Dementor

A few minutes before, in front of Vault No. 999

No one could take the treasure out of the Vaults other than the owner and the goblins. It was known. Terrible fates awaited those who discarded it as mere rumors.

Not to mention the charms and jinxes on the individual Item themselves. That was the only reason Kai had not taken out the eggs and stored them in his MRB. He needed Snaglok's help to do so. That was before the Dementors had chased him to a fissure behind the Vault.

Not all Dementors had gone for Kai, though. A few circled the goblin, just far enough to get affected by the silver orb in his hand. The rest were hovering just outside the vault, banging themselves against the silver mist rampaging within.

Snaglok didn't wait.

He rushed on his small legs towards the wardrobe. The greed in his eyes as he saw those three beautiful things was unprecedented. One by one, he took out the eggs and stored them in a bag. First, the biggest one. The dragon's egg he almost threw in as if it was just a stone. Then the egg at the bottom. Snaglok licked his lips in fear and horror as he ran his thick fingers over the stripes on the egg. Then he also threw it into the bag.

At last, he took out the golden thumb-sized egg. At this, Snaglok gazed at the most. His pointy nose kept sniffing at it as if the most precious thing he had ever laid his eyes upon. He, though reluctantly, threw it into the bag, too. Then, knowing that the reinforcement could come anytime, the goblin rushed for the cart to kill the cart operator and take his place.

But before taking the left turn, something flashed in the corner of Snaglok's eyes. Something of the color and shine of gold. The goblin stopped and brought forward the orb towards the abyss. Then he saw a triangular piece of rock jutting out from the cliff's face just inches below the edge.

And at the tip of the rock, was a gold coin. Gold. Wonderful gold.

Snaglok looked left and right. The Dementors had followed him here, but they wouldn't follow him after the turn. He had been hiding there in a little fissure when those four had come. So, before the backup would come, he could easily take the coin.

Yes. It was a logical choice. A most reasonable one.

The goblin put down the bag and crouched down, one hand clutching the orb, and the other reaching out for the coin. No. It was too far. He must step down on the rock. So he did. Though it was only a couple of inches down from the edge, the fear of falling made Snaglok tremble. Only the glow of gold gave him the courage to crawl towards the coin. One big stretch and he had it.

YES. Snaglok laughed, his eyes shining, looking at the gold coin in his hand. He turned around to climb up the edge.

"Do you need a hand?" a familiar voice rumbled in Snaglok's ears.

The goblin looked up and saw him then. Black formal suit and pants, a bowler hat over his head, and a dark, runic black book held tight in his left hand. Snaglok had met him before.

"We meet again," the stranger said, as a Dementor brushed past him. The goblin shuddered, seeing that it did not affect this man.

"You…" the goblin stammered.

"I…" the man answered. "I am Petyr Baelish."

Then Petyr kicked. And Snaglok was screaming, falling, down and down to the deepest hell of the abyss where he had already doomed himself to fall ages ago.

The single gold coin was still clutched tightly between his fat fingers.

*

*

The changes Kai had been going through weren't for the eyes of mortals to see.

Kai felt himself transcending what was life and ascending to the realms of death. Deeper and deeper into his emotions, Kai fell, reexamining them one by one from an eye he previously had lacked.

A forgotten silhouette and laugh of his father. His mother's cries and her warnings. The love of having a brother, and then ruing the same love for eons to come. Slaughter, and the pleasure within it he sought for himself. The satisfaction of revenge, but the remorse of not having it again.

The thrill of sex.

The changes of myriad emotions.

Kai opened his eyes. And the world wasn't the same anymore. Nor was he. A dark hooded cloak of long ripped black cloth had covered his body, making him look like a wraith. His body was shriveled, graying, decaying, looking like a decomposed corpse. Kai lifted his skeletal hands. They were grayish, slimy-looking, and scabbed. But even then, on his right forearm, he could see the distinct imprints of ten long claw-like fingers.

He could feel himself more clearly now. There was a hellish cold around him, and it could freeze not only physical bodies but also the very thoughts, he knew. And when he breathed, his breath was rattling as if he wanted to suck something more than air.

Kai knew what. Breath. He wanted to suck out Breaths.

Even though Kai was a squib, with his Intelligence just above an average Contestant, he could feel Mana around him. If not his own, then of others. It was a cooling, soothing sensation.

Now Kai could feel another presence. Equally vast, but more apparent and different. If Mana was ice, then this other presence was boiled water returned to the room temperature.

"Breath," Kai uttered the words. Though, from Arlen, he had learned another name for this Stat.

Chakra!

Of Kai's body, only his eyes and his voice still told the tale of a living being within him. The rest was a creature of dark and terror.

The notification at least didn't butter the words.

[

Blood Essence: Dementor (magical beast)

Grade: D (growth: 0/10)

Specification: Devour souls to upgrade itself. The devoured souls will be digitalized, and the Contestant must fill the growth bar to upgrade the blood essence

Abilities: Advance Cold Suppression (Proficiency: 0%), Advance Emotions Manipulation (Proficiency: 0%)

Skills: Breath Snatcher (Grade: D-), Dementor's Kiss (Grade: D+), Intimidation (Grade: E+), Dementors Progenitor (Grade: ? -locked)

Note: A Skill's grade will upgrade automatically with the upgrading of the blood essence's grade

]

Kai's mind had convoluted beyond redemption, he knew. Sometimes, he took actions before careful deliberation, to achieve a power that could make him tower above all. The world he lived in, and the people he lived with, had changed his mindset. So, he couldn't do anything about it. The failure of the glitch in the dragon's case was a major setback in Kai's life, especially when he didn't have any idea that it could ever fail.

