Chaos Era

The cosmic dust was still taking the shape of stars. The Verbatim Matter, the inert residue of the Big Bang of this Universe converged to make the Spirit Space that began expanding along with the Space-Time Continuum.

And from the impure Verbatim Matter rose up 'Angels'. It was they, who wanted to be recognised as the First Mortal Race. But they were ignored, for not having what makes a society.

Feelings, a cornerstone of what makes a society. The ability to come together for a common goal and make effort for that goal.

The Angels were too powerful. They were selfish, greedy, petty and most importantly, hateful. They hated those who came after them, those who were blessed by Elder Gods to have a conscience, blessed by Outer Gods to experience the supernatural.

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Each new species was born out of a Primordial's Blood. The Primordial Roots made the four Progenitors who founded the Vampire Race.

The Mungenosis's leaves moulded the first generation branch of humans from the soil sustaining it.

The World Tree's sap froze in the void of Nothingness to make the Primordial Elves, who later became the birth givers of Elves.

The Majestic Sea Algarina mixed its gel with the first drop of water to create Mermors and Charnia, The Elder God of Charity, sometimes known as the Elder God of Sea, giving Mermors a blessing to help them flourish in water.

The Roal Wines spread its reach across the ever expanding cosmos, giving birth to the first Berserkers in the universe.

And lastly, the NegatiTree, which made the demons using the Strange Matter in the Universe.

But the Angels were jealous.

"Why should they be recognised when we were the first to come?"

And thus, the Angels began conquering the universe they were born in. Each angel became a symbol of death for multiple civilizations throughout the universe, destroying many planets.

Eventually, the mortals fought back with the blessings of the Gods and their Creators. The Angels started to dwindle and eventually only a handful survived by the time their birth universe was barren.

And out of the Angels, rose up Ten special Leaders. It was the ten who ruled other Angels with their Iron Fists, growing themselves by eating the corpses of other Angels, even promoting others to do the same.

And with this habit, the Angels who were once at the door of Divinity with each individual Angel a mirror to their hate for the Gods who dismissed them, had now turned to Flesh Abominations.

Their appearance was now akin to a mutated piece of organ from an Outer God. And the Angels loved their appearances, shunning their people who didn't participate in the blatant cannibalism of the corpse of their kind.

Under the leadership of the Ten Angels, they were united. But even after they annihilated any and all life in the universe, their hatred didn't disappear.

So now they set their eyes on other universes.

'There must be other worlds too, right?'

And so the Angels tore their way out of the ever-expanding boundary of the Universe to invade other worlds. To satisfy their hate for those who were recognised by the Gods.

And soon, the Ten leading Angels began calling themselves Evil Gods. The very meaning of the word 'Evil' was them, as they began eating Angels, especially those who didn't participate in the killing.

Their appearance slowly turned more grotesque, more -ugly. But they didn't seem to care as they continued destroying any and all living beings they could find.

And seeing the ever-growing cruelty on other Angels began separating out from the ten groups, while those who didn't wish to kill left for universes where other Angels hadn't yet arrived.

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280 years ago in the Old Empire of Hurlan

Two peace loving Angels arrived in what was then a town that was more technologically advanced than other towns.

The citizens of that town treated the two angels like any other visitor. The town was called 'Techonia'.

The two Angels were surprised at how peaceful this world was. It was unlike anything they have ever experienced throughout their life.

Deum, the Silver Haired Angel, and Remu, the Black Haired Angel, were one of the few angels who hadn't participated in the war against the living and thus looked a lot more like the residents of this world, or Human, as the residents call themselves though there were other races like Elves and Vampires too.

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"I don't want to jinx it.. but it's peaceful here, Remu.." Deum spoke in their ancient and distinct tongue.

They were possibly the first and only Angels to have arrived in this universe. The peace and quiet couldn't have been possible if the Evil Gods or their forces had arrived.

"Yes, Deum.." Remu replied with a smile.

The two Angels slowly became residents of Techonia. The Process of acquiring citizenship wasn't that hard, as they only needed to join the Research Academia, after a bit of preparation for its exams.

Deum and Remu, became well known as the years progressed. As they didn't age while others did, they became senior members of the Academia and began teaching what bits of knowledge they had, raising the next generation of Researchers in Techonia.

A century after their arrival, they founded the Techonia Research Centre.

This place was the limit of civil Engineering, spanning fifty floors underground and thirty floors above from ground. It was a structuring Marvel that was possible because of Deus and Remu methodically planning each step of the building process. They put so much effort that they were popularly called the Founders of the Modern-day Techonia.

The Research Centre was not just a structural masterpiece but it was also equipped with multiple Magnetohydrodynamic generators, that were much more advanced and had enough power generation to provide electricity to the now-turned City of Techonia.

