Twilight of a Hybrid, стр. 76

Then the Titan sank deeper and faster, seeing the Titan had died.

The truth had been revealed to Valverno; Lusìvar is a child of the Titans, and he was the key into releasing them.

This sudden truth caused a great wave of energy to suddenly spark in his body. His closed eyes opened up to see a light coming from the water surface. In a one quick stiffly flick of his wings, Valverno burst right out of the Pool of Shadows and back toward the ledge.

Suddenly he dropped to the ground and feeling weak. His body crumbled to the ground, with his arms heaving his body from the ground.

“Valverno!” shouted different voices.

Valverno heard his name being called from twelve different voices at once. Around him was a blur and saw six shadowy figures surrounding him. He wondered if it was an illusion after sprouting out from the Pool of Shadow or his team looking funny and yet to regain his full vision.

Then he turned his face to the ground and whipped his wings in a single, flashing flap. He suddenly felt his mind becoming full of energy again instead of filling empty and his eye vision had regained its ordinary view. But he found himself breathing for air hard and couldn’t feel any oxygen flowing through his lungs.

“Valverno!” shouted Sora’s voice.

Valverno slowly twisted his head and saw Sora jumping close to Valverno’s side, hearing his deep breathing for air. She saw the colors of his wings, legs, and the tail darkened.

She had looked into the eyes of her brother and saw a demonic look to his face and eyes. She couldn’t recognize Valverno’s facial expression showing on his blankness, dragon-like, humanoid face. Not just she couldn’t tell what she was looking at but she saw some kind of sorrow rolling around those eyes.

“Sora,” said Valverno, calmly and happily. His voice also sounded differently. It was more dementing, more demonic, more evil dragon-like than a kind-hearted human.

After staring at Sora for seconds, Valverno got back up to his feet and saw Geraldus, Marina, and Flarefur standing beside the cliffs Valverno fell over.

Marina’s eyes didn’t look horrified as Geraldus’s and Flarefur’s eyes were. She had a great expression of worriedness; she didn’t seem afraid or frightful. Unlike the love of first sight expression, Marina was worried of the plain sight of Valverno, worried for her husband’s sudden change in appearance.

His body had changed. His hair was redder and longer, covering his hears while the horns stretch upward. Dragon scales grew around his waist and all around his back. A few sharp spikes pointed from his shoulders. His dragon legs, tail, and arms swirled with redness and blackness that swirled like a blaze of fire. His wings brewed with a dim violet and a small inkling of redness. His chest and human face had human skin but inked with pure greyness.

Before the laboratory, he was a better looking, awfully attractive hybrid she fell in love with. Now she doesn’t know what she has fallen in love with. Everything seemed to have changed when they just had to enter through the laboratory where Valverno was a science experiment and he himself burnt to the ground.

Geraldus slowly walked toward Valverno. The appearance of Valverno had made him fear Valverno or so. “Valverno? Are you still yourself?”

Valverno turned to see Geraldus looking frightful of his appearance. Valverno saw through the eyes of Geraldus and Valverno could see himself through Geraldus’s eyes. Valverno was surprised to see his body complete changed from what he looked like before he fell into the Pool of Shadows and even before he attached the first armor onto his hand.

Valverno could understand why Geraldus was frightful and Marina being worried but not afraid: he was looking like a monstrous creature and he could feel the mix emotions Sora felt in her heart and mind. He looked Geraldus in the eye to make a direct statement: “I am what I am, Geraldus. I am Valverno, son of the Crystal Dragon, ruler of the gods. I am still in control of myself, and no darkness has taunted this hybrid or demigod.”

“Are you sure?” asked Geraldus. His fearful turned into a sternly look. “Are you sure… demigod?”

Valverno closer to Geraldus, eye-to-eye and plainly said, “Yes, I am still me.”

Geraldus didn’t look convince, but he was going have to accept the hybrid’s word for what he. During his eye contact with Valverno, the demigod was telling the truth. He couldn’t any deceits in Valverno’s eyes.

Valverno walked over to Sora and wrapped an arm around her back and pulled her closer to him. He knew Marina wasn’t going to accept him as he was; he did mention his appearance does match that of his current personality. He looked back at the group and said, “We have to get back to the capital city. There is more to Lusìvar than being an evil tyrant, even scarier than my mere appearance.”

Then Valverno flapped his wings and flew toward the crevice above the buried city. Behind him, Marina walked and mounted on the Griffin who then followed after Valverno going through the dark, thin crevice.

Geraldus floated into the air. He stopped while flying over the hole that goes to the Pool of Shadows. He wondered if Valverno will become another evil threat like the Shadow King already was. Only time will tell if Valverno would become evil since he had bathed in the Pool of Shadows by force.