29 Chapter 29
(WARNING: I will change a little the internal dialogues of the protagonist and the dialogues of the facts or events that are "narrated by him", but that are not his thoughts properly said. I try to improve the way I write, if you think something could be improved, I encourage you to advise me and tell me some examples).
As I was about to take the "leap of faith," two things happened. A surge of power from the other two elemental lords came to me, and the old god began to be less aggressive. I concentrated a little more on what was going on outside, and watched as little by little the "Dark God" was being cornered by the Elemental Lords.
-Therazane is sure to be angry.
I watched as large mountains with many crystals and diamonds rose higher and higher. But what caught my attention the most was how the "Dark God" continued to whip the mountains constantly. The number of tentacles it possessed were many. As far as I could see, at least 10 tentacles were the main ones, because they were huge. But the tentacles that were only 2/3 the size of the biggest ones, counted for more than 50, and the smallest ones to that, beyond 150.
The appearance of this "Dark God" resembled that of the "Old God" "N'zoth", because of the shape of its octopus-like tentacles. It possessed a huge mouth on the side of its body reminiscent of "Yogg-Saron", another "Old God". It had a large plant-like torso from which even more tentacles sprouted. Some were filled with eyes and others with thorns and spikes. It was grotesque, horrifying and gave the impression of having come out of a nightmare that you could never forget.
-Concentrate. I must seize this moment.
I continued to dodge the attacks of the tentacle that attacked me in the physical world. Meanwhile, I concentrated even more on my mental world.
...
-Now is the time to put my theory to the test. If I win this, I will raise my power to a huge level, if I lose... only darkness awaits me. Whether I die again, or I'm controlled to death... well the end result is the same, hahaha.
With that in mind, my mental shield was "weakened" until it fell completely. I took advantage of the situation to make him think I had finally won and prevent him from retreating.
When the "Dark God" saw that he could now fully enter, I felt his happiness and delight. Well, it was even more evident with the huge grin he had on his grotesque mouth.
Soon the whispers were rising in pitch. I could already feel their voices shouting victory to me. They were telling me that I had to obey, to bend, to serve... The different voices sounded more and more synchronized, until they were all "1" and that one voice sounded with the echo of thousands of voices.
# Bow down before your master, little one, obey my will and rejoice in the dark glory I will bring to this world, and the power I will give you in return for serving will be unimaginable, only obey me!
Many voices spoke in unison, echoing with each word. Their presence now fully in my mind quickly corrupted the whole territory. I just calmly watched their arrival and waited for them to trust.
-I learned something today. There is no such thing as truly "indestructible" or "invulnerable" in existence... Everything can change. Even energy that is not destroyed, can be transformed into something else. This teaches me that nothing is "immutable", everything changes with the passage of time. As long as there is "life" there will be hope, as long as I exist, I will have infinite possibilities.
Watch and listen to this "Old God" that I decided to call "Hll'Wipr".
-No matter how great my power is, there will always be someone more powerful. As the saying goes, "One heaven above the sky". I had too much "faith" in my mental power. I thought I could be like in those novels where the protagonist becomes OP easily, without restrictions, without consequences. But I don't know if it's this universe that makes it impossible or it's existence itself that prevents any action or decision from going unpunished from his reactions. It's like moving the water in a bathtub, at some point it will come back to you.
While I was in my "mental enlightenment" the "Dark God" was only observing me. Now I was totally before my "will", "soul" or whatever you prefer to call my "mental representation".
-But I know that despite foolishly and blindly believing that I would easily obtain the power I longed for to live comfortably in this world, I still have one thing.
# You have decided to surrender to your new master, what a joy it brings me! Now you can possess unimaginable power and serve a great cause. ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! ...
As the "Dark God" spoke, he sent out one of his main tentacles seeking to entangle me. I did not resist and allowed it to hold me.
-I have hope. I have a light that guides me to keep trying, even when I am faced with fearful adversity. But I also know something else, "there is no greater enemy in the world than oneself". There is no greater mistake for me in this world than "giving up" ... I will give my all, to achieve my goals, even if I must die for it. I will not fall without a fight!
The "Dark God" only delighted even more in my lack of resistance. So I slowly approached his huge, smiling mouth. But as he took me to my apparent end, I said.
