Legendary Architect of Apocalypse-Chapter 78: I’m a God!

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A blood red screen flickered before Elias amidst the storm, as if offering him the last chance to halt the process.

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"It’s too late for second thoughts. Proceed!" Elias exclaimed as he accepted the merger, despite the warning.

The confirmation made the screen glitch for a few seconds, before it finally disappeared. The storm around Elias only intensified, as the Sword in his hand started to disintegrate, the fragments of the sword flying inside his body to merge with him.

The body of the Beast of Decay went through the same process, as it started transforming into specks of light that kept condensing with each passing second.

Within minutes, the body of the Beast of Decay, that was the size of a mountain, was condensed into the size of a football. It flew inside the storm, forcefully merging with Elias’s body.

Elias had thought that his previous merger process was painful, but this time, he truly felt what it meant to feel pain. He could feel as if his body was being split apart, a pain that even he couldn’t bear.

It didn’t even take a few seconds, before his vision turned dark, and his body and mind started shutting down to protect him from this pain that could split his consciousness apart.

It was like a protection mechanism to ensure that he didn’t completely break apart from the merger. Meanwhile, his body still kept going through the change.

The Harbinger was sent flying by the storm. However, she managed to regain her balance as she landed on her feet.

She looked at the storm that had appeared out of thin air, and asked, "Is that your last resort? Foolish. You should’ve allowed me to kill you. Because now it’ll be much more painful for you."

She raised her hand, and summoned the sword that was left inside the storm.

"Hmm?"

She waited for a few seconds with her hands raised in the air, but the sword didn’t come flying for her. It made her feel strange.

The sword was a part of her existence. It was supposed to listen to her, so why wasn’t it flying back to her? It was as if the sword was in a different realm altogether, far away from her.

She tried again, but the situation became even worse for her as she coughed out a mouthful of blood, feeling as if a part of her existence was suddenly destroyed.

It was the first time in a long while that she started panicking. Just what happened to her sword? She didn’t waste a single second and tried to force her way inside the storm, knowing that something was really wrong.

Elias’s body was surrounded by a storm that protected his body during the merger. Even if Harbinger tried to force her way through the storm, she wasn’t able to. All her attacks were useless, as they were devoured by the storm.

Unlike the chaos that his body was going through, Elias’s consciousness was in a much more peaceful place.

He found himself standing in a dark space. He couldn’t feel any pain in this place, especially the one that his body was going through.

As he was wondering if he had passed out, he noticed something else in this darkness. Right before him, there was a tall mirror.

In the mirror, he could see a reflection. But that reflection didn’t look like him at all. The person in that reflection was much older, looking like he was in his early twenties.

For a moment, he even wondered if that was still him. He looked at his hands, and managed to confirm that it wasn’t the case. His hands and body were still that of a twelve year old, but the reflection was of someone much older.

As he walked closer to the mirror, he saw the reflection also stepping closer. It was truly a reflection that followed his movements.

"Is this some subconscious trick?" Elias wondered, stopping just just a foot away from the mirror. He raised his right hand, and saw the reflection also raised its hand.

Other than the age of the reflection being different, nothing else appeared to be strange. It felt like a weird dream, and nothing more. He stopped paying attention to the reflection, and started wondering about the status of his body.

"I wonder what is going on outside. If I don’t wake up before the merger is complete, then will I die without even knowing what happened there?" he mumbled, as he started frowning.

Subconsciously, his gaze fell back on the mirror as he was lost in thoughts. However, he noticed something strange. He was frowning at the moment, and there was certainly no smile on his face. Then why did the reflection look as if it was smiling?

His frown deepened, as he started stepping away from the mirror, but the reflection in the mirror didn’t move back, which gave Elias a bad feeling.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a hand came out from the mirror, belonging to the reflection. The hand grabbed Elias’s hands, and pulled him closer to the mirror.

Elias was forcefully pulled inside the mirror, and at the same time, the reflection followed his movements, and stepped out of the mirror in a similar manner.

"Hah, it feels much more refreshing now." The reflection, or rather, the existence that came out of the mirror, seemed quite pleased as it looked at Elias who was inside the mirror.

Elias was hitting on the mirror to get out of there, but he couldn’t break through the mirror to get out.

"It is useless, no matter how much you struggle. You will forever be trapped here. From now on, this body of yours belongs to me," the existence said, stretching his arms as if it had been a long time since he felt that way.

"Who are you?!" Elias asked, as he kept struggling to get out of the mirror.

"Did you forget me so easily, even after you took my corruption?" The reflection answered.

"You’re a fable?" Elias exclaimed, his mind in a complete mess.

He knew that he was corrupted by a fable that needed him to get a Soul Pet if he didn’t want to be taken over. But he was sure that the corruption was erased during his evolution.

He had verified it with his Material Composition. Even if the corruption still existed, it should have taken a longer time to take over his body. So how?

"A fable?" The existence asked, sounding disgusted. "Don’t group me with those embarrassing things. I’m a Constellation, or a god as you would call me! And now, this god will return to life through you!"