《Arrancarr》


 Origin

    Fate,Many have 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 a grand Black hall Adorned in Red and Gold,The skull of a massive creature lay before a gigantic Black gate,Atop this skull,lay a Black Coffin with Gold markings.


    From within this coffin,the only sound in the entire hall was produced.


    Loud and thundering heartbeats,The interval between them being about a minute.


    Floating above the coffin,Was a large white and gold book,The pages of this book turned in sync with the heartbeats.


    This,was the Book of Truth,All the information Of existence was recorded in the Book of Truth.


    Each time the pages would turn,A different dream would enter the eternal sleep Of the being inside the Coffin.


    ...


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


    This conscience was given the name of Nule by the Book of Truth.


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


    Nule,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.


    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.


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    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 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 Spirit Realm,When Nule was "Born",It had left its mark in the spirit world,its 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 its realm,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 the "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 Humanity,yet Humanity was not her goal,They were just a Prototype,For the Freiherr.


    The Blessed ones.


    "Thump,Thump, Thump,Thu..."


    Two pairs of bright white eyes opened themselves,The Dream,Came to an End.

 Awakening

    In a dark room, countless Humanoid bodies were found inside metal capsules,they were all completely still and if not for the loud heartbeats that could be heard coming from them,one might even think they were dead.


    And in fact,they were, Although their bodies were functioning,the beings had no soul and were incapable of tought.


    They were flawed beings, abandoned by their Creator,soon,even their mindless vessels would be gone, However, something unplanned for happened, inside one of the capsules,a figure that resembled a young man with tanned skin,sharp narrow eyes,low set, dark and positively tilted eyebrows,dark hair which wasn''t short but not long either,a robust looking face with high set cheekbones and hollowed out cheeks was laying still.


    The figure had a somewhat odd look, despite not being very tall at around a height of 172 cm,it had long arms that reached it''s knees,its hands and feet were very long as well,and veins were extremely visible.


    It was quite a bit muscular and especially,it was very lean, overall,it gave off a slightly creepy feeling.


    The figure remained still for a couple more hours Before making a slight movement with its hands,soon After,the slight movements became not so slight.


    Two bright red eyes opened themselves before the redness faded away and two brown colored pupils expressionlessly stared at the capsule the figure was in,The figure didn''t move for a bit, Except for its eyes which moved from left to right scanning around, after a while,the figure opened the capsule, fortunately,it wasn''t locked.


    It awkwardly moved out of the capsule and stepped onto the floor, It''s movements remained strange for a bit before it started walking normally,It looked around the room and spotted all the other capsules which had beings in them,it experimented a bit and realized that the capsules were all locked.


    Right afterwards,it looked in direction of the door,a broken door with countless claws marks and blood stains.


    After a while spent looking at the door,it walked towards it and stepped out of the room.


    ...


    A man dressed in a long white robe came out of a hole in the ground,he looked around to find himself in forest littered with leafless trees.


    The man,was VanKcrow,A special operations Soldier from Earth who suddenly woke up to find himself in a metal capsule, VanKcrow had no idea of what was happening, however,his first instinct was to think of survival.


    Whether he had been captured by terrorists or whatever was it that happened,he was constantly alert and prepared to confront danger.


    However,he didn''t find any danger, despite stealthily wondering about the forest for hours,he spotted no signs of life or anything of the sort,He kept on wandering about the forest until he spotted something,what seemed to be a house was in the middle of nowhere amongst the trees,He hid behind a tree and kept on watching the house,to be more accurate,a cabin it was,a wooden cabin.


    Nothing significant happened as he kept watching the cabin until nightfall,then, something strange happened.


    Certain things started coming out of the ground,they had a mostly humanoid figure,They were carrying a variety of weapons and moved with a sort of machine like efficiency.


    They all seemed to be in different levels of decomposition,some were even nothing but skeletons.


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    They were surrounding him from all sides,two groups were closer to him while two others were a bit further away.


    ''Zombies?''


    Before VanKcrow even had time to properly Analyze the creatures,the one nearest to him charged forward and slashed at him,he dodged by falling back slightly and shifted his body into a sideways stance narrowly avoiding a thrust performed by one of the skeletons,he then grabbed the skeletons hand and pulled it towards the right, enough that it''s hand came into contact with a hammer wielded by one of the zombie looking things,the skeleton''s hand was broken and before the sword could fall down,he grabbed it and sliced the head of the Zombie off,soon after he front kicked the previous wielder of the sword right in it''s torso pushing it back,this helped him avoid the bony hand that was outstretched in his direction,and also made the skeleton collide with a zombie, taking advantage of their alignment, VanKcrow immediately jumped towards them and sliced right in between the bones,two heads fell to the ground.


    A loud roar was heard and a sort of zombie, skeleton looking thing came out of the ground.


    It was quite a bit larger than the others,its body was covered in flesh and white skin but it''s head was just a skull,a skull with two white horns protruding out of it''s forehead.It had pale blonde hair that fell to its shoulders.


    The other creatures gave way to it and it started calmly walking in his direction.


    The creature had no weapons which didn''t make him feel assured,after all it seemed to be the leader of the others,so it should have a weapon if it desired.


    ''which means that it''s body might be tougher than any weapon.''


    While the creature was walking towards him,He quickly approached one of the sword Wielding skeletons and blocked its slash by placing his sword''s strong point into the weak point of the enemy weapon, he then slid his blade forwards while keeping contact with the enemy''s blade and raised the pomel of the sword before striking the skeleton right in the forehead, killing it.


    He immediately Took the skeleton''s sword and quickly turned around to face the upcoming threat.


    A couple seconds later,a large fist flew straight towards his face and he dodged to the right while slicing towards the ankles of the creature.


    A small cut was left but the sword broke in half, VanKcrow then jumped backwards and went in direction of a saber Wielding zombie,he feigned an attack with the unbroken sword before throwing the broken one right into the throat of the zombie, fortunately,it didn''t have the same resistance as the actual zombies he had seen in movies, therefore it was killed.


    VanKcrow immediately picked up the saber before feinting a move to the left and jumped to the right instead,the Horned creature which was significantly taller than him had trouble moving direction quickly and so he managed to escape.


    Right afterwards,he turned his body backwards to the left and slashed at the creature''s ankles again,this time with the saber.


    A small cut was again left,but the saber shattered into two, VanKcrow then repeatedly kept moving towards the Lesser creatures and taking their blades before kitting to continuously deal little damage to the Horned creature.


    Eventually,the creature was bleeding out from countless parts of its body,At this time, VanKcrow turned his eyes to a particularly harrowing Zombie,one he had been keeping an eye on for a while,a zombie he who''s arms he had managed to cut but left it "alive" the zombie, was oozing with a disgusting looking liquid from a wound in its right chest,as well as the wounds he had caused,VanKcrow couldn''t be 100% sure,but he had an idea of what that liquid was, enough to decide upon a gamble,He had been fighting the creature for quite a while and was already getting tired,while he didn''t even know if the creature could get tired,And the cuts in its body seemed to have no effect on it.


    VanKcrow went in direction of the Zombie and the Horned creature followed him, right before VanKcrow was smashed by the Horned creature,he jumped slightly to the left and also turned his head to the left narrowly avoiding the creature''s fist,said fist instead smashed straight into the head of the zombie, a disgusting liquid flew out and fell all over the Horned creature and VanKcrow who now has his eyes closed,his ears covered with both his shoulders and his nose covered with his right hand,he was constantly moving forwards in a direction where the creatures were a bit far away from him,after a while before he went way too close to them,he turned towards the right and ran for a bit before again making a turn and finally,he stopped, throughout all this time,he had been rubbing his right eye area,and now,the liquid had dried up.


    He opened his right eye and looked around,The creature,were nowhere to be seen, except for the dead ones, amongst which,a horned creature was present.


    VanKcrow Stood still for a a while before going in direction of the cabin.

 Mad Monk and Sword Emperor

    VanKcrow went near the cabin and knocked at the door,after a little over a minute went by with no answer,he pushed the door lightly and it opened.


    Stepping inside the Cabin,he was met with the sight of a corpse,a corpse dressed in monk like clothing and in pristine condition, enough that one would think it wasn''t actually a corpse,if not for the hole in its chest.


    Aside from the corpse, it''s equipments and the chair in which it rested,there was nothing else.


    As VanKcrow was looking at the corpse, something strange happened,the corpse moved its fingers  a little, VanKcrow immediately rushed towards  it and was about to strike when he suddenly found himself unable to move.


    After a while, the cabin lit up and an elderly sounding voice echoed throughout the cabin.


    "You have entered the domain of Martial Arts,all forms of weapon combat are prohibited.Eye gouges,biting and strikes to private areas and the back of the head are prohibited."


    "Commence battle."


    As soon as the voice had finished speaking, VanKcrow was able to move again,He dropped his weapons to the ground and the Corpse dropped its golden staff.


    The corpse got up and assumed an Orthodox stance,its stance resembled a Muay Thai stance.


    In response, VanKcrow assumed a Southpaw stance,His stance was also similar to a Muay Thai one, except his stance was a little bit wider.


    The two of them faced off for a couple of seconds before VanKcrow approached the Corpse,He performed a kick to the opponent''s calves,but the corpse brought it''s foot backwards before front kicking in direction of VanKcrow''s knee, VanKcrow moved his right leg to the left barely avoiding the kick and then brought his rear foot forwards,he then made a shift to increase his power and punched straight in direction of the Monk''s jaw,the monk brought it''s elbow to meet The attack and VanKcrow pulled back his punch before moving a bit forward and  performing a hook punch towards his opponent''s jaw which the monk avoided by moving his head backwards,the monk then countered by grabbing VanKcrow''s hand and then performing a cross punch with its right hand, VanKcrow barely managed to grab the Monk''s wrists and then kneed him in the liver,the monk stumbled a bit and then grabbed VanKcrow''s Left leg before performing a single leg take down,the monk was now above VanKcrow,before the monk could get into an advantageous position VanKcrow immediately used his knowledge of Grappling to get back to his feet,The monk was quite a bit larger than him at around 185 or so cm and probably around 95 kg while VanKcrow was about 172 cm and 84 kg.


    VanKcrow could not afford to let their battle turn into grappling due to him being lighter.


    As the two of them got back to their feet, VanKcrow went near the Monk and ducked to avoid a punch,he then pressed his shoulder to his opponent''s shoulder,this was done to cut off space for the opponent''s attack from that same side, resulting in the Monk''s offense being limited.


    VanKcrow then performed a mixture of a hook and a uppercut and hit the Monk straight in the head,the monk stumbled backwards a little and VanKcrow took the chance to consecutively kick him in his right knee,he then moved laterally to the point that he shifted both his stance and the opponent''s stance, VanKcrow was ambidextrous so he could fight perfectly both in Southpaw and Orthodox.


    The monk however, didn''t seem to have that same ability, taking advantage of this, VanKcrow pressed on and managed to overwhelm the opponent for a couple of seconds before the monk performed an elbow strike that he had to dodge by falling back, however he still kept a foot forward and therefore was able to quickly close the distance back and placed his hand on the Monk''s forearms and moved forwards before landing a punch to his opponent''s jaw,this punch seemed to finally take down the monk who fell down to the ground.


    After a while the voice from before echoed,"You have defeated the Mad Monk Li Han,You may now advance to the next level."


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    As soon as the voice said this,the wooden floor VanKcrow was in suddenly disappeared and he fell down.


    VanKcrow Stood back up and looked around to find himself in a white hall with red curtains.


    It had a regal design as if belonged to a sacred palace and yet also a demonic tint to it,The pavement looked to be made of white marble,the ceiling was white in color and full of paintings resembling some sort of religious art ,There were white pillars full of gold lines and carvings, bookshelves of scarlet color holding numerous books,a variety of doors leading to who knows where,a red carpet on the floor that went from the door way of the gate to the end of the hall where there appeared to be a throne of swords,all black with silver carvings and a crown of bones at the top of the head of a skeleton atop the throne.


    Around the throne in the right left and behind it was a pool of blood and countless skulls.


    The voice echoed again"You have stepped in the domain of the Blades,The only weapon allowed is a single blade."


    After the voice spoke, something strange happened again.


    A white mist enveloped the throne and when it disappeared...


    The skeleton in the throne was not just a skeleton anymore,it looked more like a zombie with pale eyes and shoulder length blonde hair only to the right side,it was wearing a long white robe similar to his own over its somewhat minced flesh,the zombie was quite tall at a height of probably between 198 and  202 cm and most of all it was looking right at him.


    VanKcrow held his sword which he had just picked up and prepared for combat,he did not wait long before the zombie which now had the appearance of a extremely handsome man in his late 20''s or early thirties got up from the throne and took a sword out from his back,the sword looked very simple,unlike the flying skulls surrounding the man.


    The man took calm steps towards kcrow and pointed his weapon at him,as if challenging him to a duel.Right afterwards all the doors in the library opened while the man simply stood silently waiting, and as to what he was waiting for Kcrow had already made a theory.


    ''He is challenging me to a duel and a I can either accept or flee towards the gates''


    As for the decision VanKcrow made,He pointed his sword at the man,and charged forward.


    The moment VanKcrow had reached striking distance of the man''s sword he extended his own blade forwards ,shifted his body sideways and jumped forwards to the left side of his enemy with the goal of getting close enough to cut his neck however the man''s sword came forwards to meet his while he moved to VanKcrow''s left side and they both reached a stalemate,entering a bind in which both soldiers were trying to find the superior position for their weapons,such attempts were unsuccessful however leading to them disengaging.


    After the first move they both seemed to get an idea of the opponents level and realized that this battle would probably not be an easy one.


    VanKcrow again attacked but Ronaken attacked the weak point of his blade and shifted his sword forward to the left before going for an attack of his own which in turn kcrow blocked by extending the upper lower part of his blade to the left while shifting sideways to the left and attacked Ronaken knees with a front kick before backing away immediately,Ronaken who had not expected such a move was caught by surprise and showed an slightly interested look.


    Ronaken turned his body over into a position were his right hip was pointed towards VanKcrow and pushed his legs back slightly,while looking at Ronaken''s actions Kcrow made a guess about what he was doing.


    ''Is he attempting to use his longer reach to keep me at bay?,if that''s the case I must press on even more''


    Instead of focusing in Ronaken''s body Vankcrow now switched his target to Ronaken''s hand and arms,this was not unnoticed by Ronaken who started taking the same approach.Ronaken performed a thrust towards VanKcrow''s head but Kcrow parried with the lower upper part of his blade and attempted his own thrust towards Ronaken which was parried by an offhand,VanKcrow did not retrieve his blade and instead performed a small slash towards the hand which barely landed and left a cut on Ronaken''s palms,


    And yet he himself also suffered a slight cut in his left tigh.


    The both of them retreated and analyzed the other for a few seconds before they again engaged in battle,this time with VanKcrow employing a cutting motion towards Ronaken''s right side but changed it midway into a thrust that Ronaken blocked by attacking the blade which only had structure towards him sideways to the left,VanKcrow fell back and pulled his blade towards him.


    Ronaken attempted to strike at VanKcrow''s head but he was parried by the weak point of Kcrow''s sword which he displaced without trouble only to find Kcrow''s head was now sideways to his blade and in the direction of his right shoulder, and right after VanKcrow took advantage of the fact that Ronaken''s attack  had powered up his own to launch his strike forwards after disengaging with the enemies blade with a downwards movement and bringing his own up to the left,the strike proved itself deadly as it pierced Ronaken''s throat and the duel had ended.


    As Ronaken fell to the ground he did not look dejected and instead looked relieved,as if freed from a curse.


    "You have defeated the Sword Emperor Ronaken."

 Prey

    Right after VanKcrow defeated Ronaken,the ceiling turned dark and a golden stair fell down, VanKcrow climbed up the stair and went back to the surface,once he arrived..the scenery had changed,he was now in a desert wasteland, before him were two cages, in Each cage was a creature,One was quite large at probably around 10 meters or so,the other was around his size,The large creature had a  mostly humanoid figure with large muscles,a stocky body and short limbs.


    It''s physique was somewhat similar to animals that evolved in cold climates.


    It also seemed to be somewhat of an aquatic creature.


    The smaller creature was similar to a oversized hound and had sharp looking claws,it had long limbs and a slender build.


    It seemed more suited for the desert wasteland VanKcrow found himself in.


    Both of them seemed to have almost metallic looking skin.


    There was a bridge raised vertically and two levers before each cage.


    There was also a crevice in the ground.


    The Elderly voice once again spoke to him,this time saying,"pick one lever to pull, one of the cages will open and the bridge will lower."


    "The goal is to escape the creature you choose to release."


    After hearing the voice, VanKcrow spent a while thinking of ways to survive and eventually went back to the area were he had previously fought the creatures in the forest,Upon seeing that the corpses were still there, VanKcrow approached the Zombie that was spilling the poison he used to kill the Horned creature before.


    He placed his sword in the creature''s corpse and after a few seconds,the sword had poison in it.


    He carefully carried the sword with him and went back to where the cages were.


    After a couple of seconds, VanKcrow pulled one of the levers and let the large creature out.


    VanKcrow was running through the wasteland as the Abomination chased after him,He had made a bet that the creature was designed for strength instead of speed and endurance,therefore he could have a chance at outrunning it.


    If he had chosen the other creature he would very likely not be able to escape from it,and even if it had significantly less power and strength than the other one it would still most likely have enough to kill him without much difficulty,largely due to the extremely large and sharp looking claws.


    As VanKcrow was running,He spotted a conjunction of leafless trees and started heading in its direction.


    There was also an lake to the left side of the conjunction which led to a very small cave on the wall.


    ''The cave could maybe be a great way of protection against that thing,unfortunately by analyzing its hands its probably a better swimmer than I am''


    The reason for this tought was that the creature seemed to possess webbed hands,


    Like that of a merman.


    He had also noticed that the monster seemed to possess an extraordinary ability to track and follow his movements and therefore was about to put an idea to the test.


    Just as he reached near a tree and was about to crash into it he instantly jumped forwards to his left and went past the tree,the creature however,unable to turn its huge body in time crashed straight into it.


    Despite looking very frail the trees had not collapsed and instead held the creature back, VanKcrow had judged that they might be able to do that due to them appearing metal like.


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    In fact,he wasn''t sure if they were trees or just looked like trees.


    VanKcrow also confirmed that the creature''s intellectual capacity was likely not high since it fell for such a trick.


    VanKcrow then headed in the direction of a tree with a long and thick branch at about 8 meters tall,as he went under the branch the monster hit its head into it and was again slowed down.


    He also noticed that the webbed parts of its hand between the pinky and ring finger seemed to now carry an injury somehow,maybe it collided with the sharp thin branches, he kept going left since it had the most concentration of trees and eventually realized that the temperature was heating up drastically in a small amount of time.


    He deliberately went even more to the left and the heat just kept increasing,He felt exhausted and on the brim of collapsing,but he didn''t.


    After all humans were specialized in endurance and enduring heat,the monster however,


    ''As I theorized,it''s adaptability to humid and cold environments makes it less proficient at dealing with such a long run through the desert''


    (VanKcrow might be a homunculus,but without his special bloodline he is just at peak human level.)


    The being was now kneeling on the floor with an exhausted appearance.


    VanKcrow wasted no time and made sure to increase their distance even more until he arrived at a point where the concentration of trees was so high and they were so tall it would be difficult for the creature to spot him among them,VanKcrow sat with his back to a tree trunk and rested,for he could no longer run properly.


    A couple of hours later the Nightfall arrived and he could do nothing but hope the creature wouldn''t find him as he kept wandering through the Forrest.


    VanKcrow got up and went to the hottest part of the conjunction of trees, it was so hot his shoes melted along some parts of his clothes,his feet were practically burning and his soles were getting somewhat peeled off,he walked so far the sand was now replaced by glass,he looked deeply at the glass floor and formulated a plan... He went back to were he came from with severe caution,this time however,he purposely avoided the conjunction of trees, after treading half of the way there was still no signs of the monster.


    Kcrow was dragging a massive piece of glass he took from the glass floor at the furthest end of the conjunction of leafless trees, Fortunately the glass was just as brittle as normal glass and there was sand below it,once he reached the bridge he had crossed previously he started dragging the glass piece across it,it was an arduous process considering how tired he was and the state of his feet.But he accomplished it nevertheless,yet he was still not done as he exited the bridge and pulled the glass all the way to the right side,he crossed the bridge again and pulled the glass all the way to the left side.The glass was now completely separated from the bridge.


    Kcrow sat down to rest and after a few hours he went in the direction of the lake.


    Arriving near the lake he could spot a familiar figure up ahead,the monster was starring at him with its red eyes,it''s long white hair dangling in the soft wind contrasting its dark skin.


