Chapter 1340 Reencounter Between Chaos Spirits & A Fatherly Figure?
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"Now, Benladann, Miranda!" Drake quickly summoned his wife out of the Divine Realm.
In fact, they all had wanted to join the fight for a while, but Drake didn"t wanted them to fight right after having a big battle against the Chaos Dragon Fragment, so he let them all rest, and as a good father and king, decided to take care of things by himself.
Nonetheless, he needed Benladann and Miranda"s aid, both combined together as a Chaos Dragon t.i.tan form so they could absorb Erebus, further growing stronger, something Drake couldn"t do no matter how hard he tried.
"I"m sorry, but you"ll not be taking over people anymore." They spoke, glancing at the fearful face of Erebus. "[Chaos Absorption]!"
TRUUUUMMMM…!
Their chest suddenly opened into a monstrous, draconic jaw that started absorbing Erebus entire body like a black hole.
"W-What is this?! W-What are you doing?! S-STOP! AARGGH…!"
He struggled, trying to fight back, constantly firing Chaotic Flames Fireb.a.l.l.s and even swords made of darkness. But it was all futile, as he was incapable of fighting against their might once terribly weakened.
"T-This… to a prince… such as myself…?! Impo… sible…!"
FLUOOOOSH!
All of his body was devoured, as he was quickly a.s.similated into Benladann and Miranda"s now shared "Chaotic Divine Realm" which was like their own unique Divine Realm.
In there, not only the Chaos Spirits and Chaos Beasts they had captured and devoured were there, but now Erebus who found himself completely hopeless…
"W-Where am I?! W-What is this place?! Someone… you! You lot! Why are you here?! Is this a prison?!" Erebus started looking around in horror and shock, interrogating the inhabitants of that Realm.
"I-Is that you, Lord Erebus?!"
"It can"t be! You"re alive!"
"It is a relief that Benladann and Miranda found you…"
"Eh?! What?! Relief?! She ate me!" Erebus complained.
"Please, calm yourself! Let us explain things…"
"He"s just as I remember him…"
"Roar!"
Chaos Spirits and Chaos Beasts gathered around Erebus, now as he felt powerless, he couldn"t fight, and was only left to hear their explanations.
Meanwhile, in the world outside, Drake sighed in relief. Despite handling the situation really well, those chaotic flames put a dent on his body, although he had already mostly regenerated back by now.
"Drake! Are you okay?!" Benladann and Miranda flew towards their dragon husband in their dragon form, making the scene rather amusing as two terrifying dragons looked at one another.
"I"m fine, don"t worry." Drake smiled. "I"ve already recovered fully! However, those d.a.m.n flames were something else entirely… If I hadn"t grown as strong as I am now, I would had probably gotten really overwhelmed… Ariel"s Abilities helped me at resisting the fire."
By merely holding the divine weapon, Drake enjoyed a variety of buffs and protections into his body, thanks to this, his resistance to these flames had increased a lot too.
eaglesnov?1,сoМ He couldn"t imagine how he would had handled things if he didn"t had all that protection. He was also wearing Aegir"s ring, giving him even more divine water element protection.
"If it wasn"t for us you would have croaked easily! Heheh." Aegir laughed c.o.c.kily.
"Well, we didn"t do much… But it seems that by merely holding us, you gain a protection of divine oceans." Ariel a.n.a.lyzed.
"More or less." Drake sighed. "Now… We"ve got a lot to wrap up. Oi, are you alright, old man?"
Drake spoke to the giant turtle in the room, the Mountain Guardian, whose body had been left permanently transformed into a more fierce, dragon-like appearance than his much tamer form.
Instead of a giant turtle he now resembled something like a certain turtle-like kaiju from old j.a.panese movies about giant monsters…
"I-I am alright… You must be Divine Dragons! Have you… saved me from the malign being that possessed me? You have my eternal thanks." The Mountain Guardian bowed his head in respect.
"Oh, don"t worry about it." Benladann and Miranda laughed.
"Well, you were in a pinch right there. Sorry for treating you roughly, I couldn"t find any other way to push that guy." Drake apologized. "So you rule this mountain or something?"
"I-I… well, not exactly." Sighed the giant turtle. "I"ve lived here for thousands of years. I merely feed on the rich energy flowing through the ground… Somehow that energy went up through my feeding and made the place much more fruitful. Some people started praising me as a guardian… I just let them be."
"Interesting." Drake nodded. "Anyways, how about we meet with the rest? Oh, they"re here already."
Surtr, Nadia, Mina, and Jamar flew into the scene, a bit too late though, as they found that the fight was already over. And even more, the Mountain Guardian was completely fine!
…Although he stayed into his new, monstrous form though. Maybe it was an after effect of being possessed.
"T-The guardian!" Nadia said. "He"s okay! Eeeh?! He got a new look though…
"W-Who is that huge black dragon?!" Mina asked.
"Is it a friend of sir Drake?" Wondered Jamar.
"She"s my wife." Drake answered.
"W-Wife?!" The whole group reacted in surprise.
Such a huge and intimidating black dragoness being his wife?! Well, now that they thought about it, it made sense.
"Hahh… At the end, we weren"t able to do a single thing." Surtr sighed, feeling hopeless. "Thanks for helping us out, Drake! Without you… We might have all died… It is my fault, I had to rely on a miracle like you appearing for us to pull through. I was reckless…"
"Hmm, don"t push yourself too hard, kid." Drake laughed, patting the much smaller body of Surtr, Drake was like ten times larger. "I was just like you when I was younger! You did what you could, and that"s what"s important."
"Drake…" Surtr felt slightly moved.
"You worked hard, and I saw you doing your best, to the point you were willing to sacrifice yourself for your friends." Drake smiled. "Maybe if I hadn"t come here, things would had been different… But I think you all would had somehow survived. I kind of know it, I can tell when I see a group of relentless warriors."
His words meant much more than he thought, inspiring the hearts of all four of them. Without realizing, Drake was acting like a father figure.
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