The Kul Deva's Blessing!

"Hey hello there! Congratulations on becoming a Manvidarak ", the Asura spoke out loud to him.

As for why Aavesh saw the person before him as an Asura- was because the dude literally had 6 arms, atleast 8 feet Tall, wore Traditional Dharmic Clothing and Jewellery and had terrifying eyes.

Asuras were Super Intelligent! Extremely Strong and usually had Monstrous but Handsome Human visages- and At one Point of Time their Race had gone to War with the Archaic Gods - they fought so well that even after being defeated by the Archaic Gods - they were still Highly respected across the Universe - At least during that Time.

But now for some reason most Ancient Asuras were missing and the modern Asuras did not inherit the magnificence of their Civilization.

Infact Most Asuras driven from their Home Mythic Dimension of Naraka to spread across the Different Higher Dimension by the Devil God King Asmodeus.

Over the Years their sightings had become rare and very few would come out to visit the Current Civilizations.

But their Mythic Path Inheritance Until Godhood remained intact and had been disseminated across the Material Universe.

Their Asuric Mythic Paths were not To be scoffed at- It wasn't lesser than Devil Mythic Paths at all!

Aavesh however was stunned at first on seeing the imposing Asura Before him - Damn this guy was very Strong!

But then there was a Grating feeling in his mind- years of Isolation had definitely taken it's toil on him- He didn't appear as lively as before - Now he was just tired. There was sense of Emptiness and Desolation emanating from him.

"Hello Aavesh, My Name is Dharmakush! I am Guardian Spirit tasked by Maheswara to take care of this Sacred World! Wait-"

" You have a Third Eye! Incredible -you are quite fated! Not bad child! But you need to heal your mind now- You have stayed in that place for far too long, it's inevitable that your mind is weary and disturbed! Come with me to take sadhana to your Kul Deva!", The Asura spoke with him in a very friendly tone.

Aavesh however felt a bit weak in his legs as his breathing began to grow difficult - the aura of the Mountain was quite overwhelming!

This was not a place for mortals like him.

The Asura then immediately arrived before him and took a small bottle filled with a shimmering orange liquid.

He gently held Aavesh and carefully poured a drop of that orange liquid into his mouth.

Not that Aavesh could resist him- he was too weak and tired for it.

It tasted quite sour - yet it's citric notes were Divine! He never had anything like that before! This was otherworldly.

He felt a warm feeling in his stomach and that feeling of weakness disappeared spontaneously from his body.

Aavesh felt that Overwhelming Aura recede and managed to get some strength back into his body.

"You should feel better after having Santra - Divine Parbat Orange Extract,- try standing on your own now..."

The Asura then stood back politely, once Aavesh was able to stand on his own.

"Thank You!", Aavesh replied with a bitter smile as his head was still riddled with headaches. Opening his Third Eye Before only worsened the Heavyness he now felt in his mind.

But he did feel grateful to the Asura before him.

"It's of no problem - But your head- hmmm - Tell me do you know about your Kul Deva?", the Asura seemed to have realised something but asked this question as a verification to his doubts.

Aavesh shook his head, he didn't know what a Kul Deva War- at best he knew a little bit of his Dharmic Traditions from his Parents - He didn't know what a Kul Deva was.

"Looks like you're not even aware - that's fine - it's the Kali Yuga- Not many people care about Dharmic Traditions anymore...",The Asura shook his head and sighed.

He then spoke," A Kul Deva is Deva adopted by a family or a village - Your Family traces back to the Ancient Times- Your Ancestor, Sita Raman was a common villager who was a honest and soft-spoken man"

" The Celestial Fools as I call them - arrived on Dharti and began to forcibly take people away for their vile Experiments to create warriors to fight against an even viler Race!"

"Sita Raman was taken from his Aging Parents by those fools- he soon learnt what awaited his family- the assault of that vile Race!

Unwilling to let this happen - He entered a Penance to his Kul Deva while willingly accepting all the experiments performed on him!"

"He was subjected to those cruel experiments to connect to the Oblivion Plane which usually one should never be allowed to touch until- Well until Armageddon, but they tried so much on him anyway- while he sternly entered into a Penance state- to seek his Kul Deva's help!"

"The fools scoffed at his efforts at first but he never relented! Their Ego on their own Methods were heavily inflated! But They didn't know what kind of Kul Deva his family had enshrined!"

"His Kul Deva was Lord Maha Kaal Bhairava! The Ego Destroyer form of Lord Shiva! And Lord Bhairava would never ignore the sufferings of the People he has designated as his Kul- meaning Kin! But he would take action only if they overcome it! And Sita Raman Overcame most forms of inhuman Torture to prove his Penance!"

"It was Then Lord Bhairava descended into Sita Raman- He Blessed Sita Raman's Blood to be the one that shall accomodate the Power of Oblivion!And only Sita Raman and those that carry his blood showed any reactivity to those Activators!"

" Much to dismay of those Celestial Fools, they could never replicate this affinity- Only Lord Bhairava could do this Since the Primeval Planes of Oblivion were under his Domain as he was the form that was responsible for the End of Time! For the End and Rebirth of the Universe!", Dharmakush spoke with absolute reverence in his voice.

