Chapitre 36: Evolve and Fade Away (ALT)
Rumors quickly began to spread throughout the Expedition party, Many of those that were within said party didn't even know Lumas, Susan, and Sebas. However their views pertaining to them have undergone a ridiculously large change, Adventurers have a sense that gives a rough estimate of someone's power from their presence described with 'Weaker' -> 'Stronger' -> 'RUN!, This is different for each person but yet the only way the majority could describe Susan and Sebas were 'Weaker' but after seeing them in action they were beyond shock to see their devastating strength… As for Lumas everyone just got a sense of absence, Without seeing him they would never notice he was there, this goes farther to the point of him seemingly vanishing the moment he leaves their eyesight unless he was with one of the few people Lumas constantly hangs around
With Lumas gone Susan and Ais were enjoying a in-depth talk with Tione and Tiona, Ais was seemingly in a sort of enlightenment as she listened to the three, As for Sebas, He was enjoying an extremely fulfilling talk with Riveria. The two seemed to be in their own world completely forgetting that they are in the Dungeon as they occasionally laughed over a cup of tea and a plate of sweetrolls, Susan occasionally looked over at the two with a warm smile before rejoining the girls in their chargain…
Although they would admit it a few people were worried about how long he had been within the Coliseum, It usually only takes an hour to clear depending on the party that enters but Lumas has already been stuck in their for 6 hours while it could just be because he was alone in that pit of monsters, they just couldn't help but worry
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Lumas was running on fumes when it came to Stamina, He still had a few Unranked potions that he threw together and 'Equivalent Exchanged' but he wanted to see how far HE could go without mana, without any aides other then Shadowsteel, he was more than pleased with his progress but he wanted to continue testing himself, he knew if Riveria found out he would be due for punishment… and like Gareth always said, 'Hell hath no fury like a woman', but when it came to Exceila the more risk your in the more you gain when coming out in top. So continuing to push himself to exhaustion Lumas stepped forward twisting slightly as he advanced on a Spartoi, they were easily giving him the most trouble whenever he focused on something else they would pounce on the chance to stab him through plus the occasional Skull sheep attempting to ram him or trying to regurgitate man-eating flies at him
Backstepping to give himself room to breath, Lumas looked over the room to see it nearly empty, corpses of various monsters littering the floor, the blood pooling across the coliseums floor made it slippery something Lumas learned quickly, While it would occasionally work in his favor, more often he would be the one slipping or barely losing his footings. Lumas didn't have much practice on such terrain mainly because other then being slightly uneven the floors of the dungeon are fairly easy to maneuver around
Staring down the final few monsters in the Coliseum, Lumas darted forward drawing three arcs with Shadowsteel, Seemingly fading through the monsters he stood unmoving behind them with his sword arm stretched out as the soft thuds of limbs hitting the marble floor reached his ears, shortly after the sound of stone grinding against stone resounded quickly cleaning his blade with a patch of leather he returned Shadowsteel to the Item Box as he turned around just to in time to catch a blond bullet in his arms, feeling the familiar warmth that he had been without for the previous few hours he tightened his grip as a smile came to his face, feeling another set of arms hugging him from behind and two soft mounds pressing into his back the smile on his face turned goofy he couldn't smooth it out if he even tried
As Lumas was enjoying heaven on earth, he felt a pair of hands snaking around his body as a warm breath caressed his ear, the words carried in that breath caused a deep red hue to find its way on his face while Ais stared at him seemingly waiting for an answer
The murmurs surrounding them quickly grew as the rest of the party entered the coliseum, seeing the amount of corpses littered around numbered no different from normal the rumors didn't stop… but instead began taking a different route
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[22nd Floor - ???? - ????]
