Chapter 2 A deities arrival
Both Serena and Raloth locked in arms stepped forward towards the torrential currents of wind coming through the seemingly impassable passageway to the other side as the progress forward the wind can be seen causing a pseudo slip stream but as they stepped through the gate a blinding light and scorching heat causing raloth to stumble a bit and adjust himself and Serena to cover her eyes from being blinded and having to look at the ground so her eyes can adjust "well it's always a good start to be flash banged in the face to a new adventure are you alright Serena" raloth asked as he was fixing himself up " I'm fine thanks Ral so guess the new world awaits us doesn't it" Serena responds seemingly cheerful to a new beginning raloth then spoke "for the next few weeks are critical as survival depends on it we need to keep moving do you understand Serena" said Raloth urgently "I do Raloth but should we-" before she could finish a guttural roar rang aloud both Serena and Raloth turned around to see a reptilian creature reminiscent of a komodo dragon but instead of traditional leathery scales the scales were silvery metallic in nature as the sun reflects off its body one might assume it was an automaton if it wasn't for its ear piercing roar baring it's fangs and organic insides seeing this behemoth being the size of a 798A mining dump truck approaching them like a frieght train Raloth grabbed Serena and threw her of his shoulder and prepared himself to sprint and run he did as he was doing so Serena yelled while being flustered by the current events "why is a earth metal earth dragon here and did you seriously have to throw me over your shoulder couldn't you just eviscerate that thing" "what was I supposed to do with an unknown magical creature that i have no way of piercing that magical armament for a goddess your pretty clueless on how strategic withdrawals work" Raloth yelled back while focusing on finding weak points "oh im clueless hmmph maybe saving you was a mistake you dumbass brute" serena yelled while pouting in embarrassment hearing this Raloth could only smile from this moment as they were squabbling the said beast was hot on their tails incrementally getting closer it wasn't till raloth saw a canyon in the distance that he bolted towards it at a speed of a mag lift bullet train once he was there he dropped Serena at the entrance "now Serena go futher in dont worry I've got a plan to beat this overgrown lizard" said Raloth as he was stretching his body "and do what hide somewhere you know I have magic" said Serena defiantly "pfft haha hide no of course not sure you have magic but I want you to watch you eat your words about earlier" Raloth said smirking "fine then have it your way Ral" Serena sighed and moved a bit further in as this was happening the foul four legged behemoth approached in a manner that he was going to dine and dash but raloth stood defiantly in front of this beast and outstretched his arm with an open palm and within an inch of the Beasts low jaw reaching raloth, raloth struck it with a one inch punch causing a sonic boom and causing the beast to grind immediately to a holt as if it was a car hitting a insurmountable wall blood gushing through its metal grooves it then tries to stagger away but collapses its once fearsome predatoral gaze started to dim slowly into lifelessness watching this scene in awe struck Serena then spoke "so what are you going to do with its corpse Raloth then tilted back a bit admiring his handiwork but he then approached the beast as he was doing so he spoke " you know how I asked for the 7 human natures correct and gluttony being one about absorption well it seems I have surpassed it's conditional growth since I'm already able to consume the essence of the vanquished organic being meaning habits knowledge and possibly its defining traits but it's only regulated to these things" as he said this he tore out the lizards tounge "your not gonna eat that are you how do you know youve reached the conditions" Serena said with a face of displeasure "of course i'am serena and a soothing vouce said i uave and left" said raloth laughing heartedly as he ate a chunk out of the tounge then out of the blue suprising both him and Serena a status window appeared " you seeing this Serena or is it just me" said raloth inquisitively " I'm not supposed to but I can maybe I'm connected to you in some way maybe I might have some of your abilities" said Serena said in a cheerful tone "well if that's the case can you see that trail of ants on that rock over there from here" raloth spoke as he started inspecting the carcasse while keeping his window open "no but should I though" said Serena sounding a bit dejected as she turned to the direction he pointed out seeing nothing "well you should though your sense should've overloaded while carrying you let's just say its part of the process" said raloth in a somber mood "well that's a bummer then isn't it so what does your window say" said serena not trying to pry further "well it says the following"
