2025-02-05 17:00:07Luthen and Sophia reached the safehouse. She held the book they had gotten from the Archive; Luthen called it the Legend for short.
The book was did not look special. It just had its title and a seven pointed star on its cover. In fact, Sophia may had not noticed it if it did not look recently used. She wanted to find out what made the last person who was in the Archive use the book.
Just then, Kane and Almighty opened the door. Sophia felt something and went to check the door. She saw them drenched in blood.
"Kane! After 4 days? What happened?" She frowned at their appearance.
"It is not my blood. At least, most of it isn't". He then turned to look at Almighty "This is–"
"The Matter Shard. Yes, I know. I knew when I saw him"
She turned to Almighty.
"Hello. Nice to meet you" Almighty said extending his hand for a handshake. It dripped blood.
"Same here. I am not going to shake on it though." Sophia and kept her hands close to herself. "How did you ever leave the middle of the city looking like that?"
"We stuck to the shadows." Almighty said.
"I do not think that can hide all this blood..." She said in doubt.
"We need to clean up." Kane said
"Definitely." She said.
Luthen called "Sophia, I found something!" He rushed to where she was, only to first notice blood-soaked Kane and his blood-stained friend.
Huh? He thought.
*******
Kane relaxed in the bath. The past half-week had been a long one. It rested his muscles. Almighty had been an incredible opponent.
Sophia's expression when she saw him came into his mind. It started with worry and relief and shifted to disgust. She probably knew that amount of blood on him then wasn't from one person and also wasn't given by their respective owners willingly. She would think of him as a murderer. Not that he cared. She did not see Edram being molested.
He would tell her everything and then how she felt about it was to be left to her discretion. He could care less if she called him a monster. Not everything could be solved through diplomacy and talking. Anyways, after all this, he did not plan on staying close to her anyway.
With that, he shook the thoughts of his mind and fully relaxed.
*******
Kane met Almighty, Sophia and Luthen in the living room. Sophia and Luthen were discussing something with Sophia holding a book.
"Hey."
They all looked at him.
"You could start by telling us where you were for the last 4 days. Please, do not skip the part where you acquired that much blood on your clothes. Luthen and I are interested."
Am I? Not really. Luthen thought
Kane could have just ignored them and just provided the information he had, even if it meant breaking away from their group. Instead he sighed and started to tell them everything.
The alley incident and Edram, When he was taken to their boss, the numerous tournament fights he had to fight in, How he sensed Almighty, final match and every detail of how he massacred most of the members of the fighting ring.
"Done." he said at last. "Now, you return the favour."
"Wait first. We have questions."
"Ok then. Ask."
"What is his name?" She said referring to Almighty who had arrived in the middle of the story telling. "You realize his name is not 'Almighty' right?"
"Is that an important question right now?"
"So you do not know it?" She said.
"Whatever." Kane said.
She turned to Almighty "Sorry I did not ask your name earlier. You were…"
"It is fine. I'm Somen. Somen Torun" Almighty – now Somen – said.
"Next question. Were you followed here?"
Kane smiled. She did not believe he could have completely eliminated everyone. They could be back for vengeance.
It was Somen that answered though.
"If anyone could have survived that massacre, and followed us, we would have sensed them before coming here."
"We have answered your questions. Now what's up?"
"We broke into the Archive."
"What is that?" Somen asked.
"You are not from around here?"
"No. I am not."
She sighed. "The Archive is a repository of records of the Great Nobles from the time of the First Seven."
"Why'd you break into it? I thought we were looking for information on Voyne?" Kane looked puzzled
"We needed to know what the High Council had to give him." She said
"Why would the Great Nobles grant him anything?" Kane asked.
"When Voyne staged that explosion at the mall, he did it to present evidence against us Shards, so he could force the Circle to grant him three requests." She said
"You are just saying this now?!" Kane said
"S-Sorry. It slipped my mind. I did say it but you weren't around." She said.
That explained why Luthen did not share in their confusion.
"So this Voyne is the bad guy. What are the requests?" Somen asked
"Firstly, that all forms of persecution against the Church and him should cease."
"Secondly, one-tenth of all Soul Aspect users currently known and yet to be discovered will be placed under his command"
"He said he would reveal his third request before only the High Council."
"No wonder though." Kane looked grim
"No wonder what?" Luthen said, wanting to understand why Kane's face changed from being normally stoic.
"What have you got?" She asked Kane.
"Voyne has started gathering mercenary fighters with Abilities. He's planning a big expedition and needs a lot of fighters"
It is another reason they all had to die. He thought. He did not regret it one bit.
"Y-Yeah. Some cloaked guys came to meet me and tried convincing me to join them many times. They even gave me a location to meet them." Somen said
"Where's that?" Luthen said
"Jerletown, the capital of Sacred Island. An island off the coast of Garth."
"Garth? Why is he gathering there?" Sophia said
"It has to do something with his last request, I'll bet. Now that he can operate freely, he is started to accelerate his plans." Kane said
Sophia looked at the Legend. They needed to accelerate theirs too.