    It seemed to be in the middle consuming an immense amount of tiny animals that resided in the lake, however it was now eyeing him like it had found more delicious prey.


    The monster swam through the lake at rapid speed,considerably faster than its running speed.


    ''As I theorized,it seems it went back to search for a familiar habitat.''


    VanKcrow ran back the to the direction of the bridge but this time he crossed the piece of glass instead ,the glass was very brittle and was shaking as he ran but thankfully VanKcrow only weighted 84 kg therefore the glass did not break,he had already reached near the end of the makeshift glass bridge and deliberately slowed down so the monster could catch up and when it was about to step on the bridge he jumped forwards and landed on the sand.


    As for the Abomination,due to its enormous size the glass shattered the moment it stepped on it and the being barely managed to hold on with its left hand before falling down,But as it struggled to get back on solid ground VanKcrow threw the sword as far as he could straight into webbed parts of the creature''s hand that had an injury,the poison from the zombie immediately took action and the monster''s left hand went numb and it let go of where it was holding.


    It tried to get up with its right hand that had managed to barely touch the ground  but its weight was too much leading to it falling down.


    After the fall it still managed survive but was finished off by the poison.


    What looked like an abyss of pitch black darkness was actually hiding an ocean underneath it seemed,since he heard the sound of something splashing in water.


    "You have killed the abomination,Yikusagi."

 Era

    As soon as the voice finished speaking,the entire scenary changed again, VanKcrow now found himself in a dark hall,there was countless swords protruding from the ground, chains hanging from the ceiling, paintings depicting warfare on the walls and a black Coffin,VanKcrow could hear heartbeats constantly coming from the coffin, floating above the coffin was a normal sized black book, VanKcrow stared at the coffin for a while before the lid suddenly opened and an elderly voice echoed from inside the Coffin.


    "Now why don''t you come closer?,Are you going to make an old man exert himself?"


    ''.....''


    "Huhn,I can barely speak these days you know?"


    "Oh well,so be it then..."


    "Now,you must be confused about what''s happening right?, trust me,I also was when I first got pulled into this world..."


    "That''s right,we aren''t in earth,but instead In a planet called Era,Era is about 10 times the size of Earth,it has 9 different continents,On the East lays Shi No Kuni,the people there resemble those from East Asian back in earth,or at least they did...


    On the north lay Nova Genesis,a place with very advanced technology where the people mostly resemble North Americans, although it also has quite a variety of other ethnicities.


    On the South is the continent of Uchawi,A continent similar to Africa.


    On the west is the continent of Salvation,you can think of it as this World''s Europe..."


    "Now beyond those 4 continents that are mainly populated by humans,there are 5 others that aren''t,The continent of Drachenschadel,a massive skull of a long dead Dragon, next to it is the continent of Terra,a land of green trees and beautiful flowers,It is in reality a shell of the World Bearer,a gigantic turtle like being that used to be an enemy of the Dragon.


    Just like the two beings,the inhabitants of each continent aren''t very fond of each other...


    There is the continent of Babylon,a gigantic Tower in the middle of nowhere that pierces the sky,The continent of Aegis,a large meteor that sometimes comes down to Era and sometimes rises beyond the sky,and finally...


    There is the continent of Akash,where we currently are.


    Akash is a continent littered with abnormal zones, Abnormal zones are places were abnormal phenomenons occur.


    As you probably have realized,in this world,things such as supernatural abilities and monsters exist.


    Fated, Changeling, Abominations, beasts...


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    Fated are those who connect themselves to the soul realm,they bring energy from the soul realm into their souls or if they have something known as Geistertore,they themselves go into the soul realm  with just their soul,this increases their Aufstieg faster.


    To increase their power,one way is  to hunt Beasts or monsters and harvest their Animae,By doing this they would be able to form nodes which would be used to cast Spells.


    Spells were certain abilities that Humanity inherited from the sages,One could either be born with the capacity to become a fated or become one by absorbing the Soul of a fated.


    However practically all Fated were born with their powers, Finding and Absorbing the soul of a fated was simply far to difficult,To the point that only one person in the history of Akash managed to do so,That Person was the Heavenly Demon,Yaksha.


    There were different ranks given to fated according to Their Aufstieg, Aufstieg is decided by which level of Schicksal,The fate system they unlocked.


    The Ranks were, Enlightened, Light Seeker, Light Keeper, Light Bringer.


    There are higher levels,but information about them is mostly unknown.


    Enlightened can cast the different fate spells,


    Light Seekers can unlock 5 different traits,those being,


    Trap master which allows one to set the time their spells are activated.


    Ranger which allows the spells to be manifested far from where the caster is.


    Resilient which decreases the time period in which a fated can''t cast Spells again after casting one.


    Space wizard which allows a fated to cast multiple spells at the same time.


    And Almighty, an extremely rare trait which allows one to always defeat the opponents spells.


    Light Keepers can manifest their soul Mundus onto the world.


    The soul Mundus is the representation of the fated''s soul,It is located in the Soul Realm,There is the outer Soul Mundus which Is decided by the fated''s inheritances and the inner soul Mundus which is decided by the Fated''s personality and history.


    Light Bringers can control the soul Mundus of others and manifest them to use in battle.


    However, light Bringers must be careful to not have their souls mixed with that of the others who''s souls Mundus they used.


    When fated engaged in a battle using spells,they would fight for strings of fate,there will always be three strings and the one who managed to receive more would have their spells be of higher rank.


    There were four ranks,Nulla,I,III,III.


    Nulla was the lowest while III Was the highest.


    A spell of higher rank will defeat one of lower rank.


    Because of how fate spells work,There can never be a fated who''s spells will automatically be stronger than that of others,the strength of spells will always depend on whoever received more strings in that particular Altar.


    (Altar is the point in which fated connect their fates to battle for strings.)


    The only exception to this rule is someone who has the Almighty trait.


    Fate battles resemble a boardgame called Schach.


    The fated would be given different characters and they would have to get rid of the opponents characters.


    The characters were,


    ?? .?. ??. ?. ? .?.?.?.?.?.?.


    If one managed to get rid of the opponents ???, their spells would be of III rank while the opponents would be of Nulla rank.


    If one got rid of half of the opponents characters,their spells would be of II rank while the opponents would be of I.


    Another part of fated powers is inheritances,


    There are also ranks for inheritances,They were,1st Order,2nd Order,3rdOrder,4th Order.


    1st Order meant an inheritance comes directly from a Hemitheos or a Diabolos.


    While the rest meant it came from their descendants.


    1st Order was by far the most powerful inheritances, However they could only be gained  by Absorbing the remnant soul of a Diabolos or Hemitheos,At least that was the case for humans.


    The Freiherr,were all born with 1st Order inheritances.


    Inheritances could be awakened by finding an Altar of the Hemitheos or Diabolos it came from and performing a ritual which required specific materials.


    However that meant that one would have to be careful to not get possessed by a Diabolos or Hemitheos.


    There were also the Changeling,those who found and absorbed fragments of the frozen river of the Hemitheos.


    They would all have their physical capabilities multiplied,Their bones,muscles, senses and hormones would become more suitable for warfare.


    Due the the fact that it was multiplication and not addition,most powerful Changeling were men since men were usually physically more suitable for combat than women,so the higher the level,the bigger the difference between men and women.


    Changeling could awaken a semi Hemitheos form which meant their bodies would turn into half a Hemitheos,These Changelings were called Heracles.


    They were Changelings equivalent in power to light Bringers."


    "Abominations are unique monsters, meaning only one of them exists, beasts are more like animals,there are many members of the same type of beast."


    As the old voice was talking, certain strange shapes started manifesting inside the hall, VanKcrow could not see them,but the old man could.


    ''Tsk, Already?,Those cunts...''


    "Well, we''ll have to speed things up..."


    Right after the old man said this, VanKcrow felt himself Levitating in direction of the coffin...

 Consume

    VanKcrow was currently levitating in direction of the coffin,as soon as he landed near it,he finally saw the being inside it,It was an old man with a long grey beard,long grey hair,and a pair of purely white eyes.


    The old man was wearing a long grey robe and looked similar to wizards he had seen in movies...


    As he was analyzing the old man,the old man was also analyzing him.


    "Oh!, quite a strange looking fellow..."


    "And definitely not happy chappy either I see..."


    "Now, I know You have no reason to trust me,but you also must feel the constant pressure being exerted into this hall right?,Now this pressure will soon kill you if you don''t do as I say,Those fellows aren''t very fond of otherworlders you see..."


    Just as the old man said, VanKcrow could feel an overwhelming sense of dread somehow literally pressing into the hall...


    VanKcrow was an extremely distrusting person, However he could clearly feel that the old man was telling the truth for some reason.


    And although it certainly could be a trick done by the Old man,In This situation where he had absolutely no clue what was happening he decided it may be better to trust the man.


    "Now you have been summoned into this world by a specific"force" which I cannot tell you much about. I took advantage of that to pull your soul into my soul Mundus and make you go through a trial,I had to do that to know if you have the capacity to accomplish what I need you to do."


    "And I must say,you have passed with flying colors,those things you killed weren''t just some random zombies but the corpses of countless Legendary figures...I don''t know what the heck you used to do on earth to end up as such a monster,but that only benefits me more..."


    "I was worried I wouldn''t find someone worthy this time again..."


    "Now that you have passed,I will give you the chance to receive certain rewards..."


    As the old man spoke, certain things started manifesting inside the hall.


    VanKcrow could "see" countless "beings" maybe?,he could also see different weapons.


    "Before you are 9 different remnant souls,each belonging to an powerful existence in the past,You will be given a chance to choose between them and pick one to absorb."


    "Next to the souls are 9 legendary weapons,you will also have the opportunity to choose one between them."


    Upon hearing the man, VanKcrow''s mood immediately turned sour and he felt very distressed.


    ''Absorb a soul ...''


    He certainly didn''t want to fall into a trick and have his body possessed.


    What if the old man wanted to reincarnate and needed someone else from earth and therefore summoned him here..


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    VanKcrow had no plans to absorb any souls,and so as the old man kept on speaking,he was constantly thinking of ways to escape.


    But he could think of absolutely nothing,there was no way to escape.


    And the feeling of overwhelming dread was getting stronger and stronger...


    "Of the 9 souls,one belongs to the Time Wizard Kcronopheya, Absorbing her soul will give you the extremely powerful inheritance of the Hemitheos of time, this is a great choice in my opinion,you will be extremely powerful without risking much.


    Another belongs to the Honored One Ntwadumela,He who greets with fire.


    Absorbing his remnant soul will give you the inheritance of the Sun Hemitheos Jua Ia Muumba,It is a great choice as well...


    Well,to be honest,all of these are great choices, except for one maybe...


    Another is the soul of Necrophastyas,It will grant you the inheritance of the god of undead,Licht.


    There is the soul of asmodayus, The remnant soul of AllKheynm, Diabolos of spatial tears,is found inside the soul of asmodayus.


    Absorbing the soul of asmodayus will grant you the ability to create spatial tears to either teleport or even erase space itself,it is a very powerful inheritance.


    Next to it is the remnant soul of Hayorobim, you will gain the ability to interact with certain beings, beings that exist in the mist.


    I honestly don''t know much about this one,but considering the power of Hayorobim,it must also be a great choice.


    The next three all come from the same being,an Asura known as zwetheimrer.


    Each will grant you a different version of a profane summoning, choosing either of them means you will have a being to fight in your stead.


    However, I don''t know what those beings will be...


    And lastly,there is the remnant soul of Honored One,Akerveyn, Possibly the strongest of all honored ones,well,I personally think I''m the strongest...


    Anyways, choosing his remnant soul will grant you the inheritance, Arrancarr.


    This inheritance is one of extremely high power but also risk, choosing it will give you the ability to "Tear",what ever the fuck that is...


    I don''t know which Hemitheos or Diabolos it comes from,but Honored One Akerveyn,Heir of the World,was a truly incredible individual,The only one I''m not certain I could defeat...


    Ah,by the way,this estinguished gentleman is Honored one,Jack...Well I admit,Its not a very grand name,well,most know me as Honored One Achyeldonn, Heaven''s Nemesis."


    "Choosing the Arrancarr inheritance means you will put your life in extreme risk, every single being in the world will become your enemy.


    This is a path of a lone warrior,To be treaded only by those who wish absolute power and freedom above all else...


    It gives you the most power but also the most drawbacks..."


    "As for the weapons..."


    As Jack...As Achyeldonn was in the middle of speaking,the entire hall trembled and VanKcrow could feel certain death coming.


    "Oh fucking hell,Hey brat,I don''t have much time left to explain things,you need to make your choice right now or you''re going to turn into cosmic paste.I understand that you''re hesitant,I mean,If you weren''t that would probably mean I brought the wrong guy,but If you want to live,pick a soul right NOW!!!"


    "And just choose a random weapon quickly..."


    VanKcrow stood still for a while, before he did as the man said,now he could clearly "feel" some strange beings trying to invade the hall,and he could clearly feel an overwhelming enmity towards him coming from them.


    VanKcrow spoke for the first time,In a deep,hoarse and whispery voice.


    "Arrancarr."


    "The Silver swords."


    The old man looked at him deeply for a while and then sent the soul and swords right into VanKcrow,they both pierced through him but left no damage.


    After a while,the old man said


    "Absorbing the soul will be extremely difficult, I am only giving you the chance to do so because of your extremely high willpower and ambition, otherwise you would certainly fail.


    I hope you can succeed and if so, eventually you might be able to hear from me again."


    "Now...Fuck of!!"

 Overwhelming

    Right After the old man very "politely" send him off, VanKcrow felt himself being pulled somewhere,what seemed like a rift in space formed and he was pulled into it.


    He was now in a completely dark space and could see nothing, nothing but a certain light,this light was completely white and had the form of a sword, VanKcrow could feel a certain will coming from it, however,he was quite sure it had no conscience.


    The sword was flying straight to him,and after a couple of seconds,it pierced right through his forehead, VanKcrow suddenly felt an overwhelming willpower trying to consume his soul, Immediately, VanKcrow mustered all the willpower he had and fiercely fought back, VanKcrow and the sword continuously battled each other for minutes,hours,days...


    Eventually, VanKcrow felt like maybe a month had went by,and at this time, something different finally happened.


    VanKcrow started "seeing" certain images,he saw a baby being held by a beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes,the woman was in a grand palace,more majestic than anything he had ever seen.


    Besides her,a tall, muscular and handsome man with black hair and grey eyes lay sitting on a throne.


    He had a cold expression as he was looking at the baby.


    All three of them had very pale skin, practically completely white.


    All throughout the palace, soldiers wearing golden armor stood completely still, fierce looking beasts were beside them.


    Outside the Palace, countless people,and some nonhuman looking beings were kneeling on the ground.


    After a while,the man and the woman left the palace and moved to a large altar,a Dark skinned old man with white hair and eyes was apparently waiting for them,once they arrived,the old man took the baby from the woman''s arms and held him forward.


    "Hail,The Heir of the World."


    ...


    A young boy was in the middle of a grand hall, apart from him,many other children of similar age were sitting on chairs.


    A beautiful woman was near a board,after a while, she spoke,"Today,I am honored to say that the Heir will be joining us,I expect the best behavior from you all...Hail the Heir of the world."


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    ...


    A young man was sitting on a throne,all around him, extremely beautiful women were silently standing,near the women, several middle aged and elderly looking people were standing as well.


    All of them with espectant looks in their faces,there were countless treasures and exotic looking foods around the young man as well.


    After a while,The young man got up from the throne and left the hall.


    He had a displeased look on his face.


    After leaving the hall,he went near a colosseum looking place and picked up a sword,after a few seconds...A large humanoid looking monster entered the colosseum...


    ...


    The scene VanKcrow had First seen was repeating itself, except this time,a young man who looked to be around 18 was in the altar instead of a baby.


    The Old man looked even older,He was carrying a crown on his hands, taking calm steps he approached the young man,but before he could place the crown on the young man''s head,the young man grabbed his wrists and spoke in a deep and commanding voice,


    "Don''t."


    ...


    A young man was walking through a  dirty looking street,he was wearing ragged clothing and looked very malnourished.


    ...


    A man who looked to be around his mid twenties was standing before a ginourmous creature,the man had no armor and was only holding a wooden blade.


    ...


    A tall and muscular middle aged man with blonde hair and blue eyes was floating in the sky,bellow him lay the visage of a planet.


    He stood there silently for a long time before speaking,"I summon thee, Arsenal."


    As soon as he spoke,two silver swords appeared in both his hands,soon after,he looked in a certain direction,there,a massive rift was constantly spinning,after a while,two massive white hands with certain black marks protruded out and grabbed the rift,the hands forcibly expanded the rift and went back into it again.


    After a while, countless beings started exiting the rift,the man looked at them and an overwhelming willpower literally pressed into the world, VanKcrow suddenly felt a monstrous willpower crashing into his mind,At this moment,He felt like his mind would instantly succumb.


    But it did not, instead,it kept on fighting against the foreign willpower, VanKcrow went above and beyond and desperately struggled against the force trying to consume him.


    He kept resisting for what felt like months and eventually,he started pushing back the willpower.


    After what felt like maybe an entire year, VanKcrow,Had consumed the remnant soul of Akerveyn,Heir of the world.


    ...


    VanKcrow woke up to find himself in a dark room,the only light coming from a hole in the ceiling.


    After a while spent standing in complete silence, VanKcrow climbed the stair and got out of the hole.

 Beginning

    A forest littered with Lushful green trees,A hole on the ground and two long and skeletal looking hands protruding out of the hole.


    A couple of seconds later,a man dressed in a long white robe with a black scarf wrapped around his waist was standing still in the forest,he was constantly scanning around with an expressionless face.


    After a while VanKcrow started walking towards the left...


    ...


    VanKcrow was still dwelling on all the events that happened to him, Being transported to another world wasn''t in his plans but it wasn''t an unwelcome situation.


    VanKcrow thought back to the information he had just received while still underground,


    -Name-VanKcrow-


    -Race-Human-


    -Aufstieg-Afanger-


    -Inheritance-Arrancarr-


    -Soul Bind-Arsenal-


    -Nodes-0-


    -Honor-Lord of Scarecrows-


    -Bloodline-Scarecrow-


    The information given to him, represented the cards he had to survive and thrive in this foreign planet.


    Of all the supernatural phenomenons he possessed,the only one he could currently use was "Arsenal",He had no nodes to perform spells, didn''t know how to use his inheritance,Had no idea what honor was,and didn''t know what the Scarecrow bloodline meant either.


    However,he was still very satisfied with the situation,at least,he wasn''t thrown into a foreign planet were supernatural abilities existed as just a normal human.


    It was very lucky that he was chosen by Achyeldonn, although that might not be the case for others if they were in his position...


    Most people would probably fail the trial...


    "Arsenal" wasn''t just two random swords,it actually had the power to transform into any type of sword he desired,and it also gave him the physique of a changeling.


    ''It probably has something to do with the ancient river of Hemitheos...''


    "Arsenal", would grow in power as he advanced as a changeling,It certainly is a great weapon.


    As VanKcrow was walking and dwelling in his thoughts,He Heard the roar of some type of creature,He thought of running away in the opposite direction,but for some reason,he could not.


    Against his will, VanKcrow started running with extreme speed in direction of the roar...


    ...


    Seraph was currently kneeling on the ground and using her sword as support,she was bleeding from her mouth and was breathing heavily.


    In front of her,was an Abomination,a being of extreme power, beside her was a young woman dressed in all black with a long jacket that reached her ankles,she was wearing laceless oxford style boots that ended just below her calves, she had  brown hair that was tied into a ponytail and with two fringes that ended just above her eyebrows,there was also a tall skinny young man with pink hair and a long black robe.


    They were Sephyr and Zion.


    The three of them were currently in a low level abnormal zone, they had come to hunt Beasts and earn nodes,it wasn''t supposed to be a hard task for three prodigies such as them, however...


    An Type 1 Abnormality occurred,an abomination appeared in a Afangerzone, Because of that,a simple task had turned into a harrowing battle for survival...


    "Damnit,how much longer can you two hold on?"


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    "Not much probably..."


    "I can''t believe I will die a virgin, Fuckin hell!!!"


    ''tsk, I''m also near my limit...''


    As the two headed abomination was in the middle of swinging it''s club, something strange happened...


    A young looking man dressed in a white robe suddenly appeared near them, before she could even process what was happening...


    The man went right next to the abomination and in response it changed the direction of the club,it was now swinging it straight towards him.


    ''fuck!!, he''s about to die!!''


    Seraph felt quite distressed for a moment,she didn''t know him but seeing another human get swished into meat paste certainly wasn''t something she wanted to see...


    However, instead of the harrowing fate she predicted for him, something very different happened.