"I will never surrender, Dark One. I will not bow to you and your power.
# HA-HA-HA-HA-HA, It doesn't matter anymore, You'll serve, Even if you don't want to!
And before being consumed I just told him.
"In my body and in my mind, I rule! "
*GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*
-I've always known that I have a great imagination. I couldn't get away from anime, then manga and finally light novels. This last one was the end of the chain, I could never get away from reading anymore.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*
# AAAAGRAARARARARARARARARARARRGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!
I increased my size and broke free from the grip of the "Dark God", destroying its tentacle and hitting its mouth in the process.
-It was not only faster and easier to read. I got into novels mainly because I couldn't wait any longer. I had to know what happened next, I had to know what would happen. I was patient, but patient enough to take my time and read, and read. My imagination always kept up with what I read, my mind was and is my best weapon. With each reading, I learned what "The Zerg, Sarah Kerrigan of StarCraft", said, "Perspective". And with that, many ideas from many authors. Countless worlds and knowledge. But they all always came down to one thing, "the infinite possibilities of imagination".
I was now a huge dragon, with platinum-white scales. Between my scales I could see the golden lines that ran through my entire being. I had two wings and multiple tentacles with heads similar to mine. I had huge golden horns and a long tail. My claws possessed an iridescent hue, but were mostly electric blue. On my chest was a golden symbol adorned with jewels of various colors. And throughout my being flowed my infinite multi-elemental energy.
"If you wish to submit me to you will have to put your life on the line, you dark and disgusting being. I do not intend to bow down and serve anyone who does not dare to give their all. If you desire my obedience, then FIGHT!"
As soon as I finished speaking I quickly pounced on the dark god. I would not allow any distance with him. For his tentacles to have such enormous strength they first had to gather momentum, like a whip. The mass and resistance of his huge tentacles would do the rest. That's why I had to deny him the possibility of generating power. Besides, lately I've been enjoying more the sensation of beating your enemy into an unrecognizable mass.
# You stupid little ignoramus, no matter what you do! In the end you will bow down or die!
"Just what I want, so stop talking and start enjoying the beating I'm going to give you, you filthy thing."
# DUMB! / DuMb! / dumb/ dUmB/ du....
With a voice that diversified into thousands, he began his physical and verbal attack on me.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOM*.
* BOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
Multiple attacks were coming at me, but I resisted them all. I couldn't muster enough strength with how close I was to his main torso. His attacks barely felt like a well-executed punch and not like a steamroller going over me.
#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGgGgHhHH / aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhh / AaAaAaAaAaArRrRrRrGgGgGhHhHH / aa.....
Since my claws were very sharp, I took advantage and started digging into his side. I would open an entrance into his "Soul" and consume him from the inside. An irony for these gods who enjoy corrupting.
"! Hahahaha! What's the matter, can't your disgusting self defend itself properly, so you want me to bow down to you, you're pathetic!"
# AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGRRARARARARARARGGGHH / aAaAaAaAaAaRrRrRrRgGgGgHhHh / aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggghhhh / AaAaAaAaAaArRrRrRrGgGgGhHhHH / aa... Enjoy while you can. As soon as I'm done corrupting this whole place, you will fall and beg to be allowed to serve me eternally. AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGRARARAGGH.
"Then let us see who can win first, "You", ugly, disgusting, revolting and repulsive thing, or "I", the image of light that will devour the stain of darkness that has appeared in my fortress and that naively believes that it will be able to subdue its Lord."
Talk big, but I was really giving it my all in this. The "Dark God" had "planted" himself on the "ground" and started trying to corrupt my being for good.
# AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGRRARARARARARARARGGGGHH / aAaAaAaAaAaRrRrRrRgGgGgHhHh / aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhh / AaAaAaAaAaArRrRrRrGgGgGhHhH / aa... What are you doing?!
"Hahaha, do you care, I'm just testing if you like being consumed from the inside."
-I will devour him completely. And like him, I will do it from the very core of his being.
When the "Dark God" realized that I was gradually entering his "Mental Representation" or his "Soul", he became alarmed and began to beat me more desperately. But as soon as I was inside he gave up and I felt him fully striving to corrupt me.
