《Suicide Succession Severing》


 Dragon of Vengeance

    A majestic white temple lay atop a flat mountain top,it was rectangular in shape and the ceiling was supported by many white pillars,there were countless different paintings on the ceiling,some depicting scenes of carnage,some depicting scenes of the ending of a star,some depicting scenes of miracles being performed...


    Around the temple, countless statues formed a rectangular shape, trees with red leaves hosted strange monkey like creatures with red fur and white faces.


    Inside the temple,many people were gathered in a white hall adorned in gold,the curtains and the carpet were colored blood red.


    A Dark skinned old man with white hair stood before countless youths,he was of average height and had a skinny frame,his eyes were pure white and he had red paintings on his face.


    Kneeling in front of him,Was a youth with pale skin,long black hair, very sharp blue eyes that had a strange intensity to them, sword like and very down turned eyebrows and a tall stature.


    His physique was very lean and somewhat muscular,His shoulders were broad and his waist was very narrow,he had very long arms and veiny hands.


    He was very handsome and exuded an air of nobility.


    He wore a long white Eastern style robe,white and somewhat loose fitting pants,a pair of white slippers and socks that reached his ankles.


    The youth was attentively listening to the chants made by the shaman,the old man spoke in a raspy voice and his speech was full of passion.


    After a while,his tone became calmer and his body language less expressive.


    He looked deeply at the youth before him and spoke,


    "Seyrryu of the Kokuryu Clan,With the blessing of the 8 Progenitors,I,Bakari of the Giza Clan,Name you as a Fated,Which Succession will you choose?"


    The youth remained silent for about a second before replying in a calm and relaxing voice,"I shall choose the Fate of The Eternal Night,To be a Sombra is to walk in the shadows, Indifferent to honor and glory."


    "Very,well,then may the Honored of Shadows guide your way."


    As the youth got up and was walking towards the left,many different voices could be heard discussing the decision made by Seyrryu.


    "To think That Seyrryu actually chose to become a sombra,I wonder what the Patriarch of the Kokuryu Clan thinks about this..."


    "He''s probably not very pleased,after all,his own son chose to not follow the tradition of the Kokuryu Clan and decided to become a Sombra instead of a Hero..."


    "I do wonder why exactly Seyrryu made that choice, becoming a Sombra isn''t a very conventional decision..."


    ...


    After the youth,a young woman with pale skin,white hair, somewhat sharp red eyes,dark and somewhat down turned eyebrows,dark long eyelashes,a slender build with a fairly tall height for a woman left the crowd and started walking towards the old man.


    She was wearing a long black dress,and black slippers.


    She knelt down on the floor and a scene similar to what happened before unfolded,This time however,when the question of succession was brought forth,a different answer was given.


    "I shall choose the Fate of Heaven and Earth,To be a celestial is to stand in the Pinnacle of all beings, Unbound by the world."


    She spoke in a fierce yet charming voice.


    "May the Heir of the World guide your way."


    Similar to before,as she was walking towards the left where Seyrryu lay standing still,many different voices started discussing the choice she made.


    "As expected, Anneliese chose to become a celestial,Her future is bound to be magnificent."


    "Indeed, it is truly such a blessing to be chosen by the Heavens,The last time that happened was 60 years ago,when the Heavenly Monarch Tenno underwent his succession ceremony..."


    "And Anneliese was chosen even before the ceremony,which means that her affinity to The Heavenly Palace might be even stronger than that of the Heavenly Monarch..."


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    "It is truly a blessing for the Freiherr clan, another peerless genius from their clan emerged once again."


    ...


    A tanned skin youth with a muscular physique,blonde hair,and a handsome face was the fourth to go,he followed right after a lanky youth with green hair ,large tired looking eyes and a slightly long face who chose the Fate of sages,the blonde haired youth himself chose the Fate of the Enlightned.


    ...


    A young woman with tanned skin, dark hair,a slender physique and sharp brown colored eyes was the sixth to go,she chose the Fate of the Blazing Dawn.


    ...


    Quite a bit of people had already went to the left after choosing their fate,now,A girl with dark hair, ivory skin,large eyes, a attractive face with a developed body was the one kneeling on the floor,she chose the Fate of the Enlightned as well.


    ...


    Now all of the youths had already chosen their fate,they were about to end the Ceremony when a youth with tanned skin,white hair,sharp and robust facial features, down turned and low set eyebrows,sharp brown colored eyes,a very lean and quite muscular physique with veiny hands,fairly broad shoulders and a narrow waist stepped inside the hall.


    He was wearing a long black robe, slightly loose fitting black pants,black leather gloves,and laceless oxford style boots that reached his ankles.


    He had a red vertical tattoo on the right side of his face in the shape of a lightning bolt and a red horizontal tattoo in the shape of a sabertooth tiger''s canines.


    He stood at a height of around 173 cm, which was 2 cm below the average height for males in the country of Venise.


    After he entered the hall,the hall which already was quite noisy became even noisier.


    "What is that guy doing here, isn''t he supposed to be a Nule?"


    "I don''t know,maybe he''s here for the purpose of sight seeing?"


    "That can''t be, don''t you remember that besides the shaman,only those who seek to choose a fate can enter the hall?,if he''s here,he must have the intention of choosing a fate,but what fate besides Asura can a Nule choose..."


    "Maybe he plans to become an Asura."