    As soon as the club came into contact with the man''s outstretched right hand,it got completely ripped apart,and so did the abomination.


    In fact,space itself seemed to be ripped apart,it was the most ridiculous sight she had ever seen...


    Right afterwards,the man collapsed into the ground...


    ...


    VanKcrow woke up to find himself with his back layed to a tree trunk, around him were Three people, VanKcrow immediately got into a battle ready mode,at least mentally he did.


    Physically,he could not move an inch, after a few seconds,even his mind didn''t feel right.


    He felt as if his very soul was on the brink of being torn apart, something was trying to consume his soul, VanKcrow pushed back against it with all he had and after 10 or so minutes,it finally went away.


    Right afterwards,he finally had the chance to focus on the three people around him,A quite tall young woman with blonde hair,blue eyes,a burn mark on the left side of her face,and quite a muscular looking physique,she was wearing grey armor that perfectly fit into her figure,which is how he could deduce that she was probably quite a bit muscular,but her muscles weren''t very large however,but more like very defined.


    Next to her was a skinny looking young man with a somewhat gaunt face, piercings on his right ear,pink hair and green eyes.


    He was wearing a long mage like black robe.


    He was sitting down on the ground so he couldn''t decipher his height properly,but he looked to be quite tall, probably around 190 or so cm,a little bit taller than the blonde woman.


    And finally,there was a young woman who seemed to be around the same height as him,She had brown hair and amber eyes,she was dressed in all black with a long jacket.


    The three of them were all Looking in his direction,even though they noticed he was awake,none of them said anything...


    The four of them stayed in complete silence for a while before the blonde woman walked towards him.


    "Hi,are you feeling alright?"


    VanKcrow did not answer which resulted in a awkward silence.


    "Huh,well anyways,I must thank you for the help,If not for you,I don''t know if we would be able to survive..."


    "May I ask which faction you belong?"


    After another couple seconds of an awkward silence,the brown haired woman spoke,


    "Forget It,He doesn''t seem like the talking type,Now that he''s awoken,we should get out of here,I don''t want to stay in this fuckin place any longer than necessary."


    "I agree with Sephyr,we don''t know if another abomination might appear, let''s leave as soon as possible."


    Seraph looked at them before again turning to VanKcrow,"If you can move we''re about to leave this place,you can tag along if you want, It''s probably dangerous to walk around here by yourself..."


    After hearing her, VanKcrow tried to get up and was successful.


    ''I can finally move again...''


    ''I don''t know much about where I am,I should probably follow them...''


    "Alright."


    Upon hearing him, seraph made a slightly stunned expression.


    ''Quite a unique voice...''


    Beyond his voice,she thought the young man had a very unique appearance as well,his face was like a mixture of youthful beauty with a predatory like creepiness,very sharp eyes and down turned eyebrows, feminine like eyelashes,a slightly wide cutish nose, protruding cheekbones and a very sharp jawline.


    He also had strangely long canines...


    Looking at him made her remember some of the creatures she had seen in books.


    ''A werevampire?''


    "Okay then,I guess I should introduce myself then,I am Seraph,the young lady next to me is Sephyr,the young man is Zion."


    "You?"


    "VanKcrow."

 Ancient City

    VanKcrow was walking through the forest alongside the others,after a while,they reached a point were there seemed to be nothing ahead but pure darkness,At this time,Zion started performing certain weird chants,after a couple of seconds...


    A sort of gate or rift colored blue appeared out of thin air,Zion went through it and the rest including VanKcrow followed after him...


    ...


    From a rift floating in the air,four figures got out,they now found themselves in a forest with strange plants,these plants had a sort of meat like texture in their leaves which were colored blue.


    VanKcrow looked around to see that there were many other people around,most looking to be in their late teens and early twenties.


    "Well,I guess this is where we separate,once again,thank you for the help."


    Upon hearing Seraph, VanKcrow nodded slightly before walking away,he had no idea where he was heading but couldn''t ask too many questions to not sound suspicious.


    ''I will follow the crowd...''


    As Seraph watched VanKcrow walk away,she thought to herself,


    ''I wonder where did such a monster come from...I''ve never seen him before or heard of someone similar which is strange for someone who could single handedly kill an abomination...''


    "Hey,where do you think he came from?"


    "I don''t know, Probably the Sombras,I can''t think of any other faction that would hide away someone that strong."


    "Yea,maybe...


    He doesn''t really look like a Sombra however,And why exactly would a Sombra enter a free Zone?"


    Huh,wanna investigate?"


    As Zion proposed a  question to Seraph, Sephyr gave him a slightly intimidating look and said,


    "Don''t even think about it, Independents like us shouldn''t meddle in faction business,you better keep your mouth shut about what happened today lest you want to suddenly disappear."


    "Alright, alright..."


    ...


    VanKcrow was wandering through the blue forest,since he had no planned destination, VanKcrow was simply following after the Crowd,As he was walking, VanKcrow could spot countless abnormal looking zones,these Zones covered the vast majority of space leaving only relatively narrow roads filled with the Weird trees and plants.


    The people before him were constantly making turns to avoid the zones,after a long walk that lasted a couple of hours, VanKcrow could finally spot something that seemed man made,A massive black wall made out of some type of metal,the size of the wall dwarfed any building he had ever seen back on earth.


    The wall was composed of many long and thin segments, the top of the segments were pointy and sharp looking,like if someone had built the wall from numerous spears, VanKcrow followed the other people to the wall and after a while...


    Two massive hands came down from the sky and pulled one of the segments towards them,the people all started getting inside the wall and VanKcrow followed after them.


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    When everyone had gotten inside,the hands placed the segment back where it previously was.


    ...


    VanKcrow was now inside the wall,He could see countless constructs with different types of designs,some looked like European buildings,some like Eastern style Minkas,some like Arabic allhambra''s,some like Aztec teocallis,some like African huts and even a couple of skyscrapers.


    The city looked like a conjunction of different human territories from earth.


    After seeing the city, VanKcrow was feeling suspicious...


    ''These structures are remarkably similar to those of earth,and the people as well.


    I wonder how that came to be...''


    ''Even the language used by the Three people I met was very similar to English...''


    VanKcrow was walking through the city when he spotted what looked to be a inn...


    ...


    Many different people were inside a bar, some quietly drinking and others dancing around or loudly chatting.


    Suddenly,the doors opened and a man dressed in all white except for a black scarf entered the bar,some of the people looked at him for a little bit before going back to their business.


    VanKcrow had come to the inn to look for a temporary job,He had no money on him and no place to live either.


    Maybe the inn could offer both, VanKcrow went to a section next to where drinks were being served,there,he saw a young woman with long brown hair and green eyes,she had a very basically attractive face, upon noticing him she said,


    "How many rooms do you need..."


    The woman said this in a not so enthusiastic tone,she probably knew he would only need one.


    "One,but I have no money on me,is there another way to pay?,By temporarily helping around maybe?"


    "No money?..."


    The woman stayed silent for a bit and was scanning him from head to toe.


    ''He doesn''t really look homeless though...''


    "Huh,We are indeed needing some help,but I don''t know whether you''re fit for the job..."


    "What is it?"


    "Cooking,A chef recently left and we haven''t been able to replace him yet, It''s been quite hard on me to both work as a receptionist and Prepare food...That damn geezer won''t stop reprimanding me all the time..."


    "Oh,I apologize,I got carried away for a bit..."


    "You may take a test maybe,if you cook something the old man likes, I''m sure he would give you a job,even if just temporarily until we find an actual chef..."


    ....


    VanKcrow was now standing before a couple of ingredients, beside him was a pretty young woman and a muscular, strangely attractive old man,the old man looked like a model despite probably being around 70 or so, VanKcrow assumed he may be that old because his hair was extremely white,if not he probably would think he was in his early 40s.


    Although,in this world it seems humans have a wider variety of hair colors, VanKcrow had seen a couple of people with odd colored hair,but they were still quite rare.


    And counting the fact that the woman called him an old geezer,his white hair probably came from age.


    "Now brat, Quickly get to the cooking,I don''t have time to waste around you know..."


    Upon hearing the man, VanKcrow quickly got to preparing food, VanKcrow was quite confident in his cooking skills,after all he used to be a cook back when he was a soldier, despite being only 21 years old when he was in Earth,he had learned to cook from a young age.


    After a while, VanKcrow had prepared a dish known as butter chicken,he paired it with fried potatoes,mashed potatoes, lettuce, cucumber,and rice.


    VanKcrow''s suspicions deepened even further, somehow,even the food was similar to Earth...


    Although he could also spot some ingredients he had never seen before...


    The old man made an disgruntled expression and proceeded to eat the dish,after a while...


    "Kid,would you like to become a permanent chef?"


    The young woman made a stunned expression,she looked quite cute at the moment.


    "Huh???"


    "No,I plan to hunt Beasts and abominations, therefore I must decline."


    After hearing him,the two of them made an even more stunned expression than the one the woman made before.


    "NANI???"


    "Wait, You''re a Hero?,no,considering how young you look you would probably have to be a prodigent..."


    "How come you''re not at the Akademie?"


    The old man loudly exclaimed something before the woman started questioning him, VanKcrow,upon hearing the woman,Had already decided where he might need to go.


    ''Akademie...''

 Akademie

    VanKcrow was now standing in front of a massive building,the building was so large it could be called an island,And it''s size wasn''t the only reason...


    After all,the building was surrounded by water,it''s design was similar to a catredal,it was white with Gold engravings,there were red curtains in some of the windows and red carpets in  certain parts of the floor,there were white bridges adorned in gold,these bridges connected the building to the rest of the city.


    The water around the building didn''t look blue,but instead it looked golden,He didn''t even know if it was really water.


    Next to him,was the green eyed woman he met at the inn,Her name was Selia.


    Previously VanKcrow had spent quite a while learning about the world, during this time,he remained at the inn and worked as a cook,all throughout, VanKcrow had been improving his connection with "Arsenal".


    "Arsenal" was a soul Bind,An item that would bind to the user''s soul and could only be used by them, improving a connection with a soul bind would strengthen the ability of the weapon, because of that, VanKcrow had made quite a bit of improvement in his physical prowess,to improve connection with a soul Bind,one would have to learn the language of "Ars Legion",the language of soul binds.


    Soul binds didn''t have true conscience,but they had a certain type of "will",the better one could speak their language,the easier it would be to convince them to give the user more of their power.


    Soul binds were created by The God of weapons,Argent.


    Argent was a legendary figure who was part of the  Seekers of the world,a group of individuals who were comparable to the Honored Ones in power but never managed to find the truth of the Universe,The God of undead, Licht was also part of them.


    The Language of soul binds is found in the Scriptures of Argent, they are spread all throughout the world and desired by practically anyone who possessed a soul Bind,there were 9 different versions of the Scriptures,only the 1st one is widely available in Akash, VanKcrow had went to a library and managed to buy one with a loan from Selia,He had no money to repay her tough,so instead he agreed to bring her with him to the Akademie,she couldn''t frequent most areas where fated and changeling would be but it seemed she was satisfied with just being able to enter the guest area.


    Students at the Akademie could bring guests with them,this was done so that they wouldn''t need to be separated from their families for too long.


    After All,the City of Aertia was a massive city,it was bigger than most countries back on earth, therefore some families of students would live very far from the Akademie.


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    "Woaa,I never thought I''d be able to enter the Akademie in my life..."


    Selia exclaimed as she was looking at the Akademie with sparkling eyes.


    As the Two of them were standing still and looking at the marvelous construct,a sort of light enveloped both of them,The light was colored blue,after a while,the Light enveloping VanKcrow turned golden while the one enveloping Selia remained blue,once this happened,a golden gate appeared before them and they entered it.


    ...


    VanKcrow was now standing right before the Akademie, after a while,a tall and skinny man with yellow greenish hair and a goatee suddenly appeared out of thin air.


    "Hello younglings, This one is called Gevet, The young gentleman may Follow me to meet the principal,the young lady Will be taken to the guest area by miss Anna once we enter the Akademie"


    "Oh,Hello,nice to meet you sir!"


    Selia seemed quite nervous upon meeting Gevet,It seems she really admires Heroes.


    Well, that''s not surprising considering that heroes are the ones responsible for keeping the city safe, without them, Aertia would eventually be destroyed by a collapse...


    VanKcrow and Selia followed after Gevet, Eventually,the three of them entered the building through the massive red gate adorned in gold.


    "Well then,the two of you must separate now, Young Lady,you Will be hosted in room 4097, young sir may visit her anytime you wish."


    After Hearing him,Selia turned to VanKcrow and said somewhat awkwardly,"Huh,well,See you around then?"


    "Maybe."


    "I see,I wish you good luck in your apprenticeship, It''s unfortunate that you went through Sacrum Ritus so late,this means the time you''ve got to learn is much shorter than the rest,so if I could give you an advice, don''t worry too much if you fall behind the others after leaving the Akademie,with enough time it''s possible to catch up..."


    VanKcrow nodded slightly and Selia who was now accostumed to his quiet manner proceeded to say goodbye to him as she was looking around the Akademie.


    " Well,Farewell then, I''ll certainly enjoy my time here..."


    "To you as well."


    After VanKcrow said goodbye,An overweight middle aged woman came by and left with Selia, VanKcrow proceeded to follow Gevet to meet the principal...


    ...


    VanKcrow was standing before an old woman dressed up in a suit,the woman was quite tall and dignified looking, despite her age,she still retained a certain charm to her.


    The woman was Angelica,the first and current principal of the Akademie,she was about 200 years old, VanKcrow knew this because the Akademie and it''s personal were very famous in Aertia,Selia wouldn''t stop talking about The Principal,she was quite a legend both in Aertia and In the Ancient BattleField.


    "Well then, young man,this is quite the dilemma we have here..."


    "When Exactly did you say you went through Sacrum Ritus?"


    "About a month ago."


    "Huh...that is certainly a very unique situation, normally,those who inherited the Abilities of the sages and Soldner go through the ritual right before the start of a new Semester,but since you''re such a late bloomer,this semester is close to ending,This will probably put you at a considerable disadvantage compared to the others..."


    After staying in silence for a while, Angelica quietly muttered under her breath,


    "Well, there''s nothing we can do I guess..."


    "Alright, your room will be 9065,You will be placed on the class of Professor Bhrams,He is a somewhat strange Individual,but he''s not a bad person, therefore no need to be spooked by him.


    All the other classrooms are full already..."


    "Alright."

 Doll

    VanKcrow was currently sitting on a chair inside his room,the room didn''t look cheap but not expensive either,It was mostly grey in color,there was a large bed,a sofa with the logo of the famous brand Deliciae,a brand that was quite popular amongst young girls,there were two chairs,a small table and a fridge in the room, VanKcrow had previously seen a Couple of snacks when he opened the fridge,these ones being quite different from anything there was back on earth.


    There was also a stovetop,this wasn''t common for students to have, VanKcrow placed one in his room because he preferred to eat food that he himself made, VanKcrow was quite a bit germaphobic,he usually never ate from used cutleries, always wore gloves and avoided dirt.


    VanKcrow was currently studying the language of "Ars Legion",He was now almost done reading the first scripture of Argent,After a while, VanKcrow got up and went to Wash his hands, afterwards,He started preparing his meal of the evening.


    VanKcrow was focused on making a dish high in carnetine, carnetine helps preserve muscle glycogen and promote fat oxidation,it also spares the use of amino acids as energy source during exercise, making them potentially available for new protein synthesis, another function is to decrease the accumulation of lactate.


    Carnetine could be found mainly in red meat, VanKcrow was currently preparing a dish with the meat of a sort of cow like animal.


    Changeling had to be very careful with their diet as it directly affects their power, eating a bad diet that negatively impacts the androgen receptor status can severely decrease the combat capacity of a changeling.


    They also had to constantly train their bodies to remain in good physical shape.


    Humans of this world are very similar to those of Earth, digestive system included.


    The only major differences being that they could absorb all the nutrients from foods they ate and didn''t need bacteria to help with the process.


    This was because of a blessing given to them a long time ago by the God of Survival, Persist.


    Back in the year 10456,a certain parasitical being infested the bacterias which help living beings to survive, humanity was almost extinct,they only survived because of the interference of Persist.


    Persist brought the sacred trees as gits for humanity,these trees had fruits that became the only reason humans didn''t die in Masses.


    After VanKcrow ate dinner, he took a cold shower and then went to sleep.


    ...


    It was now morning,this would be his first day of attending classes, VanKcrow was currently dressed in a long white robe,he had a long and somewhat thin wrap around both his hands and forearms which looked similar to long white gloves,in all his fingers,parts of a leather glove were present,all together,it sort of looked as if he was wearing  black and white gloves.


    VanKcrow was wearing an extremely dark colored pants and the black scarf from before was wrapped around his waist,a laceless oxford style boot equal to the one Sephyr wore except quite a bit longer was found in both his feet.


    VanKcrow had pretty long feet and hands,his ring finger was longer than his index finger and his browrigde was quite pronounced, all this was likely partly due to being exposed to alot of testosterone during puberty,due to this he also had a very high ape index,ape index is how long someone''s arms are in comparison to their height, VanKcrow had a reach of 193cm despite being 172cm,this gave him a large advantage in certain situations because he could have the reach of a very tall man without the drawbacks of being tall such as less balance,his ape index was a large factor in helping him beat the mad  monk who was quite a bit bigger than him, because of his long arms,he had enough reach to not be put in severe disadvantage when fighting much taller and bigger opponents and also had more room to put on muscle which would help with strength,all this would be not that important for fated,but for changeling,their natural physical structure plays a large part in their fighting capacities,with Vankcrow''s long arms,he would be able to mitigate the reach,power and strength disadvantage he would be in when fighting strong Changeling who are usually quite physically large,paired up with the fact that he would have better speed and endurance,his unarmed combat potential was quite decent at least and his sword fighting potential was very good since sword fights depended much less on strength and power but still demand a long reach to increase the chances of victory.


    ''This body is remarkably similar to the one I had back on Earth...''


    Before,when Vankcrow first arrived into this world,he hadn''t even realized that he wasn''t in his original body.


    The main difference between this body and his previous one would be symmetry,this body was practically perfectly symmetric which is incredibly rare,like an robot or a carefully constructed statue or something.


    The scars he had before were also not present in this body.


    Vankcrow suspected that whoever made this body,did it with the purpose of creating an assassin.


    Otherwise why would they give it practically perfect features for combat but make it be only 172 cm?


    If the purpose was to create an assassin, things would make sense since being tall and big wouldn''t really help with stealthily infiltrating places and performing long assassination missions...


    That is of course assuming that this body was indeed created through unnatural means instead of normal offspring creation,the strange symmetry,the scarecrow bloodline and the fact that he was in a capsule made him think that he was maybe in the body of a homunculus or something,but if that was the case,why would the status screen show that his race was human?


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    After preparing everything he would need at the classroom, VanKcrow left the room and walked down the hall.


    ...


    A Tall man with a slightly muscular physique was sitting before a table,in front of him, countless papers were scattered throughout the table,the man was dressed up in a suit,had very dark hair and was wearing a white mask, although one couldn''t see his actual face,one could still see the very robust structure that hid behind the mask,the mask perfectly fit into his face, making it so that the shape of his eyes,nose and lips could be clearly seen.


    He looked almost like a Doll.


    After a while spent completely still without letting out a single breath, Brahms,or Bhrams according to the principal who could not pronounce his name properly, heard a knock at the door and slowly turned his head towards it,a few seconds later,he got up in a somewhat robotic manner and slowly walked towards the door.


    ...


    VanKcrow had just knocked at the door of the classroom,he was quite a bit early to avoid walking down the halls when they would be filled with students, VanKcrow didn''t like crowds.


    After waiting for a while,the door opened and he could now see a tall man with a white mask on his face,upon seeing him, VanKcrow could see why the principal had told him not to be spooked, although VanKcrow didn''t really care about the odd looking teacher,The only thing that matters to him is The teacher''s teaching capacity.


    VanKcrow and the teacher stood silent for a while and then Brahms walked back to his table right after pointing towards a chair by the window.


    VanKcrow proceeded to sit at the chair and waited for about 30 minutes before students started coming into the classroom.


    One thing that he noticed,was how downcast the students seemed to be,one especially, looked completely depressed,it was a frail looking boy who was dressed shabbily.


    Upon seeing him, VanKcrow felt something resonating deep into his bloodline, although he himself didn''t know what was happening.


    He just felt a strange connection with the boy who proceeded to sit right next to him.


    Another person that grabbed his attention,was a dark skinned girl with white hair and amber eyes.


    Unlike the rest,she didn''t seem downcast but instead pissed off.


    Some of the students looked at him for a while,but none of them struck up a conversation.


    After a while, Professor Brahms got up and went near a board.


