Primal_Fiend

Varnok, the legendary Primal Fiend, awakens after eons of imprisonment in the world's core. Once an immortal tyrant who ruled through three mighty clans; Valor, Song, and Shadow. He was defeated by his brother Aetherion in a battle that shattered the world into seven continents.

Now the world has evolved beyond recognition. Magic and technology have fused into "mana-tech," ancient empires have become "dungeons," and his brother rules from the shadows. Weakened but determined, Varnok must navigate this new reality while rebuilding his power.

With the ability to permanently erase anything from existence, he begins his journey to reclaim what was lost. But as he encounters the concepts he once rejected "compassion, loyalty, even love" the question becomes: will he restore his dark empire, or will he become something more?

In a world where the strong make the rules, the most dangerous predator has returned to hunt.


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RISE OF THE PRIMAL FIEND

In the world of Origin, humans generally awaken at the age of five, with a few odd exceptions. And during awakening, they are granted a blessing by the gods, either good or evil.

Both humans and beasts have the opportunity to transcend to godhood, following two distinct paths: the path of corruption or the path of purity.

Awakening either of the above requires either corrupted or pure mana, respectively. Pure mana is also called Aether.

Anyone infected with corruption, either through blessings from gods or by the mana in the atmosphere, have a higher chance of falling into madness and depravity. Only a select few, the ones blessed by luck, survive.

Humans get stronger by absorbing mana crystals, which are mined and are hoarded by those in power, making it a scarce resource, and by the essence of the dead they slay, whether human or not.

Beasts, on the other hand, grow stronger by absorbing beast crystals from other beasts, from devouring humans, and absorbing mana from the atmosphere, which is a very slow process. Dragons and elves are the only creatures ever known to be able to absorb mana in large quantities for cultivation.

Beast cores are used in the absence of mana cores to power mana tech.

Mana tech is mana-based weapons, a combination of steel and the arcane.

The blessed are those who have received abilities from the gods during awakening. Beasts and humans can become blessed, and only a few are not, the minor 1%. Although humans need to wait till they are five years of age to become blessed, beasts are blessed from the moment they are born into the world.

Humans have learnt to build churches and other places of worship for the gods they were blessed by. There are 5 main churches, which are: Church of Light, Church of Darkness, Church of Lust, Church of Virtue, and Church of Elements.

And with the coming of churches, political wars were to be expected.

There are two main paths in which other classes are derived from; the arcane path, and the physical path...

Humans and beasts have the potential to break through their limitations and become gods.

If corrupted mana is absorbed, then the evolution path would be:

Corrupted → Fiendish → Demon → Devil → Malevolent → Unholy

If pure mana is absorbed, then the evolution path would be:

Awakened → Radiant → Mythic → Celestial → Transcendent → Divine

Legendary heroes of old who reincarnate once in a while within their lineage, chosen warriors or holy children, are those blessed by multiple gods to fight and slay the demon king who rises after the death of their predecessor, the previous demon king.

The power rankings will be explained in the next chapter.

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