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Alda watched the three serpents were having fun in the beach and it truly made her happy seeing the large serpents able to hold back their strength that clearly out of her control. She remembered all her memories of watching the research and the actions around the beasts by the people's cooperation between the humans and the beasts, she saw her husband Lastier staring at them with his eyes closed--for a cold-hearted and rigid man, she saw how he started to grow accustomed to their new friends, or new assets for a new world if everything can be settled into peace.

Hokuri whistled when Shivada was busy annihilating the sharks, his assistants recorded all the scenes on the beach on how the locals reacted and it was hilarious. Meanwhile Brahmana and Vishnuda are either hanging out with children or letting them crawl on the scaled parts, even Aliyah and Rara joined them in having fun while keeping themselves away from the shark-infested waters. 'What are their true powers...?' he thought, still curious about these three Dharma-class Phantom Beasts' true strength and capabilities. The legends are indeed just 'legends', nothing concrete about the true identities and strength of the three Dharma-class beasts.

"Okay, gather around! Three of you!"

He summoned the three large serpents, beckoning them to come here to discuss about their 'actual' powers they keep to themselves. Brahmana let out a hiss, closing their eyes while they lazily laying against the shallow water, letting the sun drying off their scale. Shivada slithered quietly before they made a resting position where they are laying on one of their side in the shallow waters with their dorsal spines gently rested against the sand. Vishnuda sat down near the adults, their eyes gleamed brighter.

"Come on, help yourselves and change your sizes to 'appropriate' sizes for our discussion," Hokuri told them, because he can't bring himself to carry their huge asses for quite a long time. He sat on one of the picnic chairs, holding a cup of coffee his assistant had brought him. "Listen, I get it--you guys want to explore around but come on... we're not that strong to survive your weight," he muttered, before he glanced up at them. "Can you guys revert into human forms... it's hard to describe it, but can you use any abilities to control your sizes, maybe?"

Shivada let out a throaty growl. 'We're gonna see if we're able to change our sizes,' the serpent said, before they glanced at Brahmana and Vishnuda with their head in similar height and level, he didn't know that these snakes have such diverse shapes and colors on each of their body parts.

Brahmana and Vishnuda nodded slowly, and Shivada let out a powerful energy as the three of them start to change their sizes and Hokuri's jaw dropped, his assistants gasped as they watched it happened in front of their very eyes.

Brahmana's human form is a tall individual with bluish-black wolf-cut messy hair, fair complexion and green-yellow mixed eyes with sharp pupils. Their face were stern and dark, with snake-scale tattoos imprinted on their neck and four piercings on both ears--their clothes were completely dark like they lived in the darkness. In order to give them 'majestic' and 'ruler-like' appearance, they wear a bluish dark attire with a long white-grayish gown decorated by darker shades with several layers, along the symbols of the seven-headed serpent that used for decoration and trims.

Vishnuda's human form is a crimson-haired individual with yellow eyes and light tan complexion, they have visible snake-scale patterns that imprinted on their skin like a mask of ferocity on their eyes and forehead. Since they have 'destructive' and 'aggressive' feature, They have a stern and serious expression, probably it reflected their hidden desire to preserve, not by harming but showing a side of theirs as a shield and a symbol of sacrifice. They wear a red attire with dark details and yellow accents on the joints, they wore a large hooded coat with the Vishnuda's jaw-less mandible-skull on the tip.

Lastly, Shivada's human form is... quite wild--an individual with blonde short hair, red eyes and glasses while having a pale complexion. Their outfit is almost resembles like a formal outfit but due to their voracious spirit and destructive habit--their attire were in white, black and red. Their face displaying their carnivorous attitude that reflects towards a savage but effective one, he wears a black formal shirt under his white-red coat, adorned with a belt, along the two golden necklaces on both sides of his necklace.

All three Dharma-class serpents wore dark suits with their own individual design, to signify their differences and unique traits. "What. The. Fuck."

That was all he could say, since how these three being a menacing trio who doesn't hide their presence with their calm and focused demeanor. Hokuri dropped his jaw as he examined their human forms and their faces looks like they have 'macabre' sense of purpose and determination, he would be a dead man if they can tear him apart and leave no evidence to his body at the same time. But, they're genderless and yet they took a male form, which means the other features had been fused with more powerful attributes like their personalities themselves.

"How the... heck... the Phantom Samsara created these magnificent creatures?!" Kaname shouted, making him summon everyone to prepare themselves as they revealed these forms and Hokuri had sent the images to his superior. Hokuri was holding Brahmana's arm and so is to Vishnuda and Shivada, he examined the veins and their musculature anatomies--the skin was so strange, perhaps their biological structures work well for Phantom Beasts to have their metamorphosis skills. "Can you three speak like us?" one of his assistants asked, making Shivada smirked.

