Time passed and Lucifer returned as the soon had just set, dragging a large Beast behind him. It was a massive lizard with a red and grey hide. The Beast was a Scarlet Iguana a 4 foot tall lizard that was 6 feet in length. Lucifer was currently dragging it by the loose skin on its gizzard. The Beast was covered in savage claw marks. It was completely tortured by Lucifer before it finally died.
Dragging the Scarlet Iguana into the clearing that the cabin was situated in, Lucifer saw a large bonfire. Bringing the Beast to the fire, he saw Yue watching him. Greeting her with a curt nod he dropped his kill and went into the cabin. As he walked in he saw Jasmine cutting and peeling Mana fruits. Assuming it was for the meal Lucifer ignored the elf and walked into his room. The hole he and Jasmine made earlier in the day was already fixed. Going into his bathroom he began to wash himself up for dinner. A habit Eric heavily beat into Lucifer’s head.
While Lucifer did his ablutions for dinner Yue prepared the Beast left by Lucifer. Jasmine made dishes of sweet and delicious Mana fruits to go with the soon to be grilled Scarlet Iguana.
After a few minutes Lucifer returned to the bonfire where Yue had set large slabs of meat to roast over the flame. Spotting the table used by Eric and himself for their dinners, Lucifer went and brought it over for the group to eat at.
Lucifer finally saw Eric after he set down the table. Eric was doing his daily practice with his naginata. Twirling, slashing and occasionally thrusting Eric made a strangely beautiful dance of death. This dance was as if he was fighting a mob and a single opponent at the same time. It possessed a strange and unique charm to Lucifer. He became entranced by the beauty of Eric’s blade work. Only after Eric completed a stab that led to him rotating his body while jumping into a slash did the deadly dance end.
Exhaling a deep breath Eric came to notice a jaw hanging Lucifer staring intently at himself. Laughing lightly he waved the boy over.
“So you like that sort of stuff eh?” Eric asked with a slight smile to the young boy. It was the first time he saw such childish excitement in the boy.
“What, what was that? Was it a dance like you told me those nobles do? Or were you fighting some enemy I couldn't see?” Lucifer quickly bombarded Eric with questions.
“That was just my daily weapon practice. You will find your own weapon after learning magic basics with Jasmine. Yue and I are both very experienced warriors, we will help you find the weapon that best suits you. Like my naginata is for me.” Eric laughed while clapping Lucifer on the shoulder. He then brought the eager youth to the dinner table to eat.
After eating and cleaning up Lucifer went to bed after thanking Yue and Jasmine for cooking the meal.
The next day Lucifer woke up and got ready for the day. Exiting the house and heading to the training field he saw Jasmine waiting for him.
“Alright let me talk to about something important now that you're awake. Spirits. You heard of em?” Jasmine asked in a casual manner.
“Yes. I met two spirits before.” Lucifer promptly answered.
“Where?” Jasmine immediately demanded with a very anxious voice.
“I don't know where but they are my spirits they were fighting while they wait for me to contract them.”
“Did you touch them Lucifer?” A new voice asked from behind Lucifer. The speaker was the usually quiet and cold Yue. She was walking towards the two for some reason and heard the conversation.
“No? They only said they would never force me to become a ‘embodiment’ whatever that is, if I never forget them.” Lucifer responded in a questioning way while looking at the icy beauty.
“Spirits are beings of the Spirit World Lucifer. The Spirit World is a world that reflects our own. Only difference is that spirits inhabit it. Spirits themselves are incorporeal beings that that correlate with the different emotions of sentient life, otherwise known as the 7 Sins of Man. Spirits are named according to their form and also by their Sin. A spirit that has the form of a Steelgore would be called a: Steelgore whatever it's Sin is. A Spirit that represents a Sin may seem bad but it is a representation of the person’s inner self. A man may have a Spirit of Lust but be a very loyal and devout husband, just with a stronger urge for his sexual intercourse. A person with a Spirit of Greed may not always be greedy to the point of corruption. The Spirits are just what emotion people show the most during their lives. One may only contact and contract with a Spirit after they become 18 for risk of being taken over by the Spirit and becoming an embodiment for the Spirit to live in Gaies. An embodiment is when the Spirit forces a person to live their lives according to their Sin. Oddly the original psyche is not completely destroyed; if one looks at an embodiment’s consciousness it is still the original person just one that wholly focuses on their Spirit’s Sin. Magus and Spellblades use spirits in battle as an external aid to physically attack their foes or by integrating with their Spirits and using the Spirit’s natural affinity to magic to boost their own magic’s might and duration of effect.” Jasmine calmly explained to the confused Lucifer.