A figure clad in black traversed through the shadows ignoring the various monsters, in its hand was a small burlap sack being gripped tightly, the subtle smell of lilies surrounded this figure. Kicking off a wall the figure plunged itself into the stairwell landing into a roll at the bottom of the steps as it kicked off the ground heading towards the 24th floor following the main expedition path
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As the expedition party made their way to the next coliseum Susan let out an 'adorable' sneeze alongside a few sniffles, Lumas turned to her with a concerned expression but seeing Susan furrowing her brows as she vigorously rubbed her nose his expression hardened, Ais turned around as she felt something 'wrong' instantly turning her head to Lumas she saw him looking around with a hint of caution slowly the trio stopped, Sebas was ahead of the expedition party with Riveria and the others from Loki's Frontline, Seeing nothing in the surroundings Lumas pulled Susan close before moving her behind him
Susan didn't put up any struggles as she slowly started to cough, it didn't take long for those coughs to become violent as her skin began to pale, Lumas didn't know what to do he didn't know what the problem was so he couldn't come up with a solution, Ais began to worry as she crouched down next to Susan pulling her into her lap as Ais caressed her hair trying to soothe the Susan
Lumas watched as Susan coughed up a handful of dark blood, Frantic he opened his 'Item Box' pulling out every health potion he had with him slowly pouring them down her throat in hopes it would ease the pain Susan was going through, the coughs turned into cold sweats just as footsteps echoed through the darkness
Abruptly standing up manifesting Shadowsteel in his hand pointing it towards the direction of the footsteps, watching Susan from the corner of his eye as she slowly fell into a seizure
"Ha..Ha..Ha…"
Slow laughter resounded from the darkness as a figure clad in black revealed themselves raising a burlap sack into the air
"Move and she dies"
Lumas stood unmoving weighing his options as the figure spoke
"Ohh how easy it is… She will reward me handsomely"
Susan's skin began to peel away as the subtle scent of Lilies reached Lumas' nose
"Ais… take Susan and run…"
Grabbing the hem of Lumas' shirt Ais was about to refuse until she saw his face, Devoid of any emotion the soft curious light his eyes held was no longer there, the warmth his presence provided her had gone cold as he stared at the figure across from him
"Atta atta can't have you ruining my fun"
The slightest hint of a smile could be seen through the cloth mask as the figure opened the bag tossing it into the air, a pinkish dust spread through the air causing Susan to writh as pained gasps left her mouth, blood began to leak from various spots on her body, Ais instantly picked her up to run but she found herself frozen as a mutter entered her ear
"Earth bound"
Pressure slowly pressed down on her body causing her bones to ache, the pressure doubled as she was slammed into the ground
Lumas' mind was in disarray, the mana present began to whisper directly into his mind, a million different 'voices' screaming threw Lumas into a pit of madness as his figure blurred appearing infront of the darkness clad person lashing out with his sword
Every swing was met with equal force rendering them harmless, the pained screams of Ais and Susan filling his mind with anger… no matter how hard he pushed forward he couldn't make any progress against his opponent not a single scratch has appeared on the darkness clad figure
Lumas began to curse his weakness, manifesting an explosion of flames which only seemed to brush against the figure clad in black
Hearing the explosion the Expedition turned around to see what could only be described as solar flares lashing out in every direction, backing up due to the heat revealed Sebas staring into the mess of flames sadness apparent on his face, sweat has already began to drench him as he stood watching the flames
"ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS RECIPROCATE HER FEELINGS, SHE WANTED YOU, SUCH A THING IS A BLESSING TO US MORTALS… TO LAY WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GODDESS"
Lumas couldn't hear a thing as the whispers of revenge clouded his mind, the heat exponentially rising
"There is nothing you can do… They will both die, and you will fall into a pit of despair, only for her to come in and nurture you, care for you, LOVE YOU"
A dagger danced across Lumas' face cutting a line from his eye to his jaw, but Lumas felt no pain from it, pain was already coursing through his body, a soul shedding pain, one so painful that it reminded him of the time his soul was smited
"You will fall into her grasp only to know true love"
The screams went silent just as the soul shedding pain receded, two bloody lumps of meat not far from Lumas was the only thing he saw as the dagger repeatedly cut through his body, everything was numb… The sight of their smiles filling his mind as tears began to pool in his eyes
[!Ding!]
