Chapter 261 - Greed
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I ran toward the entrance of the Eldergleam Sanctuary and tried to sense Nefertiti's location. I don't know why but she seemed to have gone to the east. I could only conjure a Flame Atronach Hawk and try to look for her from the Sky.
The sky was a bit dark and I could only use 'Night Vision' to scout the land below me. I felt Nefertiti's energy in a place not far from me and I rallied to it immediately.
What met me was… two large black cats fighting each other.
"Perfect."
Now which is which?
"Nefertiti."
"Yes, Hooman."
And it was neither. Nefertiti just popped up beside me in her human form.
I looked between the large shadow cats and her trying to figure out what was going on.
"It escaped from the Cube then mimic my form to escape from me."
"Wait! [Greed] can mimic forms?"
"Mhm." Nefertiti nodded.
"Okay, you need to tell me what happened from the beginning."
***
When Jon and Alina were working on the Astral Body of Jullanar, Nefertiti was watching from the side. She was a bit worried about the passed down Jullanar but she had her own problems in a full moons night.
During the process, Jon told her to take the Haven Cube and run outside the Sanctuary. It seemed that the Dark Matter that he calls [Greed] is trying to break free from the containment. It is weird as that thing was acting very docile lately and the energy that Jon gave him.
Nefertiti took the cube and started running outside the sanctuary then chose a place as far from people as possible so she ran towards the geyser pools of Eastmarch. Once she reached far enough, [Greed] actually managed to break the containment chest and jumped out of the Cube. Nefertiti was taken aback by the ability of [Greed] and how it jumped out of the Cube's space so easily, the only explanation she can think of is that this being is very reliant on Jon's energy, not just that, it became the only energy that [Greed] can recognize and fear.
There is only one being with that same property and that was her. Jon explained that she is an extension of his power and she can draw energy directly from him but it seemed that there is another being that shares that quality too. But if that's the case, that being shouldn't act hostile towards Jon, so maybe… was that being trying to do something for Jon?
Nefertiti didn't act with hostility towards the formless dark matter in front of her and just stared at it quietly. [Greed] started to change its form bit by bit from a humanoid to some undefined creatures until it fixed itself to the same shape as Nefertiti. With that shape, [Greed] tried to move to someplace between the geyser pools and finally arrived at where it was seeking. Nefertiti was following it and also so what [Greed] wanted.
There, between the geyser pools, a strange phenomenon occurred. A shadowy anomaly was forming as if a black hole was opening itself on Nirn. In the center of the anomaly, a strange weapon was taking an obscure shape that kept changing from a sword to an axe to other unrecognizable forms.
[Greed] saw the anomaly and dashed towards it, the anomaly didn't just stand still and from it, another figure emerged. It was also another large black cat.
"Oh, meow!"
Nefertiti was sick of how many things started to copy her graceful form and shifted into the human form right away, she was pouting and wanted to beat those two insolent shadow beings into shape but they soon started fighting so she sat down to watch.
Around twenty minutes later, Jon showed up and seemed to have noticed Nefertiti because of the two weird large cats that were engaged in a fight.
***
"So that happened?" I wondered while keeping an eye on the fight that was still on.
"Yes."
A shadowy anomaly that has a weapon in its center and sent out a doppelganger to fight [Greed]... I can only think of one thing.
"Shadowrend!"
A Daedric weapon of shadows originated from Sheogorath's Shivering Isles, it comes from the shadow doppelgangers who attacks whoever comes near it. When the doppelganger is defeated, Shadowrend can be claimed and it has the ability to change its form too.
How can it do that? No idea.
Why is [Greed] fighting [Shadowrend]? Damn if I know.
Why would Shadowrend appear here? Well, that's an easy question. It came from a mod, an official Creation Club mod.
Anyway, [Greed] and its doppelganger battled fiercely but it seemed that [Greed] is not accustomed to fighting at all, it as putting a measurable act.