“A spirit is not supposed to be able to contact you. You must tap into your consciousness and feel your inner Sin. This is a very difficult thing to do for people who haven't lived at least 2 decades long. Then if successfully entering your consciousness and finding your Sin, you must flood a Soul Stone with it and your Mana. A Soul Stone is a common gem that acts as a gateway to the Spirit world for the consciousness of a warrior through blood and mana being infused into the gem. A Soul Stone marked with one's own blood is used to create the gateway to the Spirit World. This portal or gateway allows one to view and interact with the Spirits of the Spirit world that match one’s Sin and has an affinity to their bloodline.” Jasmine continued only after confirming Lucifer had understood everything. It was at this point Yue interjected.
“Lucifer, how did you meet your spirit?” She asked softly.
“The first time was when I was knocked unconscious by Eric during our first meeting. They spoke to me but at that time I could not understand words. I last met them was two nights ago after eating dinner.” Lucifer spoke towards the newcomer.
“Wait! What do you mean spirits? You can only have one spirit!” Jasmine shrieked just understanding the subtle change in wording. “You can only have one Sin, your Prime Sin. Lucifer tell us what they are now!”
“Well one was a giant black serpent that had four strong limbs like a ox. Each leg had five claws that looked strong enough to destroy mountains. Scales like iridescent black raindrops covered the giant serpent; in a perfect picturesque sequence, from tail to snout. The serpent's neck was like a lion’s. With a thick and full mane of dark grey hair. Antlers like the one’s from the Steelgore he killed albeit much larger and thicker crowned the colossal serpent. While the maw of the Beast was full of ivory white teeth. That were more like swords than any teeth Lucifer had ever seen. An elongated snout held the pristine ivory teeth maw.” Lucifer vividly described the black serpent he had seen to the two women.
As Lucifer finished describing the black serpent, Yue’s cold face split into a ravishing smile. While Jasmine had her mouth hanging wide open in shock.
“You are your mother's child.” Yue whispered before quickly covering her mouth with a hand. She then asked:
“And the other spirit you saw?”
“Oh. The other was a giant. A giant human like male in light armour. He wore grey greaves and gauntlets with a single pauldron on his left shoulder. He also had a loincloth with a tasset belt attached. The cloth seemed to be just stripped from a Beast and not sown or anything. The giant man had white feather wings that were folded behind him. The strange thing was his face looked almost exactly like mine.” Lucifer scratched his head after saying this. Trying to figure out why the giant looked like him.
Yue and Jasmine on the other hand were baffled. This boy in front of them had two spirits and two Heaven Order spirits. The only thing unknown were the twin spirit’s Sins. The two woman's knees started to shake as they thought of the implications this had. Lucifer could effectively fight as three people after he contracted his spirits. He could summon both the Black True Dragon and Prime Nephilim spirits! This was a Heaven shaking matter!
“Lucifer!” Eric yelled from his napping spot as he sat up. “What did the spirits say exactly?”
“The Nephilim I think said: ‘We are your spirits. Not just your bloodlines. We are what embodies you most. The dragon's nature of pride. The Nephilim’s nature of wrath’ was all he said.” Lucifer yelled back to the previously napping warrior.
“Good. For now whenever you see them talk to them. They are the only ones you can truly trust with your life. They will never try to hurt you no matter what. I believe your spirits reached out to you through your bloodlines. Yue will explain that later to you. For now listen to all the magic training Jasmine gives you. Got it?” The grizzled Spellblade seriously said to Lucifer. He hoped Lucifer would listen to him without too much trouble but he didn't put too much faith in it.
“Why can't I trust you then?” The boy questioned while his entire demeanor changed. He became on edge and guarded.
“Because I am helping you for myself. I did not come here by accident neither did they. Did you think everyone would help you or be nice to you! Are you a fool? I am training you because of someone else. If a stranger switched with me, they would enslave you with magic while you are weak and defenseless!” Eric roared at the naive boy.
“Lucifer if we wanted to enslave you, could you stop us?” Jasmine questioned bluntly. Caught off guard by the sudden question Lucifer stumbled backwards.
