Chapter 33

The rest of the body of the "Old God" had been removed underground.

- Why do I feel that "phase" 2 of this fight is beginning?

I was not mistaken and soon something really interesting happened... 10 more bodies appeared. All identical and equally powerful.

-It's a real pity that I now have a more resistant body. So, I just have to eat this pasta that resists to be devoured *glup*.

"Clip /Shik, clip / shik, clip / shik, clip / shik, clip / shik."

-Now he's making that annoying sound, while other of his mouths are laughing... Interesting. I was facing one of his "tentacles" ... that explains why he doesn't mind me treating him like a dance partner.

"So you were playing all this time... It's a pity you couldn't keep up the game. But no matter how strong you are, now that I've devoured part of your being, I can understand you more, Je-jre-je-je-jre. Your end, like the rest, will be to be my food."

-Being arrogant and provoking the enemy. Simple and cliché tactics that usually work. Even more so when you can control what emotions you are "feeling" at all times.

"Shik, shik, shik, shik, shik. I got a little taste of you and I must admit you have a very good taste. Clip, clip, clip, clip, clip. Don't worry so much. When I devour you I'll take care of the rest for you."

I didn't argue anymore, I just stood there waiting for the arrival of the other Elemental Lords.

"Fire Lord. I think this competition will start to get really good. Whoever consumes the most of his 'tentacles' wins, do you agree?"

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, all right, I'll show you how it burns under my flame!"

-That "Dark God" is weak to fire. Inciting Ragnaros is not very difficult, but this battle will be no less complicated.

Although he wanted to wait for the arrival of the others, the "Old God" did not wait to attack us. It swung all its tentacles, so that we could not avoid them.

But what the "Dark God" did not expect was that Therazane would raise great mountains that would withstand and deflect some of his attacks.

Six of its 10 "tentacles" were successfully deflected. Even so, the other 4 hit the target. Or more precisely, they hit me.

My new scales withstood the blows and cuts, but my body could not resist the force of the impact. At least it didn't, but my "body power" prevented my insides from being destroyed so easily.

I took advantage and guided the force of the impact towards my tentacles and clung tightly to one of its "tentacles/body".

-I won't play games this time.

* BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*.

Ragnaros had hit 3 of the "tentacles", one of which was the one I was holding. And as usual, this disgusting thing shrieked in pain.

"SKREEETTTCCCCCCHHH" "SKREEETTTCCCCCCHHH"

"SKREEETTTCCCCCCHHH"

I ruthlessly thrust my heads into the openings of its leg joints and set about devouring its entire being.

*PLLLUUUG

Again I separate its segments and hide its "tentacle" underground.

-Mmm, tastes good, like potato chips. Excellent. It just needs a little salt.

"What's the matter! Because if that's all you've got, I'll end up devouring you slowly. Although I admit I will enjoy every bite, Jrarg jrarg jrarg jrarg".

-It's so funny to me that it seems that his biggest surprise is only his defense, attack and edge. But it's also disappointing, I was expecting more... The more power, the more I can devour, hahaha.

"Clip clip clip clip clip clip"

-No response. But now only 9 of its 10 "tentacles" remain.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*.

"SKREEETTTCCCCCCHHH"

-Correction 8. Ragnaros sure has a great aim.

"I'm 2 and you're only 1, Ragnaros, I'm winning, will I ever beat you again? Jra jra jra jra!"

-I don't know why it's so much fun to make fun of him.

"Minion, just behold my power, the great power of the eternal flame!"

-It's funny because it turns on easily... pffft, hahaha.

Suddenly there was a great earthquake and the earth split. Showing inside a horrible being composed of countless bodies.

-This is repulsive... Another level altogether. It's a giant ball of centipede attached to an amorphous mass of flesh coming together and forming that disgusting thing. There are so many that I don't see an end to this any time soon....

Therazane had opened the earth and revealed the location of the true body of the "Old God".

-Plus it's really big. At least 1200 meters in diameter. Which explains why each of its tentacles is 700 meters long and even then there are more.

Not all of its tentacles were similar. Some were simple tentacles like those of an octopus, and those were the ones that penetrated deep into the earth. On the other hand, there were some tentacles that stretched out and connected with pieces of the earth walls that enveloped it before.

"Well, "Lord of Fire", enemy in sight - fire at will!"

I said amusedly as I gathered my remaining fire elemental energy to make an attack on its true body. But as soon as my elemental attack was formed, all the tentacles rushed to attack me.