Name: Raloth Valour
Age: unspecified
Race: False god/ Bio engineered superhuman/former tomb walker
Class: unspecified
Stats:
Meridians-0
Skills: unspecified
Perk points distribution - 20
"Well that is minimal at best my guess on Meridians is the combination of all your stats such as strength, mana divinty you get the gist and my other guess is you only get 1 perk point per level maybe dunno yet" Serena said while thinking 'I've never seen anything like it but I'll be sure to keep an eye on it though I wonder what my stat's are maybe' "status window" Serena said with her eyes closed as she slowly peeked she saw a familiar blue screen but with Raloths face behind it scratching his chin "that's interesting stat's if I say so myself" Serena was taken a back and tried to turn away "that's no fair you read my stat's thoroughly how come I can't see yours" Raloth spoke sounding like a hurt puppy "fine you can read if you must know"
Name: Serena of the warm flame
Age: unspecified
Race: unfamiliar minor deity
Class: unspecified
Stats:
Strength: 10
Perception: 20
Endurance: 6
Charisma: 9
Intelligence: 15
Agility: 5
Luck: 8
Mana: 17
Divinity: 25
Skills:
Divine intervention- locked
Heavenly form- locked
Heavenly revival- locked
Healing arts: provides healing spells and knowledge on alchemy and anatomy
Religious faith: once religion has been formed your divinty will increase over time unlocking more of your mythology
Magicka divination: capable of using the rare divinty spells such spells being holy eradication/corruption to the all seer
Templar order: once formed like religious faith you will be capable of utilising your order to commence holy wars
"Well that's huh I'm an unfamiliar diety probably doesn't mean much now so did you enjoy that horrendous tounge" said Serena being a sceptical on her race "I did enjoy it in fact watch this" as raloth said this he hardened his arm with a familiar metallic scales " that's impressive so how long does it last for" curiously Serena asked " ah it seems that it can only be any one part of body in or out indefinitely but let me reiterate one for now so I guess that covers armor expenses though money and owning property is useless where we are though" said raloth walking back to the metal lizards corpse and started to butcher the beast "what do you mean useless we might be in a middle of nowhere but it can't be that bad though" Serena spoke started sounding worried she ran up to raloth and grabbed him " tell me raloth" she said staring him down " well remember how I said I absorb the animals and beast I eat the fellow here -kicks the corpse- his travelled all over and this island there's absolutely nothing but this barren wasteland beside a few oasises this place is that of reptilians and large insect creatures" raloth spoke with a tinge of boredom which did not go unnotice by Serena "raloth don't tell me your bored aren't you" "I'am but this is an opportunity so for now I'm going to focus on training and exploring for a few years and terraform this place into utopian fortress I suggest you follow if you want to survive" raloth said as he stretched his limbs and turned around to continue butcher the metallic lizard "so what im i going to do to survive or assist with our survival" Serena sighed with resignation "for one you can learn from me and two establish your templar order and faith with me were not going to make a church or order separated from each other if possible I want to prop you as goddess of war and peace or dark and light I don't believe in one or the other since they are practically the same coin so by doing this you'll probably regain or become your absolute divinty" said Raloth as he threw a gallbladder sack to Serena causing her to almost hurl "*blergh* if that's what it takes I Serena of the warm flame appoint you Archon apostate of the religious order of scared flame may this order prove its self worthy of my title of goddess and for it to be prosperous faith" said Serena in a royalty like manner "as you wish goddess Serena with the formalities out of the way I do believe we can discuss the structure of this order over learning how to butcher shall we" said raloth as he turned his head to Serena and smirked Serena then approached the blood soaked man and the corpse and began to learn while discussing topics such as the structure of the order and other minor topics into the evening this day would be considered the foundation of the scared flame order.
