A/N: Alright, so we've had people spill their guts, have their bodies burnt from the inside out, get vaporized and whatnot, but that probably should've been something you're fine with. But if you aren't comfortable with cannibalism then just keep scrolling, I'll mark the paragraph where the cannibalism ends with an author's note.
When I took my halberd out of Valier, he regenerated immediately, I looked at him in a confused manner.
"Heh, to become the owner of this body, you need to kill the other person in a certain way or it won't count. I'll let you in on a secret, the 'person' who created this place is the Fenrir inside me. He told me how to gain control of this body, probably because he wants to exterminate you."
When I heard Fenrir, I had an idea of what the condition to take over this body would be. In Norse Mythology, the Fenrir was destined to devour the chief God of Norse Mythology, Odin. The Fenrir was also known as the God Devouring Wolf, so I'd probably have to devour Valier.
I sliced the tendons in his body, since I wasn't going for a killing blow he didn't regenerate. I knelt down beside him and took a bite of his shoulder, the taste was pretty ass. My teeth crushed his shoulder, destroying his bones and muscle.
"FUCK, FUCK, GET OFF ME!"
Valier howled in pain as I kept biting into him, it seemed that as soon as I began to devour him, he lost all his strength.
"So I was right, the only way to beat this challenge is to eat you."
'I didn't think I'd have to do this again, but at the very least, I'm not eating the flesh of someone who died saving me.'
(E/N: Wait wait wait, hold up, did I read that right?)
I began to devour each and every bit of his flesh, he tried his best to stop me, crying and flailing and even trying to drown himself in his own blood. But he didn't die as drowning wasn't a valid death in this domain. I took more and more bites, his nerves, his bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, nothing was avoided.
I ended up eating his larynx next, his voice was annoying me. I then finished up rather quickly, eating each and every last part of his body. Strangely enough, in this world, he didn't have a reproductive organ and a few other organs for that matter. He didn't have intestines, an ass hole, a rectum, and a few other organs.
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A/N: NO MORE CANNIBALISM PEOPLE, well nothing detailed. Just skip over the next two sentences if you want to not know anything bout the cannibalism. But, like in general, all that happens is that Valier cries a bit, and that the mc says that he's eaten someone else's flesh before.
Oh and the reason for the eating each other is because this is a trial sorta thing made by the Fenrir so the two of them can fight for the body's dominance.
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Well I wasn't complaining either way, however, the more of his flesh I consumed the more I felt like Valier. Rather than consuming his mind, it was more like I was devouring his soul.
I then turned around and looked at the person who had been watching me and Valier fight for a while.
"Aren't you going to try and fight me for this body, Iris?"
I got up and walked towards her, she hadn't aged a day, since… well, since she got vaporized.
"I don't particularly have any real want or need to leave, and about my heart... you can have it. Just on one condition, don't..."
"Just don't hurt Irene, unless she tries killing you or something, in which case I can't really justify asking you not to hurt her, but otherwise, please don't hurt her. I'm not asking you to help her, but please just leave her be."
"I mean I wasn't planning on fighting a Dragon anytime soon, so sure, I can live with that."
"In that case, take care, big brother. Actually, do you even count as my brother considering who you are? Well, you can be my fake big brother I suppose."
Then the world shattered and I was placed into a new perspective.
Irene POV:
I was on the floor, completely terrified. Although Valier had somehow come back from the dead, he didn't seem to be himself. His presence was odd, it was indescribably horrid and vile. He also looked like he was dying due to his pale skin and rather terrible wounds, even after having the two large holes in his body healed.
He seemed to have gotten stronger, however it wasn't enough to stop our blonde enemy. Even if he was in a perfect state, he'd lose 10/10 times due to the potency of the man's attacks, his raw Mana Capacity and Valier's inability to heal.
'But what if there was someone capable of taking the blows for him? Although I can't do any real damage to the man, Valier can, and even if Valier can't take more than one or two blows. I certainly can.'
Hope began to brim within my heart, and a new light filled my eyes.
'To win this fight, I'll have to break my limits and go further than I've ever gone before.'
Taking a deep breath, I began to lower my internal temperature once more. Blood slowly seeped from my mouth, but I kept going.
"Ice... Empress."
Edited By: WorthyAdversary