As Rin's head was filled with echoes of the name BloodBath System, Time quickly passed without a word or sound from the system.
As the system had stopped showing itself, The 7 {Astral Souls} took this as a chance to move on to their main goal, which was deciding what to do with Rin.{Now Rin, are you ready to accept our judgment!?}As Rin heard Pride's words, his mind would create a familiar scene inside his head of the days when they all got along, but this scene meant nothing in the current situation hence why Rin with a resolved look on his face answered with a yes to Pride's question.{Haha looks like you haven't changed at all, little brother.}[See. I told you that he was still stubborn.] said Wrath who had a carefree look on his face.Rin was trying his best to forget about the old days, but with how his brothers acted a gentle smile formed on his face even in his current situation._ Yah.. yah we know he's your favorite, so could we get this over with?_ said greed who had a look of longing on his face.|Haha come on now Greed, no need to be jealous of our younger brother right?|_Tch. Who said I was jealous?_{That's enough everyone let's not forget our reason for being here}Just as Pride stepped in on the family quarrel, Everyone went quiet as they knew that things were about to get serious.{Now Rin, You are being judged right now because of your actions that ultimately led us to be in our current situation.}What followed was a tale that led to all of the 8 brothers being in their current situation, Their tale went as such...Rin, who was the younger brother of the 8 siblings had fled from the soul realm because of the fear of being constantly compared to his older siblings.the soul realm is a place where all souls ultimately end up, and there in the soul realm exist {Astral Souls}: Souls who have lived for tens of thousands of years and have developed abilities relating to their personalities.Rin, the sinless soul was infact an {Astral Souls} but because he had no clear personality, he was unable to develop soul power. Being the youngest out of the great 8 {Astral Souls}, Rin was always ridiculed, and this is what caused him to run away.But running away to a place his brothers couldn't reach was impossible, that was until an opportunity to go to the human realm presented itself.Rin didn't think much as he rushed towards the first opportunity he got and this was to possess the body of a dead infant, but because possessing a body in the human realm was an almost impossible task...Rin used most of his power and lost all of his memories. it was like he was just a newborn who gradually learned things as time progressed.After a couple of years in the human realm, Rin was living normally until the system and its transfer simulation that had caused the two glitches came.On the first glitch, Some of Rin's strength returned and he was able to prevent himself from dying, but at the same time, the first glitch had opened a gateway for the other 7 brothers to pass through.They were quickly able to locate Rin because of the amount of soul strength he had, but as they were about to take Rin out of Hinata Fujuzuki's body, They were also trapped inside his body causing all memories of that day to be lost.But this all changed when the system launched the second grade of the transfer simulation. The 7 souls got their memories back and Rin only got his memories from the first glitch back nothing more, nothing less.Because now 7 more souls occupied the same body, Rin wasn't able to use his passive ability to see danger in the future like last time, this was what had caused them to die.The tale of Rin's crimes ended with their deaths. He was being judged for Entering the human realm, Using a human as a vessel, and causing the deaths of his 7 brothers.{ Rin, Do you accept your crimes?}" I do, all except for causing your deaths." As Rin said those words, some of the 7 Souls showed anger on their faces._Why?_"You're all here talking with me aren't you? so technically you are still alive."With Rin's claim, The other souls went silent. That was for all except Wrath who was loudly laughing while floating in midair.[You gotta admit Greed, Rin still got that fire in him.] as Wrath said that, all the other souls nodded to his words._Tch! Who cares._{As you've just said we are still alive, but that won't be the same in the upcoming future.}Rin hearing his brother's words had a dumbfounded look on his face as he asked "What do you mean?" and as soon as Rin asked this, everyone's expression went dark.\ Since most of our strength was lost when we were trapped inside Fujuzuki's body, our souls are slowly fading away./"That's.." The news Rin just heard was shocking, even if he was constantly compared to them they were still his siblings."Isn't there anything you can do to get your strength back?"(If we were to get enough energy our strength might recover, but am sure you know the problem with the amount of energy we need.)"You need energy almost kin to that of a God right?"(Exactly, so where are we gonna find gods who would willingly give us their energy.)The sad expressions on everyone's faces grew with every second, and Rin who was unable to bare that remembered the system introducing itself." That's it the system. Guys the system said that they are over thousands of God Candidates in every era right? And since I've been chosen for a candidate this time doesn't that mean there are many more out there like me?"As Rin gave out what had just come to his mind, Evil smiles grew on the 8 siblings as they now had a goal.\But the problem is that we won't be able to last until we meet another good Candidate/(Yeah that's right, we've been fading at a fast pace already.)The sudden realization of the shortage of time had brought back the sad expressions on everyone's faces all except for Wrath who seemed to have an idea.[ Guys did you forget that we're all siblings? We could just perform Soul Fusion couldn't we?]Soul Fusion was the fusion of souls that had close resembles and had a great understanding of each other, which is why their being siblings was beneficial."Haha Your right Big brother Wrath, Soul fusion!"Just as Wrath had suggested, Everyone was now getting ready for Soul fusion.And at the same time when Wrath and the others were forming a circle around Rin, The system that had been closely observing their actions this entire time, and in its observation, it realized that the first interference wasn't due to the old gods, but instead, it was the work of the 7 souls.The system's sudden realization was a big one because what this entailed was that the 7 souls at full strength have enough power to rival Gods.This had made their future potential as gods unimaginable as their power would only grow the moment their energy returned, but it would be a while before that happened as they still had Soul Fusion in their minds.The 7 Souls that surrounded Rin, now began to hold hands as a magical phenomenon started.Thin threads began to emerge from the 7 souls, each in the color of their {Astral Soul}. The threads that had emerged from the 7 Souls then began to move towards Rin who was in the m
