Chapter 10
"The badass soul God who screwed everything is…Zankoku, the nyx king."
Genya's face turned angry but still chill.
"Zankoku?" Masami murmured.
Tanaka took the baton.
"Yes Zankoku, the first and most powerful corrupt soul god."
Selene explained.
"Actually soul gods don't have names, but whenever they become corrupt, they give themselves names."
"The genjus were devouring souls rapidly so the council of the 15 soul gods, the Tamahyogikai took care of much genjus as they could. But one of them was curious of why the genjus were eating souls so he tried it himself."
"A soul god consumed a soul by himself, breaking his immortality and divine status but his power transformed into something darker, more corrupt, nyx."
Tanaka spoke.
"After the consumption of a soul god he influenced two more soul gods, Kainus and Tenji, and they also feasted on souls, the Tamahyogikai noticed and tried to stop them but they failed because some of them also wanted to live freely without being bounded by the soul law."
"This broke the Tamahyogika internally, and only three were still loyal to their posts, but they were sealed and the rest joined Zankoku and together the fallen soul gods devoured countless souls."
Selene took over and her voice shifted from very urgent to formal.
"And supernaturally, the souls in the soul realm believe there is a divine being who created the Soul Realm. They called him the Divine One."
"It is believed he created everything in the Soul Realm. Looking at the soul realm chaos, he couldn't do anything because his power was always about benevolence and creation, prohibiting him from violence."
Zenith continued. His voice was more formal too.
"It is believed that the Divine One created the void aurora and introduced the two main power systems, Sorcerers and Swordsmen."
"We are all sorcerers but the Anima Society itself has swordsmen teachers who are premium tier like Xavier and Takeshi…"
A blue haired figure with a blade behind with a brown haired figure with two blades behind appeared translucently and left.
Selene spoke.
"The very first sorcerers and swordsmen fought the genju's first but they didn't really establish the Anima Society because they were new to it. Some died, and the others who didn't, stayed and developed what we all know as youjutsu, both sorcery and swordsmen."
"They brought the classes, elements, forbiddens and abominations and they stood against the Tamahyogikai. The fight for freedom was very long…"
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Zenith took over with style.
"Until we came in. Tanaka, Selene, Xavier, Takeshi, the others and I were known as the Golden Generation. We enhanced the status of sorcery and swordsmanship to its peak and successfully took down six of the remaining Tamahyogikai and freed the souls they devoured."
"I guess this is the part Zenith comes to show off, here we go." Selene thought then leaned back with her eyes closed and what seemed to be a smirk and Tanaka too.
Zenith deactivated Alaska.
"Of course I took down four of those bastards and the rest of us handled the other two. But the Tamahyogikai were too overwhelming, capable of destroying hordes of sorcerers and swordsmen."
His voice turned to sadness.
"Actually we all lost most of our loved ones during the Soul War. The war cost us much and we had to adapt and live to also make sure the futre"
"So we didn't plan on fighting a head-to-head war that could last for eternity, we pushed the Tamahyogikai back to Chyros,now the Abyss and built a network of sorcerers and swordsmen, the Anima Society."
"We stationed multiple recruits and other comrades at Asteria to caution the Tamahyogikai that if they engage we will all ambush them and they know they can't keep on fighting so they are forced at Abyss and the other half of Asteria."
Tanaka spoke with his normal usual cool tone.
"That's true, we also built the Anima Academy to train new celestials to become strong enough to defend the soul realm and we including Zenith thought students. But Zenith is badass he never teaches in class."
Selene then opened her eyes with her normal happy tone and voice to speak.
"Not long the other celestials who refused power improved Paradise into the beautiful ultra modern premium class world where things have become very comfortable."
"Successfully, Zenith and the rest of us installed the Anima Society. We protect the whole of Paradise and the other half of Asteria but it is actually devoted to protecting all celestials."
Tanaka took over with urgency.
