13 Chapter 13 - The Nephalem Dragon?
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
[Group Chat]
[[Grave Warnings]]
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(First POV: Eren)
"You-ᚴᛜᏌ give me your dragon soul."
'He's definitely pointing at me...'
'Group chat, I need an extraction right now!'
My thoughts were in disarray, as I knew at any moment the ravenous curses would attack me.
[Omni Gojo has died.]
[Chosen Victor Azaogdesz Sukuna has won!]
[+15,000 points for surviving a near-impossible mission!]
[+10,000 points for having your chosen winner succeed.]
[+35,000 points for unlocking a hidden objective: Push the fragment of Azaogdesz to the brink and bring out his hidden eldritch power!]
[You shall be teleported out in 20 seconds.]
'20 seconds? You're fucking with me!' I thought as I quickly looked around.
I tried to run forward to get out of the full encirclement I was in, but as I did, my head turned to the right.
I swear my vision zoomed in past what was normal as I locked eyes with what I can only assume was a skull with green orbs in its eye sockets. There weren't any eyes, just floating orbs in its skull.
"Fall."
As soon as I heard those words, my surroundings became a void of black. I felt nauseous and weak.
"arghhh." I couldn't speak and instantly fell to the ground.
'My eyes feel so heavy. Were the curses even going to attack me? I should just sleep here.'
"Dragon-ᙃ尺ᗣᎶO几 soul..."
My eyes instantly widened. Something was trying to touch me. My hand shakily slapped whatever was coming toward me.
I was grabbed by the throat as if I had angered something. The void around me was beginning to disappear, but as it did, I saw a skeleton different from the one I saw talk to Gojo.
It was wearing a cloak that was a mixture of black with scarlet patterns and drawings on it.
With my vision back and the void lifted, I could see I was being held by the throat by Sukuna. All the curses in the area had fainted, besides Dev.
He was holding one of his hands up like he was holding something, but nothing was in his hand.
'Group chat, how much longer!?'
[13 seconds until you return to your home universe.]
'Dragon soul, ꊿꌈꋖꈜ꒐ꀷꑀꌅ.'
"AHHHHH!" I screamed as my mind was being invaded. I could feel Sukuna's insanity trying to break my mind.
As I grabbed his arm, holding onto my neck with both my arms, my vision began blurring with this twisting darkness I could not describe.
Eventually, my vision went completely black, and I couldn't hear anything.
…
(Third POV:)
As Sukuna broke down Eren's weirdly resistant mind, he injected himself into his soul.
Eren's soul was a murky black that was everywhere. Sukuna, who was now searching inside, had no idea where to look.
Eren's soul had multiple lifetimes—way too many. The vast darkness that the soul held was too much.
Wandering through the soul Sukuna eventually found what he was looking for. The gauntlet gleamed bright red inside the boy's soul.
One of Sukuna's tendrils came into contact with the gauntlet. The dragon soul was right there; he could—!
"You dare."
A powerful voice sounded out of nowhere! The blackness of the soul quickly changed as flames grew and shone light on the darkness!
In the middle of the flames, a massive red dragon with green eyes appeared, and it began looking down at Sukuna.
"Dragon—Principle—Domination!" Sukuna couldn't speak; after all, it was only his instinct that was speaking. Sukuna had gone unconscious from unlocking more of his eldritch power.
"Mumble your meek words, creature. To touch my soul and think nothing of the consequences, how truly foolish!" The gauntlet began changing as the dragon spoke.
The flames grew in intensity as they tried to reach further and further, only being held back by the dragon.
"Begone."
As the dragon finished his words, the flames grew over Sukuna.
In the real world, Sukuna's body shivered and shook until his consciousness awoke from the pain.
"AGGHK!" Eren had awoken, and the blackness in his eyes had receded. Sukuna had lightened his hold on the boy unconsciously as he took damage.
Now Sukuna was angry! Looking at the boy, he began distorting gravity.
'Group chat, invite Azaogdesz Sukuna!' Eren thought as he knew Sukuna was charging something. In most stories, the group chat gives funny or persuasive messages when invited.
Eren's thought process was, 'If I can get him distracted for any time at all, then I might live!'
Sukuna had frozen. His eyes rapidly began looking at something as if he were reading.
Eren, however, began kicking as if he were trying to break free. No matter how much he kicked, nothing would change, and so Sukuna paid him no mind.
The tip of Eren's left foot had touched the right hand, which seemed as though it was holding something invisible, and right as it did...
'Group chat! Gift Omni Gojo's soul to @Secretly An Eldritch God!'
It was a shot in the dark. Or was it? When Eren's eyes began turning fully black, he could see lights. Bright ones.
The brightest one was right next to Sukuna! It was something invisible that he was holding that Eren couldn't see.
It was Omni Gojo's soul!
[Gifting Omni Gojo's soul to @Secretly An Eldritch God...]
[Successfully gifted!]
Sukuna's eyes everywhere on his body suddenly widened as he looked at where Gojo's soul was supposed to be.
He quickly turned toward Eren. Rage was building in his eyes.
