NOVEL WEB Chapter 1991: Demonic Alter Ego
Chapter 1991: Demonic Alter Ego
The thousands of demons that Pandemonium had summoned to battle the Venerable of Flames didn't all die easily, upon the destruction of the inheritance trial building, the majority of them were sent flying away, most died, their souls, however, didn't.
Drake didn't bother teleporting them anywhere, but in that moment that the explosion happened, and space was distorted because the Venerable's divine realm bubble exploded, they all gathered together, hundreds of thousands of them, manifesting a demon gate by Pandemonium's orders.
He had tried to recycle the demon souls inside of the demon gate so he could gain more power but was distracted as Drake attacked him in the middle of all, unable to claim those souls, he abandoned them and no longer cared.
The demonic souls converged into a demon gate that, through the distortion of space, moved incredibly far away, collapsing near the ruins of an ancient civilization that lived here.
The door was alive, it was a demon by itself, a monster that existed within the boundaries of this reality and the dimension where demons were born endlessly from, Hell.
This demon absorbed all the souls, and these souls became one with him, they were all one big hivemind, a specter composed of millions of souls as the souls from the gate itself merged with him.
"WHAT... ARE WE...?! THIS IS...! WE ARE ONE? BEING... A SINGULAR ENTITY?!"
This was something that had never happened, perhaps due to the distortion in space, a new demonic lifeform was born, one that resembled a gigantic specter composed of millions of souls, and with an internal demon gate inside of their ethereal body.
However, despite how strong they seemed, there was a glaring weakness, without a proper vessel, a physical body to hold their power, they were dissipating and fading away instantly... unable to remain in this world for longer!
"THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING TO US...! AFTER BECOMING LIKE THIS... AFTER BECOMING SOMETHING NEW... WE ARE DISSAPEARING?!"
Pandemonium was no longer within their minds at all either, he was far away, or his control over them had weakened severely as this new, distorted lifeform was born by an accident caused by the explosion of dimensional essence from the inheritance trial internal space.
It was an independent lifeform unlike any other, with many minds together as one, and many dreams and desires... The priority of helping their master, Pandemonium.
Was rapidly overwritten by a selfish and mutual desire to become themselves and live as they pleased.
One could say that through this accident, the demons, this group of demons, managed to evolve beyond being Pandeonium's obedient pawns.
In fact, there was no obedience or loyalty left within their shared minds after their souls merged and were distorted by the dimensional essence!
However, there was some respect for him, they admired his power and independence, his freedom.
They wanted that too, freedom!
Power!
And for that...
They needed a body.
"A POWERFUL BODY... WHERE...?! WHERE CAN WE OBTAIN... AAAAHH!"
Their countless eyes widened as they sensed a perfect, weakened vessel. Someone that had almost died, holding immense draconic and divine power.
A powerful divine body carrying ancient bloodline, and an even bigger and stronger divine soul, no matter how much you stuffed inside, he would be able to hold it all and more.
"PERFECT...! PERFECT! IT HAS TO BE HIM! OUR NEW BODY...! OUR NEW VESSEL!
The swarm of demonic souls, almost a million of them, rushed underground, and then quickly reached the body, that of a green feathered, beaked beast.
A wind dragon, Emerald.
They invaded his body and then his mind, noticing how weak he was, they took advantage of his weak mentality and possessed him.
FLUOSH!
An explosion of infernal flames erupted from Emerald's body, as the winds he controlled became even more furious and mad, rushing from the skies above beneath and destroying the ruins where he, Amehia, and Tyrannus ended at.
BOOOOMM!!
Emerald tried to fight back, but his mind was too weak, shattered, he was assimilated by the swarm of demonic souls, and became dominated by them.
His personality was twisted, his mind became one with them, but he wasn't completely
gone...
If anything, because despite having many minds, this specter had never tasted true free will before, it lacked a proper personality.
They fused with him, creating something else.
An alter ego.
"WE WILL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT!"
"YOU WANT TO BE STRONG?!"
"YOU WANT TO BE BRAVE?"
"YOU WANT TO NOT BE AFRAID OF EVERYTHING?"
"WE'LL GRANT IT TO YOU! AS LONG AS YOUR BODY IS OURS!"
Amehia and Tyrannus glanced in horror as Emerald's body floated in midair, and then his eyes opened, glowing bright red.
His wounds were covered in demonic flames and heavenly winds, healing an instant.
Wings grew back again immediately, overflowing with demonic energy, as he suddenly grew a second pair.
His bright green, yellow, and blue feathers changed colors, becoming red, black, and yellow. His body became thrice as large, and a second pair of large, burly arms appeared above his
own.
His entire body became burlier and more muscular, his sharp claws gained even bigger and tougher black scales, and his talons were even larger and deadlier.
His disfigured face and his beak were also regenerated, as he gained a large, sharp black and red colored beak, and a crown made of pointy black and red feathers above his head, alongside a pair of black demonic horns.
"HEHEHE... HAHAHAHA! AT LAST! WE HAVE A BODY! WE ARE FREE! WE ARE ONE!"
"E-Emerald? EMERALD!"
Amehia cried for her husband, calling for him from below, Tyrannus looked at Emerald in
horror, sensing that he was no longer being himself anymore.
"W-Wait Amehia! Don't call him! He's no longer the Emerald we know!"
"But that's...!"
"HMMM?"
Emerald looked down, realizing that they were calling for him. His eyes glowed with the
fierce desire to burn them to cinders.
"PERFECT... OUR FIRST KILL! YOU WILL BECOME OUR FIRST, TASTY MEAL-"
As he was about to kill them, however, he stopped.
""
Something within him made him stop.
"E-Emerald? Is that you? C-Can you hear me?!"
Amehia tried to call him, but Emerald's face, which had a snarky smirk, changed into
something more serious.
For a moment, within his red eyes, Amehia saw the red light of her beloved husband.
And yet...
"He's not here anymore... Go hide somewhere else safe."
He spread out his four blazing wings and flew away.
FLAAASH!