BOOOMMM!!
A massive explosion ensued the moment my attack collided with the serpent. The dungeon floor quaked for a few minutes. Dust clouds covered the blast zone, so I don't know if the bastard snake create another barrier of something. Waiting for the final result is taxing in itself. I currently can't handle another battle at this moment.
For starters, it has been a solid 45 minutes since I took over this floor guardian. My Moral affinity should have reached max "evil" by now. Meaning, I am most definitely not the hero of this "story". Just kidding! I'm only just as bad as the villain on off days, I promise.
Jokes aside, my actual body is near its limit. Even with the dungeon energy helping with the bleeding and whatnot, the mental wear and tear is kicking my ass. (Please, let this fucking battle be at an end!!!)
When the quaking stopped and the dust cleared, I could see the serpent still alive. Although not dead, he was definitely at death's doorstep. Walking over to the monster, I prepared to land the executing blow. Before I could slay it though, the serpent gave me its last words.
"Haha… ha…hahaha… Such… excellent display of might… As it is customary when children of the… eldest fight… I offer my entire dominion… as spoils to you, little bobble… Before I am… sent to the Infernal realm, tell me… where do you stand?"
I Pitied the serpent as it lay in a pool of its scales, flesh, and blood. Granting its dying wish, I answered.
"I am the descendent of he who brought the first into this realm. In atonement, I shall be the first's undoing."
"Ahh! So you are the destined demonic bane! Hahaha… HAHAHAHA!!! No wonder…" the serpent said. Confused, I wanted to ask what it meant. Luckily it still had more to say. With its last breath the serpent spoke
"There is a tale told to all elder children of the eldest…. One day, the seed of our liberators will prey upon our flesh and souls… There is nothing we can do to stop their lust for our blood… As our very existence is meant to feed their hunger… take heed, devourer… lest you… become death…"
With its dying breath, the serpent left a message for me. His final words only brought fear and malice to whirl deep in my very being. As the light faded from its eyes, an energy began flowing from the serpent's body. This energy whirled forwards and swirled around me as if looking for a place to settle.
Eventually, the energy pierced into my skull and made its way to my Divine Kingdom mana palace where it condensed. After about 30 seconds, of the energy left the now dead Midgardsormr, and filled my mana palace. Focusing on the mana place, I could see a green caustic fog with a pulsating pearl in the center. The pearl was absorbing the fog and slowly began taking the shape of a much smaller version of Midgardsormr.
When the conversion was finished, all that remand with a pale green jade-like figure of the serpent. It maw opened as a fog flew out and encircled it. Still confused by what the hell just happened, a system message appeared directly in my eye sight.
"Congratulations!! You have unlocked the Achievement: Dragedreper!! (Norwegian for Dragon slayer) This is unlocked by slaying you first real demonic dragon."
"Congratulations!! You have unlocked the Achievement: Dragon Soul!! This is unlock by absorbing the essence of a dragon. Please note, this does not grant you to speak in a "fictional" dragon tongue in the form of a vocal blast of any sort."
"As a reward for your exploits, new passages have been enter within you Divine Myth, You have unlocked Element Affinity: Blight, Accursed, Decay!!
"Wrath of the Ancestor has been deactivated. Now calculation your Moral Affinity, please wait… Alert! You have earned Moral Affinity "Evil" 1000x. You have unlocked Moral Affinity (Evil Meter). Please note, you can no longer return to the light!"
"As a reward for unlocking Moral Affinity (Evil Meter), you have earned special traits Lion Among men, and Moral Character: Lawful Evil!"
As my consciousness returned to my body, I was flooded by system messages. One of which is very ominous. It said "you can no longer return to the light"… What the actual fuck!!! This here makes me extremely nervous. Another message simply trolled me about the whole dragon soul thing, but whatever. Right now, I am completely tired and need rest.
Opening my eyes, I noticed all of my blood covering both me and the still unconscious Ivy. Using the last bit of my focus, I evoked magoi to clean us both off and create something I could rest my back on. Afterwards, I tightly cradled Ivy in my embrace with her sitting on my lap and head on my shoulder. With her in a more comfortable position, I too went to sleep.
At this moment, everything going on elsewhere in the dungeon was of no importance. My primary focus was solely on resting up and keeping my lover in my embrace. Luckily, I didn't have to worry about anything else. The children lead by Horus alongside my party performed a cleaning sweep of the dungeon floor. They killed all remaining mutant monsters be the lieutenants or regular mutants.
Once finished, they began dismantling the corpses of he mutant monsters and collected the broken shards of Aura Avatars. Nothing was spared as the collected everything that appeared to be useful. However, no one dared approach Midgardsormr's corpse.
It's caustic blood formed a lake of green deadly blood. Currently the floor guardians stood guard around that area of the dungeon floor. This was more than enough to prevent anyone from getting close. Despite being asleep, I was still somewhat aware to the goings on in the dungeon thanks to Dori's invasive messages. Well, I will worry about all of that later.
-End of Chapter