"Of course, we can," Shivada's rough and low-pitch voice nearly scares the senior scientists, before Brahmana began to speak with their own human-like moderate voice. "We studied humans' behavior from their appearance and history, this is merely for us to learn since our ancestors were killed by your soldiers," they said, the Trilaksana Organization staff were so speechless and Senju took his notepads and showed the blueprints and sketches to the trio, he heard their voice. Hifumi was fanning himself, somewhat flabbergasted by their human forms--even though it was beautiful as fuck but their behavior always on point and clear.

The three serpents are the 'triumvirate' of Phantom Samsara, some of the beasts of Vipralopa, Emperor and Rakshasa-classes referred them with several honorifics such as Triumvirs, Harbingers of Death and the Triad of Chaos, and known only for three faces of destruction and bloodshed. Not even a single beast can tell them lies since they can detect their bodies' movements, reactions and even their heat signals will tell the serpents whether someone is being dishonest or speaking the truth--and whoever lied to these serpents will be devoured, eaten alive and having their bones consumed to provide strength and nutrients for these three beings.

"Right, your abilities--can you show me?"

Hokuri challenged, revealing the restrained Vipralopa-class Phantom Beasts consists of Rijisha, Tamrisra, and Avichi--he wanted to see their true power while they were in human forms. Brahmana's pupils dilated, looking up at Tamrisra who's roaming towards him--before he opened his mouth and formed a gigantic ball-like atomic orb towards the creature. The Phantom Beast got blasted and pushed against the ground after Brahmana released a barrage of intense thunderbolts as electric charges. "Holy--!" Luca snapped when he was the one who recorded all the details about Brahmana's power, he knew for himself that this was their human form and their true form might be even worse than that.

Vishnuda made a huge amount of fiery flames spewing out from their mouth towards Rijisha, tearing their exteriors and their inner flesh as it slowly dissolving while screaming in agony while Vishnuda moved their clawed arm forward and raised their fist in the mid air, then releasing the flame-like blast against them. As for Shivada, their teeth were shown as they created a magnificent clawing fingers and ripping the Vipralopa-class limb inside out. Rippling muscles, shredded flesh, their bones crushed underneath Shivada's skin as they feasted the flesh like there's no tomorrow. The senior professors were making their notepads to record the Phantom Beasts' physical capabilities and how their human form was beyond comprehension.

The three Dharma-class serpent masters were battling against each other's strengths, creating a massive shockwave of phantasmal energy that pushed the three Vipralopa-class beasts into death. Soon, they reverted back into their large serpent forms--turns out they will go all out in their true form and their human forms are just the 'beginning' of their strength. The three serpents known for their triarchy in Phantom Samsara realm, which means they have the upper hand in having in control over the creatures there by having the ultimate 'bloodline'.

Days later, Hokuri was in a meeting with his assistants and researchers, making the large serpents watchful against other creatures while revealing their potential powers against the Phantom Beasts.

--500 Years Ago, Phantom Samsara--

Brahmana roared at the beasts who trespassed their lair and scaring them, Shivada and Vishnuda showed their feral essence and their 'real' powers. Sometimes they had to attack the Phantom Beasts and use them as their meals. Due to their unstable environment, they decided to live inside a tranquil zone near the field filled with corpses and carcasses for Brahmana while containing swamp-like place for Shivada. As for Vishnuda, they went far away but able to get back at their lair whenever they want. Shivada was munching on a rotten animal corpses, before they turned their head and look at Brahmana and Vishnuda who crawled their ways towards him--and found themselves laying on their own separate beds, made out of soft rocks and leaves, they slept when they don't got any more 'true enemies' to deal.

Shivada was munching on a rotten animal corpses, before they turned their head and look at Brahmana and Vishnuda who crawled their ways towards him--and found themselves laying on their own separate beds, made out of soft rocks and leaves, they slept when they don't got any more 'true enemies' to deal. 'I'm bored...' Vishnuda hisses, before slithering towards the two serpents as their tongues tasting the foul scent in the air and enjoyed it like a lavished feast. Shivada hissed, glancing at the other serpent. 'Did you check the barrier if it's done?' the larger serpent questioned, before opening their jaws in wide as they spew out the large stones into small pebbles to create a 'ring' around their lair, adding to protect themselves.

Vishnuda nodded, looking at the other serpent. 'Yes, I also felt the disturbance from the lake of Phantom Samsara for--hm--maybe...' they bit their tongue while calculating, and tapped their tail on the ground. 'Those Asuras... how long they will battle against each other? It keeps bugging me just because they're power-seeking clans--but they can NEVER reach our throne.'