    In a strangely calm and relaxing voice he spoke,


    "Today marks 11 months since the start of the semester,one month from now,you will all completely form your origin and be able to cast Spells,use authorities, the curse and release your inheritances,once you do,you will become Heroes and be allowed to enter the Abnormal zones.


    Therefore,for the next month,you will all undergo a strict training program to prepare you for the hardships of abnormal zones.


    The training program will be held together with the other classes."


    After Brahms finished speaking,a few disgruntled expressions could be seen throughout the classroom.


    "The program will be held in miss Angelica''s soul Mundus,you Will all be training in how to battle against other fated with spells and if you''re a changeling,how to deal with spells by using your physical prowess.


    The reverse is also true,fated will learn how to overcome their physical inferiority in combat by using their spells, the curse,inheritances and authorities.


    Battles against other changeling will happen as well.


    And lastly,all of you will learn how to fight against beasts and monsters."


    "With that said, today,We will be reviewing all the fate spells, authorities,the Black rest curse and your individual inheritances if you were appraised ."


    As Brahms was speaking, VanKcrow was wondering about the principal''s soul Mundus.


    It was a very unique one in a sense that it was humongous and could also host the souls of others.


    Because of this,the Akademie was very influential and even The Factions would send their prodigents to the academy,this was because The prodigents would be able to enter her soul Mundus and go to certain trials that would increase their Proficiency in using spells, authorities and inheritances before they completely formed their origin.


    Origin is what allows fated and changeling to harvest Animae,cast Spells, use authorities and inheritances if one was fated or activate their battle form if one was a changeling.


    Origin would fully form about an year after the Fated or changeling went through Sacrum Ritus.


    Sacrum Ritus is the ritual that turns someone into a fated or Changeling.


    During that year which their origin hasn''t formed fully, prodigents can''t use their abilities.


    So instead of just wasting time,they come to the Akademie to undergo the trials made by the principal and increase their battle proficiency.


    "Fated can cast 8 different spells,those being,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,Schalten which can switch your identity with someone else in the minds of others,Iahmen which has the effect of paralization,Duell which can make it so that only you can fight someone else and only they can fight you for a certain period of time,and finally,Zurucksetsen which can revert your body to the state it was at the start of a specific battle."


    "The Authorities are, light of judgement which can temporarily destroy conscience,Sage Instinct which creates a sort of "will" that can fight in your stead,it will have the same combat proficiency as you do,


    Sin of Knowledge which gives forbidden knowledge to someone,Rest which puts either you or someone else to sleep temporarily, during this time,the only action that can be taken against either you or them is the  Black rest Curse."


    "Finally,the Black rest curse is an onmious power that can consume someone''s soul if they are asleep."


    "Now you might wonder why I''m telling you this yet again,but it is imperative to understand how to use each spell, authority and the curse to achieve victory in battles and get out of tough situations..."


    Brahms proceeded to give a long lecture on how to use each spell, authority and the Black rest curse, VanKcrow listened attentively to better learn to fight as a fated,he had considerably less time than most to do that.


    After the class was over,They all went to a large plaza,there, countless other students and their teachers were waiting to be transported to the Principal''s Soul Mundus.

 Trials

    Professor Brahms was currently looking at the principal,most people would treat her as an elder,but professor Brahms was an exception,after all,he was even older than she was.


    The principal was in the midst of giving some sort of inspirational speech, although Brahms wasn''t very inspired by it,and neither were his students for the most part,after all,they knew this training camp would end in their class performing the worst out of all classes,they were the so called "loser class" after all.


    In the Akademie of Herois, students would be given a chance to choose their classroom based on their performance in the initial evaluation exam, Brahms didn''t have a very good reputation, therefore,only the students who placed the lowest would end up at his class.


    There were around 10 thousand students at the Akademie,And there was 100 classrooms,each classroom would be given a rating according to the performances of the students that frequented it in the past,If a classroom ranked high,it likely meant that the teaching methods of the professor was effective,and Brahms, wasn''t a very good teacher to say the least,the only reason he was even a teacher was due to the low availability of high rank Heroes who desired to become teachers, teaching at the Akademie was a very demanding job which required the teachers to spend hours of their day teaching,those hours could be used to improve their strength instead,to become a teacher,one needed to be at least a Light Keeper,this was because the teaching methods involved using The soul Mundus of others to set up certain trials, normally,these trials would only involve learning how to cast Spells,the curse, authorities and using the Ausstrahlung.


    This was because actual soul battles could harm the soul if a protective charm wasn''t used, protective charms were very rare and the Akademie only had one that could be activated one month at a time, during this month, students would be able to actually use what they learned previously in combat amongst themselves and against certain beings that reside in the principal''s soul Mundus.


    The effectiveness of the trials would depend on the teacher''s inner soul Mundus,the more "peaceful" the inner soul Mundus,the better the students can focus on learning, and Brahms,had a not so very "peaceful" inner soul Mundus, he even had to use his inheritance to make being inside his soul Mundus more bearable for others,if not for his inheritance,he wouldn''t ever be allowed to be a teacher at the Akademie,they wouldn''t want to traumatize the students after all.


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    However,His soul Mundus was still not very effective in teaching , because of this combined with his unsettling behaviors and looks, Brahms class was avoided by all the students, his class practically always placed last in the interclass competitions, therefore none of them were very excited to enter it, except for a few of them maybe...


    Although normally the only people who end up in his classroom are untalented students who perform poorly, sometimes there are exceptions,like a student this year who Ended up in his classroom for misconduct at the initial evaluation and being placed last due to that,or a student who somehow ended up going through Sacrum Ritus a month before the end of the semester...


    This year his classroom may end up placing at least in the middle of the rankings because the Heir of the Levont Clan ended up being forced to attend his classes due to misconduct,there was also someone else who may change things somewhat...


    ''That boy...I don''t know what to expect from him,on one hand,I can feel that he isn''t a normal person,if he is a changeling,I believe he should be able to perform very well on the competitions,on another hand,he hasn''t had any time to improve his fate skills, therefore he would likely be in a massive disadvantage in case he is a fated.


    Which is probably the case...''


    ''That brat Angelica couldn''t even notify me of his Iter Herois,now I''m over here trembling nervously...''


    Although Brahms wasn''t very well liked amongst the students because of his odd behavior,he cared quite a lot about them,he wanted his class to at least not place the last yet again.


    Placing near the top of the rankings would be practically impossible, especially not this year since the prodigents this time were abnormally fierce,


    ''many clans have produced exceptional prodigies,and there have been a couple of very capable Insolens,I wonder if calamitous times are coming yet again...''


    As professor Brahms was dwelling on his thoughts,the principal finished her speech and proceeded to bring the souls of all the students and the teachers inside her inner soul Mundus.


    ...


    VanKcrow now found himself in a beautiful forest,there were trees with countless fruits,all looking exotic,many different rare animals could be found in the trees,exotic looking birds flew in the sky.


    Animals that seemed like predators were peacefully coexisting with those that seemed like prey.


    A massive pond with beautiful azure colored water was in the middle of a lake,the sky was incredibly clear and the temperature was not too hot or too cold either.


    The forest looked like a sort of paradise.


    Around him, countless other students were now wandering about the forest, those near him were showing awed expressions on their faces.


    After a while, several figures rose from the ground and flew into the sky, VanKcrow could spot professor Brahms among them,after a while,the principal started explaining the rules of the competitions.


    This would Mark VanKcrow''s first time facing other people since coming into this world.

 Battle Royale

    VanKcrow was currently falling from the sky, below him,the visage of the beautiful forest was completely gone, instead,it was replaced by countless different zones, each of these Zones was the inner soul Mundus of a different teacher.


    All of these inner soul Mundus were currently a part of the principal''s inner soul Mundus,her soul Mundus was truly enormous, enough to fit the soul Mundus of 100 different people.


    Some of these soul Mundus gave off a serene feeling,while others gave off a sinister feeling.


    This was because the inner soul Mundus is decided by someone''s personality and history, therefore those with bright personalities and a cheerful history would generally have serene inner soul Mundus while those who possess an onmious personality and history would have a sinister inner soul Mundus.


    Currently,the competition had already started,the students would soon land on the ground and when they did,a battle royale would unfold.


    The students would be able to use their abilities inside the trial,this was because of the inheritance of the principal,the inheritance of one of the descendants of the Hemitheos of trials,Diacheiristis.


    VanKcrow however, would not be able to use his inheritance since he didn''t consent to being appraised,altough according to the Gesandter,the status screen,he would only be in danger when he awakened Arrancarr,he still wasn''t comfortable with letting others perform appraisal on it.


    Last time,when he was in the abnormal zone,he somehow was able to use arrancarr despite not yet forming his origin.


    He didn''t know exactly why that happened...


    On the other hand,he had figured out that the reason why he can use "Arsenal",is because soul binds don''t need the user to have a fully formed origin to be used.


    In the Battle Royale,


    Everyone would be worth one point,if one killed someone else,they would gain one point and would now be worth 2 points and so on.


    The number of points would appear above the heads of the participants.


    After the battle ends,the classroom that had the most points would be the winner of the first competition.


    If one found a member of their class,they could team up against others, however,only the one who performed the killing blow would receive a point.


    Everytime one killed someone else,the number above their head would increase,if someone else managed to kill them,they would get all the points they had.


    There would be 4 different competitions each week until the end of the month,they were currently in the month of Ethel,the month of Ethel was named after princess Ethel of the Kingdom of Ambrosia,a kingdom that did not exist anymore.


    Before the Apocalypse that happened around 147 thousand years ago, Princess Ethel was one of the greatest figures of planet Era,she was a rare exception of a woman who was a very powerful changeling,her semi Hemitheos form could transform her into a metal warrior with 4 wings,she was wielder of the soul bind, Levyathenn,a legendary spear which had the ability to multiply itself and could be controlled by the user''s will.


    She also was a fated,her inheritance being that of the Hemitheos of courage,Gennaia,an inheritance which could either give or take courage from others.


    Princess Ethel was a major figure in the Apocalyptic war, therefore she was honored by those who survived by naming a month of the calendar after her.


    The same applied to the Golden Hero Aureus, A man who later went on to become an honored one,many think Princess Ethel would also eventually become one if not for her perishing during the Apocalypse.


    As VanKcrow was falling,he was noting the position of all the students near him,that way he would have an approximate idea of where they were right upon landing,most of the other students were doing the same.


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    VanKcrow looked down to see that he was falling right into a snowy zone without many obstacles,this meant that he would engage in direct battle more frequently than ambushes,99 or so other students would be falling in the same zone as him.


    ...


    102 figures landed upon the snowy ground, immediately after,A young man dressed in a white robe charged forwards and cut the head of a lanky youth with shoulder length long hair,the youth who had been trying to cast a spell showed a shocked look before his soul was pulled back into his body outside.


    ''wtf...?''


    VanKcrow, unlike other changeling,got his abilities from "Arsenal",which meant that by improving his connection with "Arsenal", VanKcrow would improve his physical prowess, unlike others who needed to perform arduous physical training.


    Because He had already read the first scripture of Argent,his physical prowess had already increased quite a bit, unlike others who would only be able to do that once their origin fully formed.


    The downside being that he couldn''t improve his changeling physique with physical training, VanKcrow would need to find all the 9 Scriptures of Argent to fully develop his capabilities as a changeling.


    The lanky youth didn''t release any blood or feel any pain,this was because the principal could decide how the souls manifested in her soul Mundus,since she wouldn''t want the students to yet feel the actual feeling of dying or killing someone,she made the trials feel like sort of a videogame.


    Immediately after VanKcrow killed the lanky youth,an slightly overweight youth with brown hair cast Ziehen and pulled VanKcrow towards him,his goal was to make VanKcrow end up right in the middle of a battle between a dark haired girl and a dark haired boy who


    Were fighting ahead of him,He would not get the kill but he just wanted to get rid of VanKcrow early after seeing him insta kill someone else who he knew should not be much weaker than himself,The Dark haired boy who was now somewhat under the effect of paralization spotted VanKcrow and took the chance to swing his longsword forward in an attempt to quickly kill VanKcrow, because he immediately engaged in combat with the dark haired girl he hadn''t seen VanKcrow killing the lanky youth and didn''t know of his strength.


    However, before his sword could come in contact with its target,a long Montante type blade replaced the one handed sword previously found on the target''s right hand,the boy found himself pierced in the throat and  turned into blue sparkles.


    VanKcrow who had previously let himself be carried forwards, forcibly stopped himself from going any further,he looked right at the girl who was to his right and threw "Arsenal" forwards right in her direction,she had previously engaged in a  battle of Iahmen and lost by losing half her characters, due to that,she was more immobilized than the boy and could barely move an inch, therefore,she was pierced by the blade and died.


    VanKcrow then looked right at the Brown haired boy who had just regained his ability to cast Spells,the boy had an inheritance that allowed him to see the combat proficiency of other fated,he had previously analyzed the Combat proficiency of the 10 people near him and at first didn''t worry about VanKcrow,but then he saw him insta killing the lanky youth.


    ''this guy is so strong yet he doesn''t even know how to use fate,he must definitely be a changeling as well,are changeling that strong?''


    The brown haired boy,Olaf, already knew that changeling were usually very strong,at least comparable to a weak 2nd Origin, however,the strength the strange Skinwalker looking guy just showed seemed even more extreme than that.


    ''Fuck it,what a bad luck...''


    Olaf knew he probably wasn''t going to last long fighting against the changeling, therefore he immediately used Bewegen to pull himself towards the furthest person, Fortunately for him,that person was quite weak so he managed to quickly defeat them by getting rid of their ???,He barely managed to reach his target alive,The Skinwalker looking guy had jumped forwards towards him but was interrupted by an extremely overweight youth that landed right before him.


    Olaf quickly despatched of the student he just defeated in an altar and proceeded to run away from the location.


    ...


    VanKcrow now found himself having a staring contest with a very overweight person who had a strangely sharp looking face,very sharp yellow colored eyes, yellow hair tied into a man bun, purple clothes and an oxford shoe in both his large feet.


    "Hey there fella, Quite the impressive performance there huh?,how about we have a litt...Achiu,kkkk,a little...Du...ell?"


    The overweight boy seemed to have trouble speaking, VanKcrow didn''t pay attention to that however, instead,he was looking at the number above the boy''s head.


    ''27?''


    Somehow,the boy had already killed 27 people.

 Yoggot

    VanKcrow was currently looking at the boy who stood before him,he looked to be around 17 or 18 years old, around the same age that VanKcrow looked to be.


    And since he was a student at the Akademie,he most likely was 17 years old,close to being 18.


    VanKcrow''s current body was also 17 years old and close to being 18,he knew this because the Akademie would perform skeletal age tests in the rare cases were students didn''t know their exact year of birth.


    In Akash, children could only be born during the month of fertilitas,the reason being the curse cast by the God of the Anti-Life,Anthydeotd, Around 15 thousand years ago,The God of the Anti-Life had cast a curse that would absorb the souls of any fetus in the continents of Akash and Shi no Kuni.


    It is unknown why he did that,but he was given the name of the God of the Anti-Life due to his actions and hated by the entire continent of Akash due to them.


    Back then Anthydeotd was practically invincible throughout the world,no one was able to stop him or the curse for years, eventually however,the Bloodtree Saintess managed to perform a ritual that sacrificed the lives of countless people to pay tribute to the goddess of life,Matre.


    This ritual lasted 30 days and was performed in the month of Fertilitas,the first month of the year.


    From what''s known today about those days,the Bloodtree Saintess wished to get rid of the curse for good, however,she only managed to make it so that it would not function during the month of Fertilitas anymore.


    In response to her actions,The God of the Anti-Life Annihilated the entire continent of Shi no Kuni,and Akash would follow the same fate if not for Some sort of ritual or magic performed by the inhabitants of Shi no Kuni before their demise.


    After the God of Anti-Life, another disaster struck Akash in the form of his inheritor, Annihilate, annihilate had figured out that unlike what most thought,the god of the Anti-Life did not die after being struck by the curse, instead he had his powers sealed and was trapped in the mist, Annihilate therefore cast a curse similar to the one Anthydeotd cast but instead of affecting all fetuses,it only affected those who inherited the Abilities of the sages and Soldner,and similar to Anthydeotd,the Bloodtree Saintess also left and inheritance,which was Inherited by The future Honored One,Vajra.


    Vajra followed the footsteps of her master and also performed a ritual,hers was for the god of the new year,Weiss,the ritual worked somewhat, a protective charm was placed in Akash, however,it would only work on the day of the new year.


    Because of that, fated children in Akash all have the same birthday.


    Every new years eve,couples in Akash would join themselves together to produce an offspring,the goal was to ensure that their children had the chance to be born as a fated,this was known as the Holy Ceremony of the Heroes.


    Almost all the students at the Akademie had the exact same birthday since almost all of them were fated, changeling were only about 5 or so % of the students in Akash, Changeling are mainly found in the continent of Salvation.


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    VanKcrow would soon fully form his origin since he would turn 18 which is when the origin fully form itself, normally this would happen one year after Sacrum Ritus, however,he was a special case...


    ...


    High up in the sky,the figures of a hundred or so people were completely still,they were the teachers and the principal.


    Currently,they were attentively watching the Battle Royale unfolding below,some of them were discussing the most noteworthy candidates of this year''s competition.


    "So miss Shang,wanna make a bet on who wins this year''s final competition?"


    "Tsk,you degenerate gambler,still betting even at this time?"


    Instead of miss Shang,A Dark skinned woman with black hair responded.


    "Now,why not?,it''s certainly quite entertaining..."


    "In fact,why don''t me and you make a bet?,I Personally bet on Lady Anneliese,I expect you would bet on your sister no?"


    "I have no interest in taking part in your addiction..."


    "Twenty Geistertores."


    "...,Deal."


    "Oh,miss Hannah,mind checking if My degenerate habits aren''t infectious?"


    Zagreb spoke while making a smug look towards Levant''s direction,She made an annoyed expression but didn''t retort.


    Instead,she said,


    "Huh,I bet on Yakone."


    "Huh,not your sister?,come on,where is the family spirit?"


    "Tsk,that God damn brat is definitely going be be expelled from the competitions,I doubt she makes past this round."


    ''Huh,well,I guess she''s not wrong...''


    "How about you miss Shang?,wanna bet?"


    "No, I''ll pass, Unfortunately I don''t have the luxury of betting anything as valuable as 20 Geistertores."


    "May I join in?"


    A Muscular man with an average height and yellow hair that was shaped into many goldilocks spoke from a little bit far away.


    ''this bastard has been eavesdropping...''


    Zagreb didn''t say anything since he knew Yaggent would place a bet anyway.


    And indeed he soon said,"I''ll bet on my cousin,Yoggot."


    ...


    VanKcrow was currently Carefully analyzing the opposition, somehow the boy before him had already killed 27 people.


    There were two possibilities VanKcrow was seriously considering,either he was much stronger than VanKcrow himself,or he had an inheritance specifically suited for mass killings.


    Without wasting any more time, Yoggot jumped forwards with extreme speed,his massive hands coming near VanKcrow in an instant, VanKcrow could barely react properly, however, using his skills he had honed for years as a soldier,he managed to somewhat predict the Yoggot''s movements and moved his head to the left,his left hand was now between Yoggot''s hands and his face,that was the only reason he didn''t get his face caved in by the back of the hand of Yoggot that instead came into contact with his palms.


    VanKcrow''s left hand almost crashed into his face but he managed to stop it just in time,Yoggot proceeded to stop attacking for a second and spoke.


    "Huh,nice reflexes..."


    "You know, I''m both a fated and changeling,a 1st origin at that,and my inheritance gives me enhanced physical prowess as well,most people would have died from that str...I..kke."


    As Yoggot was speaking, VanKcrow was analyzing his palm that now felt quite a bit numb.


    ''He is quite strong,I most likely won''t win without "Arsenal".''


    VanKcrow had previously thrown away "Arsenal" and before he could recover it,Yoggot had suddenly appeared before him.


    VanKcrow had previously summoned "Arsenal",just after Yoggot''s appearance, however,it took quite a while for "Arsenal",to be summoned back to him.


    Which is why he faced Yoggot barehanded,but just after Yoggot''s statements,"Arsenal", found itself in his left hand in the shape of a longsword.


    Now, armed with "Arsenal",he would continue his battle against the strongest Prodigent of the Harrow Clan.

 Confrontation

    A tall youth with a very overweight physique and yellow hair was currently standing still amidst dozens of other youths who were fiercely engaged in combat.


    A couple of meters in front of him lay a youth with a height of a little bit below the average height for males of 175cm in the continent of Akash,he had a very lean body which gave  him a somewhat undead like appearance,he was also standing still.


