Guild Wars

assumptions and clarifications, though the facts he brushed through in the beginning were taught by Eva and Loving Aunt. 

It was important to remember that, at that time, Eva had merely been a little bit annoyed, whereas Draco was currently on the verge of destruction.
He was fueled by anger, desperation, and vengefulness, which had led to him burning all his bloodline energy and even almost all of his bloodline source, something he sparingly had given to his beloved kids because it would affect him in the outside world. 

Considering all that had been explained so far, coupled with the emotions running through Draco, not forgetting the actions he had taken to get to where he was at that moment, one did not need to be an Einstein to understand that a serious disaster was incoming. 

The only remaining question was; For who? 

It depended on how Draco manifested his bloodline actually.
He had had many options thanks to his various aspects, but very few would have been able to take down Norma even in this dangerous state. 

Origin Gods in this game were the equivalent of the 9 Original Humans.
A Semi-Origin God, even if it was just their spirit, was half of that.
To jump from Rank 2 to pose a threat to such a person was ridiculously hard, even with this bloodline eruption. 

It would certainly deal her damage, no doubt, but this world was not like Earth.
In the outside/real universe, the bloodlines reigned supreme.
Even Caelo had outrightly stated that Draco had possessed some Origin Source of an alternate universe. 

However, Boundless was its own universe as well.
Even if it was a mere game, it was structured well enough for Caelo to mistake it for a legitimate digital world. 

As the saying goes, ’the foreign Dragon cannot beat the local snake ’.
Draco ’s bloodline was more powerful than anything Norma could muster, but it was unable to display that same amount of power in Boundless ’ compared to if he had done the same outside. 

However! 

As the reincarnation of Lucifer, he is shameless, evil, bastardly, amoral, and generally incorrigible! How could such a fellow not be scheming? How could he not have known the futility of his efforts? 

As such, he had cleverly placed his bets on one of his aspects that were coincidentally perfect for dealing with such matters. 

He had chosen the Evil Dragon, Nidhogg! 

Loving Aunt had once said: [ ”You can drain the life energy – or any other form of energy – from any living entity with Nidhogg ’s evil energy drain! This was a serpent that was believed to be able to sap the Tree of Life, Yggdrasil, of its fundamental essence! ”] 

Draco was truly insidious.
He had listened to the Refinement Goddess harp on about how her kind was capable of draining external Origin Energies to fuel their essence and how he had been naive for thinking she couldn ’t do the same to him. 

So, Draco had simply thought that it would be interesting to see who could absorb and assimilate better.
Nidhogg the Evil Dragon, who had even conquered the legendary Tree of Life, or Norma, a mere spirit of a Semi-Origin God. 

It only took an instant for the answer to show itself! 

The horrid jerking of Draco ’s body came to an abrupt stop, as he panted while on his knees.
He slowly receded most of his armor into his body and sat back on the sofa while sweating lightly. 

His body slowly healed itself of its wounds thanks to his Draconic Superiority passive skill which made HP regen permanently active, among other boons. 

As Draco slowly came down from the adrenaline and the pressure, his panting also subsided slowly.
He gazed over at Norma silently, contemplating what to do with this spirit next. 

As for Norma, she remained quietly seated in a very noble posture, like a young maiden talking to her father in the meeting room.
This wasn ’t due to her will, though Norma did look stately in this posture. 

No, she was forced to sit like this as there was a long serpentine dragon winding around her form tightly.
This dragon was quite ugly, there were no two ways about it.
Draco would not dare to call Nidhogg handsome, even by Draconic standards. 

It had shady purple eyes, two long white dragon whiskers, and a misshapen snout.
Its body was long, thick, and quite spiky.
Its scales were dirty black, not pristine like those of a Black Dragon. 

Nidhogg looked like a nefarious swindler who one could not trust… at least by Draconic standards.
In human and non-Draconic eyes, it looked extremely deadly and menacing. 

The only reason why Norma would remain still in the grasp of such a beast was because the head of Nidhogg had pierced through her spiritual body and was on the cusp of consuming her soul. 

Draco had only stopped it at the last second, preventing Norma from becoming a thing of the past… permanently.
Right now, both parties were trapped in an awkward situation where the outcome was inevitable, but it was as if someone had pressed ’pause ’ on the remote while they had gone off to take a bathroom break. 

Draco stared at Norma silently for a few more seconds before he spoke.
”You know, I didn ’t understand at first.
There were still many holes in my theory about your demise and how this Inheritance came to be. ” 

”Now that our positions are reversed, I shall inquire on a few things and then clarify some for you.
The first inquiry I have is, why? ” Draco asked with visible confusion. 

Norma made no change to her expressions as she clarified: ”Why what? ” 

”Why would you directly jump to hostilities against someone who clearly means no harm to you? You were privy to my thoughts and rationale for being here, yet you actually tried to dispose of me because you believed a memory wipe, which you have not even attempted, might not work? ” Draco asked with a frown. 

Norma looked at him silently before sighing.
”I might be a ghost, but that has not changed me being a Semi-Origin God and you being a Rank 2 mortal.
You ’re in MY Treasury, partaking in MY test.
Whatever I decide to do with you is MY purview. ” 

Draco ’s lips twitched.
That was one confirmation down, now to make two more. 

”Second inquiry, who told you to set up this Inheritance and why? ”