NOVPUBPov Niryna:
I was in a lake that I created inside my Divine Kingdom using Zenos’ blood. At that moment, I had multiple screens created by my power in the selection of characteristics and which bloodlines, races, and types of power come from.
I was getting frustrated. Baal is basic and efficient. The creation was almost a basic tutorial, so there was no difficulty. Lara, even though it was something I did completely alone, doesn’t need difficult-to-find characteristics, making the selection of Races, Affinities, and bloodlines very flexible, which need to be compatible to a certain degree to work at least.
But Dante is being a Challenge. The transformation ability is found more among Beastmen. The Soul I’m using is heavily influenced by darkness, making it difficult to balance the Fire affinity. I want your focus to be on your reaction speed, speed, and strength.
Not to mention all this balance, I have to literally build the body with my hands, the position of the muscles, the bone structure, the nerves, the organs and configure several practical things in all of this like the basic systems of natural functioning of all of this.
I was never good at biology, I had to study this area after being born here, which was strange considering the overwhelming differences between the multiple races, I was immensely surprised at how easy it was to memorize all of that in a few days.
"That should be enough, but the transformation ability is still a problem..." (me)
"It seems to work perfectly, it has the potential to transform and return to normal as you wanted." (Callidora)
"Yes, but I don’t know what will transform, it has the potential, but I still need the Soul and only after that will come the acquisition of abilities taking into account the complete existence." (me)
"You can’t control everything, you’re lucky that the Blood of Zenos gives you so much freedom, I had to create my own ocean of refined blood for a few thousand years, so don’t complain." (Callidora)
"I guess you’re right, I can’t be too picky... wait! One of the Heralds of Zenos is an expert in this... if I’m not mistaken her name was Haku, more than half of the books I studied were written by her." (me)
"That’s a good choice, even if she doesn’t have my level of knowledge, her genius and creativity are amazing, it would also make manipulating the Blood of Zenos easier." (Callidora)
"(I can’t forget about the magic pistols, I gave in to the pistols on Lara’s high heels, I even left aside the firearms in general with her, but this time I’ll try to keep the essence without inventing too much.)" (me)
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Pov Zenos:
I’m tired, so many things to think about, so many responsibilities on my back, so many worries in my heart and even though I’m a God with unlimited lifespan, it always seems like I don’t have enough time.
Sigh
"How are things there, Tarzor?" (me)
"(My body still falls asleep often, but if it’s about your wife, she’s still unconscious.)" (Tarzor)
"How long until you’re complete?" (me)
"(For the first time in my existence, I am complete, but the nature of my existence has changed greatly, adapting to and controlling this nature is proving challenging.)" (Tarzor)
"How long?" (me)
"(I don’t know...)" (Tarzor)
"(But it shouldn’t take more than 1 year, possibly less than that...)" (Tarzor)
Sigh
"Thank you." (me)
I stand up and look into the distance, I’m in the middle of a forest, the monsters in this place don’t dare to approach me, just one of the many stars that make up Okan.
"Okan, where is Niryna?" (me)
"Answering to you, I can’t find her." (Okan)
"So she’s not finished yet, I see... take me to the mansion." (me)
Okan rises from my shadow creating a Dark Dragon head, after my command his jaws open creating a passage through which I pass arriving at the main hall of the mansion and there is already someone there waiting for me.
"My lord." (Hades)
"What do you need Hades?" (me)
"Nothing, my lord." (Hades)
"..." (me)
"I really don’t need anything, my lord... I came to advise you to rest." (Hades)
"Rest? Is this a joke?" (me)
"..." (Hades)
I have so many things taking up my time, Akatosh wants to start a final battle against Baldr in less than 1 month, such a battle will have almost all the Gods participating and will possibly make the Universe itself tremble.
All this without mentioning that there may be another attack by the Anomalous Dragons and I don’t even know if there will be any other enemy that could attack suddenly, it wouldn’t be a surprise if this happens with this shitty luck I have.
"Sir, we have considerable time until the battle deadline, Okan has already started his journey to meet with the Space Dragons and his Saints are preparing the troops, Cinthia and Magnus are training the most promising ones while Fiona, Kiara, Xagar and Zaya are training on their own, I myself can take care of the Star Path until the battle date." (Hades)
"(He seems genuinely worried, am I that bad?)" (me)
"Sir, rest for at least a week..." (Hades)
"I... I’ll consider it..." (me)
Sigh
Saying that I turn my body and go to my room, but I don’t look at the bed and go straight to the balcony where I lie sprawled looking at the sky.
It was still daytime and the Sun was in my face, but that didn’t bother me, I could literally stand in front of a Sun or land on its surface full of flames and it wouldn’t be harmful to me.
