Chapter 13: Divine Ascension
When Viktor plunged the blade of Lycanthropy into his heart, a cocktail of power began to surge into his body. Deep black and crimson veins began to envelop his heart before they surged into the rest of his body.
As he expected, the Curse Of Lycanthropy which had already made Lycaon into the strongest werewolf and the first of his kind had been greatly refined. After centuries of being fused with Ama-No-Ohabari, a Divine Sword that had killed and drank the blood of a god it had elevated the curse to a Divine Curse.
A Divine Curse of Lycanthropy and this Curse had plenty of fuel. Nearly 150 Mana Crystals and all their energy was devoured by the Divine Curse. In this mixture was the Angelic Power of Guardeenia, and the vast Holyness contained in the Cross due to the blood of Christ.
All these diffrent parts came together into a single thing greater than the sum of their parts. This unique bloodline began to take hold of Viktor's entire being. All over his body, deep red and black lines began to flow across his skin. Viktor's black and blue eyes glanced up at the Full Moon as vast amounts of Lunar Energy flowed into his being.
Viktor eyes seemed to constrict as blood vessels in his black sclera burst causing blood to run down his face. Bones and muscles inside his body began to break and tear as they began to grow larger. His very skin seemed to struggle to contain his growing musculature and skeleton as it expanded.
Eventually, it began to rip apart revealing his dark thick hide of a beast. His bones snapped one after the other and the pain began to increase as his transformation began to take hold.
The first transformation was always the most painful as his entire body had to purge its human limitations. Viktor grit his teeth which begin to grow pointed as a new race begins to take hold. As he looked at his hands, he saw his fingers breaking and his nails beginning to grow into black claws.
His back began to twitch and tear which caused his old human blood to begin to spill out from his open wounds. Something seemed to be trying to force its way out of his skin. Despite the agonizing pain he found himself in, Viktor's mind was still not lost.
'Bring it.'
He reached up to his own face and dug his claws into his own skin. With a tear, he ripped off his own face which he dropped onto the ground. It was brutal, but with that, his jaw began to grow longer into a werewolf-like muzzle.
His teeth began to grow and warp into razor-sharp fangs, but they began to turn into blackened metal. The power of Canis Lyakon caused his growing fangs to turn into blades with the power of the Sacred Gear.
New skin began to cover his exposed muscle fibers all over his body replacing his skin. His skin was not weak thanks to his Heavenly Restriction, but his new Werewolf one was even stronger.
It had taken what his Heavenly Restriction gave him and expanded upon it further. Viktor grunted as his body continued to tear itself apart, but his new blackened hyde continued to stretch over his body to cover up the exposed muscle fibers.
His mouth by this point had grown into a large lupine muzzle filled with blackened metal fangs. His ears began to grow larger into large lupine ears, but finally, Viktor's back tore open. From his back emerged a gigantic pair of bone wings and his size increased exponentially until he was standing 20 feet tall.
Flesh flowed over his wings which were huge, perfectly in size with his elevated transforation. Once the bones of his wings were covered, black and crimson feathers began to sprout seemingly made of metal covering his new appendages.
As the last exposed muscle fiber was covered with blackened tough hyde, a shaggy coat of black metallic fur sprouted all over his body. However, portions of his coat were covered with bright red lines reminding him of Gilgamesh of Fate.
A sign of Divine Blood flowed through him, but to finish off his physical transformation from his lower end three large tails sprouted which began to absorb ambient mana and Lunar Energy.
His two large crimson-black feathered wings extended and much like his tails began to absorb Mana and Lunar Energy. Viktor began to feel his Mana began to surge as it began to increase as a result of his new bloodline.
He could hold far more mana than before and his tails and wigs had begun to absorb vast quantities to fill his reserves and feed his bloodline. Viktor sat himself down as he focused on this, but something new was beginning to take place in his body.
As a result of the Divine Marks across his body as a result of absorbing the Divine Power contained in Incinerate Anthem and Kagatsuchi, he could begin making use of Divine Energy.
Viktor relaxed as this Divine Energy began to flow through his being. From what he could feel, it contained both Holy and Cursed Energies merged into one and with it Angelic Power. His theory had been a resounding success through his transformation he had merged the powers of two Sacred Gears.
As his Divine Energy began merging with his mana, it began to flow through his body, into his mind, and especially his soul. When this happened, his soul which had been split down the middle by the opposite natures of his two Longinus began to synchronize.
This new Divine Energy flowed into Lykaon and Incinerate Anthem as the power they sacrificed for Viktor was returned to them tenfold and with even more. The Holy and Cursed Energies contained in the two hemispheres of his soul began to flow into each other and perfectly merge under the power of his Divine Energy.
