Arthur was still fighting the meat golem, but suddenly, it was now capable to keep up with his low powered punches.
"Dammit, this thing keeps getting stronger" Arthur thought, perplexed by it's growing strength and mana power, yet it got slower and slower.
"Gotta finish this quickly, I don't want to blow up this entire place, and accidently kill some people" He thought, rambling through all the possible solutions inside his head, then suddenly, a brilliant idea struck through.
"Ah, it's getting slower, why didn't I think of this earlier" Arthur used a high tier spell, which was highly destructive, yet it had a lower Area of explosion.
[ Divine lock disintegration]
The monster got trapped inside a magic array, having multiple magic circles lying above the array, parallel to each one of the circles, overlapping one above the other. A luminous pillar hit the meat golem in a split second, decaying the being's atoms.
Destroying it's whole body in process, the energy was comparable to around 20 hiroshima nuclear bombs, yet the area of explosion had been vastly low for such an absurd amount of TNT.
Nothing remained as the array, magic circles and the luminous glow faded, there wasn't any remnants of the meat golem, not even a single dust, but a huge deep hole, Arthur was displeased at this, because, he couldn't lead it to an open field. As it became too slower to move.
"I hope my family is safe" he said, lying near a small bench. Watching the moon, from the giant hole made by him, Meanwhile Zeref killed the court mage, 5th circle, leaving two female mages alive.
"Why does it feel so natural to me?" Zeref thought, as he didn't had a single remorse, when killing someone for the first time. Subconsciously, his divine protections activated on it's own. Whenever there's danger in present or beyond forseable time. From the Goddess of time Virjhel.
[ Virjhel sight}
"Hey, stop" said Zeref, detecting the man who was hiding behind. raising his hands on him.
[Virjhel's touch}
Stunning the man, as he froze in time. Zeref walked up to him and used memory manipulation. Dein's most natural ability. After realising him from Virjhel's touch, the man fainted to the ground.
"To be honest, it's kinda scary being a psychopath" Zeref was a slightly nervous about his own acts, yet no matter how hard he tried, he still didn't feel the guilt in him. Teleporting himself to Edina and the two female mages.
"D-don't kill me, I swear please don't do it" the same girl, who was shocked at the sight of his reappearence, kept begging for life again, that female mage who quivered, all she had in mind was to survive. She can't run, she can't hide, but only pray . Meanwhile another female mage ran away from him, but it was the worst decision of her lifetime.
"You wanna run, just like that?" asked Zeref, as feelings of amusement sprung inside him, a feelings which came from the experiences of tormenting and killing people, it wasn't from Zeref, it actually came from Dein's memories and his power.
He used a body-soul absorption spell, probably a favourite skill for Dein. It was named after a demonlord called Ferguidel, who absorb people's souls and body.
Just to assume their form and even access their victims memories, though the victims don't die. Instead they live inside them.
{ Ferguidel's Lust }
"No" she squeaked, as there occured a spatial distortion, surrounded her by a black-red miasma, causing a whirlpool.
As the hoddie robe shredded off, revealing a breathtaking beauty of pale white skin, well proportioned body, with blue-hazel eyes and a silky green hair, she had no symbols anywhere, just like the other female mage with her.
Sadly she got consumed, her body felt excrucitating pain, while getting stretched, descending into the depths of the spatial whirlpool. Within a mere seconds, she disappeared into thin air.
After watching her fellow companion getting eaten by him, the only surviving member of the attackers, a female mage removed the hood and scarf, then she bowed to him, idolizing him like a deity.
Edina saw everything, thinking that Zeref's power would surpass the archmage Vahn.
"What the hell is she doing? hahahaha" Zeref was inwardly laughing at the blonde mage, but he understood why she felt that way.
"...." the blonde mage remained silent, laying still for 3 minutes, meanwhile, Edina repeated her actions, which really made him question his own sanity.
"Ah maybe, I'm that bad" Zeref scratched his scalp, displeased at the sight of being too superior to them.
Arthur Jr found Zeref, to find corpses lying around, with blood stained Zeref getting bowed by one maid and a spy.
"What the hell happened here?!" Arthur Jr scoffed with confusion.
"it's..uhh" Zeref couldn't make up something, until he pointed the finger at the Edina.
"This maid...she..uhh...protected me from those dead bastards" he said with a poker face.
"That doesn't make sense, that maid bowed to you, even that mage, one of the spies are already worshipping you, or maybe you are kinda like a prophet or something" Arthur Jr sarcastically replied.
