Life Hunter 188 ''Eternal Dragon''

When everyone laid their eyes upon the star, it was like they had just dived in water. Everything turned blue. What they were looking at wasn't the light from an explosion. It was a giant wave of energy that was going through them. The entire solar system, Mars, and Earth were already drowned by a ma.s.s of blue energy.

"(Fast)" Layla stated in her mind. She swiftly looked around and saw that Karma was about to protect the planets from that energy "{Don't do anything}" Layla said to her and Karma halted "{It's fine, there's no need to deviate it}"

Karma turned her head toward Layla and looked at her through the water-like energy. Some soldiers were releasing their voice in panic among the agitation. But Jin had just his left arm in front of his eyes as he looked at his right hand strangely.

Some of the wrinkles in his skin were slowly receding. Karma realized what was happening soon after. She and Layla were not affected at all since they were far stronger, but every human around seemed to get a little bit healthier and younger.

It wasn't only living beings. The nature on this planet was actually getting revitalized. Thanks to the terrformation of Aurorae, Mars managed to acquire a viable atmosphere in the last decades but right now, the air was getting purer each second. Glowing green plants were growing quickly on the soil of this dusty and rocky planet.

This blue wave was also affecting Earth in the same way "(This is pure energy; pure mana…)" Layla thought "(And it's to an unbelievably high level. There are absolutely no impurities. A human shouldn't be able to get such mana…this is the particularity of…)"

"(Natural G.o.ds)" Raylein affirmed as he observed the eruption of energy "(Natural G.o.ds are born with a mana pool deprived of any impurities because they are created naturally by the world itself. A Natural G.o.d also needs to preserve the life on their surface)"

"(They require this kind of mana to reconstruct themselves indefinitely, give life, and improve magic circuits…)" The King frowned "(How could a human get something like that? This is the power of a true divinity)"

He looked around at the citizens and saw that they were becoming stronger and healthier under the effects of this energy "(He is not only giving force to weaker life forms. He's helping them to connect with the magic circuits while enhancing the latter)"

"(Normally, you can't connect easily with magic circuits unless you've been in contact with them since birth. That's why children get magic first. But right now, they are all getting connected)" Raylein smiled and looked up "(He's not even doing this on purpose. This is happening just because of the quant.i.ty and purity alone. He's spreading it across the entire world at an unimaginable speed)" When the cyan energy vanished as if it was all used up, the King started laughing.

"What kind of existence have you just become?"

At the same time, at the source of the explosion. A frozen star was born and two shadows came out from inside. The first one had a familiar black coat over him. His hair grew a little longer than it was before and his skin was slightly paler.

His body was even more optimized for combat than ever. All of his muscles and bones had been compressed to the ideal size and shape to offer an optimum output.

His facial features had also changed considerably. If before, Layla had changed into the most beautiful with her rebirth, it was now Arima's turn. His eyes, nose, mouth, everything had been refined and looked even better with his paler skin tone. His silver eyes were glowing as bright as always.

Of course, after him, it was Night who came out in his human form. Now, he really looked like Arima's twin. As before, his clothes were different and more vivid but his facial features could mislead if you didn't pay attention. He also went through the same kind of transformation as Arima on that aspect too.

Arima's expression was calmer than Night's too. With his crimson pupils, the latter seemed to be hot-blooded compared to the former. But there was something new which made a great difference between the two.

"Hey, why did my hair-color change and not yours?" Night inquired as he played with a strand of air in front of his eyes.

"I don't know. It looks great on you though" Arima commented.

Night grunted in response. His hair had become shiny gray when he came out of the Final Resonance. He fiddled with his hair a little bit then sighed "Well, you got the cla.s.sic MC trait. Be happy" Arima added and Night glared at him.

"…More importantly, is this what I think?" Night changed the subject as he showed a cyan flame above his palm. Arima smirked and produced the exact same flame. The duo stared at each other for a minute while the light of the frozen star next to them illuminated half of their face.

In the next second, many things happened. Arima and Night disappeared on the spot and clashed their fists together. The star beside them was blown away and exploded instantly. The two then grew a pair of wings, some scales, and tail, before attacking the other again.

This time, a bigger force pushed back the other planets that were farther away. After that, two roars resounded and two one-hundred-meters-tall dragons appeared. The two dragons, one with a gray mane and the other with a black mane, both released a fire breath and created another discharge of magic.