    This was said in a joking tone by a youth with brown hair and a slightly overweight physique,a skinny youth with spiky black hair then replied.


    "No way!,Who in their right mind would try to become an Asura?,that''s worse than a death sentence!"


    "Yea... but besides that,what else makes sense?"


    "Maybe he entered denial and forgot he is a Nule?"


    "... isn''t that a little far fetched?"


    As many different people were discussing what the youth was doing in the Sacred hall,The youth in question,Veangence took calm steps in direction of the shaman.


    They already formulated an idea of why he was here,but that tought was far too unbelievable, therefore,they didn''t truly think that was the reason.


    Upon arriving,he knelt down on the floor just like the rest,this time,the shaman took a little longer to start his chants,but he did them nonetheless.


    "Veangence of the Fallen Clan,With the blessing of the 8 Progenitors,I name you as a fated,which succession will you choose?"


    In a fairly deep, hoarse and whispery voice, Vengeance exclaimed,


    "I shall choose the Fate of Asura,to be an Asura is to walk in the path of Carnage,to become A Renegade in the eye of Heaven."


    Upon hearing that,gasps and shocked exclamations echoed throughout the hall,many people couldn''t really believe what they just heard.


    "That guy,Did he really just choose to become an Asura?"


    "You heard it your self,there is no denying."


    "Did he hit his head somewhere?,I can''t think of any other reason of why someone would try to become an Asura..."


    "Maybe the shock of falling from grace was too much,He must have become desperate to be a fated, enough that it overwhelmed his common sense..."


    "Is the Fallen Clan really going to accept one of their heirs dying such a brutal death?"


    "Well,there is nothing they can realistically do..."


    "Lol,To think that I would be able to witness such a legendary sight,I must thank this dude''s lack of rationality..."


    "That''s a strangely inoffensive insult from you."


    "What can I say, I''m trying to show at least some respect, he''s doing me a favor after all."


    "Yea,We will benefit quite a bit once his soul explodes,the insights that can be gained by witnessing soul extinction can rarely be found outside of that specific situation..."


    "This has got to be the most irrational decision made in the last 100 years,well,I hope he doesn''t last too long so that he will suffer less."


    "Don''t worry,most people wouldn''t last a single section..."


    Although a lot of people were mocking the decision made by Veangence.


    Others had somber expressions on their faces,A youth wearing monk like clothing sighed and said,


    "He could have still lived a decent life by depending on the Fallen Clan but instead he decided to walk right into his demise,I wonder what would lead someone to make such a decision..."


    "Well,Each individual is different,they all have different paths to follow,if this is his path,it is not up to us to be making judgments.This is an important teaching of The Samsara clan,I know You have just joined,but if you desire to truly become a part of the brotherhood,this is a fundamental teaching you must learn, understand?"


    "...yes senior brother,I shall instill this lesson in my heart."


    A girl with dark hair and sharp eyes was looking at Veangence with a melancholic gaze,This girl,was his sister,Love.


    ''Tsk,you fool...why did you have to do this...


    Why wasn''t being with us enough?.


    ...What will I tell mother...''


    Besides her,a girl with dark hair that was standing next to a tall and handsome youth with blonde hair also had a look of slight melancholy.


    ''...Ven...''


    ...


    Unlike the other times,when Veangence chose his fate,the shaman didn''t ask guidance from a Progenitor.


    He didn''t expect Veangence to ever need that.


    Veangence himself was now standing amongst the rest, although he was a bit isolated from them,near him were only Seyrryu, Anneliese, and a girl with red hair that reached her shoulders who''s name he didn''t know.


    Veangence had heard the majority of their comments since the youths made no attempt to quiet down their voices,But he didn''t really care about them.


    Veangence would always give importance to the opinions of others from a logical perspective,but he would not care about them from a emotional perspective.


    '' Ideas are one of the greatest resources in existence,and Humans are a source of ideas.


    Only giving importance to one''s own ideas in certainty that they are correct could lead to great consequences,this would be limiting their source of resources which potentially would result in a way too close minded approach to things,


    Yet if one let themselves be carried away by the opinions of others without any logical reason,that could also lead to consequences.


    Just because an opinion was shared by the majority, didn''t mean that it was correct,the majority aren''t idiots or geniuses,And there are multiple situations in which one could find themselves disagreeing with the crowd,one possibility would be of an fool and another of an genius,one who is wrong and the majority right, another who is right and the majority wrong.


    In these different situations,those individuals might find themselves being equally shunned by the crowd.


    After all,if everyone else is wrong but believe they are right,they Could simply believe that the one who is right,is wrong,the same applies in case one individual is in the wrong and the crowd In the right...


    If one does not have proof that they are in the wrong,why should they change their opinions just to fit in?.


    Blindly following the opinions of the ordinary, could very well end up in one becoming just like them, ordinary.''


    '' Empathy is what allows people to put themselves in the positions of others,and although this makes it so that they can connect and socialize better,it also can lead to one not understanding a different perspective,they would project their own situations in that of others, believing that what brings them joy would also bring joy to others,what brings them sorrow would also bring sorrow to others,They would judge some as winners based on what they specifically value,and others as losers based on what they do not,some as wise,some as stupid.''


    '' Attempting to become an Asura may seem foolish to some or even most,but it is a decision I must make in order to fulfill my goals...''


