Chapter 882 Waking Up
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(Sylphy's POV)
I remember my dreams barely, and briefly. But I could easily recall my own soul floating within an endless landscape of darkness, as I fought a gigantic spider chained by black chains.
The giant spider was much stronger than I was, but because it was chained, it could not fight back. Bit by bit, I took away her life away, until she ultimately succumbed.
"Y-You monster…! What… what are you?"
Those were the last words I remembered she said before completely perishing, her will disappearing, and all her body, her soul, her powers, fusing into my own soul.
And after that, it felt as if I slowly… grew.
My arms grew, my legs did as well, everything grew. It felt as if not only I was getting larger, but I was becoming one with the darkness of my surroundings, with nature, the sky…
This blissful feeling I felt, when I woke up, I could only recall it as just another dream.
But now that I think about… Ugh, was that Lolth's Soul?
I did eat a large chunk of it! It might had been almost half her divine soul that she used to descent and take over Arachne as her new vessel.
It was so weird, but I guess it's over now. I remember doing similar battles against Ignatius soul in the past when I was a toddler.
However, this time was different, defeating her meant her Will dying, so I only inherited her powers, and there was no Will remaining, nor becoming some sort of spirit.
Aw, what a sad twist, I would have loved an annoying former-goddess spider spirit!
Those chains… Well, they were perhaps my own Curse stopping her from retaliating against me. I guess because I ate her so directly, there wasn't any other option than slowly fully assimilating her.
And that feeling of "growth" must have been my soul, it finally evolved and forged itself a Psyche, something like a Physique but for Souls instead of the Physical Body.
"You're finally awake! Good morning! You slept a lot, you know?" Alice appeared at my side.
"Alice…" I yawned. "Ah, how long did I sleep?"
"Around two weeks!" Said Alice. "You were in coma, actually."
"…Eh?"
So that battle that felt like an eternity… I fought Lolth's soul for like a week and then took another week to completely assimilate her powers into my own soul?!
"Ugh… W-What happened after everything ended?" I asked, sighing.
"Very little, actually. You went back home, rested, and the reconstruction of the town has been going steadily. Everyone's worried about you though, your mom assured everyone you'll eventually wake up, and used magic to feed you nutrients while you slept." Said Alice. "But aside from that, everyone's been mostly relaxing, taking things slowly. A lot happened after all- Ah! Right, a lot of Anima people joined the town! They're getting along quite fine with the townspeople. Your mother had built them a lot of new homes quickly using Nature Magic. Lara and Luck are happy as well, finally taking a break, although a bit worried about you too."
"I see…" I smiled, feeling much better. "I guess it was all worth it! Man, I love happy endings."
"I really thought we were done for back then… But I guess you never stop amusing me, Sylphy- No, everyone, you're just amusing everyone now!" Laughed Alice.
"Well, I did what I could… But I'm glad that it worked, it was just a gamble though, I can't believe it… actually worked. Is Lolth dead?" I wondered.
"I'm not sure, they said that only half her soul descended, I'm guessing the other half's somewhere else, probably hiding because she's too weak to fight now." Alice analyzed the situation. "Ah, but let's leave that topic for later. There's a lot of System Notifications! Do you want to check them?"
"Sure." I nodded. "Let's see- Uwaah!"
With several dinging sounds whenever a system window materialized in front of me, I saw tons of them appear in front of my face, surprising me so much I ended falling back into the bed.
Ding! Ding! DING!
[You and your allies have defeated [Demonic Insectoid Swarm (Tier 5 ~ 7)] x923!]
[You and your allies have defeated [Arachspider Queen Vessel of the Evil Goddess: Lolth Arachne (??? Tier)] x1!]
[You earned 55.650.000 EXP!]
[Your Dungeon Monsters have defeated many foes through your orders as the Dungeon Master.]
[You earned +4380 Dungeon EXP.]
[You earned +3363 Dungeon Energy.]
[Your Dungeon Level has increased to Level 3!]
[Bonus Stats have increased: +1000 -> +3000]
[The Third Floor of your Dungeon has become available!]
[The [Bloodlust Swarm: Lv1] and [Spirit Fusion: Lv1] Skills have Leveled Up!]
[The [Curse]: [Great Curse of the Devourer of the Abyss] has evolved into the [Demonic Curse of the Devourer of Abyssal Divinities]!]
[Your Curse has become even more powerful.]
[The System Magic Spells: [Dungeon Travel] and [Dungeon Helper] have become available.]
lightsΝοvel.cοm [Your [Magic Circle]: [Tier 5: Rank 10: Spiritual Princess Magic Circle] has improved to Tier 6: Rank 1!]
[Your Magic Circle is now overflowing with thousands of Runes! You can conjure Magic Spells much easier than before, and of even higher Tiers.]
[Your [Physique]: [Tier 5: Rank 10: Divine Yggdragon Princess Physique] has improved to Tier 6: Rank 1!]
[Your Physique is slowly rising to transcendence; your physical strength is already vastly superhuman!]
[Your Soul has evolved the [Psyche]: [Tier 1: Rank 5: God Devouring Abyssal Soul Psyche]!]
[Your Soul has devoured the Divine Essence of many Gods; it has become gigantic and powerful! To make it stronger, you must consume more souls.]
[The Divine Power you've absorbed from Lolth has been materialized into new Skills!]
[You have exchanged 20.000.000 EXP to make both Skills capable of Leveling.]
[You learned the [Void Wielding Arts: Lv1] Skill!]
[You learned the [Spider Queen Threads: Lv1] Skill!]
[Part of the Divine Soul of Lolth has transformed into the [Evil Spider Queen's Void-Piercing Spear: Ginnungagap (SS Grade)] x1!]
[Aquarina] gained 21 Levels, she has reached Level 47/50!]
[Luck] gained 4 Levels, he has reached Level 30/30!]
[Lara] has gained 20 Levels, she has reached Level 20/20]
[Luck] and [Lara] can now Rank Up.]
"S-So many things?! Woah… Even an SS Grade Spear?!"
I was so surprised over everything that it took me a while to process everything…
And right after that, the door opened and Aquarina appeared, her saddened face quickly changing into one of great happiness.
"Sylphy?! You're awake!"
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