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The Babylon kingdom
Central continent of lothal
Here is where the divine commune or arrive essentially think of this country as a space elevator for the divine in this holy than thou country there is so many religions and faiths its hard to keep track but what is consistent is the ego of the divine that reside here as their place of worship is ether an oversized cathedral with golden inlays or a pretentious and gaudy inside showing off the figures of the divinty here all the deities minor or high born are scrambling in organising for their patron faith's were as the champions of these deitys are organising a proving ground tournament in the coloessum which is modernised and strengthened to such a degree a normal champions punch that could level mountain ranges just simply scratches the surface its also the only non religious building that is massive in both height and width that some could rightly assume the city was built around it or in between the divinty stairs and this stadium because the size is roughly the city of new York and the divinty stairs are the size of Paris now here at the divinty stairs is a building of a mosque that closely resembles sultan Ahmed mosque with a few minor and major details some of the minor details would be carving and etchings of deitys on seems to be a moving tapestry of the mythology the other details worthy of note is how its more geared to being almost a central station of sorts the major detail worth of noting is a constant rainbow light coloured pillar and forever pulsing of new arrivals through the massive dome the other detail would be the massive hallway between the arrival and the central hub is lined with metallic knight golems 4 being giant in nature both pairs manning the doorways prepared to close the heavyweight doors to prevent anything from getting in or out of the hallway here in front of the arrival door is a sharply dressed man with a slicked back black hair a monocle and iron pressed 3 piece suit with green inlays watching his watch timing for the arrival of the high lords his position is that of conductor despite being a humble job outside of the country here he is essentially the mortals representative of a king or pope for the land of mortals though he is not mortal but in fact a deity he represents any and all mortal affairs as he is watching the seconds turn to minutes than hours he turned to his adjunct "lady feros it would seem things would be a bit late so tell me how are the champions and what is the update on the door of reincarnations that appeared recently"
Said the conductor in a inquisitively tone his adjunct a well mannered lady replied "lord Sebastian the champions are how they say fueled to prove their worth as for the door of reincarnations my sources tell me the man was a false God of sorts one of everlasting mythos from the universe he departed from the other most curious thing Is the goddess accompany him is a new minor god with no ties to any pantheons not even weak ties she has now since become Serena of the warm flame as of now and is considered a unfamiliar deity which puts her in a unique position lord Sebastian" said lady feros in concerned tone which did not go unnotice by the conductor Sebastian "so what are your concerns lady feros surely you must have one if you have that look on your face" "sir it would most likely be that we might see her become a balanced deity that may be able to transcend her less than humble beginnings" said lady feros "well that is a concern basing it off the tapestry shown on the doors its more than likely it'll happen but you seem to forget that even though the traveller is a false God he is still as lethal as a God do make arrangements for both hostile and peaceful intentions I have a feeling as we might require his expertise or at least eliminate him in the upcoming era of the divine war and if possible keep these talks between us it would seem our guests are here" said Sebastian as he prepares himself for the representatives of the high lords but he did not expect heimdal the bifrost guardian to be here but as a trained professional he adjusted himself and greeted the ever watching bifrost guardian "ah Master heimdal it's such a pleasure to see you what brings you from your watch tower over the bifrost" said Sebastian as he bowed with a royal elegance "ah the conductor Sebastian Cowell it's always pleasure to see you it's due to your many restructuring and amazing career track record that we have a more easier form of arrival who knew a deity of service could produce such results the reason I have come down from the bifrost fortress for one to give my son guiscard some time to learn the ropes as everlasting I may be it would seem my talents as a warrior is needed here as Odin sent me here pacify the other pantheon representatives as the Norse pantheon has no qualms with the new arrival nor with any before him so as such we will remain netural as once before however as courtesy of a fellow warrior I would always welcome to have