-So he's so desperate, hahaha, what a joy.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

Multiple explosions sounded from all sides. I had used my earth elemental energy to raise mountains to deflect its blows or at least dampen some of its force. I had a little success in the attempt, even so, I managed to hold on and hold on to 3 of its tentacles. And as soon as I was about to devour them, a huge wave hit me, although it also hit the "Old God".

With the mountains that Therazane had raised and the ground as a moat, a kind of "pool for giants" was created. I didn't drown because we didn't really breathe, but the elemental energy of the water increased and became colder and colder.

-Luckily I can easily defend myself against this. As for my 3 pieces of food....

They were slowly freezing, but they were still okay. Or they would be for the moment. I simply used my free heads and tentacles to enter their segments and devour them again from the inside.

*PLLLUUUG* *PLLLUUUG* *PLLLUUUG* *PLLLUUUG* *PLLLUUUG* *PLLLUUUG*

*PLLLUUUG

-I just wish they wouldn't part so easily... This is barely enough for a snack.

Watch as the "Old God" deep in the water froze a bit, but was totally fine.

-Water is not really a problem, its weakness is fire. But I must take advantage of the situation I'm in. I have an idea though, hehehe.

I changed my tail to look more like a fin. I flattened it vertically and changed it a bit to make it look like an oar at the end.

-Now my mobility should be superior to his. It can no longer swing and I can freely attack its "tentacles".

...

It didn't take long for the water level to start dropping, but he had already hunted and devoured 10 of their "tentacles".

-My power increases with every bite, but I'm tired of playing. I will finish this game once and for all.

Charging my dark energy, I would cast a spell that would connect our "minds" and "wills". For the first time I would engage someone in a battle of wills outside my body.

-I have to try. If I'm really not wrong, then "I" wouldn't need my body.

With a ray of dark energy, I connected to the real body of the "Old God". Now I would initiate a battle of other proportions, a battle where imagination and will reign supreme.

...

When I saw his "mind". I was a little surprised.

-Not really surprisingly, it's a totally dark world, dominated by shadows and covered with countless insects. All squirming, snapping their jaws and screeching some kind of dark and corrupt hymn.

This was true of everything I could see and even beyond the horizon....

-This guy really is a dark one. At least the other guy was getting more sun....

This would be my first battle of wills where I would be the attacker and not the defender. I was outside the defenses of the "Old God", so I was not yet influencing anything in his mental world.

-First I have to find a way to destroy their defenses.

I tried a few strokes of my tentacles and although I felt I did some damage, I didn't really find any evidence of that.

-Mmmm, I could assume that the harder you "intend" to hit, the harder you actually hit. This would be the inverse of defense, where you're supposed to "intend" to hold off the enemy invasion... But really this dark body doesn't go with me.

I thought for a while about a better look and came up with none.

-I am supposed to seek to attack and consume my enemy. Mmmm.

After a moment I found my answer.

-I know what to do now, hehehe. I'm sure he'd love to die this way.

A huge smile came over me and I began to change my mental form. Little by little I had turned into a glowing sphere that was getting bigger and bigger.

At first the light I generated, which is one of my forms of attack, was stopped by his "mental defense". But little by little my size and intensity increased. This was happening because I was imagining and recreating what I consider to be the formation of a sun and its growth.

At some point I became really huge and started to get closer to the "mental barrier". I planned to totally crash into it with all my expanding mass.

-It's really not very difficult to imagine. I just have to follow the same process I did with the combined attack I did with Ragnaros and Al'Akir in my mind. And thanks to my wishes, which made it come true that now the power of the blessings of the "Elemental Lords" is mine to use at my will.

Soon cracks began to appear in the mental defense of the "Old God". Until the first hole became present and little by little my "light" entered his mental realm.

-What makes the elemental attacks of Ragnaros and the rest of the "Elemental Lords" really strong is their "authority" over their elements. An authority they gain by being the most powerful of their elements and by their "will". If they were not as they are, if they were not the "physical representation" of "fire", then I am almost certain that their power would not be so great. They rule an elemental aspect, because they are supposed to "be" that element. The "living" consciousness of the elements. But I am not like them. I was not born with such power directly, as they were born that way.

Soon my "light" began to increase and widen the holes through which it passed. At first it did not reach the "earth", as it was consumed by all the dark energy that his mind harbored. But little by little the strength and intensity of the "light" began to increase.