    As Veangeance was dwelling on his thoughts,the Ceremony came to an End, Veangeance immediately left the hall to avoid the other youths.


    He wasn''t fond of crowded spaces ...


    ...

 The Fate of Asura

    In A worn down training area,an middle aged man with dark red hair,disheveled stuble like dark facial hair,large light brown eyes with a lot of scerela showing,sharp down turned dark eyebrows,a hooked nose,and somewhat pointy ears was laying on the ground.


    He was dressed in beggar like ragged clothing and wore no shoes.


    Next to him,was countless bottles of liquor,all empty...


    He was sound asleep when the noise of footsteps awoke him.


    Groggily opening his eyes,he rubbed them with his right hand before properly looking at the person who had just arrived.


    "Huh,so it''s you brat...Oh,is that Azid Wine!!?,hehe,give me that shit."


    "Lesson First."


    "Sure,but I don''t really have anything else to teach you,when I took you in as my disciple,you were a sorry little brat sulking about your lost talent,I really would not have expected you to master all my teachings in just over a year...Due to your abnormal growth rate,the Things I had planned to teach you for the next 6 months have all already been perfectly learned by you..."


    "... Suicide Succession Severing."


    "...You...Did you really go and choose the succession of Asura?."


    "Indeed."


    "... Hahahahaha,If that''s the case then I guess I have no choice anymore."


    "But let me check just in case..."


    The nameless slave who had accepted Veangeance as his disciple just over a year ago started reciting some chants in a language similar to the one the shaman had been speaking,after he stopped,a stunned expression appeared on his face.


    Soon however,it was replaced by a serious and somber expression.


    " Alright,now that you have chosen the succession of Asura,if you don''t learn Suicide Succession Severing,you will die anyways,and in a miserable way that is...


    For the next 6 months until it''s time to follow your Fate,I will only focus on teaching you the technique, Your willpower is the only thing that will decide whether you can learn it or not.


    And I must warn you, willpower isn''t something you can just increase without limitations, although someone''s willpower can increase based on outside factors,a large part of it is genetic,no matter how hard you train, unless you were born with the right Soul genus and Mind genes,you will fail to master the technique and therefore perish in the First path of Asura...but well,you most definitely already knew of this... Anyways,just don''t get too hopeful..."


    Veangeance And the nameless slave connected their souls together,After a while, foreign knowledge started invading Veangeance''s mind,His soul Arma Immediately entered into action and attempted to get rid of the knowledge,But Veangeance''s willpower fiercely fought against his own soul Arma to let the knowledge enter his mind,after 25 minutes,the two of them disconnected their souls.


    ''Insane... truly insane,how can a human possess that sort of willpower?...maybe,just maybe,he might truly succeed in becoming an Asura... Could I really be standing in the presence of the sixth Asura?.


    There have only been five Asuras throughout all of known history,That was because the trial of the Succession of Asura was extremely difficult,one Would suffer soul attacks for a period of 10 years whitin the Realm of Hell,and they could not even use their soul Arma,a single soul attack was very hard to deal with if one does not have their Soul Arma activated,much less several at the same time and in sequence.


    The Asura Succession was a unique one because of the requirement of the Apocalyptic Graveyard,the Altar of the Asura Succession , anyone who passed the trial would be able to become an Asura.


    "... Kid,now that we''re done with the training,how about you give me my Baby?"


    Veangeance threw the bottle of liquor in direction of Nameless and then proceeded to leave the training area.


    ...


    After he Left the training area, Veangeance found himself in a city with three different types of constructs.


    Tall bronze colored towers,large silver colored cathedrals, and a massive golden palace.


    These constructs were the residential areas of all the different immortal clans that were located in the country of Venise.


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    The bronze constructs were the residences of the 3rd rate Clans,the silver constructs were the residences of the 2nd rate Clans and the golden palace was the residence of the four 1st rate clans,The Kokuryu Clan,the Freiherr Clan,The Legenda Clan,the Al Ghoul Clan.


    Veangeance himself lived in one of the silver Cathedrals,the fallen Clan he hailed from once used to be a 1st rate Clan but were now 2nd rate.


    The training area he had just exited was inside of one of the bronze towers,yet it was only populated by one man,the nameless slave.


    Although he may not look impressive to a bistander,the nameless slave was one of the strongest people in Venise.


    He was someone known for his martial arts and weapons combat prowess,and also for having insane criterias for who to accept as a disciple.


    One needed to essentially be willing to train all they long if they wanted to learn from him,which is why Veangeance is the only disciple he took in over the last three years.


    Walking through the city, Veangeance eventually reached one of the Silver Cathedrals and proceeded to get inside,the protective charm placed in the cathedral had recognized him as one of the heirs of the fallen Clan.


    The inside of the cathedral wasn''t like a normal house but like an entire island, there were many people going about their lives, occasionally,some of their gazes would linger on him for a while,maybe it was because they had heard of his decision to choose the Asura Succession,or maybe it was just because he used to be the most promising Prodigent of the Fallen Clan.


    Veangeance is someone who was born with a 1st origin, origin is What gives immortals their extraordinary capabilities,there are four different ranks of origins.


    1st origin,2nd Origin,3rd origin,4th origin.


    Most immortals have a 4th origin,while talented ones have a 3rd origin, geniuses have a 2nd Origin and peerless geniuses have a 1st origin.


    Someone with a 1st origin was extremely rare,even amongst the four 1st rate Clans,there was only two people with a first origin.


