Odyssey of the Blind God

Even though Nial knew the truth now, he didn't intend to go back to his father immediately.

There were quite a few things he had to test out and the timing was quite good as well.

His mind was overflowing with questions that had no answers, not yet at least.

'At least I can tell that dad truly loves me, I guess?' Nial thought. He was still questioning everything that had just happened even after what he had heard based on the short chat between the Little Oracle and his father.

However, it was the exact same chat that confused Nial even more than he already was.

'Why would she ask about my race all of a sudden? Isn't it obvious that I'm a human? I have five ability slots like every human from Jundra, and I was born he–...no I don't know where I was born…'

Nial was still pretty sure that he was a human because only humans from Jundra had five ability slots. For now, that was enough to calm Nial in that regard. At least, he didn't start questioning his race or origin all of a sudden.

'But where are my biological parents? Did they abandon me, or did they just lose me?'

If his father's sorry attempts to explain everything that happened in the past were true, Miles and Maline had searched for his biological parents for over a year. At that time, his biological parents could have sent a missing report to the police, searched for him at the playground or done something else to find him.

Because that didn't happen, Nial concluded that his biological parents had either abandoned him at the playgrounds, or they had never cared about him, to begin with.

There were countless other possibilities, including that his parents had also been caught in the dungeon portal incident and that they were killed inside it but Nial didn't want to think like that.

He didn't want to idolize his biological parents without knowing anything about them. Maybe they were the worst kind of human beings and he was just trying to uplift his mood by telling himself that they had died a heroic death while trying to save the son they had loved dearly.

[After you woke me from hibernation, I saw your family only a few times, but I can tell that they loved you as a member of your family]
Kaeldur's voice rang in his mind all of a sudden. Nial didn't expect one of Damian's Devils to be adept at consoling. That was quite the surprise and it was enough to make a tiny smile bloom on his face.

Meanwhile, the Tyrant of Destruction roared out from the deepest parts of the Heart of Darkness.

[I never thought that you were human, to begin with! How dare a mere human use the powers of our grand master, the Lord of Darkness, Damian?!]

'I am human though…'

[Don't kid yourself! No human can possess as much power as you do. How dare a human try to control me?!!]

Tyrant was going wild in Nial's mind, but he just found it amusing, if Nial were to be honest. The tension in his body was disappearing and the frustration and sourness within were slowly dispersing as well.

Nonetheless, there were quite a few things he had to do before returning.

By spreading out his range of perception and Mana Sense, Nial found a bunch of powerful beasts. He used his dark energy to grow wings out of his shoulder blades and he started flying in the direction of the closest dungeon beast.

It didn't take him long to reach the beast and he landed right in front of it, showing no sign of fear or hesitation.

"Heed my command, and you may live!" Nial thundered, releasing his Dominion ability with a large amount of mana. He didn't leave the dungeon beast much of a leeway. It could either submit to him or die at once.

The horned, four-meter-tall Wolf snarled and showed its teeth menacingly. It was just about to pounce on him in a desperate attempt to escape submission when a huge black shadow emerged from Nial's back.

"Calm down, Tyrant. I want to test a few things!" Nial said mere moments before the Tyrant of Destruction would have smashed the horned Deux Wolf's head into pieces.



The Horned Wolf whimpered and threw himself on the ground. This was enough for Nial to nod his head, give the beast some mental commands, and get on its back.

His black wings transformed into darkness currents that shrouded Nial's body, thereby protecting him from any harm.

"Let's collect a few more of your caliber before conquering a bunch of dungeons!" Nial shouted and the Horned Wolf roared out before it dashed in the direction he was ordered to run.

With the use of Dominion, Nial was able to do many magical things. It was possible for him to alter the thoughts of beasts and lead them subtly in a specific direction. That way, the dungeon beasts would be oblivious when they did something that was against their natural instinct.

This subtle change required a large amount of mana to be used at once and it would be permanent as long as the dungeon beast wouldn't face a situation that shocked it to the core. As for beasts with strong willpower, they were likely to be able to remove the alteration after a while or be completely immune to it.

But Nial didn't use this type of function against the Horned Wolf and the other dungeon beasts he was getting his hands on in the following two hours. He overwhelmed them and forced them into temporary submission. With the use of Dominion, Nial put a leash on the monsters with the only rule they had to adhere to; as long as you heed my commands, you will be able to live on!

Nial could have used Dominion a little differently but he didn't want to use the Blood Eclipse Moon, or his dark energy, let alone Essence of Darkness simply to put a bunch of dungeon beasts on a leash.

He tested out a few things, including the current limit of Dominion and his mind's capacity to control the two Devils in his Heart of Darkness along with the leashed dungeon beasts.

However, that was not everything Nial wanted to test out. In addition to this, he also wanted to test his combat prowess while controlling that many beasts at the same time.

It was a special and one-of-a-kind training that allowed him to improve his multitasking abilities in battle.

And to make sure that he would be subjected to more than enough pressure, Nial entered one of the Deux-ranked Dungeon portals which he had found on his way.

He got down from the Horned Wolf's back, shrouded his entire body in darkness and he spread out his dark energy to cover the ground all around him.

Kaeldur and Tyrant emerged from the ground, feeling ready to fight at once. Their dark energy was uncontrollably spreading through the surroundings and Nial stepped through the Dungeon Portal just moments later.

The moment he emerged on the other side of the portal Nial's Mana burst forth. He devoured all the information his Mana took in and the dungeon's interior was slowly formed in his mind.

"There are only a few Deux-rank beasts in the dungeon. However, that one bastard at the top of the mountain seems to be quite powerful for a Deux dungeon beast. It's probably the Dungeon Boss," Nial informed the others before he motioned his right hand. Dominion was already activated and the ten leashed dungeon beasts began to move without the slightest indication of a rebellion.

They burst forward and started with the killing spree of all the monsters in their way.

[Can I play with the Boss?] The Tyrant of Destruction asked, smashing the mace he was holding in his other hand. The loud clapping sound resounded through the chilling surrounding of the freezing mountain, but Nial merely shrugged his shoulders.

"Do whatever you want, but I don't think that you can handle it alone, not in your current state," Nial responded flatly, annoying the Tyrant of Destruction.

[Master, you take me too lightly. Even if I'm not at the peak of my power, I can still handle someone like this!]

"Then go on and show me."