drink with me in Valhalla" heimdal spoke amused at the prospect of seeing this prophesied false God because of his capabilities as a guardian God he is able to predict what's going to happen simply based on watching events folding out before on many distant realms sorta like a data analyst however there was one that perplexed which was Raloths realm but that's for another story as of now "so master heimdall who will be joining you today in this conference" spoke Sebastian snapping heimdall out of his deep thought and not prying on his remark "oh apologies hmm let's see from the philosophical land it would be the god of language Hermes and the strategist goddess Athena from the land of the sifting sands of time is the God of knowledge Djehuty and the Pharaoh of life and death osiris from the realm of enlightenment would be the God of destruction Shiva and the God of preservation vishnu just mainly the concerned parties the folk religion currently have their hands tied dealing with the martial realms as for the other deities their to busy squabbling over who gets to be a representative that we couldn't wait any longer and started this conference hearing" as heimdall finished listing those involved the aforementioned deities appeared Hermes arriving in a blue business attire with a white travellers coat a wide brimmed hat one would assume he was a ceo of a company on a trip the only out of place items would be his trademark talaria of mercury sandals the wings on his hat and a black satchel pulsating with runes indicating a bag of holding and Athena closely following behind wearing a red V-Neck Floor-Length Chiffon Lace Evening Dress with her black hair plaited over her shoulder with an olive branch headress and a bracelet with the shield of aegis as the center piece with a spear holding the bracelet together one wouldn't think that this homage to her years of battle were weapons besides heimdall and the other Greek deities she is closely followed by what seems to be her treasured companion bubo but his automata counterpart next to them djehuty and osiris djehuty is sporting a black business suit with gold cufflinks and trim wearing a black bowler hat he is also using a ibis shaped walking stick one would think the description is an older gentleman you'd be right if it wasn't for the fact he as an anthropomorphic baboon he could also be seen holding a grimore tome of spells as for osiris he is wearing a black and gold Gothic tailcoat attire with a moving tapestry of stories of the cycle of rebirth he is also seen wearing cufflinks denoting his role as a deity he could be seen with a long black beard fashioned in a tight long knot on his chin with a nice set of long flowing black hair tied in a top knot his skin being a a green pigmentation and behind these two uncanny pairs is the enlightened pair vishnu and Shiva these two were still transcendent attire and form as they felt more comfortable in this attire Sebastian seeing everyone has arrived did the following greetings "greetings madam and gentlemen to the country of Babylon may we provide you the hospitality befitting of your titles of deities my name is Sebastian Cowell the conductor for this nation this here is my assistant lady feros flammel she will be your chamberlain if i'am unavailable now without further a do please follow me to the place you'll be residing for the conference as for futher details of the content of the conference please refer to master heimdal as I believe he was elected as a netural party in this endeavour" heimdal could be seen still in his asgardian armor leaning against a pillar dozing off till his name was called he could be seen within a moment his armor transfigured into a red jazz like attire showing his muscled figure forged through conflict and began walking beside Sebastian and whispers "that was cheeky of you Sebastian but oh well" a slight smirk appears on Sebastian's face for second before being stoic "so what's the main purpose of this conference heimdal" Athena spoke as she was following behind the trio "the purpose is to find out the intentions of each pantheon to do with Raloth valour now most only heard word of mouth on the exploits of this man some could be true some not I'm here also to display valours capabilities before arriving to lothal do note the Norse pantheon is remaining neutral however I myself have taking a liking to this man and wish to drink in Valhalla with this man eventually" when the deities heard his proclamation that the bifrost guardian was willing share a drink in Valhalla meant two things one either raloth right now is as powerful as heimdal and heimdal could die by his hands or that heimdal saw traits of an honourable warrior none where certain till they saw this evidence which some none other than Shiva who also started to think of encountering this raloth for a spar as they were pondering Sebastian snapped them out of their thought process by saying "we have arrived at the plum blossom residence I'll be leaving lady feros in your care as I'll be conducting my business