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Chapter 22 - The First Dragon

The battle between Dante and Chris raged on for a long time with their Rin power being felt by everyone in the dungeon. Sasuke and the others are also engaging in a battle with the three knights from the Sapphire Kingdom. the intense battle between Dante and Chris begins to create distortion in flow of Rin energy in the dungeon thereby destroying the dungeon bit by bit. Before both of their attacks could land, the dungeon boss appears in between them and stops their attack from nearly destroying the dungeon. that's enough he said. In the presence of such overwhelming power everyone stopped moving. the dungeon boss took the form of a human with two horns, a blue hair, skinny body and an average face and beauty.

Congratulations on passing the first test of the dungeon and making it this far but did you know your battle created a distortion in the space and flow of energy in this dungeon nearly destroying it,he said. After congratulating all of them on passing the first test, he presented the second test to them. this test was for them to defeat his clones in an individual battle and the ones to fail will all be killed whiles the victors will be allowed to pass through the black gate where the last and final test will be held. Since all the necessary information about the second trial had been announced, he teleported everyone into a different dimension where they would all start their individual battles.

where are we Dante asked the clone. he begun to explain that this is an entirely on different dimension which is much bigger than the dimension they are living in.

Clone: in order to prevent the destruction of the current timeline and this dimension, I had to create another dimension where we can fight without holding back. Consider this as Earth number 2 but a much bigger one.

Dante wasn't shocked at the sight he was seeing but rather he was happy as he could fight against an opponent much stronger than him.

At the beginning of the Battle, Dante was being bodied here and there without even damaging the clone of boss. The clone was able to negate all of Dante's attack making the chances of the attack damaging him nearly zero. It possessed such a high attack power that it defied the laws of durability making its attack deal severe damage. Since Dante had regained his Divine power and fused the consciousness and power of two different entities (human and God) together, he reached enlightenment. with this he was able to regenerate infinitely, adapt to any power or battle at an immense speed no matter how powerful the opponent is and also grow infinitely stronger in the mist of battle depending on whether the opponent is stronger than him. All this power was acheived at just 10 percent enlightenment.

Although he was gradually adapting to the battle and keeping up, he was still losing and getting bodied. He used every attack and strategy that he knows of but it was all negated.

At the other side Sasuke, Shinsui and Laila were able to defeat their opponent and make it out of the mirror dimension. the Reason why they were able to defeat their opponent was simple. The clone adjusted is fighting method depending on your Rin Aura. The Aura of Sasuke, Laila and Shinsui were strong but it wasn't even near that of Dante's. This made the opponent they faced much weaker than that of Dante's opponent.

Shinsui: I have never faced an opponent this strong before. although I could have taken on Chris by myself and even defeated him but I just didn't want to reveal my power but that clone was just too strong that I had to push past my limits just to defeat it.

Sasuke: I hope Dante is okay.

Most of the Battle on the side has been completed with Sasuke, Shinsui, Laila, Chris and one of his companions surviving the second trial.

As the battle between the clone and Dante still progressed, he was gradually adapting to the power of the clone and reaching his level. The clone hit Dante with an attack which is so powerful that it can destroy the earth itself. Dante was unable to tank the clones power due to its ability to negate one's durability. As Dante lied down bloodied seeing no hope of winning, he suddenly had a glimpse of his past. At first the only thing he remembered was that he was a god who stood at the top of the pyramid but couldn't surpass only three People but now he had remembered his identity. he remembered that he was Indra the youngest son of the supreme beings Ran and Raya and also the younger brother of Asura. he further remembered a brief memory of his past life but couldn't remember what killed him and that his brother was his sworn enemy. Due to this he was able to regain 15 percent of his original power. with this power, he was able to deny the negation ability of the clone and fight on par with him. The fight became a very intense one with each strike destroying and recreating the entire dimension over and over again. After continues exchanging of attacks Dante eventually caught up to the power of the clone and even managed to land an attack on him.

Dante: this battle will be over very soon. thanks to you I have been able to reach a new form of power which I didn't have in my previous life.

Clone: what do you mean?

Dante: Back then I was only second to my parents and brother but even that I lacked enlightenment. I always thought about it that if energy can neither be created nor destroyed then what was the true origin of Rin energy. But after dying and reincarnating as a human, I realised that humans are not some pathetic low life creatures but rather they were beings with limitless potential for growth and that every creature has their own unique and distinctive ability. Therefore if every creation in existence except for I and my brother are an extension of My father's personalities, then Monsters, Humans, Elves, Angels, Gods and demons if all these things are put together as one that is when one gains enlightenment and can finally grasp the true concept of Rin energy.

Clone: You are right. Enlightenment is something that no one has been able to achieve so far except for the creator but it seems you have attained it but not to full perfection. to gain true enlightenment one must have the power of all six races and even with that is only 80 percent. The remaining 20 percent depends on you the person. I admit it this battle is my loss.

Dante: wait just like that I was finally getting into shape.

Clone: you already surpassed my negation ability and power. If we were to continue fighting you would endlessly become stronger and if that was the case you won't be able to stay on Earth. Even now your power is too great that ones you step outside of this dungeon you might destroy all of reality and creation on Earth.

Dante: you are right. After I reached enlightenment and regained my Divine power it felt as if I can no longer co-exist with humans since my power is too great.

Clone: well that is enough is time for you to leave. oh! and don't forget to surpress your power or they might die since not all humans have resistance to divine power. It was nice meeting you again Indra.

Dante was shocked to hear the clone mention his name. this increased his curiosity and he wanted more answers but the dimension was erased and Dante was brought to his current timeline.

The clone congratulated them on successfully passing the second trial and now they will be able to enter the black gate. When they passed through the black gate, the clone disappeared and they saw something which was believed to have went extinct thousands of years ago. It was a dragon and this dragon was so large that is even bigger than the dungeon which is said to be the same size as a dwarf galaxy. Inside the black gate was an entirely different dimension and world full of all sort of treasures. The reason why the dragon had limited his own size was so that it would be able to fit within the reality it created(the dungeon) as it was to large in size.

Dante: wait a minute I remember you. you are Aadi the first dragon.

Aadi: oh! I remember you.

To be continued