Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System-Chapter 2000: Emerald Grows Stronger

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Amehia felt slightly sick as she saw the approaching horde of over a dozen of these gigantic, monstrous snails from the depths of Muspelheim’s Underworld.

The Rank 10 Divine Monster, Giant Lava-Eating Crimson Snail was a fearful monster, and one that had traumatized her earlier, when she was captured by one.

Their tentacles were so incredibly tough that not even Tyrannus with all his power could pierce or slice through them with his axe.

They were also capable of draining Mana and other Energies from the body of the foes they captured, leaving them paralyzed and without power to resist.

If it wasn’t because Emerald got there in the last moment, Amehia was sure that she would have died…

And now, as a large horde of these titans began to approach, mostly because they have become rather aggressive now that they were thrown out of their comfortable territories into the wild surface, and were furiously attacking anything, Amehia was made to face her trauma.

It wasn’t an old trauma though, it was something quite recent… but even then, she felt disgusted and weak as she looked at those things approach.

"T-Those things are here too…! C-Can I handle them on my own?!"

As the snails approached her rapidly, seeking a large source of Mana, one of their favorite energies to feast on from foes, Amehia held her grimoire and her staff tightly.

"…"

Emerald glanced from above the skies, while his infernal demonic soul flames and abyssal winds consumed everything, rampaging across the battlefield and killing dozens of divine monsters each second.

As he killed the monsters, his new Demonic Powers rapidly drained their souls, allowing him to devour them to constantly strengthen himself, something his Alter Ego did, as his original self was unable to do it.

"Those damned snails are here… They’re probably the strongest monsters around here. They can even defeat other Rank 10 monsters quite easily."

"Yeah… Their strength could be said to be Rank 11 I guess? Although they aren’t really Venerables."

"Of course they aren’t, dumbass. Mere mindless monsters like those could never achieve enlightenment let alone obtain an Ascendancy Law! However, we’ve learned from fighting them that there are levels beyond Rank 10 that cannot be easily catalogued as Venerables."

"Monsters work in different ways than mortals, they aren’t really bound or tied to any limits, for some reason, but even then, it isn’t really easy for them to evolve to this point, right?"

"Yeah… I assume that this must be because they were created from a Unique Skill, weren’t they? Monsters as we know them came from Dungeons created by the Demon of Dungeons."

"Right… Perhaps Yggdrasil cannot affect them?"

"Whatever the case, these things are rushing directly to Amehia…"

"Yeah, I’m worried about her. Can she handle them all? We should go help."

"Hmph, you have little trust on her, don’t you?"

"But…"

"Leave her alone. We’ll watch her from afar. She has to confront her own traumas… by herself. And well, her overprotective father is already on his way towards her either way."

"Fine… But if anything happens to her I’ll go immediately."

"Focus on what’s in front of us now, we have to grow stronger, weakling. Keep slaughtering and absorbing souls! And while we are at it, let’s eat their flesh and blood as well, their cores are also delicious!"

"W-Wait, their cores too?! I’m already full, I don’t need to eat more!"

"A demon’s stomach is bottomless, don’t be a pussy!"

As Emerald’s Alter Ego laughed, suddenly, his Soul materialized into several draconic heads with sharp beaks, resembling him, they rushed down, beginning to devour the corpses of every monster they had slaughtered.

The divine cores within the divine monsters were specially rich in power… Perhaps before, Emerald would have never been able to assimilate this much energy, but with Legion now merged within his own soul, the demonic powers he had attained allowed him to easily break such limits.

CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH…!

GULP!

His Demonic Soul Stomach continued devouring everything, although not as effective and powerful as Drake, it allowed him to skip the chewing entirely while feeding him with the power he needed.

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Demons had such strange powers, their stomachs, capable of destroying and turning everything they ate into raw energy to absorb, was one of these.

And when this power was amplified thousands of times because of Legion being an amalgamation of millions of souls, this power was bound to be ridiculous!

"S-So much power…! This is ridiculous!"

Emerald glanced at his own body, growing larger and stronger, while his Divine Soul Aura surged fiercely, merged with his Demonic Powers.

"See now? This is OUR power, Emerald! And this is what you can now achieve with US within you! Isn’t it wonderful?! When you finally let go of your chains?"

"I-I…"

"You continue to hesitate, but deep down, you know this was perhaps the best thing that would’ve happened to you. Drake had his overwhelmingly strong System and his Immortal Body, Surtr has even more absurd powers, and even became a Venerable now… But what did you have? The Heavenly Winds? Although strong and with many abilities… they simply cannot compare to their strength."

"…"

"This is why OUR power complements yours so well, don’t you think so?! HAHAHAHA!"

Emerald couldn’t really refute those words, he thought of himself as a weakling, and with his previous weakness, he would have let those he loved died too.

He couldn’t continue like this anymore, the opportunity that he gained from becoming a perfect vessel for this spectral being that was accidentally born from the battle between Pandemonium and Drake was perhaps his only chance to reach higher levels.

However, the Alter Ego born from his deepest desires, his "ideal self" was still quite hard to deal with…

At the very least, their love for Amehia had helped them to work together, but for how long?

"GRUOOOHHH…!"

As Emerald continued slaughtering for more power, Amehia and Tyrannus faced the Giant Lava-Eating Crimson Snails, their long tentacles beginning to move around, seeking their Mana sources as they got closer to them. Find more to read at novelbuddy

"Alright, Amehia, there they are…! This time, let’s show them!"

"Y-Yes, father!"

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Author’s Note: And now, finally, we’ve reached 2000 chapters! It has been amazing ride with its ups and downs. This novel is honestly one of my favorites to write, and among the most unique I’m writing right now too. Despite it earning so little compared to the past years... I dont know if we’ll get to 3000 chapters though, but we’ll see.

A sequel has been on my mind for a while now though, perhaps something fresh and new that could gather new readers. Anyway, thank you for reading so far, and I hope you stick around until the end, there’s still a lot left to tell of this story.