Adrian knew what the God of Death was telling him and that was to not involve himself with other religions as him being a champion is equivalent to being a herald of the twin gods. His actions could be seen as a challenge in the face of the other gods if he were to involve himself with their practices. Although when Abaddon said that he also interpreted it as if you want to be free from the oppression of other gods in the mortal plane then become much stronger than them so that Adrian’s very presence itself would become a deterrent.
Adrian bowed towards the two gods as he has already took too much time just by staying here in the Nether realm and he was already given the mission.
“Thank you once again benevolent Goddess of Night Nox for coming to my aid when I thought that I was already a goner. I will also heed your advice Almighty God of Death Abaddon as I am still immature in my ways, please guide me again if we ever cross paths again or use a divine message like you have before as I am always grateful for the advice that you give. I have already spent so much time here and my soulbounds are already becoming antsy which I can feel from our connection. I shall take my leave first.” Adrian said as he focused once again in the physical body of his game avatar.
When Adrian focused on returning to his physical body, a path made of white light that only he could see appeared before his eyes. He took the brave step first and did not look back as if he looked back he might lose focus. A few seconds later his spirit body finally drifted and faded from the Nether realm which if he looked back he could see the two gods smiling at him.
“It seems that the spirit of those who sacrificed themselves during the war is present in that young child, Abaddon.” The goddess Nox said.
Abaddon smiled and closed his eyes before replying, “When the valiant warriors of our world sacrificed their existence to produce the realm barriers, my heart sank as well as my sister because they were our precious creations. We later found out that not all of their essence was erased or destroyed but parts of their soul was separated into tiny pieces. We, the twin gods, tried putting them back together to reform their broken souls but it was not working.”
The goddess Nox listened attentively as this was information that was knew even for her and she asked, “So what did you two do then?”
Abaddon put on a wry smile and spoke, “As they have valiantly sacrificed their own essence and we could no longer put their broken souls together, we decided to bless the fragments themselves.”
“Wait do not tell me they are!” the Goddess Nox said in a shocked tone as if she had a sudden realization.
“Your guess is correct. They are what the inhabitants of this world call the ‘cursed people’ or ‘blessed people’ depending on their perspective. We, the twin gods, decided to use the fragments of their soul and dedicated a special system in which the egos that sprout from their soul fragments to live once again and live freely. Each fragment contained an ego but they could not sustain living in the mortal plane for a long time and need to recuperate after every 30 hours or if their physical body gets killed.” Abaddon said with a tinge of sadness in his tone.
“You were right to give them free will when the egos descend back to the mortal plane as their former selves have sacrificed too much just for us to win the war. Even if not all of the egos become good persons, we just need to right the wrongs they make. We, the gods of this universe, owe it to them.” The goddess Nox said to comfort the god Abaddon.
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Adrian who was following the path of light he was trailing was seeing flashes of images from other realms. He could see images of a realm located above the clouds where white winged people gather. He could also see a realm underground with lava flowing and people with two horns that sprout from their temples with bat wings and a pointed tail. He could also see images of a realm that could only be describe as mystical as the inhabitants were the classic description of a fairy.
Adrian was seeing this images but he only focused on the path and never strayed from it as he was afraid of his soul being lost and be trapped in a harmful dimension which no benevolent god will save him. He followed the path and without him even noticing, he already arrived in his subconscious space with his inner demon looking at his cocoon with a tinge of worry in its face.
Adrian did not stand in ceremony and walked towards his cocoon with a Hannya mask on the head section. When he touched the cocoon, the Hannya mask’s eyes ignited with blue flames and its mouth opened and sucked Adrian’s spirit body and closed back up after. The inner demon noticed this and heaved a sigh of relief as that signaled that the host has already completed assimilation.
[Current Comprehension rate: 99.8%. You must have to comprehend at least 70% in order to succeed and evolve.]
[You have succeeded the minimum comprehension rate requirement. Would you like to evolve now?]
Adrian said “yes” and a new system prompt appeared before him.
[Demon Pioneer comprehension bonus + 10%. As you are the first player to evolve into a greater demon, you have been given a bonus.]
If Adrian knew this was going to appear then he would have been satisfied by just accumulating it until 90% but then again he was still thankful for the extra mission he got as a side quest. Also he would still be transported to the Nether realm regardless.
[Current Comprehension rate: 109.8%. You must have to comprehend at least 70% in order to succeed and evolve.]
[Commencing Evolution now…..]
[Gathering the energies and fusing it with the host body….]
When those system messages appeared, Adrian suddenly experience a headache. He then nagged again that why does this always happen to him. His inner demon that was outside of his cocoon was suddenly turning to particles and was being absorbed by the mouth of the Hannya mask. Instead of being terrified, it was actually smiling.
“At last, I will finally be one with the host.” were the last words it spoke as it turned into particles of light completely and was absorbed.
The cocoon in the Paradox Planes suddenly started pulsating and started releasing enormous energy waves. The first to notice were the three elders and they suddenly teleported to the area as they fear that their sanctuary might have been breached but were shocked to see that a demon cocoon was releasing it instead. They ordered the guards to explain what was happening and they were shocked that a lesser demon evolving into a greater demon was giving off massive amounts of energy.
The three elders ordered everyone to vacate the area as it might affect the lower persona demons. A sudden large wave of energy spread throughout the Paradox Planes and bypassed the dimensional barrier. This wave traveled to the main world and countless other realms which it was then detected by the peak experts of these worlds. The peak experts of the other realms started to search for the source of this unfathomable energy.
The three demon elder noticed what happened and immediately transformed to their real bodies. Bronx became five meters tall and his already bulky body turned even bulkier with his horns and body forming black scales. Koronn transformed into a blue Djinn that had a youthful body and many gears and clocks circling him. Ascalor also abandoned his youthful appearance and became a hot young man in his twenties. He turned into 2 meter tall young man with fair skin and held an astrolabe. His wings were two pairs or golden frames with two vortices like black hole.
When the patrols saw the elders transforming to their original selves, they became serious and ran through the location of the entrance portals of the Paradox Planes. Bronx channeled power into his horns and released something like thunder from it towards Adrian but instead of harming the latter, it formed a barrier of kinetic force around Adrian’s cocoon. Koronn then muttered a spell and a child holding a clock appeared and tapped the clock its holding to the kinetic force barrier and another layer of barrier was created with clocks as décor.
Ascalor observed if the two barriers were enough but another wave of intense energy spread out. He then chanted his ultimate sealing spell. .𝒎
“Spatial Isolation”
A violet barrier enveloped the two barriers once more and was able to prevent the waves of energy to spread out. The three demon elders finally breathe a sigh of relief when a universal message rang out to all the beings. Every entity in Pandemonium heard the voice of the universe.
[The universe is joyful. A new being is about to be born.]
The players who heard this had one thought and that was, “Is a new world boss spawning?”
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