New God

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As Leon stepped into the circle as instructed by Walter, he went to the center and sat down. As he did, Walter ordered Arnold and the servants to begin the ritual process.

Leon's body started to float upward, emitting a red light. The blue clouds in the sky turned red, like the calm before a storm. The blood in the lake began to flow slowly towards Leon, as if it was about to invade his body. The blood started circling where Leon was standing, and his body began to decay. Leon felt immense pain, as if he was being cut into millions of pieces. His whole body turned to ash, leaving only his bones, which were as white as light.

Then, the blood floating around Leon began to be absorbed by his bones. His bones, now absorbing the blood, started to turn red. As time passed, his bones became completely dark red. His nervous system began to develop, followed by his muscles. From his back, a red liquid, a mixture of red and gold blood, started to emerge. Being a vampire, his blood was red, and being a god, his blood was somewhat golden. This meant his vampire race dominated the god race within him.

Leon, still in pain, realized he was feeling the same amount of pain as when he fell into the dimension rift. He remembered everything from that time and knew he was going to change, though he didn't know how. Finally, his skin developed, followed by his black hair, red eyes, and pink lips. Now, he looked godly.

Then, he heard a soft, melodious voice in his head, the world's voice: "The process of the sacrifice of god has been successful."

Leon was confused. He thought he was going to become a complete god, not expecting to hear about a sacrifice. He panicked, thinking he was going to be sacrificed. The voice continued, "Godhood level will be sacrificed in return for a complete godhood. Permission: yes or no?"

Leon, having no choice but to answer, said, "Yes."

The world's voice responded, "Receiver has been confirmed. The change process will start. Proceed."

Leon felt a powerful energy flowing through his body. He tried to resist it, but he failed. It flowed like a river in the rainy season, destroying everything in its path. The voice continued, "Individual godhood is sacrificed. Now a primordial god falls to a newborn god. Asking permission from the receiver: yes or no?"

Accepting his fate, Leon said, "Yes."

The world's voice announced, "Barrier manipulation ability has been discovered. Implementing changes to absolute barrier manipulation. Limitation has been added to absolute barrier manipulation because the host's body is not suitable for now."

"Blood control ability has been confirmed. Implementing changes. Blood control has turned into hemokinesis."

"Ceil, god of knowledge, has been confirmed. Changing to sage Ceil, god of knowledge."

"Void chaos energy has been confirmed. Changing the ability... failure, failure, failure. Sealing the void chaos energy in the host's body. Granting imaginary space ability."

"A new species has been born in the outside world, named vampire. Granting the host a gift for the new species: learner ability."

As the world's voice finally stopped announcing the changes, a pillar of red light formed, connecting two worlds. It declared the birth of a new god in a joyous tone. Leon's body, covered by the red light, was now well-built, looking as if he had done a lot of work. However, he was not familiar with this body.

Leon noticed he had no clothes on, so he used his new ability, hemokinesis, to create clothes and wrap them around himself. As this happened, Walter, Flora, and their subordinates watched in awe. They had never seen anything like it. The whole planet was covered in red light, with thunder from the clouds also red. It was as if the world was announcing the birth of a dangerous being.

Flora, hesitantly, asked her grandfather, "Grandpa, is Leon alright?" when his body turned into ash

Walter, with a reassuring tone, said, "Don't worry, Flora. This is common. He will be alright. Look, his body is regenerating." He pointed at the direction where Leon started to regenerate 

As Flora watched Leon's body regenerate, she blushed. Her heart started to beat faster, admiring his godly figure. Leon now looked like a young man with a beautiful face, the ideal man in every woman's dream. She was happy to have him by her side, staring at him intently. Flora, without realizing it, was becoming obsessed with Leon.

Walter, seeing his granddaughter's reaction, sighed. He noticed that Leon had gained more than one ability from the world's voice. He decided to let his granddaughter have her wish. He also wanted a man like Leon to be an ally rather than an enemy, knowing that Leon was destined to become a powerful entity in the future. Walter planned to make Leon feel grateful towards him.