094 4000XSuccessor

"FINALLY A SUCCESSOR HAS BEEN DECIDED. AS A REWARD I SHALL GRANT YOUR WISH OF DESTROYING THE TEN DONS. IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR... UNDYING HEART!"

*thud thud thud*

An increasing heartbeat can be heard from Marco's heart as he himself convulsed.

*thud thud thud thud thud*

Marco's shut eyes opened wide eyed as he shouted in full apprehension and raising his right arms as if grasping for the light.

"Nooooooooooooo!"

Marco's body aged drastically, his black hair turned white as wrinkles appears all over him. His muscle mass decreased and his raised right arm slowly drops as he withered and decayed to ashes, retaining only his beating heart.

*thud thud thud thud thud*

The sacrificial shrine at the top of the pyramid opened showing a mummy fully wrapped in linen bandages.

One thing out of place is a big hole on its chest where the heart is usually located. The mummy stood up in dracula fashion and levitated a meter above the shrine.

*thud thud thud thud thud*

Marco's beating heart also levitated and flew to the mummy's chest.

*bang bang bang*

Lara tried to shoot the heart but as if it has a mind of it's own it quickened its pace and speed right through the mummy.

*Thud*

"I, DRAGON EMPRESS TIAMAT IS BACK!!!!!" Roared the now revived mummy. If one look closely she did have a bump on her chest to prove her claim as an empress.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 4000 YEARS, 100 EXPLORERS ALL WITHOUT THE SERAPH KEY AND ONE ONE GROUP OF EXPLORERS WITH THE KEY. For 4000 years, I've been drained and left for dead in this forsaken tomb. Another 10 more years and I would have truly died."

*bang bang bang*

Lara interrupted the monologuing Tiamat by shooting at her. Tiamat dodge two of the bullets and blocked the last one by placing her forearm in front. "Urgggh. That was rude of you. That attack of yours put up quite a punch. But on my hayday, those wouldn't even have reached me." Bragged by Tiamat in a matter of factly manner. She showed the forearm she used to block the bullet, it has a huge hole on iy that is closing rapidly.

'He got a healing ability similar better than Grylls? Most likely an enhancer.' Thought Lara from what she saw.

"Oh yes, where was I before being RUDELY interrupted. I am Takhisis Tiamat from the main plain, the conqueror of this small lake. I have been the ruler for 500 years before those Freecss rebelled and placed me in this tomb to die." Continued Tiamat.

"Freaks? And why should we care of who you are?" Lara doubtedly asked.

"Rude as ever I see. Yes, those Freecss, I'll kill every single one them when I see them along with every person in this lake for burying me for 4000 years! STARTING WITH YOUR GROUP, YOU DISRESPECTFUL INSIGNIFICANT ANTS!"

*huryaaaaaaaaaa*

Nen burst out from Tiamat as he transformed into a 1 headed purple hydra with another head lump forming slowly. It is 5 metes tall and a tail that span 7 meters.

"Aquila get us away!" Ordered Lara as she jumped unto Aquila's back. Aquila flew away with Bradford in tow on her talons.

"Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. From 1 cauldron to another." Bradford really can't fathom why this is happening to him.

The duo escaped just on time for, the now-hydra, Tiamat breathed fire to the duo.

The fire is about the size of Marco's own flamethrower. The flame spread out and some of them even reached and touched the pilars below the pyramid which caused them to be absorbed into it.

"I really despise these Pillars. A heart with Fire focus ability, nothing wrong with a fire breathing hydra." Tiamat slid down the Pyramid and went near the pillars. She then attacked one of them by swinging her tail into it.

*boom* With 1 sweep a Pillar shook and showed some damages. With another sweep of her tail a Pillar is utterly destroyed.

*boooom* *boooom* *boooom*

"What is she doing down there?" Bradford asked as a second Pillar is destroyed

"I don't know." Answered Lara. "But whatever it is, I need to stop her. Go and hide somewhere. It looks like she has no plan of letting as leave alive." Suggested Lara as he dropped off Bradford on the floor.

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<A few minutes ago>

"Noooooooo!" Shouted Silver as he saw the web spitting Spider take the blow for him. *cough* *cough* He then coughed up a moutful of blood. Blood also started to leak from his ears as it has also suffered tremendous damage from the explosion.

He wanted to retalliate at first thought but he too is heavily injured from the last explosion. 'Sorry bud, and thank you for saving me.' He then flew and escaped, his balance is all over the place.

He then conjured a Healing Salve and drank it, The salve worked like magic as he saw his burns healing at a rapid pace. However in return he felt his stamina drop.

"I almost died in there. That was dangerous."

After a while with Marco not chasing him, he conjured Cookie-chan and requested to be massaged while healing Salve works its Magic. 'The combination of these two are Godly. The healing Salve uses my own vitality and stamina to increase the recovery speed of the injuries while Cookie chan increase my recovery of my stamina and vitality.' Thought Silver. 'What if I drink another Salve?' He conjured another salve to drink but nothing noticable occured. 'Bummer.'

He then closed his eyes and concentrated his Senses to the aura that still going inside him. 'What are these aura, and why do I feel familiar with this?'

After 3 minutes, the aura coming in stopped. Silver feels the Aura has now fully belonged to him and it wishes to be used at the earliest moment. He tried to use the Aura but nothing seems to be happening.

He tried multiple times but failed to activate the Aura. "Ughhhh! What is it, the suspense is Killing me!"

Although he is not sure what is it yet, he knows it is another Nen ability. Silver has a lot of abilities now and one way to track which one is to be used is to be familiar with the 'Aura' of these abilities that he needs to activate.

"Let's see my progress with the Fire bender, how many task are left to complete."

{A voice that only I can hear came to me.

To own the ability Fire Bender:

• Get burned from your neck down. X

• Burn a human to death. X

• Get your parents killed before 10 years old. X

• Get a hold of the Dagger of Xian.

• Tell Marco Bartolli you also like to watch the world burn while using his own ability. X

• The condition must not be told to the owner.

• Sharingan is not required to be active while completing the tasks

Fire Bender: Transmute your Nen to create fire and control the fire you generated. The larger burnt body you have, the stronger the flames created.}

"This is great progress. I guess being burned all over by Marco counted for the first one. And I totally forgot about burning a human to death, I was just angry at Nellie for her betrayal that I wanted her to suffer more before dying. Only need to get hold of the dagger and I should be able to complete this."

He then also checked his wounds. He saw that almost all burns are healed now and that he is again able to use his ears without problem. He probed by using Gyo in his ears and indeed his 'En' ability is back.

Another more minute and all my wounds should be fully healed. Silver waited for a minute until his sensitive senses caught changes in the air. "Huh? What's this?"