Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix

Helia couldn't stay outside his body once their act ended. All because she was still in control of balancing his five totems.

She also spent hours avoiding any damage to his cultivation and body because of the extremely stupid things he did.

"To think that such a thing was possible... How shameless."

Lorem was always a very conservative woman with the opposite sex, even after openly admitting her love for Sura. They never did more than hold hands.

"I would have called her a liar if not for that girl's aura, but why does it feel Asura is stronger? Am I just imagining things?"

Since the pair wouldn't wake up for another day, she kept her communication gem open, enjoyed eating some of their prepared meat, and drank her ale.

'Did he have something to do with the prince... Those wounds were not the style of those guys. There was too much emotion, hatred...'

***

—Asura POV

The moment the pair enjoy their night of passion, feeling more connected than ever. Asura felt the violent tension of magic within himself and Xavida...

If it hadn't for Helia, he would have assumed something had gone wrong.

'It feels so comfortable. I don't want to get up.'

Asura's laziness came from the energy used to evolve with each monolith while he slept. But using the extreme power from the curse that almost overwhelmed them both.

Even after sharing and diluting it several times over.

[You were lucky that Lorem and I were close. So we could kill those monsters attracted by the delicious scent of her breakthrough.]

[Not to mention you... Idiot.]

He felt annoyed when Helia spoke to him during his dreams—sometimes, he would have strange dreams, and she would just appear and look around.

Nod, then left with a smug look.

'Whatever... Let's wake up.'

When his eyes opened, the sight that entered his eyes stunned him.

Xavida seemed to have evolved, becoming more feminine and mature. Her face is more alluring, with soft scales around her cheeks, but even more appealing.

'If before she was a cute dragon girl... Now she's a wonderful dragoness.'

Her height was now roughly just below his chin. Xavida's seductive hips were wider with a little more meat and muscle, making her rump even sexier as she rolled onto his chest.

'Her boobs... are a little heavier and bigger!'

The size change wasn't massive, but enough to excite a man as their flexible flesh squished against his chest.

Her long white hair remained the same, but her horns seemed larger, thicker and longer... with the tips resembling the shape of Asura's horns when activating liberación.

'How is this possible...?'

He even noticed a small patch of black dragon scales where they shouldn't be... covering her privates. They were soft and easily parted for his fingers, but the moment he released them, they closed safely, hiding her sensitive parts away like magic.

'This feels erotic... Tsk!'

Asura tried to check her other changes to avoid his rod becoming harder. But most of her changes were becoming mature and more appealing to him as a female.

Her scent seemed more womanly, a soft fragrance of fruits and flora he wanted to bask in for longer.

"Oh? So she became an adult... damn, that loud little girl is now a woman. Tsk." Lorem said with a sour voice through the window.

Asura didn't realise Lorem sat there watching the entire night, so he covered Xavida's naked body. "Instructor, are you still here?"

Lorem blushed before looking away. "Idiot bird forced me to guard you two; otherwise, those assassins might strike again. Hurry up and cover yourself, Asura."

'She seems different... but let's leave it for now.'

"Can you look after Xavida before she wakes up, instructor?"

"Oh, are you going somewhere when assassins are after you?" Lorem asked in a sarcastic tone.

She watched him slowly wear only the most basic of clothes without armour and seemed to look relieved.

"Like what you see?"

"Uh-uh, it looks good."

Asura felt a little strange as her eyes lingered around his crotch for quite a while before she seemed to look away.

"Tsk, why ask such leading questions? Where are you going?"

"Yeah... I need to relieve myself."

The moment she got his answer, she stopped for a moment. Then she started nodding and whispering to herself. 'It's been three days, of course. He needs to... Ah, so stupid.'

"Come back soon, please. You are still in danger, after all."

Black and white wings spread from his back, flapping several times before his body vanished from her sight, heading towards the west, where it was safe. Two knights protected that area for the sake of protectors of Princess Vela.

"I can't deal with the sudden change... How do I treat him?" Lorem's questioning voice remained in his ears for the longest time.

'Change... What change?' Asura wondered before arriving at a waterfall far from the platforms, where he placed a barrier blocking almost all magical senses.

'Let's relieve myself and examine my changes. Helia, can you come out for a minute?'

Asura asked before Helia appeared beside him, wearing her usual black dress and veil while standing on the riverbank, looking at the waterfall. "Mmmn... I prefer showers to baths."

"Are you alright?" Asura asked before Helia nodded.

"I'm fine; recovering fully will take a few days. However, your progress is impressive, considering how stupid you are."

"Shut up, crow—I'm not doing this because I wanted to. Lorem attacked me, and it just happened."

Helia laughed before sitting under a tree, watching Asura undress before entering the cool waters.

