《Hindsight》 A Means To An End Greetings, this is my first attempt at writing so please be constructive and honest, i will read all comments and hopefully improve during the journey at this present time as im currently evolving and writing getting into the swing of things the rate and regularity i will post will vary. Thankyou for your time please enjoy ;) ***************************************************************************************** In a basement room in a facility in an undisclosed location, ten individuals alleged Leaders in their fields of tech biology and science, all looking in appearance both physically internal and external in their late teens early twenties, although each individual has lived for over 80 years. All seated around a boardroom table for a meeting that would decide the fate of the world for the coming years. A well toned Asian looking man strong features well balanced, considered above average in looks long blacks hair deep set light brown almost almond eyes, but with present company would be considered average at best, stands to address the group. ???-initial tests suggest we should be able to release the nanites within the year no sign of degradation of code within the quantum cores all tests show synchronising perfectly and have shown perfect replication. A female, who would be considered a beautiful brunette shoulder length straight hair with natural strawberry blonde highlights 5¡¯6¡± with Hazel eyes that constantly change from a deep green to a coppery brown, spoke up. ???-No need to rush it Kai preform some more simulations, as we all know time no longer has a Grasp on us. The man sitting at the head of the table, not a big broad shouldered man, thin, but the aura he gave off made you feel that you would have much trouble cornering this man. He had a head of thick brown hair and silver blue eyes 5¡¯10 and a strong British nose which funnily enough complimented his features. He leant forward Entering the Conversation. ???-¡°Yes I believe that would be the most prudent choice¡± turning to the only person at the table wearing a full robe which covered his face leaving only a shadow. ¨C¡°Mysternium, how are we proceeding with the M.A.N.A(Manual Attunement of Nanite Application) tests? The robed person Leant back in his Chair exposing his hands. Mysternium-The attuning of the nanites to expand and enhance current grey matter to enable the latent ability to perceive and arrange the MANA and energies involved within the body, to strengthen it and to also manifest and arrange it in an external manner in the form of telekinesis and all eight elemental controls, have been very successful although none of the tests subjects have been able to manifest any more than 4 of the disciplines. Results have shown a 95% success rate with integration, 90% have been able to manifest outwardly, 5% only body strengthening and healing, but integrating a foetus raised it to 98% so the ongoing system will have no problems, also as a side note the 2% is the system removing abnormalities such as down syndrome and the such, we are unable to save these due to the irregular nature of their genes. This is the best I can do Spinx¡± the hood turning away from the head of the table going into dormancy. The Head nods Spinx-Good Good, as the cornerstone and the Second step to our new world, Master will be pleased. Eilsel how is the Creation system going? The Brunette Coming to life. Eilsel-60% complete for the current creature rebuilds, the trouble coming from some of the bigger Creatures needing two brains due to their designs, hence the current fall behind due to trial and Error. Spinx-Ill assign any free assistants to your research team as it is the important flesh of our new World. Eilsel-Appreciated. Spinx-Aimee hows the alchemy going? Spinx turning to a blonde haired blue eyed 5¡¯8¡± Goddess for lack of a better word, her preportions showed beauty and sexiness and a purity that would make a lesser man worship the gound she walked on and has literally killed a man, poor old guy never stood a chance. Aimee-I am now able to turn oil into different metals, gems and alloys, the gems in which will work Like batteries absorbing MANA energy, also some modified alloys which does the same but Redirects the mana for resistances each different but the one partially resistant to all will be As agreed named mithril, but these transmutations will only work with crude oil, all Synthesised fuels will be turned into various common ores. I have also made great progress In reconstituting current synthesised metals and materials into mana so as we proceed with phase one there will be no sign of mans creations on the earth, this will in turn cause a 70% Mortality rate world wide withing the first year due to lack of food and potable water. I Would like to give a better outcome but out of all the simulations this was the only choice, all others giving almost 90% mortality rate projection. A tear traced her milky white cheek before falling and being absorbed quickly into the report in her hands smudging some figures and leaving a glistening smudge. She is The most kind hearted of the group and it stabbed at her constantly wounding her soul, but she knew this was the only was to change humanity and the world reduce greed, pollution destruction of the world, to give the people adversity and allow them to come together for a common goal. Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. Aimee-The simulations show we only have 3 years before the terraforming window will close Optimally 2 years should be the cutoff. Spinx-we will then aim for 2 years we will start the clock. Turning to a redhead with a fiery natural beauty 5¡¯11¡± and mystic green eyes that draw you in, but that chest DD¡¯s on a figure that size proportionally was the biggest annomoly in the room. Spinx-Divina? Divina-All races have been completed, as well as an innate aversion to interbreed, of course outliers Will occur but fourth gen interbred offspring will be sterile. Hmph! As the youngest in the room Divina was also the most proud of her work. Spinx-Good Work as expected Patting the ego is the only way Spinx knows for quieting the little girl Spinx-Zain hows weaponry Coming along? The biggest man in the room stood 7¡¯4 his broad shoulders clean shaven head and plain hulking mass showed why the African American man was a presence in itself. Zain-Had a lot of trouble with the enchanting side of things, gone with socketing the GEMS, once Enough elemental energy is absorbed by the gem it gives off that element, an interesting Thing happened also because of the latent MANA absorption of the gems they actually make Items self repair. Spinx-Fradd? An eye opens revealing aqua pools a smile creeps over his menacing looking face long white hair flowing down his back 6¡¯ his smile giving off the aura of oppression. Fradd-The base and minor terraforming of mars is entering final stage currently archiving all earth Technology there as well as current species DNA and plant cultures, I will be done within the Year, so Im gonna be free to help the big boss. Spinx-Ok anyone else have any issues to bring to my attention before I make my report? Spinx looked around the boardroom scanning the faces of the assembled 5 men and four women for any indication that an issue has arisen, seeing none brought the meeting to a close. Spinx-Ok I will now take these reports and inform the boss of the current status, Dismissed. Leaving the room Spinx stepped into an elevator put his hand on the biometric reader and hit number 3 prompting the elevator to rise 43 floors to the living quarters, when reaching the 10th underground floor the panel changed disappearing the 30 basement floors previously listed. Now proceeding past the last 10 basement floors the elevator turned seethrough showing the current known labs of the biotech giant responsible for real world applications and improvements have revolutionized medicine in the world of today, ironically funding the downfall of current society. Reaching the living quarters Spinx stepped out of the elevator onto a balcony and was greeted with a breathtaking view of A red rock desert. Pulling out his smartphone opening a security app showing current personell in the building, found who he was looking for depicted as a skull, chuckling to himself pressed on the skull avatar showing a 3d image of the current 13 floors and found his target was currently on the roof, making his way toward the roof access stairwell climbed it, after opening the door to the roof was dazzled by the unfiltered twilight sun, rubbing them to adjust to the current brightness a voice from above his left shoulder made him jump. ???-Any bad news? Spinx recovering himself. Spinx-E-Everything wil be in place to begin two years from now, although we are still behind in two of the 5 phases, but since many hands will be freed within the year. ???-The technology handicapper? Spinx- my Team have almost finished all progress will be databased since our nanites will be Everywhere the god system will alert us and will be disabled the inventers if displaying Genius beyond a certain level will be sent to mars to join the thinktank ???-ok¡­*Sigh* ???-All teams who have completed their current projects use as you see fit and distribute them to Where they are needed Spinx-Done sir¡­ You sure you want to be the Demon Lord? Demon Lord-what else can I be I have just condemned te world back to the dark ages, even if I give Them magic, abilities, Gods. Monsters and magical races, I have my finger on the Button to send millions to their deaths. Hanging his head the Demon Lord turned his eyes back to the sunset, Spinx, looking at the mans back couldn¡¯t help but see the crushing weight carried on them, also couldn¡¯t help be inspired by the man who still carries the dreams and promises to his son to save the world, also for his grandchildren and anyone who was brave enough to carve out a piece of history for themselves. Spinx*This