My life as a reborn monster-Chapter 68 - The Secrets Of Dual Mind
I woke up floating in a space that was covered in a green fog. I looked around for while before off in the distance a figure appeared in the distance, it was huge and reptilian shaped. I was wary of it at first but when it didn't move even after a few minutes of me standing still I decided to walk closer to it.
As I got closer I could see more details, it had a tail that was long and ended in a tri tip, it was covered in purplish scales with a hint of grey.
"You finally came back Vexsus, I had been waiting for so long. I kept trying to reach out to you, I screamed and shouted as loud as I could but my voice would be silenced by that thing every single time."
The figure then raised its large clawed paw and pointed towards a floating spiraling orb filled with black and red colors that intermingled and clashed at the same time. It looked like pictures of my old worlds sun, when it would send out large looped waves, except this thing only provided a sense of death and subservience and in exchange took away all light.
After staring at that orb for a few seconds I looked back down only to see the figure had turned and was now staring at me. I knew who the figure was after the first sight but I was still internally shocked to have one of these moments myself.
"As you already guess yes, I am you.... Well to be more specific, I am the you that was originally supposed to be in control of this body. I am the real Vexsus' soul, you are just the invader who took over a poor defenseless hatchlings body before I could be fully formed."
"Wait.... Your the original Vexsus? That's not possible, I am the real Vexsus. The only other voices that can be in my head are either my dual mind or the original sin of gluttony. You have to be like some kind of mental trauma that is being projected to my unconscious mind."
The other me looked at me with eyes filled with anger. It was upset but also I could see a deep sadness in it aswell.
"You fool, You came from another world after getting turned into road paste. Then your soul was brought here by unknown powers and put into my body while my soul was pushed to the back. Oh by the way how do you think you gained a so called 'dual mind' huh? It's because it has been me that's been talking to you. Yea I didn't know who I really was when I first woke up as your so called skill. But that day when everything went dark for us my mind was filled with everything up until that point. I learned that I was the original soul, and that you were just a parasite that had gained control. I want my body back you leech."
Me/He/It said as it stepped towards me threateningly. I wasn't even a bit scared of it as I too stepped forward but when as we got closer I started realizing that the other me was quite a bit bigger than I was. I was getting more and more confused as to why that was.
I pointed towards him to ask what he was doing but stopped as my eyes went wide. I was looking at a human hand pointing at the dragon infront of me. I gasped before raising my other hand and seeing that it too was human. I was taken aback as I continued examining the rest of my body. 𝘧𝑟𝘦𝒆w𝚎𝙗nov𝘦𝗹.𝐜o𝓶
"I-I-I'm human again, why though?" I asked as questions filled my mind to the point of overloading.
"It's because your the invader in this world and my body was just a vessel that you were randomly thrown into. Why do you think that you go feral for so long? Why do you think you lose control over our body and are put into an arena to fight for some sick amusement. It's because that's me, I have grown strong enough to take control back away from you. I will eventually push you out of my body and regain what was originally mine. Now is my chance, once I kill and devour your soul here and now I will gain what is rightfully mine and take your place in the world. Thank you for doing what you have but from now on I will be the one to take it from here."
Vexsus said as he stepped toward me with clear killing intent, his body radiating an aura that physically forced me to my knees. I could barely force my head to look up and watch as he started opening his mouth wide in order to eat me. I was getting scared more and more as the moments went by. I couldn't think of anything besides the fact that I was going to get eaten and that was it for me.
The orb in the sky above me flared up just in the corner of my eye which caught my attention. I stared at it for a second and noticed that it was thumping and beating almost in excitement, like it was enjoying what it was watching. That's when I had an idea, I quickly rolled out of the way before Vexsus could bite down.
"Oh you little pest, just stay still while I eat you, I swear I'll try and end it quickly."
"Wait, just wait. Look up there at the orb, It's pulsing like its happy I'm about to die, doesn't that seem odd to you Vexsus. That means that something is going on that is influencing what's happening here. Stop and let's figure this out please. I may be an invader that took over your body but it's still my body. I grew up from a hatchling to a young adult with this body, It's just as much mine as it is yours."
"AHHH DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO GET OUT OF THIS YOU PATHETIC WEAKLING. ENOUGH WITH YOUR WORDS JUST KNEEL AND EXCEPT YOUR DEATH." He roared as he chased after me.
I ran away and dodged as much as I could to avoid getting eaten. It seemed that Vexsus was only focused on eating me as he only tried to bite me and not use his paws to pin me down so it made it a bit easier.
"Vexsus please, just stop and think for a second. Your a part of me like I am a part of you. If your really my Dual Mind then you know everything that's been going on with us this whole time. With Antasia, with our children, with our friends finally rescuing us. Something is still plotting against us and still has control over us, we need to fight it together, not against eachother!"
My body was wearing down as it didn't have all the benefits that my dragon body had. I was relearning the hard way how unhealthy my old body was. I was tall yes, but I was also overweight and only because of my height did it get spread out to give the image of slight obesity instead of full on buffet monster. I was running on pure adrenaline right now but that too was quickly running out and right now every breath was a gasp for air. My lungs were burning as they tried to forcefully draw in air and supply it to my already overworking muscles.
I knew this couldn't go on any further so I stopped and turned around to face Vexsus.
"Good you finally stopped, I don't really like my food sweaty..... but I'll make an exception this time."
"I'll say it one final time, Vexsus please stop and think, Something is going on that is making this happen. My soul may have been human once before but now I have fully excepted being a dragon. I am a dragon now just with the memories of being human. My soul would reflect that change, it wouldn't look like it does now. I would at the least be a dragonoid like we were before. Something isn't right in here and your just falling into its trap because all you can see is the bait."
"Our body is controlled by me. That's the way it has to be, You came back into existence because of me, This world granted you the chance to be apart of your body again because of my achievements. I'm sorry that this had to happen but I need to accept it. I can't do anything for you right now but in the future we may be able to find a way to give you your own body."
"You remember all those old manhuas and webtoons and novelkisss and anime that we watched back on earth right? Well think back, I remember one of those novelkisss having a protaganist that had a similar multi mind skill like us and when she got powerful enough she was able to separate those from her and give them bodies. We can use that as a research point and work our way to getting you your own body Vexsus. We can work together to get you a body of your very own. Just trust me and let's work together again." freℯ𝓌e𝚋𝐧𝘰vℯl.𝐜𝚘𝗺
As I kept talking I could faintly see flash in his eyes as he recalled all those stories we watched and read. Well Me, but as we are both apart of the same body and well by extension the same soul, I think of him as a part of me aswell.
He kept staring at me before he blinked and looked back at the black and red orb that was pulsating even more wildly than before. It looked like it was starting to become agitated with what was happening and soon it started sending out black colored tentacles that was speeding their way towards us.
Vexsus looked at me quickly and said. "Fine, we can discuss this further when we wake up but right now we need to fight this thing off. Here I have been controlling this mindscape and purposefully weakened you. I'll give you back our form but don't get any ideas."
"The hell? You sneaky bastard, but fine I'll save it for when we get away from this thing." I could only sigh internally while I said that. I soon started glowing as my body started to crunch and my muscles started to groan and get bigger and bigger before the light dispersed and I was identical to Vexsus.
"We are the same, we both are Vexsus. You may have had a name as a human but your a dragon now..... just like you said.." He looked at me with a sideways glance before we nodded and prepared for the incoming attack.
