Kael Cor: A Vampire's Awakening Chapter 316 Journey Ix : Fire Breath & Divine Essences

I felt like I was running a nuclear energy, unending and untiring. Being this big, I was having the time of my life, however the people hunting me looked downright terrified, it was as if they had seen a ghost or a dragon…..oh wait they did see a dragon.

I moved my head down, snapping my jaw so fast they had little to no time to prepare for it as I s.n.a.t.c.hed the leader of the forgotten ones. Half his body was body was hanging out from my jaw, and right in front of his subordinates, I bit down, as slowly as possible, so that he could feel every inch of my fangs as there divided his body in two.

I spat him out, completely unwilling to have something so disgusting in my mouth, much less letting it go down my throat. You are what you eat after all. The others took action, opening fire, casting skills and spells as they attempted to bring me down, or at the very least hurt me enough that they could find an opportunity to escape. It was a completely future endeavor, as every plasma and laser fire just harmless bounced of my scales, the only downside would probably be the scorch marks they left on my divine body, these b.l.o.o.d.y idiots really want to die.

I swiped my tail through their huddle ranks, smas.h.i.+ng three of the forgotten ones to pulp, while the lizard men agilely evaded the attack, and the remains six forgotten ones raised some sort of magical s.h.i.+eld to defend against me. Of the three forgotten ones that just died, one of them lost he's helmet, and though his face and body was now an unrecognizable mess, I was able to confirm the nerve grating suspicion I've had ever since this group of mercenaries introduced themselves as the forgotten ones; they were cyclops's.

But there was noon need to worry about that at the moment. Every move I've made in the past few seconds has taken a life, there was no need to stop now. None of these guys were leaving here alive, I had no need to ask any of them questions. Though I was a little curious about why the Fellows.h.i.+p wanted me alive, I knew those two Lizards were going to kill me, but they were obviously after something or at least some sort of information before they carried out the deed. But they needed something from me, and I'm so inclined to hand anything other than a painful death to them. It was what they deserved, and more for trying to mess with my life.

I raised one of forelegs up and brought it down hard, they had all realized that fighting together made them more of a target, but being solitary also made them easy pickings. But this was they didn't have to die when an attack for someone else is initiated. But the thing about dragons is that almost every attack of theirs is an area of effect spell or skill. They were powerful enough to alter nature with just a sneeze, much more less when they slam their claws to the ground like I just did.

A shockwave was released, and spread outwards rapidly and with so much force that when it hit one of the forgotten ones, he downright exploded due to the pressure, and the others were left terribly injured. Surprisingly the lizards from the fellows.h.i.+p had survived….well sort of. They also quite injured, but not as bad as the forgotten ones, leading me to understand that they were quite st.u.r.dy and resilient.

All of a sudden the lizards became invisible, they just disappeared. There was no trace of heat, or energy from them, almost as if they had deleted themselves for existence. They were running away, smart. However letting them leave would be a mistake to epic proportions, being able to turn into a dragon was a trump card I had to keel secret, just in case I was faced with a situation like this in the future.

The forgotten ones had come prepared to fight me, and they had made their preparations based on the reproductive they received about me, that more than proved that I already had eyes on me and spies in my city. In fact maybe I've ways had spies around me from the beginning. But this was not a time for doubts, and it was not as if I cared, things like this are bound to happen and there's no way to be fully sure than information about yourself and your city was not being leaked out, not unless you were completely cut off from the world.

The remaining members of the forgotten ones mercenary group noticed that the lizards had disappeared. It sort of drove them mad as they started throwing insults at them, calling them spineless cowards and common reptiles. It was funny, because even though they couldn't see the lizard men, I could, after all how many people can hide their souls from the all seeing eyes of the dragon king of soul, it was time to bring this farce to an end.

I growled as wisps of black and white thick smock billboard out of my mouth and nostrils, it reminded me of when I stated learning how to control soul energy, I had learnt to manifest soul energy into a physical form, turning it from something incorporeal, into matter. This was similar, however I was giving this transformation of soul energy a nature, though this was a step I hadn't reached with my normal body, my combined form with Ada...with Emrys gave me aces to abilities that were previously out of my reach.

And so I let my instincts take over. I opened wide and roared, pouring out a cascading rush of black and white flames that burned all the way to the depths of a person's soul….and if you think about it, it actually does. Unlike when I had used a fire breath attack with my half dragon form, this time was a lot more messy and scary. Black and white lava poured out from the side of my jaws, dribbling down my jaws and through the cracks of my fangs like saliva, and the scorched the earth, turning everything they touched into molten slag.

The flames swallowed what was left of the forgotten ones, not even given them a chance to scream out in pain as they were turned into ash and bone. And then the flames rushed outwards like the wave of an angry ocean, furious in it's pursuit as it went after the still fleeing Lizard men. Somehow it seems as if theirs was worse as they were stripped down their flesh and bones in the slowest manner possible, burnt to death and oblivion, forgotten like the common animals they are…excuse me, were.

