After Jack left the capsule he fell in the floor, even with his body in Veritas feeling rested the tiredness that he felt came all at the same time but in a much more controlled way like the tiredness was filtered so he managed to rise up again quickly. He decided to go to a lan house, since his internet isn’t good enough, so he could see how other people were doing in Veritas.
When he left his room he noticed that his mother is sleeping so he left a note, took a key and left his house he started to walk to the lan house but he noticed everyone on the street looking at him and whispering, he doesn’t even need to try to hear what they are saying, they are talking about what he did with all those people. He sighed because he also feels a little sorry for them, but they invaded his home and hurt his mother, only from remembering this made Jack’s blood boil like water which made him feel strange because he could feel his blood reacting to his emotions, but he attributed this to the system so he just left it like it is.
After some time walking Jack arrived at the lan house but he stopped when he heard one thing that made his iris change.
- Hey, did you hear? That gang that came to the city took some girls with them and Mary was one of them! Even with they saying that they went willing some people said they saw her fighting them – Said one guy to his friend.
- What?!?!?! And the police let it happen? – Said his friend surprised.
- The police don’t care unless someone fills a complaint and everyone is afraid of that gang because they have heavy armament – Explained the first guy.
Hearing this Jack approached them and said with such a murderous voice that activated the two guys instincts – Where do I find them? - The guys sensing the murderous intent and saw the state of Jack’s iris and told him as quickly and detailed as possible and when he heard where it was he ran, he ran like a predator after it’s pray, he ran with such a speed that everyone who see him think that he is training for some kind of race but those that think that are the luck ones, those who could even get a glimpse of Jack face felt a deep fear consume them because in his face they can identify the face of someone who would kill them and his eyes weren’t normal human eyes, those are the eyes of a beast that is after blood.
When he arrived in the local the guards in the front gate tried to warn him back down but he only looked at them and when they saw his eyes, they immediately aimed his guns at him but when they pressed the trigger but, instead of the weapons shooting at Jack, they exploded in the guards’ faces and the noise of the explosions alerted everyone which made all the gangster start to run to where Jack is, but it isn’t necessary since Jack is walking toward the place where they are, he passed by the gate and walked toward the house.
In the way some gangster tried to shoot him but all their weapons exploded in their faces, one tried to kill Jack with a knife, he stayed in front of Jack and stabbed directly to the front using his right hand but Jack just dodged to his left and hit the gangster elbow with such strength that the gangster arm bent in the other direction making the bone perforate the skin. Seeing this the more weak-minded gangsters tried to run but their weapon blew in their hands or in their pockets, and with his way unobstructed Jack just walked forward.
When he entered the house one of the gangsters that look like their leader looked directly at Jack with Mary locked in his arm and a gun in her head.
- Jack, just go away I will be fine – She tries to say with the firmest voice she could make but she can’t control her eyes which showed to Jack her true feeling so he said in a voice that made the gangster and Mary feel their blood freeze.
- You are mine – He said this and, in his eyes, it seemed like a fire appeared there, a fire showing his motivation and will.
- Don’t get closer or I will shoot her – The leader said.
- Try it – Jack said mockingly which made the leader press the trigger but nothing happened, or it seemed that nothing happened, what seemed like a red snake came from the gun. Seeing the snake made the leader afraid so freed Mary and threw the gun away but the snake jumped in his mouth. In the beginning nothing seemed wrong but suddenly he falls on the ground screaming and coughing blood and his face becoming paler until his skin became paper white and then his body started shrink until the only think that is left are his clothes and from them the snake came and looked at Jack.
- Go, be free my dear snake – Jack said but then remembered one thing and put his hand on the snake head – I give you the name of Boitatá a folkloric snake fire snake – He said this while using “Name Beast” and then used “Improve Beast” with an Elixir-Fruit and then the snake started to grow and the body mass that it gained from absorbing the leader started to change and become its own body mass so when it’s body became bigger the body mass also grow, it also became stronger with more muscles. When everything ended Boitatá bowed his head and slithered away then Jack turned to Mary while turning back to normal and said – I am glad that you are okay – then he fainted from exhaustion but not before he heard the system saying something:
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Attention!!!!
The Titan has managed to create a card that isn’t Veritas
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Create Entity
Create an entity made of energy
Depending on the situation the entity can be materialized into a physical body
Spell Card (Newbie Stage)
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Source Manipulation
Using an elemental source it can create an element attuned to that source
Spell Card (Newbie Stage)
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In Veritas a group of people are reuniting in an underground base.