world is going to be interesting to say the least, natural selection and survival of the fittest will surface but the best part is humanity will unite in a sole struggle to survive the world will become our petrie dish and we can finally crush those false religions feeding on the soft underbellies of hope and give the people something to believe that they can touch and gain insight and benefit from* Determination Greetings, there is alot of information here the story will start slow but will pick up once i get more experience in explaining and descibing, as always any pointers will be taken on board and factored in thankyou again for reading. Enjoy ************************************************************************ In attendance at the meeting room again was the ten researcher/scientist/extremists with the addition of one, the soon to be Demon Lord Codrea Codrea- It¡¯s been a trying nineteen months, but we have done it the Hindsight project is coming into effect, the seeds will soon be planted, it¡¯s on the backs of your good work that it has transcended this well. *clap clap clap* Codrea-first order of business will be to disband the company, well downsize it formally only, in front of each of you is a briefcase inside there is two vials of nanites, once exposed to the air will start the conversion process. Spinx stands to address the room Spinx-Initiating Phase One, each of you have an assignment in each of your respective countries, you will be followed by your teams to provide aid and guidance for your people in these troubled times, low level monsters will start to appear as mana starts to flood the air as per the goddess (computer AI) programming, change by the end of phase one the earth will be saturated by nanites. Codrea-this will prompt the first reaction, all our families and loved ones will be housed and looked after in the village this will be located on the safest land mass new Zealand, they will be kept in stasis till we have reached a stable level civilisation, they will be monitored, and trained via Sub-Conscious Understanding of Basic Abilities, or SCUBA for short. There they will learn the basics of the new world, for example fighting, magic, basic survival and skillsets needed for the new world, to their subconscious in cryo-sleep one hour will be one week for us, but when they wake up, will have no recollection of what has transpired like a fleeting dream, but their body will remember so as to ease the transition. Spinx-once all our closest loved ones are safe in the village we will begin phase two, the systematic removal of all man-made synthetic structures, and all items of a certain tech will also be reconstituted all oil and uranium products by products to gems making them inert. The forests will start to expand some continents will, magic will come online during this so that it can back our gods. Codrea-our families will then enter cryostasis and be sealed inside a crystal till the environment stabilizes Spinx-Phase three will be my favourite, as we step up our aid, we will establish a new religious system with our gods (us) as their focus for worship allowing us to remould society in our image, gather followers become saints in your own right establish new values replacing redundant ones Codrea-When you ascend you may choose one hero to be your hand and do your bidding, he/she will have exceptional ability in your craft and will be your right hand Spinx-At this point new races will be establishing themselves this will be the true test before humanity creates its new society Codrea-You have your assignments, I thank you all from the bottom of my heart and god speed DISMISSED! Two months later TV announcer male - thousands of unexplained deaths are being reported around the country, Fear is at an all-time high, panic would have certainly taken hold if it wasn¡¯t for the unexplained appearance of for lack of a better word monsters, goblin like creatures, masses of sentient goo like creatures have been appearing and terrorising people throughout the country TV announcer Female- We are going to patch through to a specialist involved in researching this phenomenon, Dr Singh Nasi from the Washington CDC (Centre for disease control and prevention) currently working out of Washington General Hospital. Dr Nasi what can you tell us about what¡¯s been causing these Deaths Dr Nasi- Yes, although what has happened cannot be properly explained through these channels what I can reveal is that preliminary testing has shown that the deceased have died from massive brain swelling and bleeding of the brain. TV announcer female- did any of the victims have anything in common? Dr Nasi- All victims were aged early thirties plus, there has been no victims under the age of 25 years as of yet, we have ruled out local pathogens as the deaths have occurred all over the globe and are too widespread to have a single epicentre TV Announcer male- could it be a terrorist attack? Dr Nasi- I cannot comment on that as it is outside my field, but we are currently being pressed on finding out whether it is viral or bacterial, although viral is more likely due to the widespread nature of the event. But because the even has happened simultaneously throughout the world we will focus our investigations on the world¡¯s four biggest airports and move out from there. