Bloodlines Online

The pair made their way through the halls of the castle and Ezekiel was incredibly worried about how the council would react to him.

He knew that they could not deny their queen but he was concerned about them making his life hard on their own.

As they got near a specific set of doors he heard loud voices arguing from within.

”The queen said to leave him alone!”

”As soon as he arrived an army appeared above our city! How can you ignore this!”

”Because we are not foolish wnough to believe an otherworlder that barely reached the level of Lesser Archdevil can muster an army!”

He flinched as he figured out what the argument was over and he knew that both were technically correct.

He was not the one who brought the army but he was the reason they attacked.

The queen had a look of fury on her face as she pushed the doors open.

The instant the doors opened the voices inside were silenced and he could see a number of devil women bowing before the queen.

”You would dare to discuss my beloved in such a hostile way?”

One of the women began to shake with fear while a few others went completely stiff.

”My queen... he came to the city and we got attacked! I am concerned for our people... you saw that thing that appeared before the goddess arrived, if not for her we would have been wiped from the map.”

She looked disgusted and the queen upon seeing this looked furious.

”You speak as if i would never be capable of defeating such a foe... I will grow stronger to protect my people and my future.”

He saw her look back at him with a beautiful smile that made his beart flutter.

’Dammit... she really is great.’

The others began to speak up again despite this.

”The largest one was unaffected by your most powerful spell, you even unleashed your ascension to actually break through it but it was immune to the shadow element. Would you try to battle with an element you have not trained with yet?”

The others looked at their partner in shock and he looked at her more closely to remember her in tbe future.

She was a tall and voluptuous devil woman with striking icy blue skin and horns that had a deep amethyst hue.

”I can show her how to kill them...”

They all snapped up to look at him for the first time.

He still had his face covered by shadows and his features hidden but they would know it was him no matter the disguise.

”I am truly sorry for causing those things to show up but they had no intention of attacking your city...at least that’s my assumption.”

He pulled his hood back and let the mana dissipate, the first time they saw his face a few let out involuntary gasps.

For the first time he actually got a strange feeling from the queen as he heard her let out a low growl like an animal which made the women turn their eyes back down.

”I had refined my bloodline, before this I was a child of something called the void which is what gave me my affinity. I suspect it is a higher grade of the same bloodline the queen has.”

”Lucretia.”

”Huh?”

”My name is Lucretia darling, please dont call me the queen.”

She pouted while saying this and it looked so cute that he laughed for a second.

”I believe that Lucretia and I have the same bloodline but mine was a higher order somehow. Everything I have been gaining as rewards has apparently been leading to me becoming something called a void beast.”

Another devil from the council looked up with sudden recognition but she quickly turned her gaze back down when Lucretia snarled at her.

”Mercy my queen I apologize! The system notified us about a void beast and that was right before the attack so what makes a void beast so important that it would result in a city wide notification?”

”Ah yeah well I don’t actually know? I evolved recently and had a vision that showed me-”

While he was about to explain his dream his jaw suddenly locked in place as if frozen.

He panicked and began patting his open jaw before he saw the notification.

