Inside Zynx Stadium, countless demon children, both noble and commoner stood, waiting for the awakening ceremony to finally begin. Damon stood continuing to make small talk, yet he could feel that although persons acted enthusiastically when speaking to him, they were completely hiding their emotions.
Damon's newly improved body courtesy of his rewards allowed him to see the microexpressions of many people chatting with him, and his knowledge from two lifetimes easily allowed him to see fake sincerity from real sincerity.
Damon knew this was because his background was incredibly strong, however growing up he refused to participate in meetings with other younger generation nobles, as he knew what they would be a waste of time.
However, as Damon was making conversation, he sensed a massive amount of hostility directed towards him for a split second. Turning towards the direction of the hostility, Damon realized it originated from a younger Dragon sitting two seats away from the Divine Demon Emperor.
The young Dragon looked slightly older than Damon, and was also very handsome but not as much as Damon. He is rather tall for his age with blond hair and blue eyes that had a slit due to his draconic characterists. Damon wondered what he would look like in his natural dragon form.
If Damon remembered correctly, this young Dragon was Antares Flandre, he was the son of Damon's father's brother, Damon's cousin. Damon knew that Antares had awakened not too long ago and had awakened Divine Grade 2 Star talent, and was the most talented of the Flandre families younger generation. He was basically guaranteed to become the next family head.
Unlike other families which chose their heads by inheritance or the choice of the current head, the Flandre Family, which is the ruling family among Dragons, chose their heir based on strength, and Antares would definitely become the strongest younger generational member due to his talent.
Damon was confused as to why Antares held such hostility towards him, yet he simply ignored it and turned away, remembering to keep that occurence in mind.
At this moment, a tall male demon entered the room. Although Damon was unawakened, he and everyone else could feel the terrifying mana pressure emitted from that male demon. It was overpowering, and made the very air thick. The male demon came to an elevated platform in everyone's view and spoke.
"My name is Karthas, a Demon General under the Grand Marshall, and I will be conducting this Awakening Ceremony. As you all know, once your name is called, you will head to the room on the left and begin your awakening process. This process will be broadcasted to everyone through the Magical Camera's." Karthus' voice held immense authority and compelled everyone to listen immediately.
"First up, Thwain!" Karthus spoke. Immediately, a young man from a Noble Demon family who happened to be sitting two rows behind Damon. The rows were aligned with the ranking of the Nobles Children's Families.
In the front row from the Royal Family was a beautiful crimson haired lady, the daughter of the Divine Demon Emperor, then there was Damon from the Grand Duchess household, the Dukes, Marquess, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons.
However, the young man's face was very dark, ever since the start of the Awakening Ceremony, the entire crowds eyes were on Damon, even the Divine Demon Princess glanced at Damon occasionally, which drove him crazy, he had known the Divine Demon Princess for over a decade, meeting her at various events for Noble socialization and trying his hardest to please her, yet Damon appears and she immediately gives him attention.
What a joke!
Thwain felt like these commoners in the crowd were disrespecting him greatly. He wants to awaken a high level talent, become the most talented demon in this awakening ceremony, and rise to the top alongside his family.
Thinking about it, the young man strutted up to the awakening room. The awakening room was a white marble room with ancient runes covering all of the walls. These runes not only increased the density of mana in the room, but also the quality of mana. This allows for the awakening process to be easier and have a higher chance of success.
In the middle of the room was a blood red Gem and a Dark Blue Gem. These were a Mana Gem and Spirit Gem respectively. Mana Gems were highly powerful and effective Gems which dropped when Abyssal Monsters were killed. These Gems would also be naturally created when the mana density of a place reaches to intense levels, leading to the mana solidifying into Mana Gems.
Mana Gems had many uses, and powered basically everything in the world, including awakening ceremonies. The Mana Gem in this room was Saint Ranked, as the higher quality of Gem used, the higher change of a potentially higher talent.
Similarly, the Spirit Gem was used to the awakening of Spiritual Energy, but awakening spiritual energy was exceptionally rare.