They were once asked by a few creatures who wondered about their ability to 'pass' their throne, Brahmana had to remind the foolish creatures to know their places and respecting the Dharma-class serpents who were brought into their existence into the Phantom realm. Shivada understood the reason of the Asura beings would become aggressive to other Phantom Beasts since they can't do anything--aside from struggling to maintain their clan and their races. 'How about the Yakshas? The Herukas?' Shivada asked, while Brahmana snorted in response.

'The Yakshas did their best, as for Herukas, they are doomed if they messes with us. The Apsaras and Devas are nothing compared to us three, I guess those clans either 'destroyed' or moving onto another realm for a different set of civilization they wanted to see,' Brahmana stated, before they sensed a huge collision outside their respective lairs. It almost threatened to destroy their own lair. They crawled out from their lairs and found the Asuras engaged in a bloodthirsty battle against each other, which horrified them a little.

It was Varuna and Agnida, fuck.

Varuna or the Water Asura is seen having a short white hair with blue tips on his bangs, pale complexion and has crystal blue eyes--adorning himself in frameless spectacles with chains on them. He wears a black formal military uniform consists of long collared black shirt, on both sides of his shoulders are covered in black straps, buttoned along and decorated with golden ornaments and accessories, he also wears a black neck scarf-like belt, covering most of his neck and his large shirt is decorated with various patterns from gold, silver and metal designs. His appearance are sophisticated and 'manly' but his attitude was the worst--due to his cold-hearted and uncaring behavior.

Agnida--the Flame Asura is known for having a light orange hair that extended below her waist that goes slightly wavy at the end and has purple-red streaks at the end, with the long bangs on her eyes and between her face, crimson eyes and alabaster complexion. Wearing an ankle-length empress black dress almost showing her cleavage and collarbones with black top added with long sleeves, black choker with diamond-shaped drops fastening it. With a red five-petaled flower ornament with gold dangles placed on the side of her head, she has has red makeup on her eyes that almost similar to dragon scales--she wears a black tights with garter belt and black heeled and laced knee-length boots.

'Not these two again... they're getting intense with their own conflicts,' Brahmana thought, as they watches the two Asuras fighting until they roared at the two, which stopped their battles as both are confused and somehow surprised to see the three Dharma-class beasts lived and never perished yet. "Oh, good to see you there--Your Excellency," Agnida greeted with sarcastic tone, before she slowly turning herself towards Varuna. "What do you think of your majesty's presence, huh?"

'Kneel down and we may consider your proposal,' Brahmana hissed as their multiple voices chimed, two of the Asura immediately stood down. Brahmana were once the reigning power, alongside Shivada and Vishnuda in this realm of chaos called 'Phantom Samsara', they had watched the Phantom Beasts ruled the realm from time to time and occasionally it reminded them to keep their abilities in check so they won't make others either fleeing in fear or died instantly. Agnida, as the Flame Asura of Burning Hatred--known for her fiery and burning desire in dominating her lands. Varuna, the Water Asura of Pure Coldness--even though it was his other names for the world that he controlled and maintain the order through 'blood' and his ruthless behavior. Their powers combined can crush anyone who dares defied against their will, bringing destruction for their kin in ancient times.

Varuna bowed at his three majesties, Brahmana was acknowledged for his calm demeanor and natural talents in ruling the lands as an absolute king, while Shivada was chosen to be the brawn due to his 'dangerous' and 'elegant' behavioral traits from consuming large amounts of carcasses and raw meats as their only source of strength and power while Vishnuda was elected to be the brains despite their destructive personality. Vishnuda snarled, the sound that make Agnida and Varuna shuddered a little. 'You lowly demigods dare crossing our territories without our knowledge,' they growled as they circled the two Asuras, making the Flame Asura's skin trembled in fright, feeling her temperature drops as Vishnuda used their cold venom. 'How many times do we have to teach you that the water flows beneath us while the fire burns above us, do you want us to eradicate you?'

Varuna grit his teeth, and bravely stood firm towards their majesties' voice. "Our apologies, we didn't mean to anger you with our fights, Brahmana, Vishnuda, Shivada," the Water Asura said, bowing down in utmost humility. Brahmana's 'angry-displeased' expression changed into a knowing gaze, before they lowered their head. 'Varuna, know your place as the Supreme Commander of the Asuras--you're the leader of the army and must take care of them, that's why we deemed you to be an ideal military leader with your skills and outstanding behaviors.'