"What is that thing doing? It should use its formless body and devour its opponent." I said as I was showing my disapproval but something weird happened.
[Greed], as if it has listened to me, turned itself into a formless orb and shot towards the other shadow figured then started to devour it.
"... Good." I was taken aback. It is strange how that dark matter started listening.
It didn't take much after that for [Greed] to prevail and extinguish its doppelganger. Once it did that, it didn't just sit still, it charged at the shadowy anomaly and started devouring it too.
"Hey, idiot! That is a good weapon, what are you doing?"
I ran towards [Greed] that was in the middle of devouring the shadowy anomaly. I frankly didn't know what to do with it and how to separate two formless entities from each other but before I even act, it was already over.
[Greed] fell on the ground and the shadowy anomaly itself was devoured. I knew it liked any energy related to the shadows but did it really manage to devour a Daedric Artifact?
Goddamn!
"What are you?" I looked at the [Greed] and tried to interact with it but it seemed to be in the middle of digesting whatever it devoured just now.
"It is a bit weird but I think I got my hands one something really unusual."
"Mhm, I think it is trying to help you, Hooman." Nefertiti said.
She then started explaining how [Greed] is connected to me and how it also draws energy from me like her.
"I guess you are right. Does that mean I have authority over it now?" I asked myself as I pondered over the situation.
"Hey, come to my hand." I ordered [Greed] and opened my hand.
With my words [Greed] jumped happily on my palm like a plump ball.
"Hehe, this thing is so much fun. What else can you do?" I asked it.
With my question, [Greed] changed its form into a sword. A jet black longsword. It even felt like a bland three dimensional model with no textures or decorations. Still, once I thought of textures and decorations, [Greed] started to define itself more.
"Nice! Can you become an Axe?"
And it did.
"A hammer… a mace… a dagger…"
It did them all.
"Wow? You can change your size but what about the weight and the mass?" I started to experiment and it was really acting well, one thing I noticed was that [Greed] was using some of My Magicka to act especially when I increased its mass, it took a chunk of Magicka.
'System, can you analyze that?'
<Subject's material: Unknown… Subject is a soul, a matter and an energy. A three-dimensional manifestation that got its soul altered by the Host to be a part of it.>
"... huh?"
I saw a lot of words I recognized but did not understand, yet when I read them again…
"Are you saying it is a part of me? Like a limb I grew?"
<'Acquired' not 'Grew'.>
'So [Greed] is a part of me... but it can go haywire and act on its own, I did not tell it to go and devour the shadowy anomaly or jump out from containment.'
<You basically wanted it to show potential and as the dominant over it, it acts based on your reflexes just like a new part of the body you haven't learned to use yet.>
"... okay, smartass. Send that Data to the Augur, tell him that I don't want to call myself Venom and go bite people heads off anytime soon."
<Confirmed.>
I shook away the weird ideas in my head and turned around to return to the sanctuary.
Still, [Greed] or whatever part of me it became now is freaking me out… yet it is really cool.
'Form a sword.' I commanded it and it did become a sword.
I held it in front of me then used my Aura with it, as I swung it left and right, it started unleashing red ribbons of my Aura too just like Bloodskal.
'This is fun.'
That ability is not bound to Bloodskal now. I can 'Imbue' weapons to make them act like Bloodskal whenever I want and [Greed] is no exception.
I commanded it again and it changed into a shield then to a long chain with a hock.
'Such an all-purpose weapon!' I was happy with it even though I am not understanding it really well.
A weird thought came to my mind then.
'Form a Blaster.'
As [Greed] turned into a blaster, I used condensed my Aura in its muzzle and made it blast inside it. My red colored Aura was shot out of the muzzle and made a deep hole in the rock it landed on.
"Cool."
With that, I have a red lightsaber, a Sith mask and a blaster. Now, where do they host comic-con in Tamriel?
"Hooman, many people are going towards the sanctuary?"
"What?"
Nefertiti's voice woke me from my fantasies.
"There is a fight." she said.