- Before the spell hit them the target did something and the spell dissipated but in its place two cards appeared and they flew to him and I couldn’t use the spell anymore – Explained a young man.
- Huuuummm… he probably dismantled the card and if it is truly this, we are probably dealing with Exarion but the way that he behaves isn’t like him… - An older man wondered aloud.
- Maybe he reseted his mind or created a new personality, sometimes when Titans are tired of the world, they do things like this to experience everything again but in a new light – Said a mature woman but with a childish voice.
- No, this isn’t Exarion’s way. He never did something like this because he is always after knowledge and to him this would waste all his efforts into acquiring knowledge – Said the older man.
- If Exarion only goes after knowledge is there a reason for him to also be a target? – Asked the young man.
- You don’t understand, do you? Exarion is a leader among the Titans, one word from him and they would go to war against all other races – Said a young girl but who has a look of old wisdom in her eyes.
- But he hasn’t done anything using his position as leader since the Titans were first registered, isn’t it? – Asked the young man feeling that it is wrong judging someone by their level of power or influence over something.
- Technically he isn’t the problem, it is the other Titans who could try to fight him over the position of leader and knowing how he acts there is a big chance that he wouldn’t fight saying that he doesn’t have time for this and the Titans would think that he is afraid of fighting, so some of them would think that the Titan who challenged him is a new leader and follow him – Explained the older man, who is one of the beings that is with this group for the most amount of time.
- But there are reports of him defending other races, even from Titans! – Said the young man vehemently – And even him in this way he defended the elves from the demons and he even promised helping that young mage apprentice from the Noroi (呪い) Clan – He said making reference from some of the other thing that he saw while following Jack.
- This is worrying – Said the young girl frowning - If he involves himself with them while in a state where he isn’t himself he could get influenced – She said while thinking about what to do – Which apprentice and help her with what? – She asked.
- Mina, and help her with healing her mother – The young man said answering the young girl – She is the one who is trying to cut her ties with her family and take her mother with her, she even changed her surname to Mirai (未来), I think she is trying to say that she is looking for the future – The young man said.
- Hum, maybe it is for the best if we first see how he deal with this situation – The older man said – Depending on how he deals with this we can see if he can defend his position or if now he is still that Titan who doesn’t want war – He explained.
- We can try to do this but we will need to be prepared to deal with Exarion’s full power – The young girl explained.
- I always heard that Exarion is one of the strongest Titans, but what make him so powerful? – Asked the young man naively.
- Yeah, I also don’t know – The mature woman agreed since she to is relatively new to this organization.
- His true power resides in one thing, the thing that he is attuned to: Babel’s Library. If he uses his authority he can gain access to all the cards recorded into Babel’s Library, even the Titan ones – The older man said and then trembled – There is a record where a Titan made him angry and he used all the Titan’s card against him but since Exarion can change his race, the elements and even the properties of a weapon he easily dealt with the Titan, took all his cards and scattered them to the world preparing to the coming of the Titan’s new personality or just to make him go through challenges to take back his cards – He said imagining how it should be being attacked by your own powers but when they can change as your opponent want.
Hearing this explanation the young man and the mature woman also shuddered since they could imagine the terror that this Titan went through, but then the young man asked:
- What this Titan did for Exarion to even scatter his cards in the world? – He asked feeling that it is strange for a Titan like Exarion who almost always followed a more upright approach suddenly did something like this.
- It isn’t certain but all the records say that this Titan killed someone who was important to Exarion, and he didn’t only kill this someone, the Titan even destroyed this someone’s soul making it impossible even for Exarion to revive it – The older man said – Then here is where everything becomes a blur, since it isn’t in the reports who this Titan killed everyone who knows about this history and about Exarion’s personality try to discover who was the person that was killed: some think it was someone that he liked, really liked, almost to the point of love or loved, some think it was some kind of pet or being that Exarion treated as a pet, since he is extremely protective of his things and people, some think that it was a Half-Titan, his child, and the other Titan thought it was something so impure that it should be eliminated and he was so furious that he even did the same thing that this Titan did to his child since this Titan was never seen again so or he is sealed, or he was destroyed, or he did something to the Titan origin or existence that changed the Titan in such a way that even if it was seen again no one would recognize it – He said exited and explained why – By myself I think that the last theory is the most possible explanation since before this event he actively interacted with other races that exists in this world and in other planes like the elemental plane but after this incident he became something like an hermit that would only move by his desire, it was like he was dead inside, or at least this is what is in the registers – He said finishing his explanation.
- Wait, it is possible to a Titan have a Half-Titan child?!?!?! – The young man said surprised.