"But it didn't end there, the Tamahyogikai sometimes threaten invasions and attacks that deal massive damage but still we repel it mostly because of Zenith, Xavier and I with the others."
" Later some celestials who learnt that the Hyogikai actually devoured souls also tried it and others including our comrades were manipulated by Zankoku. They massacred innocent souls and reaped and stole them with forbidden sorcery and swordsmanship meant for soul gods."
"They became The Cult, an organization of rebelled sorcerers and swordsmen who aim to overthrow the Anima Society and share dominion and rule with the Hyogikai."
Zenith spoke.
"The Cult are really powerful. After all they consume souls, and souls boost a celestials power. They usually wear a red cloaks with hoods."
"They are classed into four categories."
"Grims. These are smart power genju who also wear the cloak and hold distinct powers. They are soul eaters, every genju is. Once they devour your body, your soul goes along with it."
"Reapers. These are deadly swordsmen with blades called Nemesis or Nemesis blades, these blades are not normal blades, they are infected with nyx. Every cut, cuts part of your soul. If you die, they thrust your heart for the blades to consume your soul into it and person itself.
"Phantoms. These are dark impeccable sorcerers with master class forbidden sorcery. They are highly deadly and are sometimes hackers. They are capable of summoning some soul spirit gods that add power to them or rip off souls.
"Last but not least, Necromancers, the most devastating badasses of all. Supreme abomination sorcery, capable of caturing souls and consuming them directly or using nyx to transform them into their own revenants or genju that fight for the Cult. They are apocalyptic and have youjutsu that sometimes drain energy, pneuma and capture celestials directly.
"The Cult is not a parasite to the Anima Society, they are a major threat to the existence of the soul realm."
"That is why we train new celestials. The other teachers are more friendly and helpful to stand in class or training grounds to teach sorcery and swordsmanship."
Zenith switched to badass mode.
"BUT. I DON'T DO THAT FUCK, IF YOU'RE MY STUDENT I WILL TEACH YOU THE REALITY OF HOW FIGHTS REALLY WORK BY DIRECTLY STANDING IN THE BATTLE."
"IF YOU CAN'T, THEN YOU CAN BECOME A STUDENT OF MY COMRADES NOT ME!"
Selene hit her head. Tanaka shook his head slowly.
"Did you have to say that here, we know, alright." Selene said.
Zenith laughed.
Hiroshi's head was down thinking.
The Hyogikai, why are they so cruel, and the Cult, can they also be having Miyuri with them, hmmm. This is bad, let me ask.
"Zenith sensei can it be that the Cult could actually have Miyuri."
Selene asked in confusion.
"Miyuri, who's Miyuri."
Zenith answered
"Miyuri is Masami and Hiroshi's little sister who actually died with them together first."
Selene's voice was worried.
"Died with them first, together then that means, your sister could be in Abyss, the home of the Hyogikai."
"Yes Zenith told us that."
"Well the Cult do operate with the Hyogikai, so it might be possible if she ended up in the hands of a Necromancer. But.."
"One thing is that if it isn't a Necromancer, the soul can't be revived because unlike the Hyogikai, the Cult are celestials and a soul reaped or eaten cannot be regained. If a Necromancer dies, its soul seal breaks and frees the captured souls."
Hiroshi got up. Masami looked at him
"Big brother."
"If that's so, if the Hyogikai are this cruel to reincarnated soul, if the Cult also holds this tyranny to capture and devour souls, then I promise, I will remove the Hyogikai and the Cult, and then free not only my sister, but every other soul. I promise."
Genya opened his eyes and smiled. Tanaka, Selene and Zenith all felt some divine power and relief from Hiroshi.
Hiroshi ducked and sat.
He just dodged a sword that fired straight to his head and struck through the ever hard tech wall, removing scattering some parts of the wall.
Tanaka grinned. Selene's heart raced with Masami and Zenith and Genya didn't care.
They turned to watch.
"So it's true, you really can dodge…"
A calm unnerving voice spoke.