C184 Bonding

*~Juan~*

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"Master." The humanoid sludge that is now Arthur Pendragon bowed deeply in Toms direction.

"What should I call you? Arthur or All-black?" Tom asked as the undead symbiote stood straight, awaiting further commands.

"You can choose, Master." He replies, uncaring of his new name.

"What do you think, Death?" Tom turns his question to Lady Death.

"Personally, I think Arthur sounds better than All-black. Just remove the Pendragon name so nobody gets suspicious. If anyone asks, you can just say you named your sword after your ancestor." Lady Death gives her opinion.

"Alright, sounds good." Tom nodded and looked over at his new pitch-black servant. "From now on you are Arthur. Just Arthur."

"I understand, Master." Arthur says with a quick bow.

"Good, now that's taken care of, we should test your ability to turn into a sword." Tom says, getting a questioning look from his new servant.

"I can turn into a sword?" Arthur asks confusedly.

"Yes, I'll talk you through it on the first try, but I expect you to start practicing diligently afterward." Tom says, getting a nod from his new servant. "Good, now close your eyes and try picturing a sword. Any style you like. I'm sure it won't be hard for you."

"Okay, I'm picturing Excalibur." Arthur says after a quick moment of thought.

"All that's left to do is will yourself into that sword. Morph your new malleable body and turn it into the same shape as Excalibur." Tom instructs further.

Arthur doesn't respond and stays quiet with his eyes shut tight. Tom and Lady Death sit back and wait patiently, not wanting to interfere and distract Arthur.

After a minute of silence, Arthur's body started shifting and slowly morphed into a perfect pitch-black sword.

The sword is different from the old All-black but was the same type of style. A beautiful medieval sword as dark as could be.

Due to Arthur's familiarity with swords, he had no problem whatsoever morphing into a perfect unblemished sword.

Looking at the sword, Tom couldn't help but feel excited. Especially since he's seeing what Excalibur looks like, which should be in his Pendragon vault, hopefully.

'I wonder if Arthur would be able to absorb Excalibur?' Tom thought as he hoped that would be the case, or else he would have to learn a two-sword style, so he can wield them both.

Putting that thought to the back of his mind, for the time being, Tom stands from the skeletal throne, strolls up to the pitch-black Excalibur look alike, and grasps the handle in his hand.

Just from touching the sword, Tom can feel the power it holds.

As Tom picks up the sword, Arthur acts on instinct and forms a bond between them with Tom as his host.

The sword melts into a liquid and covers Tom's hand, climbing up his arms and to the rest of his body.

Once Tom's body was covered in black tar-like liquid from head to toe, Arthur melted into his skin, merging with his new host completely.

As Tom felt and saw All-black do all of this, he didn't panic and simply let the Symbiote do as it pleased. He knew that Arthur wouldn't hurt him after turning into one of Lady Deaths' undead.

'Hello, Master.' Tom beard Arthur's voice in his mind.

'Hello, Arthur. Have you bonded with me as a host?' Tom asked as he studied up on the Klyntar race in Kamar-Taj.

What also tipped him off, is the sudden growth in power he felt. As soon as All-black bonded with him, Tom felt as though he could best Thor, and the All-Father in combat at the same time, while single-handedly slaughtering millions of gods in open combat.

'Yes, Master, I think so.' Arthur replies, not completely sure but he feels that his master's words are correct.

"It looks like it went well?" Lady Death's half asks with a questioning look.

"Yeah, he bonded with me. I feel a lot stronger right now." Tom says as he taps his foot on the throne room floor, creating spider web cracks along the black floor.

"Hmm, it takes some serious power to damage any part of my palace." Lady Death nods, impressed by Tom's casual show of strength.

"Yeah, I'll have to get this under control before heading back to school. I wouldn't want to kill some kid by simply bumping into him." Tom comments, hoping to get his newfound power under control quickly.

"I can help you with that, but first let's leave the palace." She snaps her fingers, teleporting both of them to an open field miles away from the palace grounds. "I don't need you destroying my beautiful palace."

Seeing that he doesn't have to have to watch his strength anymore, Tom decides to test it out by stomping the ground as hard as he possibly could.

*boom!*

A loud explosion is heard as the ground beneath Tom and Lady Death dents inward a few meters in what seems to be a mile-long radius.

Seeing the extent of his power, Tom just stood there slack-jawed and eyes wide open. He truthfully didn't think this would happen.

"Huh?!" Tom couldn't utter a single word.

Tom thought maybe he would cause some cracks and a good size indent, but nothing could have prepared him for anything like this.

"I told you before. It takes some serious power to be able to harm my palace." Lady Death says in an 'I told you so' type of manner. "Are you ready to start getting that power under control?"