- I knew that there are theories that this could be possible but people think that this theory is so probable that they formulate an entire new theory based on something that isn’t even confirmed – said the mature woman pondering on this situation.
- For now let’s forget this theories and focus on what we know: Exarion currently isn’t himself, he sometimes just vanish from our world and there isn’t even a clue of where he is, he is posing as an elf and is in contact with someone from the Noroi Clan but that wishes to flee the clan. In this situation it is for the best if we just try to see how things goes – The young girl said refocusing the conversation.
- I think this too – Said the older man.
- Same – Said the young man.
- Here too – Said the mature woman.
- So for now the situation is dealt with, it is time for everyone to scatter – Said the young girl disappearing.
- See you at the next time – Said the older man disappearing.
- Bye – Said the mature woman disappearing.
- I need to learn how to do this – Said the young man walking away.
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Jack is floating in a dark void but hearing things that he can’t put together, he is trying to hear it better but the most that he can do is hear pieces of information.
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- …saved me.
- …impossible…
- roooooaaaaaarrrr
- hiiiiiiiissss
- …are those?
He could recognize the voices but couldn’t hear everything that they are saying but from what he could understand they are talking about what happened to him but then Alli and Boitatá appeared and surprised everyone. Now he could feel part of his body being wrapped by Boitatá and Alli and another part being hugged by his mother and Mary with everyone sleeping but then he couldn’t hear or feel anything but he “saw” a thing approaching him and when he could notice what it is he became amazed because it is a dragon like the one in the mysterious CEO’s logo.
- Wake up – The dragon said and them Jack opened his arms in a matter of seconds and rose up without alerting anyone, walked to the bathroom looked in the mirror and asked the system:
- What the hell happened? – He asked with a mixture of emotions storming inside his head as if he is lost in a jungle where he knows nothing of.
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The Titan has exhausted himself after using too much power in his original body that isn’t prepared to handle this power
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- I am not talking about this, I am talking about that dragon – Jack said beginning to feel irate for this system that when he tried asking important things acted like it is nothing and just gloss over it and he is also starting to feel irate at himself for not pursuing the answers and just accepting the system vague answers.
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The Titan isn’t prepared to know this
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- So how do I get prepared? – He asked gritting his teeth even if he knew this is bad for his dental health.
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The Titan must first be able to utilize his authority to its full potential before he met the first requirements to any kind of more advanced information
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- But my authority is only to master abilities and put them into Babel’s Library!!! – He said exalted feeling that even when the system provided information to him it is cut information.
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The Titan must discover how to use its authority’s full potential alone
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- OK, I get it – He said the first part almost shouting but then walking toward his capsule and entering it – I will discover all the mysteries behind this system and capsule that makes is starting to mess with me – He said exalted and connected in Veritas.
After connecting with Veritas the first thing he noticed is that his body is back to human form so he quickly changed to the elven form of Aragorn and left the room. He went downstairs paid for a quick breakfast and went to the town hall again, there while looking at the quests he saw another job of the same alchemist but this one is to gather a plant in a location that is know to be dangerous so people were looking at it and just dismissing any thought of doing this mission even if it pays extremely good but since Jack want a place were nobody will go he choose this job went to the same supervisor and told him that he would take this job, without wanting to go through the experience of testing Jack’s limits again he just let Jack accept this job.
After Jack accepted this job he decided to go into a hidden corner and cast “Shadow Concealment” as fast as possible since he could already feel trouble incoming and exited the building running in the direction that he needed to go but this time taking care to not hit anyone nor to be noticed by anyone, when he exited the village he started to just walk and begun thinking of ways to use his authority.
- It says that I can dominate all kinds of knowledges and then it will be added to Babel’s Library but how can I use this to unleash its true potential? – Jack pondered – Maybe since I can add something into Babel’s Library I can take out and use it? No, if it is like this Exarion would be too strong – Jack said but against his expectation the system proved that Exarion is too strong when the description of the card appeared in front of his eyes and started to change turning into this:
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Master of Knowledge
The Authority of Exarion the Titan of Knowledge
You can dominate all types of knowledge
This in pair with the Knowledge of Babel’s Library are the main characteristics of Exarion
Each knowledge that you dominate be it a new knowledge that you yourself created or that another being created will be added to Babel’s Library
The act of dominate a knowledge is to master it entirely
You can use any kind of knowledge that is stored in Babel’s Library Be it knowledge or cards
To use a card you must know at least its name to summon it from the Library
Authority Card
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- Why do I feel this is somehow wrong? – Jack said looking at the updated description of his authority – It didn’t even change the original part it only added! – He said exalted already understanding that this meant that now the card has new features the old ones are still usable but he noticed one big problem – How will I find which cards are stored in Babel’s Library? – He asked himself that but no one, even the system, answered – Sigh, I guess I will need to find it in the hard way of trying everything, but since these cards are from Babel’s Library and they probably will need to ga back there I shouldn’t rely on them too much if I manage to discover one of them – He said already thinking logically.
