SoulBond: A Beacon Of Hope

6• I Remember: Two

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"If your Angel doesn't permit the usage of your abilities, then you can not access it" she replied.

Tengen sneezed and explained, "Okay, let's say you can control gravity at a point you focus on, and you get pissed off by your mates or neighbors. So you want to use your powers on them, now that would be bad and selfish, so your Angel won't let you"

He elaborated. "Your Angel is always with you, you just can't see it, in this realm that is. Even though we are good, we still get selfish sometimes. So if you want to use your powers with bad intent, you won't be able to access it cause your Angel won't let you"

"Unless if it is self-defense. Your powers just activates on it own" Claire added.

"Now, the whole purpose of the deal is to stop evil from filling this world. As you know, we have Good, Evil, and we have the Balanced. In the other realms I mentioned, there is just the Good and the Bad, there is no thing like a mix called Balance. Now this Evil want to make this world its own, and will do anything to make that happen"

He explained. "Entities from that realm filled with Evil are making their way into this world, and that is making the world lose its balance. They seek out the darkest of hearts, the most selfish of minds, and the greediest of souls, exploiting the shadows within to manipulate and control, leaving destruction and despair in their wake"

He paused, scratched his nose, then continued. "They make those who they possess their host. They possess and manipulate them to use them do their free will. In the realm of Good, entities make their way into this world too, but through a deal to help fight back this evil that grows. Doing so, they make Avatars, like us, we are called an Angel's Avatar.

Avatars manifest abilities to fight back this Evil, because you can not fight a fully possessed host without abilities of some kind. These abilities enhances our sight, our strength, our speed and lots more. It also gives each Avatar a unique ability, but in some cases, there are Avatars that posses similar abilities "

"Wait, I thought you said a human can't fully host a deity from another realm? That there isn't much space. So how can this Evil have a host without a deal?" I asked.

Mark then youned, so my eyes drifted toward him, face down on his phone like someone without a care in the world.

*What is with that expression on his face. He reminds me of Shikamaru from that anime...*

Tengen sneezed and continued.

"Good is stronger than Evil, that's just the way it is. It's like a plane, Good is above while Evil is below, and we are in the middle of it. Now, these deities, we call them Demons. They do not have to make a deal to enter our world, that's because they broke a hole, like a breach into it, which disrupted our balance. There is a gate they come from, it is sitting somewhere is this world. Actually, there are multiple gates. They appear when those deities make a breach, and when they do, they go search for suitable hosts to posses, so they can use them do what they want.That person doesn't know they've been possessed when that Demon gets attached, but surely their behavior will change. They don't become a full host yet because there are stages to it, three stages"

He explained. "We call the first, The INFLUENCE. This is when the Demon has some control over the person's thoughts and emotions. The second is, The DOMINATION. At this, the Demon has significant control over the person's actions, thoughts and desires, and the person will feel like they are no longer in control sometimes. We call the third, The CONSUMPTION stage. This stage represent a complete and total possession, where the Demon has fully taken over the person's identity and autonomy gets reconstructed.

When it is at the first stage, the Demon gets laced around the person, so it's easy for us to identify that person and exorcise the Demon. But when it's at the second stage, we may use some certain kind of force. We may go into combat to exorcise the Demon, because at that time the Demon is already in that person.

At the third stage, we are no longer trying to exorcise a Demon from a human, we are just exorcising a Demon. Because that human is no more, their soul have been consumed.There are Demons that are more powerful than others, so they are given Grades. There is the Special Grade, The Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5. For Avatars, we have ranks. The Z , SS , S , A , B , C , and D.

He leaned in. "Now, don't be deceived, all Demons are powerful, so you shouldn't underestimate any of them. You shouldn't also underestimate an Avatar, because an Avatar's potential is limitless. However, because I said good always prevails doesn't mean evil don't have their wins. They do, and that's why Avatars need to train to fully unlock their potentials and fight back evil. An Avatar's mission like yourself is to help stop this evil and restore balance to the world. As I mentioned, there are many breaches, but the main breaches are four. It is like those cardinal points - North, South, East and West. These four breaches are the cause of all breaches in this world"

He went on. "They are the biggest and most powerful breaches in our world. Picture a round pizza, now split the pizza into four pieces, you'll have four slices right. Now place, let's say a toothpick on each slice. Those toothpicks represent the breaches. Each slice of the pizza is a region, and now having those toothpicks placed on these regions, because of how powerful they are, they release some kind of aura that covers the whole region, which makes it possible for demons to use that power and make a breach around that region. Now I have tried explaining it based on the knowledge the system gives"

He paused, then sneezed in a ridiculous way and continued.

*What's with that sneeze.. who is this guy.*

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