Once his new pet managed to get used to the new body, Adrian left her under the charge of August. He still was her master, but he needed to get ready for war with the Devils and Heaven. He wanted to get in contact with Azazel, but he wanted to make sure he could trust him.
Theresia the triple Abyssal Manticore managed to draw the attention of Logan who wanted to study the creature. He was proud of Adrian as he felt Adrian was pioneering a new field of magic. He had been talking a lot with Latia to understand this world's magic.
Logan was annoying, but he was the smartest person they had. Logan took several barrels worth of venom and saliva from Theresia and some fur, but the blood would not be safe. So that was not approved, but Logan had so much to research he did not care.
It had been a week since then and he had not stopped experimenting with several types of corpses and materials in his inventory. For the most part, he made more Abyss Demon, but the raw material changed.
He did not need to dive into his dungeon as he still had millions of bodies in his inventory of Silver Knights, Giants, and several other variants He had Hila organize his inventory that was truly endless as he would struggle to find things otherwise.
"Alright, time for another one."
Logan who was with him had his notebook ready to write.
"Will you make a second Triple Abyssal Manticore? You have the material no?"
Adrian shook his head.
"Not yet, I will make it as Khorne wants one. He will give me something I see as far more valuable, but I digress. I need to make more knights. They are the most important."
Logan had already made a detailed sketch of the first Abyss Knights that Adrian made. The new ones were different as instead of being made entirely of Titanite, they were made of flesh as well.
Adrian needed to make 5,000 to make a legion not to mention they would need mounts. He also was going to use the giant bodies to see if he could make a Yhorm-inspired giant, but for now, he was stuck on making more regular knights.
He brought out three more Silver Knight bodies along with a titanite slab and their armor. He was in front of the Alter of Khorne as it made him feel more inspired when he was near it. Maybe the small bit of Khorne's aura had something to do with it.
He and Logan were not alone as Priscilla and Seraphine were also watching. Priscilla watched as he experimented to see what he could make. She noticed how these new variants of Abyss Knights were different from his first 200.
"Uncle, is this how you made your first 200 Abyss Knights?"
Adrian shook his head.
"No, the first ones I made were made entirely out of titanite. This way I am making a living being that has Titanite armor for flesh. They will be a mix of metal and flesh."
The Abyss Fire appeared in his hands and landed on the three corpses, their armor, and the titanite slab he added. Logan, Priscilla, and Seraphine watched as the three corpses fused into a fiend of metal and flesh. The armor acted as skin while the flesh was underneath.
Just as before Adrian gave them 6 arms which made them look like Asuras. Adrian pulled out 10 Silver Knight souls and 1 Black Knight soul and fused them together. He placed the soul into the Abyss Knight which caused it to quake and trembles.
The body itself began to tremble as the soul began to take control of it. The giant creature rose to its feet as the body trembled and held its head with the main arms. The soul was a chimera fusion of 11, but the body itself adapted to the soul and perfectly fused them.
The eyes glowed black with flames as they fully took over the new body. The knight kneeled in front of Adrian who was glad his creation was working as he intended.
"I am getting faster at it. I should be able to mass-produce them if I can get faster at it. These are getting easy."
Priscilla gazed at it with Life hunt and saw that the Demon was much stronger.
"How will you make 5,000? Even then you are the only one who can make more."
He nodded.
"Your right. It is a slow process, but the end result is worth it. Making special creatures like Moxaura and Theresia is hard, so I will only do that when something truly special shows up or I want a champion. Seraphine, what do you think?"
She reached out and knocked on the black helmet. The creature did not react much only a snort. As for Logan, he was sketching the new demon as he loved to learn about these new beasts. Seraphine had a good opinion of them.
"I think if these ran free, they would truly become a calamity. Who will you sick these on first?"
Adrian had only one target in mind.
"The Devils of course. I will first ask Lathia's family to submit, but if they do not they will have my first legion to answer to. The only downside is that I want to wait for Amara to wake up. Her power might be needed."
He sighed as he missed her already. She needed more time to fully awaken as a Dragon of this world. As for Scorn and Devastator, they were up and awake from time to time, but still slept long hours. His favorite dragons were out of commission mostly, but he still had Kalameet and Eeuwigdurend who were flying around.
Seraphine knew he had a special bond with his dragons so she patted him on his back.
"She will be fine. I am sure she will wake up soon."
Adrian knew that, he just missed her.
"Yeah, I know. I just wish she was here to see this and not asleep. Now that I can make my legion, I need to make them some horses. Let's see if this works."
He brought out the bodies of several giants as he was going to experiment with some limitations. Seraphine nodded as she understood what he was trying to do.
"You want to use the flesh and metal to make some horses. Cool."
Logan kept sketching, but he split his focus to look at what Adrian would create.
"You are right, let's see if it works."
Adrian pointed his palm at the bodies and began to use his Abyss Fire to begin the transmutation. First, he pictured a horse in his head and used the titanite and the flesh to begin to build it from scratch. He knew he would fail, but he needed to confirm it.