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. TV announcer Female- what of the mysterious creatures can you share what you know? Dr Nasi- although this is not my field of expertise I have a report here and what I can share is that they seem to originate from earth, the corpses show that like what the witnesses corroborate that they just appear they have the same appearance medically as a newborn, no waste was found in their systems. A team of ten of his closest researchers watched Codrea don his armor it was scale armor, black with dark blue runes on every interlocking plate, it adjusted to his person snugly, but still allowing a full range of movements but what impressed him more was the weight. Each scale like a snakes moved against the other perfectly allowing no weak points, donning a solid mask, to hide his features, it was like a smoky glass that reflected all on the outside, and enchanted with ¡®All sight¡¯ which allowed him 360 vision. Turning to his team his visage looked ominous; they could feel a pressure weigh on them. Codrea- Now all our families and loved ones are safe, we shall start Phase two, you ten will be my ¡®Ten Hells Generals¡¯ each of you pick a part of this country to make your own, you will be given a race to rule, subdue any resistance, we will send them to the America¡¯s, so we can start rumours of this land, they may be innocent but they helped ruin this world let¡¯s bring it back to order Ten Hells Generals- YES SIR!! After inspiring his troops Codrea turned to look out the window to add dramatic effect Codrea-dismissed! ----Lesche POV--- Opening my eyes and looking around, I¡¯m in a white room, not too bright but I saw nothing except white, ¡°how did I get here?¡± I groaned as I stood up. [Where is this place?] I thought to myself. Remembering a Manga I read, it all made sense to me ¡°I was summoned¡± I said my thoughts leaking out. (???)¡°No you weren¡¯t silly¡± I heard as something touched my shoulder. ¡°WAAA!!¡±was all I could muster as I jumped three feet into the air, turning and falling on my backside in shock, as my eyes adjusted to a child floating in front of me, From the dress I guessed she was a girl long silvery blue hair and green eyes, soft defined features of a woman, well proportioned except shrunk to a two foot form, wings¡­why didn¡¯t I notice before she had wings, they where moving at an incredible rate yet no sound or breeze could be heard or felt, all I could do was open and close my mouth like a goldfish and point. (???)*giggle*first time seeing a fairy?*giggle* My name is Essa, im here to prepare you for the new world, it has changed and im going to teach you how to fight and magic, even might teach you some other skills if you get them down, but the key to learning is repetition, you will not gain any muscle here, or become more flexible, we are currently in your mind, I have been told to call it the training room. Essa¡±the most important part here is that you will learn to harness and store the energy called mana, this will be the one thing you can increase in here¡±she said while poking me in my still goldfishing face¡±maybe I broke him¡­.nope the training room is still here¡± Recovering slightly, my eight year old mind was still trying to catch up[this is so cool.. loli fairies¡­did she just say magic¡­this is epic¡­yep.. epic¡­ wait till da-] Snapping back to reality I ask¡±where¡¯s my mom and dad?¡± Essa¡±your dad is working hard to change the world, and your mum¡­well¡­ she died in the same car accident you were in¡­im sorry¡± she said eyes downcast and the smile fading from her lips My mind raced once more and kept stalling on the same fact. My mum was dead, tears welled in my eyes and life went from my bones as I slumpt to the ground three words echoing through my head [your mums dead] Essa seeing my defeated pose, floated down and hugged my face to her body, as she did this I broke down crying, for how long I don¡¯t know, but what snapped me out of it was a memory of her getting angry with me for crying when I lost my ju jitsu championship fight, she asked why I was crying, I told her because I lost, but I wanted to win, and she said ¡°what are you going to do about it?