Man or beast

Adrien woke up in a dim lighted space with a sharp pain throughout his body. He didn't recognise the place he was in.

"Am I..... dead ?" Adrien said with a frown on his face.

'Is this the afterlife ? Shouldn't heaven would be brighter than this. Or…..' he suddenly thought something and didn't know what to do.

'This is… hell ? Why would I go to hell ? Wait, I thought hell would be a little warmer than this but I feel kinda cold here'.

Suddenly he heard a noise and looked in the direction where the noise was coming from.

'Is that a prisoner in hell like me? Maybe they can tell me how to get a promotion and enter heaven. Yes,I'll go ask them'

He stood up from his place and still felt the pain in his body.

'What the hell is with this pain ? If I am dead then how come I still feel pain ?'

He still got up despite the pain and headed in the direction where he thought the voice came from.

After waking for some time he saw a silhouette in the distance and headed towards it.

There he saw a man leaning against the wall. He had silky black hair. His hair covered his eyes. He was bare chested and was wearing something like a black trouser only.

When Adrien went near him, He moved his head a bit and looked at Adrien with his deep blue eyes.

"Looks like you have quite a strong spirit and will for someone your age. Your bloodline isn't half bad as well. Anyways, Sorry for crash landing on you. I wasn't that aware of my surroundings at that moment".

Adrien had no idea what the strange man was saying. He didn't care because there was only one thing on his mind.

After giving a light cough and clearing his throat.

" Tell me how to get the promotion so that I can enter heaven".

"Huh ?".

"Huh?"

The strange man started laughing.

"What are you talking about Kid ? Heaven ? Promotion? Where do you think we are ?

"Hell". Adrien replied with a straight face.

"Listen dumbass, this isn't hell. This is your Spiritual domain. Basically the inside of your spirit".

"But I am very weak. I only know basic tier spells. Spiritual domain isn't something that I am capable of". Adrien said with a dejected face.

"Everyone has a Spiritual domain. It's just about who has enough control over their spiritual energy that they can bring it out of their soul and project their will onto reality".

Adrien didn't know this before and was surprised to learn something like this

"Who are you old man ?" Adrien asked with curiosity.

"I am not someone from here. But worry not, as I don't wish you any harm. My name is Dante".

"But how are you inside my spiritual domain ? And what did you mean by crashing on me ? Were you in that meteor ? Adrien asked because he was perplexed.

"I was not inside the meteor. I was the meteor. And I was on the verge of death. My spirit was gravely wounded. The only way to stop my spirit body from disintegration was to either absorb many souls or to merge my soul with someone and slowly recover. I chose the second option and here we are".

"W-What ?". Adrien couldn't understand all the information that was suddenly dumped on his brain.

"But how were you the meteor, you are...…not as big as the meteor".

Dante smiled and stood up. Blood was dripping from his body but he started getting covered in black smoke and when he was quite a distance away from Adrien.

"Watch this". Dante said and after that the smoke covering his body exploded outwards.

Adrien couldn't believe what he was seeing.

When the smoke disappeared, There was a 160 meter tall dragon was there. But it wasn't in a good shape. One of the wings was destroyed, half of the tail was missing and there was blood coming out of several different areas of his body.

"You-You are a DRAGON??" Adrien asked in an astonished tone.

"Does this look like a Unicorn to you ?

Of course I am a dragon. Not just any dragon. I am THE Dragon."

Adrien started screaming and running around the place.

" You are a dragon. YOU ARE A DRAGON. AHHH". He was screaming and running frantically

"Wait, Are you going to eat me alive and absorb my soul ?".

"Yes" Dante replied in a simple voice.

Adrien collapsed on the ground after hearing that.

"Out of everything, My vessel had to be dumb". By now Dante was back in his human form and went to check up on Adrien.

'This guy has been through a lot. He deserves a change in his life.'

Dante went back to sitting next to the wall and thought about his home world.

'If only you were alive,Roselyn.' A tear rolled down his eye. He started to absorb spiritual energy using Adrien as a medium.

" I will have my revenge". He closed his eyes and went into slumber.