    Seyrryu and Anneliese.


    Veangeance had once been placed in the same tier as them,he was the third peerless genius of a generation.


    However,when it was time for his awakening ceremony,when Immortal teenagers would awaken their powers,it was revealed that he only had a 4th origin.


    This wasn''t completely out of expectation but it was still a unlikely outcome.


    It meant that Veangeance''s origin had underwent a mutation during the awakening process.


    This was a very rare thing and only happened with one person in thousands,and a situation were the mutation was so drastic was even rarer.


    Veangeance went from having a 1st origin to a 4th origin,these two were miles apart.


    Because of that, he lost his status as a prodigy and the treatment he received from others had changed, people who used to always try and strike up a conversation started to ignore him,the treatment he received from the clan Elders became considerably colder, Even the person he had a romantic interest in eventually started becoming more distant,he then found out it was because she started getting closer to a heir of the Legenda Clan, Vyncent.


    The only people who didn''t change how they treated him were his mother,Rose and his sister,Love.


    Back then he had fallen into a pit of despair and remained sulking for about a month before, little by little,the way he viewed things started changing,he didn''t know why exactly,but his emotions were getting more and more numb,He slowly became more pragmatic and analytical, until it reached a point he didn''t even recognize who he was anymore.


    Veangeance had even considered the possibility of possession,maybe something was in the process of possessing him and their personality was slowly affecting him,But after consulting with several spiritualists,he had found nothing wrong.


    The Veangeance of now was very different from who he was before the awakening ceremony, enough that his mother and sister started becoming increasingly worried and seemed to be always attempting to make him more similar to how he was before,they likely thought that there was something wrong with his mind,that he entered a state of depression.


    Veangeance himself didn''t know whether or not that is true,he didn''t understand why his personality underwent such a drastic shift.


    Maybe his subconscience was numbing down his emotions as a way to protect him from suffering emotional trauma again,or maybe this was his nature all along and The situation he had found himself in previously just kept it from showing, regardless,all he could do was stay as true to himself as possible.


    Which is why he decided to choose the Succession of Asura despite Knowing that his family would probably be devastated by his choice,he didn''t want to make them suffer but he wouldn''t change his path for the sake of anyone, even them.


    The choice he made had an estimated 99.999999% chance of killing him,but if he didn''t do that,he would be an ordinary Immortal for the rest of his life,not only would he be less versatile and capable than a Fated,but he would also never be able to ascend to the Progenitor Rank.


    There were 8 different aspects of Immortal powers.


    Avatars,Aura, Spells, Authorities,Successions, Soul Mundus,traits,Anima.


    Avatars are invisible copies of the immortal that can only be sensed with soul sense,up to 6 avatars can be summoned at the same time.


    Aura is an invisible battle armor that increases the physical abilities of an Immortal.


    Spells are 7 different abilities that immortals can use, There is Ziehen which can pull someone towards you, Bewegen which can pull yourself towards someone, Stehlen which can steal the thought capacity of someone else,Handel which can trade your wounds with someone else, Iahmen which has the effect of paralization,Duell which can create a pact between two Immortals that they can only fight each other for a certain period of time,if one manages to kill another Immortal by destroying their soul,they can force this pact into action.


    And lastly, There is Schalten which can switch your identity with someone else in the minds of others.


    Authorities are five different abilities that are randomly given in a "Die Hand",there is Light of judgement which can temporarily Destroy conscience,sage instinct which creates a sort of "spirit" that can fight in your stead,it will have the same battle profiency as the user.


    Sin of knowledge which gives forbidden knowledge to either you or someone else, White rest which can put either you or someone else to sleep.


    Black rest which can consume someone''s soul if they are asleep.


    Successions are 9 different paths Immortals can inherit ,all successions can only be inherited if one is chosen by the Altar of the Progenitor of that succession,some Altars like the Heavenly Palace have extremely strict requirements and may only choose one immortal in 100 years,Most however, don''t have such high requirements.


    They only needed one to be at least a 3rd origin.


    Soul Mundus are the manifestation of the immortal''s soul,they are located in the soul realm,there is the outer Soul Mundus which is decided by the Immortal''s Succession and the inner soul Mundus which is decided by their personality and history.


    Immortals can manifest their soul Mundus onto the physical world once they reach the rank of an Elder.


    Once they reach the rank of an Ancient,they can manifest the soul Mundus of others and use them in battle as well.


    Traits were five different abilities that immortals could receive after ascending to a Voyager,there is the Trap master trait which can set a specific time for a spell to be activated,the resilient trait which can decrease the time period in which a Immortal can''t cast Spells after having already cast one,the ranger trait which can allow the spells to be Manifested far away from the caster,Space Magician which can allow someone to cast multiple spells at the same time and the Almighty trait which makes it so that one''s spells always overwhelm the opponent''s.


    Anima is the power of the soul,there are four different aspects to Anima.


    Spiritual Sense which can sense spiritual existences, Spiritual concealment which can hide the presence of someone''s soul, spiritual oppression which can oppress the souls of others,And soul Arma which protects the immortal against soul attacks.


    Veangeance walked through the Island like construct until he reached a shabby looking place made of wood, despite being shabby however,it was very clean both on the outside and inside.


    Once he got inside, Veangeance encountered someone there standing still and waiting for him,it was his sister,Love.