In order to Awaken, a person would use the Mana and Spirit Gems and insert the mana and spirit power inside of their body, cleansing and nourishing their body with Mana. Finally, for a Demon, they would move the remaining mana to their Heart, transforming it into a Mana Heart and use the Spirit Power to nourish their soul which would successfully complete the awakening ceremony.
If the talent is successfully awakened, the level of talent would be judged by the light emitted from the Mana Gem.
For higher level Abilities, visions may appear. These visions are manifestations of the power awakened. And the movements caused by those awakening insanely high talents may shock the entire world.
For instance, when someone last awakened a Divine Grade Talent, a massive beam of light illuminated the skies across the entire world and intense water storms flooded the surrounding area as they awakened.
Here, Thwain awakened, however, the light could barely be noticed.
"Thwain, Mortal Grade 5 Star Mana Talent. No World Spiritist Talent." Karthus announced as Thwain walked out of the room, all blood drained from his face as he turned pale. Mortal Grade, for a Noble like him, that was embarrassing, in fact, he might be disowned.
The awakening ceremony continued on, and a mixture of Nobles and Commoners all went into the awakening room to test their luck. Hours passed, yet most persons awakened from the Mortal - Heavenly Range.
1 commoner awakened at the Venerable Grade talent and some higher nobles awakened Venerable Grade or Immortal Grade. One Noble, the son of a Duke, even awakened Saint Grade 3 Star Talent, and was destined for greatness.
"Next up, Sonna Rivelea." Karthus' voice rang out, and everyone's eyes dashed to the beautiful young lady sitting in the first row. The young lady had has thick, wavy red hair that is a shade of crimson, a pair of beautiful blood red eyes and luscious red lips. She was around 5'6, which was tall for a 10 year old Demon and walked elegantly towards the Awakening Room. Entering, she touched the two gems and began her awakening process.
Ten ( 10 ) minutes into her awakening process, a massive blood red wave suddenly shot out.
Flowing like a ocean of eternal blood, it quickly swept across the entire Awakening Square and the shot into the sky. Suddenly, the flourescent blue sky turned into a blanket of Blood, covering the world. The air grew immensely thick, and some mortals even passed out, the scent of blood covering the entire area.
Damon's brows furrowed as he paid attention.
Blood Red Rune emerged and began covering Sonna's body, before spinning across her body faster and faster. Suddenly, blood rain began falling from the skies all over the world. After another 5 minutes, the vision came to an end, and Sonna exited the room.
"Sonna Rivelea, Divine Grade 2 Star Mana Talent and Saint Grade 1 Star World Spiritist Talent." Everyone was still immersed in the vision that occured when Sonna awakened, but hearing Karthus' voice, they immediately exploded in delight.
"Miss Sonna is worthy of being your Daughter Argus, with her talent, she'll easily become one of the most talented younger generation's in the world." A Dragon sitting right next to Argus spoke in a flattering tone.
"Hahaha! That's natural, after all, she is my daughter! However, I heard your son Antares awakened Divine Grade 2 Star Mana Talent and Immortal Grade 4 Star World Spiritist Talent, he'll also be incredibly successful." Argus responded to the Dragon next to him, who was revealed to be Antares' father, named Varus, the current head of the Flandre Family.
"But don't forget, more and more Divine Grades are appearing. The Elves, Faires, Dwarves all have one, and the Abyssal Monsters are becoming more powerful as well. I wonder how talented her son will be." Varus spoke, yet at the end of his worlds, a cunning smirk flashed across his face.
The rest of the crowd were all cheering, celebrating the Divine Demon Empire held another Divine Grade Talent. After a while, the final person was called up.
"Finally, Damon Rivelea." At his name , the crowd quietened completely. To the entire Divine Demon Empire, Damon was a complete mystery, as he almost never left the Palace of the Grand Duchess.
Damon walked into the awakening room and held the two gems and began transmitting the Mana and Spirit Power throughout his entire body, cleansing it. The mana poured into all of Damon's blood, pores, bones ,veins and every other part of his body. Finally Damon began channeling the mana towards his heart, strengthening his hart to form a Mana Heart while he imbued his soul with Spirit Power. As Damon imbued his heart with more Mana, it grew darker and darker, until it became black.
