Vergil Is Back-Chapter 43 - 34: A Path Beyond Worlds

The stars shifted above, distant yet watching.

Within his personal dimension—a boundless space of obsidian skies and floating isles of stone—Leon sat cross-legged at the center of a glowing sigil carved into the earth. Runes swirled in the air around him like rings of starlight, each one pulsing in sync with his heartbeat.

This was his sanctuary. A place the world could not touch.

He exhaled slowly. For the first time since acquiring Vritra's third fragment, he wasn't resisting the power inside him.

He was wielding it.

Dark flame coiled through his veins, dancing in harmony with the draconic might of Ddraig and the shadows of Yamato. His Devil Trigger form flickered across his back like a second skin—tamed, no longer erupting in chaos.

[System Notification]You have achieved [True Synchronization] with all current Sacred Gear fragments.Your body has adapted to handle Tier 7 Multiversal Energy Output.Unlocking next system branch:— Store: Advanced Bloodlines Section— Ability: Astral Clone Manifestation— World Travel Protocol: Activated

Leon opened his eyes.

"About time."

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He stood, and with a thought, brought up the System's new interface.

A carousel of bloodlines shimmered before him—ancient and powerful. Names he barely recognized blinked into view: Primordial Seraphim Lineage, Dragon Sovereign Physique, Voidborn Titan Core...

But one glowed in eerie, silent silver.

[Eclipse Ancestry: The Bloodline of the Devouring Moon]Passive: Absorb ambient power from all energy types.Active: Eclipse Domain — devours techniques, drains magic, and suppresses divine powers within range.— Adaptable. Silent. Untraceable.

Cost: 750,000 System Points

"Perfect."

Leon purchased it without hesitation.

His body surged—energy crackled from his skin as his cells twisted and reformed. His aura expanded, but unlike before, it no longer flared violently. It folded inward, compressed, refined like the edge of a blade.

He opened his palm.

A second body formed beside him—identical in every way. Skin. Power. Soul-link.

[Astral Clone Created]The clone is fully autonomous, can manifest Devil Trigger, and acts as a real body in any world.Limit: 1 clone per world at current level.World Travel Permission: Unlocked.Set Destination?

Leon's real body remained seated in the heart of the sanctuary, cloak billowing in invisible wind.

But his clone stepped forward, Yamato sheathed at his side, his aura suppressed, lethal and quiet.

"I'll walk the paths no one dares.""I'll see what lies beyond."

He raised his hand, and a rift of swirling starlight tore open in the void.

The clone stepped through.

Meanwhile, Back at the Gremory Estate...

Rias jolted awake in her chambers.

She had sensed it—a shift. Like Leon's presence had stretched too far, brushing against something foreign, something not of their world.

She stepped to her window and looked up into the sky.

"Leon... where are you going?"