When the fire was gone, Arima and Night were already standing next to each other with impa.s.sive faces "So basically, we've both changed species, huh?" Night remarked and Arima nodded.

"Apparently. Like me, you've turned into an 'Eternal Dragon'. Even your original form became humanoid" Arima added "We have both three forms, Human, Dragonewt, and Dragon"

"I still need you for the 'Kind Demon' form and the 'Final Resonance' though" Arima followed and closed his eyes "But we also gained something else" He uttered "…So this is where the 'Eternal' comes from, huh?"

Night furrowed "Isn't this a little bit too much? If I understand correctly the energy flowing in my body right now… we can basically have unlimited mana"

"Nothing is truly unlimited or infinite. But one thing is sure," Arima snickered "We're definitely recovering mana faster than what we could be able to spend in a fight" He declared "And if I'm not wrong, now, we should be able to use any Art with only a tenth of the mana we used before"

Night blinked "Isn't that unlimited for you?"

"You can't know. We still need to understand what happened to our mana and soul. Earlier, we just a.s.similated that Eion System to our body thanks to the one I already had in my heart. I suppose it ended like this because Eion energy is a natural energy which recovers over time no matter how much you use it. That quirk must've been added to our mana pool" Arima explained as he played with a sphere of cyan energy.

"But anyway, we still need to see how things will turn out" He threw away the sphere and turned his head toward Night "Also, don't forget, unlimited mana is useless if you are killed before you can use it"

Night shrugged "I a.s.sume you're right"

Arima snapped his fingers to teleport them back to Mars "But it's still a cheat" Night's fading voice echoed at the same time and made him smile.

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"Master, we have found out where 'The Traveler' is" A man clad in darkness spoke to someone sitting at the top of a high mountain.

The mountain was so high that it went way above the clouds but there was no change to the atmosphere and the stars seemed to be some sort of decoration. If you take into account the high density of death aura and quality of magic circuits. This place was without a doubt, a part of the Original Land, h.e.l.l.

When the man sitting at the top heard the words of his subordinate, he automatically opened his eyes and stood up. His burly body reached five meters in height and his dark skin made him look threatening. He turned around and stared at the shadow-like man "Tell me"

"Yes. 'The Traveler' is currently in his maternal Plane, on a planet called Earth. We think that he is there to choose his successor"

"After two thousand years?" The 'Master' frowned "Do you know anything about that potential successor?"

"Yes" The man's voice quivered as he answered "I don't know his name. But I heard he is called the 'Kind Demon' there. He is the last Life Hunter and also the one who killed Karaskan"

"What…?" The 'Master' was stunned. He stepped forward and the entire mountain shook "Are you sure about that information?!" He shouted and his subordinate nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, Master Harion!"

Harion chuckled and then laughed loudly "A Life Hunter? I haven't heard those words in millenniums. I never met one nor have I ever heard about them being strong enough to become a Plane Guardian. I heard they were quite an interesting race" He grinned and glanced at his subordinate.

"But that aside, is it true that Karaskan died by his hands?"

"Yes"

"Mm" Harion pondered "It's a shame. Karaskan was a good entry for our group. But at least he managed to finalize and open Pandora" He muttered "What about the other matter? Did you find them?"

"Indeed. Odin was spotted in a Plane overseen by the Fifth Plane Guardian, 'The Rose'. He seems to be staying there for now. Anubis is in deep seclusion in the Condemned Cemetery. Loki is still chasing the Ninth Plane Guardian, 'The a.s.sa.s.sin'. The two are fighting for 138 years now. And finally, Thanatos was ultimately found in the deadliest h.e.l.l ever discovered, Tartarus"

Harion nodded "Contact them all. I'm sure you know what to do. Also, don't forget to tell me about any move that Ambrogio and Shiva would make. Particularly the former. That guy became a G.o.d as the First Vampire. His legend carries too much and he can create armies if he wants to" He instructed and the man nodded before leaving.

Harion looked at the sky and snorted. He breathed in and slowly moved his body as he circulated his Qi through his meridians. The air gathered around him in a whirlpool. Harion shouted shortly and punched the mountain.

The earth trembled and, as if a giant fist fell from the sky, the entire mountain crumbled into pieces and turned into a crater as a shockwave caused many rocks and plants to fly.

The 'shadow' who left just before was sweating as he witnessed the chain of mountains, which occupied tens of thousands of square kilometers, being crushed by a single punch which was nothing more than a warm-up for his Master.