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Frank felt as if his very soul was being devoured! ​​

This feeling was incredibly similar to the effect of the Wrath Skill, which in exchange for large quantities of power, it consumed his soul at a terrifying pace!

Frank's soul seemed way too weak, even after having one of Hades' fragments merged into it!

If he were not able to take over this power… his soul would most likely explode out of the pure power of Aaronarra's shared energy!

"Nnghh…! I have to… harbor this power…!" roared Frank, as he began to exude all of his soul into the task, sparks of light and darkness emerged, as even Hades tried to assist him!

"Nnngguuooohh…! Frank, you idiot, you should have thought about this better!" roared Hades.

"I thought it through! I would had never knew this could even happen. And who are you calling an idiot, you floating skull?!" apologized Frank.

"You stupid brat, use your Soul Core! You have it for something, don't you?!" asked Hades.

"You don't need to remind me, I was about to do that," said Frank, as he began to infuse his power into his Soul Core.

Flash!

The power of Frank's Eclipsing Soul intensified, as he began to finally absorb and assimilate the power of Aaronarra's energy, slowly assimilating it and transforming it into raw Soul Power!

However, it was way too slow!

Crash! Crash!

"Nnnghhaaahh…!"

Frank felt as if his soul began to… shatter!

Crack, crack!

His Soul Core was also cracking, as tiny pieces already began to explode out of it!

"Ungh…! I cannot die here… I have to take over this power!" thought Frank, as his entire self was put into the work, every Skill he could muster at the moment, and even his magic was being concentrated and merged into a mass of constant power, slowly helping him get through the assimilation!

Crack, crack!

However, it was simply not enough!

The overwhelming power was still consuming him, his soul core was about to burst into pieces, and his soul would shatter soon after!

"Nnnggguuuuuooooohhh…! Fucking hell! Frank, you stupid braaaat!" roared Hades.

"Nnngh…! I cannot give up now… I cannot… I have not accomplished anything at all yet…! I have to do something for my parents, I have to take care of Kamei, of my friends… and also… I have to talk to her again one day!" roared Frank.

The enormous will of Frank merged together with all of the powers he possessed within his soul materialized into enormous abyssal darkness, as it began to engulf the gigantic golden dragon, entangling itself on it!

"Nnnggaaaah…! I will… devour it! No matter… what!" roared Frank, his senses were sharpening, and it was as if he was becoming more and more beastly!

"Roooaarrr…!"

The gigantic dragon, the representation of the shared power of Aaronarra screamed!

Although Frank's soul was already damaging itself to levels where he would need to recover weeks, he was somehow harnessing the power within his soul, materializing it into the entity that was the representation of his fervent and insane will!

"Let me… give you a hand!" roared Hades, as he emerged from Frank's soul as a gigantic mass of blue flames in the shape of a skull, opening and eating the dragon!

Clash!

Crack, crack!

However, Frank's soul was already breaking into pieces, and what remained of his soul core was a mere tiny piece!

"Unnghh…! Not… not yet…!" roared Frank, his soul managing to finally absorb the last part of the dragon's shared energy!

Flash!

And then, as Frank was about to lose consciousness and most likely die, the power he absorbed merged with his soul, as a large golden-brown sphere emerged out of thin air, Aaronarra's Dragon Orb!

Ding!

[Soul Treasure] has been detected]

[Incorporating Soul Treasure into [Soul Core]

[Merging [Soul Treasure] with damaged [Soul Core] and Soul…]

"W-What?!" asked Frank in disbelief, as the Orb flew towards him, merging with the pieces of his soul and the remaining fragments of his Soul Core, as a fervent golden light and seeping darkness merged into one, generating a chaotic spiral!

[Enough Soul Density has been achieved]

Flash!

From within Frank's soul, a new and even more powerful Soul Core has been born, and his soul had finally recovered, although now that it had been shattered and stuck back together through the power of the energy he absorbed, it looked even more grotesque, like countless pieces of abyssal and monstrous darkness stuck together with brilliant golden light patches while being entangled by a furious dark and gold snake-shaped dragon creature…

Such a chaotic soul was nothing but a human's soul… whatever Frank's soul was now…

And within it, the Dragon Orb of Aaronarra willingly fused with Frank's Soul Core, generating a new Soul Core!

Ding!

[Soul Core] Refinement has been completed!]

[You have reached the Soul Core Nourishment Realm!]

[You have reached the Soul Energy Refinement Realm!]

[You have reached the Soul Core Enlargement Realm!]

[You have reached the Spiritual Soul Realm!]

[All of your Stats have increased!]

[Skill Proficiency Bonus earned]

[Experience Points Bonus earned]

[App Points Bonus earned]

[Your Level has increased to Level 21!]

[Your Level has increased to Level 22!]

[The [Soul Core (Eclipsing Soul): Level 1] Skill has reached Level 5!]