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Ě̷̛̱̹̤͎͙̼̻͓͙̲̬̲̖̻̀͒̽͜͝ṛ̶̩̟̹̳̟̺̲̘̘̞̩͚̜̓̅͗̆̽͊͗͌̅̊͌̔́̏̔͛̓͑̓̎̀̈́͗̏̕͝͝͝͝ŗ̶̢̛̣̪͕̘͎͈̟̤̯̤̥̰̪̤̣̟̻̟͚̝̒̐́́́̆́̃̄̓̅̈̉͊̉̾̉̆͜͜͠͠ơ̷̘̤͍͙̓̎͗͆́̾̒͗̔́͊͘̚̚͝r̷̡̛̛̝̤̝͈̜̥͎͖̍͑̈́̄͒̐͒̄̓̎́̀̓̏̾̀͌̎͋̚͝Ě̷̛̱̹̤͎͙̼̻͓͙̲̬̲̖̻̀͒̽͜͝ṛ̶̩̟̹̳̟̺̲̘̘̞̩͚̜̓̅͗̆̽͊͗͌̅̊͌̔́̏̔͛̓͑̓̎̀̈́͗̏̕͝͝͝͝ŗ̶̢̛̣̪͕̘͎͈̟̤̯̤̥̰̪̤̣̟̻̟͚̝̒̐́́́̆́̃̄̓̅̈̉͊̉̾̉̆͜͜͠͠ơ̷̘̤͍͙̓̎͗͆́̾̒͗̔́͊͘̚̚͝r̷̡̛̛̝̤̝͈̜̥͎͖̍͑̈́̄͒̐͒̄̓̎́̀̓̏̾̀͌̎͋̚͝Ě̷̛̱̹̤͎͙̼̻͓͙̲̬̲̖̻̀͒̽͜͝ṛ̶̩̟̹̳̟̺̲̘̘̞̩͚̜̓̅͗̆̽͊͗͌̅̊͌̔́̏̔͛̓͑̓̎̀̈́͗̏̕͝͝͝͝ŗ̶̢̛̣̪͕̘͎͈̟̤̯̤̥̰̪̤̣̟̻̟͚̝̒̐́́́̆́̃̄̓̅̈̉͊̉̾̉̆͜͜͠͠ơ̷̘̤͍͙̓̎͗͆́̾̒͗̔́͊͘̚̚͝r̷̡̛̛̝̤̝͈̜̥͎͖̍͑̈́̄͒̐͒̄̓̎́̀̓̏̾̀͌̎͋̚͝Ě̷̛̱̹̤͎͙̼̻͓͙̲̬̲̖̻̀͒̽͜͝ṛ̶̩̟̹̳̟̺̲̘̘̞̩͚̜̓̅͗̆̽͊͗͌̅̊͌̔́̏̔͛̓͑̓̎̀̈́͗̏̕͝͝͝͝ŗ̶̢̛̣̪͕̘͎͈̟̤̯̤̥̰̪̤̣̟̻̟͚̝̒̐́́́̆́̃̄̓̅̈̉͊̉̾̉̆͜͜͠͠ơ̷̘̤͍͙̓̎͗͆́̾̒͗̔́͊͘̚̚͝r̷̡̛̛̝̤̝͈̜̥͎͖̍͑̈́̄͒̐͒̄̓̎́̀̓̏̾̀͌̎͋̚͝

You know that speaking of secrets is not allowed boy.

Do not speak of the history they show you or I will personally send something to erase you.

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He began to panic.

’WHAT WAS THAT?!’

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I am the one that will end you if you tell anyone about the war so if you wish to keep growing in this world you will shut your mouth.

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’Fine FINE I won’t say anything just please let me go!’

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Good, now before you speak you must know-

Ě̷̛̱̹̤͎͙̼̻͓͙̲̬̲̖̻̀͒̽͜͝ṛ̶̩̟̹̳̟̺̲̘̘̞̩͚̜̓̅͗̆̽͊͗͌̅̊͌̔́̏̔͛̓͑̓̎̀̈́͗̏̕͝͝͝͝ŗ̶̢̛̣̪͕̘͎͈̟̤̯̤̥̰̪̤̣̟̻̟͚̝̒̐́́́̆́̃̄̓̅̈̉͊̉̾̉̆͜͜͠͠ơ̷̘̤͍͙̓̎͗͆́̾̒͗̔́͊͘̚̚͝r̷̡̛̛̝̤̝͈̜̥͎͖̍͑̈́̄͒̐͒̄̓̎́̀̓̏̾̀͌̎͋̚͝

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’Huh?’

He waited for the message to continue but it never did and he was shaken.

~

In a strange space filled with fairies and screens that showed many people playing in the world a beautiful figure in green was torn in half with golden ichor flowing into the air od that space.

The fairies were trembling in fear as they watched the reptilian figure approaching slowly and purposefully.

It resembled an ever shifting amalgam of things that never quite stuck to one form but the common factor was that there was a black cloak that hid everythingbut a long, whiplike tail and majestic horns.

The cloak never even remained the same as its material shifted between leather, feathers, scales, dark energy, fog and even flowing oil.

This figure lifted gaia by the hair and for a moment the figure took the form of a devil like the world contained.

”Pathetic... you would try to threaten one of mine?”

She was regenerating as he spoke and she flung her arm out to try to push him away.

”I am the ruler of the pantheon! You are in my world and death will follow my rules!”

The entity laughed.

Oh how that laugh caused a chill down the spine.

It started as a low chuckle deep in the entities chest before it rose into a shrieking and hysterical noise that could not possibly resemble a laugh but the giant smile betrayed this thought.

This thing was laughing at her.

The god of gods was being laughed at.

She began to pull herself back together with more force to punish this being for not respecting her when she suddenly felt immense fear.

