458 Moranti Freed!!! (2/2)
”Moranti!” Karronteel shouted in excitement. ”I-it's really you! I knew you'd be alright!”
The fifty-meter Spectral Dragon nodded and smiled at the twenty-five-meter Spectral Dragon. ”You're Karronteel, right? Have you already partnered with Jack?”
”Yes!”
”Good… He's the one who saved me just a few moments ago,” Moranti stated, sending waves of gratitude over Karronteel's heart. ”I saw what he was capable of and I agree that he's the most suitable partner. Only, as he'll soon ascend to godhood, so should you.”
With the simple extension of his long tail, Moranti touched the younger dragon's forehead. A dazzling purple light burst out from within Karronteel, not surprising anyone.
”Now, you'll do our people proud,” added Moranti.
”Always!”
Karronteel understood what had just happened thanks to witnessing Lorwynn and Kori activating their temporary potential. Like the others, Karronteel had proudly become a demigod.
”Make sure to ascend as quickly as possible. If you don't ascend soon enough, I may lose my life,” Moranti stated, startling everyone apart from the gods. Continuing, Moranti sighed, ”Such is life… We have to accept past decisions and make the most of them.”
”Why do you say that?” Jack asked.
Turning to the young hero, Moranti answered, ”Because that's what's stated in my contract. I was the first god to accept a contract so the conditions could never get so complicated. My only condition is that I need to reach lv. 99.”
”You mean you need to reach lv. 99 before Skaryn is unsealed?” reasoned Jack.
”Something like that…” Moranti shrugged. ”There's a chance that Skaryn won't do anything though, so long as Tralbok doesn't kiss up to him like always.”
”What level are you now?”
”Lv. 97. But don't underestimate me. I'll go toe-to-toe with halmut if I need to. I can't overpower that pestro but it's almost always a fair fight,” stated Moranti. ”That's not counting when he cheats though. Halmut does that a lot…”
”No kidding…” Lunara angrily sighed, reminded of many past memories involving both Halmut and Naparn during the Godly War. Kori also nodded, completely understanding how they felt.
Jack couldn't help but chuckle to hear Moranti using Pestro's name in such a way, catching him off guard. But he quickly returned to his thought about Moranti's unexpected statement. ”When you say that Skaryn may not do anything, what do you mean?”
”Just that. Is that hard to understand?” the God of Space chuckled.
”I thought that--”
”You don't know Skaryn or Halmut.” Moranti explained, ”Let me preface our discussion with some background information.
”Back in the day, thousands of years ago, Skaryn and Halmut were companions bearing the first-ever mutual beast seal. Together, they ascended to godhood with Daruun's divine assistance. They remained great friends for quite a while but being the first to ascend fueled their greed unlike ever before.”
While most everyone was startled, Moranti continued, ”I was the first strike against their friendship. As aiding demigods ascend gave EXP, both of them fought to have me join them. I chose Skaryn in the end because he didn't threaten me or try to control me. Also, his offered contract was much better than Halmut's, so it was a no brainer.”
”But why are you sure he wouldn't do anything?” Jack continued to instigate.
”Because we're also mutual companions.”