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Me: “Why am I naked?”
Viva smiled a little after which she replied.
Viva: “Every Marked One is delivered like this the first time. But don’t worry, your clothes were also sent separately. Wait a moment.”
She turned towards the people that were watching us.
Viva: “Aeson! Bring his clothes at once.”
She shouted at someone in the crowd. She then turned her attention towards me and said.
Viva: “Come... let us sit and I will start explaining everything until your clothes come.”
Me: “Alright.” I gave a slight node of my head.
Viva: “Good... follow me Stormspike.”
Me: “I would prefer to be called just Storm.”
Viva: “Then Storm it is.”
She walked towards the other people that were either standing or sitting. Once she got close to them, they parted and gave way. I followed her to where she led me. While walking, I looked around the room. It was rather dark with only few spheres floating in the air, giving light to the room. The back side of the room was dark.
Viva: “Here we are, please take a seat here.”
In front of me, there were series of tables with benches placed on both sides. There were numerous amounts of columns with four tables per row. But the lights showed only some of them. She had pointed towards one of them. I sat down and she sat opposite to me.
“Elder... here.”
A woman came running towards Viva with something on her hand. The woman also wore the same clothes as everyone else. She had a round face with a closed set of eyes. She had brown eyes and a narrow forehead. Her cheekbones were prominent and had a wide nose. She had large lower lips with narrow upper lips and they were brown in colour which complemented her brown skin tone.Each of her small ears had a ring attached to the earlobes. The ring was round in nature. She had a rounded chin and cropped blue hairs on her head. She had a short neck and the way the light glazed over her indicated that she had a smooth skin.
As I move my gaze from her neck down, I noticed she had narrow shoulders and a nicely rounded pair of breasts. Moving down to her waist, she had a flat stomach and a slightly defined waist with a soft curve to it. Moving onto the hip area, I found it wide and proportionate to her torso. She had a slight curvy ass, but I don’t know how they felt.
Continuing down to her legs, she had a small stature. Her things looked slim, but very alluring. If I stand in front of her, she would probably be a close to my chest.
If I had to describe her body shape as a whole, I would say she had a triangle shaped body, meaning as her waist was wide compared to her breasts which were narrow compared to it.
But there was something else... actually many things. For one, my eyesight improved. I don’t know how much, but I got the feeling that this was not the eyesight I had previously.
Secondly, I could smell a very alluring scent coming from her. The rest of the area had no other smell except the body odours of the people here, but her scent was different and I wanted more of it.
Viva: “Ehmm... Ehmm..”
I turned my attention towards Viva.
She smiled and said.
Viva: “If you are finished ogling her, then can we start our conversation?”
I looked towards the girl, who was now standing beside the place where Viva was sitting. She was looking down while both her hands crossed together. I saw a faint blush on her cheeks while she at times adjusted a strand of hair near her ears, pushing them back over her ears.
Viva turned towards the girl and said.
Viva: “Aeson, leave us for a moment, child.”
She looked towards Viva and stuttered.
Aeson: “Y-yes, E-elder.”
She hurried tried to leave, but I caught her right hand when she was passing me.
She seemed shocked and her body stiffened. No noise came from her mouth.
The reason why I grabbed her hand because of the scent I was getting from her. It was too pleasurable for me so I wanted to smell her more. I brought her closer to me and leaned close to her neck. I smelled her neck slightly, then slowly made my way down. The more I smelled her, the more aroused I started to get. It was like a drug that I could not stop taking. It was so intoxicating.
While I was busy with my work, the only sound that came out of her were some slight moans.
Viva: “Please leave her... you are not allowed yet.”
I stopped and released her hand. She quickly ran from there while I looked towards Viva.
She was still smiling and said.
Viva: “First, here... take this.”
She handed me something which was folded. It was my clothes. I got up and wore them. It fit perfectly. It had blue stripes running over my shoulder blade while the rest of the body was black. The same sign which was on my chest and on their collars was also etched in the center of the suit. The pants also had blue borders running on the side of the legs while the rest was black. It was comfortable and I felt I could move in them very easily.
After dressing, I sat down.
Viva: “Now that you are fully clothed, I will explain everything to you.
Are you ready?”
Me: “Yes.”
Viva: “This place is known as The Divinity Realm... the birthplace, residence and grave of all Gods and Goddesses.
As you know, each and every Gods and Goddesses are immortal. But, with the influx of new Gods and Goddesses, their numbers were increasing exponentially and along with it, their power struggle.
A solution was found and was supported by every one of Them.