[The [Soul Core (Eclipsing Soul): Level 5] Skill has awakened into the [Soul Core (Eclipsing Dracolich Soul): Level 5] Skill!]

[The Levels of several Skills have increased!]

[You acquired the [Dragon Successor] Title!]

[Due to the effects of the [Dragon Successor] Title, you acquired the [Draconic Scales: Level 1], [Dragon Breath: Level 1], and the [Dragon Claws: Level 1] Skills!]

[The [Fiery Step: Level 4], [Cursed Snake Tail Phantom: Level 4], [Fire Breath: Level 4], [Undead Progenitor Transformation: Level 5], and the [Dragon Breath: Level 1] Skills have merged into the [Ancient Dracolich Progenitor Transformation: Level 1]

[The [Silver Skin: Level 3] and [Draconic Scales: Level 1] Skills have merged into the [Dracolich Corrosive Scaled Armor: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Blazing Claw: Level 4] and [Dragon Claws: Level 1] Skills have merged into the [Dracolich Soul-Tearing Corrosion Claws: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Insatiable Appetite: Level 10] Skill has evolved into the [Gluttony: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Wrathful Aura: Level 3], [Light Soul Martial Technique: Level 8], [Fire Soul Martial Technique: Level 8], and [Intimidation: Level 6] Skills have merged into the [Wrathful and Gluttonous Dracolich Progenitor Domain: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Wrathful Rampage: Level 3], [Basic Magic Martial Arts: Level 8], and [Unarmed Fighting Technique: Level 7] Skills have merged into the [Gluttonous Soul-Eating Fighting Techniques: Level 1] Skill!]

Frank now felt overwhelming with power!

…Although he felt too exhausted to even be capable of calculating how much power he had.

Without being able to celebrate his victory over such a chaotic soul battle, Frank fell unconscious.

Outside of Frank's soul, Orb and Aaronarra glanced at the scene in awe.

Out of nowhere, the Dragon Orb stopped obeying Aaronarra, and flew inside of Frank's body, merging with his soul right in front of the Dragon…

"My Dragon Orb…!" cried Aaronarra in anger and frustration, for a moment, he was about to eat Frank!

"Wait, what are you doing?! Stop!" cried Orb, as she erected a large wall using the dungeon's authority and entrapping the dragon inside a chamber!

"Oi! Let me out! GRAAAH! My Orb, he just… stole it!" roared Aaronarra.

"Not until you calm down!" said Orb, as Aaronarra tried to destroy the walls around him, but found that the power of the dungeon's walls was of a material that seemed indestructible, no matter how hard tried, perhaps only Gods would be able to break through its material.

"Uwah… Master, are you okay?" cried Orb, as she grabbed Frank and made him rest over the bed.

Suddenly, Frank's aura began to weaken a lot!

"Ah! His soul must have been damaged by the power he took? Master, have some Divine Power to recover!" said Orb, as she slowly feeds Frank with Divine Power.

The Divine Power came out of her body like a stream of white light, which Frank's soul absorbed like a delicious elixir.

Flash!

Frank suddenly opened his eyes, as he felt renewed.

He had not only absorbed the power of the share of energy from Aaronarra… but he ended up merging his Dragon Orb with his soul.

Although he felt quite stronger than before, he also could not help but feel a bit of fear.

"Ugh, Aaronarra is going to kill me…" sighed Frank.

"Master! You are okay! I am so glad…" sighed Orb.

"Ah, yes… I am fine for now, I guess… Eh? Where is the dragon?" wondered Frank.

"The evil dragon wanted to eat you, Master, so I punished him and put him inside that giant chamber!" said Orb.

"Y-You did what?! Orb, take him out!" said Frank.

"Eh?! But he will eat you if I do!" said Orb.

"Of course he will not, he might beat me a bit, but I also want to clear thigs up. I don't really want to make of a Dragon an enemy…" said Frank, as Orb released Aaronarra.

"Ah! You! Give me back the Dragon Orb! You eating it was not part of the deal! That's… my freaking Dragon Orb!" roared Aaronarra, it seemed that he had many memories with such an Orb, after all, such Orbs were part of a Dragon's strength and connected to their souls, that Frank suddenly used it as a material to repair his soul was rather freaky for Aaronarra.

"I am sorry… But I still have some things for my defense! You never told me that receiving your power would be so dangerous! The share of your power shattered my soul and Soul Core into pieces! I literally died for like the third time now… If it were not because of the Dragon Orb showing up and fusing with my soul, my soul would have fallen into pieces!" said Frank.

"E-Eh?! Is that so…? I… Well I didn't know your soul was so weak!" said Aaronarra, averting his gaze and playing it dumb!

"Oh yeah? Sure thing…" sighed Frank, if he were strong enough he would had beaten the dragon a bit.

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