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On the day that the Research Centre was first opened,

"Congratulations, Sir Deum and Sir Remu!" The First-Grade Researchers of Techonia, who were appointed as the first generation of teachers of the Research Institute, congratulated the two Angels.

"Thank you everyone. It wouldn't have been possible without everyone here," Remu spoke with a smile, his calm demeanor was in contrast to Deum, who was dancing with joy.

"I'm so happy.. Thank you everyone. This isn't just our victory. This is the fruit of everyone's labour," Deum said with a smile, hugging a few of the staff.

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And with a facility as advanced as the Techonia Research Centre, Research and Development was the hot talk.

Tens of thousands of people applied to Techonia's Academia Entrance Exam, to have a chance to experience the technology. It was a wonderful time to be curious.

But not every good thing leads to good result.

Deum and Remu maintained the ethical standards of the experiments in the beginning but as the Research Centre expanded, they couldn't keep up with the constant stream of permissions from the research students and faculty, eventually setting up a committee that oversee the experiments to make sure that they are ethical.

But even that turned against the very beliefs that Deum and Remu, followed. First it was small experiments like Pain Toleration of different species, Cloning, and Psychological Studies but it slowly turned more and more horrendous.

Until 83 years after the founding of the Research Centre, when the researchers were ambushed by a Vampire. Though he was strong, he was eventually defeated using the Pure Argentite Steel weapons.

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"Stop this experiment at once! Whatever you are calling is going to be the end of us?!" The Vampire screamed at the researchers who were busy fine tuning the massive portal, as he was kept in that room because the lead researcher wanted him to witness the coming of a new era with his own eyes.

"Oh, shut it. This is going to be the biggest breakthrough since the invention of fire..A living being from another world," The lead researcher spoke before he broke out laughing.

But the vampire couldn't get rid of the feeling of impending doom. He went out of the Northern Forests and travelled across the Republic before arriving at Techonia.

He infiltrated the Research Centre as he felt the existence of something malicious, an existence so vile that he couldn't report back to Lady 4th.

"It looks like I can't solve this without revealing my identity."

The vampire thought to himself before he spoke. "My name is Aurilian Maofér Hesh. In the name of Roots, I say that you stop."

Upon hearing his name, the vampire researchers on that project were dazed. That name belonged to '10th of the Numbered'. The Numbered were not well known but it was a group that was led by the Fourth Progenitor herself, so each member was respected everywhere.

"Who said you all could rest?! Get back to work!" The lead researcher broke the vampires out of daze, before glaring at them until they went back to work.

After the researchers went back to their station, the lead researcher looked at 10th and spoke calmly. "So.. you are some kind of bigshot in vampires, eh?"

But before he could speak any further, the portal that they made to connect their world to another started malfunctioning.

"What is happening?! Someone stop it!" The lead researcher shouted but even after multiple attempts from other researchers to force stop the portal, it wasn't working.

The portal forced the 3rd Gen of Magnetohydrodynamic generators to go into overclock, as the entire city of Techonia went in blackout, except for the room where the portal was.

"This is bad. I need to stop this.." 10th thought to himself as he forcibly dislocated his thumb to slide his hands out of the handcuff, before he threw himself at the portal, destroying it while breaking a few of his bones as the massive portal frame fell on him.

And just as dust settled, Deum and Remu came down to the floor where the experiment was being performed with a squad of Armed Guards. It has been decades since they left the bundle of paperwork in their office so they were slow in getting down here.

But to the surprise of the Lead researcher, the look on Deum and Remu's face was not anger but fear.

And right on time, the vampire that was buried beneath the frame began laughing. But his voice and smell changed.

"You... You.." Deum was shaking and fell down on his knees as he looked at 10th, who was now possessed by them.

"Hoh! It's been a while since I have come in contact with any life.." They laughed as the body they possessed healed the broken bones but his consciousness was still fighting their burden.

But even as 10th struggled all he wanted, he couldn't budge the consciousness that had taken over his body and all he could feel in that moment was hopelessness.

"Well, well, well.. Look what we have here. I wasn't expecting cowardly maggots like you to reside here too." They spoke as they walked towards Deum and Remu, both of whom were scared to death and were crawling as they tried to keep their distance from them, with the armed guards putting themselves in between 10th and the founders.

Just then, the Lead Researcher came in between 10th and the Guards. "Hold up. We brought you to this place. Shouldn't you reward us?" The lead researcher spoke, thinking that he won something.

"After all, any living being would be grateful, right?" The researcher thought to himself, before his head suddenly went flying.

"This is your reward.. Enjoy~" They spoke as they caught the lead researcher's head. "It seems you don't realise what you are dealing with.. except you two." They spoke as they looked at Deum and Remu.