a bit worried, I did what the other me told me to and placed my hand with his. A golden light consumed both of us as we both.....
Part 5 – The results
“Ow ow ow”
I crutched my head in pain as if there was hours of memories occurring at once. What the hell happened, I drank the potion from Warlic and then I blanked out.
I looked around and it seemed that I just fell down and woke up immediately.
“So....?” asked Warlic about something.
“What? I just blacked out for a second thanks to you.”
“Hmm....it seem to have worked” commented Warlic pointing his staff at me to create magic circles that analysed me.
“What worked?”
“The solution to your problem. Well nothing like before should happen for at least a while.”
Hmm....in that case I might go back now since I have nothing to do here.
A magic circle appeared under me and I teleported out of here.
Part 6 – The truth
“Warlic, you didn't tell him did you” said a certain green man in the shadows looking at everything that happened. Warlic grimming of the fate of Eden had sighed.
“Crysero it is not our business on what will happen to that child.”
“Even though we were the ones who dragged him into his current path by force?” Crysero unlike his normal attitude was very melancholy.
Perhaps it was due to something he knew or something he expected to happen, Crysero had no choice but to only watch like Warlic on the matter.
“The solution only allowed him to go deep inside to fix things” said Warlic, “It did nothing to stop his true nature from rampaging in the end but it did allow him to control himself for at least a while.It's as if something is accelerating the process in which Eden will fall....”
“Fate is moving and we can't stop it now.....well time to eat fish and bacon!” Crysero regaining his usual insane manner disappeared with those words.
“Fish and bacon....? What the hell is that?” said Warlic seeing Crysero disappearing from sight.
Warlic thought on what was to come for Eden. He could not escape fate forever no matter what he did. The Gods....no reality itself would allow Eden to become something else rather than be a destroyer but his fate was too twisted for anything to work.
He will one day be unable to control his impulses. He will one day end up like the rest. And he will at the end lose all hope.
“llyfr you are there right?”
[Yes what is it Warlic?]
llyfr voice resounded in the room even though he should be with Eden. It was unknown how or why this happened but llyfr was able to travel anywhere in this new world now.
“This world....has adapted to us didn't it. History and lore rewrote themselves to accumulate us.”
[Yes....I even met several old friends that should not exist here. Perhaps.....this is not another world but...another universe that is similar to ours]
Warlic thought deeply about it and it made sense.
“That would explain you meeting 'him' again and the fact that Destroyers are known to this world as well as ours. But it seems me and Crysero aren't recognised historically in this world. At most we can only reside in this world for another few years before having to go back.”
[Too bad, the magic in this world is new....but still tame. It would've been interesting to see where magic in this world went. I better go back before 'that thing' that's monitoring us suspects anything unusual]
With that llyfr disappeared from the room and Warlic was left alone. Once more he thought of Eden's end. It was something even the Gods could not prevent but given on how this world worked, it would take a lifetime before Eden had to meet his end.
“Now where are those last two mana fragments?” Warlic directed his worry elsewhere for now.
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Author's Notes:
- Word Count: 6600~
- Took me half a day of writing to finish this off
- Well it kinda went anti-climatic which was something I didn't be it was interesting to see what would Eden think of as a solution since those two fighting were literally evenly matched in all ways
- Just two more to go....
- Note that the next part will be split into two chapters. Namely chapter 9 is part 1 and chapter 10 is part two or something. No more time skips...well except for the beginning of the next chapter.
- Also I can see the bad end that Eden will eventually get...
- btw while I'm at it, is there mobile version of this site? Been reading stuff on my phone rather than computer recently.