NOVPUBDing!
Just staying awake was proving difficult, I had to rely solely on my willpower for this as there was nothing left beyond that.
"I need... ahhh... to recover a little... a little at least... ahhh..." (I)
I was exhausted in every way possible, I used Divine Incarnation 2 times in a row and maintained it for a long period of time, I also pushed my limits too much by letting Hinata possess my body and now these actions are taking their dues at the first sign of relief.
"(This is Tarzor, this Planet itself is possibly an enemy, there are also many Evil Gods and criminals in this place, if I lose consciousness I won’t even know how I died.)" (I)
My body is still full of internal injuries from the weight of what I did, Erkales’ attacks also broke many of my bones and my Soul suffered some impacts due to the last blow I performed.
I also have zero energy and have difficulty recovering due to exhaustion, but I still have the 3 Sources of Power continuously nourishing my energy, I just need to recover a little to keep that energy within me.
Ding! Ding!
I ignore the notifications, I can’t be distracted right now, so I pull out all the barrels and bottles of blood I have stored in my storage items.
I may not have the strength for many things, but moving the blood using my will is something fundamental for me, using my Aura to take control over the blood in these containers forming piles around me, I created a tornado of blood around me, quickly nourishing my body.
"(Something is wrong, recovery is very slow.)" (I)
Normally I am able to use 100% of the power contained in the blood and can use this to both recover my energy and heal my body with the Vitality contained in the blood, but now I feel like I am wasting most of that energy as if I could only take advantage of 15 % up to 20% of the power contained in the blood, the rest was disappearing somewhere.
"What the hell..." (I)
When I tried to feel the flow of energy within me, I realized that the mark on my Soul was lifting the equivalent of 25% of all the power I was absorbing, the other more than 55% was being taken to my Blood Core where Niryna sleeps waiting to be born. 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑝𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"CALLIDORA!!!" (I)
I could only scream her name in fury, there’s nothing I can really do against her, I don’t know if she’s doing it for Niryna or maybe she’s doing it to make up for the frustration of not being able to take the rest of Erkales’ loss, but she You’re taking your anger out on me.
"Damn bastard." (I)
After consuming so much blood, half of my internal injuries healed, my bones were fixed in place, the feeling of falling unconscious at any moment lessened along with the weakness I felt before.
I finally managed to stand up without having to worry about falling, but the weakness was still there, I also didn’t recover almost any energy.
"Maybe I can do something recycling..." (I)
I walked to the sword that killed Erkales, it was still there and when I touched it it was simple to absorb my Divine Weapon which returned to my hands, it was also easy to absorb what was left of the Holy Power and other energies contained in the Star Sword.
"Around 30%, maybe a little less, but it’ll do for now." (I)
My power was far from recovered, I also wouldn’t be able to use Divine Incarnation for a while, I was scared and apprehensive about the situation, but there was one more thing I wanted to be sure of.
"How long are you going to watch me without showing up?" (I)
"My senses may not reach you, but I can feel your eyes on me, so show up." (I)
"You took too long with your combat." (Mother of the Grave)
Just as I suspected, there was someone watching, I was brought here and they released Erkales to fight me, it was obvious that there were people watching, one of which I already knew to be this ’Mother of the Grave’ that I had seen before, but I expected Tarzor revealed itself.
"What do you want, I know it’s not to kill me or you could have taken advantage of my earlier moment of weakness, so what do you guys want?" (I)
I see the smile on her face, a sadistic and amused smile as if she were watching a show, this woman is like a bad version of Lilith.
I was trying to dig the reason for all this, I can’t understand what is happening here, I could have died against Erkales, I won with great difficulty and making a bet using all my power in the end, so I could have died in that battle.
It would be normal to think that they want me dead, but if that were the case they would have taken advantage of that moment to kill me, which they didn’t, so it can only be some kind of test or ordeal where I could die if I fail.
I just don’t know what they’re looking for with this, I also don’t know what to expect at the end, are they giving me time to rest now or is this the end?
"(I need to know where I stand.)" (I)
"Just tell me the truth." (I)
"I don’t need to tell you anything, but you did well to defeat a Dragon Eater, so you can take what you came for, if you can take it at all." (Mother of the Grave)
"You don’t need to worry about your friend either, she’ll be waiting for you ’if’ you can get out, hahahaha hahahahhaha..." (Mother of the Grave)
Suddenly the life of the great serpent opens revealing Cinthia sleeping wrapped around the Serpent’s tongue.
"You bastard! What did you do to her? Where are the others!?" (I)
She didn’t even say anything else, just maintained a cruel smile as she disappeared as quickly as she appeared, then I felt 3 Divine level presences coming towards me.
"That’s bad, I have a few minutes at most, they already felt me." (I)
"(Hinata is sleeping deeply and my Soul hasn’t recovered, I can’t use Divine Incarnation and my connection with my Familiars is still blocked... what can I do...?)" (I)
I needed a solution, so I tried to think of something, this time they were Deities coming to me, I didn’t know if they were just Evil Gods with Fragments of Divinity or if there would be one with a complete Divinity, I didn’t even know the strength of each of them.
"(Death... curse... wait!)" (I)
"Yes, how could I forget, if she could do it without an Essence, then so can I!" (I)
I took a deep breath as I tried to keep my mind focused, I needed a lot of concentration since I had to do something I’ve never done before in a very short time.
I focused my mind on reaching 4 of my Essences, first I used the 3 Essences linked to natural energies trying to suck the energies faster.
"(The roots form the earth, the trunk becomes a firm column that supports the world and the branches form the sky whose stars are the leaves revealing an endless depth... an image and a single flow, 3 energies that form a single nature and thus an environment is formed.)" (I)
"< Territory: Ruler >" (I)
"< Eclipse Star Garden >" (I)
"(I can’t... I can’t... so all I have to do is...)" (I)
I couldn’t create a Territory, it was like trying to create a field by cutting down petrified trees that are actually made of diamond, I couldn’t move forward and so I did something similar to what Nix did with the Dungeon, I created the Territory within myself, in truth in my shadow.
From this Territory I used the 3 Essences to form a point where the Sources of Power can nourish me with their energies, at the same time I used my Divine Weapons to activate my Anomalous Chaos Essence creating Starfire in my hands, then I use my Anomalous Devourer power of Chaos in my Aura to devour the energy of death and Curse around me.
If I can’t use those energies, I just devour them and let the Power of Chaos transform those energies into something more useful to me.
Doing these two things at the same time put great strain on my Soul once again, but I felt the effects immediately.
The Territory in my shadow was successfully opened even at a very small size, then filled with the natural powers provided by the Power Sources that I quickly absorbed into my body, it was like pouring water into a dry desert.
Meanwhile the power of death was devoured by my Aura being taken to the Fragmented Moon where it was converted into the power of Life, the power of the Curse was devoured and taken to the Cursed Sun where it was converted into Demonic power.
"(It’s working...)" (I)
In less than 1 minute I felt my 3 energies recovered by more than 70%, I could also feel my body completely healed, but of course my mind and Soul were on the contrary having once again supported the weight of what I needed to do.
My Aura suddenly vibrated, stopping devouring the energy of the surroundings and the Territory in my surroundings fell apart, my mind was very heavy and my senses were slower, but the worst thing was my Soul vibrating as if it was shivering from the cold inside the ice.
"They are coming... I can’t show weakness..." (I)
Sigh
My body was completely recovered and my power was almost completely healed, understanding what was happening, I looked fine on the outside, so I returned to my Dragon form and prepared myself by creating some traps when they arrived.
"(2 Evil Gods and a Demon God...)" (I)
"(Crap...)" (I)
Ding!
