The Orion Heart

Chapter 9 - Kataragi

Kouta receives the power from Kataragi in silence. The energy and mana flow quickly in his body and kills off weak blood cells and grants him new blood. Kouta's physique also changes due to the new blood entering his system. Kouta has now gained new abilities in his arsenal.

Heightened awareness - Passive [ Able to sense anything filled with mana up to 5 miles away ]

Increased Agility and strength - Passive

Warmonger's spirit - Passive [ Reduced incoming dmg by 80% + { 50% for 30 seconds if standing still }

Aethersphere - Activation [ Now only takes 20 seconds to fill area secured, was 40 seconds ]

Aetherstrike - Activation [ An orbital strike consisting of highly condensed magic gathered in the atmosphere. Works best when aethersphere is activated ] + [ Gained + 5000 experience to fully activate spell. The user can now activate the third pre-spell ]

New Ability ~ Mana Leech - Passive/Activation [ Steal mana from others by simply entering their aura space ( Mana Steal Speed Rate 30%) ] { Hidden Mechanic - If the user is swift enough to enter an enemy aura space, they can stop a spell while it is charging up/ being prepped by stealing the mana being used to create it }

! Warning ! Users with large auras will have a major disadvantage against this ability.

Kouta then becomes disoriented when Kataragi's memories and knowledge flow in. He begins to watch the memories one by one to gain knowledge of the world.

* Flashback *

I can't even remember when I was born. It was the late 300's....I remember that at least. I was born shortly after the first great war. My mother came from a direct line of descendents from the strongest Dorekami bloodline. My father was a Dorekami as well. He was nothing to boast about. A completely normal father. That was until.........he volunteered in place of my mother to become a royal line of the Dorekami lineage. My mother wanted nothing to do with the royal lineage... She just wanted us to live a normal life. I was 17 at the time. My father however, craved for the power it would grant him, it would be too late for him when he realized he was being consumed by the power. Father came home one night and started a fight with my mother. I could hear their curses and screams throughout the night......until I heard a loud thump and then a blood curdling scream. It was my mother's. I rushed downstairs only to see my mother covered in blood collapsed on the ground with my father towering over her with a broken bottle in hand. It was at the moment I realized that my father had just killed my own mother. I was filled with rage and bloodlust. I lost control of my power that night and killed my father.

The neighbors came by and witnessed what had happened. They saw a child massacre its own father. The villagers decided that I was a monster. They gave me away to the baofullan military. But they realized that I was a direct descendant of the royal Dorekami bloodline so they took good care of me. At least....that's what I thought they would do. The military trained me to the max to make sure I was the perfect killing machine.The rumors from the village I came from already started to spread. I went days without food, water, or a bath. I mostly had to sleep outside because the soldiers were scared that I would turn into a monster and kill them in their sleep. I was hated in the camp.

An unfamiliar man came to me and offered me a deal one day. He told me that if I help him with his assignments, I will be properly fed and given the ordinary means to survive. Desperate as I was, I declined his offer though. I had a new goal in mind. I would take over the camp and rise up in the ranks and become this so-called warmonger that everyone aspires to be. I'll show them......I'll show them to respect me.....no.......they'll fear me. I told the man I would accept his offer once I became a warmonger. The man accepted my condition and waited patiently until the day I became a warmonger. 

I worked my ass off in order to get here. But I only had to work harder from there on out. The man that offered me a deal was part of a secret organization called the Eichon. They studied every aspect that the world had to offer. Anything that was unknown to them was considered a rare opportunity to gain more knowledge. Their organization started out back to the time when the first generation humans were created, AKA the Dorekami. They branched out to many different kinds of people of the lands no matter the race they are. If they have the same mindset, they are considered a friend. They do not discriminate. Even so, they may seem like good people, they are horrible as well. Their thirst for knowledge will drive them to experimenting on others just for the hell of it. They want to know all the differing results. They're mad scientists that treat others like tools.

Even so, I worked with them. However, I only worked in assassinations. I was sent out to kill corrupted politicians that could fuck the world. I didn't mind the job. It paid well with all the knowledge and I took out bad guys in the name of justice. Plus... being a warmonger helps me avoid laws and whatnots, makes it easy for me and no one questions it because I'm the one protecting them.

However, all the knowledge I was gaining was taking a toll on me. I couldn't believe these "truths" they were telling me. Everything seems beyond my imagination. They told me of other worlds existing out there. The beginning of the world just seemed too unreal. Our people, what we were made to do. Our purpose. It was sick. Our people were tools. I.......was a tool......no........I am a tool. All my life, I am just being used for others. I didn't want to believe it....but my blood.....it felt true....I knew it was true...all of it. Everything. I wanted to end it all. I wanted to run away. I then started to have flashbacks of the times when my family was happy at one point. We didn't have a care in the world. 

I wanted to go back.... to when I enjoyed living. I wanted to escape. I'll.....let this fragment of myself....my past take over and continue where I left off. I'll wipe the knowledge gained so he won't have to suffer the same feeling as me. I give myself to you...your name...Katsuji.....Katsuji Kouta. Find the twins....Open the void....Arise.....the new world. Never use your power. Never show your true powers.