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    Love was standing still inside of a wooden house,if you could call it that.


    The place was extremely clean, Which normally wouldn''t be a bad thing,she still remembered all the times both she and mother would be nagging Ven about how he needed to clean his room,She had always found his lax behavior when it came to cleaning annoying,yet now, even that was something she missed.


    The Ven of now seemed obsessed with cleaning for some reason,he would always avoid touching others as well,even she herself and mother.


    His strange obsession with cleaning could be seen as a symbol of just how much different he was now,The younger brother she once knew as someone always cheerful now always seemed callous and indifferent to everything,she hasn''t seen him smiling in almost a year by this point...


    At least she had thought that with time, it was possible he would return to normal, even if not completely...


    But now...


    ''He''s going to die...''


    Love knew it Very clearly,the chances of Ven surviving the First Path of Asura were essentially zero.


    No matter how much she tried to convince herself,the stories of the countless people who had tragically perished in there would bring her back to reality.


    ''Why,why is he so obsessed with becoming an Asura?,Is it to prove the others wrong?,Javsen,Hallumi,Shifen...Akane.


    Those bastards all ditched him not too long after it was found out he was a 4th origin...


    But somehow,I feel like that''s not it, The way he is currently,it doesn''t feel like he would even care about that... Damnit.''


    Love wanted to at least know the reason,the reason why her brother would die,why her mother would certainly remain in suffering for months, years even, which is why she was here,to get an answer.


    Looking at the young man who looked to be only around 16-18 years old and yet had a gaze reminiscent of an Ancient person,worn out by the world,Love Asked in a calm yet somewhat fierce voice,


    "Why?,Why did you do it?"


    Veangeance remained silent for a while,his eyes locked onto hers,after a while,the answer came,


    "So that I won''t be a Slave."


    "Huh,what exactly is that supposed to mean?"


    "Why do humans exist?"


    "...You tell me."


    "Because of Heaven, Humans only exist because of Heaven,they live because of Heaven,they die because of Heaven,They feel joy because of Heaven, Sorrow because of Heaven."


    "All that humans are allowed to feel and be is because of Heaven,I am unwilling to accept that,to accept that my existence is ruled by anything other than me."


    Love stayed silent for a minute,then two, and one more, she couldn''t properly understand what exactly she had just heard,the answer was far too different than anything she would have expected.


    "What about mother...what about me, don''t you care whatsoever about how your decision impacts us, you know she will have her heart torn apart once she hears the news right?,After losing Father,She will also lose you,after all that she did for you,this is how you repay her?"


    "...I do sincerely feel sorry in case I die and bring sorrow to any of you, however,my path had already been set in steel,there was no going back,and now more than ever,I can only follow my own heart.


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    As for repaying her...As long as I am free from Heaven, wouldn''t I be able to give her back what she lost?"


    "You...are you mad?"


    "Maybe."


    "Huh,I guess this is it then...Hey, Veangeance,you said you didn''t want to be a Slave,but the Way I see it,you are a slave to freedom."


    After saying that,Love proceeded to get out of the wooden house.


    ...


    After Love had left, Veangeance proceeded to take off his robe, revealing a toned and defined upper body, around over a year ago, Veangeance was a very skinny youth,his appearance was one of frailty and innocence.


    Now however,his physique was similar to a well trained mortal warrior,his emotionless gaze gave his face a predatory feeling.


    He went to Wash his hands and prepared some food,he was about to have a meal when a light knock was Heard at the door.


    Veangeance stood still for a while before going to open the door.


    Beyond it,a girl with dark hair,large feminine eyes and a very attractive appearance stood.


    The Girl,was Akane, someone who Veangeance once liked and who he thought liked him as well, although they were never in an actual relationship or anything,there had been a sort of romantic mood between them,or at least he tought before,now he wasn''t sure whether she had never liked him at all and just saw him as a friend,was only around mainly because of his status as a peerless genius or actually had some romantic feelings.


    Akane stood silent for a while,she had already tought of what to say,but looking at the cold and indifferent eyes that were barely even looking at her,she kind of froze a little...


    "Hey...Long time no see I guess?"


    Her voice was cute sounding and feminine.


    "..."


    "...hmm,how can I say...I just came here to check on you,After your decision to try to become an Asura,I imagine I won''t have much time to see you anymore,so I just wanted to say... I''m sorry."


    "...I see no reason as to why you should apologize,you simply made the decision that would favor you the most."


    "... Still,the two of us were friends ever since little,and yet...I just abandoned you when I found out that you were a 4th origin,I don''t know if it matters, but I wanted to say that it wasn''t because I looked down on you or anything, instead it was because my family had forced me to cut ties with you,they were convinced that our relationship would get in the way of me marrying into the Legenda Clan,And I couldn''t refuse them because..."


    She stopped speaking for a while,and Veangeance could see that she probably didn''t want to continue the topic.


    "There is no need for further explanation."


    "...Sure...and I just wanted to ask,the reason why you decided to choose the Asura Succession,it wasn''t because of me... right?"


    "Not that I know of."


    "I see...well before I hadn''t come because I was frankly too embarrassed,but I''m glad to see you seem to have gotten past the things that happened before...Maybe we''ll talk some time later..."


    "Maybe."


    "... Goodbye then."


    After saying that,Akane started walking backwards slowly and Veangeance could see a handsome youth with blonde hair looking in their direction.