"Wait Whaaaaa?", Aavesh was flabbergasted at this explanation- First an Archaic God had designated the People of his Blood as Kul- meaning family and second of all- this Kul Deva was an incredibly powerful form of Lord Shiva- The Lord of Destruction and Rebirth! And Third- This Dude Told him that a Literal Primeval Plane was under the Kul Deva's Domain!

"Hahaha You're Skeptical aren't you? Just as Skeptical as the others before you- Come - Come, See his Statue for yourself -maybe then you will realise my words", Dharmakush laughed at Aavesh's skepticism and then placed a Palm on his back.

*Zap!

Both of them Teleported from the place to reach one of the Surrounding Ice Peaks.

They arrived before a Balcony like structure and Aavesh walked over in Suprise.

There was a Mega colorful Crystal sculpture of a very muscular man meditating before him- it depicted the strong masculine God as being ornamented with a range of twisted serpents, which serve as earrings, bracelets, anklets, and sacred thread .

He wore a tiger skin and a ritual apron composed of human bones- giving him a most frightening visage! He sat on a Large White Dog while staring at the world with a stern but neutral gaze.

Aavesh stood before the sculpture like a stump- he was transfixed by the gaze of the Deva before him

The Deva then looked at him and frowned.

He stood up from his Mount as Aavesh froze upon seeing this literally - Aavesh felt frozen like a statue.

A cold freezing feeling swarmed over him as only his eyes stared at the Deva whose size grew to a Giant!

A Golden staff or Danda manifested in his hand and he swung it on Aavesh's head who could only watch in horror as he saw the Frightening Power of the strike that was about to hit him.

It was like hitting an ice cube with Jackhammer.

Frozen Pieces of flesh flew around randomly...

*Snap

"WHAT?!", Aavesh suddenly opened his eyes in with a little fear and jumped back reflexively.

He - was still alive?

But he definitely saw...

Aavesh's eyes then tell on the sculpture again but his heart went cold in fear and sweat instantly drenched his back.

The Sculpture's Eyes were now facing him and there was a knowing smile on the Sculpture's face... quite contrary to the Neural expression before.

"Kid you look spooked on meeting your Kul Deva? and on your first Sadhana! Now Now- Come on clasp your hands and greet him- Offer Namaskaram and then we'll be off!", The Asura spoke like an elder correcting a junior's mistakes but his eyes had a hidden glint.

Aavesh was still disturbed by what he saw before but suddenly noticed that he didn't have that Heavyness within his mind- his mind seemed to be relieved of that fatigue or rather those memories of suffocating isolation had been smoothed into his mind - or it's jarring affects on him had reduced- his emotions returned with a stronger vibrant feeling- It was like he was reborn!

How ? Was this the Kul Deva's doing? Something in his heart told him that it was so.

That memory of the Kul Deva hitting him with the Golden Staff- He suddenly recalled a Pure Black Energy that was infused onto the Tip of the Gold Staff - the very tip that hit him!

That Energy - it wasn't Evil - It was pure like an eventual Part of The Universe! His eyes lit up with realization - that Pure Black energy - was Oblivion Energy!

Oblivion Energy refined and mastered to the point where one could even heal the mind! Unthinkable! Yet So Wondrous!

Amazing!

Aavesh felt gratitude in his heart to the sculpture before him- he clasped his hands and held it to his chest and Bowed to his Kul Deva!

The Sculpture belonged to Lord Maha Kaal Bhairava!

"Good Brat! Now come with me!", Dharmakush was pleased at Aavesh's actions but immediately grabbed the boy and Teleported to another Location.

A Cave this Time!

Aavesh although annoyed at the Asura from Teleporting but was stunned again while staring at the Massive Cave Before him.

A Cave filled with Glowing ancient inscriptions in Sanskrit!

There was a powerful yet ancient knowledge here- Not just anyone could even 'see' them.

But before Aavesh could even begun to Translate -

The Asura made a Grabbing motion at the Cave and all the Ancient Characters floated from the wall to form Glowing Golden '࿗' Symbol in his hand.

He then immediately clicked it into Aavesh's forehead.

The Symbol disappeared into Aavesh's Mind Pond like the Other Memories gifted by the Irolin and Sierra.

"Awww Come On! Atleast one memory! You should have let me decipher it!", Aavesh cried out to Dharmakush in frustration.

But Dharmakush laughed and spoke," That's all- You have got the Inheritance of not only how to Cultivate the Power of Oblivion but also the Ancient Energy Systems, Of course if you want to use them- you will have to understand the Energy Systems of your Era! Now the only time you may return here is if you die or you Go Beyond the Celestial Autarch Level ! - I'm sending you back now!"

*Flick

"Wait!-", Aavesh wanted to protest but Dharmakush simply flicked Aavesh's forehead - sending him back to the Room filled with Mirrors in an instant!

The World Buzzed around Aavesh as the familiar creepy Room of Mirrors entered his eyes.

His Sister was still asleep- that was a relief atleast!

*Cough Cough

Master Mirror smiled Awkwardly at him and spoke with that salesman grin, " So How'd it Go?!"

"..."

'FUCK YOUR *************************** BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH', Aavesh had Endless Curses in his heart for the Damned Devil Merchant before him! Fuck!