Brahmana praised the two Asuras after they scolding them, before Shivada tapped their tail harshly to the ground. 'To reach our position, we had to hold our urges to achieve greatness, only those who surpass us were able to succeed. For Agnida, you are such a sweet child.'

Flushing bright red, Agnida widened her eyes. "Do not show your mercy for me, Shivada..."

'Your kind nature had make your life longer than the others, you have also achieved the Core within days with your charismatic leadership and abilities. All in all, you are being treated like a lady while you are a warrior, don't forget what have your people said about you,' Vishnuda added with their gentle voice, however their words sometimes cut deeper than a real sword due to the amount of damage it's done. 'Varuna, even if you lost half of your comrades during the battle against them--you're the one who completed the challenge in six hours by annihilating the hundred Abyssal creatures and destroy a rogue Vipralopa creature with ease,' the powerful serpent praised the strongest Asura in power.

After all, Varuna and Agnida are the two of the four in terms of their elements. They encountered the Wind Asura--Vayuda and the Earth Asura--Bhumi, who has arrived recently from the battlegrounds.

Vayuda, the Wind Asura of Tempest Kindness known for her serene and gentle nature, she was a fair-skinned slender young woman who has a black slight-wavy hair that fades into dark purple at the ends, which styled at the back of her head into a bun and fastened with white-purple hairpin--with her bangs framing her forehead. She has a gradient purple-gray eyes with no pupils, along two slightly thinner chin-length locks of hair on her side cheeks. She wears a black turtleneck inside a kimono and white obi around her waist, overlapped with long white haori which has a butterfly wing pattern that fades into a turquoise then pink and purple color on the sleeves and hem, her sleeves also extended below her hands and a black long tights along white zōri sandals.

Bhumi, the Earth Asura of Earthbound Order with his warrior-like and earthly fist, he has a long dark brown hair with green and neon streaks--his uneven bangs framing over his forehead and some tied with a neon gold-green hairpin with two hourglass-like accessories and his hair reached his back, with fair complexion and green-olive eyes. Wearing a a dark green and white Chinese robe with high collars and long sleeves while wearing black pants over his knee-length brown boots with back-heels. He also donned a fingerless black gloves and dark green gauntlet with golden rings, which is known for his earthly fists.

'Vayuda, Bhumi... we were blessed to see the Asura people have grown stronger within the ages we fought against them and granted an honor to reach our peaks,' Brahmana praised the four Asuras with such gentle tone they released, much to Shivada's interest. 'Vayuda, your kindness and intellects have secured your position as part of the Four Progenitors, not to mention your wisdom and peaceful upbringings made the people admired them.'

Vayuda smiled at the giant serpent, nodding at them. 'Bhumi, with your strength and fearlessness can easily led an entire army, your temperament and lawful order makes you ideal for your office,' they told the male Asura, they had to calm the serpents are in best moods that they can't bring themselves to question and to rebut their majesties. When the Asuras finally left, they began to wander around the volcanic rivers and keeping an eye on every beasts who dare to attack them. While the three of them eating their meals, they had to learn how to maintain their own appearances in other realm without causing any 'disturbance' in their movement. As for the four Asuras? They choose to battle on their own wits in the other realm, as long it weren't near the Triumvirates.

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"Agnida! It's been a while!"

Agnida sighed when Vayuda greeted her, the other female Asura somehow have a special qualities to annoy and encourage Agnida. "Yes, yes--it's such a shame that we rarely met each other," she said, observing the wind-infused energy around her. "I could've lied about both of your identities because I know you two will get into deep trouble, especially when I'm in the other world."

"No, stop nagging--I swear, sometimes I don't want you to go on about me being the 'kind-hearted demigod'!" the Wind Asura said with a smile, clasping her hands. Vayuda always displays a bright, friendly and cheerful demeanor, she has an easygoing smile on her face regardless of the situation she is in. Agnida snorted, rolling her eyes. She stared at the water as they ran for their own missions, she cannot bring herself to fight them for the sake of battle--all she wanted was to punish the malicious. Although she's the youngest of the four, Agnida tends to be more expressive and passionate but less knowledgeable, she was intelligent and strong but also can be easily manipulated if someone bribes her either with lots of money or even treasures.

"Wait, so the large serpent was actually--ohh..." Vayuda spoke with innocent and carefree tone, clearly amused. Agnida sighed, before she watched Varuna with his hands behind his back--he always seen pushing his glasses when he's curious or maybe focused on what has been laid in front of him. "Well, are we ever going to meet them personally?" Vayuda asked, wanting to know as she folded her arms while Bhumi cracked his knuckles. Agnida wanted to punch the male Asura in the head, because this eldest Asura tends to be a bitch even if they were having a long-lasting talk about history, philosophy and even physics. "Varuna, do you want a rematch--I've been feeling pretty lucky here," he teased, creating a spear out of thin air while he played with his spear. "If it weren't for Vayuda, you'd get the beatings from hell," Agnida stated, much to her annoyance.