“Boy you know Beasts give birth and I told you all about that. So where are your parents? How did you come along? Who sired you?” Eric continued to grill Lucifer while he stalked towards the boy. For every step Eric took, Lucifer took another backwards.
“I.”
“You never fucking thought of it you idiotic brat!” Eric cut Lucifer off from finishing. “You only complain and attack us whenever we help you! You're ungrateful and a brat!”
“I never asked you to teach me!” Lucifer cried out as all sorts of thoughts flew inside his head.
“Did you honestly believe your weak self could grow up amidst true Beasts in this part of the Beast Kingdom? If not for us making a deal with the local Apexs you never would have lasted a day!” Jasmine snapped.
“Listen to me Lucifer.” Yue finally spoke silencing the rest of the group. “During the mornings you will learn from Jasmine about magic then you will go hunt or run away. If you want, you do not have to return. But if you come back, I will teach you your past.”
“Hmph.” Lucifer snorted in anger but nonetheless agreement. He then continued listening to Jasmine explain magic.
Hours had passed and the sun had reached its peak when Jasmine requested Lucifer to recite what he had been told.
“Mana is magic given form. Magic is only a usage of Mana not the entirety of Mana.” Lucifer recited slowly.
“Mana is divided into different Purities. The different Mana Purities are from lowest to highest: Brown-Red-Yellow-Green-Blue-Purple-Silver-Gold.”
“Spirits are also differentiated by Mana Purity besides their form and Sin. The table for spirit categorization is called the Spirit Chart. It looks like this.” Lucifer began to draw in the dirt a rectangle that was divided into 5 rows and 3 columns.
1ST LEVEL
2ND LEVEL
LOW ORDER
Brown
Red
MEDIUM ORDER
Yellow
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Green
HIGH ORDER
Blue
Purple
HEAVEN ORDER
Silver
Gold
“Much like spirits Beasts are divided into a similar table of identification.” Lucifer continued drawing in the dirt while he spoke.
LOW ORDER
MEDIUM ORDER
HIGH ORDER
HEAVEN ORDER
RANK 1
Brown-Red
Yellow-Green
Blue-Purple
Silver-Gold
RANK 2
Brown-Red
Yellow-Green
Blue-Purple
Silver-Gold
RANK 3
Brown-Red
Yellow-Green
Blue-Purple
Silver-Gold
RANK 4
Brown-Red
Yellow-Green
Blue-Purple
Silver-Gold
RANK 5
Brown-Red
Yellow-Green
Blue-Purple
Silver-Gold
RANK 6
Brown-Red
Yellow-Green
Blue-Purple
Silver-Gold
RANK 7
Brown-Red
Yellow-Green
Blue-Purple
Silver-Gold
RANK 8
Brown-Red
Yellow-Green
Blue-Purple
Silver-Gold
RANK 9
Brown-Red
Yellow-Green
Blue-Purple
Silver-Gold
RANK 10
Brown-Red
Yellow-Green
Blue-Purple
Silver-Gold
“While Beasts and Spirits have this form of identification so do warriors. For both Magus and Spellblades there are different standards of power. Magus and Spellblades are standardized into 11 stages.” Lucifer calmly stated. He took a deep breath and continued.
“Magus are ranked as follows:
Initiate
Apprentice
Magus Jr.
Magus
Arch Magus
Sage Jr.
Sage
Arch Sage
Prophet
Elemental
God
“While Spellblades are divided into:
Initiate
Squire
Knight-Errant
Knight
General
Marshall
Prince
King
Saint
Avatar
God
Exhaling a breath of exhaustion, Lucifer slumped backwards. Laying onto the dirt of the practice field he closed his tired eyes.
“Good. Now get out of here and hunt.” Jasmine said with satisfaction. She had crammed an unholy amount of information into Lucifer this morning. Explaining as much as humanly possible in hopes that if he did not return tonight he would have some knowledge to live.
With a satisfying stretch Lucifer limbered up his body. After a 5 minute stretch he took off into the cabin to change into his Styxlion armour. Quickly changed and ready to hunt, Lucifer left the cabin he had called home for a an entire year. He had no intention to return. He felt that he was betrayed by Eric. Why would he stay with someone he did not trust? So he decided to throw himself into the wild once more. Much like he had at birth. Regardless if Eric had secretly protected him while he was growing up or not, Lucifer was going to live without any help anymore.