The entire being began to grow and become incorporeal, an entity if eyes and teeth with incomprehensible shapes that made her mind burn.

”Î̶̲ ̴̰̂a̷̦͆m̵̞̥̅ ̶̬̾͝ń̵͕̃ơ̴͉͐t̴̡̩͌̍h̵̡͆i̵͔̯͋ṉ̶̰́̈g̴̢̛̩ň̴͙̠ȩ̴͐s̵͓̣͂͠s̴̥͍̈́͝.̵͖̇”

The figure began to resemble a horrifying absence of existence, a figure that should not be seen.

”Í̷͈ ̴̤́a̴̻̿m̶͎̈́ ̶̩͂t̷̗͐h̴̤̄é̴̳ ̸̳̓ẽ̷͔n̶͎̈́d̴̗͛ ̶̘̕o̷͖͠f̵̲̈́ ̶̖̀ā̶̻l̷̩͠l̴͙͒ ̷͕̋t̷͎̄h̵̹̋ị̸͆ǹ̷ͅḡ̵͔s̴͚͘.̴̬̃”

”W̸͈͠ĭ̸ͅt̴̹͝h̶̘̅o̵͌ͅu̵̫̚ṯ̴̈́ ̸͖͌m̸͙̕e̷̙͒ ̶̙̉o̸̦͗r̴̢͑ ̷̘͝m̴͉͌ý̶̖ ̶̤̈́s̴̗̎i̸͇̎s̴̱̆t̵̫̿e̸̝̕r̵̹̽ ̵̈́͜y̸̫͛o̴͎̒ú̸̬ ̵̧͌w̸̳͗ǫ̷̅ủ̸̼l̵͖͑d̴̟̈́ ̵̻͠n̵̲̄o̴͈͆t̸̺̀ ̸̟͘e̷͔̎x̷͙͝i̴̚͜s̴͖͐t̸͙̅.̶͎̈́”

The force began to shift into something that threatened to shatter her mind, no matter how powerful her divine body was nor how powerful her psyche was as a goddess made to organize an entire universe.

She could feel her all seeing eye bleeding.

Î̸”ͅ ̶͖̒Ȃ̵̺M̴̲͛ ̴̙͠T̷͓͑H̵̳̃Ȇ̶͈ ̵̫̆V̷̞̈O̷̱̓Ĩ̵̜D̸̯̿ ̵͖̀A̸̟̔N̸̹͝D̶̬̂ ̵̡̕Y̵̢̅Ŏ̴̹U̶̼͐ ̶̲̌W̶̳͝Ḯ̵̲L̵̲̒L̴̹̓ ̴̒ͅK̴̝͒Ń̸͙O̴̙͐W̶̫̅ ̶̉ͅY̴̡͐Ơ̶̘U̴̪̔R̷̜̓ ̷̤̕P̸͔͂L̷̫̑A̵͇͂Ç̴͠E̷͍͘ ̴̜͠N̴͉͆E̸̻̅W̵̫͑ ̶̌͜G̶̰͝Ȏ̸̦D̴̻͗.̵̭̄”

As it spoke this she could feel wetness trailkng from the corners of her eyes and her ears.

When she touched her face she saw the golden ichor flowing from her orifices.

The entity resembled a black hole, gazing into it she felt her mind going blank so she fled in fear of her mind being shattered.

”Disgustingly weak new gods.”

~

While Ezekiel was talking with the archdevil council to understand their expectations of him as a potential consort of the queen he suddenly felt an intense chill before he watched as his stats shifted.

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Origin Detected

Activating skill [Sibling Union]

Origin- void

Increasing stats.

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He watched as for just a moment.

Just the tiniest moment before the skill deactivated.

His stats had infinity symbols.

’What the hell was that?’

”Darling is something wrong?”

He snapped out of it and looked at Lucretia, he saw her worry and gently took her hand with a smile to comfort her.

”I’m fine, a skill just activated for a moment like when the event happened but its gone now.”

She nodded and her hand squeezed his own.

She continued explaining to her council how she planned to help him grow before he went back to the city to defeat the dungeon alone and gain a full set of unique gear.

’The origin huh? If a Void beast gets boosted by the origin then maybe death was just in the world? Why would it be here though?’

He was disturbed by the idea that a cosmic being had potentially just visited the world but he quickly forgot his worries as Lucretia began to describe the skills she would be teaching him, she also wished to know what his gear could do so she could teach him skills that had been properly selected.