Gold vs Shadow

Standing on a big flat field with only one tower in the middle of it, two warriors are looking fiercely, smiling at each other as the wind around them is blowing like a hurricane may come at any moment.

In the blink of an eye, the two suddenly disappeared from where they were and clashed with each other in the middle of the field, a few meters above the ground.

Exchanging deadly punches and blows that could kill any mortal without good regeneration while ecstatic feelings flew through their bodies, Ortasax spoke:

"Not bad, not bad at all Christopher, but you are still lacking a better speed," and seeing an opening in Christioher's defense, he punched him in the face, breaking his black helmet into pieces in slow-motion.

Then, the golden warrior spun and slammed his tail, which appeared out of nowhere and was made from golden almost transparent power against Christopher's chest, sending him toward the ground.

'Shapeshifter huh...' Christopher thought as he began approaching the ground with a wide grin.

"Not so quickly," Ortasax spoke and appeared under falling Christopher who managed to turn his face towards the ground, only to be met with the dragon's sharp claws which immediately connected with Christopher's jaw, making half of his face disappear.

"*Cough *Cough... HAHAHAHAH you are good. YOU'RE GOOD!!!" Christopher replayed as he landed on his back, near the big tower he came from.

"Hmmm," the dragon looked at his opponent with narrowed eyes but slight amusement.

"Tell me Christopher, who are you really? You are not like any other opponent I met before. No matter how hard I punch you, you still get up like my punch meant a child's slap for you..." Ortasax landed on the ground and looked closely at Christopher who was smiling all the time while getting up.

"You have so much determination to defeat me in your eyes, why? I have nothing against you and a few minutes ago, I didn't even know you existed, so why did you even come down here? To die miserably?" the dragon laughed.

"I came for one of the few things that can help me go back to my world so I can help my wives that gave me this," spoke Christopher and looked at his hand as a mix of red and purple power started forming a few inches above the palm of his hand.

'So I was correct, he is not from here, but the regeneration is insane' Ortasax thought for himself as Christopher's destroyed face was already healed by a dark essence about which the dragon knew nothing.

"You see, in the past that is not too distant, just a few days back actually, I was nobody," Christopher spoke, pulling Ortasax out of his thoughts.

"I was just a walking piece of human trash with no motivation to become stronger or do anything with my pathetic life. A lonely human with no power, no goals, nothing."

"After forty years, I would turn into ash, nourishing Mother Earth as every human's body does. I was nothing until someone turned me into a Vampire."

"Then, I met them... My beautiful flame of recklessness, my cold but sweet ice rose, and my cute lightning angel. Their blood gave me power I never even imagined about, mixing with the power I already had in myself, but was unaware of it."

"They gave me a new way in life, a cheat code with which I can become thousands of times better than I was before, they gave me a feeling I'm worthy of love and now when they need me the most when they are in danger, I'm here, stuck."

"They made me this strong and for what? To be locked here on this fucking pathetic planet!?" Christopher spoke as his slight growing smile turned into a murderous expression while the weather around him worsened and his deadly blood aura exploded.

"They are in danger because of my missing presence, and it's only up to me if I will come back in time to kick some bastards' asses who dared to look at them with desire or if I lose them forever." he continued as two snake-head tentacles started forming above his shoulders and his eyes turned fully black, looking like he became possessed by the definition of evil itself.

'What the fuck is that?! Three wives!? This powerful in just a few days!? What nonsense is this? I need to be careful!' Ortasax thought as he prepared himself to counter any attacks that may come in every next second.

"That's why..." Christopher spoke as he aimed the tip of his blade at the Golden Dragon.

"That's why I need that sword of yours," he said as Ortasax gulped in fear.

"And you are going to give it to me, willingly or not," he continued and started running at excellent speed towards the golden Dragon who saw only a blur.

'This is too much, he is a MONSTER!' Ortasax spoke to himself as Christopher's face started changing while he was running.

Ortasax can see it in slow-motion as Christopher's broken armor begins to disappear, revealing only the purple aristocratic clothes he had before, his nails changed into sharp claws, his skin started taking darker tones, the weather around him was getting colder each millisecond and the sun above them changed it's color to red.

"Well fuck," spoke Ortasax as he tried to flee away.

"Where do you think you're going, my golden parrot?" Christopher said as he jumped towards Ortasax and grabbed him by his neck.

"DIE!!!!" he shouted as Christopher's tentacles started biting and tearing the armor on Ortasax's chest into pieces.

