8 Chapter 8 - What Happens In Eden..
A few hours later, Raven collapsed on his bed as the night radiance blossomed in the background. His body ached tremendously but his mind flared like a torch of fire. He tousled and tousled until he couldn't contain his excited mind anymore.
'I finally did it? Incomplete Initiate…' mused Raven as he sat on his bed.
He repeated excitedly, 'I am an innate mystic sorcerer.'
His gaze fixated on his right hand. Etched on the soft skin of his palm was something resembling an ancient tattoo. It glowed slightly, looking as though it was grafted to perfection. Raven smiled as he recalled this was the same symbol he briefly saw on Blaike's body back then.
'I knew I wasn't tripping,' mused Raven. 'Hmmm… the Alchemical Star.'
After his awakening, Blaike and Kase told him many things about the supernatural world—massive amounts of secret information. Raven simply couldn't process them all. He only retained the seemingly important ones, and amongst them was the alchemical star.
Blaike had told him, "As you enter this uncharted world, you become privy and entitled to the endless discourse and debates that have sparked untold numbers of wars. 'Are there worlds beyond ours?'. 'What is the origin of devils?' One of the most important debates is whether the supernatural existed before the current era, and if it did, what really happened back then and how was it concealed from the rest of us."
The Alchemical Star was proof of an untold secret. Even a newbie like Raven had recognized the symbol at first glance. It carried a tremendous history.
The Alchemical Star.
The Mark of David.
The Eye of Apollyon.
The Primordial Key.
The Timeless Will.
Across ages and civilizations, it has worn different names, but its essence remains unaltered throughout history. It bore a path to immense power.
According to Blaike, the symbol would grow along with him, becoming something only unique to him. Looking at the symbol, Raven sighed. 'I really can't decipher it.'
There were other things to focus on.
A frown appeared on his face. He remembered a warning Blaike repeatedly gave him. She told him death was just around for him. What Raven had just accomplished didn't come without demerits. He had basically jumped into the supernatural through a series of coincidences. Nothing was free in the world, especially the supernatural world.
'First thing first, I got to completely digest the orientation Blaike and Kase got me through.'
Raven picked up a pen and muttered as he jotted, "To become a supernatural without an external aid such as a prima elixir, a normy is required to undergo arduous physical training regimes. This primed the body for the natural awakening of innate sorcerers…"
It was the case of the foundation preluding all other things.
In response to current trends, the Order created Project Prometheus, an overarching system used to categorize and regulate supernatural powers and phenomena. Specifically under Section 5.1—Paranormal Potential Index, there was a standard measurement of the supernatural.
Raven pondered as he twirled his pen. "The Order categorizes supernatural individuals into ranks. Hmmm… what did Blaike say again? Oh yeah, it is called classes. Class Zero is the bottom class. The normies."
The established classes;
Class Zero aka Normies.
Class One aka First Order aka Acolytes. This class was what Blaike was originally training him for. Acolytes were regular individuals just nearing the glimpse of the supernatural. They boasted peak human abilities with some of them even possessing certain superhuman conditions. Acolytes were extremely dangerous as their training had sculpted both their bodies and mind. Blaike had even stated she had met some acolytes that could effortlessly decimate tens of innate sorcerers.
Class Two aka Second Order aka Initiates. This set of individuals had completed their natural awakening, thereby gaining arcane sigils that allowed them to touch the supernatural, moulding it as they saw fit.
However, just between the acolyte class and the initiate class existed a special category assigned to indescribable prodigies called Incomplete Initiate. However, it didn't come without severe side effects like early death, plausible reduction of life force, and body failure.
'I have to correct this flaw as soon as possible. If not…' Raven gritted his teeth. He never expected to be in danger as soon as he became an innate sorcerer.
There was only one way to fix the problem. Raven had to undergo the same rigorous training acolyte underwent!
Luckily, Blaike promised him her full support. Well, she had said something like, "...That's where I come in. I'm absolutely thrilled because I get to torture you for fun."
'It's safe to say I'm not safe in her hands. She's gonna kill me, isn't she?' Raven shivered as he thought of the weird lady
…..
"Run!"
Meanwhile, far away in the center of an orphanage, a young bawled in tears as she charged through the hallway.
"Tyle, hurry up. We are almost at the exit. I have a relative that could shelter us."
"Tyle, you have run faster!"
"Tyle, say something!"
She briefly looked backwards and froze. Where was her friend?
The icy fog snarled like a beast as its white tendrils lounged for her. As the demonic fog got within inches of her, she shrieked in fear and stumbled on a rough tile.
"Stay back. I'm warning you!" Clutching her fists, the young girl barked against the encroaching fog. She spoke to it as though it were alive and intelligent. The icy fog pulsated with cold blue beams. It was delighted by the young girl's fear.
Suddenly, the young girl heard strange music reverberating from within the heart of the icy fog.
She quickly discovered the fog swirling around her. Fear overwhelmed her as her heart pounded ferociously. Her gaze trembled as she saw two grey orbs flicker within the fog. In less than a minute, the fog swallowed her whole and disappeared mysteriously.
There was nothing left in the hall after the fog disappeared, not even the tiniest sign of struggle or bizarre occurrences. Everything resumed quickly, and although the children were missing two popular figures, the staff attributed that to the missing children being rebellious. This was Eden orphanage… lots of children go missing!
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