Watching Lucifer’s disappearing form from the cabin were the forms of Eric, Jasmine and Yue. The trio were worried that the boy would run off and get himself killed. He was known for picking fights he could barely survive when angry. Lucifer had stalked a Rank 1 Mid Order Volt Stag as an opportunity to release some steam. The end result was him barely killing the Beast as he dislocated his shoulder and cracked 3 ribs. If not for Eric swiftly arriving and healing him, Lucifer might have died to the scavengers of the forest.
Currently Lucifer was searching for a den of some kind. He planned to slaughter the owner and taking the den over. If he was to live in the forest again he would be smarter. Even if he resented the others he still had to admit Eric taught every survival skill known. Ingenious ways to trap and survive in the Beast Kingdom. How to set bones and stitch injures. Lucifer knew it all. And now he had caught the trail of some Beasts of the Wolf familia.
Tracking his prey for hours, Lucifer came upon a rocky outcrop. The outcrop had a giant mountain in the middle of it. The wolf tracks led right to the mountain.
As he stepped into the outcrop rain began to pour down like the skies were crying. As the rain fell it washed away all trails in the ground. Choosing to scout slowly in case the den was near, Lucifer deftly moved amid the slippery wet rocks. Weaving between shadows and vantage positions Lucifer looked for any trace of the wolves.
For an entire hour he searched before finally finding his quarry. A Razor Wolf. These Steel Element Beasts were known to live in forests and mountainous regions. As taught by Eric. Shaking his head at the thoughts of the old warrior, Lucifer began to stalk the wolf. The wolf was a sentry that the pack had. Wolf type Beasts were especially intelligent. This allowed them to use the most basic of tactics when hunting and living.
Following the 2’4” metallic grey Wolf. Lucifer noticed how the wolf's fur did not seem to be patted from the rain. The rain flowed off the hairs of its hide like rain off a sword. Thinking of how useful such a coat would be for surviving, Lucifer began to think of skinning the entire pack for fur.
Finally after 2 long hours of circling a 60 yard perimeter, the wolf decided to return to the pack. Grinning with anticipation of the cloak and den he would soon have Lucifer followed the wolf. As the wolf travelled 10 yards into its den area it howled. Soon tens of Razor wolves leapt out to encircle Lucifer.
Suddenly surrounded and vastly outnumbered, Lucifer began to shake. Shake with excitement! He could finally let loose. Kicking off the gravelly earth he launched himself towards 2 wolves that were closest to him. As he approached Lucifer twisted his body narrowly avoiding another wolf's jaws that bit where his left shoulder would have been. Jabbing his right arm at the new wolf's now unprotected throat. Lucifer extended his beastial claws into the Beast’s throat. Killing the Razor Wolf instantly Lucifer finished twisting around still holding the body of his first kill. Holding it like a shield Lucifer bashed the wolf on his right while releasing a devastating Mana enhanced kick to the one on his left.
Blocking and dealing quick Mana boosted attacks Lucifer decimated the pack of Razor wolves. After a short 15 minutes he had eliminated 17 wolves. Reducing the 26 wolves to a measly 9. Currently the wolves had began using divide and conquer tactics to wear down Lucifer’s already low Mana levels. Allowing one Razor Wolf to attack from the front while one attacked his back the wolves had managed to waste about half his Mana.
“Argh. This sucks balls as Eric would say.” Lucifer finally lamented. Angering himself again with thoughts of the man he spent so much time with Lucifer missed a wolf that had leapt at his shoulder.
Latching onto Lucifer’s shoulder, the Razor Wolf began to try and drag him to the ground. But how could he let this happen? Lucifer was a combat genius that could battle a Mid Order Volt Stag before the age of 10. No small Razor Wolf would kill him. Feeling a rage begin to take over, Lucifer let loose a wild roar. Immediately Mana flooded his body as he gripped the jaws of the wolf on his shoulder he pried the Beast off of him. He then continued pulling the wolf's jaws apart, till the skull and jawbone separated and killed the wolf.
As the Mana rushed through Lucifer’s body, it began to heal his wounds at a visibly rate. Adding onto his barbaric display of strength Lucifer scared the rest of the Wolves into cowering at his presence. Seeing how pitifully obedient the Beasts had became Lucifer roared in disdainful rage.
Only for him to receive a howl in reply. Lifting an eyebrow Lucifer gazed at the now parting Wolves. A new wolf had come. The pack Alpha. A giant Razor Wolf standing at 3’7”. The Alpha had surprisingly been a 2nd Rank Beast.