"NO STOP! " he shouted while Christopher was trying to tear Ortasax's helmet apart with his claws.

"No, I can't do that. As I said, I don't have time to stop or wait. So prepare yourself for your ultimate death!" Christopher replied with a wide smile.

"MONSTER! I SAID GET OFF ME!" Ortasax shouted and pierced his sword into Christopher's stomach.

"*COUGH! haha... Hahahaha." 

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA finally~" spoke Christopher as he started consuming the golden blood on the sword.

"Wait no! STOP! You can't!" Ortasax's eyes widened as he felt his power slowly leaving his body.

"Too late," he said as his body consumed the last drop of Ortasax's blood from the blade.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Ortasax shouted as he started releasing a golden power into the blade of his sword.

"Ahhh! Take this you fucker," Christopher screamed in pain and wanted to push Ortasax with both hands but to his surprise, his two old engraved pistols appeared in his hands, pushing the Dragon's body with its barrels.

"What?" Christopher's eyes narrowed.

['It was a hard job but I finally managed to repair them. But in this realm, it's just a temporary gift, so use it wisely host~'] A creepy voice was suddenly heard in his mind as the two pistols started being charged with purple energy.

'Finally, you're helping. What changed your mind' replayed Christopher and fired all bullets into Ortasax's chest, breaking his armor completely, while kicking the dragon's body away from him, which pulled out the sword from his wound.

['I had a visitor with a very interesting plan to get me out,'] replayed Darkness.

'Who?' Christopher asked while he slowly landed on the field, his gaze glued on the motionless Dragon that was lying a few meters away.

['You will see soon enough but now concentrate on the fight, he is not dead. I'm going to unlock all your locked Darkness abilities, you will need them soon so prepare for a very painful process. This is all I can do for you right now.']

['Ardelean? Prepare everything for the merging ritual. When I get out, there would be no place where I can hide and Light Patriarchs know it. They will eventually come to Aragos so we need to be prepared. Nicolle, heal him and protect his soul right now. The amount of energy I'm going to release can kill him.']

'Wait, wait, wait, who is Nicolle and what are you talking about?' Christopher narrowed his eyes even more at the name he hadn't heard before until he realized it.

'Wait, are you serious? Hahahahahahaha~ Why I didn't think about it before? So you are not only a system huh?' he asked as the female voice of his system replayed.

-"Yes, I was sent by my Lord in disguise of a system to lock your abilities until you are truly ready to use them without any danger to your soul."-

['Stop this chit-chat and do your work! When the process is done, you go back to me. You're no longer needed here,'] the Darkness ordered and Nicolle went silent.

'Darkness?'

['Yes?']

'Shut the fuck up and leave Nicolle alone...'

['...What?'] Darkness.

["WHAT?!"] Ardelean.

-"... what..."- Nicolle.

'What? I got used to her presence, so stop ordering everyone like you are the boss here and tell me what the fuck is happening ...' Christopher.

['What are you talking about boy!'] Darkness spoke with a voice of authority.

'Nicolle, unlock ALL my abilities' Christopher ignored that and looked back at the gold Dragon who started moving.

-"But I can't,"- Nicolle said.

'Yes you can, I'm giving you permission of a host,' Christopher replayed and took a step towards the gold Dragon.

['NO! YOU CAN'T!'] Darkness suddenly shouted as his entire cell shuddered.

'Yes I can, she is my system, not yours,' Christopher casually replayed with a slight smile.

'Nicolle do it!' he then spoke gently and the system started overheating.

-"Yes master"- Nicolle replied with slight difficulty.

--- Unlocking all abilities ---

-"Done"-

As the word came out from Nicolle's mouth, a dark vortex formed above Christopher, and a beam of purple and red light fired from it, enveloping Christopher in purple light.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" he shouted in pain as the power amount of thousands of atomic bombs hit his body and flew through his veins.

'What I've done?' Nicolle thought for herself as the painful scream of her user filled her ears.

['Stupid host you'll die~'] The darkness smiled in pleasure when he saw Christopher's pain and struggle.

['But I can't let you~ you are too precious!'] he spoke and started using its power to empower Christopher's regeneration and protect his soul.

The process suddenly ended after a few minutes, the vortex disappeared and Christopher fell on his knees as a hot steam flew from his body which was constantly healing.

--- Process completed ---

--- All abilities are temporarily unlocked ---

--- Changing the user's name ---

--- Welcome, Darkness Lord ---

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