    Both of them were analyzing the opposition,


    ''this guy... I''m combining my Ausstrahlung with my inheritance to increase my physical prowess as well as casting different spells to hinder his movements yet he is still managing to fight me in equal footing...His physical prowess is abnormally high and he is predicting my movements...My clan is one that specializes in hand to hand combat,I have been training ever since I was 5.


    How can the disparity between our skills be so high?...,and that weapon, it''s very troublesome to deal with..., I''m not certain but it should be a soul bind...How exactly does he have one?,as far as I know,only prodigents from the most powerful clans could maybe have a soul bind.


    I myself don''t even have one...


    Hehe,this will be fun...''


    Deciding to go all out, Yoggot summoned his Avatar, being able to summon an Avatar despite not even having formed his Origin is one of the reasons Yoggot is considered to be the greatest prodigy the Harrow Clan has produced over the last a hundred years.


    Fated could summon up to 6 different Avatars,this is possible due to the Soldner bloodline.


    All human fated except for those who absorbed a soul to gain their abilities had the bloodline  "Wehrmacht von Salbei",which translates to Soldier of the Sage in the common language.


    This bloodline was the result of a fusion between the souls of the sages and the souls of the Soldner, therefore,it would give those who inherited it both the abilities of the sages and the Soldner.


    The spells, traits and the ability to manifest soul Mundus into the physical realm came from the sages while the Ausstrahlung,the armor that gives fated their enhanced physical prowess came from the Soldner,


    The Avatars also came from them,they would take a form similar to the summoner,they were invisible in the physical realm and could only be sensed through the use of spiritual sense.


    Avatars could be used to combat enemies or they could be used as sacrifices to receive a Blessing,a Blessing is what allows fated to use their inheritance in combat.


    Although certain inheritance abilities could be used without the need of a sacrifice,like Yoggot''s physical prowess enhancement.


    The stronger the avatar,the stronger the blessing would be and therefore the stronger the inheritance ability used.


    The ability to absorb Avatars would depend on someone''s Origin,if one had a 1st origin,they would be able to absorb stronger Avatars than those with 2nd,3rd and 4th origins.


    It was also possible to sacrifice the Avatars of others if one managed to purge them.


    A long time ago,it was possible to sacrifice the souls of humans to receive blessings, although this would only be possible if one had an inheritance from a Diabolos or their descendants, The remnant souls of Hemitheos did not accept human souls.


    However, Honored One,Amethaya,The Human Emperor, through the use of unknown means, changed how sacrifices work and banned the use of human souls completely.


    This happened around 96 thousand years ago during the Era of Lost Souls...


    To use an Avatar,one generally needed exceptional multitasking skills,they would need to simultaneously control their own body and the avatar.


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    This is one of the reasons why it''s very rare for someone of Yoggot''s age to be able to not only summon but also properly use one in battle.


    After summoning his Avatar, Yoggot proceeded to request his "Die Hand".


    "Die Hand",is something that was added to the fate system by the God of Gambling,Visseos, Visseos was  the most powerful amongst all the Seekers of the World, considered by most to be The only one among them that could rival the two strongest Honored ones, Akerveyn and Achyeldonn.


    Visseos, wasn''t a fated or a changeling, instead,he was an abomination, however,he was a very unique abomination since he wasn''t inherently extremely malicious like all other abominations.


    Abominations all have something called Authority,this would give them authority over certain ideas,most of them have authority over "annihilation",Vessios however,had 5 different Authorities unrelated to "annihilation".


    Light of judgement,Sage Instinct,sin of Knowledge,Rest and Rest of the blessed one.


    Right before he disappeared forever,Vessios had imparted his Authorities into the Schicksal.


    Authorities and the Black rest Curse would be given at random in each "Die Hand".


    The ones given are called Karten.


    Both parties would receive three different Karten,they would have to predict the opponent''s Karten to increase their probability of winning.


    Yoggot received sage instinct,rest and Black rest.


    ''what an amazing Hand...''


    With sage instinct,yoggot would be able to let the avatar fight for itself without needing to control it,with rest he would be able to put his opponent to sleep and with Black rest he would be able to "consume their soul", although in this trial ,the soul would not actually be affected, instead,the principal''s ability would simulate the effect of when the soul is consumed.


    "Well then friend,show me all you''ve got..."


    ...


    A large figure ran through the snow at extreme speed,upon coming near the target,the figure swung it''s fists in direction of a robust jaw, simultaneously, Ziehen was cast,the purpose being to increase the damage dealt to the opponent.


    When someone is coming forwards towards you,the damage you can deal to them is higher than if they were still.


    A long sword found itself in front of the fist, ready to slice through it,an open palm replaced the closed fist and grabbed the blade in a tight grip,a small cut was left but otherwise,no damage was brought to Yoggot''s hand.


    A high kick flew upwards in direction of VanKcrow''s jaw,VanKcrow let go of "Arsenal" and raised his left arm to meet the kick, after blocking the attack with his elbow, VanKcrow summoned "Arsenal" again in the form of a katana and swung it forwards with his right hand.


    Before the katana could do proper damage however...It was caught between sharp and black colored teeth.


    VanKcrow tried to swing it forwards in a attempt to cut Yoggot''s head but he could not budge even a single bit.


    Yoggot brought his leg down and tried to kick VanKcrow''s ribs but was Blocked by A hard shin,VanKcrow proceeded to change "Arsenal" into a short sword and threw it forwards towards Yoggot''s neck,Yoggot barely managed to  catch it with his hands but right after "Arsenal" changed into a longsword yet again,Yoggot could not react and his throat was pierced.


    Yoggot let go of the blade completely and dropped his hands down, despite all this, VanKcrow did not let his guard down.


    A wise choice since immediately after...A massive feeling of dizziness manifested itself in his mind,if VanKcrow had relaxed,he would have immediately falled asleep.


    This was the effect of Rest, Yoggot had waited until the time he thought VanKcrow would let his guard down to use Rest.


    His plan was to make VanKcrow fall asleep and defeat him with Black Rest.


    However, despite feeling extremely dizzy, VanKcrow managed to not fall asleep.


    This was due to a very particular ability of changelings to resist mental attacks,the AndroGennan,an enhanced version of the androgen receptor status would resist any type of force attempting to manipulate the mind of a changeling, however,if one was in a relaxed state,this effect would lessen considerably.


    ''he resisted it?''


    Yoggot was currently quite shocked,he hadn''t expected VanKcrow to resist the effect of Rest.


    ''well then,I guess it''s time I use my Avatar...''


    Previously,Yoggot hadn''t used his Avatar since he sent it to go kill other students that where nearby,he had been quite confident in being able to defeat VanKcrow without it,but now that confidence waned a bit...

 Harrowing

    ''How did he not die?''


    VanKcrow was a quite paranoid person,which is why he did not drop his guard even after Yoggot''s throat was pierced.


    However, after actually seeing Yoggot still alive,His head was filled with questions.


    He hadn''t seriously expected Yoggot not to die...


    ''It must be his inheritance,but what kind of inheritance can allow someone to have such high defensive prowess?''


    On the other end,Yoggot was also wondering about VanKcrow,


    ''How paranoid must this person be...and even then,to be able to resist rest that well,his AndroGennan must be exceptional...''


    After a while , Yoggot''s Avatar had come back from where Yoggot had sent it, The avatar went to the left while Yoggot went right.


    VanKcrow could now sense a sort of "presence","Arsenal",was speaking to him and warning him of something dangerous nearby.


    VanKcrow returned "Arsenal" to its original form, right after...


    He felt himself being paralyzed somewhat, however, using the extreme physical capacity of a changeling,he managed to fight it of somewhat.


    VanKcrow jumped towards the Avatar,he pierced forward with the blade in his right hand and the Avatar stopped in it''s track,it could feel that the weapon was dangerous to it, right afterwards, VanKcrow changed Arsenal into a long rapier that found itself located in his left hand,the rapier almost managed to pierce the chest of Yoggot but he used Bewegen to pull himself towards his Avatar that was on the left barely managing to escape the attack.


    ''why did the Avatar not press forward?''


    ''this guy is full of mysteries huh?''


    Yoggot and the avatar went forward at the same time,now they were right next to each other, Yoggot had decided that since the avatar didn''t want to press forward by itself,he would serve as the tank and give it a chance to attack when the opponent was restrained.


    Yoggot''s inheritance gave him 6 different abilities,one is to give him the physical prowess of a Baakgaan, another is to give his hands the properties of the hands of a Crusher, another is to give him the revival ability of an Immortan, Another is to give him the teeth,mouth,massater muscles and digestive system of a Davaak, another one gives him the skull of a predator and the last one is to summon the harrowing.


    Yoggot''s inheritance was very special since most of its abilities are passive, unlike others who have a high level inheritance.


    Passive abilities don''t require a sacrifice while active abilities do.


    The only active ability of his inheritance is the harrowing,an ability specifically designed for mass devastation of life.


    However,it''s activation conditions are quite harsh...


    Due to yoggot''s inheritance,his hands, teeth and skull are extremely hard and the only way for someone of his own age to usually kill him is to use an attack that aims straight at the soul.


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    Although in this trial,all attacks would technically hit the soul,but due to the protective charm they would not leave any damage,the principal''s ability is what decides if one has "died" or not.


    ...


    VanKcrow changed "Arsenal" into a long odachi and slashed in direction of the avatar''s head, however,the avatar and yoggot quickly changed positions and yoggot tanked the attack with his forehead, VanKcrow changed "Arsenal" into a one handed sword and shifted it''s position to aim at the enemy''s throat,"Arsenal" was then changed into a longsword,this time however,yoggot was prepared and moved his upper body backwards just narrowly avoiding the blade, VanKcrow was about to change his weapon into a Montante but he had to instead change it into a short sword to deter the Avatar that was coming from his right,The Avatar then Immediately fell back towards the left to avoid being struck by "Arsenal",yoggot performed a roundhouse kick towards VanKcrow''s head and VanKcrow caught his leg with his left hand, yoggot''s right leg now couldn''t move properly and he was somewhat immobilized, VanKcrow attempted to slash at yoggot''s right leg but the avatar soon approached again aiming somewhere around his head, VanKcrow was yet again forced to use "Arsenal" to deter the Avatar and soon after,Yoggot jumped forwards with his left leg and just before he could land, VanKcrow performed a swipe and threw him to the ground,as he was falling, VanKcrow took the chance to quickly let go of his right leg and change "Arsenal", into its original form, VanKcrow managed to slice yoggot''s entire shin out of the rest of his leg,When he was about to attack again however, Yoggot used Ziehen and The Avatar which was a little bit away from him suddenly appeared right in front of him,and struck towards VanKcrow''s head again, VanKcrow immediately changed "Arsenal" into a short sword and struck towards the Avatar.


    This time,the avatar did not attempt to avoid the strike and was pierced right in the chest.


    Right afterwards, the part of yoggot that was cut off was consumed by a mass of darkness, the Avatar was also covered by a mass of darkness, VanKcrow felt a sense of extreme danger coming from the mass of darkness,he immediately backed away from it and yet he wasn''t able to get away and was consumed by the darkness.


    Yoggot had decided to abandon his Avatar.


    Avatars cannot be "killed",like humans but instead have to be purged,to purge an avatar,one needed to have an inheritance, which is why usually changeling avoid facing against Avatars and instead aim for the summoner.


    Yoggot sacrificed his Avatar to receive a Blessing,with the blessing,the Harrowing was manifested.


    Right after VanKcrow was consumed,


    The mass made of pure darkness manifested many red eyes and then shaped itself in the form of a strange creature with a body somewhat similar to an upside-down triangle with many thin and long wings on its back and a goat like head.


    Now that he had used the harrowing,Yoggot was almost certain of his victory.


    The Harrowing was an extremely onmious force that very few people could deal with,it worked by consuming the soul of someone else and then releasing an ocean of darkness that would consume the souls of anything within a certain area,this was how he had killed so many people before.


    Yoggot encountered a very formidable enemy he could not have defeated without the harrowing right after landing on the ground,he managed to sacrifice that person''s avatar and used the harrowing to kill him.


    However,the harrowing had a very harsh requirement for it''s activation,the user had to sacrifice a certain body part,Give up on their ability to use any spells except for Iahmen, Ziehen and bewegen for a certain period of time,and not be allowed to carry any weapon in them.


    This was due to the History of the Harrowing,The God of Weapons Argent,The Son of Bahamuth Baalal,


    The Diabolos of Despair.


    All of these people had a strong connection with the Harrowing.


    The God of weapons and the son of Bahamuth were two of the greatest enemies of the harrowing.


    Because of that,the Harrowing dislikes anything involving them.


    The God of weapons had invented all weapons in existence while the son of Bahamuth was the one who invented the 5 spells, Stehlen,Handel, Schalten, Zurucksetsen and Duell.


    The other three were invented by Honored One Azure Dragon''s Hand.


    The spells humans use today aren''t the original spells the sages used when they were alive,the sages had far more spells than just 8.


    However,after the Apocalypse war in which the Golden Hero and Princess Ethel had participated in,all the spells were erased from existence and The fated who came after were only Left with the capacity to use Avatars,the Ausstrahlung and inheritances.


    It was only after a long time that Honored One Azure Dragon Hand managed to create three new spells and imparted them into the Schicksal.


    After 20 thousand years,The son of Bahamuth invented the other 5 spells and likewise imparted them into the Fate system.


    The sacrifice demanded is due to the Diabolos of Despair, being a particularly bloodthirsty being.


    The Harrowing which comes from his first born son inherited part of this bloodthirsty nature.


    Fortunately, Yoggot had the extremely fast and effective regeneration of a Baakgaan, therefore he would soon regenerate his lost body part.


    ''Huh,I guess that''s it then,If I knew it would be this difficult to beat this guy I wouldn''t have started a battle with him...If I hadn''t used the harrowing,I might have lost the fight.''


    Yoggot waited for a while expecting the ocean to come out,and yet it did not...


    ''what is going on?,why isn''t the ocean coming out?''


    From within the mass of black darkness a transformation was going on, VanKcrow''s hair was slowly turning white and his eyes were shining bright red.


    In his half conscious state, VanKcrow saw the status screen in front of him.


    "You have assimilated the harrowing into your bloodline, transformation into scarecrow will soon be completed..."

 Scarecrow

    Up in the sky, the teachers were attentively watching the battlefield, Among them, three in particular were focusing their attention on a snowy battleground.


    ''Huh,to think yoggot had to use the harrowing in order to achieve victory,how didn''t I know there was such a fierce student this year?''


    ''And seriously...how can that kid''s luck be so bad?, First,he immediately encountered the Heir of the Sparrow Clan and was forced to use the harrowing...


    A decision I understand but still it''s kind of insulting to have to admit that the strongest Prodigent of my clan which specializes in hand to hand combat could not depend on our inheritances and training methods to defeat the Prodigent of a clan that doesn''t even specialize in combat...


    Instead,he had to use an ability specific to him immediately so that he wouldn''t be defeated...''


    ''And now,some random no name again forced him in the same position...now he won''t even be able to use his Avatar for a while which will put him in a massive disadvantage in case he meets a top tier prodigent...''


    Yaggent was in a somewhat somber mood, before he was quite confident in yoggot''s chances of victory,but now that he lost his Avatar, Yaggent wasn''t quite sure if yoggot would be able to win anymore...


    Yoggot''s main advantage over most of the other top tier prodigents is his Avatar,not only could it be used in combat,but in a dire situation it could also be sacrificed to receive a Blessing in order to summon the harrowing.


    Now that he was forced to sacrifice his Avatar so early,it would be extremely hard for him to win.


    Normally speaking, yoggot should not have to face any of the strongest Prodigents until the ending of the competitions,that being one, because the top prodigents make up only a miniscule percentage of the students in the competitions so the probability of meeting one is extremely low,but also two, because if they did meet each other early,there was the possibility that they would simply avoid each other because even if they won,they might be severely weakened which would harm their future performance.


    However, Yoggot ended up meeting the crazy heir of the Sparrow Clan who wouldn''t accept yoggot''s proposal for them to avoid fighting each other.


    Thankfully,Zetten didn''t know of yoggot''s ability to summon the harrowing.


    This was because the core inheritance of the Harrow Clan was related to gaining the characteristics of certain creatures,and all their inheritance abilities are usually passive.


    And only inheritances with active abilities can perform the purge to absorb an avatar.


    Therefore,Zetten wasn''t worried about Yoggot purging his Avatar and took no measures to protect it against purging, because of that, yoggot managed to instantly purge Zetten''s avatar and summoned the harrowing to defeat him.


    If Zetten had been aware of Yoggot''s very unique inheritance ability,it would not be possible for yoggot to purge his Avatar most likely,since Zetten was considered to be the number one prodigent when it comes to using Avatars...


    "Hey Yaggent,your cousin seems to have fallen into a troublesome position...How unfortunate,it isn''t likely he will be able to win anymore...


    Tsk,tsk,For the strongest Prodigent of the harrow clan to have so much trouble with some random no name..."


    Zagreb spoke in a mocking tone to which Yaggent replied,"Cut out the bullshit,we both now that kid wasn''t just some random, Neither Anneliese nor Yakone would have performed that much better against him..."


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    "Huh,so now that your cousin has been exposed as a fraud,your resorting to glazing some random nobody?, tsk, tsk,I expected more honor from you."


    "You cun..."


    "Can you two please show the proper demeanor of a teacher?,it''s unbefitting of your position to be speaking in


    Such a manner."


    As the two of them were arguing,the principal had just arrived near them.


    The two of them both looked at her and courteously greeted,


    "I apologize my lady, but worry not, I''m always very careful to maintain my image in public."


    ''this guy... shamelessly admitting to putting on a persona like that...''


    Levant was quite stunned by Zagreb''s unparalleled shamelessness,after Yaggent greeted the principal,she also followed suit.


    "Greetings my lady,may I ask what brings you here?"


    "Oh me?,Huh,Let''s say I sensed something very peculiar coming from here."


    "Yaggent,mind explaining what exactly is that ability your cousin used?,I don''t remember your clan having any inheritances with active abilities, especially not one that dreadful."


    "May I ask you a question?"


    "Go ahead."


    "Why do you think our clan is called the harrow Clan?"


    "Well...I must say I have no idea."


    "It''s because of an ability of the greatest ancestor.Sir Yeggent,had a unique ability called harrowing,this ability is what made him one of the greatest powerhouses of his Era, Its normal that you have no knowledge of it since he had come to this continent from the tower a long time ago and after him,no one else in our clan inherited this ability.Instead,they all Inherited only the ability to assimilate traits of other beings into their own body.


    Only the members of our clan who are deeply interested in the greatest ancestor''s past have knowledge of the harrowing.


    And yoggot,my cousin,is the first person in over a thousand years to inherit this ability.


    It''s power is to consume the souls of others and use that as a fuel to release an ocean of darkness that consumes the souls of anything within a designated area."


    "Huh, soul consuming huh?"


    After hearing Yaggent,the principal seemed to be dwelling in her thoughts.


    "Well I must say,that is quite the impressive ability."


    Levant said in an impressed tone,


    Zagreb was also quite impressed with yoggot''s ability,not just the harrowing,but his actual battle prowess as well,


    Despite him mocking Yaggent previously.


    He had only done that due to his dislike for him and knew that Yaggent''s words were truthful,that random student was surprisingly capable.


    ...


    VanKcrow was currently completely still within the mass of darkness,the wraps he had on his hands were gone and a dark shadowy matter in the form of a clawed gauntlet found itself in both of his arms.


    It reached until his elbows where it diverged into countless curved threads that reached his biceps.


    His face was completely white except for two thin lines in the shape of a lightning bolt that were present around his cheekbones.


    His eyes were shining bright red and two black wings found themselves on his back.


    His feet were now black and had the shape of a lion''s or a tiger''s feet.


    His hair was completely white and slow and raspy sounding breaths slowly came out of him,his heartbeats and breathing were loudly echoing outside the mass of darkness.


    From outside, Yoggot was feeling quite tense,the erratic sounding heartbeats and creepy breathing made him quite nervous,it almost felt like if a monster was whitin the mass of Darkness.


    ''what exactly is going on?,The Ocean still hasn''t come out and that guy seems to still be alive, Although,I don''t even know if a living being can produce those strange heartbeats...


    I have a bad feeling about this...''


    Previously,Yoggot had felt somewhat humiliated at the fact that he only managed to beat Zetten due to the opponent''s own carelessness.


    Therefore upon spotting someone who looked to be strong,he saw A chance to at least somewhat release his pent up grievances, however,it seems he might have bitten more than he could chew...


    Things started going wrong for him the moment he failed to consume Vankcrow''s soul with black rest.


    Because of that,his revival ability wasn''t recharged,yoggot''s revival was extremely powerful but it wasn''t unlimited.


