There is something about sleeping on a bed the size of my entire room cuddled up naked with the hottest girl in Kuoh that just rubs me the right way.
So as I watched her drift to sleep, I couldn't help but fall into my own thoughts about the near future.
'I need to train.'
'[I thought you'd never go back.]' Ddraig snorted. '[Hop in now so we can go about avoiding whatever 'punishment' the Lucifer is cooking up for you.]'
'I just took a bath' I growled internally. 'But you're right. I'm not gonna be subjected to whatever he has planned. Also I want something from him.'
'[Oh? I wonder what it is you desire, Partner.]'
'Well it's less of a what and more of a who.' My lips twitched upwards as I heard Ddraig make a noise of approval, obviously understanding where I was going with this.
'[Making moves to gain more and more like a true dragon. I must say, I'm impressed, Isamu.]'
'I'm glad your happy buddy, ol pal.' I hummed as I separated myself from Rias. My body immediately gets consumed by shadows.
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Land of Tortured Souls
So, I've been here once before, but hearing the screams of those meant to suffer here for all eternity wasn't very pleasant.
Oh well, I'm sure I'll get used to it in time.
"[Probably the most interesting thing I've noticed about you thus far is your ability to adapt to the supernatural. Most in your position wouldn't have even become half as strong as you or a millionth as strong willed.]"
"Well, I'm nowhere near as strong as I need to be, but first things first I wanted to experiment."
"[Oh?]"
I raised my hand, and focused on the area in front of me. I had spent so much time reading about different species anatomy that I was absolutely sure I could pull this off.
Bones of varying sizes started to gather and snap in place in front of me. A bead of sweat fell down my forehead as I tried my best to not only exert my will in my own domain, but also recall everything I had learned.
"[Don't tell me!]" Ddraig shouted in surprise.
I tuned him out as I continued piecing every bone together. Within around twenty minutes I had finished creating the body and now all I had to do was make the head. I had to pull out the book written by my mom to recall all of the head bones because no fucking way was I doing that shit off the top of my head. Even if my memory was, according to Ddraig, 'superior to most supernatural.'
Eventually I had finished with the head and now the entire body of bone was complete. I grinned madly at my work.
A full 50 meter skeletal dragon was lying motionless in front of me.
"[Don't tell me…Is this for me?]"
"Why else would I make a soulless skeletal dragon if not to hold your soul?" My grin grew.
"[I'm flattered…truly. Unfortunately, I don't think you'll be able to get me out of the gear.]"
"Who said anything about getting you out of the gear?" I laughed. Ddraig stuttered a response a few times but with me laughing over him, his words were lost to the realm.
"My control over my domains isn't near perfect. In fact I wouldn't even say I've reached even a fraction of my true potential when it comes to them. However, linking the dead to something that is decidedly dead shouldn't be too difficult. You wouldn't be leaving the gear, but your consciousness would." I explained to my soul friend.
"[So like possession? Ingenious.]" Ddraig hummed in deep thought.
"Call me the next Einstein." I laughed as I started focusing Ddraig's consciousness into the skeletal dragon. I was surprised at how easily I found it within my own soul. Then I began tugging it out. Something that would be impossible if Ddraig objected in anyway, but he seemed to fully trust me in the process.
Once his consciousness was out of my soul, I grabbed it like a baseball and yeeted it towards the dragon, which made a huge bright flash upon collision. The dragon's hollow eyes lit up with a sparkling green light and it started moving.
"Haha…HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! AT LAST I AM FREE THE WELSH DRAGON WHO STOLE THE PRINCIPLE OF DOMINATION FROM GOD IS BACK!" Ddraig roared, and I smiled, although internally I was questioning how he was talking without vocal cords.
Probably some magical bullshit. Wouldn't be the first time I'd seen something like that.
"Glad to have you." I nodded at the massive skeletal dragon.
"Of all my hosts, none has granted me the freedom of mobility, even if this body is infinitely inferior to my old body." Ddraig bowed his head a bit, but not much. Though I took it for what it was. A once in a trillion year kinda thing. Dragons never bow before anyone weaker than them, so to see Ddraig bow even slightly before me shows how deep his gratitude is.
"Meh, it was nothing. Although, infinitely inferior is a drag. This body is at least high ultimate class if I made it right." I scratched the back of my head.
Ddraig ignored my words and leaped into the air. His wings spread wide and though they were made of bone, they still seemed to function normally. There was a little bit of shakiness, but I just chopped that up to Ddraig getting used to his new body after being a soul inside of a gear for so long.
While Ddraig was enjoying his newfound freedom, I began to hypothesize ways I could grow stronger. If I killed a bunch of people and stuffed their souls into dragon bodies like these, I could have an army of high ultimate class beings at my beck and call.
I knew that that's actually exactly what my father did. Apparently the jackals, hellhounds, and golems were all creations that he made, the golems being the strongest at the lower end of ultimate class. I'm sure he has other stronger creatures, but I haven't seen them yet..
If I did that and took them out with me to any battle I could become an unstoppable force. Even more so if I brought that battle here. I'd have homecourt and if I died, I could just rejoin the fight after a few minutes. The possibilities are truly endless.
'Before that, I should get stronger.' I sighed as I started running deeper into the realm. It should be 8 hours until Rias woke up which means two months in here. I was going to make use of every moment to strengthen myself. Also there's someone I want to find and if I remember correctly she should be here.