Chapter 43: Aftermath.
(Missed a few days because I have been listening to Warhammer 40k Vs Star Wars.)
Grayfia first pulled Vander and Tiamat away from everyone else for several reasons. She did to get them away from possible enemies like Zekram who wanted to kill them while they were done. She also was quite angry at both of them as many weak people had ended up dying in the battle.
She let go of both of their ears and now that she had them away from everyone she sighed. She looked over the both of them to check on the level of injury they had. Tiamat's white skin was covered in open wounds some that even showed bone.
Not to mention the numerous broken bones, but she walked as if it was nothing. Vander himself was covered in an equal number of cuts and open wounds that barely healed. If they both looked this bad from the outside she wondered how bad their internal wounds were.
"Vander, Tiamat, are you two ok? You look like you will keel over dead at any moment."
Vander reached for his right shoulder as he popped it back into place causing Grayfia to cringe.
"Well, every single one of my ribs is shattered and I was crushed under Tiamat's weight."
Tiamat held her chest as she coughed out burning blue smoke. That was not from her flames but from her stressed-out heart. Even now it was quite painful as Dragon Hearts were both a Dragons greatest weapon and its weakness.
"No, I suffered a heart attack at the end. Right now it feels like I will pass out at any moment. If that was not enough most of my mana pathways are burnt up. Not to mention that I lost so many treasures in that fight. That is the real pain I am feeling."
She shot Vander an angry look which made him roll his eyes at her greed. He did not mind it as Dragons were emotional creatures that always followed the extremes of emotion and sin. Now that he thought about dragons were the extreme representation of the 7 sins.
Dragons raged the hardest, they had prides stronger than anyone, they hoarded treasures more than anyone, and so many more.
"Well I have so many bones that are shattered, my mana pathway are burnt out as well and my soul is stressed out. Keeping a resonance for a week straight really pushed me hard. It will take me at least a couple of days to fully heal as my energy is empty. Unless you have some Phonix tears on hand."
Grayfia shook her head.
"We ended up using a lot of them to treat those who suffered great injuries from the building collapses you two caused. Not to mention all the other damage you caused. Tiamat your treasures are your own fault."
"No, he destroyed them. Can't you make him pay me?"
Vander bonked her on the head causing her to hold it in pain.
"Forget that. You brought them out to fight me so that is on you for losing them."
Tiamat pouted and punched him in his broken ribs making him hold them painfully. He took the knee as he grunted in pain.
"WHY!"
He punched her on her wounded leg which made her yelp in pain as she held her injured leg.
"OW!"
Grayfia watched how they punched and smacked at each others wounds like two petty children. Two brutalized and wounded children.
"STOP IT!"
They both stopped, but more cause they did not want to be injured more. Tiamat snorted as she looked at him.
"You think you have it rough, my Dragon Heart is strained. That is almost impossible and yet here we are in this situation. I might explode if nothing is done. Feel this."
She grabbed his hand and put it between her breasts. First of all her breasts were quite nice, but he could feel the burning heat of her heart. Even her skin which should be heatproof was actually burning hot. No, her entire body was heating up.
It made him think of Burning Godzilla in that old movie and he wondered how much damage would an exploding dragon cause. He shook his head to get that image out of his head.
"Oh, that is not good."
He pulled his hand away as Tiamat exhaled hot air as a result of her Dragon Heart. Just then Vander saw she had a large bleeding cut on her neck which drew him in. He held her shoulders and leaned down as he licked her wound and her blue blood.
Once he ingested her pure blood he felt his body begin to use it to purify his own. As the one he drank before was impure this was just what he needed to truly become truly draconic. It also made him begin to recover at a faster speed.
Tiamat could feel that his energy was recovering as if blood was just what he needed. However, she was feeling a little shy about what he did. She held her neck as I that was something only a dragon would do to their mate. It had great significance to dragons as their blood was valuable and they did not trust most in their damaged states.
This was the greatest show of affection they could show their kin and he did it to her.
"You do know that has meaning to us dragons right? You can't just do that. That is like kissing a random woman on the road."
He shrugged.
"Ignore it then. I am part Vampire so some powerful blood was just what I needed to heal from."
She squinted her eyes as she walked toward him. She reached up and grabbed his shoulder to pull him down toward her. He had a cut going from his chin, through his right eye, and ending on his forehead. Her blue tongue ran the full length of the wound licking up his purple blood.
"If you can drink my blood I deserve to-"
She stopped when she felt the rush of power flow through her. His blood was a powerful treasure trove of purified bloodlines so it helped with her situation. She could actually feel her Dragon Heart stabilizing from the burning state she was in.
Once it did that she felt it produce a steady stream of magic that her body used to heal her damage. Mostly her Mana Pathways which might take weeks to fully heal. As for Vander, he touched his face where she licked as he noticed it was healing faster.
"Tiamat does dragon blood contain healing properties?"
She licked her fingers where she had some of her own and his blood. Watching her blue tongue lick up his blood was strangely stimulating. He shook his head to calm down attributing it to his vampire side.
She licked her lips with a nod.
"Yes. It is how we dragons treat our wounds when we are low on magic for something like that. Also, our mates usually will help us reach the injuries we cannot. As you are part dragon I can say you have this as well."
She pointed to her wounded neck which began to close. That was surprising, but they had begun to ignore Grayfia. They were in their own little world at the moment from which she snapped them out of it.