    He could only revive in case he was assassinated and after that he would need to kill the person who killed him for the revival to recharge itself.


    He had only allowed himself to be killed by Vankcrow once because he had been certain he would be able to defeat VanKcrow with black rest,yet that didn''t happen and therefore he had to fight VanKcrow without the possibility of revival.


    ...


    While yoggot was dwelling on his thoughts, VanKcrow was carefully analyzing the information shown before him.


    -Bloodline-Scarecrow


    What is the purpose of a Scarecrow,To cast fear upon the minds of pests.


    When one desires to destroy a monster,what better way to accomplish it other than another monster.


    The evil that feeds on evil,a predator that hunts other predators,A hunter of Fear.


    "I had been asked by the priest,why had I turned myself into a devil?"


    "In response I asked the Priest,Does God punish evil,or is that the job of the devil?"


    ''So the Scarecrow bloodline is meant to consume evil forces...''


    - Bloodline Traits-


    A Scarecrow is a being of darkness,blessed by The essence of the world.


    -Scarecrows possess a natural ability to manifest the powers of fate.-


    Unlock


    Unlock


    Unlock


    Unlock


    Unlock.


    ''6 traits with 5 of them being locked, however...just the first trait will be a massive help''


    Vankcrow''s main disadvantage is the fact that he doesn''t know how to cast Spells, however,with the scarecrow bloodline,that weakness has been removed.


    Deciding to try out his new ability, Vankcrow cast Bewegen and dashed in direction of yoggot...

 Team

    While Vankcrow was heading in direction of Yoggot, somewhat far away, someone else was heading straight towards him.


    It was an attractive young woman with a strangely mature appearance for her age.


    She was called Annery,a Prodigent from the Church of the Goddess of life.


    Annery,was the current generation Saintess and heir to the inheritance of the Goddess of life,The goddess of life like her name suggests is closely tied to life.


    The goddess Matre had a twin sister called


    Petra, Petra was also part of the Seekers,She was the goddess of fertility and is the reason why the month of Fertilitas got its name,as during that month,the constellation of the goddess Petra appears in the sky.


    At this time,the blessing of fertility falls down to Era making it so that children are born much faster than in other months, around 3 or so hours after pregnancy,which is also immediate unlike the usual 6 or so days it normally takes.


    This was most likely the reason why The Bloodtree Saintess had performed the ritual during Fertilitas,If she knew that there was a possibility that she would only be able to remove the curse for a limited time tied to the calendar,it would make sense why she would choose the month of Fertilitas.


    If she didn''t,the fetuses would just end up having their souls absorbed when another month arrived...


    It is said that the reason the constellation appears in the sky is because The Heavenly Palace Esteemed One Starless,the one who created the sky,had wanted to honor the goddess Petra.


    After the month of Fertilitas,comes the month of Vitas,this month was named after the goddess of Life.


    After that comes the month of Aurei,named after the Golden Hero.


    The month of Celebra, named after the greatest festival in the world held in all the continents,The day of Beginning.


    The month of Fruhling,named after the spring.


    The month of aakheyn,named after the greatest conqueror in history,Aakhveyn,father of Akerveyn.


    After that is the month of Ethel,named after princess Ethel.


    The months of ,octlarum,nieve,Dectsemberum,all are named After their order in the calendar.


    The month of Umbra,named after the Gathering of shadows that happened 50 thousand years ago,an event were shadows had gained coinscience and seeked to destroy those that had cast them,the harrowing massacre only ended when the Honored of Shadows,Honored One Sombra had ascended to the mysterious level beyond Light Bringer and brought harmony between the living and their shadows.


    And finally there is the month of Persist,named after the God of survival Persist.


    The goddess of life loved all life equally, except for Scarecrows.


    Which is why Annery,is currently on a mission to exterminate the cursed being that somehow has just appeared inside the trial...


    ''how the fuck!?,did a Scarecrow appear in here?...''


    ...


    In the middle of a snowy battleground,a young man with tanned skin was silently standing still.


    Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    He had white hair and yet very dark eyebrows.


    Vankcrow was still dwelling on what had just happened, right after casting Bewegen,he approached Yoggot and despatched of him without any trouble, right after, the transformation he had underwent disappeared, except for his hair which was still white...


    After that,he spent a while hunting other students around and getting used to spells and authorities,he did that until about only 6 people including him were left in the snowy ground.


    Then,a woman who didn''t really look like she should be at the Akademie came flying down from the sky...


    VanKcrow was currently looking at the woman who had a very developed body and an extremely attractive face.


    VanKcrow wasn''t really interested in romantic or sexual matters,but he was still a little bit entranced by her honestly weird attractiveness.


    She had an ivory skin tone,green hair and glowing yellow eyes,dark eyebrows and was wearing a sort of white tunic and red high heels.


    She seemed to be around 175 cm which was quite tall for a female,the average female height in Akash is 165 cm.


    ''What is she doing here?,she certainly doesn''t seem like a teenager...''


    On the other end, Annery was also a little bit entranced by VanKcrow''s appearance,not exactly because he was super attractive, although she did think he was quite attractive, Annery had never had a shortage of attractive young men throwing themselves at her.


    Instead,she was more interested in his unique appearance which seemed weirdly innocent and yet predatory at the same time,coupled with his white hair and very dark eyebrows,he had a very strange appearance...


    Beyond that,the number above his head was quite... extravagant.


    ''56?''


    Annery herself was a top tier prodigent,in fact,she only considered herself to be below Anneliese and Yakone, however,she only had 17 kills so far, although she did spend a couple of minutes completely focused on arriving in here which diminished how much kills she could get,


    ''what is going on?, wasn''t there a scarecrow here?..., unless...''


    "Hey,are you a Scarecrow?"


    "..."


    "Have you seen a strange looking humanoid creature around here?"


    "..."


    "Don''t you know how to speak?"


    "..."


    "Are you a mute?"


    "..."


    After a frustrating "interaction", Annery started making signs of the sign language and yet got no answer.


    After a while,she gave up on trying to communicate with the Weird individual.


    As the two of them kept looking at each other for a while,the voice of the principal echoed throughout the entire zone of the battle Royale.


    "Alright students,the requirement of only 20 or less people per zone have been met,now, the ones in the same zone will team up and compete to reach the area where there is an Aurora in the sky,only half of all the groups can pass this phase,in case more than that manage to pass,the groups with less kills will be eliminated until only 50 are left,


    From now on certain creatures will also start attacking the contestants.


    Now you may go at it..."


    ...


    VanKcrow was now analyzing the 6 other people around him,there was the green haired woman who apparently is indeed a teenager, although she would be in her late teens and almost an adult,he still found it odd for someone who will only be 18 in a month to have such a mature appearance...


    The rest of the people were also kind of strange looking,a boy with a ragged dark blue uniform,no shoes or slippers and a frail appearance,he was someone VanKcrow had seen before in Professor''s Brahms class.


    He had an mostly Ivory skin tone but with a little bit of tanning and dark hair with dark brown eyes.


    He stood at around 175cm which was the average height for males.


    A boy with a feminine appearance,he was extremely "pretty",not as in he was handsome,but actually "pretty" like a female supermodel...


    He had a very pale skin color and green eyes with blonde hair.


    His stature was tall and he was quite skinny.


    He was wearing a long orange jacket that seemed to be made of fur and had many dark spots on it, white skinny jeans and black high heels.


    There was a dark skinned boy with a very robust facial structure,long dreads with some ring like objects in each of them.


    He was quite tall and very muscular.


    He was dressed in a all white suit,his oxford style shoes were also white.


    One thing that stood out about him,was his purple colored eyes.


    A pretty young woman with a petite stature who seemed to be Eastern looking,she had very dark hair and a juvenile face unlike the other girl.


    At least the side of her face he could see was juvenile,since she had a white mask with teeth covering the right side of her face.


    She was probably around 160 cm.


    She was dressed in a long black eastern looking kimono,and had black slippers on her tiny feet.


    Finally,there was a shifty looking young man with an average height, long silver hair tied into a ponytail with a black fringe falling just above his eyebrows.


    A gaunt looking face with a long chin,his eyes were sharp and down turned, meaning he had a negative cantal tilt.


    One of his eyes was colored black and the other was colored gold.


    He was wearing a long white jacket that reached his ankles,a black scarf was wrapped around his waist,his pants were similar to the one VanKcrow was wearing but white colored.


    He was wearing grey slippers,his attire was similar to the one VanKcrow had found himself wearing the moment he woke up in the capsule, VanKcrow later on found out that it was a popular clothing style amongst those who lived in Akash but could trace their bloodline to shin no kuni.


    VanKcrow was currently wearing something similar to what he found himself with in the capsule...


    All together,they made quite the peculiar looking team...

 Hunting

    Trees with black leaves and yellow trunks were housing many monkey like creatures,these creatures had red fur and white faces with long noses,their scelera were red and their pupils were yellow.


    These creatures were vigilantly looking around for prey,they had just gotten rid of a group of students but that wasn''t enough for them,they needed more,and more they found.


    7 people had just entered the Forest, immediately upon entering,they all hid behind the trees only occasionally peeking their heads to look for danger,As they were doing that,the creatures were stealthily moving through the trees from both the right and the left,they had positioned themselves for an ambush.


    15 creatures were present altogether,10 on the right and 5 on the left.


    After a while,the creatures had managed to completely surround the group,They were not spotted due to their camouflage abilities and inate talent to hide the presence of their souls,or at least they thought.


    Suddenly, 3 of the creatures were pulled down from the trees by some invisible force,as they were still in the air,a long odachi sliced through one of them , large claws of metal cut another in five pieces,and a black high heel shoe kicked another right in the face, crushing its skull.


    Right afterwards,the three people who performed the attacks were quickly pulled into separate directions,in the next second,the three creatures all exploded, creating loud sounds and tremors in the air.


    Witnessing their leaders deaths,the rest of the creatures went into a frenzy,They jumped down from their positions leaving afterimages behind them,soon after,the creatures which had previously numbered 12,were now in the hundreds.


    "The real ones are those I mark with the number 6."


    The 6 people surrounding Yeonji heard a soft voice in their minds,Soon after,4 rays of red light with red lightning sparks around them flew in direction of the creatures on the right side,4 of the 10 creatures lost their capacity to think momentarily,on the left side,dark purple colored aura manifested around the remaining two creatures and they fell asleep, right afterwards,a youth with white hair dashed forwards to the right with extreme speed, arriving near the creatures,he wasted no time to decapitate two of them before having to fall back as he was attacked by the 6 that were capable of fighting, VanKcrow pretended to slip and was falling down to the ground with only a one handed sword in his left hand,one of the creatures that was on his right side immediately jumped forwards to attack him and simultaneously, another one on the left did the same, before he was struck by the creatures however, VanKcrow manifested "Arsenal" in it''s original form and now two blades were on each of his hands, performing a 45 angle slash with both blades, VanKcrow sliced the creatures from their shoulder blade to their hips,


    However,he was now incapable of defending against the attacks of the other four that have closed the distance but before he was caught,A force pulled him back towards the group of students and the creatures failed to attack him.


    Arriving near the group, VanKcrow used Black Rest on the two creatures sleeping in the right.


    Now,only 4 creatures posed a threat,At this time,The seven students split into 4 groups,three of two and one of one.


    Two of the four found themselves paralyzed and were simultaneously sliced by a long odachi while the other two exploded completely leaving barely any of their spiritual flesh, finally,the other two which were about to regain conscience were sliced into half by an odachi and an Montante.


    "Tsk,these creatures are truly annoying."


    "Well,at least we''ve managed to kill the leaders first, otherwise,we would need to deal with each of them exploding after we kill them..."


    "Don''t tell me,I still have PTSD from the previous zone..."


    "Yea,those snowmen kept giving us trouble even after they were dead,If not for that white haired guy,it might have been a lot more troublesome to defeat them."


    Ivory and Gennon were Having a conversation,the two of them were the most talkative members of the team, VanKcrow didn''t speak a lot usually,Yakuto seemed to constantly be in a depressed mood, Yeonji couldn''t speak unless it was telepathically, Annery seemed to be dwelling on her thoughts and occasionally asked the rest if they were a Scarecrow,Bakari only spoke when it directly involved their performance in the Battle Royale.


    Ivory was the pretty looking youth and Gennon the shifty looking one.


    Yakuto was the depressed looking boy, Yeonji the girl with the white mask and Bakari the dark skinned youth.


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    The 7 of them had already been a team for 6 days already,The principal would pause the competitions when night fall arrived and the students and teachers would leave the soul Mundus,the next day after classes,the competitions would resume.


    Tomorrow would be the last day the students would have to reach the area were the Aurora was located,So far, only one group had managed to succeed.


    The one were Anneliese was present, Previously,the Principal had said that only 50 groups could succeed which made a lot of people think that maybe reaching the correct area wouldn''t be that hard,turns out,it might be hard for even 20 groups to make it...


    Throughout these days,they had to face countless creatures and weird locations which made it really hard for them to find the right place,turns out the place wasn''t actually located in the same "plane" as the rest,but was instead the inner soul Mundus of professor Brahms that they could only reach after a collective of 1000 points.


    They were only capable of figuring this out because of Yeonji,the girl had some sort of strange ability that wasn''t an inheritance or anything else, VanKcrow guessed that it probably came from a Soul bind,The girl did have a Hwando type of blade which may be one...


    VanKcrow''s group now had a collective of 907 points,They needed a couple more to reach the Mark, for that it was needed to kill other students which they were finding quite difficult,most of them have already been killed by the creatures.


    But fortunately for them,When they stepped into the next zone,a group of 7 students were waiting for them...


    ...


    7 students were gathering around a bonfire, amongst them was a youth with long red hair,an eye patch in his right eye,a sharp


    Left eye with a yellow pupil,a long red cape,a round Golden colored shield,an 8 ft tall spear with a Bronze shaft and golden spearhead.


    The youth looked very similar to the Spartans that existed in Earth,he radiated a fierce aura of heat.


    This youth was called Yakone,Son of the Leader of the Sons of Annarchy,one of the 9 factions that dominate the Ancient Battlefield.


    Yakone was currently in a bad mood,he had just lost the first position in this competition to someone of a rival faction,and the worst part was that it wasn''t even his fault,he just ended up being unlucky and didn''t find enough enemy students in time,now his group had a collective of 987 points,which meant that only a couple more kills were needed, however,he was struggling to actually find anyone to kill...


    ''huh?''


    Suddenly however,his bad mood lightened up a little.


    ''finally...''


    ...


    VanKcrow stepped into a zone that resembled a massive colosseum,there were stands with countless statues sitting still,the ground was completely red with dry blood,in the middle of the colosseum,7 people were gathered.


    As VanKcrow was looking at them,they were also looking at him.


    After a couple of seconds in complete silence, Gennon spoke,


    "Well,this is quite the predicament we find ourselves in..."


    "7 people against 7,but that guy just had to be here..."


    Ivory also shared his thoughts,the rest maintained their silence.


    After a while,a tall, muscular youth with an extremely lean and muscular physique and a very handsome face rose up and started walking towards them.


    As VanKcrow saw the youth,he thought back to Annery,the youth before him was like a male version of Her, Extremely handsome with an oddly mature appearance,he was probably around 195 or so cm and radiated a feeling of Heroism.


    Just looking at him made VanKcrow feel a little bit of admiration,he looked just like the heroes from the legends.


    The other people beside him were also not weak either most likely,since they all had high kill counts.


    VanKcrow could spot the dark skinned girl with white hair he had seen before,A princely looking youth with blonde hair and blue eyes,a somewhat overweight youth who still had a lot of muscle and even some definition,he had long curly dark hair and was wearing an attire similar to that of pacific Islanders,a tanned skin youth with shoulder length dark hair,a robust facial structure and large tired looking eyes,he was dressed somewhat similar to Aztecs,A tanned skin youth with curly blonde hair and green eyes who was dressed up in traditional Indian clothing and finally a tall And slender young woman with green eyes and ivory like skin tone who was dressed similar to Arabic females.


    The two groups didn''t speak to each other, instead they all started eyeing a particular individual of the enemy side,it seemed they were picking their opponents based on the number above their head.


    And VanKcrow who had the highest number amongst his team,was being stared at by Yakone who was taking calm steps towards him.


    ...


    Up in the sky, almost all the teachers were looking at a colosseum were 14 people were gathered, Levant was quite elated at the moment,but she also felt a little bit ashamed,she previously had not put any trust in her sister Layla,she was certain she would be expelled from the competition.


    And yet,her sister managed to make it all the way to the final days of the battle royale without being expelled.


    ''I can''t believe it...Well I guess I should gift her something later...''


    "Hey Levant,seems like you were wrong about her after all...tsk,tsk,to think that not even her sister put any faith in her...poor girl..."


    "Would you fuck off already?, I''m tired of listening to your ramblings."


    ''why did I have to be stuck here with this cunt...''


    Previously, Levant had purposely tried to avoid ending up in the same area as Zagreb,but the guy just managed to find a spot near her before the teachers started to unite their soul Mundus with the principal''s and she couldn''t switch places after that...


    His inheritance made him very troublesome to avoid...


    ''why does this guy always pester me anyways...''


    After a little bit spent in silence, Zagreb opened his mouth yet again to say,


    "Hey,who do you think wins this professor A?"


    A dark skinned man with a buzz cut answered Zagreb by saying,


    "Well honestly,I don''t know, Before I would say whichever team had Yakone,but now,that white haired student has proved himself extremely capable, enough that I think he could be on the same level as Yakone,and as for the rest...They seem pretty evenly matched."


    "Huh,I see,I do wonder tough,where did that kid come from exactly?, I''ve never heard of anyone like him which is quite perplexing to me..."


    "Well,like the saying goes,there are always crouching tigers and hidden dragons,It''s rare for someone not from any famous clan to be that strong,but not impossible...or he may even be a hidden prodigy.


    That ability he showed to transform was truly harrowing,He defeated Yoggot with a single punch to the chest,but I haven''t seen him use it since so I wonder if he is capable of using it currently...If he can,I honestly think he will defeat Yakone.If not,then I''m not sure..."


    The principal was very carefully eyeing the battle as well.


    ''I see,So many young prodigies, normally this means that tumultuous times are near...''


    ...


    A youth with red hair and a heroic look was currently standing before a youth with white hair and a Skinwalker type of look,Yakone was staring down at VanKcrow with a sharp gaze while VanKcrow was just staring ahead without looking Yakone in the eyes,his eyes were expressionless and he barely seemed like someone about to engage in combat.


    ",I am Yakone of the Sons of Annarchy ,My Honor is Ruin of the fallen stars,I am 17 years of age,And I challenge you to a duel."


    "Alright."

 End

    In the sky,A man with a oppressive presence was calmly looking at the visage of a colosseum,Two youths were facing off against each other, beside them were other match ups of youths who would soon fight each other.


    The man was called Maximus,the owner of the Colosseum and one of the strongest Light keepers in Akash.


    Maximus,upon looking at the scene below him, started reminiscing about the past,not his past,but the past of two legendary warriors of the Aliad,The God of Assassins Hashassin and the God of the Human Beasts Valark.


    ''Am I witnessing history being made...''


    ...


    VanKcrow was calmly looking at the youth before him,He could feel Arsenal raring to fight, Arsenal was asking to battle only in it''s original form,which is a rare occurrence,but since "Arsenal" had requested, VanKcrow wasn''t planning to refuse...


    Summoning the twin silver swords, VanKcrow charged Ahead and when he entered the range of Yakone''s spear,he crossed "Arsenal" into an x shape and blocked the spear tip that came in direction of his chest.


    ''Changeling and Fated...''


    Yakone was the first person to match his physical prowess ever since he awakened the Scarecrow bloodline and became capable of using the Ausstrahlung.


    The Ausstrahlung enhanced physical prowess as well but considerably less than the fragments.


    And if one considered that VanKcrow''s physical prowess should be higher than the base enhancement that is given to changeling, VanKcrow could assume that Yakone also had an inheritance that boosted his physical stats.


    After performing the block, VanKcrow removed the rear blade from the block and attempted to strike at Yakone''s forearms,However,Yakone pulled his arms back and wasn''t hit,the spear was about to fall down but it suddenly disappeared and appeared again in Yakone''s hand.


    ''A soul Bind?.''


    Yakone moved forwards and attempted to strike at VanKcrow again and VanKcrow rose the blade in his left hand to block,but Yakone suddenly changed the direction of the spear and aimed it at his left knee before throwing it forwards,The spear almost struck but VanKcrow widened his stance making the spear narrowly miss, VanKcrow immediately jumped forwards to take advantage of the enemy''s lack of weapon but Yakone decided to cast a spell, VanKcrow found himself in an altar battle against Yakone.


