Dark Deals and Darker Rewards(Eris/Privet)

Sol was still lurking around Shirotsume after the guild masters meeting and he stuck to the shadows of the side streets, the meeting was done and over with but he honestly was surprised the light guilds didn’t pull anything to try and catch the leaders of the dark guilds including himself even if he was just the ace. While he skulked about in the shadows the dragon grumbled lightly to himself.”How am I going to get the throne while that little goody two shoes Hera is stopping me, if only there was a way to get around her and take what is mine” he mumbled as he watched a few people going to and fro in the streets before he then felt a finger tap him on the back.

The poison dragon turned to see an elderly man looking at him before he held out an item to the dark mage.”sorry to overhear sonny but this might help you, rumor has it that it can grant any wish you want but I dare not use it myself the power in it is very evil so please take it” the old man said before Sol took the item and glanced at it, it was a medallion or talisman that was made of gold but something had tainted it red almost like it was drenched in blood. Just from touching it Sol could feel intense dark magic from it and while most would be scared away the slayer just grinned bfore he glanced at the old man. “alright I’ll take it and since I feel generous I’ll let you walk away unscathed” he said before he moved past the man and further into the shadows of the alley.

After a moment Sol could swear he could hear whispers from the talisman telling him to find someplace remote in the town. Seeing no reason not to do that the slayer moved thru the streets before he came to a small park that seemed to no longer be in use as the trees were tall and the grass was wild and untamed. Glancing around most of the pathways seemed blocked except for the one that he came into and he quickly found an old piece of wood to block the way and make it look like a dead end. Once he was done he looked at the piece of bloodstained gold and he idly traced it with his claws for a moment before he took a deep breath and then exhaled.”Well here goes nothing” he muttered as he took the medallion and put it in his thumb before he flipped it towards the center of the Park with intent

With every flip of the coin and every slight shift of reality Sol questioned if what he did was a good idea, however the more he saw of the world for fractions of a second made him a bit calmer despite how they seemed. As soon as the coin hit the ground with a thud he suddenly felt his wings emerge from his back as his body showed more draconic traits unconsciously as his body gained more scales and a few of them covered his face as the dragon took in his surroundings. He heard screams and moans of pain from the people imbedded in the walls around him and while it would unerve most people the slayer was not phased as he gazed around in slight awe of this world.

from the obsidian that made up the road underneath him to the channels of flowing fresh blood and the ground made of bones somehow arranged to look like perfect flooring in some bizarre way. All the while behind Sol he could hear the clinking of coins and he glanced back for a moment to see the same coin he had flipped was now multiple and flowing like a waterfall, any greedy bastard would be drooling at the thought of such money blood soaked as it may be. But then Sol saw her the one he had met only recently and even in the mortal realm she left quite an impression on him.

Her skin was pale white and against the horrific landscape she stood out as the single most important figure here, her size was massive but the poison shadow dragon had the feeling something was at work here, something here was messing with his perception but he decided not to linger on that since it mattered not to him. True to his thoughts the rooms suddenly distorted again and now Eris was right in front of him and she held the coin he had flipped while explaining that they were a gift from her to him and the mortal realm. She also explained that they had a way of finding those that needed or desired them before she asked him the most important question what did he desire what did he lust for more then anything else.

Ruby eyes met ruby eyes for a moment before Sol dropped down to a knee and bowed his head in respect to her, he may have been one for questioning authority but this woman this dark deity was someone he wished to keep from becoming angry. After a moment he spoke while he was still kneeling.”My Lady I lust and desire one thing above all else, I want what has long sat Empty since Acnologias demise, I desire to Sit upon the throne of dragons and become the dragon king!’ he said his voice held conviction and drive as his red eyes burned with the desire to become the greatest dragon of all and surpass Acnologias travesties

Sol could only wonder what Eris meant when she asked him what had become of Acnologia but what she did next shocked the poison dragon to his core. The demonic woman suddenly shifted into pitch black smoke before she materialized behind him and though she was still taller then him what she looked like was what caught him off guard. Sol turned being careful not to catch her with his wings and his eyes went wide at her appearance, four horns on her head along with  black scales and  a long tail, what got him though were the black wings and the blue tribal markings upon her body that glowed a dull blue.”those markings that’s Acnologias marks no doubt about it that’s means.. You took his soul” Sol said while the last part was a whisper. While this woman was without a doubt deadly and could kill him with little effort he would not deny that she was incredible beautiful and the dragon traits made her even more so.