-I was born weak, with great power, but without any control over them. It's almost better not to have them or to practice them from the start. Still, I believe that it is in the struggle for the future that someone really shines. The more obstacles, the greater the effort and the greater the glory. Not a glory that others can really understand, it is not a race. It is a glory because you yourself have triumphed over everything that has come your way. It is something you can celebrate with others peacefully, because no one can take your triumph away from you.

*PPPSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH*.

My "light" had at last destroyed her mental defenses and was now falling into her mind, bathing her with my warmth.

-But there is a difference between the "Elemental Lords", who were born powerful and in time became even more powerful and wise. Something that only those who have truly experienced what it is to start from the weakest to achieve greatness can understand. I had wit, experience and imagination. Not because I had lived a long time. Not because I had learned after thousands of attempts. Never in the life of a mere human does one have the time or the strength to continue foolishly trying for thousands of years. Even though as a species we really fall into a vicious circle.

Suddenly the earth shook and thousands of giant insects took flight towards me. I just kept going down and fully entered their "mental realm". It was now growing faster than before.

-I can reach and surpass the "Elemental Lords", for 3 things. I had an opportunity that I took advantage of.

Now the insects and defenses of his mind were being devoured by my ever-expanding mass, feeding me and accelerating the process.

-I have a will that I have molded to never give up, even if I face the deepest darkness. Even if I have to become a monster, I will be "ME" the monster, but my will will always follow my desires.

As soon as my mass touched the "earth", it vibrated because of the weight it possessed. I was huge now, occupying thousands of kilometers in its "mental world".

Soon dragons, phoenixes and hundreds of other types of beings made of fire and light began to emerge from my "flames".

-But the most important thing a being can possess in life, and I totally believe this from the bottom of my heart, is "Hope".

As soon as I finished my monologue, I simply began to attract all the insects that were fighting my attacks. They all increased my size and helped me create more creatures of fire and light. Now my gravity began to kick in.

-Hope is "light" in the "darkness". It has always been said in my previous world and it will always be said in this one as well. Because hope is not the phenomenon of photons captured by our eyes and interpreted by our brain. Hope is a "light", because it is the one that metaphorically guides our course in the "darkness", which is the "future". Everything beyond the now may be a mystery, but as long as there is "light" in the "darkness", I will no longer be afraid to move forward.

At some point I began to turn black and absorb everything I had created, including the light I was releasing. But with that I also finished absorbing all "will" of the "Old God".

-My "light" was never "light" and I was never a "sun" either. I was always the darkness that shone, because wherever there is shadow, there will be "light".

Author's Note: The chapter I promised... Tell me your opinions. I can't hold my mind anymore XD. I want to give you all a "Happy New Year".

It makes me very happy to see that what I write pleases so many people. If I'm honest, I thought this novel would be "okay" or "acceptable" at best. But I have seen a lot of support for all the effort I have put into this novel. And I really thank you from the bottom of my heart, each and every one of your comments of support, of gratitude for every chapter and effort I make. Even all the comments that criticize me in some way, but always end up helping me to improve my writing style. I don't know if it's just me who feels this way, but I deeply believe it.

I am a somewhat unique person, who enjoys sentimentality and "purpose". I have a rather "Eclectic" philosophy of life. If you don't know what that is, I'll define it for you below. But I think it's a good thing, I don't want to pigeonhole myself so deeply into something only to realize later that I was wrong all along. I prefer to embrace the "change" that is coming, and that brings to live the advancement of our ever evolving society. Although if I'm honest I have many contradictory opinions about certain things... maybe some people share this, others may not so much.

The truth is that I am grateful for those who read me and comment their opinions. Those who express themselves freely and send me images, funny comments, very possible ideas to the point of "Spoiler" and more, hahaha. To all of you, I say that this new year that we have and face in our lives, see it with good eyes and accept it from the heart. A new year, a possible new beginning. Build on the past and don't give up on your dreams... I just hope it doesn't involve hurting others... anyway, hugs to all of you from me and I wish from my heart that you have an amazing day. Because to be sad you don't need reason, the world is already sad enough, but to be happy, truly happy, you must want to be happy and feel it for yourself. Because only "yourself" is your own end, or your cure.

As long as there is life there will be a way. As long as you exist, the possibilities are endless. happy new year! ^^

Eclectic, Eclectic: "Adjective" [work, thought] That tries to bring together, trying to reconcile them, values, ideas, tendencies, etc., of diverse systems. Example: "eclectic music".

"Adjective" "masculine and feminine noun" [person] Who in his way of thinking or acting adopts an intermediate or undefined position, without opposing any of the possible positions. Example: Juan does not like to participate in these heated discussions, he is very eclectic and avoids extremes.