Then, as he completed his awakening, using the excess Mana and Spirit Power, Damon washed across his body and strengthened his foundation.
Meanwhile suddenly, a massive wave of eternal pitch black darkness imploded from Damon;s body. The terrifying darkness covered the entire Awakening Area.
It was as if a jet black sun came down to the world, reflecting the earth into a world of darkness. No matter everything, at this moment, is dyed black!
And that piece of darkness swept out of the awakening arenaand in the blink of an eye, expanded outward, covering not only the city, but stretching out and covering the entire world. Suddenly, a massive beam of purple light shot up,illuminating the world and catching everyone's attention.
Beings from other Empires noticed the obvious vision and where it came from, wondering how the Divine Demon Empire had 2 Divine Grade Talents.
The beam of purple light expanded and grew higher and higher, before shifting and forming into something. The entire world watched as from the purple light surrounded in eternal darkness emerged, a huge, muscular shadow with glowing flame-like purple hair, glowing purple eyes, two curved black horns, and sharp claws. He also wore jet-black armor and a long smoky black cloak, and wielded a pure black sword. The gigantic shadow tall enough to touch the skies stood there proudly and thousands, no, tens of thousands of black lightning bolts could also be seen violently roiling and crackling beyond the shoulders of this black shadow.
Suddenly, a thick aura of death flooded the world. The death aura was terrifying and absolute, and shocked everyone at it's immense power that came only from an awakening ceremony, leaving everyone to wonder about how powerful the awakened person would be when they grow up.
Suddenly, a white light erupted next to the purple light and expanded before shifting into burly white knight with large white wings, long silver hair, and glowing white eyes. He also wore silver robes with light tan armor and a grayish-blue cloak, and wielded a white sword with a light tan guard and a gray hilt. Tens of thousands of spears of light and life illuminated the world from the darkness and cleansed the death aura covering the world.
As time passed, the intense vision disappeared, and the entire world remained silent as Damon walked out of the room.
" Damon Rivelea, Divine Grade 5 Star Mana Talent and Divine Grade 5 Star World Spiritist Talent."
At those words, the entire awakening square was in pin-drop silence.
As time passed, the intense vision disappeared, and the entire world remained silent as Damon walked out of the room." Damon Rivelea, Divine Grade 5 Star Mana Talent and Divine Grade 5 Star World Spiritist Talent."At those words, the entire awakening square was in pin-drop silence. The host's voice fell onto the ears of the entire awakening square, sending them into completely silence due to shock.All of their gazes at Damon turned from curiosity to admiration and reverence. At this moment, the name Damon Rivelea would be etched into the memory of everyone present there."Divine 5 Star Mana and World Spiritist, INCREDIBLE!""As expected of the Son of the Grand Marshall, the highest talent possible."Everyone in the crowd was discussing, with envy in their voices, and the eyes of the girls in the crowd were glittering with an emotion slightly different from admiration, especially the Divine Demon Princess, Sonna Rivelea, whose eyes were wide from shock and intense admiration, with a
ETERNAL HUMAN EMPIRE! ( During Damon's awakening ) The Eternal Human Empire is one of the largest Empire's in the world and the only Empire ran by Humans. The Eternal Human Empire is ran by the Imperial Family, the Pendragon Family. The Pendragon family rose to fame after their ancestor, Arthur Pendragon, had slain a Abyssal Monster that had slaughtered half the continent. After that, Arthur Pendragon had gathered the majority of remaining alive humans and established the Eternal Human Empire, turning it into an absolute powerhouse. Although other races can enter the Eternal Human Empire, they all must register with the government. Currently, within the Eternal Human Empire lays the Imperial Palace. The Imperial Palace is where the Imperial Family, the Pendragon Family lives. Currently, within the Imperial Palace, at one of the gardens, a battle was ocurring. On one side was a young boy at around 10 years old. The boy had brilliant golden hair and lumenescent blue eyes that were as