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Chapter Eighty-Five: War II
Slash! Luthen’s blood spilled into the air, warm and wet. Despite the fact that he could have just been killed, the main emotion Luthen was experiencing right now was surprise. My hand.... passed through? Luthen had lost his balance and was about to stumble to the ground, his surprise overloading the usual response to pain and danger. The Assasin Apostate, annoyed that he hadn't achieved his aim, had retreated fully to a corner of Luthen's eye, waiting for another good opportunity to strike, his dagger glinting. Just then, a shadow appeared on the ground. It seemed to come from above and grow larger by the second. A large sphere came from above at an astonishing speed, blocking out the sun. There was no question of who created it, as it was a translucent blue, Maron's signature Again, Luthen experienced a moment of inner surprise. The sphere descending with the intent to kill him was just as big as the one Maron had summon at the Sacred Island, except then he needed help to do
Chapter Eighty-Four: War I
"Spatial Technique: Severed Space." The world went black for everyone. Kane was sure he had heard Luthen's voice before his surroundings changed. So did Reese, Jonelle and Lyann. Somen could not be bothered as long as his opponent remained within his arm's reach. So the same question was asked in their minds. How did he get here? ******* Luthen remained above the island a while longer, his eyes closed, observing with Spatial World. His sense of space was acute as Spatial World unfolded, every motion within its reach mapped perfectly in his mind, especially those of his friends and foes. Even the divine being, that observed still from an even higher vantage point, was wary of Luthen's 'vision', concealing his identity with his darkness, the first time something was rendered invisible to Luthen's vision, though the Shard was not aware. Of course Luthen knew where the other Shards were. He was responsible for transporting them to his alternate dimensions, his 'severed spaces' a
Chapter Eighty-Three: Divine Help?
He failed before, but he was trying again. He had been sittting on the short grass for a while now without the slightest movement. His heart beat slowly as if he was in hibernation.Luthen’s consciousness floated outside his body, gliding over continents, deserts, and endless oceans. His mind wandered the globe in his search for the elusive Eye.Just how hidden was it? After all this while yet still nothing?But giving up was not the solution. Sophie had, through Reese and Jonelle, warned the group against going. Yet they went ahead. It could only mean that there was a trap being set up for them.I know it sounds stupid going to the lion's den but we have a better chance if we stand together. He said inwardly.So he'd continue to look.*******Luthen would never have guessed that there were two entities in this world who wanted him to find the location of the island at least as much as he did, if not more, though he may have predicted that Mother was one of them.What he would never
Chapter Eighty-Two: Apostates v. Shards.
"I am just going to ask you a question." Somen started. "I hope you can give me the answer. I am really confused here." The Follower did not have the mental strength to object. "I am looking for the strong ones." "The strong ones?" The cloak repeated drowsily "Yes. The ones that wear red cloaks." It was surprising to the other Shards that even in this state, Somen had managed to hold on to some intelligence. Why was this guy looking for Apsotates? the Shards thought. "I don't know where they are." No sooner had he finished the words that his blood sprayed on his comrades, permanently ending his role in our story. Somen transmuted the air surrounding his arm into a metal blade, severing his head. After all the effort the cloak had put in, it only took Somen a barely noticeable swipe to end his life. Somen looked up and his eyes glowed when he saw the others. Shoving the headless body to one side, he rushed into the fray. "We had better follow him." Reese sighed. The others ha
Chapter Eighty-One: It Begins.
Could it be possible that that one had detected his influence? Did that mean that decades of planning had gone down the drain? Did something delay him? How did he figure it out? The agitated god calmed his thoughts. No. It wasn’t possible. He had been careful so far. "Well, If the Shard won't come", the god smirked, "I'll just have to bring him myself." ******* Immediately they stepped on the island, Mother, sitting cross-legged in the dome at the center of the island(atoll), felt their power surge into her. It was a steady rivulet as she didn't want to arouse their undivided attention by taking too much at once. Such pure energy! Though a Shard of the Soul Aspect, she had never experienced the intoxicating rush of all Aspects flowing into her at once. Well, in this case it wasn’t all the Aspects. It was most. One was missing. She frowned. How could one be missing? This could mean trouble. For the ritual to correctly work all Shards had to be present and cont
Chapter Eighty: Confrontation.
Before the revelation of the schemes of gods and oblivious villainesses, Kane gathered them for another round table discussion on the ship, not too far from the island they sought, though they didn’t yet know that.Lyann had earlier stopped directing the ship. They have run out of instructions from the map and were just turning in circles now, no island yet in sight.“We don’t know our way. We might as well use the time to plan.” Kane told them.“So, Leader. What is your plan to storm an area we have never seen?” said Lyann dragging the word ‘Leader’. It was too obvious she didn’t mean it.Kane focused on the matter at hand, ignoring her jibe. “We have to assume that they are prepared. We are also one member short.” He told them, referring to Luthen."They must have set some kind of trap." Somen said."Traps." Reese corrected. "One is definitely the Apostates. They are changed now." He said grimly."You keep saying this. Are you implying they may be a match for us?""No. Not yet. To
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