More and more of the flesh of the giants turned into the shape of a giant horse. It was not perfect, but he kept trying to create something viable. The Abyss Fire did some of the work for him, but humanoid bodies were not easy to turn into horses.
He had to be very careful and control every single detail to make a viable creature. This one took longer than the Knights. He spent a total of 20 minutes just carefully editing every single detail of the creature until a giant black horse was in front of him.
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Adrian took a deep breath as this was exhausting. He placed his hand on its face as he checked the body that looked ok.
"So far so good, what soul do I use for this? I need something 4-legged that will have a better chance of adapting to this type of body."
Logan had an easy answer for that.
"Do you still have the soul of one of the boars you cooked? Use one of those."
"Great idea Logan."
"You're welcome."
Adrian got the soul of one of the Iron Boars from his inventory as it had the most similar shape to the new body. Not perfect, but it would have to suffice as he did not have a lot of 4 legged creatures like those. He placed the soul into the new body and watched how the first demon horse opened its black burning eyes.
The boar was struggling to adapt to the new shape, but not entirely. The body and the effect of the Abyss Fire began to allow the boar to adapt and get used to the body. It took a few unsteady steps, it exhaled and began to trot like a horse.
Its neighs sounded slightly like squeals, but that is going away slowly. Adrian walked up to it and hugged its head and ran his hand down its head.
"Relax. Everything will be ok. You don't have to panic."
The soul of the boar exhaled and lowered its head. It closed its eyes as it focused on the new body. It look a minute and opened its eyes. Finally, the soul felt at home in the new body. Logan felt the need to make another dossier as Adrian learn he could make more types from just the material of flesh and metal.
"Marvelous. Simply marvelous Sir Adrian. What more will you make?"
"Right now nothing. I have other things to do besides making my legion. For now, I need to address the people. While I hate being king, I have to keep them happy. Otherwise, I will have brought them for nothing."
Logan seemed disappointed to see that, but Adrian knew how to cheer him up.
"Take the horse with you. He will be part of the calvary of my legion, but that won't be soon. Research him, but do not harm him."
Logan seemed pleased.
"I shall not do something like that."
Priscilla rolled her eyes.
"Sure you won't"
The horse followed Logan who wanted to run some more tests. While he did that Adrian got up and stretched.
"Time to do my duty as a king."
Priscilla nodded.
"I think you are a good king."
Adrian whistled and Kalameet landed in front of him.
"Come on then."
The black dragon lowered his wing to allow them all to ride on him and once they were on he took off. He flew toward the town square where most of the people gathered. When they saw Kalameet some fell to their knees in prayer.
Adrian was a Lord and a god for them. He did not consider himself a god in the least, but he let them believe that.
'Hila broadcast my face throughout Anor Londo.'
<Affermative.>
All over the city, the face of Adrian appeared in the sky on giant screens. It was impossible to miss, but once he got their attention Adrian cleared his voice.
"Citizens. We have arrived in a better world than our old one. We will not be able to stay peaceful as we are a new force in this world. This world will lead us to prosperity, but we must earn it. Only the strong will make it in this cold world. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR! WE MUST PREPARE FOR WAR!"
The true Fume Knights who were watching smiled as it was just like their captain. Already the people were being drawn to his pace and were roaring and chanting praises for him. August sat on the back of Theresia and when he saw the screens he felt his heartburn.
Even after being with his captain for millennia, his captain still inspired him. The army all cheered praises for their Lord which was just what Adrian wanted. Latia watched and learned that people in Adrian's original lived through danger.
A war was about to begin and every single person in Anor Longo was cheering and chanting the name of Adrian. He was their King, their Lord, their god and they would do as he said.
"REMEMBER! IN ONE YEAR, WAR SHALL BEGIN! MY LEGION OF DEMONS WLL RISE AND DEVOUR OUR ENEMIES! THE GROUND WILL RUN RED WITH THEIR BLOOD! THEIR SKULLS WILL ADORN MY THRONE!"
Every citizen, younger, woman, child, man or elder chanted the name of Anor Londo as the roars of Drakes and Wyverns filled the city. An earthquake filled the city which caused Adrian's face to break out into a wide snarl.
'Welcome back Amara.'
She began to rise to her feet while her 4 wings spread out wide. Scorn and Devastator at her side woke up with her showing their Dragon King class level strength. They were already impressive, but their mother was a different story.
She inhaled a vast amount of air and roared into the sky, but this was no ordinary roar. It was a message that a Dragon had just risen to the Heavenly Dragon Class. Every dragon and supernatural creature heard that roar and knew they were in for a turbulent future.
War was coming and the Devils kept feeling a noose was tightening around their necks. Everything was on its way and now that his three Dragons were awake and stronger than ever he was ready. Once his Legion of demons was complete, he would live up to his goddess. He would spread death in her and Khorne's name.