NOVPUBI was inside the mansion thinking about everything that happened and going over everything in my mind, the enemies in the end escaped, at least the strongest ones, it seems that there were more than 10 Dragon Eaters in total, the one we were facing doesn’t count since they were copies made by a single enemy.
So I basically only defeated two, 3 were defeated by the Dragons in the ambush where they used me as bait while the other 4 were those that Arash was facing while Akatosh fought the last one outside the universe.
Akatosh only managed to tie with that enemy, according to him, his power as a God decreases a lot or is almost completely nullified outside the universe, but even so he is still a Dragon God, his base power is already very large and this decrease does not mean as much as it would for other Gods, especially since he has traces of Anomalous power.
It seems that of the 4 enemies Arash was facing, 1 was defeated, the second had his Anomalous Core ripped out while the other two were just carrying heavy injuries, that’s when a surprise attack came and incapacitated him while the enemies fled.
It was at that moment that we happened to arrive, all of this was really stressful, that means that half of them escaped, one of them with such great power that he couldn’t enter the universe, at least for now.
I just sink into my own shadow before appearing at the gates of the Communal Temple where I enter, the people of the city couldn’t see me, their eyes didn’t even look in my direction as I entered unnoticed and stopped in front of the statue of Akatosh.
"Can I talk to you?" (me)
Lol!!
Suddenly the space in front of me opens as if a pair of claws were forcing the sides of a crack to open.
Looking around at the people walking around the main hall and choosing the statues of their Gods to pray to, I realized that they couldn’t see this crack, so I walked forward without reservation.
When I entered the crack behind me didn’t close, I also looked around. I was on an asteroid that had been cut to be flat, there were many like this in the surroundings as if they were islands in the sea of stars, some of them had mountains, others had forests, some had the desolation of the desert and others ice dunes, the one where I was was where a marble building lightly decorated with jewels stood, it was as if this place exuded the feeling of time because it was so old, yet everything seemed new as if it had just been built.
I walked forward being guided by a presence that lit up like a beacon indicating the way.
The entire place didn’t show off any wealth or authority, it was as if they had built it and left it for nature to take back, some vines and dust were in the corners, some scratches were found on the ground almost forming a path that was the same one I was following.
It didn’t take long for me to arrive at a hall that seemed to have been cut in half along with the asteroid giving a wide view, a view of countless islands floating in the sea of stars and a Sun in the middle surrounded by Dragon Totems.
It was a spectacular and eccentric sight, the kind of thing I was traveling to see in the past before I was entangled in so many conflicts.
I look to a corner where the only individual besides me was, he was young and was sitting on the floor with one knee bent high where he supported one of his arms, a large bowl folding from a bathtub was in front of him filled with a thick translucent liquid, he picked it up and lifted it with just his fingertips emptying all the contents in a single gulp before lowering it again, the strange thing was that the same thing emerged from the bottom once again as if there was a fountain inside granting an endless supply of this drink.
The young man who was drinking while contemplating the landscape was none other than Akatosh himself. I approach and sit beside him. An identical vessel floats from the stars to rummage in front of me. I pick it up and look at it without reservation.
"..." (me)
"(Strong... it almost seems like... I see.)" (me)
"You are a Dragon God, just like me and now Arash. Our offerings are not Faith, they are Wills carrying the understanding of the strength that the True Dragons who follow us believe in." (Akatosh)
"Similar to my Star Path." (me)
"Yes, this is my Divine Realm. There are few Gods who have this type of Divine Realm. They are called a Pantheon, a place that does more than just store Divine power and Faith. A place that represents the core of a God who truly seeks to guide those who believe." (Akatosh)
"For you, they are the paths and those who walk them expressing their Wills, for me, they are these islands that were carved by force in their infinite meanings." (Akatosh)
He was teaching me something that not even my mother had told me, I don’t even know if my sisters know about it, but the responsibility of this increased more than I imagined what I’m doing, guiding someone is the same as being an example, which I don’t believe is a good example.
"Did you come to ask about the Dragon Eaters?" (Akatosh)
"Yes, but that’s all." (me)
"Just ask." (Akatosh)
I don’t have many questions and I don’t think he’ll answer everything, in fact I’m left with even more questions than I had before.
"The one you were facing, why didn’t he enter our universe?" (me)
"You’ve seen how Gods lose their Divinity when they enter a different universe, right?" (Akatosh)
"You’re talking about Evil Gods." (me)
"Yes, the power of the Essence is the greatest that can exist, that’s why Gods use the Essence they understand to give birth to their Divinities, in most cases it’s a process of ascension, but there are also rare cases that happen naturally like Spirits and Fairies, the same goes for me." (Akatosh)
"Dragons are the definition of power, the Essence itself is already part of us in a certain sense, that’s why Fire Dragons can understand the power of the Essence of Fire, Earth Dragons can understand the power of the Essence of Earth and Death Dragons can understand the power of the Essence of Death." (Akatosh)
"The Dragon Eaters are false Dragons, they do not understand what strength is, so they steal the power of others." (Akatosh)
"But then the question remains, how can they fight against Dragons who naturally understand the power of Essences?" (Akatosh)
"They must also possess the power of Essences..." (me)
"Correct, Dragon Kings already have a complete Essence, Dragon Emperors can already integrate their Authority and Essence to a certain extent, Primordial Dragons already have an incomplete Divinity at least, and the vast majority are already Dragon Gods." (Akatosh)
"Dragon Eaters need the power of Essence to fight Dragons, but then another question arises, how will they keep the power of Essence out of their universes?" (Akatosh)
"..." (me)
The power of the Essence breaks outside its universe, this is exactly what happens to Evil Gods, Deities become Fragments containing only parts of an Essence that does not match the universe they enter, Complete Essences are almost extinguished or become a mere spark when entering a different universe and probably the Essences that are not complete are completely destroyed without leaving a trace.
"(Maybe they...)" (me)
Suddenly the scene of my battle comes back to me, that Dragon Eater that I dragged with me, he expanded a space different from the Territories, it was more like a real space that was replacing that part of the universe where we were, I remember that most of my Essences became even weaker and harder to use because of it.
"(What did he call that...?)" (me)
"Galaxy of Rot... did he create a Galaxy?" (me)
"It seems that one of the ones he faced showed you, but no, he didn’t create a Galaxy, he stole part of a universe imprisoning it inside himself where it is slowly refined the more he eats." (Akatosh)
"This kind of power allows them to keep their Essences inside these small pieces of universe and gives them access to the power of the Essence." (Akatosh)
"But this power is not so easily controlled, that’s why the Dragon Eaters are stronger with their bodies than with the use of power, they are only means for this power and do not truly control these Essences, they are similar to Living Weapons." (Akatosh)
"Those who attacked directly only possess incomplete universe fragments that can overlap ours at most, but the one I fought, he had a true universe within him, a universe created by him completely refining his universe fragment by fusing many different Essence powers." (Akatosh)
"To put it simply, a universe cannot contain another universe within itself, that’s why he wasn’t able to enter, at least not now." (Akatosh)
"So he can enter later?" (me)
"He just needs to merge, adapt, break the Essences inside his universe making it unstable and then once he’s inside, merge them again to make his little universe something similar to the scattered Space." (Akatosh)
"This isn’t the kind of thing that’s easy or quick to do and that’s how I interrupted him in the middle of the process." (Akatosh)
"This is crazy..." (me)
"(Isn’t it the same as what I’m doing with Tarzor? Kind of different, but basically the same thing...)" (me)
