Chapter 9

At this moment, the Moore Family all entered, faces all gloomy "What's this about Angel being drunk?" Marshal Moore yelled as soon as he saw Brain.

"Calm down, you old coot. I'll explain everything in a bit" Brain yelled back in an annoyed tone.

Marshal Moore's face became even gloomier at being called old. He snorted and sat down on a chair at the dining table.

"How long until your parents arrive?" Brain asked Cerberus.

"ETA is 10 minutes" Cerberus replied.

Brain nodded and turned back to Marshal Moore, "I'll explain everything as soon as the others arrive so I don't have to say everything twice. So, everyone sit down and have something to drink. Oh, and Gabriel, would you please coax your youngest to stop sulking like a bat over there?"

Bazooka looked at Brain and then looked over to where Dark was hanging upside in his cocoon that he created from his wings. He looked curious as to what was going on.

"I'll explain later" Brain stated with a sigh.

All of a sudden a bright glare appeared in the centre of the living room and quickly got brighter until everyone was blinded by it.

When the glare had receded, everyone could see a tall man standing there. His whole demeanour screamed of decadence.

"Hello everyone, now before you lot start freaking out, I was sent by the Council of Summoners" the man said, just as everyone was getting ready to apprehend and detain the man.

"Care to explain it in more detail?" Brain asked, looking slightly pissed off.

"Sure, but mind if I sit down first, it kinda talks easier that way, to be honest" the man said.

Brain indicated he could sit down and everyone sat down too.

"Hey, brat, you gonna keep playing at being a bat or do you want me to come over there and make you sit down and listen to me?" the man spoke towards where Dark was still hanging upside down.

Dark unfolded his wings and lowered himself from where he was hanging and sat down on the couch.

The man nodded and looked around, "Okay, I'm the Demonic Guide, you can call me Dementor. I was sent by the Council to guide and teach the Demonic Summoner and his Guardian, allowing them to reach their full potential. I will also act as their leash so they don't go overboard, as no one here can fully restrain them if they flip out. My brethren will be joining us at a later date, they just need to clear up some personal matters before they can descend.

We are also known as the Hall Masters of the Hall of Summoners, which is where all Summoners reside and learn everything they need to know regarding their duties and so forth"

Brain looked at Loquentium, who nodded to acknowledge the truth in what the man called Dementor said.

Brain looked back at Dementor and asked, "How are you going to blend in without arousing suspicion?"

Dementor looked at Brain and said "You must be the one called Brain, the Summoners current leash", Brain nodded.

"Brain, my brethren and I will pose as being a part of your team, at least until the Council has rooted the hidden hand in this universe, at which point we will take on our rightful roles as Hall Masters. My brethren and I come to a total of 10 people, one for each Council.

By the way, can someone please explain to me why the Summoner is currently intoxicated?" Dementor asked.

Loquentium replied "He has overindulged in Bloodwine"

"How much has he imbibed?" Dementor asked.

"3 litres" Loquentium replied.

"Did you not explain it to him? Never mind, you are the Demonic Speaker, of course, you instructed him, he must have ignored you. He looks to be obedient and oh, now this is interesting… He is no longer showing his dominant Void traits but is now showing Incubus traits. This is quite the find, it's rare for Incubus traits to be present next to Void traits. Oho, this brat sure is contradicting" Dementor was mumbling to himself at the end of his little speech.

"You seem to be well-versed in Demonic traits and how they react" Brain remarked.

"Ah, yes, I should be, this is what I was born to do after all" Dementor airily brushed the remark off.

"Brat, come here and let me examine you more closely" Dementor said to Dark.

Dark walked over, still pouting.

"Stop pouting, you look like someone stole your favourite toy" Dementor teased Dark.

Dark ignored him by turning his head away and glaring at Brain.

"Oho, I actually guessed right huh? Hang on…What's this? Brat, come closer and hold out your left hand, with glove removed" Dementor got serious.

Dark removed his left glove and held out his hand as told, Dementor grabbed his hand, ignoring the shocked looks of the others in the room. Loquentium looked closely at Darks left hand and sharply inhaled.

"Please tell me that the Summoner has not touched the Guardian" Dementor asked, his tone somewhat pleading and exasperated.

"He did touch him, he used his tail to lift Killer into the air while disparaging him" Brain replied with an apprehensive tone.