Smirking at the new challenger, Lucifer sauntered towards the Alpha. With palms open and fingers spread wide, Lucifer welcomed the Alpha that leapt at him. While the Beast was in mid air he let his instincts take over. Throwing a clawed uppercut to the Beast’s underbelly, Lucifer also gripped the wolf's left paw. Using the momentum of the jump he carried the Beast to the ground. Adding in his own Mana boosted strength; to slam the wolf on its back, he pushed his claws deeper into the Beast’s stomach. The force generated from the blow snapped the Alpha’s spine. Killing it while gouging it's stomach out for all the rest of the pack to witness.
Terrified of the intruder who massacred their pack and butchered their Alpha the Razor Wolves left bowed in submission. Growling at the survivors Lucifer expressed his need of their den. With no voice but to comply or die, they led Lucifer to the den.
Lucifer dragged the two largest Wolves along with the Alpha to the den. Quickly arriving at a cave on the mountain base, Lucifer made it to the den. Entering under the lead of the Wolves he witnessed a shocking scene. A newborn litter. The Wolves had just given birth to pups within the past week. The pups were full of energy and were yipping at the arrival of the adults. They came barreling towards their elders in an incredibly cute manner. Upon noticing Lucifer the pups excitedly began to play around his feet.
Scared the pups would anger the murderer of their pack the older Wolves yelped. Causing the pups to look at them with heads cocked sideways. An adorable thing that even Lucifer could not ignore. Giving a small chuckle Lucifer looked towards the older Wolves before growling. Seemingly understand that he meant food, a few Wolves sprinted out of the cave. Only to return minutes later dragging their dead kinsmen.
Seeing the food now arriving the pups took off towards the corpses. Stumbling and flailing the pups leapt into the pile of what could have been their parents with no hesitation. To Beasts anything dead was food. No matter who it was. The sentimental did not live long.
Lucifer walked deeper into the cave. As he walked he heard a small whimper. His draconic eye scanning the darkness of the depths of the cave. Lucifer noticed a small black ball shivering against the deepest part of the cave. Resting his trophies down Lucifer slowly walked towards the strange ball. Upon closer inspection he saw that it was a black pup. Scrawnier than the rest the pup screamed runt.
Scoffing in disgust at the runt that would never be able to survive Lucifer walked away. Away from the adorable heart wrenching cries for love. No. Lucifer picked up the pitch black runt and lightly rubbed the crown of the pup. Feeling like he could relate to the pup that was thrown away by its own family. Lucifer made his first real connection with something else on a emotional level. He empathized for the first time.
Bringing the pup into the light and letting it nestle into his shirt. He cradled the pup while he began to start skinning and butchering the 3 carcasses. After skinning the 3 dead wolves, Lucifer set the black pup to eat the smallest body. Watching the little runt immediately begin devouring the now skinned wolf body, lucifer let out a muffled chuckle. It was strangely reminiscent of when Eric introduced cooked meat to him. Again thoughts of the warrior resurfaced in his mind. Lucifer cursed himself for the weakness he felt. He cursed the loneliness he felt from the lack of people to talk to. Feeling a great sense of loneliness lucifer failed to notice the little runt stagger towards him. Jumping at the touch of the runt’s attempt to nuzzle his leg, lucifer bitterly smiled.
“I don’t suppose you can understand me little one?” Lucifer muttered under his breath. But to his astonishment the black pup barked in reply. Thinking about how could a week old runt could possible understand him, laughter escaped Lucifer’s throat. Seeing it’s new friend seemingly happy the pup began to jump and bark with glee. Smiling at the pup lucifer gestured for it to continue eating while he tore into the other two carcasses.
Slowly as day turned to night, rain silently fell. Lucifer curled up for bed with the little black pup in his embrace. Together the two drifted off to sleep. While the two cuddled and slept the night away, the remaining Razor wolves huddled together at the opposite side of the cave for the night. Like this the oddly mixed group slept the night away.
Lucifer lived with the Razor Wolf pack for 3 days before thoughts of Eric overwhelmed his mind. Deciding to go and spy on the warrior from the forest, Lucifer brought his new friend to go to the cabin. Placing the young cub into his bosom so he was held in place by his clothing, Lucifer took off into the woods next to the rocky outcrop where he stayed.