"I know; you don't need to explain it to me. Anyway, you reached stage three with four of the monoliths in one leap. Not to mention how much your cultivation benefited. I worry about your stability."

Asura understood from the moment he started reading the books given to him by Lucretia and the teachings from the monoliths. He realised that the faster he rose on stage and later, the more he needed to work on his training.

He planned to increase the intensity with the help of the gravity room of the sword saintess.

"What evolutions did you pick? I didn't even realise you chose them while having sex... Normally, you ask me; I was a little sad." Helia pouted before Asura laughed.

"Sorry, Helia... I chose myself because of how intense I felt towards Xavida... My desire to protect and make her happy overtook my mind."

"So...?"

"Haha, well, let's see. Let me show you."

He didn't seem to find an issue being naked around Helia. She stepped towards him like floating and sat on the pool's edge, looking at his arm to see.

⁜ Devil Monolith Evolutions

Stage One: Devil Dragon Twin Heart - Increases your heart's durability, endurance and capability to manage and control your anima and blood with enhanced capabilities.

Stage Two: Devil's Wings — A black pair of wings fused with your Asura bloodline, turning them white and grey with strange runes and sigils that resonate with power.

Stage Three: Devil's Core — Empowers all elements of magic, increasing their casting cost and damage by double while ignoring half the enemy's resistance to the current element.

⁜ Dragon Monolith Evolutions

Stage One: Scales — Increases the natural defence of your body, boosting magic resistance.

Stage Two: Wings — Black dragon wings fused with the devouring bloodline, turning them black with red lines filled with powerful vibrations and sharp claws.

Stage Three: Heart — Upgrades the Dragon part of the Devil Dragon Twin heart. Enhances the management of magic and anima while granting the ability to cast all spells instantly, with a 50% decrease in damage.

***

For a moment, the breath of Helia blew down his neck as she leaned over his back to read the things he did in more detail. Asura felt a strange nostalgia as Helia touched him, similar to Xavida, but it wasn't lustful but curious.

"Your Dragon evolution makes more sense... But devil evolution?"

Asura chuckled before showing a sudden flame on his palm. The flame was much larger than normal, an explosive increase to normal, a basic flame, as the black and red fire pulsated around his hand.

"You see, I noticed the two upgrades affected the same thing and wondered if the double damage would be kept or the damage reduction..."

He then turned to Helliana, whose face became strange. Her lips curled into a soft smile, and she leaned her chin on both palms, listening to Asura as if enchanted by his voice and words.

"However, it turns out that the reduction was just removed from the bonus amount... so instead of 200%, my magic is 150% more powerful and instant, but the cost is doubled.

"What the matter? Your face is strange."

Helia blinked before shaking her head. "Nothing... I just missed hearing your theories and talking about things like this. Haha."

Asura was about to deny her claim, but his heart throbbed... their scenery changed, and he saw the 'Sura' version of him doing the same thing, but his theory of crafting was about bloodlines and how they were stronger when mixed.

'My memories seem to mix more often now...'

Helia smiled deeper. She wondered what Asura thought about while staring at her with such a warm gaze. It caused her to feel strange.

"I did enjoy speaking about bloodlines, right?"

"!!!"

The moment she heard him, Helliana couldn't hold back. Her arms wrapped around Asura's neck before hugging him tightly, her hot tears dripping onto his shoulder.

"You... You remembered something, right!?"

Asura's hands moved instinctively, stroking Helia's silky hair, enjoying the warmth of her body, although he couldn't accept their love just yet.

He would no longer reject them coldly like before after all they did for him.

"Ah... I remember studying bloodlines before that happened. So I could marry you both, even with my thin dragon bloodline."

Helia trembled before laughing.

"Thin dragon bloodline...? Tsk... idiot. Your blood just awakened late, and they refused to re-test you once it did. Otherwise, how else did your heart save me?"

Asura held Helia in silence before separating themselves. His hand wiped her beautiful golden eyes, removing the last teardrops.

"I cannot accept you yet, but I promise not to deny what we had in the past. Rather, I hope to create new things in the future instead."

Helliana smiled before nodding, wiping her face. "I can wait. Take your time, Asura; I won't force anything."

Their conversation ended before Helia returned to his body.

However, if he checked his spirit world, he might have become stunned at Helliana dancing around, creating flowers with each step as the Rebirth monolith shone brightly in rejoicing his words and actions.

Asura treated them with more respect because the final monolith had two aspects, and he sure as hell believed it wasn't some kind of evil god plan.

But because of the two women who gave their blood to him as Sura... until the very last moment, they donated countless litres over a year.

'It's time I focus on more than just my revenge.'

It seemed it wasn't just Xavida who matured this time... Even though he should have been this way, the desire for revenge clouded his vision.