    At this moment,In VanKcrow''s field of vision, certain characters "appeared",he didn''t know exactly if appeared is the right word,he wasn''t technically seeing anything like usual,but he could process the position and shape of the characters.


    ''this must be spirit sense.''


    Spirit sense is an ability fated have that allows them to sense the position and shape of souls and spiritual existences,There is also spiritual concealment and spiritual oppression.


    Spiritual concealment is the ability to conceal the presence of your soul and spiritual oppression is the ability to oppress the souls of others with your willpower,it is the ability Akerveyn had used in the vision.


    VanKcrow could see a sort of "board" in which his characters and Yakone''s characters were positioned.


    ? could move one position forward and capture diagonally one position forward,? could move horizontally or vertically any number of positions,?? could move in an L shape,two positions in one direction,? could move diagonally any number of positions,? could move diagonally, horizontally or vertically any number of positions,??? moves one position any direction.


    The others can''t move and are only there to be captured.


    To capture one must move a character onto a position where there is an opposing character and get rid of it, when ??? is being threatened,one must take action to remove the threat and if they fail,they will lose their ??? and be defeated in the altar.


    The rules were exactly like the rules of chess,This was good for VanKcrow since he was a chess grandmaster back on Earth,he was also a doctor,a scientist,an engineer, a soldier and an entrepreneur.


    VanKcrow even managed to become the world''s youngest multi billionaire before being reincarnated into Era,he had a net worth of 9 Billion and could even aness more money if given enough time,All This was possible because VanKcrow was a genius since birth and also worked extremely hard to improve his skills in different areas...


    Thanks to VanKcrow''s chess skills,he managed to get rid of Yakone''s ??? but with a lot of difficulty,it seems Yakone was also very skilled at fate battles,which isn''t surprising since VanKcrow could guess that he went through a lot of training in Schach ever since young.


    The spell VanKcrow decided to cast was, Stehlen,his thought capacity improved while Yakone''s decreased for about 4 seconds, Taking advantage of this, VanKcrow jumped forwards and faked an attack to the left side of Yakone''s head,this caused Yakone to over commit to using his shield to block, normally, Someone as skilled as Yakone would not have done this but with his thought capacity decreased,he became more similar to a beast who acts on instinct.


    VanKcrow proceeded to slash at Yakone''s left hip and left a deep cut, however,yakone still managed to fall back before receiving a more dangerous wound.


    VanKcrow immediately charged forward and was about to strike again but suddenly the "Die Hand" manifested itself, VanKcrow was given a sort of code he had to decipher and one he had to protect, depending on how much he deciphered the code he would be given information regarding the probability of what Authority Yakone had received and vice versa.


    This process is Called Gambling, Gambling required one to have hacking like skills and also depended on one''s confidence in their skills,if one was overconfident or under confident,they may make the wrong decision.


    Due to Yakone''s thought capacity being lowered and his enhanced,he managed to predict that there was a 70% chance Yakone had received rest,90% probability he has received sin of Knowledge and 94% probability he had received Sage Instinct.


    VanKcrow himself received, Black rest,sage instinct and Light of judgement.


    ''Troublesome...''


    According to the percentage,even if VanKcrow used light of judgement,Yakone would be able to use sage instinct and counter it,which meant VanKcrow would waste his Light of judgement for this Hand...


    VanKcrow made his decision and decided to not use Light of judgement,Yakone despite having his thought capacity lowered, hadn''t become completely irrational and could still predict that VanKcrow most likely hadn''t received rest to counter sin of Knowledge or use black rest, therefore he decided to use sin of knowledge,Even though he knew that his tought process was lowered, because it was lowered he still decided to make a bet,in this case, VanKcrow''s Stehlen worked against him...


    VanKcrow was struck by Sin of knowledge,his mind was filled with knowledge that kept corrupting it.


    Yakone took this chance to strike at VanKcrow and managed to pierce VanKcrow''s stomach with his spear,Soon after however, VanKcrow cast Handel,He and Yakone again engaged in a fate battle and this time, VanKcrow barely managed to win by getting rid of half of Yakone''s characters,his mind corruption decreased just in time for him to regain enough thought capacity to beat Yakone who was still under the influence of Stehlen.


    VanKcrow''s and Yakone''s wounds switched and Yakone was now the one with the hole in his stomach.


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    However, something strange happened,Yakone started radiating an energy even more fierce than before.


    His physical capabilities increased enough to the point that VanKcrow was finding it hard to keep up with him...


    ''His inheritance?''


    That coupled with the fact that The effect of Stehlen had now expired made it so that


    VanKcrow started being pushed into the defensive and Looked to be headed towards defeat.


    At this time, VanKcrow started feeling something strange whitin his soul,a certain "voice" was telling him to do something...


    To use an Avatar, VanKcrow didn''t yet know how to use an Avatar,yet he sort of instinctively started manifesting one as the fight went on.


    Eventually, VanKcrow Had manifested an Avatar and he used sage instinct on it.


    Seeing this,Yakone had thought of summoning an Avatar and using sage instinct as well,but he reminded himself that VanKcrow had likely received Light of judgement,he wasn''t very certain,but the chance was enough to make him hesitant.


    Therefore,he chose to just summon his Avatar and didn''t use sage instinct,due to this, Yakone started being pushed back,it was hard having to focus on both the avatar and himself.


    Eventually,Yakone was forced into a bad position were he had to take a chance and use sage instinct, right after he did however...


    He was struck by a red light and his conscience was severely weakened, enough that he completely lost the next fate battle and VanKcrow managed to cast Zurucksetsen and completely removed all his injuries.


    VanKcrow took the chance to attack Yakone while Light of judgement was still taking effect and launched "Arsenal" right at Yakone''s throat, Yakone''s throat was pierced and he soon fell to the ground.


    However,soon after, something onmious happened.


    Yakone''s "corpse" started levitating into the air, scales with color similar to his Ivory skin started manifesting around his body,two pitch black wings manifested in his back and his eye patch started melting,a sort of magma and fire mixture started burning his right eye area.


    Throughout all this, VanKcrow could not move an inch.


    He was completely paralyzed,and whitin his soul, something was attempting to get out,After a while, VanKcrow understood what it was.


    It was the scarecrow.


    VanKcrow''s eyes started glowing red, black marks appeared around his body,after a couple of seconds...


    The two youths were replaced by two humanoid monsters.


    Annery,who had just won her battle against the green eyed woman, turned her vision to them, specifically she was starring right at VanKcrow.


    ''The Scarecrow!,so it was him after all.''


    She had already suspected him as well as the other members of her team,but couldn''t take action due to not being certain which of them was the scarecrow.


    She kept asking them if they were a scarecrow in an attempt to make them reveal themselves to get rid of her,that way she would know who it was.


    Scarecrows can cast a long acting curse that usually no one can sense ,so if the scarecrow used it against her the teachers and the principal would not find anything wrong until she left the Akademie.


    However,none of them showed any true malice towards her,so she never managed to figure out who it was.


    Annery prepared to summon the divine blessing that is given to the Saintess of the church of Matre,a blessing specifically designed to get rid of scarecrows, However,The Scarecrow looked at her,as well as the draconic looking being that Yakone turned into.


    A deep and demonic sounding voice came out of "Yakone",it was targeted at her.


    "Filthy wench,do not disturb our battle."


    Right afterwards,she lost conscience...


    ...


    Two creatures flew into the sky,they were only a hundred meters or so below the teachers.


    VanKcrow and Yakone have now somewhat lost conscience and were acting based on pure instinct,they weren''t thinking of using any spells or authorities,they weren''t planning on using any weapons,they were going to bash each other with their limbs.


    VanKcrow flew forward and struck Yakone straight in the face pushing his head backwards,Yakone kicked VanKcrow in the chest, VanKcrow grabbed Yakone''s right leg and threw him towards the ground, before Yakone could hit the ground, VanKcrow turned into a mass of darkness and reappeared below him,he kicked Yakone in the back and Yakone flew upwards towards the teachers, Before he reached them however,he abruptly stopped mid air,Yakone turned to look at Maximus before he turned his attention back to VanKcrow,Yakone let out a loud roar and VanKcrow''s body started heating up, VanKcrow turned into a mass of darkness and when he reappeared near Yakone,his body was back to normal.


    VanKcrow flew forward and attacked Yakone with his right knee in direction of the enemy''s forehead,Yakone managed to block with both his forearms and attacked VanKcrow with his wings, VanKcrow barely managed to block with his own wings.


    Both of them moved their wings forward pushing each other backwards.


    Two figures flew forwards and a black shadowy paw struck a Ivory colored rib,the paw was grabbed and the being pulled into the direction of a scaled hand which struck it right in the chest,then It was spinned around before being launched to the right,It stopped itself after a couple of seconds.


    The two beings stared at each other for a couple of seconds and meanwhile...


    ...


    "Wtf?,how is that a battle between students?"


    "I knew they were fierce,but this goes beyond any expectations,What exactly are those transformations?,this time we could see everything and neither of them sacrificed an Avatar,which means that it can''t be an active ability..."


    "Yea,If Yakone had an active ability he could use in combat currently,he would have likely used it before instead of employing the avatar In combat..."


    "We might be in the presence of two future Honored Ones...or at the very least Gods."


    Zagreb, Levant,Miss Shang and professor A spoke in sequence.


    All of them were more than shocked by the battle they were seeing,the same could be said for the principal and professor Brahms who was far away from them.


    ''To think that my class would have such a powerful student...At this point It''s very likely we can place in the top 10...Brat,I don''t know who you are but you have my thanks.''


    ''Well,It seems we truly are nearing times of great turbulence,Two youths who defy how strong students normally should be,and there is also Anneliese who is far stronger than most people know and Anneryse who is being kept secret...I wonder who is stronger between the four of them...''


    The principal peered at professor Brahms Soul Mundus where he could be seen alongside a beautiful girl with extremely pale skin,long white hair, sharp red eyes and a cold temperament.


    ...


    Two monstrous humanoids were facing each other,they were completely still and made no movement.


    After a while,The marks in VanKcrow''s body disappeared and he went back to normal.


    A mass of darkness manifested itself in front of him, something similar happened to Yakone except it was a Golden fire that manifested in front of him.


    They remained still for a few seconds,only the darkness and fire growing larger,after 9 seconds had past.


    The darkness and fire simultaneously launched forwards,they kept trying to push each other until they disappeared.


    After that,both VanKcrow and Yakone lost conscience and were about to fall to the ground when Vankcrow was grabbed by two pale and slender hands with black colored nails and Yakone was grabbed by two dark and slender hands with white colored nails.


    They were both pulled upwards and entered Professor Brahms Inner soul Mundus...


    ...


    VanKcrow regained conscience to find himself with his head laying on something soft,he looked up to see the face of an very beautiful and ethereal looking girl with red eyes and white hair,he didn''t know exactly what was happening but the first thing he tried to do was get his head out of her thighs, however he failed miserably and was forced to remain there.


    A calm yet fierce sounding voice came from the red eyes girl saying,


    "It''s best you don''t attempt to move,your body is completely exhausted from that transformation, I''m using my inheritance to help you recover..."


    The girl was staring right into his eyes without blinking, After a while, VanKcrow moved his eyes a bit to the left to properly see what was there and saw Yakone in a position similar to himself, even the girl was somewhat similar looking except she had dark skin, dark hair and blue eyes.


    He also spotted Professor Brahms near them.


    VanKcrow tried to talk but he couldn''t either, therefore he just remained there until a dark energy enveloped him and he finally managed to move, right afterwards, VanKcrow got up and saw that Yakone had done the same.


    The red eyed girl remained silent but the blue eyed girl spoke,


    "Why the rush,was it really that unpleasant?"


    "...It isn''t that,I just assumed you wouldn''t want to be in that position any longer and didn''t wish to make you uncomfortable,It appears you have offered help so I must thank you.Now could you please explain what is going on?"


    Yakone asked Anneryse and VanKcrow attentively listened.


    "You two used berserk abilities,They are abilities that make the user lose rational thinking and have severe side effects.


    It is very hard to deal with those side effects, fortunately for you two,me and my foster sister just happened to have the capacity to deal with them, which is why we asked professor Brahms for permission to go there and bring you two here..."


    "Uh I see..."


    Yakone was pondering something and VanKcrow looked at Professor Brahms who nodded slightly.


    VanKcrow then turned to Anneliese and said


    "Thank you."


    "Alright."


    ...


    VanKcrow was still in professor Brahms Inner soul Mundus,but now, there was a couple of other students with him, altogether,there was about 50 or so students.


    The principal was floating in front of them,She had a pleased look on her face.


    "You lot did better than I expected,this generation is truly fierce..."


    "Well,The battle royale was supposed to last 7 days but everyone has already passed or been eliminated, therefore I think we can proceed to move on to the next phase, but before that..."


    "Here is the announcement of the class rankings in the Battle Royale,in First place we have professor Maximus''s class,in second we have Professor A''s class,in third professor Abraham,in fourth professor Zagreb...,in ninth we have Professor Brahms..."


    ...


    VanKcrow was currently looking at a massive white tower,this tower was the tower of trials,It was located in the principal''s outer soul Mundus and was tied to her inheritance.


    The students that managed to pass were going to enter the Tower to enter the second competition.


    The second competition involved meeting the origin,the origin of fated.


    The initial point of their bloodline,the first fated soul That Honored Savarr had created.


    They would need to gain its approval to pass the second competition,How they would be tested,they didn''t know however...


    After standing still for a while, VanKcrow proceeded to enter the Tower...


    ...


    VanKcrow felt himself floating in space,he tried to open his eyes but couldn''t,he couldn''t see anything,but he could feel.


    An overwhelming Sense of terror like he had never felt before, VanKcrow couldn''t even think properly,his mind was frozen.


    He...


    He felt it, something peering into the depths of his soul.


    VanKcrow didn''t know it,but he would soon cease to exist.


    The soul of VanKcrow, would deteriorate until his very existence was erased,he would be nothing, forsaken by the World.


    ...


    "It" was "seeing",one of "it''s" subjects,"it" didn''t understand why "it" was seeing it,but now that "it" did,"it" would have to consume it, assimilate it.


    "It" moved, through space, through time, until "It" reached "it''s" target,"It" commenced the assimilation process, however,at some point,"something" defied "it",that "something" desired" it''s" prey,"it''s" subject.


    "It" could not allow "something" to have what "something" desired.


    Therefore "it" fought,"it" fought against "something", against "dreams", against "reality", against the "future".


    And yet,"It" lost,the prey,had escaped.


    "It" only managed to rip apart something out of it, something that belonged to"it".


    ...


    In a capsule made of flesh,a young man with white hair, sharp facial features and tanned skin was completely still.


    After a while,his hands twitched a little,then they twitched a lot, right afterwards,two dark brown colored eyes opened themselves.


    His dream,had come to an End.

 Lost Future

    "Hey VanKcrow,what do you think about dreams?"


    "...Dreams are imaginations that occur when sleeping."


    "Really?,that''s all?,how boring..., personally,I think dreams show the future.As long as you can dream,not in the sense you speak of,but true dreams that originate from the hearts of individuals, eventually,that dream will come into reality."


    "...I have lost my dreams,does that mean I have lost my future?"


    ...


    VanKcrow opened his eyes to find himself in a capsule made out of flesh,inside of him, countless creatures were crawling about.


    They had worm like shapes with spider like heads.


    VanKcrow could not see them,but he could feel them crawling around his body.


    Besides that,there was a massive tentacle like thing piercing through his chest,it was flesh like with some white marks on it,it looked sort of like a meat tentacle.


    Outside of the capsule,a large creature with a somewhat humanoid body and a spider like head was staring right at him,it had over a dozen black colored and metallic looking limbs,it''s head was black with white eyes and the rest of its body was flesh like and colored red.


    As VanKcrow was thinking of ways to survive,the things inside him started getting more frantic,they crawled around his organs and started moving closer to his flesh,the creatures stopped completely still for a while,and then,24 white worm like creatures flew out from different parts of VanKcrow''s body,they fell to the floor and started trashing about,after a couple of seconds,they stopped moving completely.


    The tentacle piercing through his chest moved backwards slowly until it was separated from him, VanKcrow''s chest now had a hole in it,a hole where no heart could be seen, blood did not drop to the floor, VanKcrow didn''t feel close to death.


    He just felt empty, devoid of life,but not dead either.


    After some time had passed,The tentacle that had disappeared somewhere approached the capsule again, bringing with it a human heart,the heart was placed back where it belonged, VanKcrow''s body started healing.


    He lost conscience soon afterwards...


    ...


    numerous different capsules which were made of flesh.


    Inside each capsule,was a being,these beings were completely still and didn''t move at all for an entire minute,these beings,were humans.


    Countless humans staring at nothing with void eyes,They were dead, long dead.


    ...


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    A colossal being the size of a country was soundly sleeping,it had been sleeping for thousands of years,and would maybe continue sleeping for thousands more.


    It was a being that snatched the futures of others,a flaw in time.


    It would give them their futures in their dreams,so that they soundly rested,so that they didn''t disturb it.


    This being, didn''t belong to this world,it was an intruder.


    It had come from the world of Blutwelt,the Blood World.


    Blood World is twice the size of Era,the land is made of Bones,The Ocean is made of Blood.


    On the West,a giant ribcage is the continent of Brustkorb,on the east,a giant skull with two white horns and pale blonde hair only at the back of the skull is the continent of DamonSchadel,on the north,a conjunction of 10 gigantic spines raised vertically is the continent of Knochenturme, on the South,two giant bone hands form a fountain that constantly releases blood down into the ocean,it''s the continent of Brunner,a giant skeleton with two white horns and dark hair on its skull constantly moves around Blood World,it''s the continent of Bewegliches.


    In the sky a massive eye with a red scelera and a yellow pupil stares down at Blood World.


    At the core of the Planet,a massive heart constantly pumps blood creating the waves of Blood World.


    The being is called TraumFanger,the Dream Snatcher.


    One of the 9 terrors that came to Era from another world.


    ...


    A colossal mountain with a cut off mountain peak was amidst countless other mountains, atop the mountain,a large black hole was constantly spinning, The Black hole hid a secret City.


    The legendary city of Gleadenia,a city that was lost in history a long time ago,The city was built from countless mountains, there was blue Crystals all throughout the mountains and blue lava like substances flowed down through some of the mountains,many gigantic blue luminescent flowers were floating in the sky, countless clouds moved about as well,there was no sun in the sky but two blue moons instead.


    Large statues made of grey Stone could be seen throughout the city,Their eyes glowing blue.


    The constructs were mostly bronze colored and had designs similar to a tall tower, from time to time,silver constructs which looked like cathedrals were found,and at the peak of the highest mountain,a large golden castle lay accompanied by a giant golden Lion.


    A young man with white hair was laying still within a cave,on the right side of his face,a red tattoo that made a lightning bolt shape was present from his forehead to his upper lip,a red line that started mostly straight but curved upwards the more to the left it was could be seen around his cheekbone area.


    His nails were colored black sometimes and other times had normal color,his eyes glowed yellow sometimes and then were dark brown.


    VanKcrow was wearing the same clothes he had been wearing at the start of the Lost Future.


    After a while spent completely still, VanKcrow opened his eyes and two dark brown colored pupils scanned around the cave.


    There was the skeleton of a tiger like being and a black notebook with a pen,After looking at the notebook for a while,VanKcrow opened the notebook in a sort of trance like state.


    ...


    "The Dream Snatcher,One of the most harrowing beings in all of Era,The dream Snatcher is An Intruder In this world,it had come from the World of Blutwelt,It is unknown when it had arrived,but the earliest dated account of its presence in Era was in the year 132 000 of the new Age,It captures the body and souls of others and steals their future for itself,to prevent the victims from retaliating,it will feed them their futures in their dreams,The dream Snatcher is considered to be as powerful as an Honored one,It is a being that we have not managed to find a way to interact with,There has never been an account of anyone escaping from its grasp,but I have left a certain Mark in the world to detect anyone who may be able to in the future,If you are reading this,it means that you are that person.


    And In that case,you must reclaim your future,or at least some of it by destroying the Dream Snatcher,but beware..."


    The words abruptly stopped and VanKcrow was left without knowing what the being who wrote them meant to tell him.


    But The words he did manage to read already gave him a possibility of what happened to him.


    Before he could be pulled into Achyeldonn''s soul Mundus,A being known as the Dream Snatcher captured him and stole his future, what he had experienced for the past month or so,was what should have happened to him in case he wasn''t captured.


    VanKcrow was meant to receive one of the strongest inheritances in existence as well as a legendary weapon,he was meant to be a 1st origin fated with a 1st Order inheritance,a changeling,and someone who had received an honor.


    Now,he was none of that,just a human or at least a humanoid creature.