elsewhere do note the champions of your patronage have began a proving grounds tournament in honour of your arrival so please in enjoy in the upcoming days" as he said this he turned to return to his duties till he felt his amulet vibration indicating an incoming call answering the call Sebastian saw one of his two chosen champions the other being feros and mature beauty in her maid attire with an air of maturity of a mother she spoke "conductor I have information if your willing to spare time" "for you Lillian I have plenty of time so what is this information that you have dear" Sebastian spoke as if he was talking to a dear friend " it would be appear some of the new arrivals that came here are from that false deities universe as a precaution I asked what they could tell me about themselves and that false deity in case you needed info it would appear the man is a warrior saint to an absurd degree if a planetary system cluster is in peril such as unknown entities new alien fauna etc they send him and only him and in 5 years the peril is alleviated and in its place is a whole alien culture society or in some cases fortress worlds if there is a neighbouring conflict in the next sector over he appears on the battlefield Wether as tomb walker or as a human they laid down their arms had a peace talk if it fell through any threat to him will become dead or non lethal what concerned me was that universe was supposed to be decimated in its cleanse cylces but he held the line grew more learnt languages other technology everything that universe had to offer he scoured but it wasn't till the universes final 2 cycles did he die since it became everything for themselves apocalyptic did he die rebirthed and died in the final cycle" said Lillian as if she heard her favourite fairy tale come to life in a bated breath of excitement but noticing her gods demeanour be of shock she calmed herself "Lillian that's some good news I've heard since that door appear please do continue your diplomatic efforts though may I ask what is a tomb walker" said Sebastian after adjusting himself "a tomb walker is slang his actual designation was FH-00 part of a fallen hero project but these FH units were meant for war and conflicted and housed any courageous or fallen hero in the line of battle to just be thrown back in" said Lillian in a somber tone "how did you come across this info Lillian" said Sebastian in a surprised tone "the travellers revealed a lot when alcohol was involved alcohol does loose lips Sebastian especially if it's yours" said Lillian in proudful tone of what she achieved "so what are their plans now" Sebastian inquired "finding him and joining him they don't really like the other deities and they are very wary of Lara strogonoff so there's that" Lillian replied having processed this information Sebastian ended the call after chatting over minor details and began drawing up plans to making an alliance with the man in his head as he was approaching his office he saw hiemdal in front puzzled by this he inquired "ah master heimdal Is verything okay or to your liking" " ah just the man I've been looking please do step in we have much to discuss" said hiemdal in a serious tone as they both entered Sebastian approached his mahogany desk before he sat down he asked "master heimdal would you like some warm beverages" "no that won't be necessary but please do sit down" heimdal spoke Sebastian sat down as he sat down heimdal spoke with a knowing glint in his eyes "Sebastian I know you have an infiltrator in the ashenvale Republic and I know your making plans to align yourself with raloth i respect that I'm not here to interfere in fact my true purpose for coming here is to declare that the Norse pantheon would be offering our assistance in your endeavours we will go a step further that we need this man no matter the cost" after hearing this Sebastian rested his head in his hands and then he looked up and said "so why do you need this man" "we need him because as you found out he single-handedly stopped every cleanse cycle and we need that capability but if or when you find him do not approach him just yet till he has established himself" heimdal said as he was browsing through the many tomes "and what of the others" Sebastian asked "if their offering assistance take it my guess is that the enlightened will come seeking to assist since Shiva most likely wants to spar with the man but if the others ask that you dispose of him state that you'd only do it if he poses an immediate threat not a far off threat but if his knocking down on your door kinda thing" heimdal said as he opened a book titled Babylon's founding "this is a good book"he said amused "I'll see what I can do master heimdal at the moment we're planning for both eventualities so do understand if I can't fulfill it completely" said Sebastian "that's perfectly okay now lets discuss the finer details" both heimdal and Sebastian ironed out the details what was said here would dictate Babylon's policies when dealing with raloth as well as solidify allegiances.