    Veangeance closed the door and went to Wash his hands before eating.


    Regarding the matter of Akane,he didn''t care about it anymore, before he had felt insecure and inferior,but now,he simply couldn''t care.


    Why would it matter to him whether or not he satisfied the romantic or sexual standards of someone else?,that would only be relevant if one desired to find a companion,and as he was now,that wasn''t an interest of his.


    He simply found it unnecessary to worry about whether he could please others or not, whether he was superior or inferior to others when it came to satisfying the standards others have for a mate.


    ...


    Vyncent was Attentively looking at the beautiful girl that was walking towards him,when she arrived he asked her in a sort of playful and confident sounding masculine voice.


    "So,how did it go?"


    "...It went well, better than I expected...He really seems to have changed quite a lot..."


    "Huh,well I can see that as well, before he always gave me a prey like feeling,now whenever I look at him,I feel the opposite.


    I wonder how fun it would be to fight him..."


    "Would you please not,the last thing I need is you two fighting..."


    "Sure...Now,what would you like for dinner?"


    "I don''t know... could you pick something tasty for me?"


    "Huh,but how do I know whether you would like it or not?"


    "...your supposed to know that by now..."


    "..."


    "... Anyways,thanks for not being bothered at my request to see him,it meant a lot."


    "No worries."


    Although Akane''s parents and even Vyncent''s own parents weren''t very fond of The idea of Akane being near Veangeance, Vyncent himself didn''t care,if he was going to be insecure because of something like that,there was no point in even being with Akane in the first place.


    He was more than confident in his own value when compared to anyone else.


    ...


    It was now morning, Veangeance would now take his first class at the Hall of Fate.


    Veangeance was currently 18 years old,He was a student at the Eternal house of learning,a place were Prodigents go to improve their skills after the awakening ceremony.


    Now that the Succession ceremony had Ended, Veangeance would be going to the Hall of Fate,a specific hall within the Eternal house of learning in which Only those who chose a succession are allowed to go learn more information about Their specific abilities, Although all Fated use power from the Successions,all of their Abilities aren''t the exact same.


    Instead,Fated of the same succession will gain abilities related to that specific succession.


    For Example, if someone chose the Succession of the Blazing Dawn,they would have abilities related to either the Sun, Vitality, Radiation or all of them.


    One might have the ability to release solar rays and another the ability to absorb the vitality of others, another might have both in exchange for not having some other ability.


    The hall of fate could predict what abilities they would receive and grant them the capacity to use those abilities whitin the confines of the hall.


    This would allow Fated to familiarize themselves with their powers around 6 months before they actually receive them.


    In Veangeance''s case however,it is more like a possibility of what he will receive in case he doesn''t die.


    After taking care of all the necessary matters, Veangeance proceeded to leave the wooden house and went in direction of the Eternal house of learning.

 History

    Inside of a large white temple,there was a hall with countless different words carved on the walls,these words were of an Ancient now forgotten language, They were glowing bright gold and emanated a feeling of Divinity,or at least some form of transcendence.


    The ceiling was rounded and completely covered with a red Curtain, 36 different Thin poles made of gold could be found every


    40 meters,a golden balance hanged from a chain in the ceiling.


    There was 242 tables inside the hall,and 242 students sat on each chair except for one where a man wearing a black suit and a white mask that perfectly fit into his face was sitting completely still,the mask hid beneath a sharp and robust face,bright and large blue eyes reflected the visage of a girl with pale skin and white hair,as well as other students.


    These 242 students,were all the Youths who had chosen a Succession in the Sacred hall.


    There were many more Youths in 14 other classrooms,they were those who were aged around 17 to 19 but only had a 4th origin and therefore didn''t choose a succession.


    Immortals would undergo the Awakening Ceremony between the ages of around 16 to 18,most would be 17 at the time of their awakening, early bloomers would be 15 and close to 16 and late bloomers would be close to 19.


    Veangeance''s sister was a late bloomer,she had just turned 20.


    Her birthday was during the month of Vitas,Veangeance''s was in Fertilitas.


    She was born in the day 1 while he was born in day 9.


    There were 12 months in the world of Era,


    Vitas, named after the goddess of life Matre.


    Fertilitas named after the goddess of Fertility Petra.


    The month of Aurei, named after the Golden Hero Aureus.


    The month of Celebra named after the greatest festival in the world,the Day of Beginning.


    The month of Fruhling, named after the spring.


    The month of Akerveyn,named after the Greatest Conqueror in history, father of Aakveyn,The First Heir of the World.


    The month of Ethel, named after princess Ethel of the Ancient kingdom of Ambrosia.


    The months of Octlarum,nieve Dectsemberum,are named after their order in the calendar.


    The month of Umbra, named after the Gathering of shadows,an event in which shadows gained coinscience and seeked to destroy those that had cast them.


    The month of Persist, named after the God of Survival, Persist.


    The masked man, was Professor Brahms,A very powerful person who was one of the 7 Ancients in the City of Aertia.


    The other 6 were the four leaders of the 1st rate Clans,the shaman and the nameless slave.


    Professor Brahms remained still for about a minute,then he got up and went near a board,Soon after A somewhat nerve-wracking voice came out of him,


    "Fate,Many had asked themselves what exactly fate is,God?Or the devil?.


    Or Maybe something else, something totally indifferent To The Trials and tribulations Of Living beings.