"@$&%%^$* ^$^&($^&$(^& %&*%)%$)%&* *^(%^&%$(^&$((" Dementor spoke a long string of gibberish that couldn't be translated, but the tone he used told everyone he was most likely cursing.

"Is it important whether Dark touched Killer or not?" Brain asked tentatively.

"It is very important. Right, Summoner put your glove back on and sit back down on the couch.

I apologise in advance, but I am immobilising you and restricting all of your abilities" Dementor spoke to Dark with an apologetic expression and tone.

Dark just looked at him, his expression showing that he really wanted to kill him.

"Okay, are we still waiting on someone or is everybody already here?" Dementor asked Brain.

"We are still awaiting Killers parents or legal guardians" Brain replied.

"How long until they arrive?" Dementor asked.

"ETA is 4 minutes" Cerberus replied.

Dementor nodded, "I will wait until they are here and then I will explain everything. We have at least half an hour before any action needs to be undertaken anyway"

Brain got one of his team to make some refreshments for everyone, while Dark remained immobilised, glaring at everyone.

"Can I ask why Angel has been immobilised, it looks like he is getting angrier by the second and I, for one, don't wanna see him flipping out?" Bazooka asked Dementor.

"He's immobilised as he is about to go into an instinctive state that could turn out lethal for everyone present.

You don't have to worry, he won't be able to flip out as I am much, much stronger than he is and I'm able to fully restrain him from flipping out alongside immobilising him.

The reason I left him awake is for the simple reason that he needs to hear what I will be explaining in a bit.

I know you are his Dad and worry for him, but I mean him absolutely no harm. I was born to assist all Summoners and Guardians in maturing and reaching their full potential. But I will fully explain my origins in a bit" Dementor placated Bazooka.

Bazooka nodded and sat back, waiting for the moment that he would get his explanation.

Like this, they waited for a few minutes until the parents of Cerberus arrived. They were escorted into the Dorms living room by one of Brains subordinates.

Everyone present, except Dark who remained immobilised, stood up to greet the newcomers.

"Welcome and thank you for coming on such short notice" Brain shook the hands of the newcomers, "I'm Brain and I 'm the one who had you come here. Please sit down and I will introduce everyone as well as give you an explanation on why you were asked to come" he gestured to the chairs that were placed for them.

The two men sat down and Brain began to introduce everyone, when he got to Dark, Loquentium and Dementor he paused and then slowly said "The one sitting on the couch without moving is Dark, the one standing behind him is one of his Summoned beings, his name is Loquentium and the one lounging in front of him is Dementor. His presence will be explained later. Could we get your names?"

"My name is MacGyver and this is my partner Chemist. We are Killer's legal guardians as his parents are no longer with us" the man seated on the right said.

Dementor looked at Loquentium and nodded, Loquentium nodded as a reply and then spoke "They can be trusted"

Brain nodded and stood up, "Let's get this show on the road then, seeing as we have less than 30 minutes before something happens"

Dementor remarked "I recommend that you ignore any alarms you receive about the Summoners vitals, they are gonna start fluctuating soon. I got him on lock though, so rest assured"

Brain looked at him and nodded to show his acceptance.

"Okay, everyone here knows that Dark is a Summoner, however, there is something that most of you don't know and that is that Dark is not a Dark Summoner, instead he is a rare variant called a Demonic Summoner or Hell Summoner. For more information on this, I would like one of our two present experts to explain it as much as possible", with this Brain looked at Loquentium and Dementor.

Loquentium replied "Dementor is the one that would be best suited to explain as he knows more than I do" and he sat down.

Dementor nodded and stood up, "Everyone, please bear with me. I will give a brief explanation and later I will send you all a file with the detailed explanation so you know completely what is going on. Please hold any questions you might have as it's most likely that they will be answered at a later date.

My name is Dementor and I am the Demonic Guide and Hall Master sent by the Origin Tree and Council of Summoners to guide the Demonic Summoner and his Guardian into reaching their full potential before they Ascend.

We live in a Multiverse and this is the youngest universe within that Multiverse. Each Multiverse is born from an Origin Tree, the Origin Tree governs their respective universes.

Each Multiverse is comprised of multiple levels, the Lower Planes, Mid-level Planes, Upper-Level Planes and the God-level Plane.

Each Plane contains implanted Realms pertaining to the 9 Summoned Races. The 9 Summoned Races correlate to their individual Summoners and are the Light, Dark, Holy, Demonic, Spirit, Nova, Elemental, Meister and Spirit Races and Summoners. The Holy and Demonic Summoners are the rarest Summoners to appear.