I lay there without doing anything, without thinking about anything, just letting time pass, letting the calm cover the problems under the mental carpet, my tiredness was so apparent that Hades needed to rub it in my face that I need to rest.
This affected me a bit, so I ended up falling into old habits, I lay on that balcony watching the Sun move across the sky until the moon took its place, the light giving way to darkness that veils multiple stars, suddenly the memories of the past came back to me.
That Vampire looking at the sky at night wondering what he should do, that Goblin looking at the stars wondering if he had become a real monster, that Leech looking through a broken temple roof at the moon searching among the stars for the willpower to survive.
But it didn’t stop there, for some reason I went back even further, to my previous life, I remember one of the nights I was admitted to that hospital, the laptop next to me rendering a part of my last game, it was one of the times I woke up from the coma with more forward once every 3 or 4 days, I had nothing to do and there was no one else in that hospital room, it was very late at night as I looked out the window, a starry sky confined in a window, the stars were barely visible because of the city light at night, but even so I found myself reflecting ’why do I continue?’, that question was never answered and I didn’t give up either.
I kept going back to my childhood, that day I had just been returned to the orphanage, it must have been the eighth time I think, that same day two other children that I was closest to were taken by the same couple, but I wasn’t happy, I was in the backyard after everyone went to sleep, sitting on the ground crying while looking at the sky, I felt alone, rejected and kept asking myself ’why? Why couldn’t I have a family?’, these things destroyed me inside for a while.
When I stood up on that balcony and looked beyond the forest to the city, those memories were still playing in my head, reflecting on the past and present during the night, a habit that never changed.
I smiled and looked at my hand, it seemed empty, but in my mind there were so many things in those hands, so many lives and ideals that I needed to carry, so much blood that ran from my claws like waterfalls.
"Rest can wait until I die, I need to get stronger." (me)
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Pov ???? (???):
I woke up trapped in a dark and flexible place, a blade appeared and by instinct I put my hands to hold its tip as if to defend myself, but I had no strength, the blade didn’t cut me either, the blade actually freed me from that place while pouring power into me.
"(That’s a large amount of condensed Demonic power... where am I?)" (me)
It didn’t take long to be pulled out of that place, I was being held by a woman, the horns on her head and the bluish skin showed me that her Race was Demonic, I was just a newborn Baby, but I could still turn my body thanks to the superior strength of the Demons.
I looked at the woman and realized that one of her hands was still holding a bloodstained dagger full of shining Runes, her belly was cut and her face was pale as she smiled at me.
As I looked around, my vision was still a bit blurry, but I could still make out the thousands of dried bodies on the ground, all kneeling in the fishing position, the woman holding me wasn’t doing too well, purplish red veins were gradually spreading across her body and she didn’t notice as she held me lovingly before fainting.
"(This body is inconvenient...)" (me)
I manipulated my power strengthening the various parts of my body before forcing a transformation by reconstructing the body, since the dead people no longer had souls in their bodies, I used my Aura to drag their bodies towards me, turning everything into blood that I consumed.
It took a few hours and I felt a great deal of pain, but I still managed to reconstruct the body, fortunately they were all Devils which made the process easier, it was also easy to withstand simple physical pain.
"A teenager, at least he’s still good for something, but this woman... my mother..." (me)
The woman who gave birth to me was the only one alive, looking now I realize that she was sitting on an altar, the Runes and magic circles explain the ritual to me, as well as the Sacrifices made, I look at the cruel woman who performed this and was still able to look at me in such a loving way.
"I liked you mom, good and evil in such a balance..." (me)
"I would also like to have a mother by my side in this life." (me)
"< Anomalous Demon Magic: Demonic Ascension >" (me)
I tear out one of my eyes and pricked it on her forehead between her horns, her head opens making room for the eye while all her veins pulse, I nod creating a barrier around her, this will last a few days.
"System, how much time do we have?" (me)
Ding!
<[ impossible to give a precise answer ]>
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<[ The System informs that Zenos has completed his ascension as the Primordial God and created a complete Pantheon ]>
"So Tarzor is ready, that’s good, he must have noticed our interference too, if we had more time he wouldn’t have needed to do things this way." (me) 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
Ding!
<[ Your Authority has been taken away for this feat, but the System is hastening your ascension ]>
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<[ You have successfully created [ Essence of the Anomalous Demon ] ]>
"I’ll hurry as much as I can, but I’m not promising anything, getting out of this universe will be hard enough." (me)
"Maybe I should use Hell as a passage... if I can convince him..." (me)
"I hope he’ll at least listen to me when we meet... Zenos..." (me)
