The dragon's harem

Chapter 944: The Dark Silhouette

”Now, youʼre healed.” Vasilissa smiled, brushing Aradʼs hair with her hand. ”Hold on for just a second, Iʼll go snap that womanʼs neck.” She turned toward the pale night, ”Get her out, I can already guess that itʼs Lunara and not Selune since youʼre the one who was called to heal her.”

When Vasilissa opened her palm, her long purple claws extended out. But she also knew that no matter what she said, the pale night would never give Lunara out. She isnʼt called the mother of all demons for nothing, now that she has Lunaraʼs soul inside her, sheʼll protect her to the death.

The pale night sighed, ”Vasilissa, listen well, little girl.” She was old, far older than the abyss itself. Sheʼs a creature that had lived since the ancient times of AO, long before the current Overgod was born. ”She is my daughter now. Youʼll be starting a war with not just me, but trillions, untold hordes of demons that would drown you in a sea of blood.”

The infinite abyss is always growing deeper, several new layers emerging every month with new horrific and mutated demons being born out of the pale nightʼs womb to fill them. Only she knew the horrors lurking in the lower layers of the abyss. Those layers are so horrific and unhospitable to life that even gods fear them, only the overgod had stepped inside and explored some of them.

The pale night had no reason to believe that Vasilissa wouldnʼt fear those layers, but she also had no reason to think that Vasilissa wouldnʼt dare to charge at her layer.

Hati sighed, trying to think of a way to convince Vasilissa to back away. ”Forget about that. How is Arad, did the training affect his body?” Hati tried to change the subject.

Vasilissa glared at her, ”Youʼre trying to change the subject, fuck off. But...Arad indeed did change a bit.” She sat back on her chair and sighed, staring at her son. ”The draconic body is our true form. Turning into a half-dragon or a humanoid is effectively becoming a lesser creature, trading power for convenience and efficiency. I bet Arad could survive on a single meal for two decades if he remained in his human form and lived by human standards of strength and magic.”

”And?” The pale night took her chance to slowly back away and take a seat.

”After Aradʼs draconic body, he could enchant himself with his two main curses, the vampiric and lycanthropic curse, turning into a Vampiric Wyrmwolf Dragon. That form is the same as if a human was both a vampire and a werewolf at the same time and used those powers simultaneously.” She looked back at Arad, ”Lycanthropy offers higher resilience, physical power, and senses, the vampiric blood offers regeneration and magical empowerment, as well as a tone of minions to use.”

”Youʼre saying he reached a higher form?” Hati looked at her.

”I wonʼt say reached. Itʼs more likely that he instinctively activated it as a defense mechanism as he was being crushed by the moon.” Vasilissa stood, and her body turned into a pure black silhouette.

Even without speaking, her thoughts reached Hati and the pale night.

”This form is nothing, no time, no flesh or bones, nothing, not even light exists. Imagine a red dragon refining his fire magic until he becomes able to turn his body into pure flames like that of a fire elemental. This form is that of pure void, do you know who I am?” As she stood there, the two women stood terrified, pulling their weapons out.

The pale night pulled a long staff and a crystal-clear sword emerged from Hatiʼs palm, ”What are you? An abomination?!” Hati growled and swung at Vasilissaʼs neck.

When the eternal blade of Hati crossed Vasilissaʼs neck, the part that was supposed to have touched her disappeared. Hati stared in shock at her now half-sword, ”What?!” That blade was immune to all damage, it never breaks or loses edge. It was protected by eternity, itʼs supposed always to be...no, what was it again, the hunk of glass in her hand.

The pale night on the other hand was stuck staring at Vasilissaʼs pure black silhouette, engrossed in darkness that seemed akin to the abyssʼs infinity, hearing a faint voice, beckoning her to jump inside. She started to lose her balance, and her body reflexively fell back and she sat on her butt, her head spinning.

”Your eternity, the abyssʼs infinity, or my ravenous void. Iʼm glad to test and see who will come at the top, what about you?” She took a step forward and snatched Hatiʼs broken sword from her hand, and then shoved it into her void body. A second later, she spat the sword back fixed. Hati stared at it for a second, remembering that it was her eternal blade.

”Once you fall inside.” Vasilissa said, and the two could remember who she was. ”Iʼm the only one who can bring you out. The overgod might be able to kill me, but that would mean the true destruction and end for everything that I swallowed.”

With the mortal world already in her stomach, sheʼs literally taking everyone in there as hostages. And if she were to die, everyone would vanish with her.

”And...” Vasilissa reached with her hand inside her chest, ”If you arenʼt convinced.” She pulled a naked, crying, and screaming woman who started begging her the moment she came out. She didnʼt leave a word in the book that she didnʼt plead with. Hati and the pale night immediately recognized the woman as Astra, the goddess of shooting stars. They could finally remember her!

As the two women stared in horror, Vasilissa shoved the begging Astra back inside her. ”Next time, if either Arad or Gojo get hurt, by anyone beside me, Iʼll make sure to throw whoever harmed them inside, if they ran away, Iʼll throw the whole world, hoping they are in it.” She shifted back into her normal form, sitting back on the chair, ”And to answer your question,” She glared at Hati, ”Yes, Arad used a lesser form like this, one appropriate for his age and magical capacity, also the development of his stomach.”

With one leg over another, she patted Aradʼs head, ”To think his frail body was forced to use such an extreme power at a young age...” She waved her hand at the bedside table, and it went right through it like an eraser.

”His form is probably limited to sending whatever comes into his silhouette into his stomach. He shouldnʼt use it too much since it damages his body a lot.” She stood with a deep sigh, ”Tell Lunara that she was lucky this time. I wonʼt be this forgiving next time.”

She disappeared into black mist, leaving the two women flabbergasted. They sat silent for a solid half an hour before taking a deep breath, they now became certain that Vasilissa left. She was an even bigger monster than they had expected. It had become clear why the overgod made the void dragons to be the cosmic police and guards of countless worlds, their power is so great that their mere existence is enough to force even gods to play by the rules. The pale night hesitantly pulled Lunara out, watching out if Vasilissa was still prowling around, but everything seemed fine.

”This is exhausting...” The pale night sighed.

”Iʼm glad she left so quickly. I donʼt know if I couldʼve had enough stamina if she spent the whole night here.” Hati looked at Arad, ”But back to this, he reached that strange void form... it might not be mature, but thatʼs a horrifying level of progress from being pushed near

death.”

”Near-death experiences are known to push fighters beyond their limit.” The pale night waved her hand and a bed appeared out of nowhere. She laid on it and sighed, ”Iʼll take a nap, wake me when Lunara wakes up.”

”Rest well, Grandma.” Hati looked at her with a smug smile and the pale night immediately growled back at her, ”Iʼm not a grandma!” But she was indeed far older than almost everyone.