"Now that you two are healed, It's time for the both of you to listen to what you did. It was no joke to say that this will be the biggest thing anyone will talk about for years."
Vander sighed as he did not expect to cause this much trouble. It was why he and Tiamat had teleported thousands of miles from civilization. How was he supposed to know that they were that strong?
"Can it wait? I want to check up on La Folia, Naerdeath, and Nerezza. They must be worried about me."
Grayfia had bad news for him.
"Well, my daughter is mad at you because of how you were flirting with Tiamat."
Tiamat looked over at Vander as she winked at him.
"You did say 'Tiamat, where have you been all my life.' Did you find me so entrancing that you want me for your own harem?"
He scoffed as he pushed her away.
"If you impress me."
She noticed how he was looking straight up with a flustered face. She pressed her body up against him which allowed her to feel how he shivered.
"No? I know why you said that. Cause we are both draconic your instincts of a male were stimulated through a battle with a female dragon of my caliber. Is that right?"
He grit his teeth as smelling in her pheromones was bad for his mental state.
"Not in front of my mother-in-law."
Tiamat just winked at Grayfia who rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, I am going to let you know what truly happened while you were in this fight. First of all many buildings in cities collapsed from the earthquakes you two caused. Several monster waves were caused in the panic and those caused quite a number of deaths.
Sadly enough, it was only the civilians who had no combat power that ended up dead. Those who fought again the monster waves though also suffered losses."
Vander scratched the back of his head as he did not know how to take it. They had gone this far out for a reason so it was truly a testament to how strong he had grown.
"Look, I did not think our fight would get so heated. We went all the way out here to avoid causing trouble, but I guess that was not good enough.
Tiamat sighed as even she as a dragon was not entirely heartless.
"I do hold fault as well so I apologize."
Grayfia sighed as she spoke.
"If that was the only thing it would still be manageable. The biggest issue is that chaotic energy is flowing through the Underworld for thousands of miles. If left alone chaotic energy will leach into the ground and create new death zones.
This area is beyond saving as both of your full magical might, your blood, and countless destroyed treasures were bled into it. I have no idea what kind of monsters will begin to pop out of here, but it will be bad."
Vander imagined that draconic dinosaurs would pop up with the powers of Tiamat of something.
"Well, we are so far away from civilization so I think it will be mostly not an issue. What else happened?"
Grayfia let him know of the real issue.
"While you two were going at it, Hades sent his Executive Grim Reapers. I think I saw Azazel a while ago, and even Zekram Bael arrived. He wanted to kill you and Tiamat while you were weak to keep you from being an enemy. He now knows just how strong you are?"
As if of one mind both Tiamat and Vander turned around slowly to look at Zekram Bael. When Zekram looked into Vander's Dark Green draconic eyes he felt pure hostility and rage. He took a step back as Tiamat was growing blue dragon scales all over her body.
Vander began to grow pitch black scales that now had a tiny blue tint. His base color was still black, but he did gain something from Tiamat's blood. They might not be at their best states, but they could still squash Zekram like he was a bug.
Before they could lunge at him, Serafall popped up in front of them.
"Happy thoughts, happy thoughts. Please have happy thoughts."
Both of them relaxed as their scales retreated to once again form regular skin. Vander sighed.
"Watch yourself Zekram. You just made an enemy you cannot hope to defeat."
Tiamat added to his trouble.
"Add me to that list."
Zekram grit his teeth as he had never been treated like this in his life. He was the first generation Devils and the first generation Bael. The highest ranking clan of the Devils, but even then he took a step back.
Before he could speak, Sirzechs placed his hand on his shoulder.
"Let's go."
Pushing off his hand Zekram snorted.
"Fine, because Serafall recommended this I believe she should stand down as Leviathan. This tragedy was a result of her recommendation which caused hundreds of deaths and more property damage all throughout the Underworld."
Serafall was about to say something but stopped. When Vander offered her a spot in his peerage she did not accept for a couple of reasons. She had been Leviathan for most of her life, but now that she thought of it she was never happy.
'Endless paperwork, barely any time to myself and not to mention I have to deal with old fools like Zekram on the daily. I can spend more time with Sona and I can be around Vander more. Fuck it.'
"Zekram, I have wanted to tell you something since I met you?"
He looked at her with squinted eyes.
"And what would that be Serafall?"
She took a deep breath and yelled at him at the top of her lungs.
"FUCK YOU AND DEVIL COUNCIL! ALL OF YOU OLD FUCKS HAVE BEEN A PAIN IN MY ASS FOR CENTURIES! EVERYTHING YOU DO IS JUST TO ANNOY ME, BUT NO MORE! I FUCKING QUIT!"
She was panting by the end of it as Zekram's face was in a full scowl. Before he could say anything she flipped him off and walked toward Vander.
"Hey, do you still have that spot available?"
Vander nodded.
"Of course."
Zekram was about to speak up as he just gave another piece to Vander on top of Tiamat. However Vander, Tiamat, and Serafall were gone in a flash before he could say anything. Sirzechs cleared his voice as he was about to do the same.
"I qu-"
Before he could finish Grayfia shot him a glare. Already this day was headache-inducing, she did not want more trouble from another Satan stepping down. She held her head as she sighed.
"Why me?"
She shook her head as she left as well. Ajuka stayed behind to study the land while Sirzechs and Zekram both also left. Azazel left before the battle ended while the Executive Grim Reapers were just watching in the distance.
They had a great deal of information to give their master after all.
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