The Curse of Emotions and the Legend of Soul Constitutions
"So What's the Damned curse? Besides how the heck did I end with this shit now? Can we remove the Implant? Eon!?", Aavesh asked in a worried yet tired tone...
This curse or whatever it was, it eluded everyone to the point that they believed the Implants were some ancient Treasure capable of upgrading a Civilization - it was a fucking trap, Aavesh then thought of the relationship between the Black Knight and Slaanesh.
He was her son!
Xylastis must have obviously been told by Slaanesh to devour those Implants!
Considering they were made by an Autarch - it was inevitable for the Implant set to be filled with Destiny Energy.
And he stole the food Slaanesh chose for her baby Boy or rather he was made to steal it... By the Cosmic Will and Machina Realm to first either control him or deal with him using this treasure...
Aavesh felt a cold chill in his hearts- inadvertently he was dragged into conspiracies and there were several layers to it as well.
How well thought of!
If the Plan fails - use the Back up- if the Back Up Fails - use it's Back Up and so on...
It seemed to be almost never ending and he was just one of the unsuspecting Pawns.
But to deal with him like this...
Hah!No! Maybe he should stop considering himself as important, No he was insignificant compared to all these Terrifying Cosmic Beings - He was only the Outer Target, a scape goat - the Real Target was something else, Aavesh surmised.
' The Aeon Mythic Power!', Suddenly Aavesh felt cold sweat drip from his forehead as he finally realised what the whole scheme was.
It was a terrifying Thought - But it was the Only rational explanation that filled everything.
The Real Target was Never him - No it was always something that Defied the Universe, capable of Traversing and Rewriting Time with almost no consequence and no cost.
The Target was the Aeon Mythic Power! They always wanted to either control it or Weaken it to the Point that it could not challenge the Cosmic Will!
There were so many Instances, the clues were right before him all along! but he never 'saw' them...
His survival was just a pyrrhic victory - The True Victors were the Cosmic Will and Machina Dimension.
They accomplished their objective of De-powering the Aeon Mythic Power and now stood unchallenged.
They fucking ensured that he would be 'taken care of' like the loose end he was with the Implants.
Slaanesh's Curse was the Guarantee they had used and him stealing food from her son was also a plus point in ensuring any Form of Negotiations would be impossible - She was going to kill him either way.
They had already won - the moment that Implant was in him...
In the end-He was still too naive...
Being a Mortal, his thoughts were literally open for everyone here to read as they also bitterly smiled with him...
Kronos sighed and shook his head as he spoke," In the end the one who knows more is always a step ahead... I knew there would be a conspiracy but this is serious - to the Point that they would use an Eldritch Goddess to deal with you- Heh Aavesh stop worrying about this - Slaanesh maybe incredibly Powerful but I am not weak EITHER! As long as I am here- She will not be able to kill you!"
Kronos was not joking, his reassurance gave hope to everyone in the room.
Even Eon chirped up, " Yeah stop overthinking for now- Besides I know what the Curse is- Maybe we could find something to deal with it! Let me first explain the effect of the curse and then we find a way to deal with it! Ok?"
"Ok..." Aavesh knew that they were doing this to support him and let him have the hope to find a way out of this trap. If one did not hope one already lost.
He steeled his mind to hear what Eon was about to say. There had to be away!
"Slaanesh's Curse had to with something very specific - The Emotional spectrum! With her Chaos Curse- it altered certain requirements for the candidate in an extreme way- the soul now would have to harmonize itself with 9 emotions or be torn apart by the Chaos Excess Curse placed within"
" It was but a simple Chaos Curse- Satisfy the Implants with your Emotions and it would keep demanding more highs unless you manage to find a way to balance all Emotions - Achieving Harmonization but it was a cruel curse for my Partner never had a talent in the Mysterious Realm of Emotions- it was done so he could never use them..."
" Emotions were not our forte and the Order Autarch had quite a rigid personality at that time- he could not change even if he wanted to, so unless he forcibly suppressed the Backlash that would affect his soul - he could not do that as he had to go war with the Invading Eldritch..."
"He found some bad news further as he attempted to analyse the curse- he could not Remove the Curse either as it would destroy the Implants- The Curse was made of Emotion Chaos sources- His greatest Weakness, he required the help of someone with immense Mastery in Emotion Harmonization to remove them"
"The Only other Person with such Mastery in Emotions was the Chaos Autarch, but she and the Order Autarch had a complicated relationship- being on the opposite ends of the Order - Chaos Alignments- My Partner's Emotional Quotient was very small per se", Eon coughed as he spoke awkwardly about his Partner.
"It was like that of a pure analytical child who was akin to a block of wood, mine was also higher but her- Her's was very very mature yet unpredictable- cough* Let's just say things escalated a lot between them and they never appeared in the same place together- He never got a chance to Talk to her and get her assistance..."
"You are still alive now because Athena did not replace your heart or allow the implant to fuse into your heart which may have fully activated the Implant and you would be dead in a breath! Besides there's a funny thing in your genes that I have noticed... which she helped remove as well but we'll discuss it later after I confirm my theory...", Eon spoke with a little awe in Aavesh's luck, as Aavesh frowned a bit on the Last sentence but overall agreed with Eon about his Senior Sister.
Athena was a really good Senior Sister- thinking about her and that final moment was a bit depressing...
Anyways he shook his head and removed those Messy thoughts - right now they had to focus on the Immediate Problem.