The Summoners all have their own Bloodlines, save the Holy and Demonic Summoners. These are in fact variants of the Light and Dark Bloodlines and are the strongest of all Summoners.

Each Summoner is the Representative of their respective Summoned Race and automatically become a member of the Council that their Races have. There are a total of 9 Summoner Councils on each Plane and all Councils and Summoners are presided over by the Council and Lord of Summoners.

Each Council comprises of 20 members, these are the Seer, Warrior, Debater, Judge, Executioner, Teacher, Magus, Keeper, Schemer, Seeker, Devourer, Embellisher, Hoarder, Stealer or Thief, Deceiver, Scribe, Healer, Reader, Listener and Speaker. The 21st member is the Summoner and his Guardian.

Summoners and Guardians are born in the Lower Planes and Ascend to the higher Planes until they reach their full potential. This is where the Hall Masters come in.

Each Plane consists of multiple galaxies like yours and each galaxy has its own Summoners Hall and these are governed by 10 Hall Masters that correspond to the 9 Summoners and the last one is the Representative of the Council of Summoners and relays their orders as well as maintaining the Summoner Laws. They also punish any Summoners that break said Laws or disobey orders.

The Hall Masters are a Race born directly from the Origin Tree and are asexual. We do not take Mates nor do we produce offspring. We are born when a galaxy is born and die when said galaxy dies.

We will guide the Summoners and Guardians until they Ascend to the next Plane or their lives end. When they Ascend, our brethren on the next Plane take over and we continue the cycle.

Our Origin Tree came into being 10,000 years ago and thus the Multiverse we are currently in was born. This galaxy is the youngest and was born 6000 years ago. Including this galaxy, this Multiverse consists of a total of 1000 Lower Planes, 500 Mid-Level Planes, 300 Upper-Level Planes and 1 God-Level Plane. The Council of Summoners resides on the God-Level Plane and oversee the entire Multiverse. The Summoners below them protect the Multiverse from threats. They do not follow orders of the governments within the galaxies or Planes.

There are currently 12 Origin Trees in existence and for the most part, all of them obey the rule to not invade others, however, 6500 years ago this changed. One of the Origin Trees became hostile to the others and started attempting to invade the Multiverses of the other Origin Trees.

They were able to repel the invasions as they were older, however, they also attempted to invade this Multiverse after our Origin Tree was born. They weren't fully successful but did manage to access some of the younger galaxies including this one.

They left behind the Zerg to act as their soldiers as well as controlling some of the people present in the galaxy to do their bidding. They also sent out a virus that wiped out the female genome in this Multiverse, their intent was to wipe out all living beings. Luckily their plan wasn't successful and the Human Race continued to exist, with some mutations of course.

This is the hidden hand that is orchestrating everything and what the Council of Summoners intends to expel as it is a threat to this Multiverse.

To do this, the plan is to first clean up the Lower Planes, have the Summoners Ascend to the Mid-Level Planes to continue their growth. They will then clean up any remnants on that Plane and Ascend to the Upper-Level Planes and continue their growth again.

They will then become one of the Champions of the Council. The Champions of the Origin Trees will enter a tournament to determine the Ranking of each Origin Tree.

The attack that occurred 100 years ago, was an attempt to wipe out all possible Summoners and to prevent any from ever being born again. This includes one of Killers parents, he was in fact a remnant of the Nova Bloodline.

His Bloodline was very diluted, but it was still present and therefore caused him to be targeted. Fortunately, Killers parents were having fertility issues and had donated the necessary material required for the artificial birthing process.

This allowed Killer to be born after their death and therefore to become the Summoners Guardian and gain the possibility to avenge his parents and all other innocent lives lost due to the actions of the rogue Origin Tree.

MacGyver and Chemist, Killer has been determined to be the Summoners Guardian, what you know as a Destined Mate. Only this foolish Summoner got intoxicated on Bloodwine by imbibing too much and carelessly made the mistake of a century, causing me to have to hurry through all this before the shit hits the fan. So Ima hafta do this in a fast and furious manner and you'll have to decide fast"

MacGyver and Chemist looked at each other and nodded to show they were ready.

