Suddenly the pain vanished and Akuro was transported to a mental space. All around him was a never ending world of white, like when he'd been in Mato's mental scape.
"Well, I never expected this, gotta be honest." Mato's voice came as he appeared in front of Akuro. He stood with his hands held against the back of his head.
"What... what's going on?" Akuro asked.
"Ask him." Mato answered, waving his foot towards Akuro.
Akuro turned around and his eyes widened as he saw a massive black dragon laying down in front of him, it's body blocking out most of the white. It's scales were ash black and it's eyes glowed red. Crimson markings covered its body and glowing red spikes went all the way down its spine. It had four massive coiled horns and it's about was thick and had an overbite.
"Greetings, Akuro, is it?" The dragon said, it's voice booming across the mental scape.
Akuro was too awe struck to say anything, he simply stood eyes wide and jaw hanging. The dragon laughed, shaking Akuro out of his shock.
"My name is Brimgarn. I've been waiting for you." The dragon spoke.
"W-waiting for me?" Akuro asked, pointing at himself in disbelief.
"Yes. I was told by that one some many years ago that there would be another like him who I would meet. It seems he was right." Brimgarn said.
"Yeah but I never imagined we'd meet you in hell, Brimgarn, what happened to you?" Mato said at that moment.
Brimgarn let out a loud groan, a deep rumble in the dragon's chest. "Azazel captured me. They imprisoned me here."
"Why don't you just break out? This Demon King is a child, you could kill him instantly."
Akuro gave Mato a look of surprise. 'Did he just say Lucifer is a child?' He wondered.
"Yes, I did. He's quite weak and has no real battle experience, he is just prideful and overconfident because he's the son of Azazel. In reality if you had your aura you could probably beat him." Mato explained.
"True, he is weak, the only problem is that there is a seal locking me in here. But, I have a way out." Brimgarn hummed.
"A way out?" Akuro asked.
"Yes. I will seal myself inside you boy, and then you will have all of my power." The dragon said.
"What? Are you serious?"
"Indeed. I will also block out all of your pain so you can get out of here. I understand that it may be hard to move when you are in constant pain of this degree."
"Well, let's do it already." Mato said. "Don't keep us waiting, Akuro's body can't keep regenerating forever, at some point it will disappear entirely, then he'll never be able to leave."
Brimgarn raised his head, his movements slow because of his size. "Yes, of course." The dragon said, reaching out a massive talon towards Akuro, the tip of it tapping his forehead. And then Akuro felt the Dragons aura overload his body.
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Lucifer sat upon his throne, staring into the lava in boredom. 'For being able to kill two generals he was more disappointing than expected.' He thought. 'Too bad. I was hoping he would entertain me, maybe break the seal or resist me or something. Oh well, it's no surprise, I am the demon king after all.'
The lava began to shift at that moment. Lilith looked over the edge and her eyes widened. "There's no way!" She said, backing away.
Lucifer's eyes narrowed and a smile crossed his lips as he watched a figure rise from the lava. 'Maybe he will be more entertaining than I thought.'
Akuro rose out of the lava, clambering to his feet in the throne chamber. He stood, he body healing, the exposed muscle being covered over with a layer of skin, steam rising from his body and the metal chains and spikes in his body glowed a bright orange-white from being heated to an extreme.
When his wounds healed over, Akuro's eyes flashed open, they were now red and his pupil was a diagonal slit like that of a dragon's eye.
Lucifer rose from his throne, his eyes locked with Akuro's as their auras clashed, creating a heavy tension in the air, making the entire chamber quake and him.
As steam rose from Akuro's body he held out his hand towards Lucifer, black aura enshrouding his body, tints of red mixed into it.
"I..." Akuro said. "Am your end."