A curse that dealt with emotions in a way that even the Order Autarch could not solve...
Kronos fell silent at this- Emotions he was not an expert in this.
Even Aavesh fell silent as he realised it was a very serious curse...
"Maybe my wife could help... She has attained divinity in Empathy - she understands Harmonization more than most New Gods...", Irolin interjected while giving others a little bit of hope.
Sierra might be able to help them in understanding this!
Kronos spoke out," Ok I'll open a doorway to your Divine Plane- Go bring her over... As the absolute Master of Building - Kronos opened a blue Portal with a flash of his fingers as Irolin entered it.
Soon 2 figures came out - Irolin and a breathtaking Beautiful and Kind woman- This woman's aura reminded Aavesh of his Mother, causing him to feel a bit down as he missed her.
Sierra had a curious look on her face as she bowed before Kronos and greeted Kronika. She then saw a curious Key spirit and a familiar child- 'Hmmm?' 'Irolin did tell me he needed my help regarding the Path of Emotions for a disciple... Hey that child- So it's that little boy! He seems to be injured slightly? Besides what with two hearts in his body? What's going on?'
Aavesh immediately greeted her with respect shown to one's Master's Wife despite the weakness in his body.
Irolin then spoke," He's my new Direct Disciple - I told you a while back- He seems to have some problem with his Implants, there's some kind of Emotion Curse which we are not able to peer into..."
Sierra raised an eyebrow as she knew how Powerful Kronos was, It seemed this curse was truly tricky this time- otherwise Kronos could have easily Removed the curse...
She kindly smiled at Aavesh as she ruffled his head sensing his stressed out mind to comfort him, she spoke in a soothing voice," It's alright child- Stressing now won't help- just relax your mind - whatever comes you can face it at that time for now don't torment yourself for no reason..."
She slowly helped Aavesh's mind de-stress and calm down.
She then used her Divine sight to gaze into Aavesh and observe his situation.
What she saw stunned her!
She saw the Boy's soul- It had a Multicolored Glow on it! There were Nine colors in totality Emanating from his soul!
Others may not notice this- infact most would not notice this! Only Gods like her- those proficient on the Path of Emotions would realise Aavesh's Unique Soul Condition!
Accepting One's Flaws!
No Longer Suppressing One's Feelings!
Fragmenting Self and Re-merging Self!
True Understanding of Self!
Each of these Feats may be simple to hear yet Incredibly harder to achieve than the Next!
It wasn't just hard - It was Nigh Impossible!
But these Feats were the Prerequisite for a very rare form of Soul Cultivation.
Not everyone was talented in Soul Cultivation - Most were very average and could only slowly accumulate or find a Treasure or simply use Evil Practices...
But there were a certain category of Soul Constitutions that upturned the norm and we're terrifyingly talented in Soul Cultivation- some were born with these Constitutions while other Acquired them...
The Path of Emotions was a crucial sub Path within the Grand Path of Souls- One could indeed find a way to acquire Monstrous Soul Constitutions.
The Requirement was for one to understand a 'Way' that then transforms the Quality the Soul and altered its structure to conform to the Method used to acquire the Constitution.
And it's never easy to understand a 'Way'!
No it was very very difficult!
There were 2 Types of 'Ways'
-There was the Emotionless way and the Emotional Way...
*Being Emotionless was also a form of Emotion.
But apart from the Path of Emotions - there were other paths in the soul that did indeed offer ways to get Soul Constitutions.
One could say there were countless Soul Constitutions available...
But According to Soul Constitution Ranking, the Top 3 Constitutions could only be Acquired from the Path of Emotions.
The Other Paths - were not as Powerful.
"Are you familiar with this?"
She then spoke and displayed a list before them-
Top 10 Soul Constitutions-
Rank 10 - Sacred Blessed Soul/ Profane Blessed Soul
Rank 9 - Golden Heart Soul/ Sinful Heart Soul/ Contradictory Grey Soul
Rank 8 - Cold Bane Soul/ Thunder Bane Soul/ Flame Bane Soul
Rank 7 - Infernal Arcane Soul/ Elysian Free Soul
Rank 6 - True Light Soul/ True Dark Soul
Rank 5 - Fated Grand Soul/ Destined Calamity Soul
Rank 4 - Undeath Lich Soul/ Nirvana Salvation Soul
Rank 3 - Void Emotion Soul/ Madness Psyche Soul
Rank 2 - Enlightened True Soul
Rank 1 - Ultimate Prime Soul
"Soul Constitutions Ranking - I remember finally achieved Enlightened True Soul Constitution after realizing my love for you... ahem*Cough" Irolin spoke with nostalgia and awkwardly coughed when he saw his wife pouting at him with a red face...
Her Blush was quite blinding to the onlookers- she was the Goddess of Beauty after all...
"Anyways Back on Topic What's the list got to do here?", Irolin quickly asked out. He was a bit curious on why his wife would show this list.
The others all curiously gazed at Sierra, seeking her reply, She let the list float and spoke," Since the first Yuga, this list has one fact that remained unchanged - No one ever achieved The Rank 1 Constitution apart from a certain Archaic God- But that has been shattered today - Aavesh I believe, has achieved elementary stage of Ultimate Prime Soul Constitution!"
"...", Silence echoed in the room.
Then, Everyone gazed at Aavesh, who couldn't help but spray out in shock,
"What the Hell?!"