Varuna's gaze landed at his pupils, each Asuras has significant inhumane traits such as their pupil 'types'--Vayuda doesn't have pupils since she has an insect-like eyes that make her unique for both 'her kind'. And yet her kindness could make her weak point, such as her vulnerability against deception and gullible behavior. As for Varuna, he have snake pupils that dilate whenever he sees people. Most people assume that his blank face are just his normal attributes as an Asura while his pupils express the type of manipulation, thoughts, attitudes or his motivations. Bhumi's eyes were similar to a wolf, a lynx and a snake mixed into one--even his expression and alluded as to ruthless, unforgiving nature in battles, seeking violence and slaughter. Finally, Agnida's eyes features reflecting her fiery personality and it can have different features such as glowing or changing colors, she's seen having crimson fiery reptilian eyes but when she's in normal mood--it was dark orange.

"Rematch? After I trounced you from the last sparring that we were training?" Varuna asked coldly, glancing at Bhumi. "However, I suppose a bit of sparring would help you getting ready for the physicals," the male Asura said, much to his curiosity. The Water Asura summoned his rope loop or known as Pasha, made out of white silk and it was connected into the thin and almost unnoticeable string-like cords that attached to his fingernails. Despite being the cruel Water Asura of the Pure Coldness--he can show his intimidating and threatening aura towards his allies and others, while he looked stern and uncaring. With only silence between the two Asuras, they decided to head out and spar for a few rounds.

Meanwhile, Brahmana was slithering around the area as they sensed the water was seeping deep into the grounds below the ocean. Shivada let out a guttural rumble as he attacked the hungry shark-like creatures as they managed to tore them apart and consuming the rest, Vishnuda roared at the denizens of Phantom Samsara to get their asses back inside or they might have a taste of their wrath. 'We got food over there, what do you say?' Shivada asked, only to snorted at their response. 'Of course not, those filthy beings of Phantom Samsara would defy our orders if we slay them all!' Vishnuda retorted, whipping their tail as the surge of heat was spreading across the valleys of Phantom Samsara.

Sometimes they had to avoid the 'clash of wars' within their respective territories, those who defied them must perish or had to be subordinate to their decisions. It seems like the Phantom Beasts are seeing and admiring them from a distance and had built an image of the three holy reptiles in their very own realm as a god and gods among their kind. As an absolute king and an 'immortal god', in reality--the three are de facto the Triumvirs of Phantom Samsara.

'Listen, we ate like thousands of their meals and they will sacrifice more lives for our cause. It's a challenge to have such amount of nutrients we consumed, thus a new ground is laid where the humans are starting to settle down their place to adapt and establish the society once again.'

'Then, we shall abide by their faith for a moment,' Brahmana rumbled their multiple voices around their shared lair, knowing their actions will be threatened by these beasts who challenged against the gods' wills. They saw the four Asuras battled again, this time... they landed on the ground before the three serpents. 'Seriously, you brats are having too much fun... even if we did tell you several times with your behavior...' Vishnuda hisses, before observing their status. Their skin's healthy and their lungs weren't bad from the look of it, Brahmana extended its head towards them. "Oh shit, Your Excellencies! I do apologize for our outrageous manners!" Bhumi bowed, quickly giving his respect towards them before Shivada slapped him against the ground with his tail. 'Next time, remember you must not get yourself distracted before facing us,' the large serpent told the Asura.

"We're truly sorry, we did fucked up because you guys are around..."

Vishnuda glared at both Asuras, slowly raising their head before exuding a terrifyingly low growl. Brahmana's sharp eyes look down at them, before they leaned towards Varuna and staring at him face-to-face. 'This guy's gonna be great...' was all they could say, before the serpents dragged the Asuras to sit on the stony thrones to talk to them. 'Children... whether you're an immature child or an experienced matured adult, one of your instincts would have this feelings I'm talking about right now,' Brahmana's voice thundered towards them, before Shivada answered. 'However, remember your manners and comport yourselves as not to shame your name,' the serpent hissed, before Vishnuda's booming voice echoed in the vicinity.

'Honor that lasts forever would not be worth winning if others would easily succumb to defeat, use your time to study their strategies and defend your own comrades and territories,' Vishnuda said, releasing the heavy aura as their aura-like rings appeared across their size, releasing an astral-like dome which terrifies them when they get forced into submission before three lords of their life.

