“How am I still alive (Ruby Shino pov)”

"ahhhhhh"

"What happened, h-how am I still alive"

"She woke up!"

"Hello, what happened?"

"In the tournament you fell unconscious"

"But how, I was pretty sure that blow of his would have killed me"

"I can just say when we transported you off the sparring arena you had no wounds"

"You do know that that blow he threw at me would have destroyed the entire city"

"It would have what? For us at least what we saw was you launched yourself at him, hit him, a cloud of smoke formed and 5 seconds later you lay unconscious at the ground, since that day, 3 days have passed"

"3 days that's a pretty long time, huh I better get out of bed then"

"Okay but before, can we check if everything is right with your body, because you said that blow would have destroyed the entire city and I think that would have lasting damage"

"I don't think so, I can heal in two ways the natural slow one and with mana, if I heal slow lasting damage would occur but if I heal with mana, the rearranges everything to its right position and if you have enough magicules, heals it instantly"

"Healing with magicules, never heard of that"

"Yes, it is a powerful technique, but you need to have a certain control of mana or rather said unconscious control because if you rebuild it magicules it is dependent on it"

"So, it is a blessing and a curse"

"Yes, that's right"

"Okay than you can go now"

"Thanks, then I'll take my leave"

"Finally, out of that clinic, haaaah"

"Hello misses Ruby Shino"

"Who are you"

"I am a godly avatar"

"Godly avatar as in the mortal vessel of a law of the world"

"Yes, it is the second time today that someone has knowledge about us"

"Who was the other person"

"I can't tell you, but we can make a deal we give you power, wealth, fame and you just fight for us"

"What do you mean by fight, for what and for who"

"I mean fight in the way u just fight, for what I can say to you for the church"

"Hmmmm, it is a good proposal, let me speak with your superior and I'll consider it"

"Fine I'll get you to him"

"Let's go"

"Great cardinal I've returned"

"Yes, you two take a seat, I am the Cardinal of this church my name is Ludwig Arceus Wilford, and I have an offer for you"

"I have heard about it, that you want my strength but for what"

"For protection of the faith of course"

"Hmmmm, I see but I have some conditions on my own"

"What are those conditions"

"First I want you to support the poor people on the streets with food or shelter, it may not look like it but I was once also from the streets, and the second condition is I want to know how many godly avatars there are in total and how many are present in this world"

"your first condition is already on our to do list this year so there is no problem and for the second one I'll tell you if you say yes to the deal"

"Okay then I'll work for you, so now tell me"

"Alright with that our deal is sealed"

White light began glowing from my right hand to my right shoulder onto my back from there to both legs and the left arm, runes appeared these runes controlled everything my mana, my movement, my eyes, my breathing, the only thing it didn't control was my sense of self, my ego, my consciousness.

"You see this is the rune of subordination it ensures the deal we made, so then I'll tell you as of this moment 13 vessels are present those are Luck, Movement, Mana, Strength, Concept, Soul, Elemental Magic, Technique, Life, Transportation, Consciousness, Connection, Understanding/Perception and in total there can be twenty, I will now allow you to use your mouth"

"What is this rune, I have heard of it and why can't I control my body"

"Oh, my dear this rune is something that isn't mortal knowledge"

"Even then how can it restrain access to my body"

"It makes you a vessel for the laws, so said a connection to the mortal realm therefore your body isn't your own anymore, it now is property of a law to be exact the law of elemental magic, the tradeoff is your body but you have gained some blessings, you now possess the blessings of Luck, Life, Mana, Technique and Elemental Magic"

"T-that can't be, even a contract with a devil would be better"

"Oh, dear in a world were gods reign supreme, there isn't anything fair, there is just control or be controlled"

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