"Go fuck yourself!" Eren said it as quickly as he could. Right as his sentence finished, a cleave and dismantle were being fired right at his head.
[You are being teleported back to your world!]
Before it could land, Eren's body disappeared, leaving a confused and furious Sukuna in the middle of a passed-out army.
…
(First POV: Eren)
When I opened my eyes, I was back in my world. Time was still frozen, but I was in my room, where I left.
In my mailbox was Omni Gojo's soul. The message read: [You have received the noble soul of Omni Gojo as a gift from @Secretly An Eldritch God.]
Before I started rubbing my victory over Sukuna in his now-non-present face, I had to do something.
I activated the boosted gear. The gauntlet had changed. My fingers were now covered in the draconian armor, giving me sharp armored claws.
On the back of my palm was a big green gem, and the rest of the gauntlet extended down my arm with red spikes lining the sides and two big yellow spikes on the end of it.
"Ddraig you here?" I knew he was awake, but I needed to know if he was actually willing to speak to me.
"Of course, I'm here. It wouldn't be the first time I had been awoken due to some creature's meddling." The dragon's deep voice immediately replied from the gauntlet.
"Well, then that will make things easier. Soon, I'll be going through a racial change. I can't explain everything, but can you change my heart, lungs, bone marrow, and blood to that of a dragon while I am mid-transformation?"
"I can. Though, I do wonder why you would accept this racial change if you were going to become a dragon anyway."
Ddraig was right. I had no reason to change races if I was going to become a dragon, but after getting fucked over by this group chat, it was time I took advantage.
[Time will remain frozen until the reward of Malevolent Angel racial change is given.]
"I don't have a lot of time to explain, but the thing giving me this reward is very prone to fucking around, and if I do this, it's going to find out. Hopefully, you'll cause it to freak out and give me a better reward."
The gauntlet was silent for a few seconds after.
"Hahahaha. From that short explanation, I do hope you get your desired results." The chuckle from the gauntlet was as if the dragon hadn't had such a partner in years.
[Begining transformation. You'll be forcefully unconscious until the transformation finishes.]
"Alright, it's beginning," I said as my vision began becoming blurry.
'Hopefully, I can get what I've been planning for...'
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(Third POV:)
As the transformation began, Eren's body slowly floated into the air. Tucking itself in the fetal position, it lay motionless.
A shell of holy light began covering him. Slowly, it turned into a smooth, golden egg.
The egg then began turning black as negative energy was added. The mixture of holy energy and negative energy was disproportionate. The negative energy was way less and only took up about a third of the space on the egg.
However, in the middle of the process, Ddraig began changing Eren's body parts into those of a dragon.
The reaction was immediate.
[Unknown third party detected. Detecting racial change.]
[Hidden racial heritage was detected. Unable to continue racial change.]
[Error! Error! Retrying... Error!]
[Finding workaround...]
[Workaround found!]
[Changing race...]
[Angel, Demon, Dragon. Randomizing bloodline.]
[Bloodline randomized!]
[Error!]
The egg began hatching. The problem is that the group chat has yet to awaken Eren.
[Unfreezing stopped time. Randomizing true names.]
As the egg fully hatched, time unfroze. Eren's body unfurled two wings, one black and the other white.
The left-wing curled around his floating body as the right spread out. His eyes were filled to the brim with holy and negative energy, causing them to glow in opposite colors.
"Hahhh." An unconscious breath escaped from the mouth of the body.
Everyone in the world did a double take. The world stopped for just a moment as every creature heard a faint breath in its ears.
The clouds grew with golden light that brightened the skies all over half the world. People were being healed, curing diseases, and even curing mental illnesses.
The other half wasn't as lucky. Black clouds grew over the skies as black lightning struck down. People were dying, incurable diseases were being found in the bodies of people, and gamblers were losing more money than usual.
People began recording the moment, claiming God was real and his judgment was coming. However, none of them could agree on a single god.
Eren's body began softly moving, mindlessly. His arms waved softly through the air until his body sat up.
Both arms curved, trying to imitate something they saw.
Right hand pointed to the sky, Eren's white wing unfurled and spread out. "Throughout heaven, I am the angel of generosity and freedom, Eden's angelic prodigy!"
Eren's left hand curved and pointed toward the ground. "Earth, I am the ancient dragon beloved by death and ineluctability. Son of a heavenly dragon and a dragon lord."
His right black wing waved softly before stretching out completely. "And the Abyss, I am the nameless demon never to be heard. I am the uncaring one who only knows apathy."
"When all of me comes together, there is none above." Eren's eyes glowed brightly, with gold in the left eye and black in the right eye.
"I alone am the Nephalem Dragon." A soft smile took hold as he spoke those final words.
These words had been heard all over the world as people stopped talking and began listening to the voice everyone in the world could hear.
For the first time in the history of humanity since its conception, people stopped arguing about which god was real.
However, what was happening inside this newly-born being was different.
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(A/N: Here is where the true story finally begins. "Eren" Is no more and you shall see what I mean in the next chapter. Everything leading up to this moment was pre-destined besides Gojo getting another awakening.)