¡±, something snapped inside of me I felt a little colder, but burning inside me was a new passion, to be strong and smart, enough to save everyone I have to protect. I know I stole those words from my favourite manga but im taking them. Wiping the tears from my eyes I look at Essa ¡°I¡¯m ready, lets do this..where do I start¡± Chapter 2 A figure clad in black stood before ten visages, all standing in a circle facing each other. That man was the Demon Lord Codrea in the fifty years after the purge each had painstakingly conducted their plans in reshaping the world, while providing miracles to condition the masses, although it wasn¡¯t this generation they were aiming for but the next. Each had placed a member of their society into power, some better than others, but each filling their required role. Because no religion can be started from the top, although it must be seen by the top but shown to the masses, as they will ultimately be the catalyst to bring it toward the future. The room they occupied was on a pedestal of black rock jutting up 30 or so meters, with a spiral staircase wrapped around it, this was the throne room inside the comically named mount doom, fortress of the demon Lord in the centre of the demon continent formally known as Australia, the desert surrounding the citadel is the home of the notorious land shark. The world was once more divided areas harder to reach without man¡¯s machines. What used to be North America and Canada is now known as the human continent, due to the highest concentration of humans, due to the monster being released there being the lowest levels. South America is now known as the lost continent, with the spawning to high and wood elves and beast men, humans still remain there but their numbers are much lower than before due to the monsters and the regrowth of the rainforests. Africa is now the home to the proud dwarfs and dark elves, also the people here have become stronger and are known as berserkers due to their bloodlust in battle, due to the escalation of the dog eat dog, survival of the fittest it has been renamed the Dark Continent. Europe and Asia is now separated by an even bigger mountain range home to the dragons and draconian¡¯s and is known as the dragon continent. Asia has now returned to its martial ways and with the reinforcement of mana or ki, martial arts is now evolving and becoming something else. What little patches of humanity are left in Europe now live on the islands as the omnivorous beasts that litter the dragon continent are now more powerful than current man. Malaysia and Indonesia with all those island chains have now become the home of lizard men, turtle men and mur folk. With all these changes to the world both flora and fauna the last 50 years have been testing humanity has been forced to evolve to survive. New Zealand has become the centre for magic development with the first academy erected, being the least pressured islands it has gracefully overcome the purge and has started to rebuild almost instantaneously. The Eleven each on their path towards sainthood or infamy towards godhood, each using their human names to further their faith in their likeness. Codrea-¡° I would like to start with a ¡®Good Work Team¡¯ you are each doing me proud, I have been checking up on each of your projects, and from what I have seen all in hand. You have all managed to turn the situation in your favour and have progressed our cause, Now as the ashes have settled from here we will set the foundation to grow a new world. As each of your settlements are growing I think now is the right time to release the information about the existence of the Demon Lord, where to find him and place him at the epicentre of the changes to the earth. It should unite the people and races as they integrate with a common enemy, it won¡¯t iron out all the wrinkles but I will send raiding parties to reinforce the message, also the champion and follower system has been completed, so you can bestow your blessings as you see fit. You can only have one champion they will have extended lives, use them to help lead the people. Also the grand coliseum will be completed in 5 years and will hold a special competition every ten years in which your champion will be required to participate, also blessings can also be given out as you see fit, each of you have your own unique one. The level system will also come online this will just be a guide though as skill outweighs brute strength in my opinion but it cannot be out ruled. Skills and spells will also have proficiency levels aswell. Well that¡¯s all for updates for now we¡¯ll reconvene in 15 years before the first tournament, also if anything comes up contact either me Fradd or Spinx. Well done, we are on track take care everyone.¡± Slowly one by one the images started to disappear leaving three images standing in front of the Demon Lord. A mysterious figure draped in a dark cloak standing 5¡¯6¡± spoke ¡° we still can¡¯t find the capsule, godessa has it linked but due to some interference we can¡¯t ascertain its location¡± Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. Codrea gripped his hands tightly the sound of metal rubbing on metal echoed out ¡°what¡¯s his status Mysternium?