White light filled the dark black room, Arthur's 'Body' was flung out of the light and onto the cold stone floor, dust covering his face, his mind in chaos following his less then remarkable death. Struggling to push himself off of the floor, Arthur eventually did so, his eyes pulled towards the giant skeleton throne in front of him, its horrifying yet regal appearance pulling him in. The arm rests of the throne were made out of cow's bones, the feet of the throne were made out of Lion's bones while the head rest of the throne was clearly made of Human skulls.
As he pushed his laboured body towards the throne, a pure black mist began descending around it. When he arrived at the steps to the throne, his body instinctively fell onto one knee. A silhouette of a man appeared on te throne as the black mist cleared from around it.
The man smiled at Arthur and said" So you are the one who has been selected as my champion for the upcoming disaster. Tell me your name boy."
Arthur forced himself off of his knees, every time he forced himself upwards, he felt an aggressive force push back down onto him, making it impossible for him to rise. Annoyed Arthur tried to circulate his Qi however he found that his body and mind had lost the years of progress he had made, the only thing still with him was the need to feed.
The man laughed and waved his hand, instantly the force that was holding Arthur down vanished and he was able to rise to his feet. Arthur locked eyes with the man and said" I'm 21 years of age, I'm not a 'boy', nor am I you champion."
The Man's eyes tensed as he waved his hand and the force slammed Arthur into the stone floor once more, to the man's surprise Arthur began laughing, Arthur said" Unable to use words are you Mr mighty? Only able to use force as you lack the brains to do anything else. You might as well release my spirit as fighting in your name would only bring me dis-honour, going against my code."
Stunned the man once again released the force holding Arthur down and it was his turn to start laughing, looking down on Arthur from his throne, the man smiled and said" You are indeed worthy of being my Champion, My name is Thanatos, the personification of Death. The world will be ending soon, a large scale series of wars is about to break out. In the shadows these wars will be orchestrated by Gods to establish a power base before the demons surge from Hell."
Arthur said nothing but used his hands to signal Thanatos to continue telling his story, Thanatos nodded and said" It is predicted that in the Year 2160, Demons lead by demon cultivators and demonic gods will rise from hell and attempt to take the Earth by force. The Gods on either side of the war can't directly intervene in the war however we have been allowed by the Universe to have a Champion to represent us, Before, During and After the Crises. We were not allowed to select the Champion, the Universe did so, allying us with the a champion suited to us and our artefacts. I got you Arthur Dumas."
Arthur nodded his head and asked" What will I need to do? As you can tell I'm dead at the moment and unable to carry out any orders of yours. I-"
"Silence, I'm still explaining things. Arthur you will be reborn into your body when you were 17 and chose not to join the elite special forces of the Himera Empire, this time you will accept their offer. One of the men in the academy is a loyal servant of mine and will help protect you while you rebuild your strength and establish your own power base. I will grant you want is called the 'Champion System', it will help mould you into someone who has a chance of completing your destiny. All of the champions get one of these so you must keep on you toes at all times, I will grant you a unique cultivation method, it will help you deal with your bloodline, it is called the binding of two. It will allow you to 'devour' a woman without killing her, gaining enough Qi to keep your bloodline passive and help you expand your power. My servant will sort out a woman for you to use while at the academy, you may think this as barbaric however we both know what your bloodline will do if it is not kept in check."
Arthur's mind immediately flashed back to the one time his bloodline seized control of his body and caused the worst event of his life.
< Himera Empire, Plains of Rose, 2150, Arthur aged 21>
Screams, the screams of his enemies and allies came rushing into Arthur's mind, during the battle, he was watching someone else control his body, it drove him to the edge of his sanity, he even attempted to take his own life after the battle, becoming stopped by the beast that lived within him.
A man wearing simply civilian clothes entered the battle field with a small firearm on his waist and a long sword tied to his back. The man began chanting the words" Feast" over and over again as he ran towards both armies at full speed, using the technique 'Slithering Steps' to easily dodge attacks coming his way. Once he was in the centre of the group, he emitted a small poisonous cloud that slowly engulfed the battlefield, killing anyone who breathed it in.
The only survivors where high levelled experts who the man directly engaged after seeing them live, he took out the small fire arm and infused it's bullets with high concentrated Poison Qi and shot them at the experts, hitting four out of the 6 of them. Once the bullets made contact with the experts, they acted like mini snakes, slithering around the bodies of the Experts, carving away at their flesh. releasing the deadly toxin into the body directly.
The two survivors fates were worse than these four, they were instantly set upon by the man and he cut off one of their arms, then one leg each and so on, leaving the men alive as the process went on. Finally, he left the bodies there, not killing, instead unleashing a slow killing poison into their bodies, killing them the long and painful way."
After this Arthur blacked out however his body kept going, having eaten the Qi of the men he had killed, the body moved onto the nearby undefended city. Arthur awoke in the ruins of the said city, with charred and burning bodies surrounding him, the city itself was still aflame, everyone dead or dying, the estimated deaths on that day are said to be in the tens of thousands, Men, Children and woman, none were spared from the bloodline's wrath.
"You saw it again didn't you? You have to remember that and not let it happen again in this lifetime, you are the champion of Thanatos, act like it from now on. My servant will appear before you shortly to handle the rest of the procedure, I have just got a large influx of souls to deal with."
The God simply disappeared and a old man appeared in front of Arthur and lead him to a room to the side of the throne room.