Damon finished his phone call and looked towards the Palace in which he and his mother lived in, although his mother barely spent her time here as she never needed sleep due to her strength and had an extensive amount of work to complete. The Palace, amply named the Palace of the Crimson Witch of Destruction, which was Sapphire's nickname, due to her immense power and colourful crimson flames which danced in the battlefield as she burned her enemies to ashes. The Palace was massive and magnificent, with a perfect combination of Magic Technology and elegance. The palace was surrounded by long lush trees and a bed of beautiful flowers that made the area beautiful and picturesque. Surrounding the Palace was a wall made of Mythril, the hardest,strongest and most durable material in existence and also a spirit defensive formation. Inside the wall, four blue mana towers surrounded the castle. The Mana Towers both drew in mana from the surroundings and purified the mana, making cultivati
On a large bed in a extraordinarily luxurious bedroom, a young boy was sleeping comfortably. The sunlight shone through the room's windows and onto the boy's body, causing the boy to slowly wake up. The young boy, Damon, slowly opened his eyes, moving his hand and blocking the sunlight from hitting his handsome face any further as he sat up on the bed and slowly got off. Damon sighed and looked around his room, the immense luxury dazzling. Damon slid off his bed quickly and went into his shower, taking a short bath before putting on his clothes. Damon wore rather casual clothing, a black joggers and white t-shirt, as he would be changing into combat uniform soon as his training would be beginning. "System, Sign-In." Damon said in his mind. [ Ding! Congratulations to the host for Awakening and unlocking the Achievements Section. For every Achievement Completed, the Host would receive Sign-In Opportunities. One Sign-In Opportunity has been Obtained due to the Host Awakening. ] [ Di
Damon ran into the Training Room #7, the time at exactly, 4:00pm.The training ground was a huge white and black room. The room had a variety of features such as numerous training appliances. The room also had various features such as Gravity Manipulation, Mana Regeration Deterrent and more.Currently, Damon could see Karthus and his various collegues whom were assigned to train him and Karthus had already arrived. Karthus was wearing his Military General Uniform, a red and black uniform with black shuriken marks dotting around the design and the Demon Sigil branded noticably on the front of the top. On Karthus' arm was a 5 star logo that proved his rank as a General.The various other subordinates were wearing the same Uniform but with lower rank stars than Karthus.Killian was also in the room, ready for training, but instead of his standard butler uniform, he was wearing an all black combat outfit dedicated for training. Damon walked up and stood alongside Karthus, looking at the v
The Next Day! The Entertainment District within the Noble Sector of Lily City was particularly crowded today. As the Awakening Ceremony had only recently finished, many Nobles came out towards the Entertainment District, visiting brothels, cinemas, bars and many other establishments to celebrate their successful awakenings. Some persons were celebrating alone, some were celebrating with friends and some are couples enjoying their time. The scenery here was just really peaceful. In the midst of this incredibly peaceful scene was a car. The car was dark blue, with dark tinted windows that blocked persons from seeing inside of the car. If one would compare the vehicle to one on Earth, it would be a Mercades-AMG A 45. On the side of the car, was a sigil of crimson flames surrounding a dragon with a lightning strike in the background. 'The sigil of the Grand Duchess' is what anyone who saw the sigil would think. It was the sigil representing Sapphire and her family. Inside of this luxu
A flash of terrifying thunder illuminated the surrounding area. Sparks of lightning flashed across the area as a terrifying storm of wind blew through a forest. As one looked through the forest, the more variation of topography that could be seen. Changes in vegetation occurred as more and more gigantic trees could be spotted. The firm soil had traces of beasts that could be spotted. Fog covered the surrounding area, greatly limiting visibility and the deeper one goes into the forest, the thicker the fog becomes. One of the most noticable aspects of this forest was the complete blanket of darkness. The stars and moon provided incredibly dim light at most, and the only thing that truly illuminated the surroundings was the terrifying thunder and lightning strikes. A torrent of rain pounded into the ground. This was the Immemorial Battle Forest, a legendary place in the Divine Demon Empire. It was claimed that this place was built from the ground up by the first Demon Sovereign and Emp
