Chapter 2

Finally I arrived. I breathe in the fresh smell of home and although I have already done this millions of times, it never gets old.

"Welcome back Sir, will you be needing me to inform master about your arrival?" A member approached me and bowed to me respectfully.

"No need to bother yourself as I am going to him anyways and besides, he is not that strict with formalities. All I need you to do is leading me to where he is currently," I said

"As you wish," he replies

He starts leading me to where the old man currently is.

As we got closer to where he was, I saw him, sitting in his old spot where he always reside when he relax himself.

"Has the sun risen to the west? You're quite early, I expected you to be tardy as you have been always, but I guess you do have a consciousness within you. No matter, how have you been? The ceremonial inheritance will be commencing soon so be ready for it. There will be no other guests, other than all of the members that will be attending it. Are you prepared? " A man spoke in a deep, cold voice that seems to make you shiver from fright and bow down for its majesty.

He is the 30th generation leader of the godfiends. My father figure and my teacher for all that I have learned till now. He is already 176 years of age but still looks as though he was still in is 40s. Doesn't make sense right? How did he maintain his youth even though he's already that old? Well, I can feel that his life force is weakening but its negligible since this hell of an old man looks like he can still live for an entire century or two.

He was 220 centimeters tall, quite tall as compared to my height which is 180 centimeters tall. He has looks that can make all the girls come flocking him even though he is just there standing like a statue, damn this old man and his looks. His cold and distant expression just makes his charm more beautiful than it is, coupled with his deep cold voice that can send shivers down your spine, need me to say more?

Yes he is old, but age is just a number they say. It creeps me out.

"Can you cut me some slack old man, its not like I'm late for nothing just like the other times." I complained. "This time, I have obtained information about the movements of the World Allies and my instincts tells me that it is for us." I said.

"Well, what's the order leader? Make a move or stay our hands for now?" To be completely honest, this is just a formality as I have already ordered my connections to make a move.

"No, leave them be for now as we have more important matters to attend to. But knowing you, I guess that this is just a front, and already made a move," he sighed as he starts rubbing his temples just to calm down his old aching mind.

"We need everything we have for the upcoming inheriting of the 'Throne.' We can't have any distractions during this time. Why did you have to provoke those old dogs now." said the old man, like he is tired of dealing with my mess.

"I didn't provoke them. Did you not hear me? They are gathering for something and that something has got to do with us. Do you not believe me, father?" I said, with a slight anger in my tone and disappointment since he does not believe me the instant I told him about this.

"Don't think for a second that I don't know what you are feeling right now as I have been through that as well. You know that I believe in every single word you say since we have this unbreakable trust ever since I picked you up." He sighs as he starts to caressed my head.

"My dear son, please don't take this the wrong way, but I have things to worry about as well. Don't think for a second, as we are the strongest, every single thing will go our way, it is because we are the strongest, we have to thread as carefully as we can in these deep troubled ocean that we are in," he said as he turned to look upon the horizon as if he was reminiscing about the past.

"Do you understand me?" he says, turning his head back at me, and stared at me with deep seriousness that I have not seen for a long time.

"I know, father" I started "That is why I informed you of this immediately after I came back and started to make a move to have a look on what they are planning, so that we can one up them like we always do," I said

"Good that you know, albeit, you made a reckless move, you need to make your own decisions now as you are going to inherit "The Throne of the Godfiends" from me and from our ancestors," he nodded

"What is this "Throne of the Godfiends" anyways," I said, really wondering what he is talking about. I've heard of him talking about this throne, but I never really know what it was and what was its importance for the old man. I guess he thinks that I may not be ready for it yet.

"You need not to now of this yet," he said solemnly

Nailed it.

"As soon as you inherit it, you will learn of it by yourself. Besides, it is better that you learn everything that you need to know from "it" and not me, as "it" will explain everything that you need to know," he said

"I had also gone through the same process as you. So don't worry about it, if anything does happen, your father is here for you, and there is nothing that can stop your father in this world," he said to assure me

"I want you to learn of this now, as I am getting impatient, but I know it is not the time and it may change the original direction that "we" were going for," he says impatiently but soon regained his calm as if he had said nothing concerning my future.