"ALRIGHT ALRIGHT! WE GET IT--GODDAMMIT!" Agnida answered, because somehow three serpents were terrifying enough to scare the dead souls coming into their realm without any doubt or fear whatsoever.

Satisfied with their answers, the serpents finally had something to eat, leaving the Asuras dumbfounded and speechless due to the riddled inspirational phrase they dropped that is inaudible. It was different for the Triumvirs, after all. "What are they talking about?" Vayuda whispered to Agnida, much to her embarrassment. "Fuck if I knew..." the Flame Asura muttered, looking up at the sky. Asuras are immortal creatures but don't think they can't die easily, with their cores were made from Astral energy, it can easily regenerate them no matter if their bodies were destroyed--but sometimes it doesn't bring them back if they're 'mercilessly' killed and they might die permanently and revival is impossible at that time.

Varuna flinched when he watched Brahmana loomed their head closer to him, he can see the reflection of his eyes from theirs. 'It's amazing that you can have your ways against the Abyssal creatures, I can imagine the expression on their faces when you slaughtered them,' Brahmana mocks with a slow 'licking' movement in his face, making him cringed while Bhumi kept his composure by his side. Vishnuda snorted, before slamming their tail onto the ground. 'You Asuras must not show any mercy for a beast, no matter how pathetic the situation will turn out, since it will take all of our life if we got kill.'

Even if it was them who initiated the battle, the Asura wouldn't stand a chance to fight back against their combined strengths since their 'king' can use his mighty voice to subdue them like a dog. "Okay..." Varuna stuttered, backing off the three Triumvirs.

'Before you four went back to your world--understand this first.'

When Brahmana's tone mellowed down with a deep voice, it was time for them to listen.

'Those who seeks power always wanted a way in controlling our existence, some of us may suffer the same fate and do not hesitate to strike those who showed a merciful part of yours, and never spare them or they'll use the weakness of yours against you.'

Those Asuras had no choice but to accept the fact that their majesties had already been an exception, without their presence as three leaders had once shown their true abilities that no one can top the list. After that, they nodded as Vayuda began to hug Shivada--despite the serpent's voracity had gotten the best of her, but they decided to act upon their generosity. "You're our parents, right? We will always be with you, no matter what happens in this world," Vayuda said in her bright tone, the giant serpents began to calm down and release their aura.

They're like their parental figures, even though they're Dharma-class Phantom Beasts who were feared by all of the races--they still considered their 'parent' because of their nature in supervising them.

Vishnuda could feel Bhumi was trembling a little when he saw the two Asuras were embracing the large serpents who bowed their heads for a long moment. Brahmana nodded, slithering towards them as they did a heart-to-heart session. Bhumi slowly reach out his hands to embrace the large serpent before him, Brahmana's muscled and scaled tails slowly hugged the Asura much to his shocked demeanor. 'Goodness, do not make such face, child--at least accept the comfort after what have you done,' Brahmana growled, they were able to have their chance of giving hopes and blessings towards the Asuras.

Vayuda stared at the large serpent before she noticed a glint in Shivada's eyes. It was pure, it was happiness, it was care and it was forgiveness. It was full of 'regal dignity', her carefree and friendly personality slowly turns into an appreciative and humble Asura who respects and honors their majesties' orders. Shivada leaned their head towards her, bopping her hand as she slowly strokes its head.

"Will you be with us until our last breath?"

Varuna asked, he wondered if they will have to live in this Samsara or move elsewhere. Vishnada snorted at their boldness, but accepted as they licked their faces, coiling and curling around them. Brahmana is somewhat like a 'parent' while Shivada and Vishnuda is the middle of all and everyone must work together to create strong alliances to survive and reach the top of the food chain. Once this world is freed from the chaos and disaster, they will found another refuge of peace and tranquility.

'When you survived from the Old World, you became a young one who looks like an innocent child after reverting into your child-like selves,' Brahmana commented on their behavior since they saw the Asuras weren't the same after they began to join the Phantom Samsara realm with its hierarchy. 'However, if you fought through their waves... that's a different story altogether,' they murmured as Vishnuda rested their head onto Shivada, they are not a type of being who will let others to make a fool out of them--suspecting that one who dares to challenge their abilities will either died for their sake.

Few hours later, Agnida slept on Brahmana's coils, somehow getting comfortable to sleep near the three serpents--and thus, they slumber within the vicinity and allowing them to rest as they slumber away to the realm of sleep... well--they did try to before getting used to their presence. Varuna rested within Shivada's massive muscle coils, and Vayuda rested within Vishnuda's strong coils. As for Bhumi, he was curious about their bodies and thus...

