431 Side Chapter; David Armand Perspective III 3/4: The Heros Fall (1/2)

David felt his consciousness drift in eternal darkness. Vastrasz consciousness was trying to protect him from permanent corruption, but he seemed to be suppressed by Zudig and assimilated.

David's mind was torn apart by Zudig's powerful soul, his memories began to fragment everywhere, as they were slowly taken over by the Dragon Zombie Demigod.

David seemed to be in grieve, due to the ill of fate, he was taken over by a force that he could not even fight back against and absorbed by it.

However, he only hoped that his party and friends were to be fine.

”Blaire… Kaze… Leonia… Mother… Father… Sisters…”

Only these people were in David's mind… as it was slowly taken over.

But as he did, he remembered his fallen wives and his master.

”Perhaps I will finally meet with you again…” he muttered.

These were his last thoughts before his mind was fragmented and assimilated.

Zudig laughed, he had finally completely parasitized David's soul and also Vastrasz. It took some hours, but he had finally accomplished his main goal.

Since he was born in this world, Zudig was despised. Not even by his dragon siblings was he accepted.

He crawled through the ground, with his rotting body, he fought and survived, devoured his prey, and grew stronger and stronger… until one day, he was given a Divine Trial, a challenge made by the world.

Zudig fought against it, his rotting body was shredded into pieces, but because he was undead, he survived the pain and regenerated through devouring the flesh of others. When his Divine Trial finished, he gained powers that he had never thought possible for him.

He became a Living Deity, and as he mercilessly fought and devoured, he became a Demigod.

However, no matter how strong he became, there were always those above him, and even when the Dragon Gods 'accepted' him, he was never seen as an equal, but a misfit.

However, Zudig did not have time to think about such things, he desired strength over everything else, to trample over everyone, and to do as he pleased.

He wanted to be unparalleled in all the realms, to become supreme! A Supreme God.

But he quickly found out that Gods in this world had limitations… the thing called System that once helped him tremendously to grow stronger had become his enemy and restricted him.

He couldn't easily steal other gods, neither he could go in wars or devour other gods without being persecuted by whole pantheons. Yet he couldn't resist the temptation of some weaklings that thought that they were better than him.

When Zudig devoured the several Living Deity Dragons, including Vastrasz and the Dragon Demigod of Icy Winds. He stole their powers and divinities and became the strongest Dragon Demigod. However, he was persecuted by many, his 'siblings' wanted his death over anything else.

But one day, he comprehended that what he needed to break his limits and transcend as something stronger was to obtain a vessel. A mortal body that could maintain his Divine Soul.

Zudig wanted to grow strong and to trample over anyone else, to know the mysteries of Genesis, and to dominate the Supreme Gods themselves. He had set his goals clear, and no matter how much it has been since he became a Demigod, they had never changed.

Through the information he bought from other gods, he found out about David, a special mortal that was being nurtured to become the vessel of Brulzrayn, The Dragon God of Blazing Breath. A Champion that will once join alongside other mortal heroes and fight the 'Realm Menace' of the Realm of Vida.

Zudig had never enough time to involve himself in such events, he thought that blessing mortals and nurturing them was a waste of time.

But he finally saw in David an opportunity, a mortal capable of maintaining the Divine Soul of a god, and to even complement it!

If Zudig were to make him his vessel, he would be able to use certain system functions once again such as leveling up or obtaining Skills that no gods are allowed to get!

After seeing how Kireina, a being that transcended mortals yet wasn't a god, obtained such rare and powerful skills by doing things that gods could do with ease, Zudig was filled with the determination of surpassing her and obtaining all the benefits of a mortal with the strength of a god.

He was aware that Kireina was a Realm Menace and that most Gods were raising Heroes to kill him and complete the Scripted Event. And he was also aware that David was one of those heroes that would one day clash against her.

But he did not care. Zudig did not care a dime about the destiny of humanity or mortals. He decided to take over David and do as he pleased, as he had always done.

A life without regrets, doing what he wants, and killing whoever he wants, stealing whatever he desired, and devouring whatever he wanted!

He planned things carefully, he infiltrated through the dungeon that the hero was going, and possessed a worthy vessel, the Dragonoid Sage. He used this vessel to accustom himself to the mortal realm for some time, waiting for the hero while devouring the monsters that inhabited this dungeon.

Not even the gods noticed that the strange monster that was going rampant in their dungeon was a Demigod!

After going through countless trials, David finally reached the last floor, only to find Zudig devouring the last boss…

Zudig celebrated his victory and quickly took over David.

The other Gods finally realized who he was and tried to intervene, but their power was too weak compared to Zudig who had descended into a mortal vessel. These Dragon Gods Divine Realms were around the Central Continents, they were not able to exert their full power and could only appear as ethereal projections.