After this brief situation Jack decided to think of way that he could use his power but then he suddenly felt one thing entering the forest: Mina. So he focused on the crest in her and when he managed to adjust to the new vision he became surprised by what he saw: she is with a weak weapon and that even Jack could feel that is extremely sick, but this isn’t the problem, the problem is that they are being pursued by a group of people that emanate such evilness that he could feel the “Righteous Fire” desire to burn them so he decided to use the shadows as a mean of locomotion and started traveling through them faster than if he was just running and with this speed he managed to arrive there faster than he expected and could hear what is happening:
- No one run frum the clan Mina, you should know this since you were one of our best agents – Said one man that looked like the leader.
- I won’t stay in that clan anymore, its pure evil and you know this! – She shouted while running and taking the woman that seemed to be her mother with her.
- Mina, leave me I am just delaying you – The woman said exhausted.
- I won’t leave you mom – Mina said confirming that the woman is her mother, or at least it seems that it confirms – If we manage to gain the attention from at least the elves we will be safe – She said hopeful – But I since we entered the forest maybe we will gain the attention of the that can cure you and he is powerful enough to help us – She explained while gasping for air.
- My daughter you know we shouldn’t enrage the elves even if it is to flee our clan – Mina’s mother said.
- He, and it isn’t like you will be able to run from us – Said another man from the group that is pursuing them – When we catch you we will have fun with you before sending you to the clan – The man said with a lascivious look in his eyes which made all the other men in the group, even the leader even if just a bit, grin and this also sealed their sentence because Jack took his Black Card, his “Fire Control” card and his “Darkness Control” card and told them:
- You can kill those that the “Righteous Fire” says that are evil the way you want but hiding your power using “Silent Darkness” – He said to the Black Card which made it tremble in happiness and the three cards began floating in the air before disappearing and one of the men being skinned at the spot which made everyone stop and look at him dying from the blood loss but before the man died another was killed by his own weapons, another implode because his energy started going wild, two killed each other, three burned at different speeds, another three begun to freeze at another three different speeds, four begun leaking blood from all orifices in their bodies, five began being compressed into balls, and other horrible things happened to them.
Seeing all this Mina became spooked but also relieved because she could already feel that this was the mysterious’ man doing, while the leader just thought that they were fucked up because the man that Mina speaked about probably is here since the elves never do things so grotesque and Jack just became baffled about the power of a Black Card but also became wary about how evil they are.
Seeing that his group is being exterminated the leader started running but from the shadows an entity made of pure evil energy appeared in front of him and pierced his heart while whispering in his ears – Thanks for letting my father let me unleash myself even if is just against your pitiful group - The entity said and disappeared before disappearing to not let Mina, her mother and Jack see it.
After the pursuers were dealt with the system rewarded Jack with one thing to facilitate the way he deals with his Black Card:
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Attention!!!
Through the Titan’s creative mind it has managed to gain a new card
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The Silent Reaper of Justice
A Reaper must be impartial and bring death to all but this one can hide from anything so it can be as impartial as it wants
When activated unleash the reaper
Action Card
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But before he could appreciate his new card Mina asked – Is that you? – She asked noticing that she doesn’t know his name or any way that he can be addressed as.
- It seems that you came from a difficult place – Jack said from the shadows mockingly – Now let me ask you one thing: what the hell was that? – He asked enveloping both of them in the “Righteous Fire” – I think I don’t need to explain what will happen if any of you lie, do I? – He asked in a voice that contained contempt.
- Mom, don’t say any lie and respond truthfully to him – Mina said to her mother in a hurry but before her mother could answer she continued – As you can see I came from a clan that is linked to evil thinks, mainly cursing others, our clan is a specialist in the control of curse magic, curse techniques and all forms of curses so we are connected to the underworld of crime and this made our people to start to do more and more evil deeds and someone from our clan even did something to my mother and we couldn’t find a way of curing her so I came here in search of the herb I told you about and now here we are – She explained with the most amount of details as possible.
- Mary why are you telling him so much? He could be someone from our clan disguised and if he is an elf he could kill us because they don’t like humans and even more those who deal with things like curses and, cough cough cough – Mina’s mother was explaining to her why Jack isn’t trustable but had a coughing fit and with each cough more and more blood came out from her mouth but before it could touch the ground it is being burned by the “Righteous Fire”.
