Chapter 14: A Threatening Aura
"A little bit? You aren't even the same species anymore, and you can talk now!" Eclipse said in shock. But the more he thought about it, the more it made sense that Coco, the only person he ever truly held close to him, would be his deepest desire. He had been so lonely for so long while floating through the universe as a spirit.
"Well to be fair, you aren't the same species any more either." Coco countered back. "You are taller and your hair is different colors. You have horns and a tail now and let's not forget you also have dragon-like wings! And the biggest change of all, your no longer fat!"
Hearing that last comment, Eclipse gripped his chest as if he had been backstabbed through the heart. But ignoring the emotional damage he sustained, Eclipse couldn't deny that they both had changed a lot. Whether better or for worse, only time would tell.
"I'm assuming Coco's new form may have something to do with a mix of hidden desires within you Eclipse, and an outlet for the rest of the power from the teardrop that's capable of creating an entire universe to go to." The little girl spoke up, breaking up the reunion.
"Who's this little girl?" Coco asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice. But Eclipse didn't notice the tone of her voice as he was worried that the loli in front of him might explode again at Coco calling her little.
"This esteemed person is someone who helps me summon subordinates through the use of my skill. Her name is… Actually what is your name?" Eclipse asked, trying to move the conversation away from Coco's earlier comment.
"Now you ask my name? How considerate of you to ask." The little girl said in a very sarcastic voice. "My name is Umbra. It is a pleasure to meet you Coco, though I can't say the same about that man next to you."
Coco frowned a little at the last remark about Eclipse, but said nothing as she was just happy to finally be reunited after so long.
"So Coco, I figured I should ask but what level and rank are you?" Eclipse asked, getting excited. If she was summoned through such a rare and powerful item then she must be powerful.
"My what and what?" She asked while tilting her head to the side like a puppy.
Eclipse then quickly gave her a brief rundown on what he knew about levels, skill, ranks, and the world they would be traveling to in a minute.
After absorbing everything Eclipse told her like a sponge, Coco pulled open her menu and thoroughly read through her status window. A few minutes later she finished reading through her stats and last skill before looking up at Eclipse to answer his question from earlier.
"My status window says I don't have a rank, and my level is 1." She said with her tails wagging as she looked for approval. "Is that good?"
"The higher the level the better it is because you'll become stronger and gain skill points to allocate to your stats." Eclipse replied with a sigh. His dreams of having an overpowered companion from the start of his journey crushed.
Coco looked down at her feet in sadness as she thought she did something wrong when she heard Eclipse say it could be better and sighing. Seeing this, Eclipse hurriedly said, "Don't worry about it, I'm level 1 also so we can just grow stronger together."
Excited by the prospect of growing together with her master, Coco once again went in for a hug. Seeing this and having his life flash before his eyes, Eclipse turned around to try and escape. Alas he was too slow compared to Coco and was once again ensnared in a bone breaking bear hug.
While all of this was unfolding Umbra never stopped staring at Coco since she first appeared. This was because she felt a slight sense of danger whenever she looked at Coco; and even though this sense of danger was minor, when she considered her own power level she couldn't help but wonder how strong Coco was.
When Coco said she was only level 1, Umbra was shocked witless. This was because through the use of one of her skills she was able to tell that Coco was telling the truth about her level. On top of that, Umbra couldn't see Coco's status window no matter what skills she used. This had never happened to Umbra throughout her entire existence frightening her as nothing was more scary than the unknown.
"Is the danger I'm sensing her potential or something else?" Umbra thought to herself as she watched Eclipse break free from his second bear hug of death.
"What about your stats and skill then Coco? Because clearly you have higher stats then me based on that death hug of yours. Also how did you know it was me since I have a new body?" Eclipse asked, his interest piqued once again.
"It's. A. Secret." Coco slowly said, elaborating each word and ending it with a wink.
Sigh.
Eclipse heaved a sigh of defeat as he saw the resolute look in Coco's eyes that had a light of playfulness shining off them.
"I'll just ask the system how to gain skill to check other people's status windows later and sneak a peek." Eclipse thought to himself and he rubbed his hands together and began to laugh. It was a laughter that could only be described as demonic sounding, and his shark teeth and demonic looking horns didn't help his persona either.
"Hehehe." Coco playfully laughed along with him in an angelic voice, completely misinterpreting the situation. The duo together looked like they couldn't be further polar opposites. One had an angelic beauty to them and radiated a sense of danger off them, while the other looked demonically handsome and had no danger radiating off them whatsoever. One had glowing bright colored hair and fur, while the other had dark and cold colored hair and scales. Coco was dressed in fancy clothing of intricate design that looked like a work of art, Eclipse still wearing his jeans and neon yellow hoodie with bright red colored words printed on it.
After laughing for a few moments longer, the duo was interrupted by Umbra with a long and bored yawn.
Uuuuuuuwwwwwaaaa.
Finishing her long and loud yawn, Umbra looked over at the duo before saying, "Since you are no longer summoning anything else I will now end our services dear perverted customer."
"Please take your time collecting Abyssal Tokens to use for summoning new subordinates because trust me when I say I'm in no rush." Umbra said as she waved goodbye fading away into black mist.
As she disappeared the surroundings started to change. Going from the space themed surroundings brought upon by the teardrop over to the tropical jungle Eclipse was transported to earlier where the Abyss's portal lay.
"Welcome to my new home Coco!" Eclipse said, looking over at her curious face. "No, rather I should say welcome to our new home. Welcome to the Abyss!"
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