Chapter 445 - 445: One soul

"Hehehehehe!" Derik chuckled lightly as he kept trying to pull the creator's soul out of his body. Unlike other souls which were easy to snatch, a god is mostly stronger in its soul form. Stealing the soul of a demigod is extremely hard not to talk of that of a god.

As for the Beyonds reason for not consuming their souls after death, the answer was still unknown but Derik was pretty sure the beyond would never risk leaving himself open for the sake of just a single god soul when there are many more god realm enemies still alive and even when Derik was killed, the beyond was too damaged to consume a god soul.

Derik came to the conclusion that Adinos was only saying this in a bid to save herself.

Bam!

Striking her chest with his hand, digging deep enough to grip her beating heart with his hand, Derik shot the creator a devilish smile. 

"In the end, you are no different from any other mortal that fears death... It's a thing of shame that a true God who has left for over five thousand years will fear death to the point that you would lie just to have your life... Pitiful!" Derik snarled as pulses of death aura surged into her chest causing her body to explode.

Xiu!

A blurry ghastly being shot out of the body as an opening opened in the space, leading straight to the void. But before it could reach the hole, Derik had already summoned more green chains to pin it down while he forcefully closed the crack in his realm which she tried to escape through.

"Derik Angus! Please don't... This doesn't have to end this way! I will serve you, I will be your loyal servant... I will be your lover... Anything name it! Just spare me!" Adinos cried out in fear but the green chains kept pulling her towards Derik.

"I already have someone I love... As for a loyal servant who will serve me well, I believe you will serve me better as an undead" Derik said as the suction force increased pulling the soul into him.

Roar!

As soon as the god soul shot into his body, Derik let out a painful cry as he lost all the strength in his body and fell off the sky. He could feel a sharp pain, spreading through his body.

Puti!

Derik couldn't help but spit out black blood as Adinos soul kept up rocking him from within. 

"This!" Derik never expected a soul would be able to harm him after it has been consumed. It was completely wrecking his own soul. At this rate, he felt like his soul would shatter if no care is taken. He thought about using his death aura to the consciousness of the god soul but he realized that the soul has already assimilated with his soul, making it impossible to reach Adinos' god soul without harming his god soul.

"Derik!"

"Master!"

Derik heard worried cries of all those depending on his realm. All his life, he has always been used to feeding off of the negative emotions of those around him, but he never expected a day would come when he would have to receive the sympathy of all those who worship him like a god!

"Big Bro!" Dimitri's voice reached his ears causing Derik to look up.

His vision was blurred but he could feel Dimitri, Andrew, Philips, and Jean approaching. 

"Stay back!" Derik hissed as he set up an invisible wall around him, preventing anyone from reaching him. His eyes were completely black as black blood flowed down his face.

His bloodied eyes shifted to Dimitris and a warm smile bloomed on his face. His death means another century or so of roaming the void before finding a new host. By the time that happens, the realm must have crumbled by then and every single soul living in his realm will be destroyed alongside the realm too. He will lose his past and his future!

"never again!" Derik's eyes widened in rage as he struggled to suppress Adinos soul with his own. A God soul was going against another God soul, leaving him in a position where both souls may implode.

His only chance of survival now was to combined the beast God soul with his main soul.

In the past, Derik left both souls separated because it allowed him to change form at will. Should both souls be combined, he may even be forced to remain in his werewolf form forever!

"Very well then!" Derik growled as he breathed in deeply, before attempting the fusion.

Sitting in a crossed-legged position, Derik began assimilating the beast soul into his main God soul. As the assimilation progressed, visible changes began to occur all over his body. His long and smooth hair became even longer and spikier. His body slowly increased in size and claws began sprouting on his fingers. Everyone watched as Derik's aura which was originally lethal and dangerous turned ferocious outrightly. His eyes slowly opened, revealing his wolf-like pupils and the smile on his face revealed his fangs. He was expecting more changes to take place and even considered the fact that he would never look human but probably due to his god soul, he was unable to completely hide turn! Apart from his head, hair refused to sprout on any other part of his body.

"Right now... Anyone can tell my identity as a werewolf, no matter the body I jump into" Derik frowned. 

If a situation should occur where he should die and reincarnate again, he will be spotted out by any religious group easily and since he will be too weak, he would be killed immediately.

Derik remained silent as had felt the two souls actively suppressing that of Adinos while slowly assimilating it into his body. He kept pulling his life force and using it to advance his strength. He didn't know how long it would take to completely refine, Adino's energy, neither did he know how long he was going to spend in this realm just to fix it. All he could do now is hasten his progress and return to the real world outside!