- Interesting – Jack said analyzing the information his fire brought to him – Your blood is entirely contaminated by evil in such a way that it is in the process of becoming another substance – Jack said with interest on his voice – But the strange thing is that the evil in your blood isn’t even yours but it is affecting you making you be more distrustful, increasing your evil desires and making you think of ways to protect your daughter that involves anything – He said surprised and after hearing this information Mina and her mother also became surprised because this is what has been happening with Mina’s mother since the moment she became sick – I can cure it but it will hurt so much because your entire body will burn but in the end you will be back to normal, what do you think? – Jack explained the situation and offered the cure but, in the end, everything is up to Mina and her mother to decide.
- Mom maybe we can should try something less drastic – Mina said to her mother worried of the pain she would feel.
- No, we need to end this here – Mina’s mother said with determination in her voice and looked in one of the directions from where Jack’s voice came with a fire in her eyes and said – Do this!
Hearing this Jack activated both of his fires, the “Miracle Fire” and the “Righteous Fire” and focused them on Mina’s mother in such a way that they fused together and begun to burn the evil in her. The color of the fire became a blood red, from the black of the “Righteous Fire” and the mild red from the “Miracle Fire”, and with time the fire was becoming “bloodier” in a way since there isn’t any blood in the fire there is only evil being burdened and turned into pure life energy, the same kind of energy that races like vampires and succubus drain from their victims, and is being used to heal Mina’s mother since the evil in her blood was also damaging her in the processes to become another substance so she is feeling her body being burned apart and then healed the entire time that the fire is burning, but the parts were it is healed she can feel that it is stronger than it was even before she became sick because there is so much evil in her body that the fire can even upgrade her.
She is trying not to scream but she can’t because the pain she is feeling is so acute and so brutal that instead of only certain parts hurting more her entire body is a focal point of pain and in certain parts where the focal points interconnect the pain multiplies and since there are a LOT of focal points across her body so the pain she feels is extremely amplified. Now she is almost fainting from the extreme pain but just when her mind was slipping into oblivious the fire stopped and she fell in the ground exhausted but feeling her mind crystalline clear and her body much better she understood that he fulfilled his word and did better than he promised so she kneeled and said with all her heart:
- I, Yuki from the Arashi (嵐) Clan swear loyalty to you and promise to always fulfil your wishes – She said expressing her true feelings and sincerity and to show that she isn’t kidding the system recognized her vow:
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Attention!!!!
Someone has sworn loyalty to the Titan
The type of vow that was made is one where she will fulfil all your wishes so you need to provide something of equal value
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But before Jack could do something Mina also did something that made him surprised:
- I Mina from the Noroi Clan swear loyalty to you and promise to always fulfil your wishes – She did this as thanks for saving her and her mother but also because she thinks that if she follows this man she can go toward new heights and sensing that she would also do anything that Jack wanted the system recognized it
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Attention!!!!
Another person of the same family has sworn loyalty to you
You can grant them two different things or turn this family into a new clan
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Jack decided what to do but before he could try he entered a trance, turned back to his human form and appeared in their front saying something in an ancient language, one before the Babel Tower fell and the races and folks started to create their own languages, the language that the most powerful being speak, the language of the soul:
- You who wish to follow me as a gift for your loyalty I will grant to you power over the Alchemical Life Fire and grant to you new clan the name of Newdawn since now you will go through a new dawn in your live – Jack said this and from him came a wave of fire that carried his will and the permission to use the fire that he just created to heal Yuki and purge evil, this fire entered them and started to adapt to them: in Mina it became two other different fires, a cursed fire from her old clan and a fire that ages the target with each of them having the ability to take the life energy from their victims but with different properties, plus the normal “Alchemical Life Fire” and with Yuki it became a fire that also electrocutes its victims and an icy fire that can also freeze the victim at the same time, plus the usual “Alchemical Life Fire”.
After the fire successfully blended with them the fire started to change their bodies so they could use life energy to heal those they think are deserving and also heal themselves. When this all changed Yuki’s hair became a blood red, her iris changed to a orange color and she has three marks in her body, the mark of the storm, the mark of the snow and the mark of the fire, the same thing happened to Mina but her marks are the mark of the curse, the mark of the future and the mark of time plus the mark of fire and their bodies became fuller, rounder and luscious. After the transformations ended Jack vanished in the shadows but put a “Crest of Monitoring” in Yuki leaving the words – Prosper and don’t deviate from the good path.