Yet, seeing this blood essence, Kai couldn't help but praise himself for his recklessness. What was the chance that the Soul Chill could even counter a Dementor's soul-sucking ability? What were the chances that his Glitch would work against this creature of darkness or not?

'Sometimes, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do,' Kai thought. Then he looked down. There was no mention of levitation or flying, but his skeletal feet were still hovering above the ground, hidden under the ripped strips of dark cloth which billowed behind him like a churned mist without wind.

Kai stirred himself forward and glided effortlessly as if he was born to do this. A few Dementors were still gliding, looking at him. Kai stared back at them and saw them as they were. Soulless creatures; Hungry for souls more than being aware of themselves.

"Move." Kai's rattling breath came out as a command. Many Dementors scampered off up and down. One remained, though, not budging at all. Kai's temper flared. He dashed towards it, his dark cloak flapping noiselessly behind him.

Kai's hand went for the creature's throat and slammed the Dementor into the stony wall.

Bang!

Then again.

Bang!

…

When Kai couldn't feel any defiance from this Dementor, he let it go. Kai was hungry, and tasty food was waiting for him just around the corner.

He returned to the Vault's front area and saw the empty chest-cum-wardrobe. But Kai wasn't worried about the eggs. He had already made plans for it. Using Flashbangs wasn't for blinding the wizards, although it did that too, it was to prevent them from seeing Petyr walking out of him. This was the second thing Kai had gambled on today.

Giving Petyr the Book; nothing could be more dangerous than that. 'But where can he go?' Kai had thought then. 'Down, deeper in the abyss, where no one will go to pick the book up. No. Petyr isn't foolish. Both time and place will be in my favor.'

Kai approached the vault, covered by the stray Dementors. A rattling snarl came out of his throat, declaring his presence. The Dementors turned around to look at him, and then left one by one, in search of better prey. He glided to the vault's open doors and was about to walk in when the silvery mist rampaging inside the room attacked him.

"Ugh!"

[Damage Taken: 20 points (SP)]

"What the…?!" Kai was shocked, and that was an understatement. But then he realized that this mist had taken control of an entire legion of Dementors, and its name, Petrified Corporeal Patronus. 'Am I subjected to Dementors' weaknesses too?' he thought.

He looked in and saw the High Guard, Sord, and the High Goblin still knocked out cold. If he could, he would suck away all their souls.

Then Kai remembered. "Snaglok!"

In a mad rush, Kai glided towards the turn at the end of the cliff's platform. Petyr was standing there, examining the three eggs. As Kai approached the character, it terrified him. He couldn't feel an iota of Breath coming out of the character.

'If Dementors are foul beings, then how these characters are any different,' he asked himself.

Petyr stood up. When he saw Kai's new transformation, the character raised his eyebrows.

"What the hell are you?" Kai snarled, his breath still rattling. There was such a coldness about Kai that the bag lying on the floor was getting frozen too. A solid layer of frost appeared over it, whitening its brown appearance.

Petyr smiled. "I am my lord's servant," he said, bowing. "Nothing else I was. Nothing else I will ever be."

Kai frowned. His shriveled, decomposed hand reached out for Petyr's throat. It felt skin to Kai, but he could feel no emotion. Not a single one. Kai lifted Petyr in the air, examining him as the boy's eyes bulged. Then he slammed Petyr down on the ground.

"Cough! Cough!" Petyr panted for air.

"Never… never doubt that I won't burn this book before getting betrayed, Petyr the servant," Kai said, his hooded face almost touching Petyr. "Never."

"Y… yes." Petyr's figure disappeared, and the book fell. Kai crouched and picked up the book. With a flick of his hand, he sent it into the Inventory and picked up the bag containing the three eggs.

The notification appeared then.

[

Side Mission: The birth of Rhaegal

Side Mission Status: Success

Side Mission Rewards:

1. 150 Mission Credits

2. +2 Attribute Points

You can teleport to the next world now, Contestant Kai Stormborn

Time Limit: 1 minute

]

A blue shine covered Kai's transformed figure. He canceled his transformation and landed on the ground. The moment he returned to his human form, Dementors came rushing at him to prey on his soul and his emotions.

Kai's hazel eyes shone black and all his emotions got bolted deep within him under a heavy lock. The dark creatures loomed over him, searching for the emotions to prey on, but Kai might as well have been a block of ice.

'So this is the power of 100% Proficiency,' Kai thought.

The Ghost Serpent slithered out of his body. She looked at him dearly, he could tell. Her forked tongue kissed his chin like always, as it hissed now and then, concernedly. Kai couldn't help but recall the monstrous increase in his Proficiency.

[Elementary Snake Language: Proficiency 65% (+30%)]

The serpent hissed, becoming silver mist, going in and out of him.

Kai looked up towards the Dementors, and then beyond them towards a nonexistent dark ceiling.

"Everybody has a name," he muttered to himself. "Even these soulless beings have one, then why not you?"

Kai looked at her as she came to rest in front of his eyes and raised her hood.

The blue around Kai had now become bluer, just on the brink of teleportation. Kai brought out the Boa's blood essence, his eyes becoming slits.

-Selene- he hissed, almost uttering out another word.

-Selene- she hissed back.

"Let you be the goddess of my moonless nights," Kai proclaimed.

Then they disappeared.

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Author's Note:

Selene: it is pronounced as (Si-li-ni). The first part "Si" is like the last part of "Hiss". The last part "ni" is like the last part of the "Nagini". In Greek mythology, Selene (/sɪˈliːniː/ meaning "Moon") is the goddess of the Moon

Seline: there was a character named so, mother of Little Hao. In this, it is pronounced as, Se-leen. I am putting it because she is a very important character.