'No, stop petting us like that you shit-face.'

Bhumi paused when he rested on Shivada's large coils, surprised at their sudden outburst. 'If you want to sleep with them, here you go," said Brahmana, using their maw to grab him and shoving him over their heads which have formed a make-shift nest for them. Satisfied, the serpents boop-ed their large tails and covering the four sleeping Asuras before they themselves fell asleep. 'They're physically forever young, yet ages like immortals--it was odd,' Shivada murmured, Brahmana's tongue peeked out from their maws. "It's natural, Shivada--we can also apply that to humans out there," they muttered before slowly curling themselves as if there's something that bound their entire hearts. Vishnuda hissed, using their tails to keep the Asuras warm within their reptilian coils, 'I'm curious, about the human world... but how do we reach that realm?'

'I wonder... what does human world looks like, I'm so bored to be in this realm...'

While they rested in their nests, Agnida felt something pricked against her skin, even though her sensitive skin cannot sense any bad movement. She felt secure from her surrounding, this made her hummed against them. "I want to eat grilled meat..." she muttered in her sleep, Vayuda grunted as her body emitted a gentle wind beneath Shivada. Varuna rested his head on Shivada's coils, before he falls asleep. Bhumi kept himself warm under their scales and tails, seeing that Vishnuda was curling protectively over the Asura. 'I'm hungry,' Shivada spoke, but their head got butted by Vishnuda's head as they spoke. 'Save that for later, big guy--you'll scare them off when they wake up and you ate them like small pieces of geckos.'

Brahmana rolled their eyes, before he laid down with them.

The next day, the three serpents encountered the five Herukas, the wrathful deities under their commands were clashing with the other beasts. It was Yamantaka, Hayagriva, Manthrabiru, Vajrakiraya and Vajrakumara. What the fuck. But, all of their eyes looked so primal and determined to destroy one another in the battle. Vishnuda let out a terrifying roar and they immediately ceased their fights, causing them to stop fighting. Yamantaka let out a groan, gritting his fangs as he lowered his eyes in annoyance. "Fuck, here we go again..." he grumbled.

Yamantaka took form of a tall young man with long messy white hair with two layers from his head to his back, an orange streaks on his hair and bangs framing over his golden-colored eyes and cheeks--he has pale complexion and red marks on his face to his entire body. With a red horn on his head and pointed ears, he wears a white high-collared blouse with golden trim and white gauntlet and fingerless gloves with wrist blade and black pants, he also wear orange waist cloth held together with a golden belt-like rope and a pair of black combat boots with knee-pads. He was known for his destruction of mental energy, that makes him ruthless and arrogant.

Hayagriva taking a form of a young man with white long hair, messy bangs over his golden eyes and has blue-purple streaks on his hair. He has blue horns and pointed ears, along pale complexion and red lines on his face to his body. He wears a dark purple sleeveless bodysuit underneath his black kimono-like robes and black ankle-length arm-pants with floral pattern, along a knee-high boots made of thick heavy fabric, the front of his boots are decorated with his mask design. He often seen holding a katana with serpent shape at its both ends, he was known for destroying speech and language.

Vajrakiraya is taking form of a young man with neatly long white hair, a dark purple undercut that goes upward with sharp lightning-like yellow streaks and orange horns, his bangs framed over his golden-colored eyes and red lines like the rest of them. He wears a black top that covered his neck and has spike-like adornments on his right shoulder, long black gloves with white embroidery on his under arm and metal rings-like ornament on his elbow, a dark red waistcloth with small details above his groin, and an ankle-length pants covering his knees with 'breeze-like' stitches and a chain-like black fabric on his hips, secured with metal rings. His skin is paler than the others, and he was known for destroying concepts and ideas.

Manthrabiru is a young woman with a long white hair with a hairpin behind her back, light purple streaks and hot-pink horns on her head, golden-colored eyes, pale complexion and red lines from her face to her body. She wears a white, laced sleeveless blouse that covered the back of her neck and her breasts, with small white fur designed on her shoulders and her white belt tied around her waist, a short and folded-half white skirt with small and transparent bead-like fabric that dangles above and a small dark purple sash wrapped around her hips with a Vajra-shape ornament on her groin, also wearing matching leggings with long cords at the front, almost reaching the anklets. She was known for destroying physical aspects.

Lastly, Vajrakumara is a young woman with snow-white hair, golden-lilac eyes, pale complexion, green horns and red marks on her face to her body. She wears a pure white half kimono sleeve blouse with feather-like designs on her under arms and small straps wrapped around her right arm and over her back. A silver metal arm band-like tied around her left arm from her fingers to the middle of her elbow, with a small dark red bead-like crystals on her biceps, a dark yellow sash on her waist that covering her white ankle-length short trousers and held together by a golden colored metal rope and a brown heeled ankle-length boots. She was known for destroying coarse qualities.