Even as a dragon death pleased me, it pleased me a lot, maybe even more so than as a vampire. I looked down to see that my audience had increased from just Soren, to Soren and Dracula. His physical form was not there, but he was hanging on another plane, one that I could not see, not like the shadow realm. I couldn't access it either, but I knew he could see me, just as he also knew that I could see him. I've never wanted to kill a person so much as I wanted to right now, G.o.d or not this guy could not be relied on.

He would give an excuse that he left me to experience the fight because it would be a good learning experience for me. But I think I know why he's never helped me, it's because he could not be bothered to help a mortal, to bring himself down and lend a helping hand to one weaker than he was, not without getting something in return. But when you think about it, all this is to be expected, because he was not just a vampire, he was a vampire G.o.d. As a vampire he's bound to be fickle, and if we're talking about the same count Dracula as depicted by a significant amount of media back on earth, then it stands to reason that this douche bag was not a good person.

I turned my head away and used my claws to grab Soren. And then I flapped the huge wings on my back, and took the sky in such a manner that my take off left a crater behind. I let my instincts lead me, as I made a beeline straight for the most populated city in Transylvania, I had something that I needed to get from there, and it would be a shame not make use of this colossal form, and the speed and power it offered, who knew how long it would last.

Soren did not even make a sound, he was connected to me, so he trusted me enough to know I wouldn't harm him. Anyway Soren was not a complicated person, he was neither emotional of driven by desire. All he wants is to serve, and maybe kill a few things. For a lion that's a weird character to have, but Soren is no normal lion.

In retrospect, I'm probably supposed to enjoy the feeling of flying through the clouds as speeds that would put most s.p.a.ce s.h.i.+ps to shame. To feel the wind on my skin, and the freedom the feeling of flight brought to me. However I was filled with too much bloodl.u.s.t to fully enjoy this serene feeling. And that was when the city showed up in front of me, even from afar I could see that it societal system was pretty much the same as the first city I experienced. It was divided into different zones, and the cleaner the zone, the more powerful it's boss.

They were lucky I wasn't here for wanton slaughter but rather for the divine essence of Kali that was practically s.h.i.+ning like a beacon to me. It was hanging from the neck of a rather buff looking demon, who I should mention was standing on top of his well built Gothic castle, looking at me like he owned the world. And then the strangest thing happened, he pointed Kali's divine essence at me, and almost immediately he transformed into a dragon of similar scope and size.

I was sure surprised by the sudden turn of events that I almost fell to the ground. And then suddenly things became a little clear to me. The first of her divine essence was in the underground city, with those two melded dungeon cores. It gave them the ability to negate and weaken a person's power an abilities, using that energy to strengthen themselves in the process. How they were able to give the monsters they created that same ability, I would never know, but I had to admit that was completely overpower ability, and if the opponent doesn't realize in time and makes the most of his or her attacks, then they're dead.

I've already have that piece of divinity with me, but I have no idea how to use it, so it was safely tucked in my bag, which wad in turn safely tucked in an independent pocket dimension in between the shadow realm and the real world….wait! That's why I couldn't reach Dracula, he was hiding in that pocket dimension. The only problem is such pocket dimensions are only accessible to the person who opens them, in essence they're created when we have need for them rather than them existing.

But back to the matter at hand, the second divine essence was in the village of Jakande, and it's own ability is weird to say the least. It increases a person's energy and power by drawing on their pain. It was like how a m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.t felt pleasure when under pain. Plus that divine essence seems to propagate the use of soul energy, though I'm sure they were other abilities, it would take extensive research for me to understand them.

And now this poser in front of me had the third divine essence, and apparently it gave him the ability to clone the skills and abilities of his enemy. But based on how his body was quivering, he's not powerful enough to handle the power of a dragon, even if it's just a copy. And from what I can see, he could only copy 30% of the power my current form has.

"You're a fool, and disrespectful pest. You're not worthy of lifting up my shoes, and yet you have the audacity to make a cheap copy of my elegance and Majesty! You deserve to die a thousand deaths. What do you have to say for yourself demon!"

"ReeeeeroooaaarrrrrRrrrriiiiiaaaaaaa rrrooooooaaaar!"

Safe to say he lost his mind, and was being driven by nothing more than instinct and rage. All these felt rushed, sudden and weird. But I was looking forwards to this, he might not have all my power, but with the little he's copied driving him insane, it should serve as a boost to his abilities, because I fully expected him to fight like the deranged demon he is.

"Soren please stay out of the way and keel safe. This is would be messy." I said to Soren as I opened my claw and let him down. And then I focused on the monster in front of me, almost s.h.i.+vering in antic.i.p.ation of the clash that was to come. Dragon vs Dragon…..how lucky am I.

"Roooooaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrr!!!"

"Hahahaha f.u.c.k you too ugly!"

*BOOoooOoooM!*