--- ------ ---"Let's begin the massacre!" Ruthven shouted High enough that his screams were mistaken as roars. A massive amount of killing intent was soon released causing those that had led the attack of the two armies to faint. The disturbed march of the armies gave Ruthven an opportunity, He then dashed to his first victim with one of his hands positioned in the form of a sword. He then proceeded to Stab his hands into his first victim, Blood splattered everywhere as Ruthven got his first kill on the battlefield.He took no time to rest as he soon took the club that was held by the dead warrior in his right hand. One powerful swing was enough to create space between him and the enemies, But this wasn't enough to stop the march.With the enemies that kept on approaching, Ruthven held his club in a sword-like position before closing his eyes and taking slow deep breaths. Upon Opening his eyes, a cold aura was released onto the battlefield as his long hair made him look like a
Ruthven could understand the other stats that were extremely high, but he still didn't understand one thing, and that was his age. Not even a year had passed Since he was in the war, but his age had already increased by 85 years. "Man, am I that old?" Ruthven/Rin was an {Astral Soul} so it was understandable if his soul was over a thousand years old, but what got Rin worried was that his body, Ruthven, was the one who was now over a thousand years old.Ruthven/Rin moved about the now chaotic safe zone in deep thought, and that's when he finally came to realize that his clothes and hair were all messed up." How long do I have to wait till I can wash my hair?" Ruthven pouted as he asked that question.-----What the system had said was important as it would involve the mission, but Ruthven didn't pay attention to it as he only Heard th
The teleportation had already begun, and soon a man wearing a red suit with a white long jacket that reached all the way to his knees appeared. A black sheath could be seen on his hips holding a katana with a red tilt.His head shifted to left and from left to right as Trees could be seen covering every inch of his sight."What a familiar scenery." Ruthven thought as he remembered his first experience on a quest. After getting used to the scenery around him, Ruthven put his hands in his pockets as he began to walk forward. He didn't know where he was going, but he knew that something was waiting for him ahead.As Ruthven continued down his path, he noticed a ray of sunlight that had been growing on his coat, this was how he knew that he was almost out. Soon Ruthven left the forest, and there he was greeted by a giant system panel that could be measured above 50 meters... " *Sigh* looks like this is gonna be Troublesome," he said in a worried tone. Though Ruthven hadn't done many que
Ruthven was now following the path he had found himself in, and a long journey it was. Structures that resembled buildings surrounded by high walls could be seen from far away, this was what had motivated Ruthven to move forward.Just before Ruthven was halfway from his destination, the system popped up...------"Huh ....what do you mean?" Ruthven asked as he was worried of how he would be keeping tabs on the progress of his quest.--The system answered his thoughts.Soon Ruthven fell into deep thought with his hand around his chin..." Okay... So how long will the update take?" Ruthven wasn't angry nor happy that the system would be gone, but he still had to know how long it was gonna be absent.------With the system's words, Ruthven Noticed that the quest that he had been giv
" Stop your assault!"The young man said as he showed the soldiers a Black badge with a one-eyed pattern on it."Hey isn't that The son of the Orpheus Family?"...."Yeah that's him, he's handsome isn't he?" The Crowed mumbled about the origin of the boy the moment they saw his black badge. "Yes sir!" The soldiers quickly responded to the young man's order as they bowed at the sight of him."Huh!? that badge, Don't tell me..." Ruthven saw the badge and turned his eyes back to normal while letting go of Raiz and quickly rushing to the young man."Nice to meet you, my name is Nicholas of the Orpheus Family." The young blonde man put his hand out and introduced him as such, but Ruthven ignored him as he took the badge that was held by Nicholas, and quietly observed it. "You got to be kidding me right?" Ruthven said as he knew that the badge was meant to represent someone important from the demon race.With an embarrassed look on his face, Nicholas asked..."What do you mean?""Hehe Nothing,
"I welcome you to my secondary Home!" Nicholas said as his expression was filled with joy.Ruthven didn't know what to say to the enthusiastic invite Nicholas except for..."Lead the way." while pointing his hand towards the mansion before them. To Ruthven's response, Nicholas began to lead the way while showing Ruthven the beautiful lawn filled with flowers in front of the Mansion."Mister Ruthven, what do you think?" with expectations in his eyes, Nicholas looked at Ruthven."Hehe... it's beautiful."Soon the tour Ruthven and Nicholas were having was about to come to an end, and as they were closing in on the Mansion entrance, Nicholas's warm expression started to fade.People had been waiting for Nicholas in Infront of the Mansion door, it was mostly maids and one butler, but they were enough to turn Nicholas's mood upside down.Ruthven seeing this had started to lose interest in the now gloomy Nicholas. The smile Nicholas would have on his face would make people think that there a
"Ruthven Highlord, THE BLUE EYED DEMON." was Ruthven introducing himself with one of his eyes already blue.Ruthven's actions had caught everyone off guard, but as He didn't care much for their reactions he proceeded to sit down. A moment passed with Bergroar standing up in shock, but that didn't last long as Ruthven had suggested that he sit down.The moment Bergroar had sat down, he cleared his throat in embarrassment before saying..." I didn't think I would get to see a true descendent of the Blue-eyed Demon with my own eyes." everyone nodded to his words, all except for Nicholas.To the words of Bergroar, Ruthven had a dumbfounded expression on his face. He didn't understand what Bergroar had been referring to when he said Ruthven was a true descendent of the Blue-eyed Demon, but he still understood that he was been mistaken as his own descendent.As Ruthven was in a daze, He was woken up when he heard... "Please I hope the food is to you like." from Bergroar. Ruthven didn't care m