At a Military Base Near the Immemorial Battle Forest!Inside one of the monitoring rooms of the military base stood a flood of people. Neatly arranged in rows in front of computers, many logistical Demon military workers sat in their seats, doing their jobs with complete focus. The sounds of fingers tapping on keyboards echoed in the room.In the middle of the room, two people stood. One of them is a tall male Demon with a terrifying mana pressure emitting from his body. His body was incredibly muscular and his face was completely focused.The person next to him looked completely different. With white skin that didn't look sickly and he had a graceful thin frame with stylish green hair and green eyes with pointed ears. The duo stood in the middle of the room as several screens were running live footage in front of them."How do these Assassins know the Young Master's location?" The young boy, who is Killian, asked curiously."How else would they know Killian? Because I told them. I le
One Day Later!Austonia Academy's Overall Combat Training Hall!Damon's brilliant dual coloured blood red and brilliant gold eyes were radiating with an unmatched confidence as he unsheathed BloodReaper, his overbearing aura cast across the room as he gazed at the opponent opposite him, Elanore.Today was their first day of official classes, and the teachers wanted a comprehensive understanding of the student's combat abilities. Thus, Damon and the other students had been sparring with each-other all day, and Elanore was the final and strongest opponent Damon faced, as he unfortunately didn't match up against Antares, Klaus or Sonna.Elanore took a deep breath, an ominous shadow-esque energy dancing around her voluptuous body like malevolent spirits.~BOOM~In a flash, Elanore sent a surge of malevolent dark magic crashing towards Damon. The Dimension Eater didn't panic however, his eyes staring at the dark magic with almost an impossible level of calmness and disdain. BloodReaper fla
Damon sat in his seat, holding the tablet provided by the Academy as he browsed through the various menus to choose his Subjects and Clubs. The 4 mandatory subjects were already locked in, and for the 4 non-mandatory subjects that Damon needed to complete, he had decided to choose:- World Spiritist Training- Plant and Beast Identification- Rune Education- Survival knowledgeNone of these subjects taught things Damon didn't already know from his personal lessons, or from the System. However, these were the 4 Subjects that sounded the most fun and entertaining.Afterwards, Damon began browsing through the various clubs in the academy. According to the information provided, clubs were student created and student ran institutions focused on specific things that operated within the confines of the Academy, with the recognition of an Academy Professor whom will act as the Club's Sponsor.Damon wasn't particularly sure as to what club he wanted to join, as there were many options such as
One Week Later!For the entire last week, Damon had spent his time doing some last minute training and giving tasks related to FURIA. Although Damon could certainly call and message his subordinates during his time at Austonia Academy, it would not be as effective as an in-person discussion.Now, one week had passed and Damon had suitably given enough instructions that he was confident his subordinates would be able to complete without bothering him too much.Now Damon was located within a luxurious vehicle prepared for him by his mother Sapphire, which was currently driving him towards Austonia Academy. He was seated in the backseat alongside Athena, his personal assistant at FURIA, who was currently informing him on the results of their investigation."Master, here's a detailed breakdown of all of the influential students who will be attending the Academy in your year-group." Athena said, handing Damon a booklet detailing a list of the various students and their influence.- Klaus P
"Austonia Academy huh." Damon thought as he sat in the luxurious car that was currently driving him back to FURIA Headquarters. Damon wasn't surprised that the Divine Demon Emperor Argus had gathered the most talented Demons to send them to Austonia Academy. In truth, every year, the various races of Austonia send their most talented juniors at the Academy to learn and enhance their talents. While it was certainly true that the most influential families in the world could certainly train and teach their talented juniors themselves, the biggest benefit of Austonia Academy was the fact that it was an incredible place for establishing networks and building connections.With all of the most talented and influential juniors in the world gathered together, it was only natural that people would be able to quickly build connections. The enrollment for Austonia Academy was in a week, which meant that Damon needed to complete as much outstanding business he could before he left to the Academy