"All right father, I will follow your orders," I said with a slight touch of concern and curiosity in my face as I heard something that may relate on that possibility.

"Good, now get out of my sight and prepare for the ceremonial inheritance, I will be resting these old bones for now," He said and starts to fall asleep.

'I envy you father, I really do,' I sighed as I think of this.

"Well you heard him, let's go and prepare everything. Be mindful of all the possibilities that might happen and apply a proper solution for each and every one of them. I do not want any mistakes or any incidents to occur during the ceremony, understood?" I said sternly

"Understood!" every one of them said in unison.

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We are currently in the Main Hall of the base, it isn't as grand as you thought it to be, in fact, it looks so depressing with little to no lights, as the halls are only lit by lamps with candles in them. But it does emit a majestic aura, standing proudly as it survived countless hurdles.

As we are finishing our preparations, all of the member have already arrived. And every single one of them said a word of congratulations to me and my father, for me being a competent one, my father, for finding someone worth calling a leader.

'I am glad that everyone of them has a good opinion about me or else I may have a hard time taming them,' I chuckled to myself

'I have no trouble taming them if I have to, but it will get complicated with the top hundreds and the old fogies,' I think to myself

'Well, no matter, let the trouble come when it comes, it will entertain me at least,'

(They say ignorance is bliss and boy are they true)

I started walking to the middle of the hall where my father stood atop of a formation, waiting for me.

All of the surrounding noise has quieted down, and started focusing on the ceremony to witness the beginning of a new era.

My father saw me approaching and began his speech to start the ceremony.

"As the 30th leader of the Godfiends, the current possessor of the 'Throne', the holder of the title 'Judge', and the chosen 'Seraphim of Destruction', may I call God the Father to bear witness of a new crowning and bless the next generation to come." as the formation starts to operate, my father starts to rise from the ground, and looks completely different from his original look

He has a golden halo hovering above his head, six wings started to come out of his back, eyes burning with a golden light, clothing changed from the initial robe to a armor that fit perfectly on his current look, when a throne suddenly appeared and my father starts to sit upon it.

"Let the ceremonial inheritance commence!"

One by one, the elders surrounding my father also started their transformation, the only difference is that they only have four wings, implying that they are only Archangels, one level below my father.

I stared at them with wide eyes as I witness their transformation.

'Holy S***!!! What am I looking at?! Am I not in a normal human organization, but in a cult?! Granted, we are not normal, but I'm not expecting to this extent!' my mind starts to collapse from the shock that I have been given. I have never experience this kind of shock in my entire life.

This scene will forever be embedded in my mind and never will I forget it even in my afterlife.

Looking at the faces of the other member, I have not seen a single expression that has shock in them.

'Am I the only one oblivious to this? Don't tell me that they too are angels? Is this really a cult? Am I the only normal one here? Then, why am I, a normal human being with just an abnormal strength in human standards, the one inheriting everything that belonged to them, angels that might have come from the Heavens above,' I started questioning my very existence and why am I even within their ranks.

'Don't tell me that demons exists as well?' as I thought of this, my world view is beginning to change.

'Are they the only ones or are there many others as well, hiding in the dark?'

'I should stop thinking of this and calm myself down.' I started to regain my calm, but there still remain a tinge bit of shock in me.

"AHAHAHAHAHA, I expected much more shock coming from you but you regained your calm instantly, I guess that's to be expected from the one that will inherit something from us," my father laughs, amused by my shock but was a bit disappointed that I regain my calm instantly.

"Well I am not normal to begin with in your standards," I said helplessly

"Enough with the bickering and let us start already, we don't have much time left," one of the elders said, to be exact, it is the Supreme Elder, the one who has power second only to my father, and is half-step away from advancing to the ranks of seraphim.

As soon as he finished his sentence, there sounded an explosion coming outside of the base.

"As expected, they sure are fast. With my authority as a Seraphim, I order half of the elders to take with you all of the angels and defend the base the best you can so that the ceremony will have no distractions!" ordered the old man "As for the other half, help me with the continuation of the inheritance."

"Understood!" shouted all of them.

"Now that is being dealt with, there will be no distractions that will occur during the inheritance." With my authority as a Seraphim, the right hand of the Father, may the ceremonial inheritance formally commence!"