¡± he said through gritted teeth Mysternium¡± he¡¯s alive and well through the connection of nanites she can monitor his vitals and the cryotube is fine and fully functional¡± Fradd¡±for some reason she¡¯s hiding him, these something she knows but won¡¯t give up, since the purge she¡¯s evolved again, he AI matrix is more advanced than a human brain I¡¯ve seen her cores light up and process information like a human one, she may choose not to listen to all our commands but she is still working fine, there will be no sk#net this day¡± Codrea¡±this news brings me no comfort, my son will wake in 150 years and be estranged to the world¡± for the first time in a century Codrea¡¯s shoulders bend seemingly unable to take the weight of this conversation. ****----******-********-********-**********-********** A young boy sprints through the forest, running away baiting his prey trying to find a better location that will suit him turning the odds in his favour, spotting a clearing uses the trees as footholds to get some height before leaping into the clearing at the peak of his jump he spins around and uses his go to spell getting two off before switching his mana back to reinforcing his body as he spins around for a landing. Rolling then spinning to his feet using the centrifugal motion he skids to a stop and faces down his most worthy foe yet a horned rabbit, unlike normal rabbits these are omnivorous about two feet tall and favour meat to vegetation any day. Seeing the scorch mark on the bunny¡¯s hind leg, aswell as its sudden halting he guessed the leg is lame from the bolt, pushing the mana into his legs he bursts forward leaving a cloud of dust reaching the bunny throws a punch aimed for the head. CRACK!! The rabbit flew impacting a nearby tree with wet sound before falling to the ground limp. Turning around his face filled with horror as his memory only now conveniently recalls that Horned Rabbits are social creatures and prefer to hunt in packs. Squaring up, readying himself to face the incoming hoard of 5 bunnies he failed to notice two flying at him from behind, by the time they entered his range of perception it was too late¡­ closing his eyes¡­ WHACK!! The boy went flying but he was no longer in a clearing he was back in his white room. Essa ¡°you idiot!!, who are you?¡± Lesche ¡°Lesche?..¡± Essa ¡°And whose Son are you?¡± Lesche ¡°Codrea¡¯s¡± Essa then proceeded to educate TAZE him with her magic Essa ¡°you better remember that, don¡¯t rely on your mystic skills to win the fight for you, they are a tool, too many people have died for doing a stupid thing, or simple cause someone else did, when you reduced your field of perception to reinforce your kick-off you left yourself open to ranged counter attack aswell as sneak attacks. Also aim your skills when you use them your lucky the bunny was hit with that. What about using your head a bit, you can use skills and reinforce yourself at the same time, if it¡¯s too hard I have a training exercise to help¡± a somehow evil grin appeared on the fairies face aswell as an ominous feeling that radiated from her small frame. As he was being lectured each point was making sense, realisations were profound ¡®why didn¡¯t I think of that??¡¯ all he¡¯d done since learning how to feel MANA and push I through his body he never thought to use combinations to get the best use from his skills, Essa¡¯s words were like rocks on a tin roof loud and resonating she was telling him to refine his fighting style, just because you know skills and can beat a few monsters, you must first create your own fighting style without relying too much on mana based skills, one fluid enough to allow him to retain awareness. As these realisations were sinking in, he started getting chills down his back, before looking up to what would be a smiling demon. ------------------------------------------- Sorry for the delay i have been unwell but im back on the road to recovery and can get back onto my computer without getting nausia due to medications i have changed my style a little, as always im still learning and english not my strongest language so help me out ill fix what i can Peace Chapter 3 GIGGLE Mentally cursing the Blue haired demon for the fiftieth time as another static bolt penetrated his perception and sent him convulsing like he¡¯d just been tazed , although he couldn¡¯t be hurt physically it still hurt like hell. Essa ¡°there is a reason im using electric attacks silly.. think about it and formulate a plan. When you can dodge ten of these it will be time for the second half of this training¡± Since the event in the forest Lesche has been meditating expanding his perception of the world around him using the latent MANA in the air, once called a killing field, because once mastered you can see everything inside the field its like a spectator watching a fight from every angle, every twitch, every muscle movement is seen. All the while Essa in her jovial self has been torturing aiding Lesche in his pursuit of utilizing this skill that will be a cornerstone for his defense. What am I missing, Master just gave me a hint. What about electric attacks besides the joy she is getting out of it should I