Chapter 73 – Reunion and Revelation

Aria and Arisa ran to their father Tundarr and hugged him tightly as tears filled their eyes.

Queen Serene greeted her old friends Ulandir and Roland.

Sam looked at them and only just realized that the Shadow was there with them as well. How did he not notice him?

Only Merlin stood aside, looking at Sam, then at Queen Serene, Princess Celesta, Princess Gwen, Princess Jemina, Aria and Arisa thoughtfully but remained silent.

"How... how did you all survive?" Sam asked

"They were too powerful for us, if not for Merlin... he saved us all" Ulandir answered.

"What happened?" Sam asked some more

"The Gods and Dragon Lords both attacked us, but the amount of power they used destroyed our world. I only managed to save those around me at the time, which were Thundarr, Ulandir and Roland" Merlin said glumly.

"The Gods.... yes, they are indeed as powerful as my most powerful Avengers without their special suits" Sam said.

"Yes, they were very powerful. Only Merlin could even hurt them" Roland added.

"They are vulnerable to magic, as well as psychic abilities, as I found out" Merlin explained.

"Oh! Sam said, not knowing that. So far, his Avengers have fought mainly using his super powered girls, and he didn't even think of using his magicians, or his lone telepath.

"I must summon more telepaths and magicians" Sam thought to himself.

"Um... Samsara... can I talk to you in private?" Merlin asked.

"Ok" Sam said, walking with Merlin into a room away from the others

"I believe I might know what is going on here" Merlin said.

"You do? Great! Because I've been wracking my head trying to figure out what to do" Sam answered

"I believe we are in a war of creators" Merlin said.

"What do you mean?" Sam asked'

"I mean the Gods, the Dragon Lords, the Titans, Demons and whatever else out there. I think they were created by beings like us." Merlin explained.

"You mean they are the creations of another being, or each race created by a different being?" Sam asked.

"Could be either. I don't know. They might even not be human, unlike us" Merlin said.

Sam knew it made sense instinctively, but he was shocked nevertheless.

"I created the world we were in, and all it's inhabitants. I... I was a geek who loved playing AD&D, so my world was one very much in the same genre. Your's is... something else I guess" Merlin said.

"But...your world was so much richer than my creations. You had a world full of humanoids, animals and whatever else, I only have my summons" Sam argued.

"I've had 40 years of creating my world! You've been here for a few weeks at most! You haven't thought through or fleshed out your world yet" Merlin said.

"Oh" Sam said, agreeing with him.

"Anyway.. what I want to ask is... how many levels are you? And how many Karma points do you have on top of that?" Merlin asked.

"I am a level 59 right now, but haven't traded them in yet. And I have 5 Karma points over the last few battles. Why?" Sam asked.

"I would like to ask you a favor. Can you... pass me those levels, and those Karma points? I want... I want to recreate and revive my world" Merlin pleaded.

"Give you..my levels and points? How many? Surely not all?" Sam asked.

"Of course not. Just enough to bring our world back, hopefully stronger and more robust so it cannot be destroyed so easily" Merlin explained.

"How many do you need?" Sam asked, persuaded to revive the beautiful world Merlin created.

"I estimate I probably need 40 level points at least and 3 to 5 Karma Points. I promise, I'll return them when I am able to gather levels and Karma points again" Merlin said.

Sam thought for a while before agreeing. "Ok, so how do I do this?" he asked.

"Just place your hands in mine and I will do the rest" Merlin said, extending both his hands in a palm up position.

Sam nodded and placed his hands in Merlin's hands.

Suddenly, he felt a bit dizzy as both hands together started glowing.

He could see in the screen inside his mind, his levels dropping 59, 58, 57...., and his Karma points dropped just as fast but because he only had 5 Karma points, they completely vanished in 5 seconds.

Sam's eyes started growing wider as his level's dropped below 20....19, 18, 17, 16...

"Hey.. wait... stop..." Sam said in a weakened voice.

Merlin suddenly smiled sinisterly.

"I'm sorry Samsara. My world is more important than anything, and I will do everything I can to revive it" Merlin said as he continued to suck the levels out of Sam.

Sam tried to pull his hands away, but Merlin held it tightly.

Sam dropped to his knees, completely weak as a newbie, but Merlin actually left him at level 2, not completely 0.

Suddenly a green smoke emerged from Merlin's body and it transformed into a beautiful woman.

"Magdalena!" Sam mumbled in shock.

"You can make your creations immortal. I did the same with my favorite creations too" Merlin said.

Magdalena placed her hand instantly on Sam's forehead and he suddenly found himself unable to think straight as her mind entered his and started taking over his body.

"Did you know, Magdalena was named after my ex-girlfriend who sacrificed me to a cult. She even looks the same. But somehow I made her a character in my world" Merlin laughed to himself in a self depreciating way.

"Not that it matters to you. You will be mine now" Sam listened as that was the last thing he heard.

"What an interesting body" Magdalena said as she entered Sam's body.

Using Sam's [Heal] spell, she transformed his body to look exactly like her appearance and started taking off the Gantz suit Sam was wearing.

Merlin kissed Magdalena and said "Now, lets claim my spoils"

They walked out hand in hand.

The Avengers were shocked as they saw Merlin appearing with Magdalena, but she commanded all of them to kneel.

All the girls knelt instantly, including Queen Serene, and the other Samsara bodies.

Not only were they compelled to obey Sam, they were also compelled to obey their creator Merlin!

Ulandir, Roland, Thundarr and Shadow were also forced to kneel as Merlin commanded their every breath.

"Now that I am back in control, it's time to look at my spoils" Merlin smiled.

"You did have a liking for one of them, didn't you?" Magdalena said, creating a cock for herself on her new body.

"They are all gorgeous, but I always liked that one" Merlin said, pointing at Hermione.

"Then come! Lets sample her together" Magdalena ordered as Hermione was forced to follow both of them into a room as Hermione's screams and moans could be heard all night.