The Divine Demon Empire was one of, if not the most powerful Empire in the world. A ray of sunlight pierced through the sky and illuminated the Empire. It was early morning, and most Demons were just awakening, preparing to get to work or school.At the center of the Divine Demon Empire was the Capital, Lily City, and smack in the center of Lily City was FURIA Headquarters. Years ago, FURIA had simply appeared out of nowhere as a Business, in multiple industries. It created the now 3 biggest Apps in the entire World, ManaGram, ManaTube and Twitt3r as it's main industry, but FURIA also dabbled in the mining, Real Estate and Agriculture industry, amongst others.On the Highest Floor of the FURIA Headquarters, a unique interaction was currently taking place.The Top Floor of the FURIA Headquarters housed a luxurious private apartment that was specifically built for FURIA's mysterious owner to inhabit. Rays of sunlight pierced through the windows and into the room, a luxurious bed in the
~BOOM!~Damon and Mikayla clashed fiercly against each-other. Damon's [ Banishing Shift: GEMINUS! ] fiercly rivaling Mikayla's [ Eternal Punishment ~ Reality Oblivion! ], leading to a a massive implosion of energy, sending tyrannical shockwaves that destroyed and devoured any and everything in it's path like a ferocious apex predator. During all of this, a pillar of white light appeared, illuminating and blinding every and anything, leaving the fate of the clash unknown.Damon was currently feeling the aftereffects of the implosion. The immense pressure of the blinding, white pillar of lights aura was so intense that whenever Damon tried to move his body even slightly, he could feel his bones being crushed, his organs being squeezed and his injuries being intensified. Painful groans echoed out of Damon's mouth as he tried to calm down.Damon looked around, seeing nothing but the illuminating white pillar of light. Mikayla had disappeared, seemingly vanishing into thin air after their
"Yet finally, another challenger has come to be slain, to be planted amongst the millions who have challenged in the past, all of whom had their dreams and aspirations crushed in the face of Absolute Power." The lady said, standing up and stretching her arms, walking down the stairs as she stood directly across from Damon, the atmosphere itself shaking in her presence."Remember this before your inevitable death challenger!I am Mikayla, Daughter of Lilith, the First Demon Empress!And I, am the DemiGoddess of Death!"As Mikayla's speech ended, the atmosphere of the battlefield shifted. The Elegant Paintings shattered, and deadly, ravaneous monsters launched out of the paintings, aligning themselves as they looked at Damon as if he was a delicious meal prepared for them to eat.The deep, battle scars and cracks that were previously laced across the room were fixed and the flames were ignited across the area slowly stopped, the broken pillars were completely fixed, returning the Throne
[ Chains Of Corruption ]Damon said, casting a spell as he flung out a jet-black tendril of darkness elemental magic that flashed and crashed into the Dragonoid's who were fiercly attacking him with immense intent to kill. The darkness elemental attack immediately immobilized the attacking enemy as well as his partner, and the various guards who were closing in on Damon.Damon was currently battling the final Gauntlet Warrior of the Southern Obsidian Moon Domain, a Dragon and his Dragonoid Guards and allies and Damon was very close to killing the Dragon and finishing off this battle, clearing the Gauntlet.[ Divine Combat Technique: Combat Style - Infernal Slash! ]Damon said, a massive arching slash of deadly infernal flames shot towards the immobilized guards. The flames immediately crashed into the Shield's of the various guards, devouring them and leaving them defenseless.~SHING~THUD~Damon had immediately leapt at the two attacking enemies, slicing his sword and decapitating bot
Damon took multiple deep breaths, his various wounds quickly healing due to his personal accelerated healing factor. Damon looked towards Fenix's body and caught a curious sight.Lines created a brilliant bright white lines began appeared across Fenix's body, and cracking sounds began echoing throughout the now silent arena. Fenix's body began shattering like glass and the lines appeared more brightly across his body.Once his body was completely covered in these bright white lines, it suddenly exploded. A massive white implosion occured for Fenix's body, and it transformed completely into bright white glass-like fragments that floated in the air.The White Fragments floated across the Arena and coalessed into a elegant white portal that would lead Damon to the next stage of the Gauntlet.Damon sat and healed himself for a bit while refilling his Mana, preparing for the next fight. Damon didn't know what or who he would face next, but Damon knew he needed to be at full strength to tak