NOVPUB"She was weaker than the other one I defeated..." (me)
"I got you!"
"Come back here!!!" (Arash)
Before I could even celebrate my victory, a large number of teeth came towards me, I didn’t have time to dodge or think, they appeared crossing the space right in front of me, when I realized it was already too late.
Luckily I was pulled back and I could see as the space closed 7 Dragons fighting against a Black Dragon a little bigger than the others, all of them were covered in wounds, but while the Black Dragon bled from its wounds, its opponents who looked like metal statues had energy flowing through their wounds.
More than half of those 7 Dragon Eaters were looking at me as if they wanted to advance towards me at any second, but they were afraid thus allowing the dense space to close.
"(There are many more than I initially thought.)" (me)
When I looked at the others, I realized that my Familiars were having an advantageous battle, but their blows were having little effect, only Hinata was truly causing moderate damage.
My two Heralds were doing much better, but I couldn’t see Samara anywhere, it was then that I realized something and a chill took over me.
"< Territory: Divine Realm >" (me)
I wasn’t truly trying to create a Divine Realm, just the attempt was enough, the Divine power trying to force the creation of a new space, this was something that faced great resistance from the universe since we were already inside a mirrored space.
The waves of power from the universe trying to resist me made the entire space vibrate, that’s when I saw that there was a Dragon almost three times my size looking at me, there were several wounds on its body that were closing as energy continued to escape continuously.
This Dragon had masses of almost crystallized energy in its body, its armor was embracing this mass of almost crystallized energy, its Aura was unstable and looked very much like some kind of beast, its head lacked the space for something round, there was a hole, perhaps the eye since there doesn’t seem to be any at the moment.
Even so, its unstable Aura was locked on me, Samara was in front of it with a crystal attached to chains swinging like a balloon in her hands.
"You found me... good..."
"Don’t get close to her, master!" (Samara)
"Don’t worry, I won’t bite... maybe..."
"What’s going on?" (me)
That Dragon Eater is clearly very strong, stronger than the one I could defeat now and even stronger than the last one that was devoured before I could defeat it previously.
Samara approaches me as she opens her mouth, stretching out a devilish tongue that wrapped around the balloon (Anomalous Core) attached to her chains, then swallows it, causing her mouth and throat to expand in the process before disappearing inside her body.
"She seems to have been injured by God Akatosh, she is also partially sealed, but that won’t last long." (Samara)
"Only you and I could see through the deception, we were fighting her divided bodies." (Samara)
"No need to say that... they are a part of me... they are me..."
"Similar to the divided bodies of the Mother of Truth that you defeated, they are disposable parts with only a portion of her power." (Samara)
"She has so much stored power that it was starting to crystallize." (Samara)
"(She’s still trying to trick us, the enemies we’ve defeated and the ones the others are still fighting are failures.)" (Samara)
"We should stay away until God Akatosh returns, we can help the others defeat those 3 in the meantime." (Samara)
"(I noticed something strange during my fight, but now that I’ve managed to seal one of the Anomalous Cores inside me and have been able to analyze it, I’m sure.)" (Samara)
"(She’s more injured than she looks, she could die at any moment and she’s trying to refine a new body inside herself, even if she’s weaker she’ll still be too strong...)" (Samara)
"What’s this?" (Hades)
"I warned you that I sensed something strange." (Zaya)
"Come here, be careful!" (me)
"Master!" (Hades/Zaya)
"(We have to attack her now, she’s not too weak, we just need to...)" (Samara)
I wave my hands at the 3 of them while in the corner of my senses I see my Familiars gaining an advantage against their enemy, it won’t be long before they’re finished, Hades and Zaya also passed me the Cores as well as the body of their enemy, they sealed everything together, I didn’t even look and just swallowed it directly while my attention was on the enemy in front of me.
"How many of you came?" (me)
"A few, we’re attacking another universe at the moment, we can’t all come here."
"(Something’s wrong, don’t do anything.)" (me)
"Am I that important to deserve all this attention?" (me)
"You have no idea, besides being so nutritious, you did something really disgusting by sharing our power with the Dragons of this Universe." "Do you think I didn’t notice the Anomalous power of that Dragon God!? You damn bastard!!"