Each of the Herukas were also sharing features such as height, red eyes and few of them always have fangs because of their natural appearances. The other three were Visuddha, Mahottara, and Lokastotra--they have similar appearances with different streaks and horn colors, they were known respectively for destroying evil emotions, mundane practices and worldly affairs. 'Know your place, Herukas. Don't you see the Vipralopa-class battling the beasts in your way?' Shivada roared, they're so fucking tall with their title and the beast wanted to battle them after conquering the lesser realms. Brahmana flicked the younger Heruka's head, which means Brahmana was upset for him to dare defy against the three deities.

'Just stop making noise while the battle was on, children, that's all we are asking from you,' Brahmana politely stated, adding their tone were intimidating and horrifying even for the bravest ones. Hayagriva shivered as the rest of the Herukas kneeled in front of the three phantasmic serpents. Suddenly, Varuna was just standing still beside the large water waves--seems like the leader of the Asuras has visited the Trinity. He sighed, why do he have to deal with these eight idiots sometimes? Oh, right... probably because he's the strongest among his comrades.

Shivada widened their jaws, baring their fangs in absolute 'satisfaction'. "Alright, fine! We get it," Lokastotra answered the Triumvirs. This just proves the serpents' superiority and their powers above them, but it wasn't enough to satisfy the snakes. "All of you should chill, okay? Let's not piss them off because we accidentally crushed into their business--especially the Asuras," Yamantaka assured the Herukas, since he's the eldest among all of them. Since the eight divine beings were keeping peace and chaos within the realm, it almost can reduce their workload in eradicating the damned beasts of Phantom Samsara or the Asuras fighting their respective clan's enemies. 'Well then, we'll spare you for now, Herukas.'

No wonder these people are strong, at least it can increase their strength to face the Phantom Beasts and even one day they will unite for a battle that will cost them to prove their value. Vishnuda opened their maws, releasing the strange orb floating in the air--it was an unusual phenomenon. A war was breaking out and it was too far from their territories, the barrier protects the beasts and the other realms are known to have an extremely 'strong' protective magic like Vishnuda. "How are the Devas?" Vajrakiraya asked, the main five gods who were watching over and giving their blessings to the society. "They were still on their shitty chairs and thinking the realm has changed, it seems they had a hard time keeping things organized," Varuna explained calmly.

The Asuras and Yakshas may be rivals, but Devas? They absolutely hate them, so be careful. Each of the five gods are often found eating their most favored fruit while conducting spiritual healing and providing resources that are necessary. They are also occasionally appeared in human forms and making appearances before children and adults, often in festive occasions. The Devas were envious of Asuras because these two races can do anything that Devas couldn't, such as fight, taking their own decisions and many more. That's why they're at each other's throats when it comes to ruling the Realm or doing something weird, a bit 'overkill' for their own race. They even envious of Brahmana, Vishnuda and Shivada because of their triarchy, powers and authorities in Phantom Samsara. The three serpents were much more powerful than any divine being in the dimension, including the Primordial Descender.

The eight entities bowed their heads at the two serpents who were snarling at them, if they weren't doing their jobs correctly--it might get rid of any disturbance for the Triumvirates. While Yamantaka was spitting at his teammates, before he saw Bhumi stepped aside as a large eagle-like was rammed inside. He just cut his hair recently, because his long hair made him suffered a lot in his daily life for being so fucking gorgeous. "Bhumi, you...!" Mahottara growled, ignoring his presence as the Earth Asura standing above them. "Your position doesn't matter, at least I'm better than you, that's for sure," Bhumi confidently asserted with a smirk, flexing his arms as he always used his fists to fight and he also gained muscles while wearing a clothing that should allow him to move freely. "Now that my hair is short for temporary time, I'm definitely up for a fight! Let's make a bet here," he chuckled, snapping his neck as he stretched and readied himself in combat.

Lokastotra, Mahottara and Visuddha goes to fight against him--knowing that Bhumi love to battle with his fists; they attempted to knock him down. Once they finished their transformations, Varuna placed his glasses on and silently walking past the furious battle--feeling bored with the pointless fights he was seeing. Agnida yawned when she simply watched the scene, while Vayuda sat on the ground--sipping her cup of green tea that she make. "Brahmana, Vishnuda, Shivada! Do you want some green teas?" she asked the Triumvirs. Three large heads glance at her, before they nodded their heads slowly.

--End of Flashback--