be concentrating on, I mean yes they are a two fold damage type with the bonus of sometimes rendering a target immobile. But what about it am I missing? As Lesche was contemplating this, another bolt entered into his range but before he could move Lesche was once again convulsing on the ground. GIGGLE Lesche ¡°M-Ma-Master I can feel it enter my range then I lose it, I have tried to fill my perception with MANA but I am unable to as my capacity falls short¡± WHACK!! Using her over sized novelty paper fan sent Lesche into the ground face first. Essa ¡°If I am to show you everything in this world what are you going to experience for yourself, you are your fathers son use that brain of yours and think your way out of this situation. You cant rely on people to get you out of a bind, you can use their talents but ultimately you are responsible for you, so use the most valuable weapon at your disposal and think¡± Lesche pushed himself to his feet and rubbed the back of his head to ease the ringing how does she hit so hard? Before he could answer the redundant question he was again assaulted with yet another static bolt. GIGGLE ********-******-******-******-***** Entering Goddessa¡¯s inner sanctum Codrea has come once again to question the AI to find the location of his son, who was supposed to be in the frozen village yet somehow has been misplaced, but to make things more concerning is the signal and tracking is being jammed, due to the nature of this in his mind it could only be one of the 120 people, one of the ten gods or one of their entourage of 10 followers each, even one if his 10 generals could be the culprit with as all other computer systems have been destroyed to make a new world. To make matters worse the AI has now gained sentience. Codrea ¡°goddessa¡± Goddessa ¡°Hello Codrea, what can I help you with today?, and before you ask I still can¡¯t locate Lesche, although I can converse with him. It is rathe perplexing as I can feel the whole world as my being, I know he is within me yet cannot locate him¡± The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.Codrea ¡°let me know if you find him, also I would like to add a new protocol call it the ¡®god protocol¡¯ there must always be someone seated in one of the 11 god chairs, if one is somehow killed whomever killed them would assume their seat if it was another god their first follower will take the place of the murderers seat as they assume the new title. If it does happen and one of the 11 is killed they will each be locked in a pocket dimension only able to influence the world through their followers, or champions. They will still be able to dole out blessings but only within their church or within the eyesight of their patrons. The only exception to this rule will be Fradd and the demon lord as they each have their roles to fill and neither can do so from a pocket dimension¡± Goddessa ¡°It will be done, I will need a consensus on this from the council¡± Codrea ¡°authorisation code 115849632 blue 43 epsilon¡± Goddessa ¡°supreme override accepted in place of consensus¡± Codrea stumbled out of the room wondering if he had done the right thing, if their power falls into the wrong hands the world would be back where it was, this was just another way to enforce checks and balances, as well as that if anything happened to him his son would at least have a fighting chance. Was he acting on fear, doubt or mistrust didn¡¯t matter it was done and like always he would shoulder the burden to try make the world a better place for his loved ones. ------*******------******-------*******------- As Lesche was convulsing after yet another static bolt he had another realisation why was I convulsing?, once the charge left my body shouldn¡¯t my body be ridged then ok?, the static bolt is not like the lightning bolt which hits damages burns and sometimes paralyse, instead hits does damage and then slowly releases more damage over time in pulses¡­.. pulses¡­. PULSES!!! That¡¯s it you genius Jumping up he smiles at Essa whose smile changed from a cheesy grin to a sly smirk¡­ challenge accepted This time as Lesche extended his perception he pulsed his MANA inside it at intervals the way a submarine would use sonar to navigate, and this time when Essa fired her static bolt it entered his field and he could see it, and its trajectory then. ZAAPPP!! GIGGLE Lesche learnt an important lesson keep your eye on the prize, during his experiment success he forgot to dodge leaving him convulsing on the ground with a smile on his face. Seeing his growth Essa was impressed, although she had practically spelt it out to him, he had taken the next step ¡°Better luck next time¡± she said silkily while blowing him a kiss, he is growing nicely under my torture tutelage, cant wait till step two combat training *GIGGLE*, but for now he needs to get a better grasp on this. Lesche got a slight chill run up his spine followed by another familiar ominous feeling. ***----****----*** Just a small chappy enjoy