    Their Questions were never answered,for the most part.


    Of all the ones who have seeked the truth of the world,Only few Had succeed.


    They,Were the Honored Ones, Beings who had reached the pinnacle of power believed to be achievable by Mortals.


    Their actions have shaped history,Each of their legacies as a Conqueror cemented in the Book of Truth...


    In the beginning,there was nothing,then nothing gained coinscience.


    This conscience was later given the name of Shum Davar by the book of Truth.


    It translates to Nule in the modern language.


    Shum Davar was alone in The nothingness for an eternity,Yet in the blink of an eye, "existence" came into being.


    Shum Davar,did not like the emergence of "existence", because as it was the conscience of nothing, nothing was like its body.


    And all of a sudden,pieces of its body were missing.


    Yet Nule could do nothing,It was just a conscience after all.


    The only action it could take was speak to other consciences,yet there were none besides it.


    For a long period,Nule was in agony,its body shrinking little by little.


    Nule had wondered,


    ''Is this my fate? To be cursed for all eternity?''


    As if to answer Nule''s question,The first being after "existence" emerged,The first Deity.


    After the first Deity,66 other Divine beings emerged.


    These beings had a sort of absolute wisdom, despite just being "born" they had the minds of an ancient being,Aware of all the truths of the universe,and more.


    These beings had lived in harmony with one another,for an eternity.


    Yet in the blink of an eye, something happened.


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    Nule,Had spoken to the First being,and somehow it had convinced the first being to bring an end to the harmony.


    Nule,wanted the erasure of all existence,so that it could be whole again.


    And there was a way to do this,The ERROR.


    The Error was a mistake in existence,A sort of "force" that could "destroy" everything.


    No matter how high the dimensionality of that" thing",The ERROR could destroy it.


    In fact,"destroy" was just the term used by Nule,It didn''t really know what the ERROR did.


    It was an ERROR after all and didn''t follow the absolute laws of all things.


    All it knew was that the error could bring the nothingness back.


    Yet,Nule, could not interact with the ERROR,it rejected Nule.


    Therefore Nule needed another being to interact with the "ERROR".


    That being, presented itself in the form of the Progenitor,The first of all beings.


    The Progenitor, Convinced by Nule, Engaged in a dreadful war with the 66 Deity''s.


    Once the war had ended,The Progenitor interacted with the ERROR and brought along the destruction of everything.


    Nule''s plan had succeeded... Except something unplanned for had taken place.


    Nule,was erased alongside "existence",Because Nule,as a conscience, also counted as an existence,even if it was the conscience of nothing.


    This was the first catastrophe.


    Everything,was back to nothing,and it stayed that way for an eternity.


    Until,This time, Before Nule could be "born",


    Existence came into being.


    After existence,came its conscience,It was called Goral,or Fate,by the Book of Truth.


    Fate, unlike Nule, belonged amongst the rest of existence,Or at the very least,most of it did.


    There was a part of Fate which did not,A part of Nule.


    Nule and fate came from the same origin,The Primordial Realm,When Nule was "Born",It had left its mark in the Primordial Realm, it''s mark of origin.


    This mark, latched itself onto Fate.


    Therefore,A part of Fate was a part of Nule,and like Nule,It did not like existence.


    Therefore,It had also wanted to erase everything,Yet this time, when existence came into being,The ERROR was not present amongst it,This existence,was perfect, flawless.


    Nule was in despair,It would be cursed for all eternity,Nule shared its problem with the Apokatastatis,The Restorer.


    The Restorer, offered a solution to Nule.


    It would restore existence back to its origin point,so that when existence came into being again, Perhaps,The ERROR would come with it.


    Nule agreed,And so,The second great war occurred.


    This one between the Restorer, and the Angelous.


    The Restorer had won,and therefore, existence was returned to its origin point.


    This was the second catastrophe.


    Existence Expanded itself again,This time,The ERROR was present.


    Yet when Nule,Was expectanly waiting for the next being that would help it Bring forth the third catastrophe,It never found one.


    Theos,Cared not for the pleading of Nule,It wasn''t interested in destroying Everything.


    In fact,it wasn''t interested in anything,Theos,Had split its positive and negative from itself giving "birth" to the Hemitheos and the Diabolos.


    This left it without any emotions,a void being.


    Nule,had tought of asking the "children" of Theos to help it,yet they weren''t powerful enough to interact with the ERROR.


    And therefore,Nule had to wait,wait for one of them to become a God.


    Unfortunately for Nule,when The children of Theos were close to ascending to the Divine realm to become God''s,Theos,Who had no Emotions cared not for them.


    Like a human killing bugs that infiltrated it''s territory,Theos, Killed all of his "Children".


    That was the first Calamity.


    After the "children" of Theos, Countless other beings came into existence across the vast physical universe.


    These beings, launched wars for the inheritances left behind by the "children" of Theos before the failed ascension.


    Eventually,Sabacthani,The Abyss of Insania,was "born" ,It Had joined forces with Nule.


    Sabacthani was one of the few beings capable of matching The "children" of Theos in power,yet that still wasn''t enough for it To interact with ERROR.


    So for countless years,Nule and Sabacthani looked for ways to become a True God,Like Theos,That wasn''t through ascension.


    Throughout these years,The Legion,a collaboration between the races of the countless planets,Had faced Sabacthani in order to stop a new Catastrophe.