"When Summoners meet their Guardians, they connect to each other on a Soul level that is deeper than the Bonding you know of. This is induced when a Summoner touches his Guardian for the first time and then they have 30 minutes before they have to undergo a Ceremony called Blood Bonding in which they each drink the blood of the other, this is done by biting the neck and drinking directly from the vein.

If they do not do this, the weaker of the two will end up dead or permanently crippled. Normally this isn't an issue as the parents or legal guardians of both will have met and given consent beforehand, but in this case, as there was no one here to properly guide the Summoner he ended up touching Killer before we could go through the formalities.

The touch in question here was the Summoner lifting Killer into the air with his tail, by the way, so don't worry about that.

After the Blood Bonding has been completed, the Guardian will undergo something called the Conversion, in which he converts from his current physique to his Guardian physique. This isn't dangerous, but it does hurt like hell. When the Conversion is done, the Guardian will have the same stats as the Summoner, though the Abilities and other things might be slightly different.

So here comes the kicker, do you consent to Killer and the Summoner undergoing the Ceremony and Killer permanently becoming his Demonic Guardian?" Dementor finished what he needed to say and looked at MacGyver and Chemist with apprehension present in his eyes.

"How much time do we have to make a decision?" MacGyver asked.

"Less than 10 minutes" Dementor replied.

"Can we discuss this privately with Killer?" MacGyver asked.

"Of course, this is a major decision and normally you would have ample time to discuss and make the decision. You have my sincerest apologies for the rushing" Dementor said as he bowed in apology while glaring at Dark.

Killer, MacGyver and Chemist stood up and left the living room to discuss their options. After they left the room, Dementor turned to Dark and stood in front of him looking down with his arms crossed, "Brat, you truly went and screwed up this time".

Dark didn't seem to hear him as his face was flushed, while his chest was heaving.

"What's going on with him?" Bazooka asked in concern.

"He is starting to feel the full effects of wanting to complete the Blood Bonding, meaning that at this moment he is in a state in which he is completely operating on instinct. The only reason anyone here is still alive is that I am fully restraining him and I will keep him retrained until the Ceremony is completed, otherwise he will end up killing everyone"

At this point, Killer, MacGyver and Chemist walked back into the room, "Can I ask if there is any danger to this Blood Bonding?" MacGyver asked.

"Normally, there would be danger involved. However, in this case, there is no danger as I will be restraining the Summoner until after the Ceremony is completed. As you can see the Summoner is currently not able to move at all, during the Ceremony all the Summoner will be able to do is bite and drink Killers blood" Dementor answered honestly.

"Second question, how long does this Conversion take and what exactly will happen during it?" MacGyver asked.

"The Conversion usually takes 24 hours to complete and what will be happening is first Killers body will be altered to include Demonic Traits, in Killers case I expect the traits to be those of the Beast type Demons, such as Were-Demons or the Demonic Dragons.

After the body has been altered, his Soul Foundation will be altered and firmed up while his Soul Strength will rise to match that of the Summoner.

After this has been completed, his current Abilities will either be altered or removed and he will gain new Abilities relating to his new Demonic Guardian physique and the last alteration is that a mark will appear between his brows which consists of a Shield surrounding a flame.

This is to identify him as a Guardian instead of a Summoner as Summoners have a flame mark between their brows" Dementor replied while removing the guise from Dark so his Summoners Mark became visible to all.

"Thank you for your explanation, we hereby give the permission for Killer to undergo the Ceremony" MacGyver replied after receiving a nod from Killer.

"Excellent. Okay, before I take both of them with me, I am first going to connect both of your light brains to mine so I can monitor your vitals. I will also link in Brains light brain too so he can check as well.

Okay, now Killer, I'm going to immobilise you like the Summoner as you will be overcome by instincts in a few minutes.

Everyone, I am going to anchor a Dimensional Realm which contains the Summoners Hall to this location in a minute. Don't worry, nobody will be able to detect it.

I will be taking these two into that dimension for one reason, the Ceremony will produce Omens and by going into the other dimension, these will not be detectable out here. The other reason is that the flow of time in the dimension is higher than it is out here. One day inside equals one hour here, but it doesn't affect people's life span" Dementor talked as he complete the things he was talking about.

Dementor, as well as Killer and Dark, suddenly disappeared from sight and a tremor could suddenly be felt.

"Don't worry, that is dimension being anchored. We will be going now, we should be back in about 3 hours total. In the meantime, please read the files I sent to all of you so you are up to date on everything going on in the Multiverse" Dementors voice sounded from around them.