NOVPUBI had a lot on my mind. It’s been a few hours since Adella told me about the Dragon Eaters’ approach. I’ve thought a lot about it and done my research on the Infernal Wiki (Callidora). I just needed to pay the price of some Souls of Demonic Gods that I have stored in the Communal Temple.
The only currency that Callidora accepts are Souls, and not the common ones, but rather those of powerful beings. Even so, what she gives in exchange is only information that clearly isn’t worth that high price.
It’s really not worth making a deal with Demons. They always get the upper hand. When we talk about Hell itself, I’m completely being robbed with every question.
"Are you sure you can do it?" (me)
"Yes, but the others will find it difficult." (Samara)
"I know, but I have few options here..." (me)
"(Master, he’s here.)" (Nix)
"Okan, take me outside and activate the Dragon’s lair." (me)
"..." (Okan)
"Don’t let your guard down." (Samara)
While I was talking to Samara, Nix who was watching outside warned me, it only took a glimpse using his eyes to see the Dragon approaching, so I commanded Okan to take me outside while Samara warned me with concern that I hadn’t seen before.
"You should go, join the others." (me)
"Be careful." (Nix)
"< Dimensional Dragon’s Lair >" (Okan)
Okan who was behind me seemed to be swallowed by the space around him, all traces of his presence disappeared leaving only me alone in the space surrounded by stars.
Looking in a certain direction, I noticed the Dragon approaching, its appearance the same as I saw in my Star Path.
A body hundreds of kilometers long, 3 horns and eyes that look like holes, even its wings are counted in 3 for some reason.
If it weren’t for the 3 pairs of wings and the horns, he would look like a large Serpent, his head doesn’t have many Dragon characteristics to begin with.
His body was covered in black metal armor, but now it was a little different, I could see purple vein patterns on the armor while the parts that weren’t covered had a mass of energy of multiple colors flowing, I knew that the armor was his true body, I learned this from Erkales who I devoured.
When he got a certain distance away, I broke an item with one of my hands, this was because I felt his Aura touching mine.
At that moment a crack opened behind me with a strong suction power that I didn’t try to resist, I felt his Aura vibrate momentarily as his body also seemed to be sucked in my direction.
It didn’t take more than 2 seconds for me to appear somewhere else, I was in the same asteroid field where we discovered the base of the Church of Light that was destroyed in our attack.
I used a consumable item that fused the powers of the Space Dragons to bring me here, this was an item that belonged to Adella and not me.
After I appeared, the rift I passed through trembled as something forced itself through, I moved several kilometers away as I returned to my Dragon form, the surrounding Asteroids were not even a hindrance to a God.
The rift expands more and more as cracks form around the rift, then from one of these cracks a large tail emerges, already attacking my neck, but I didn’t even look at it as I punched with all my power in the opposite direction.
My tail met the spear coming towards me, sending it away, while my fist hit the side of a head that seemed to be hidden by a layer of space.
Ripples from these two collisions that happened at the same time caused cracks to appear everywhere while the Asteroids were exotic in all directions at high speed.
Space itself then begins to ripple as it closes in on a space mirrored by the universe trying to contain the damage from our battle.
Because we were dragged here by the universe, the enemy’s body previously hidden in space reveals itself, it was almost wrapped around me, its tail attacking thousands of times behind my back while my own tail deflected the blows.
With an extra effort, my Aura rippled against his Aura, forcing us both back a few dozen kilometers.
"I didn’t expect that, how did you know about our ability?"
"Erkales, do you forget who killed him?" (me)
"You lie, the two of you fought without moving away and it was impossible to notice this ability without the target trying to escape, something you didn’t do."
"Does it matter how I found out?" (me)
"It matters, it matters a lot..."
ROAAAAARRRR!!!
"interesting..."
"..." (me)
He doesn’t seem nervous, but I know he’s planning something, his roar just now must have been some kind of warning to his companions.
Thanks to the information I managed to get from Callidora, I learned about the Dragon Eaters’ ability to attach themselves to their targets using their Auras, because of this ability they can always find their targets and the mark they placed on me is also based on this innate ability.
But this was also a flaw that I took full advantage of, knowing that they wouldn’t want to reveal that they were in greater numbers than they had revealed, only one of them would use this ability to attach themselves to me, counting on this I dragged one of them away in a truly separate fight.
That’s why I had to use myself as bait, for the beginning of this plan to work, even with the information I managed to get from Callidora, there was no absolute certainty that only one of them would try to attach themselves to me, that’s why I didn’t let anyone else stay by my side at that moment.
"Dragon, you really know us, but it doesn’t matter if you found out by yourself or by others."
"I’ll give you two options, join us or be hunted..."
"< Divine Summon: Unholy Eclipse Sword >" (me)
"Do you think you can fool me?" (me)
"Even if I believe that falsehood, do you think I’ll join you!?" (me)
I’ve learned how to summon my Star Sword directly from my Divine Weapon, I can’t waste time fusing the two parts with the sword every time, I need a quick Summon to use in an intense battle.
With a flick of my hand, the Cursed Sun and Shattered Moon circle around my fist that shatters space before I pull out my sword, the two celestial bodies disappearing in the process.
The whole time I was keeping an eye on the enemy while paying attention to the surroundings, he was very calm and wasting time with this conversation for one reason, to buy time.
Callidora said that the Dragon Eaters hate all Dragons more than any other race, they feed on Dragons more than just to seek power, but as a way to assert themselves above the Dragons as a superior race. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
But none of this changes the fact that they are copies and this makes their obsession with Dragons something unhealthy for them, the act of me devouring one of them already makes me an enemy, but because I am a Dragon it makes everything worse, it humiliates them as a whole.
There is no way they can make me one of them, either he will want to take me back with them to humiliate me in front of all the Dragon Eaters or he just wants to buy even more time for God’s companions to catch up with us.
Regardless of the reason, I wouldn’t give them that opportunity. With the sword already in my hands, I concentrate the power of Chaos into the blade, which lights up while activating one of my techniques, creating teeth on the blades while my Chaotic Consumer skill flows into the blade.
"< 1st Star Sword Art: World Consumer >" (me)
"< Galaxy of Rot >"
With the sword in my hands, I give a push with my wings, but as soon as my sword meets his claws, all the energy that forms his body explodes outwards, releasing stars and multicolored mists with a greater concentration of the colors green, purple and red.
His Aura disappeared as it spread to every corner, space ripples as if it were corrupted and melting, revealing strange stars, a strange gravity and energy flows form while a Green Sun appears with planets permeating it around it and a mist of purple energy flows around it like a storm.
A feeling of rot and filth was all around me as there seemed to be countless pairs of eyes on me. This wasn’t a Territory, it was more like he had expanded a space that already existed within him to replace the surroundings.
In front of me, what was left was only what was part of his armor. This was his true body. The vein marks on the armor were pulsing as the armor closed in on itself Soon, what was left was a body with a humanoid upper body with 3 pairs of arms and a long tail with a spear-like tip. The 3 pairs of wings on his back were now closer together, almost looking like just 1 very large pair of wings. The only thing that didn’t change was his head, which was abnormally large compared to the rest of his body.
His entire body seemed to be made of metal. His eyes, which looked more like holes with something floating inside, were fierce as they locked onto me.