Zeref cringed, yet he can't keep this facade anymore. So he told the truth.
"Your suspicions are right, I killed them all with ease, leaving this blondie and her"
Arthur Jr was quite suprised and yet, shocked at the same time. Reish knew about Dein alot, so this was already too familiar for him.
"Rise up" ordered Zeref, the blondie and the brunette spy stood up, meanwhile Arthur Jr was pretty creeped up by his dominant presence.
"Firstly, What's your name blondie?" asked Zeref, amiably smiling at her.
"Serine Volshek" she said.
"Do you care about your parents now? or do you want to live?" he asked.
"I care about my own survival, and for the people I shall serve upon" she replied without any hesitation.
"Interesting" Zeref thought.
"Then how about this, just be my personal maid like Edina, and I'll let you live peacefully" said Zeref, smirking at her.
"I accept young master" Serine's straightforward answer was enough for him to accept her, because she can't offend him anymore.
"Good" Zeref said, using a transmute spell, to change her magic robe into a maid garment.
"Now, lets go home, shall we brother?" he said.
"Yeah..right!" Arthur Jr awkwardly replied.
Returning home, Zeref felt drowsy. Eventhough he trained to make up for his body, it wasn't enough for the absorption skill he used today, thus he couldn't sustain the pain he had to endure, growing exponentially inside his body.
Meanwhile the new maids he brought home, was accepted by Arthur. As both of them enter Sasha's room, and then Sasha told them about the rules of the Valgurid household, that most maids and butlers had to keep. Arthur waited outside.
"Hey son, who brought those beauties here" he asked to Arthur Jr.
"Zeref, he's kinda weird, that's just about it, or maybe he's got good taste in women? I don't know" Arthur Jr was laid back yet stoic with that answer, he felt jealous of his younger brother.
"What?" Arthur was not expectating that answer, then he smirked, realizing how fast his cubs are growing up. Arthur Jr went to his room, still pondering about Zeref.
"Why is this idiot so goddamn lucky? is he even aware about what's happening around him?" Arthur Jr thought, as he sighed.
"It's okay, don't be disappointed in yourself, I could turn you into a better man" Reish echoed inside his head.
"Are you sure?" he asked Reish.
"Yes but the problem is...." Reish was nervous to state a solution.
"what?"
"I can't think of a way to put my powers into you, it's requires longer time, so I need a better way, and I don't know that" Reish stated in a melancholic tone of voice.
"Awe....being like Abyss Lord, can't think of any creative stuff hahaha" Arthur Jr teased Reish's futility.
"Silence" Reish was embarressed, yet he agreed, Arthur Jr was right, he had immense magical power from a distinct source, but to fuse that with a human like Arthur Jr, he was running out of time.
"Wait, let's ask your brother then?" Reish requested him.
"Alright, maybe I'll ask him tomorrow, I'm not in the mood right now, let me sleep, today was an exhausting day, and it's tempting me for a long nap" he said.
"Okay, then good night Arthur Jr" Reish said. a few moments later, Arthur Jr got into his bed, feeling sleepy enough to close the eyes.
Meanwhile, Zeref had a hard time keeping up with the person he absorbed.
"Get me out of here" she screamed inside. if that wasn't enough, Zeref's skull would break just from her high pitched voice.
"Bitch, shut the fuck up, or do you want me to absorb you completely?" Zeref was mad at her for screaming inside him.
"Just change me back, get me out here, I don't like being inside someone else" she said.
"What's your name?" Zeref asked her.
"Why should tell my name to a monster like you?" she retorted.
"Then, I'll absorb you, do you actually want to be a part of me? or do you want to come back safe and sound?" Zeref asked her, in a much more trickier way possible.
"I just want to go back, safe and sound" she replied.
"Then, would you mind being silent? I have to sleep now" said Zeref.
Although, the worst has yet to come, Zeref's body started changing, at first he kept sweating more. until his clothes became completely wet.
"What the hell is happening right now, did the room temperature change?" Zeref removed all of his clothes, until he became bare naked. Lying on his couch.
"Aahhh" as he gasped, his body changed rapidly, new sensations flowed through him, losing something down in his nether region, while gaining fat on his chest, growing up faster.
"haaa haaa" panting in a sharp feminine voice, Zeref looked into a mirror, the reflection resembled a lady from which he absorbed.
"Wha...how did this happen? why did you assume my form, noo nooo" a voice inside him said.
"Amazing, so I'm a women now, this feruguidel's power is definitely my favourite one" he said with her voice, admiring his new look.
