Though I was present physically his mind was somewhere else.
I mean what was I thinking when I decided to expose my identity to the world? These humans did not deserve me.
For eons, I have suffered loneliness any thirst for the lives and essence of all that moved and breathed.
On what offense?
Maybe the arrogance that we all possessed, but it was natural for the strong like me to be arrogant we had every right to be anything we wanted to be.
For the sake of everything we hold dear, we are for all intensive purposes parasites if we see something we want we take over it and utterly dominate it.
That was the reason the weak worshipped the strong.
That must be how the various gods of different realms come to power.
Wait....
I could swear that I was forgetting something.
But what was it?
...
Tobi's pleas for the life of Aaliyah brought the confused me back to life.
I finally looked to the Home of the Wanting the slowly decreasing heartbeat of the laying Aaliyah rang thoroughly in my ears.
What was I doing?
I don't even know this girl.
I could just watch her die and I wouldn't feel a thing.
"I vow on my name Uleen Virgo, I will be the patron of children. As far as i am alive no child under my protection will ever be hurt ever again."
This was me.
My benevolent part.
My curse demoted me into an essence-stealing Lycan, and as vast as Hilderia was it wasn't my home.
I will always remember that.
"This is humanity's last service, the last hope, the final bloom, You Aaliyah Walters".
I went up...
Far up in the air and crash-landed through the roof and multi-flooring of the home until I reached the last floor where room Z-147 was located.
Amidst the unconscious children, I could hear Aaliyah's weak breathing.
What happened next had me paralyzed.
"My king" Tobi called out to me with tears rolling nonstop down his face "She's dead."
"Aaliyah died in my arms." a stream of tears was falling down his face.
"Stand Tobi"
He got up immediately.
"Drink", I grew fangs and slit my wrist.
"My Lord?"
He was initially reluctant but accepted the order regardless of what he thought.
"Forget Aaliyah's condition and wish upon my name what you desire."
"I desire power!!" He said not hesitating with vengeance in his voice.
"So shall it be"
The essence that Tobi just ingested started to boil inside him recreating him into a new and powerful human.
He fell to the floor, writhing in pain.
This process was difficult.
Nobody could withstand my power no matter how small it was, it was still the power of an absolute being.
"Tobi, you must fight it. Take the power as your own, if you can't you will be consumed by chaos, you will die and be forced to serve me."
"I'm trying... I'm trying Lord." Tobi groaned.
"Tobi now is not the time to get sobby. You must let go of the past and look on to the future, all problems will come back eventually, and you must be ready to face it. That is what it means to be strong."
"You will be fine."
"As a matter of fact, let me make this easy for you."
"Tobi of Talen go to sleep for when you awaken you will be born anew, all recollections of this event will be wiped from your memory. I will be taking Aaliyah she will be returned when she recovers."
I took Aaliyah and vanished to the very top of Willow Peak.
...
About three days passed and Aaliyah was still in critical condition
The humans on Talen were still frozen in place until further orders from me.
I stood over her vigilantly every passing second looking down into all the territories.
The Nord were gathering manpower, the Elves were scheming, and the rest of the other races were going on with their basic lifestyles.
And King Andrea was just casually dominating the humans forcefully establishing a super-powered stronghold in other human cities across
All of these irrelevant people really were taking their time.
It was only a matter of time before the elves sent the Spinta to Willow-Hinds.
I had to talk to Aaliyah before I set things back to the way they were meant to be.
I stared at her again for a second having no options left. If I fed her my essence she would end up as a member of my army.
She was a child I couldn't do that to her at such a tender age.
"Healing remedies make for me a solution born from thy everlasting power that I may cure an ailing youth. I take it upon myself any and all consequences."
Power hummed through the air.
Her heartbeat was rising back to normal.
What will be the price to pay for an immortal with unlimited power?
I had nothing to lose, or did I?
The questions were flowing through my mind even my immortal all-powerful brain was unable to answer the questions I posed upon myself.
All these would be solved later Aaliyah was about to awaken and I needed to set things straight before I left.
I instantly went to Talen to retrieve Tobi, only to find a young child in the corner enveloped in his own sweat and tears battling with his sanity.
"Rise Tobi"
"Did I not give you what you requested? "
"Get up from your sick and sobbing childish behavior. I'm sure someone would like to see you."
"Really, she's alive? Thank you, my lord. Thank...", his mood changed from the sobby child to a respectable adult deserving of my essence.
"Before we go anywhere take this".
*Buzz*
The hum of power filled the room, and the emptiness gave way to an interdimensional space ejecting two dark swords that spewed out my pure unfiltered magical essence.
"You want to be by my side right, Tobi"
He nodded his head but said not a word.
"You will master this sword, make it yours, and bend its power... my power to your will. Only then will you ever see me again. Let's go see Aaliyah."
Without saying another word I grabbed Tobi and headed for Willow-Peak.
...