Book 7, Chapter 68 - Legion, The G.o.d of War

Cloudhawk, through his electric doppelganger, gave Selene and Dawn gifts and a mission . He then walked toward the barrier to another section of the subs.p.a.ce reality .

Suddenly, an intense wave of energy rushed through the area .

As the Cube’s owner, the arrangement and s.h.i.+fting of the subs.p.a.ce was wholly under his control . He felt any change that occurred . The wave of energy was intense, so much that it could be felt between barriers .

He muttered to himself, “The rite is complete . ”

With that said Cloudhawk stepped through the barrier into another section . Herein were a number of instruments used in the Rite of Reincarnation . Already present were Belial, Abaddon, Squall, Frost and others .

Everyone was a follower of Legion, or a demon like him . Cloudhawk wasted no time when he arrived . “How did it go?”

No one rushed to answer . Their eyes were fixed on the figure stepping out of the Sarcophagus of Rebirth . He was three meters tall and wrapped in black armor, threads of light dancing all across the surface . It was a huge and perfect body, full of explosive force .

Cloudhawk looked at the G.o.d . Only, it was not a G.o.d – not on the inside . The sense it gave was completely different from those divine beings . While the body may have once belonged to the mighty War G.o.d, its current owner was someone else entirely .

“So should I call you Wolfblade or War G.o.d?”

Yes, Legion had taken the body of the fallen G.o.d for himself .

Of the six Supremes on this world the Cloud and Shepherd G.o.ds were no match for Cloudhawk . The remaining four he’d beaten single-handedly . However three of them retained a special sort of residual power . These were the War G.o.d, Dragon G.o.d and Light G.o.d .

Those three G.o.ds had been sapped of this power in order to strengthen Cloudhawk’s allies . Afterwards the corpses of the Dragon and Light G.o.ds were picked apart, providing valuable samples for research purposes . From within they also extracted Sacred Flash and the Abyssal Scale much to his friends’ benefit .

As such, among the three defeated and captured G.o.ds only the War G.o.d remained . No samples or relics were needed from it . Why? Because this Supreme’s relic was special – it was its own body . It was enormously strong, and now it belonged to Legion .

The former Marshall’s body was even stronger than Cloudhawk’s . As such it remained as a usable husk . When all of the will and thought that had powered it before was eliminated, what remained was a perfect form for Legion to inhabit . Nothing more than an empty suit, the next in a long line the Elder demon slipped into .

 Yes . Times were different . With the new epoch, so too was there a new Legion .

His mental powers had gradually recovered over time . Now he needed a new form that could withstand his abilities . It was the only way he could fully recover the strength he once wielded . This body of a fallen G.o.d was perfect!

A few days after the spirit-draining experiment, Wolfblade took the body before it withered away entirely . Here within the subs.p.a.ce cube he began the Rite of Reincarnation, with Belial and Abaddon’s aid .

It was a success .

‘Wolfblade’ was gone . It was just another cast-off skin used by Legion in his eternal scheming . An abandoned thing that would never be used again .

Legion himself had also changed .

The fallen G.o.d’s body was a mighty thing . It had been a Marshall, among the mightiest of its kin . Such a form was also able to withstand a much stronger will . Once Legion took it as his own, his mental powers were more fully unleashed and he had the benefit of a much stronger form .

“My King may address me as Legion, if it pleases him . ”

Now residing within the body of the War G.o.d, Legion no longer spoke as humans did . As with others of his species he spoke through his mind, using mental power to make air resonate as needed . It showed how well and how quickly he was adapting to his new form .

For all his newfound power, however, Legion’s reincarnation was not without limits . The process itself was dangerous, susceptible to terrible consequences if something went wrong . Furthermore, every reincarnation took a toll on one’s spirit, weakening it with every iteration and increasing the chances of failure .

Legion had managed to evade destruction after the Great War by changing forms several times . It prevented both G.o.ds and demons from discovering his whereabouts . Both sides thought he was dead .  Cloudhawk wasn’t sure how Legion’s success rates were so high, but after a thousand years the dangers of reincarnation had to be looming large .  