Eris told him that she could help him attain what he desired but  he would have to get stronger on his own to command the throne but she could start it by planting the seed in him that would give him what he desired the throne and a new form that he desired. However she did question what he could do for her to gain such a gift and then mentioned the simple law of the universe that Nothing is free.”What would you ask of me Lady Eris give me a task and I shall see it done, if I may ask though whatever changes are made to me I would like my human for to remain relatively the same I’ve grown attached to my appearance and My queen and guild master Famine has as well I would like to think.” he requested as he slowly stood and kept his eye on the demonic woman while the ground below them lit up brightly.

“ I shall Pay whatever Price I must to gain my throne I’m tired of the other slayers messing around and not bothering to even figure out what to do with the empty seat and the Fire dragon she is too Naïve to be queen  even if she would never admit it” Sol grumbled as his anger and hate for some of the other slayers surfaced and the locket around his neck glowed a poisonous green to seal his anger away  stood out greatly from the red around them . It was then that Sol noticed something about Eris something that he had caught  from Famine on a few occasions a lingering scent.”My lady if I may ask have you had contact with my Guildmaster Famine I smell a scent on you that I have caught on her faintly but it is the same” he asked his posture was relaxed and he was no longer on guard since this woman seemed calm and she seemed to want to help him.

The Predatory grin on the dark womans face did not make Sol feel at ease but oddly enough the dragon inside him was not afraid. Eris told him to take her name as she blew across her hand towards him and caused a bright red hand with glyphs to appear before the woman mentioned that Famine also had done what he was about to do, as he looked at the floating floating hand and saw Famines image appear in it was well and his eyes hardened with determination. As Eris explained the terms of the contact the dark dragon listened intently and while this dark deity in front of him was not viewed in a nice light but her assureances made him smile as he looked at Famines image and he felt the one emotion that most dark mages viewed as taboo he felt…Love. Sol didn’t even hesitate and there was no lie in his voice only conviction and determination as he touched his hand to the glowing mark in front of him.”I Bind myself to you Eris/just as My loyalty is eternal to Famine so shall it be to you as well I shall serve no other but the two of you, I shall become the king that my race deserves and should you ever have need of me all you need to do is ask” he stated before he fully felt the effects of the pact.

He what he felt was like a bolt of lightning coursing thru him as he barely noticed the room around them change as he felt the raw power of Acnologia course thru his veins as his body went ridged and his eyes took a wild gleam to them for a fraction of a second before the dark dragons iron willpower pulled the wild primal instincts back and held them in check.while Sol was focused on taming the dark and primal power now inside of him . On his body appeared red markings that while tribal like the ones now on Eris were different and colored dark red almost like blood with two marks under his eyes. He took a breath as he finally seemed to had settled the dragon kings power in his body. While his human form had not changed apart from the markings on it which seemed to have absorbed the tattoo on his back and the marks that held his god restraining chain Enkidu but Sol could feel that his true form his dragon form had changed heavily. He looked at Eris for a moment before he bowed his head in gratitude.”thank you Eris I vow to serve you and Famine Loyaly for the rest of my immortal life” he said as he knew being a dragon he was ageless and other then falling in battle he couldn’t die.

The sensation that Sol felt thru his body was unable to be described as he felt no pain yet his body reacted and drove him to his knees as he felt his breath leave him as he hit the ground and then the pain did set in, while the markings were being imbued into his fleash almost like they were burned onto his skin thru some unseen fire. He felt his poisonous blood spill and in an instant he was free and waiting for Eris to approach his breathing heavy from what had just happened, while she did speak to him the dragon could hardly focus.

While his min had cooled down from the war that had taken place in his mind the slayer could hear Eris tell him to serve when he could and to grow stronger and that the blood of slayers and dragons alike would feed the beast inside of him and lead him to the crown. At that the slayer took the coin which the pale woman had offered him and he bowed to her deeply before he turned to the door behind him and stepped thru it before he blinked and he was right back where he had been before he flipped the coin. Turning back around Sol saw nothing of the pale woman or the room they had been and he then looked at the coin she had given him before he pocketed it and then he decided to head back to his castle on the mountians.”my path is set now to see it thru to the end” he muttered before with a flap of his wings he was in the air and headed towards Mt Hakobe