[Soul Shedding Complete]
[!Ding!]
[Realm greets Inheritor, Transferrance Beginning 0%]
[10%]
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[99%... 100% Complete… Internalization beginning]
[Error Error Error]
[Internalization Commencing…. Error… Internalization rejected]
[Forced Internalization Commencing…. Internalization Complete]
[!Ding!]
[Soul Ascension Commencing… Failure]
[Retrying… Failure]
[...Failure]
[...Failure]
[...Failure]
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[Soul Ascension Incomplete… Attempting Bloodline Ascension]
[Failure]
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[Potential Soul Fabrication…. Soul Fabrication Destroyed]
[Initiating Soul Ascension… Error… Reading Soul Level… Error… Running Debug… Complete…]
[!Ding!]
[Realm Soul Level 1-4…. Reading Host Soul Level… Error… Soul Shedding Incomplete… Recommencing Soul Shedding…]
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"No no no no no"
A certain overpowered handsome god was currently beating his head against a wall as he watched his most amazing system to date rapidly evolve while simultaneously destroying its host, something like this hasn't happened since he ascended into godhood, There was simply nothing he could do, for the first time since he could remember he felt powerless, and it had to be his own creation…
He watched as the soul he painstakingly built to perfection was whittled away by the system he hastily put together, the soul fabrication he made to hide the soul was shattered and with it the seals he placed to keep it confined… Unexpectedly he created a weapon that was banned by the godly community since Light existed...
In an attempt to salvage this situation and avoid having his godhood stripped he began forming a shield of divine energy around the universe to contain the blast
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[!Ding!]
[Soul Medium Found… Testing Host Soul Level… Soul Level Found 10-12… Level Uncertain Retesting… Soul Level 12-14… Error… Retesting… Soul Level 15-20… Error]
As the system began to rapidly run through various tests the world halted, the color slowly bled away revealing a scenery of monochrome, Time itself has paused in an attempt to stop whatever was happening…
[!Ding!]
[Option Found… Assilimation of Universe #40283725...9273 Beginning… 0%]
[2%]
[3.5%]
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Wide eyed a certain god felt his divinity being dragged away by his own creation, seemingly eating away at his energy simply to further aid its host, He felt the system spreading the very energy it was stealing to swallow the universe… Instead of stopping the rampaging system the god began to hysterically laugh
"IVE DONE IT!"
Throwing his fist into the air as he collapsed into his throne releasing a heavy sigh
"I've finally created a true god… ahahhahahahhahahaha… My name will be written in the annals of history as the one and only STRONGEST GOD… well until my 'child' claims his rightful existence…"
On this day… the Lumas we know faded from existence… Leaving only one…
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Shooting up from his bed with a deathly gasp drenched in sweat Lumas looked around to see a unfamiliar walls, feeling an awfully familiar yet different aura at his side he turned to see Ais… but there was a difference from what he remembered… she looked… older, slowly Ais' eyes opened until they saw Lumas' current state causing them to shoot wide open as concern and worry filled her face as she pulled him close checking his body as she spoke
"You okay darling?!"
With a slow nod Lumas looked down to see that he too was older, if he had to guess he would say about 20 years old
"Yeah… Just a nightmare… where are we? Where is Susan?"
A pout formed on Ais' face as she roughly poked Lumas' side
"Who's Susan? You better not be speaking if some whore…"
Ais' eyes narrowed into thin lines as she stared at Lumas, who just sat in silence trying to process what happened
[!Ding!]
[Assimilation Complete… Merging Complete… Host Soul Level 'True God'... Deletion of the 'Others' Memory in progress… Complete]
[!Ding!]
[Sun Yi (Lumas)
Title: Spirit Doulou
Race: God-blood
Martial Spirit: Intertwined Genesis Flames (Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Red)
Spirit Rank: 76]
(A/N: THIS IS NOT CANON TO 'THE RISE OF THE CHILD')
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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