Whatever the case, luck appeared to be on the demon’s side . He completed the rite one more time . Without a doubt the Elder was hiding some ulterior motive, but despite that he was an important part of Cloudhawk’s inner circle . He was glad that his ally came through the ordeal without issue .

“Should we test out your new skin?”

“Very well . ”

Cloudhawk led him to an empty section of the subs.p.a.ce, telling the others to stand guard so they wouldn’t be interrupted . He then turned to the reborn demon .

“After you . ”

“War G.o.d Legion obliged by raising his hand . With a wave he summoned a rapier of dazzling blue steel . It looked like an embroidery needle in the hand of the ma.s.sive creature . Yet the aura it released promised unadulterated destruction . Indeed it was the legendary artifact that had been lost for a millennia and reforged . It was the Blade of Oblivion .

A flick of his wrist . The sword flashed through the air faster than lightning, right for Cloudhawk . He responded by calling G.o.dslayer forth and casting it forward as a streak of power .

The two met, Legion’s unimpressive sword and Cloudhawk’s gash of light . At that moment a black hole appeared where Oblivion had been . Its traction force immediately began to suck everything toward it .

So much power ravaged the subs.p.a.ce that it began to warp . It was almost too much, threatening to collapse this section of the pocket dimension . Cloudhawk’s attack was devoured by the black hole and disappeared .

Meanwhile everything around them started to spaghettify . Like rivulets from a pool of water they slithered in long strings toward the emptiness and were no more . Cloudhawk wanted to pull back his sword but something was fighting him . Oblivion’s dark power had it surrounded and was trying to destroy G.o.dslayer . Wrenching it free would not be so easy .

Luckily his precious relic was a cut above . Any lesser relic would have been annihilated .

“Interesting!”

Thrusting forward with his right hand Cloudhawk released a blast of repellent power that struck the black hole and dispelled it . With a sharp flick of his wrist, G.o.dslayer drove into the thinner body of Oblivion and knocked Legion’s relic flying .

During its flight the sword swelled to several times its original size . Under Legion’s will it swung around to re-engage, once more unleas.h.i.+ng a torrent of destructive power . Few artifacts could match it for sheer ruinous ability .

Cloudhawk’s was one of them .

For all Oblivion’s terror Cloudhawk could have met it straight on . However, a soldier knew that battles were won by expending as little cost as possible . Instinctively, he chose instead to avoid the attack .

With a thought, he s.h.i.+fted through dimensions several dozen meters away . Legion’s weapon struck air and in its wake was several layers of torn reality .

The Elder was growing more proficient with time . With a casual move of his hand Oblivion returned, now of ordinary size as it rested in his palm . All at once the War G.o.d’s relic-body came to life with a thrust so quick Cloudhawk could barely see it .

Clang! Two swords met! Cracks had appeared along the white walls of the subs.p.a.ce . Lightning crackles through the fissures . For a handful of seconds, turbulent power raged through the area until eventually subsiding .

“That’s enough . ” Cloudhawk disengaged and put G.o.dslayer away . No more point in sparring, it would only result in injury or irreparably damage this pocket dimension .

He determined Legion’s fighting ability to be slightly stronger than Belial’s . Probably not what it had once been during the Great War, but definitely enough to be a huge help in the war to come .

Cloudhawk nodded . “After fighting the G.o.d King my own mental powers have grown . In terms of mental strength I’m probably only slightly better than you . I’ve also got several talents and relics to give me an advantage . But your body is certainly stronger than mine . Your experience as well, of course . In a real fight I’m not sure who’d win . ”

Legion’s voice was stoic . “Having fought the G.o.d King, you must know that our power is insufficient . ”

Cloudhawk didn’t know what was going on in Legion’s cunning mind . But it both confused and concerned him that the demon was so calm about the G.o.d King . There was no doubt their divine enemy wanted Cloudhawk dead . It could only mean Legion had already acted, or was already prepared .

If the G.o.d King hadn’t eliminated Cloudhawk by now, it was certainly because it had some reason . On some rationale Cloudhawk could not understand, the G.o.d King did not want to just cut him down . The only explanation was that Cloudhawk was still useful . Was Legion in on this secret? He mulled it over, but Cloudhawk didn’t let the thought trouble him too much . There was still a lot to do .

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