Thus, The Universal God Wars were created.
All of Them decided that they would fight with each other in a tournament to weed out the weak Gods and Goddesses and to create an order of power for the strong ones. But they themselves would not fight each other physically. If that were to happen, the whole Universe might get destroyed. So, instead of them fighting physically, they would pit their own followers against each other."
Me: “I am to fight for Goddess Irah.”
Viva: “Yes...”
Me: “Then, what is your role in all of these?”
Viva: “Before each match, every God/Goddess has to bet one planet over which they either have complete control of the populace or over most of the populace. Most means exactly 1/3rd.
If the Marked One looses, along with his life, the planet will be confiscated and given to the winner. He can do whatever he chooses with the planet.
When a God/Goddess looses all the planets under their control, they will die. They need prayers and followers to live, without them they simply vanish. Thus, the weak God/Goddess are weeded out.
But there is a condition for the Gods/Goddess. Those who are new can only participate when they have a minimum of 10 planets under their control."
Me: “Okay...”
Viva: “This time our planet Islade has been chosen by our Goddess Irah to be used as collateral in this tournament.
You are currently residing in the Grand Temple Of Irah. All of us here are her servants and followers. We were informed about this event a few years before and were chosen to serve and look after her Marked One.”
Me: “What are those collars for?”
Viva: “Those who are chosen to serve the Marked One are required to wear this collar.”
Me: “Oh...”
Viva: “These collars also serve another purpose. When a Marked One looses, those who are chosen to serve him have to die as penalty too.”
Me: “What??? Lose one match and the fate of a planet gets altered and some of the populace also loose their lives!!”
Viva: “Yes.” Her face showed signs of sorrow.
Me: “This is fucking awful... playing with lives.
Tell me, when will this tournament start?”
Viva: “We all will be informed when the time comes.”
Me: “You mentioned that we are currently inside a Temple of Goddess Irah.”
Viva: “That is right.”
Me: “Can we venture outside?”
Viva: “Yes... yes we can.”
Me: “Then what are we waiting for... I want to see the fucking planet I am tasked to fight for.”
She smiled a little and replied.
Viva: “Certainly... please follow me.”
We got up and I followed her. She led me out of that area and into a long corridor. It was fairly lightened with little spheres of light attached to the walls. The corridor had several rooms attached to it, but all of the doors were closed. The doors were made up of something grey... I couldn’t recognize the material out of which they were made or rather I had no idea out of what material all things were made. Everything felt different to me... even the touch... whatever I touched gave an unknown feeling.
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We took a right turn at the end of the corridor and came upon an enclosed place. She went and stood there and looked at me. She signaled me to come in. I tentatively step into the enclosed place. There was a single stand with a white sphere connected to the ground. It was on Viva’s side. She put her hand right hand on the sphere.
The sphere glowed the instant she put her hands on. Suddenly, with a slight jerk the space started to rise up. She turned towards me and spoke.
Viva: “Surprised?”
Me: “Not so with the moving. I feel that I am already used to it. But I do want to know how did it move? What happened when you put your hand on the sphere?”
She turned forward and replied.
Viva: “You will know in due time.”
The floor came to a stop. In front of us, there was another white sphere. She put her hand on it and like the floor, the wall parted from the middle instantly. Rays of light came out and temporarily blinded me. I put my hand in front of my eyes to guard it.
Once my eyes had adjusted, I removed my hand and moved out of the space. When I came out, I saw a beautiful sight. Viva was standing in front of a railing and she turned back and signaled me to come.
I moved closer to her and saw the scenery of the world I was in. We were standing on a balcony which overlooked a giant waterfall. We were surrounded by a large forest. To my left there was a big road leading into the temple which was at least six storied. The temple was in the form of four tall towers connected together. A large statue of a woman was kept in front of the main door. The statue was made up of something which I didn’t recognize, but it was glowing due to the light of the sun. She had both her hands crossed together and was resting on her heart while smiling. Watching the statue instantly filled me with hope and peace.
Viva: “That is a statue of our Goddess Irah.”
Me: “She is so beautiful.”
Viva: “Our world only worships her. The material with which the statue is made of is known as Sciathil. It glows whenever any light falls on it. If you think that the present looks of the statue is beautiful then wait till you see the statue under the moonlight.”
Me: “Tell me about your world.”
Viva: “We have four continents and each one is ruled by a different ruler. They are peaceful and there hasn’t been any war in the last thousand years. The continent in which we are here is known as Continent Ki, ruled by the Royal House of Rarocs. Our Kings name is Valter Rarocs.