"Damn, there's nothing down here" said Zeref, touching her between the legs.
"Gross, stop touching there, pervert" she scoffed, but she got ignored, as Zeref was too concerntrated on her body, admiring her reflection.
"Aren't I a beauty?" winking at the reflection, then he decided to grope, it felt different, experiencing womenhood just after consuming her.
"Hold it, please, just stop gropping" the voice inside him, scoffed with rage.
"Oh? let me see what kind of naughty stuff you did in your lifetime" Zeref proceeds to scan all her memories.
He got everything about her, even her childhood to adulthood, gaining some insight about the cults, organizations and places on Jehovich, thanks to this women.
"So your name is Freiyel Herdinia, and your Dad is a king of Herdin state of Jorhei continent, a princess huh? too bad you had to be eaten by me" he said, touching his face.
"Is there a way for me to get out of here?" she asked him, concerned about her future.
"Ofcourse but I won't tell you, right now I need you" Zeref requested her.
"Monster, pervert, ugly bastard" she cussed him for taking her body.
"Hey I'm just a kid, even if you call me a pervert, you don't seem like an angel, as you are just the same as me, I saw everything, even the most embarrassing parts of your life, ah, the things you read about, two muscular dudes having sword fights with each other, is that your kink?" said Zeref in her pleasent voice, while touching her lips, Judging from all the pleasures she had with her handjobs.
"Asshole, could you please stop, I feel weirded out by someone controlling me, talking about those things" she pleaded with embarrassment, would be visibly blushing if she was outside, Zeref agreed to her predicament.
He didn't feel good about being someone else just because he wanted to. It was probably more annoying for him to handle her inside him.
"Fine, I'll stop now, let me revert back to my original body" as he said that, Zeref changed back to his normal body, but it dif hurt him too.
The process took a toll on his pain receptors, making him scream in agony, after completely changing back to his orginal form, he covered himself with a blanket on his couch. still being naked. After panting, he crawled over the bed.
"Now, just sleep okay" he said, exhausted by the transformation he endured.
"Well, I have some questions though" she said
"Mmh..questions?" said Zeref, feeling tired after using her shape.
"How did you get these powers and knowledge from a young age?" she asked.
"Dein, a demon archwizard of raw power and immortality, tried to take control over me, but he died in that process, just because I had divine protections of multiple gods and goddesses"
"Leaving his memories and powers at my disposal, now you got the answer, so let me sleep, Goodnight princess Freiy" Zeref explained to her, as he closed his eyelids.
"hmph fine, Goodnight then" Freiyel said, as it felt like she pouted, although she was quite surprised about how an immortal demon like that, died at his hands.
Maybe she can't control him, so now, all she could do was to be useful for him and not die.
As Zeref woke up the next day, Reish who possessed Arthur Jr stared at him closely, scared, from the bed, he fell into the floor.
"It's morning already, not the time for scary shit" he scoffed at him.
"Zeref, I'm just here for an advice" he said.
"Advice, from me?" asked Zeref, he wasn't sure why the shadowlord, pestered for advice on a toddler like him.
"Yes, I have to give my powers to your brother, yet I'm lacking it, I'm running out of time, so I need a faster way to give him my powers, can you propose a solution?" Reish said, in a sorrowful tone of voice.
"Isn't that easy?" Zeref chuckled from his question, thinking about several ways to grow such raw power.
"How?" Reish was clueless about that answer. Zeref showed his memories to him. while explaining the concept.
"In my past life, there used to be video games, especially the role playing games, players level up and add stat points to stats like strength, intelligence, agility, endurance and luck"
"It also contains class system, leveling up and rankings for class, there maybe several variations for this, but you got the gist of it, right? plus I don't have to talk about dungeons, since you know about it" he said.
"Oh" Reish was quite amazed by this answer, it was a solution which Zeref suggested. While considering Arthur Jr as a player, and him as the system.
"So I have to be the so called "system" that levels up the "player" aka Arthur Jr?" Reish said, after touching Zeref's hand, a saw the another world, without magic, nor deities, a world of science. Reish's perception works in different ways, it's so advanced that he could mount up people's memories, just from a touch.
"Absolutely, thats the best way to give him your powers, he may get strong enough to endure all your powers eventually" Zeref guessed, he wasn't sure about how Abyss lord's powers work, even Dein can't recognise the abilities he had.
"Thanks Zeref" Reish said, only to disappear into shadows.
"Now, what kind of trouble is waiting for me on this lifetime" Zeref asked to himself.
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