    Yet Sabacthani was far too powerful for them,They could not match it''s power, therefore they could only hope it would never find a path to True Divinity.


    Those hopes, were not fulfilled, Sabacthani had indeed found a way.


    A way to become a god with 90% certainty.


    The Legion,could not harm Sabacthani due to its abilities which prevented any harmful action from affecting it.


    All hope was lost,until "He" had found a way,A way for a being of power similar to Sabacthani to become a True Divinity with 100% certainty.


    Yet, there were no other beings as strong as Sabacthani,So what could they do?


    "He",had made a plan,To use a "ritual" on Sabacthani himself, because although it would give him a way to become a true Divinity,that way would take countless years.


    And maybe in those years,Their descendants could find a way to defeat Sabacthani.


    Desperate,The Legion could only agree.


    And so,They used the ritual on Sabacthani,And since the ritual would guarantee that Sabacthani became a True God,even if it took much longer,it was considered to be a blessing and not a curse by whatever force granted Sabacthani its abilities.


    After all, Another being as strong as Sabacthani was literally impossible to exist according to the laws of the universe.


    Therefore,no matter how much time it took for Sabacthani to become a True God,There would be no way for anything to stop that process.


    And yet, Azeroth,The Demon God of Profanity had come into existence.


    Azeroth was an Asura,A Conjunction of both the Divine and the Profane,A being that challenged the laws of the Universe.


    Azeroth,Rivaled Sabacthani in power,And so he had found a way to stop it.


    Azeroth Shattered reality and separated every star and planet into different realms,This way,All the separate parts of Sabacthani that were thrown into different stars throughout the universe would not be able to merge together.


    The ritual had split Sabacthani into countless parts,These parts were sealed in different stars and planets.


    Sabacthani had an extremely powerful type of divine restoration,which meant that in case parts of it separated from the original,every part of it would eventually form into a different


    Version of it with similar power.


    And when these separate versions fully formed,they would be able to break the static space seals in all the stars and rejoin with each other by bringing all the stars together,Their merged power,would turn the new Sabacthani into a True God.


    However, Because of Azeroth,These stars


    Were all separated into different realms,And so Sabacthani was incapable of becoming a True God.


    In its rage,it killed all the beings in existence.


    Sabacthani,then entered a deep slumber, waiting,for the time the stars would return to being in the same realm.


    That was the second Calamity.


    The Sages came into existence.


    They were wise beings, Beings who could interact with the Soul Realm and use its power to cast Spells.


    A little after the Sages,came the Soldner.


    Beings who could manifest their souls into armors and Avatars to use in combat.


    The Sages and the Soldner,Like the beings before them,had fought for the inheritances left behind by the "children" of Theos.


    Their war was brought to an End when the First Honored One,Savarr,The Almighty, Wielding the Eye of Bahamuth,Led the Sages into victory.


    Savarr was considered a Hero by her people,But that didn''t last long.


    Savarr Turned on her people and Brought extinction upon the sages, Using the spirits of the Sages and the Soldner,Savarr created the Primordial Humans,yet Humanity was not her goal,They were just a Prototype,For the Freiherr.


    The Blessed ones.


    This is the history of the Post Primordial Era."


    Complete silence found itself in the hall of fate,The students were confused,why was the professor suddenly telling a story everyone knew?


    But they weren''t given an answer,the Professor just went back to the chair and stayed silent for the rest of the class.


    Even when some students decided to question him about the lessons they should have started learning,he never answered.


    Veangeance Unlike most,felt there was a reason for the professor''s story,but he couldn''t understand the exact details of the situation.


    After leaving the classroom, Veangeance went back to the training area,there he saw the Nameless Slave,Next to him,was a beautiful woman with fair skin,raven hair and large green eyes,she was his mother,Rose.


    Veangeance first thought of leaving,but he refrained himself from doing that.


    Veangeance walked towards them,he could see that his mother''s eyes were a little bit red,yet her eyes were strangely calm, unlike the heartbroken gaze one would expect,she bore a serene look in her eyes.


    In her hands,there was a box,He could guess what it was.


    ''Food?''


    Veangeance almost never ate foods that he himself didn''t make,he was quite a bit germaphobic.


    Once he arrived near her,Rose didn''t say anything,she just walked up to him and made a hugging gesture, Unlike in most situations,This time,He decided to accept the hug,after a few seconds the hug ended,Rose gave him the box and then left the training area.


    Veangeance was now left alone with the Nameless Slave,after a couple of seconds spent in silence, Nameless said,


    "Kid,you truly are a troublemaker, making a sweet lady like that worry so much...sigh,I wish I had someone who cared about me that much when I was your age...maybe that way I wouldn''t have turned out like this..."


    Veangeance said nothing,and after a little while, Nameless said," anyways,are you going to eat that,I myself am going to eat a meal your mother gave me,Of course, that''s going to be when I get upstairs,If you want,you can come as well..."


    "Alright."


    Once they arrived to the second floor, Veangeance took off his gloves and opened the box, inside,was some rice, chicken, mashed potatoes and cucumbers.


    Veangeance remembered this as a dish he had once made for his mother when he was 12 and she was very ill.


    Taking a fork from inside his suitcase, Veangeance slowly ate the food, Even Nameless ate uncharacteristically slow.


    After they finished eating,he said,


    "This is delicious, your mother definitely knows how to cook."


    "...I think so as well."