No longer would he have to differentiate between Holy, or Cursed as they were one and the same. Viktor rose to his feet as he almost could not help himself. He wanted to howl, but that would be stupid.
This Divine Energy began to nurture the growth of his soul and with his soul growing, his Sacred Gears grew and as they grew he grew. Yami lept out of Viktor's soul and as this Divine Energy flowed into him, something happened.
The core of his being, the fusion of Ama-No-Ohabari and Lycaon began to absorb this new Divine Energy. As that happened, Yami's power as a Sacred Gear evolved. As his power evolved he had to evolve and when this happened Yami dog-like features began to transform.
Rather than a dog, he became what he should have always been, a wolf. His size increased, his muzzle became larger and his appearance became that of the black Divine Wolf. Not just that, he had absorbed the Holy and Angelic Power contained in the Divine Energy of Viktor.
As for Incinerate Anthem, the cross once again appeared around Viktor's neck and despite its pure silver material nothing happened to him. As his Divine Energy flowed into it, Guardenia's soul fed on this power which her to gain access to Divine Energy and the Cursed Power of Yami.
As time went on, the flow of Lunar Energy and Mana did not cease, and his tails and wings seemed to absorb even more. All this energy was devoured by his Divine Energy as it was a vastly stronger energy.
All this energy continued to enhance Viktor's new bloodline, his soul and his mind by the second. Viktor's soul in particular grew more harmonious as it's color became a extremely potent purple color as the Holy and Cursed Energy in power of his two Loginus merged.
With his soul becoming stronger and one once more, his two Sacred Gears moved to the center of his soul. The core of their power came closer together at the very center of his soul. Here they could grow, evolve with Viktor under his surge of new power.
As for Viktor himself, he rose to his full height as his tails and wings would continue to absorb ambient energy which would then be converted into Divine Energy by his Divine marks.
He took a step forward as his wings behind him twitched. His tails flicked back and forth, but he felt something was missing. He squinted his eyes and all over his body, his new potent blood flowed from his body.
This blood contained Divine Energy which contained Angelic, Werewolf, Cursed, Holy, Divine power all in one. It needed a proper name as his power had risen by many levels by this simple transformation.
As such, he decided to call his new bloodline, Nephalem Werewolf as it took many powers to make this unique existence. Plus, this just the lowest levels as his talent had not suddendly dried up. With his Longinus having evolved along side him, they would be able to grow further in the future.
Blood continued to flow over him before it solidificed into plates of metal forming a new set of armor for himself. With his armor completed he looked down at the flesh, skin and blood he had discarded.
He waved his hand and all this discarded flesh which could be used against him was removed from the bloody roof. He then did something he didn't want to do, but he opened his mouth and he ate every last trace of his discarded skin and blood.
Better than to let Luthor or any other moron clone him. With that last disgusting act, he jumped off the roof with Yami leaping down after him.
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As for the cross around his neck, it seemed to flow with power. Guardenia emerged from the cross, but she was still immaterial. In terms of apperance she didn't look much diffrent unlike Yami, but her golden feathered wings seemed more metalic and darker in a few places.
"I have to say, you look good. For a Werewolf that is."
She flew around him to get a look at his large wings which seemed more like those of a Fallen Angel. Then she looked down and saw his three large muscular tails which contained to draw in ambient mana and lunar energy.
"Are you going to turn into a nine tail or something?"
Viktor would not mind as from the more tails he got the more ambient energy he would he would have access to.
"If their are Nine Tailed Foxes, it makes sense that Nine Tailed Werewolves would be a thing. The process of which I took to become a Nephalem Werewolf was extensive and it seems I have more power to uncover from my new bloodline."
Guardenia nodded as she oberved him in his totally.
"How much stronger do you feel? Must be extensive."
He raised his right hand and gazed at his armored clawed hand.
"Like I could fight 50 of my old selves and win. Just the fact I have Divine Energy flowing through my body and perfectly aligned for my uses. I will have to further study how this new energy reacts with my magic and modify my techniques for the future.
I will also have to train to better adjust to my elevated physical ability."
He waved his hand and he began to weave Mana from the air before he created a Bounded Field around him. When the field went up, being cut off from the moon didn't weaken him, but he could feel his tails and wings stop absorbing it as they used to.
With the Bounded Field up and running he could begin to study how his new transformation would change everything. He also felt that Guardenia's theory was correct that he would eventually become a Nine Tailed Creature.
Did that also mean he would grow more wings? Angels like Guardenia in DxD got stronger the more wings they had, and while he was part Angel did that still apply? He had a lot of questions to answer so he began to study his new body and power in depth.
Becoming a completely new race had to come with new abillities he didn't yet know.