The names of the rest of the three continents are Zhai, ruled by the Royal House of Ebla.
Sumer, ruled by the Royal House of Becub.
And Pol, ruled by the Royal House of Agnai.”
Me: “Does your King Valter Rarocs know about the whole Universal God Wars?”
Viva: “Everyone was informed and that is why two days from now, you will meet all four Rulers and other Lords in the Royal Palace of Rarocs.”
Me: “Anything else?”
Viva: “Yes... while you are here, you should also learn about our timeline.
60 seconds make 1 minute.
60 minutes make 1 hour.
30 hours make 1 day.
40 days make 1 month.
20 months make 1 year.
Out of 30 hours in a day, the mornings are shorter than nights. That means 12 hours of daylight and 18 hours of night.”
Me: “Why the nights are longer?”
Viva: “It is the choice of Goddess Irah.”
Me: “Anything else?”
Viva: “Average age of an Isladean is 125 years. Your current body has been reconstructed to match the environment of Islade and to contain and to help in proper usage for the power received from the Mark of Selection.”
Me: “How old are you?”
She chuckled and replied.
Viva: “I am not even 100 years old.”
Me: “Do you have anything to eat?”
Viva: “Of course... everything has already been prepared in advance. Do you want to have your meal inside the Temple or outside?”
Me: “Outside please... something about this view is making me very soothing.”
Viva: “It is supposed to... Goddess Irah has blessed this place. It is the most peaceful place in all of continent Ki.
Please wait here... while I make the arrangements.”
She turned back and started to walk towards the enclosed place on which we came up. Suddenly she stopped and turned to face me.
Viva: “And remember... you are not allowed yet. Control yourself.”
Me: “Ah... Okay!”
She turned and left. I honestly had no idea what she was talking ab... Oh... now I remember... the smell, the girl. Okay, this shouldn’t be too hard.
I leisurely took in the beauty of the scenery all around me. The longer I enjoyed the surrounding, the more alive I felt. Something then crossed my mind.
She did say that my body was altered to suit the environment of this planet. Well, when I look at myself, I have no memory about how I looked before, but now I was about 6’ 4”-6’6” inches tall, my body structure was like an inverted triangle with my shoulder being broad and my waist narrow. I felt pure energy surging through me and my skin tone somewhat seems to be of light blue complexion.
Viva came back shortly and guided me to a place which be described as a garden. It was full of different types of flowers... I think. I did not get a feel of familiarity upon seeing them. They gave off a very sweet and distinct smell. The garden itself overlooked a mountain cliff. The sky was clear and a cool breeze was blowing over. Different types of small birds or whatever they are called were flying in the sky. It was really a shame that this beautiful planet now hinges on my success in some tournament in which I don’t know what I am going to do.
A table and a couple of chairs were placed in the middle of the garden. Some men and women were also standing around the table; each holding some dishes.
When I sat on one of the chairs, they placed the dishes on the table one by one. After placing the dishes, they stood beside me.
Viva: “These were made specially for you. Please start your meal. Once you’re finished they will clean after you.”
I only gave a slight nod and started consuming my meal.
Once finished with my meal, Viva asked me.
Viva: “Would you like to see your house?”
Me: “Yes.”
Viva: “Then follow me.”
I followed her where she led me. We walked further inside the compound to a more secluded place. There was a big house situated at the end of the path. It was a three storied building. Its doors were made of some metal which I had no knowledge of and that was the same case with its walls too. I had no idea of what it was made. Well kept gardens with fragrant flowers, gorgeous trees and many bushes decorates the outside of the house.
Viva: “This will be your residence whenever you are visiting here. It is staffed by Temple maids and are in readiness to cater your every wish. Behind the house, there is a training ground made for your usage.
But tomorrow you will be escorted to the Royal Palace of Rarocs for the meeting.”
Me: “When will I have to leave?”
Viva: “In the dawn. The Royal Guards will be escorting you and your personal attendants.”
Me: “Personal attendants?” I asked out of curiosity.
Viva: “Yes... you are a Marked one and that makes you the second most important person of the Faith of Irah, the first one being our own Goddess Irah. Thus your care-taking is the responsibility of the Faith. We will chose the attendants carefully of course.”
Me: “Alright, I understand.”
Viva: “Then please take rest and process all the information you just just received. We will meet again tomorrow before you depart for the palace.”
I entered the house with great curiosity. I still don’t know what I am going to do, but what little I had seen, this world is worth protecting.
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