"Let's forget about this, shall we? Water under the bridge," Kazess said, looking at Dante with sothing akin to a sentintal appeal for the 'old tis.'
Dante smiled at him and calmly said, "Your dear multiversal daughter will love my presence. I still rember the spiritual cradle... she was so cute, the golden fairy of the King. Does she rember that? Probably not, you're too protective, you must have disconnected the mory of her other versions..." Dante said as if he knew a lot about him... and well, he did know quite a bit.
"How have you been? It's been a few years since we last saw each other, the last ti was before Sector Pri was erased," Dante questioned. He wasn't quite Dante Scarlet anymore.
"Ah~ After following what Titania wanted, I ended up receiving a punishnt... Believe , you weren't the only one frustrated. Now it makes sense why the administrators went completely insane with for doing that. Only you would take Voralith out of that world..." Kazess said, inviting Dante to enter the portal that led directly to the spirit world.
Dante didn't refuse; it had been thousands of years since he last saw the spiritual world.
"So, what exactly brought you here?" Kazess asked. "Usually, you wouldn't call directly, and well... I believe you wouldn't want to see anyway," Kazess said, walking around. "Etherion isn't really a place I like to co to; the feeling is kind of suffocating..." Dante murmured. "Well, this world is for spirits without physical bodies, and you have a body.
It's just the consequences of that," he explained, shrugging.
"Can you take to this spirit here?" Dante said, showing the sword still in his hand, which Kazess barely noticed he was carrying. "Are you sure? The state of that one..." he murmured, already knowing how the 'Platinum Dragon' was. "Of course, I'll fix this problem. I need her... well, I don't need her, but the girl who owns the sword interests a bit, so I'll do her a favor."
"Alright, if that's what you wish," Kazess said, creating a large bridge of light.
They began walking calmly and unhurriedly. Dante observed the ethereal landscape without any dark spots of shadow; it was just radiant lights as if this world were perfect, and well... it was... at least the upper part. "How's the managent of the Lower Side?" Dante asked, and Kazess let out a heavy sigh. "If you want to know about that girl, she's still down there...
in deep sleep. She... gave up on her own existence a while ago and just spends her days hibernating infinitely," Kazess said without emotion, but Dante sensed a slight bitterness in his words.
"I understand. The Infinite Dragon forgot how to live. It's sad..." he murmured. "I thought she would co out once she sensed Voralith's rebirth." "Ah, no, most still believe Voralith just died. The Administrators didn't let them know; it would be too troubleso," he explained as they reached an enormous do.
"She's in there, make the signal and I'll bring you back," Kazess said, disappearing among the small energy flakes.
"So... let's see what we have here..." Dante said, entering the do calmly, expecting to see anything, but at first glance, he saw nothing but a huge white dragon sleeping, its wings gracefully folded around its imposing body. The sound of its slow, deep breathing echoed softly through the space, creating an almost hypnotic atmosphere.
Dante approached slowly, without any caution, his steps silent on the ethereal surface.
"You're quite beautiful," he murmured, his voice blending with the air around. "I know you can hear . Co on, wake up. I know you've been wanting to talk to ."
The dragon slowly opened one eye, revealing an intense blue glow. The imnse creature didn't make any sudden movents, just observed Dante with its eyes, until finally, a sound ca from it, actually, it ca directly into Dante's mind...
"Progenitor..." she murmured. Her voice was angelic but clearly extrely weak and distant, as if...
"You are really nearing the end of your life. What is your na?" Dante asked, as he didn't like talking to soone without knowing their na, except for the administrators, of course, who couldn't speak their nas.
"Thalassa," she replied, panting as her body seed to try to move to lift her wings, but they quickly fell again. She had no strength left to keep moving. "Don't strain yourself too much, young Dragon," Dante said, well...
"Young, huh... I wonder how old you must be to treat like a little girl," Thalassa said, looking at him with her dichroic eyes. "I see... so it's you... The First Primordial Dragon... Now it makes sense," she said as if...
"So, you are soone who focused on your vision, read my soul..." he murmured, but he wasn't surprised. After all, as she herself said, he was a primordial thousands of years ago.
"I'm not that person anymore," Dante said, but the voice didn't relent. "You really want to be that boy, don't you? Both you and I know what's going to happen... How many years until you beco a Dragon again? Your soul is already that of a dragon... and considering what could happen, your evolution is clear," she said between tired breaths.
"This is exhausting ," Dante said, raising his hands. "It may not be much, but this will keep you going for a few hundred years." As he spoke, a completely golden energy flowed from his hands...
Dante was no longer the sa man who was disordered, having so many problems and so many energies in his body... After properly establishing a deep bond with the Positive World Tree, Dante was now... an unbalanced being... He would be, if he didn't know exactly what to do.
With his old mories, he made the Blessing of Fey's Energy sothing outside his body, but that his body could sohow withstand, creating a filter within his own body.
Fey's Energy was basically vital essence, and it was simple to control. He just stopped nurturing his body and directed this essence to the dragoness who was lying down, going through a tense problem.
Thalassa's eye narrowed, and the great dragon's head lifted slightly. "W-What are you... that energy... vital essence? How do you..."
"I have my own tricks. Now, try to get up." Thalassa hesitated, but then, feeling the revitalizing strength coursing through her body, she began to move again. Slowly, her wings lifted, and she rose, her scales shimring with newfound vitality. Her eyes, once dull, now glowed with renewed intensity.
"That's... incredible," she murmured, still breathless but clearly stronger. "I don't know how you managed it, but I feel revitalized."
Dante smiled, satisfied to see that his help had taken effect. "I told you I'd help, didn't I? Now, Thalassa, we need to talk about sothing... I believe you know about the being causing problems for ," he said, feeling that the sword was already trying to communicate with him, so he presud it was related.
"Yes..." Thalassa confird, lowering her head slightly, realizing it was ti to discuss business. "Tiamat, that vile creature... He put in this state," she revealed, making Dante wonder why.
"Was this when you were still alive?" he asked, seeing the dragoness nod.
"Wow... that's intense," he murmured. "I sealed him using my life force, which is why I was dying," she revealed, and now things made sense.
"You used your essence to seal him... if you were dying, you must have used a lot," he acknowledged, and she agreed.
Dante furrowed his brow, the gravity of the situation becoming clear in his mind. "So, Tiamat was responsible for your condition, and you sacrificed your essence to seal him. That explains a lot. But if he's still out there, we can't let him roam free."
Thalassa raised her head, her eyes shining with renewed determination. "He's sealed, but the seal weakens over ti. That's why I need soone strong enough to maintain the seal or destroy it once and for all," she said, looking directly into Dante's eyes.
"I understand," Dante said, thoughtfully. "So, soone is tampering with his seal... to the point of getting his blood." Dante murmured, realizing that only Tiamat's blood was capable of killing him the first ti.
"Tiamat is a being of pure destruction and chaos," Thalassa explained, her voice laden with painful mories. "He is an ancient dragon, one of the first like you, but his essence was corrupted by a malevolent force. He seeks not just power, but the complete annihilation of everything good and pure."
"He is an Apocalypse Beast," Thalassa said.
Dante pondered for a mont... This wasn't the first ti he had heard about the End Beasts, or Apocalypse Beasts as Thalassa referred to them. He had known one in his past life, but... she was not soone he could tamper with, even he, the supre lord of his universe, an Overlord, had not been able to properly deal with her. So... now...
what was left for him to do?
"The sword, it has my sealing magic... Just cut off the five heads with it and it will all end," Thalassa said confidently.
"I understand..."
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