    Even his bloodline was somehow lost,he could not feel it anymore...


    This meant VanKcrow was now in a position of a powerless person in a world of Godly beings.


    VanKcrow could not accept ending up as a powerless person on the mercy of others for the rest of his life, therefore he had to find a way to become a fated or Changeling,and eventually,He might be required to face the Dream Snatcher in order to reclaim what he lost.


    He would need to rip apart his future from it,like an Arrancarr,Like Akerveyn.


    The sky turned red,red lightning sparking all over it, a bloody rain manifested itself in Gleadenia,and words marked in red appeared in the sky.


    -Honor- Arrancarr-


    ...


    End of Volume one.


    Lost Future.

 Reaper

    A majestic Golden Palace lay A top a mountain peak,It had 4 different distinct segments,one that looked similar to an European style castle,one that looked similar to an Arabic palace,one that looked similar to an Chinese palace,one that looked similar to an Aztec tecpan.


    In front of each segment was a Golden Statue with glowing red eyes,in front of the European style segment was the statue of a Golden Knight,in front of the Arabic style segment was the statue of an Arabic warrior,in front of the Chinese segment was the statue of an warlord wearing armor similar to those worn by high level Chinese warriors,and lastly there was a statue of an Aztec warrior.


    Each segment was home to one of the 4 rulers of Gleadenia,and currently,a commotion was unfolding in each of them.


    ...


    "My Lord,We have been divining for countless hours already and nothing has been found, don''t you think it might be better to take a rest?,we can continue later on..."


    "..., Thank you for your concern wiseman,but the longer it has been since an event occurred,the harder it will be to perform divination,I must keep going until I cannot.


    This event is far too meaningful,it''s the first time in countless years that an Honor has been carved in the sky,the last time it happened was when Honored One Siegfried received his Honor...


    And to think such an event took place in this city of ours...


    We must find whoever received such an Honor..."


    The Wiseman looked at the king for a minute, concern showing in his face, however,he could not defy the king again and so he remained silent.


    ''Arrancarr...In the language of Heaven,Arrancarr means The one who Reaped from Fate,It is a name deeply tied to Akerveyn,one of the most powerful existences in all the history of Era, Whoever received such an Honor must certainly be an extraordinary individual, however...


    Their path will almost certainly be riddled with extraordinary hardship as well,If the city gets involved with such a person,it may end up paying dearly...''


    An Honor was a decree given by the Heavens,it meant someone has the potential to become an honored one,a great Honor indeed.


    However, having potential didn''t mean that someone would indeed succeed,in fact, being a potential honored one would attract many dangers,which in turn could make it so that one does not succeed in finding the truth of the world.


    ...


    VanKcrow was currently dwelling on his thoughts,he was thinking of the events that led to him waking up in the cave.


    He was supposed to meet the origin of fated in the tower of trials, instead,he ended up being in the presence of some sort of harrowing being,one whose presence he could still vividly remember.


    ''we were supposed to meet the origin of the Bloodline of the fated,but what if that was only the case because everyone else has the " Wehrmacht von Salbei" bloodline and were going to meet the origin of their own bloodline specifically...


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    In that case,I would have met the origin of the Scarecrow bloodline,which would explain why something unexpected happened.


    And since I immediately after woke up from the dream,it may be that "being" that caused me to wake up.''


    '' after waking up,I found myself in that flesh capsule...Was that place where the Dream Snatcher places it''s victims?''


    ''and why did I wake up in the cave afterwards?,how did I Leave that place?''


    VanKcrow had a lot of questions but no way to find an answer,so instead,he decided to focus on how he would be able to become a fated .


    Becoming a changeling was practically out of question since it would depend mainly on luck,the fragments were very rare to find in Akash and when they did it would be at random.


    Not even Light Bringers can purposely find one most of the time.


    Although there was a chance VanKcrow was now in another continent,but unless he was in Salvation,the situation would be the same and even if he was in Salvation,he would need to permanently give up his freedom and join the Sacred order to become a changeling,which wasn''t something he planned on doing.


    This meant VanKcrow would have to find and consume the remnant soul of a fated,but that was also extremely difficult.


    The only account of someone who managed to do that happened in the year 141 000 of the calendar,the Heavenly Demon Yaksha managed to consume the remnant soul of a powerful Light Bringer called the Heavenly Monarch,Tenno.


    This only happened because of a calamity that occurred in the soul realm which led to the souls of countless powerhouses of the entire world being exterminated of conscience and falling down to the physical universe.


    The soul realm had entered a period were Fated could leave The Path to Ascension,The part of the soul realm where the soul Mundus are located and explore the rest of the Soul Realm.


    This was such an monumental event that the fated of the entire world joined together and launched an expedition to explore the soul Realm,but the expedition ended in failure and countless powerhouses perished,not only that,but when the survivors came back to the Physical World,they brought with them 6 different great catastrophies.


    Unnatural phenomenons that still affect the world till this day.


    Many people still lament that there was no Honored One or God to lead the expedition,if there was, things might have turned out differently...


    Back then,some people were struck by the remnant souls and all perished except for the Heavenly Demon Yaksha,who was then called Slave, Yaksha went on to become extremely powerful and eventually slew his former masters,he was on the path to becoming an Honored one but disappeared along the way...


    Outside of that event,there is no known way to find a remnant soul, which meant that VanKcrow''s only chance was to either find one of the remnant souls that fell into the world 6 thousand years ago or to somehow recreate an event similar to what happened back then.


    The second option was practically impossible...


    Achyeldonn somehow had many different remnant souls in his possession,even that of individuals who should have died over 100 000 years ago,in fact, Achyeldonn himself is thought to have perished a long time ago,yet if the dream was to be trusted,he was still alive, and was somewhere around Akash...


    VanKcrow had no idea of how to find a remnant soul,but he had already decided where he was going to go.


    In this world, normal humans are nothing but cannon fodder, Aertia is a unique city in a sense that Fated there treated normal people with respect and kept them safe, in most other places,The lifes of mundane people were cheap and fated could openly kill them without a care, unless they were the loved ones of a powerful fated which was a rare occurrence...


    And even if VanKcrow was still in Aertia,which he doubted due to the visage he could see outside the cave,he still would not have any way to impact matters of the supernatural,he would be essentially forced to live as a mundane person until he perished.


    There was only one place he knew of where mundane people could have an effect on the supernatural,and that was the 8 pathways of the mortal and Divine,A place that existed simultaneously in all the continents except for Aegis.


    That was because In Aegis,there were no mortals,since it was populated by the Freiherr which are all divine beings.


    The 8 pathways was created by Amaanaveey,the Inhuman Emperor, descendant of the Human Emperor.


    It is a location of extreme danger,where the lives of both mortals and immortals was cheap,even a Light Bringer could die like a fly.


    Yet it is also a place where a mundane human like him could have a chance at potentially carving a path for himself,as long as he was willing to bow down to others and live as a slave.


    VanKcrow had always disliked the idea of being controlled by others,but If one doesn''t know how to make sacrifices and bow down when needed,they might be heading for an early grave.


    VanKcrow was willing to sacrifice others and himself to achieve his goals,he would willingly bow down and do acts others considered humiliating if it was necessary.


    And in this situation,he would First need to give up the little freedom he had to eventually become free from all of existence.


    To reach the Pinnacle of all beings.


    But before any of that,he needed to figure out where he was and how to get to the 8 Pathways...

 Slave

    After going over all he needed to, VanKcrow walked up near the skeleton,he spent some time looking at it but found nothing strange,he was about to leave and get out of the cave when some sort of "energy" started coming out of the skeleton, VanKcrow could not see it but he could feel something enveloping him,he was paralyzed and could not even open his mouth.


    After a couple of seconds,a sort of Robotic voice manifested itself on his mind.


    "Choose a random destination to be sent to,if possible,This remnant will I have left Behind will take you there,this Place where you find yourself in is the city of Gleadenia,a place cut off from the world,there is no way to leave it unless you have power comparable to a Honored One...I hope you succeed in your mission to destroy the Dream Snatcher, perhaps Only you can do it,To help you in your journey,I have left something in this cave,you will find out what it is when you rise to the Ausftieg of Vorfahr,now,as master used to say...Fuck off."


    Soon after the voice ended, VanKcrow felt himself being levitated in the direction of a black rift that appeared in the entrance of the cave.


    ''Seems familiar... Achyeldonn''s disciple?...and what about the choice...''


    ...


    A gigantic Aurora colored dark blue with some green parts was located in the east side of Akash,the Aurora went from the bottom of the sea,to the ground,to the sky.


    It had a cylinder like shape.


    Inside the Aurora,8 different visages would appear every 24 hours,the visage of a land of chaos,with countless different zones that each appeared very distinct from each other.


    The visage of a desert,with countless giant tortoise looking beings,all with shells of rock,sand colored dry skin and an elderly appearance.


    The visage of a Land of advanced technology, with flying car like objects,tall metallic skyscrapers,and large holograms depicting various advertisements.


    The visage of a land of tall towers,large cathedrals and majestic castles,all with a medieval type of look.


    The visage of a land enveloped in mist, Eastern looking constructs all throughout it, black figures that look similar to samurais and Other types of East Asian warriors of Earth''s past roaming about.


    The visage of a land of greenery,tall Lushful trees and beautiful flowers could be found in it.


    The visage of a land of bone,A thick red energy moving like the wind.


    The visage of 10 different segments of a Tower.


    Currently, the land of Medieval constructs was the one at sight,In this land,a massive white temple held within it beings from all the continents except for Aegis.


    Currently, whitin a colosseum looking place, The higher ups of the 8 different unions were looking at the new batch of newcomers,some of them would be true members of the Unions,while others would become slaves.


    It all depended on whether they were mortal or immortal.


    ...


    A man of average height with a very muscular physique and a robust face with short brown hair was standing before 18 different people.


    They were dressed in grey prison like uniforms.


    They had been stuck in the colosseum for almost a week by now, each of them in a different room with nothing but white walls,a white floor and a white ceiling.


    Then,they were forcibly taken out of the white rooms by some sort of invisible force and taken to a large arena like place.


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    Today,was the day they left the colony house and entered the true 8 Pathways,at least that was the case for most of them,4 of them had just entered the 8 Pathways from the outside world.


    They are called the outsiders,those who weren''t born inside the 8 Pathways but either willingly entered or were forced to.


    The man,Gerahld,Was attentively analyzing them,after a while he said.


    "Well there, aren''t you lot a bunch of miserable looking motherfuckers?"


    "Well, don''t worry, your lives are about to get pretty miserable to match your looks."


    "Now most of you already know what''s going to happen,but for the four who don''t...


    This is the House of Honor,a Monument located inside the 8 pathways..."


    Right after saying that,Gerahld took a pause to look at the 4 of them,three who now had expressions of shock and slight terror.


    ''huh,less of a commotion than I expected,maybe the white rooms drained them of energy more than I expected...''


    This was Gerahld''s first time "attending" to the newcomers,he had expected more of a reaction from the outsiders...


    In particular,one of them who had a peculiar look showed no change in expression whatsoever.


    ''huhh,does he not know?,no,it''s unlikely,the 8 Pathways are famous throughout the world according to the Wisemen...well this one might make a good war slave,or a gigolo...


    As for the rest,I can''t see much other options than a common work slave.''


    After giving them a while to process the information, Gerahld spoke yet again,


    "That''s right,the same 8 pathways from the legends,the one called one of the most dangerous locations in all of Era.


    You unlucky lot ended up being dragged in here,quite the sorrow huh?,well suck it up motherfuckers,The Rest of us were born in this shit hole.


    Now that you understand where you are, I''m sure you know what to expect right?


    A life of slavery, being forced to obey orders from fat old fuckers that spend their entire time in leisure, eating the best food, drinking the best booze, fucking the..."


    Gerahld paused and looked to the side a little where a serious looking woman was glaring at him and decided not to say the rest out loud.


    But Inwardly he thought,


    ''bitches,like that one...''


    "Or of course,you can decide to become a war slave,as a war slave,your treatment will be slightly better,it may be a wise choice..."


    Despite saying this,he was quite certain no one would choose to be a war slave,the terrifying nature of being one would scare off even battle hardened warriors,much less this feeble looking bunch...


    ''altought that one seems different than the rest,his physique seems very well trained and he''s strangely calm for the situation...''


    After addressing the four outsiders, Gerahld started speaking to all of them.


    "Now, I''ve already told you all you need to know for now, the lot of you will be taken to the slave house,there, your jobs will be given to you,if you are chosen to be a work slave,you will have to visit the palaces of the noble ones every day and do their biding, besides your egos,most likely you won''t get harmed,as long as you do your jobs properly.


    Now if you are chosen to be a war slave,well, might as well say goodbye to your lives,if you''re lucky,you will die soon and peacefully,if not...Well you''ll see then."


    ...


    After Gerahld spoke these words,he left, leaving the serious looking woman as the only one accompanying the 18 people.


    The woman had tanned skin and a somewhat muscular physique,she was around 180 cm and had a sharp looking face with some slight scars,one around her lips to the left side of her face and one around her right cheekbone.


    She had orange hair tied into a ponytail with two fringes and sharp blue eyes.


    She wasn''t really traditionally attractive for a woman but still had an aesthetic look to her and a unique attractiveness.


    She was the one responsible for preparing the slaves to start their service.


    The reason why Gerahld had come here,was because she wasn''t keen on speaking, therefore, every time a new batch arrived, someone else would be sent to address them.


    The woman started walking in a particular direction and the rest followed her immediately after, strangely enough,or maybe not really for this place,no one made a complaint about soon becoming a slave.


    None of them had a death wish after all...


    ...


    Venatrix was currently walking towards the slave house,she wasn''t particularly in a pleasant mood.


    ''a bunch of trash...most of them.''


    ''Mainly because of that stupid rule...''


    In the 8 pathways, Fated had to be at the highest level possible in every single thing that had an meaningful effect during combat,this was because of the extreme dangers of the expeditions.


    So one would think youths would be trained since young, however, because of the rule that prohibits the noble ones from ever having to do a single hard task in their entire lives,they could only wait until the ceremony is over to then start training the youths who weren''t chosen by the crown.


    These youths were raised with extreme care and were spoiled since birth,which resulted in them all being soft delicate flowers.


    It would be hard if not impossible to turn them into warriors in a short amount of time.


    The only hope she had was for someone capable to emerge from the outside.


    However,no competent fated appeared,in fact,no fated appeared whatsoever.


    ''well at least one of them seemed quite promising...''


    Venatrix spent most of her time analyzing a youth with a peculiar appearance,Venatrix was a battle hardened warrior, therefore,she had a good eye for spotting people who might become capable warriors themselves.


    ''That kid...He had the eyes of a predator.''


    She could see the gaze of a soldier in him,the look and demeanor of someone who knows the reality of war.


    If he turned out to be a capable warrior, although he would not have as much of an effect as a capable fated,he could still make a difference...


    Arriving near the Slave house,she stopped before the gigantic red gate and after a while,it opened itself.


    Then,she went past the gate and was soon followed by the slaves.


    ...


    VanKcrow currently found himself in a large house,it was rectangular in shape, mostly grey in color with red roofing, there were many pillars and the house had a Eastern design mixed with European.


    Specifically,he was in a jail cell, there was no bed or anything else, the gate was completely closed and not a single bit of light could enter the cell.


    The only fortunate thing,or unfortunate depending on the person,was that he was alone and didn''t have to share a cell.


    After an hour or so,the gate opened and a fierce sounding female voice came from outside the cell,


    "Food is ready."

 8 Pathways

    VanKcrow currently found himself in a cafeteria,if you could call the run down and dirty looking place one,The food was... Unpleasant.


    A brown liquid with a bunch of worm looking things inside it,it certainly was the least appetizing food he had ever seen.


    Around him were other people,most staring at the bowl of food with empty gazes.


    "Don''t worry,they aren''t worms or anything... even slaves don''t deserve to eat such an undignified meal...These things come from a plant called Saol,they come from the continent of Terra,They are frequently eaten by the Sitheach.


    These things are easy to collect and therefore used to feed slaves."


    An slightly overweight elderly woman spoke to the slaves upon seeing their downcast expressions,She was the one who made their food.


    VanKcrow brought the bowl near his mouth and took a gulp of the brown water,the worm like things were then munched in a slow rithim.


    They tasted horrible,But VanKcrow didn''t really care about the taste of foods that much,he just needed them to give proper nutrients.


    After finishing his meal, VanKcrow yet again focused his mind on all the information he had about the 8 Pathways.


    The 8 Pathways is essentially a sort of experiment Created by the Inhuman Emperor.


    In the 8 pathways,the lives of mundane people are worth even less than in most other parts of the world.


    They have essentially no rights and can only work as a slave,but simultaneously, unlike in the rest of the world,they can actually Interact with the supernatural,this is because of the expeditions where they will enter Trials.


    The expeditions are when a group of people will leave the 8 Residents,the Lands where most individuals live,and enter the land of Heaven and Earth.


    There,they will face countless dangers in a journey to reach the Paths of Sacrifice.


    Trials given to five different groups of people.


    Mundane humans, Enlightened, Light Seekers, Light Keepers, Light Bringers.


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    For unknown reasons, Changelings aren''t allowed to enter the 8 Pathways.


    All the different trials have valuable resources that are necessary for the safety of the inhabitants of the 8 Pathways, They also have resources necessary for Fated to grow in strength.


    Geistertore,A portal that can bring the souls of Fated to the soul realm,is a resource commonly found there.


    Because of that, expeditions are launched from time to time,and in these expeditions, Certain people are chosen to take part,some are fated,some are common humans,they are called the War Slaves.


    In the expeditions,the Enemies that will attack the army can only attack those of similar "rank" to them.


    Extremely powerful beings can only attack Light Bringers while the weakest beings can only attack Mundane humans.


    This is one of the reasons why it''s possible for normal people to interact with the supernatural.


    On the outside world where there is no such rule, mundane people would get instantly killed by the most common creatures,but here,there are very weak creatures created specifically to test them.


    When they enter the trials,they will also face only beings that are "technically possible" to beat, although in certain cases,those enemies are as close to being unbeatable without actually being unbeatable.


    The reason VanKcrow had come to the 8 Pathways,was because he wished to become a war slave and enter the trials,that way,he would have the opportunity to interact with the supernatural.


    Specifically,he wished to interact with one of the 9 terrors that invaded Era.


    The Natchez,The soul Reaper,the reason why he wanted this,was because the Soul reaper was a "force" that "devoured" the souls of others, Meaning that potentially,it was in possession of remnant souls of fated.


    This is a theory that has been widely discussed by many different Wisemen throughout history,it''s plausibility had been placed within the "This kind of hittin" rank of the grimouire of Ganean,one of the greatest Wisemen in history.


    Wisemen were sort of like scientists of earth,they researched the mysticism of the world.


    "This kind of hittin",was the second highest rank,just below"This be bussin" rank.


    Ganean,had a... peculiar, naming sense...


    However, despite being considered a logical theory , almost no one wanted to test it.


    Because interacting with the Soul Reaper could end in someone being stuck in a loop of constant pain and suffering.


    One may even spend thousands of years in pure agony.


    And of those who did try, most were never seen again,the reason wasn''t clear,but the majority shared the same opinion.


    They were taken by the Soul Reaper.


    VanKcrow trying to interact with the Soul reaper could certainly end up in him paying a great price,but if he didn''t,there was no other choice but to rely on luck and hope to find a Fragment or somehow stumble upon a remnant soul.


    The Soul reaper was one of the few powerful beings he could actually interact with as a mortal and have a "fair" chance of a successful interaction.


    This was because an interaction with it didn''t require power,but only the


    Power of the mind.


    The Heir of the world, Akerveyn,had once interacted with it,he is the only person in history Known to survive an interaction with the Soul Reaper.


    However,back then,it wasn''t even known that one could become a fated by absorbing the soul of another fated.


    And even if it was,it''s unknown if Akerveyn would even care, after all,he was the heir of the world, someone born to be the strongest.


    Why would he care about the Souls of others,


    His own was above all.


    ...


    142 people were standing in an medium sized combat arena.


    They were the entire new batch of newcomers from the past month.


    One month from now,they would either be sent to work as slaves for the noble ones or be sent to an expedition as a war slave.


    Today,They were going to start their training with the Huntress, Venatrix.


    Venatrix stood at the center of the arena with an icy gaze, she took some time to analyze the group and then said,


    "Pick up a wooden weapon,the goal is to land a single blow on me."


    Right after she said this,She pointed at VanKcrow and said,


    "You First."


    VanKcrow was planning on waiting to analyze how Venatrix fought,but since she ordered,he had to be the first one to go.


    VanKcrow picked up a wooden spear,the same weapon venatrix had,and walked towards her.