It didn't take me long to shatter his internal defenses and find his "heart" or, rather, his "core". So I roared a few last words to bid him farewell.
"HA-HA-HA-HA-HA, Thanks for the food and good riddance."
With one pull I tore out his heart and with one big bite I devoured it.
#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGRARARARARAGGHHHH / AAAAAAAAAAAGRRARARARGGGHH / aAaAaAaAaRrRrRrRgGgGgHhHh / aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhh / AaAaAaAaAaArRrRrRrGgGgGhHhH / aa…... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! / NooOoOoOoOoOoOo / nOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO /noo...
Then I could feel my strength increase.
-Hahaha this feels amazing. But that "core" is just the inside, I still have to eat the rest. It's not polite to leave food on the plate.
So I bit into his flesh and began to suck hard, almost like eating "spaghetti".
#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH / aaaAAAAAAAAAaAaAaAaAaAaAaARRRrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhh / aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggghhhh / AaAaAaAaAaArRrRrRrGrGgGgGhGhHHHH / aa... JA, JA, JA, JA, JA, JA, JA, ha, ha, ha, JA, ha, JA, ha, JA, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha / .... DUMB! / DuMb / dUmB / dumb / du.... wha - what you've done, it will be, your... doom / DoOm/ dOoM/ doom. AAAAARRRRRRRFFFFFFFGGH AAAAAAAAAAAAAGRRRRRRARARARARGGGHH / aAaAaAaAaAaRrRrRrRgGgGgHhHh / aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhh / AaAaAaAaAaArRrRrRrGGgGgGhHhH / aa...
And those were his last words. Soon there was no more "Dark God" in my mind. Now there was only me.
I raised my mental defenses again. This time I felt incredibly powerful. I felt my control over my "mental power" increasing. It was now on the same level as my "body power".
With my newly increased power I searched my mind for traces of survival of the "Old God", but found none. So I began to absorb all the corruption that the "Dark God" had achieved.
-It is unbelievable how powerful he was. The only thing left to corrupt was the sun still shining in the sky, everything else is dead and corrupted.
It didn't take me long to completely clear my mind of corruption and further increase my mental power.
After finishing my mental business I turned my full concentration back to the physical world.
-I had noticed that since a moment ago, the body of the "Old God" was totally still. I guess by devouring his "will" or rather "Soul", he lost all signs of activity. So I think he must be dead in life, as if in a coma... I can't let my food go to waste, so, "good appetite for me".
I did something similar to what happened in my mind and bit the tentacle of the "Dark God". Using the bodily power I possess, I connected to the "nerves" of his body and took control. I quickly sent all the power and with it the "body" of the "Old God" into my elemental body. I absorbed it like juice through a straw.
In fact, it took me no time at all to quickly absorb the huge body. And when it disappeared, everyone was surprised. It didn't take long for the Elemental Lords to start attacking with the intention of quickly exterminating the remaining dark army.
As soon as I planned to continue attacking, I "blacked out" and was immersed in my mental world again.
-It seems I have things to fix here....
*SIGH*
I knew I had to concentrate on recovering and for that I had to fix the rest of my mind, which was free of corruption, but partly shattered.
-Working on oneself never ends.
Author's Note: How do you like this chapter, how did you like this change with the main character's mental dialogues, I hope everything went well. Any mistakes please comment so I know what I should improve or fix. ^^
This change is due to the comment and advice of "Crowny_66". Thanks for telling me, although it will take me a while to edit the previous chapters, I will do it at some point. ^^
By the way, the next chapter will have a surprise, can you guess what it is, I hope so, and I hope not too ^^
I invite you to comment, because every comment is a motivation to continue writing. You are invited to express yourselves freely, but with respect for me and for all of us. You can advise me with things that you don't like or that I could improve, you can give me ideas and you can give me CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Destroying is a part of existence, it is inevitable, but we are the owners of our actions, the masters of our thoughts. There is nothing said or done consciously that we do not allow, I invite you to control anger, flow with peace. And in harmony you can guide yourselves and set an example for others. Let us be wise and speak constructively. May the fire of our words be used to give life. I wish you a great day or a good night ^^