Something was definitely wrong, I don’t doubt Samara’s words about how injured this enemy was, I doubt even less about his attempt to refine a new body, but that wasn’t what I was worrying about.
When I noticed something strange, I let part of my power flow to my Familiars, they managed to devastate their enemies with the power of chaos that I sent, then they were sealing what was left of the enemy and it wouldn’t take long for them to get close.
"Since you brought it up, where is this Dragon God? I don’t think he would leave you behind." (me)
"Where is he?" (me)
"Don’t worry, he’s alive..."
"SAMARA!!!" (me)
"< Infernal Chains: Butcher’s Net >" (Samara)
"< Unholy Magic: Predator’s Corruption >" (me)
I couldn’t be more anxious now, I noticed the even greater fluctuation in the enemy’s already collapsing Aura when I mentioned the Dragon God, he was one of the first to attack and he’s not here, that means something.
There can only be two options, he was caught or he encountered a greater danger than this enemy, if he’s not here there must be a greater possibility that he’s facing a stronger enemy just like Arash was doing.
I couldn’t waste time, the situation on the Nix panel was already unknown, but any enemy or enemies that are strong enough to make the Dragon God abandon this heavily injured Dragon Eater without delivering the final blow means a truly frightening scenario, especially when they’re here to go after me.
With my signal, Samara begins the attack with her chains that explode from within her body, veins pulsating directly inside the crystal chains that even seem to have fragments of bones inside, forming a network that moves like a creature opening its large jaws against its prey.
I immediately wave my hand, a Purple Sun and a Fragmented Moon appear on the back of my hand, amplifying my power while my blood leaks out, already crystallizing into a magic circle that activates immediately by releasing countless red stars emitting a presence of pure hunger. n𝚘vp𝚞𝚋.com
This magic was something imbued with my Chaotic Consumer ability, it was strengthened by the Anomalous power concentrated by my Divine Weapon.
The stars rearrange themselves forming a constellation in the shape of a Dragon, like a school of fish taking the form of a larger fish.
These stars move in sync as parts of a whole, a murderous presence full of hunger sinks into Samara’s chains that surround the Dragon Eater.
I felt her struggling and even managing to destroy some chains, but none of that mattered, her power was being devoured and ripped from her already injured body, she had no time or conditions to escape from the beginning, all the while she was buying time.
Samara’s chains gained the brightness of the stars while the pulsating veins inside looked like a river of blood passing through the stars, a macabre sight, especially when the chains released an Aura that took the form of claws and jaws attacking the enemy’s entire body at the same time.
I wasn’t sparing any of my power and Samara seemed to be following suit, her blood flowing through the chains trying to repair any destruction the enemy caused, this bought us a little more time making what was being done faster.
I didn’t dare to completely absorb this power, I was transferring it to the Star Path, but specifically to where Tarzor’s egg was being nurtured.
I could feel that it wasn’t just power and energy that was being devoured, I felt traces of the power of Essence and traces of universal fragments, it wasn’t something I could contain within myself, just serving as a medium for it was already difficult enough.
But it was worth it, the enemy decreased in size, the almost crystallized energy in its body was becoming smaller while at the same time becoming more malleable and less crystallized.
In a few seconds only the metal that was its true body remained, it was possible to see a humanoid body being condensed in a more central part of the body, it was around what seemed to be the core that was the exact size of the hole I saw before in its head.
"Together with me!" (me)
"< Unholy Seal: Infernal Eclipse >" (me/Samara)
This wasn’t exactly a single spell, but rather a combination of two sealing spells combined. The two magic circles appeared above and below the enemy’s chained body. The magic circles doubled as they merged with the chains, squeezing the enemy into a ball that began to burn in a stellar focus The chains became even redder as they pulsed like veins.
In the end, it looked like a black sun trapped by veins. A scream of agony was continually released in torment, and I could feel the Dragon Eater inside still being refined, with the remains of its power flowing more slowly toward me.
Samara pulled this ’black sun trapped in veins’ toward me. With a thought of mine, my shadow rose up, assuming the shape of a large dragon head that swallowed everything at once, and was taken close to Tarzor’s egg.
"This isn’t over."
"!!!!" (me)
"..." (everyone)
"..." (Samara)
