It has been two weeks since closing the domain and forming a contract with Bell. She has been exploring the island with Ash and Luna (Moon of the Closed Heaven), while I have been training my existing magic and hand-to-hand combat as I collect all the dark attribute cores Beelzebub asked me to collect. Currently I am drawing the pentagram with a spell circle around it, following his instructions. "Now, with that last symbol, you are ready to start the ritual to inherit my powers. Just put a core on each point of the star, and then place the stain in the middle," he said, flying around.
After putting the cores down, I stood in the center while he began to fuel the ritual with his soul. This caused the circle to glow blood red, the cores to slowly dissolve, and the pentagram to power the transformation as energy flowed into my body. I could feel a chill run over me as my body absorbed the energy. I felt a small amount of pain as I started to grow taller and my muscles grew taut and strong; then my ears started to grow sharper and my hearing grew stronger as I could now hear the sea outside the cave over the noise of the magic.
Then my mind turned inwards as my body changed there in my soul; the outside of it started to change from a calm black void with a black hole in the center of it and started to grow larger and turned from black to crimson red after a minute I heard Beelzebub put new cores into position as the ritual continued and my soul continued to grow but now a large lightning storm appeared and circled around the top of my soul and where the lightning struck, grass and other plants started to grow this along with other small changes, happened as my mind relaxed and I lost consciousness.
A few hours later . . .
After I regained consciousness, I looked around my soul; a large field of grain was on one side and a barren, destroyed land on the other, and in the center remained the black hole that was originally there. Looking up, I saw the storm was still there, circling the top. Off to the side was Hela's rune, still glowing an emerald green, and over by the grain, I could see both bell and ash asleep in the grain.
Once I finished looking around, I returned to looking with my eyes and saw that the circle and the pentagram were gone, leaving behind burn marks where they had been. Good, you are awake. The ritual worked flawlessly, and in fact, you gained more than I thought you would. Go ahead and look yourself in the mirror over there, and I will explain everything after. Beelzebub said, flying around me before landing on his staff in the corner. I walked over to the full-length mirror on the wall next to the bed that I had brought over after getting back from winter break.
There, staring back at me, was my new reflection. I was taller; if I had to guess, I was about 6 foot 6 (1.98 meters). My hair was black with blood-red highlights, and my ears were sharp like an elf's, but the points were at a 130-degree angle. My skin was sickly pale, and on my back were a pair of large draconic wings similar to those of Dark Hole dragons. I felt a connection to the staff of Beelzebub.
Walking over to Beelzebub, I said. Alright, I'm ready to hear the explanation of what happened. "Alright, take a seat, and I will explain everything about your changes and what new powers you gained," he said, summoning a chair from across the room.
After taking a seat, he began. To start, that ritual infused your body and soul with the energy of the dark attribute, while I also mixed in part of my energy and soul to give you my powers. But do not worry; my soul was so low that yours, aided by the dragon in your soul, broke it down before it could affect your ego, so you remain yourself and still gain my power. Your giant height and features changed because you became an undead demon, which is also why your skin is so pale; if you were not undead, you would have been bronze.
"Why a demon? I thought you were a god. " I asked. "You have not fully absorbed my powers; you now need duel energy to absorb them, play the card that represents me, and eventually one that will represent you. Hold out your hand, and it will appear so we can go over the powers you inherited," he said. Doing what he said, I held out my hand and he sent out a ball of black and red energy that sat on my hand before unraveling, revealing the card Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons. "That is not its true form; it will turn into its true form once you absorb enough duel energy, and at that point, you can fully absorb the rest of my powers. I will stop existing, and you will become the new Beelzebub," he said before flying off and signaling me to grab the staff and follow him outside.
After grabbing the staff and starting to follow behind him, as I walked, my steps broke some of the stone. I will have to get use to the new strength. Arriving outside at the training grounds, he began, "First, try using your magic with the staff in your right hand." following his instructions, I started to unleash all my spells; each one was almost twice as strong as before. "Good, your connection with the staff is strong. Now put the staff in your left hand and use your defensive spells as I launch a barrage of my weaker spells at you," he said, switching the staff into my left hand. I signaled that I was ready, and he began to unleash a barrage of spells at me; some I recognized, while others I didn't. As I blocked the spells, I felt they were getting stronger. I managed to block all of them for about 10 minutes of nonstop attacks before I became too exhausted to continue. However, the barrier remained unharmed and showed no signs of cracking.
Good, we will have to work on your reserves of magic and stamina. Rest for a minute, and then we will work on the new powers you have reserved. He said as he transferred some energy into me so I could recover faster. After recovering, we continued. "Now put the staff in your right hand, then focus and feel the vibrations in your body. Look at where you want to be destroyed, transfer the energy to the staff, and then tap the end on the ground. He gave those instructions. I did what he said, and after tapping the ground, the area in front of me cracked, causing a fallen pillar to burst apart into a cloud of dust and stone chunks.
"Goos good and you can also create a barrier the same way but in our left hand, but hold the staff toward what you want to block and transfer the energy to the skull instead of the bottom of it." he said, studying the ground. "Now for the last two powers: at the same time raise the staff up in the air and rotate it clockwise with the intent to make the plants to grow and once the clouds gather, bring the skull down to activate the effect but the longer it rotates, the larger the area of effect." Doing what he said, I raised the staff up and started to rotate it at a steady pace. As I did, I felt energy flow out of me and into the staff before its eyes began to glow and a small storm cloud began to form. After a minute, I felt all of my energy was drained, so I brought the staff down and the rain began to fall, causing an explosion of plant growth all throughout the cave. The few insects that were in the cave grew in size in a noticeable way; the spider off in the corner went from the size of a nickel to the size of a small plate.
Excellent, but the trickiest power is making deals on your own. People will now be able to summon you if they perform the right spell to make a deal. You will have the power to make these deals, and the dark energy in your soil will enforce them. However, you need to clarify the terms and specify what happens if they break the deal. So, I recommend you do this exercise with someone you trust to reveal this to and who will not ask for much," he said.
For the next two hours I trained my body to get accustomed to my new strength. A few minutes later, I arrive back at the dorm with an illusion spell to hide the changes from the ritual. where I run into Bastion, who seems deep in thought but gives a warm welcome before going into his room. I notice he has one of the keys from the sacred beast arc, so it's finally time to get ready to interact with that vampire and prepare for the future, I thought as I entered my room.