After Yunan finished absorbing the energy he felt himself gain a bit of nourishment, it was just a trace, but it was enough to be noticeable, Yunan understood how someone like the Pope could live so long and be so strong with only the power of faith, just a sliver of the power of emotion had granted him a noticeable upgrade, even if it was minute, it was a lot compared to the original amount.
"So you now understand why Yggdrasil did not want my books and notes to spread after i became an ascended, this kind of power needed regulation and strict standards to be taught, even if i left it behind it was too hard to use it to form divinity, at best people could only do bodily enhancement" the man kept swinging nonchalantly before saying something that took Yunan by surprise. "You lied to me, boy"
"Sorry about that, but as you can tell, i am too weak to defend myself, i have to take precautions" Yunan responded softly, the man beside him did not seem like the demon he was portrayed as but still there was no harm in being cautious about talking to strangers, being calm and not running away from this location was already better than what many would do.
"How did he die? Did you kill him?" Apophis asked this time with a bit of hostility in his voice, however Yunan stayed calm and collected "nope, the man himself was already dead, the one i met was his will that was left behind on the divinity, the poor thing was too old and desired death for so long, he begged me to kill him, even if he was just a will, he voluntarily helped me absorb his divinity before perishing away, i owe him my life in fact".
"Sounds like the old man, even the creator forgot his name, he was very old and very kind, we shared food and drink and quality talk in this little garden, it's sad to see someone like him disappear from the world, i bet the creator would be sad when he returns" after saying those words Apophis took out a glass and a bottle of wine and started drinking in sorrow. Yunan left the man to grieve for his friend and continued his practice on the way to refine and absorb emotions, he did not fear this elf anymore, after all was said and done, to Apophis, Yunan was a thief who stole his friends divinity and was now sitting in his friends house like he owned the place.
Apophis drank himself to sleep while Yunan slowly but surely increased his efficiency with the emotional energy and was currently purifying energy for the shards of divinity he had on him, the dream divinity was working at a faster pace as long as Yunan was absorbing and refining the energy, after what felt like a year Yunan finally finished clearing the berserk emotional energy and with it the dream beings that were fighting like maniacs.
Yunan was curious as to why he didn't get a visit from his pets after so long and was about to call to them when he felt a withered hand on his shoulder, behind his back a drunken voice asked a question "why do you not ascend? You have so many shards, a full divinity, you even had the chance to start making another one but you did not, why?". Yunan sighed and stood up from his spot, he left a bottle of Lava wine besides the hammock before looking around and saying as he intended to leave.
"I feel that the time for my ascension has not arrived yet, so i am holding back until then, and until that moment arrived, i would just live in the best way i can". Yunan then told the dream divinity to send him back home, he looked back at the pitiful Apophis, waving at him as he disappeared from Dreamscape and returned to the simple bed in the spiritual cave. After exiting the cave he found Fortuna sitting at the door of the cave, she did not want to get too close in fear that her divinity might interfere with his. She almost jumped at Yunan when she noticed him coming out of the cave.
"Miss me already?" Yunan patted Luna on her back in a comforting manner "did i make you wait too long? No need to worry, i won't die as long as you find it in you to miss me every time we separate". The two left each other's embrace after a moment. Luna had relief on her face as she inspected Yunan from head to toe " these were the longest three days of my life, i was so worried about you, what took you so long? even Hephaestus was getting restless about itt".
"You forget that i am still a mere mortal even with the divinity i have on me, so it took a bit more time to clean up, did you get contact from Drogon or Ignis?". "That reminds me, they said not to worry since you were safe and what not, but who was that guy who anyway?". While talking Yunan returned with Luna to the living room and slumped on the extra comfort couch, the rest were sitting there and playing a board game and didn't even look back at him.
"That was Apophis, strangely he was friends with the god of dreams, the one that created Dreamscape, anyway, he was just asking about his old friend, broke his heart when he heard about how his friend died and how the will wanted to die too, he even helped me out secretly when i was learning to digest the power of faith". Yunan knew without a doubt that he could not achieve such degree of practical experience with the power of emotions from his own talent, especially the exponential growth he saw when he linked himself with the dream divinity.
"You met Apophis?" Fae was grabbing Yunan by the collar immediately after she heard his words "where is he, what did he look like? Is he as insane and demonic as Yggdrasil says he is?"