They all got ready and went downstairs, and for some reason, although it was morning, it still seemed like it was night because they still couldn't see a thing in the house.
"Baba Yaga, we are ready to go..." Mitsuki told her.
"What do you mean you're ready to go!? Don't underestimate the Gorilla King, he is even stronger than Cobra who defeated you!"
During the night, Mitsuki was telling Baba Yaga about how school was going and about the fight between him and Cobra.
"So, what should we do?" Roxanne asked.
"I know someone, at the bottom of the hill who gives away what we call divine affiliations..."
Divine affiliations were normally supposed to be given by the ranger's association itself, but since, Magicians have been able to give away divine affiliations, but the difference is, those affiliations sometimes end up being evil.
"Divine affiliation, but the rangers association is supposed to give them once you become a ranger..." Roxanne said unconvinced.
"Well forget thinking about beating the Gorilla King like this then, or you trust me, or you don't get what you want!"
They hesitated, but did they have a choice? A magician can detect someone's level, and if a magician says you are not powerful enough, he is not joking.
Normally, no one would go for a divine affiliation by a magician because they fear being possessed by an evil creature, but also because it will cost the price of a whole village.
However, that magical blacksmith owed a favour to Baba Yaga, so they would be able to do it for free.
They got to the but, and they could already see a bright white light. The bright light meant he was creating a divine weapon. They entered the hut, and a strong and bold black man, with a well-cut beard and a blacksmith's suit, was inside with his hammer.
"What do you want?" the blacksmith asked in a sinister voice.
"We're here because you owe a favour to Baba Yaga," Mitsuki said.
"Baba Yaga huh? She was the one who saved my family from those beasts up in the dungeon. This part of Liverpool was prosperous before the appearance of this mountain 2 years ago."
"What caused the appearance of the mountain?" Mitsuki asked.
"The earth is slowly changing... I dont know what it is that isis causing this change, but it seems more and more beasts are appearing." The blacksmith continued banging on whatever substance he had.
"Well, we are not here for that, we are here for you to give us divine affiliations..."
"Hmmph" the blacksmith let out a small laugh, "a lot of people come here to ask this, but there is only one problem, if you want a divine affiliation, through magic, you must unlock your 2nd origin because the affiliation comes from the second energy core."
"..." They all stayed quiet for a while. He thought they would have a reaction such as "Crap! Well, I guess I've just gotta leave now,".
" Well, we have unlocked our 2nd Origin..." Jason said showing off a little.
For the first time, the blacksmith turned his head to them. He removed his dirty yellow thick gloves and went to the corner of the but next to the entrance. He took a long wooden staff and presented himself in front of the students. He first put his staff in front of Jason's nose, and the staff started to light up.
"Surprisingly, you're not lying... Well then, the only reason I am doing this is that I owe a favour to Baba."
The first to come up was Roxanne. The blacksmith joined the staff to her forehead, and a small glimpse of light appeared on the end of the staff. He went towards a big bucket of water about 1 meter tall.
He slammed his staff at the end of the bucket., and the water started to boil. The bottom of it started to glow, and the bucket was now shaking.
The blacksmith did the same step for the rest of the students. He then dipped his hands into the boiling water, and the first affiliation he had were gloves.
"Hmm... Instant creation gloves, wear those, and you will be able to create anything at any spot in her vision."
"With that, I'll be able to exploit more opportunities and perform a better surprise attack," Roxanne said wearing the gloves.
The next one was Dylan, the blacksmith dipped his hands once again, and he took a ring out.
"A philosopher's stone, you must have animalistic powers, well then, this allows you to transform into dragons of any kind, fire dragons, spike dragons, ice dragons etc."
He then gave the ring to Dylan and proceeded to his next pick, which was Tyler. He did the same process as the previous two, and this time, a weapon came out, it was an axe bigger than Tyler.
Hmm... Here is your affiliation, divine axe Persomis, an axe that absorbs your heat, and permits you to convert it into Thunder, You can send shock waves with it, or swing it, and it will always come back, additionally, you are the only one who can carry it," blacksmith wasn't able to pick the axe up, but Tyler cane and picked it up with such ease.
The next one was Jason, the blacksmith realized that instead of the water being hot for Jason like the others, his was ice cold. The blacksmith wondered why, plus the end of the bucket was peach black, while it was supposed to be light blue.
"Oh no, an evil affiliation, this one seems to be the most powerful I have ever seen..." The blacksmith whispered, worried about what kind of evil creature has been awoken.
Carefully, he dipped his hands into the bucket and felt an ice-cold object. He held it, something entered his soul.
It was a creature, with red eyes, sharp teeth, two long horns, silver armour and blue skin tone with an ice sword in his hand. The sword was 1 meter and 24 centimetres tall, and it was completely made of ice with a few ice blocks on the side making it look like spikes were coming out of the sword. The sword was perfectly made, and it looked so nice and thick (hint of sword appearance: Asta)
The creature walked towards the blacksmith, and slowly lifted his sword, and stabbed him. The creature took his time to push the sword deeper into his wound.
"Give this sword to my new sealer..." the creature said in the most sinister tone.
Suddenly, the blacksmith came back to himself with his hand still in the basin. He brought out the sword, and everyone was surprised that a sword was in the basin which was tinier than it.
"Th~This is your staff, young boy. It may look like a sword but in reality, it's a staff made of the most powerful type of ice, the crystal ice. It also has the the ability of coming back to you at any moment, and you can also use it as a flying skate too. However I warn you, your 2nd Origin is dangerous, always keep your calm, and never go berserk, or else..."
Jason took his sword, and he felt a rush of power come from him. The creature also gave him his strength as well, maybe not all, but as much strength as Jason can support for now. The more he gets stronger, the more strength he will receive from the creature.
There is only one problem, if Jason loses control of himself, or shows a little breach of weakness, the creature will take possession of his body temporarily.
It was now Mitsuki's turn, the blacksmith dipped his hand into the basin, and this time, he could feel a power even greater than Jason's. The same thing happened to him, and a big snake appeared in front of him.
"So, I have a new sssssealer, Well that's great, now I have a way better present for him!"
Suddenly, all the water evaporated, and Mitsuki felt pain in his stomach. Mitsuki fell to the ground and started screaming in pain while holding his belly with both hands.
The blacksmith's eyes were rolled up, and his hands were covered in black. The process lasted about 10 seconds before the blacksmith was back to normal, and Mitsuki's pain stopped. Mitsuki now had a black seal at the level of his belly button. The seal had ancient inscriptions on it.
When the black Smith read the inscriptions, he was horrified but chose not to show it in front of the children.
"I'm sorry, but you don't have an affiliation, this mark is made for the people who are not made to have one." The blacksmith said.
Mitsuki was sad, but he kept the smile and said: "Oh well, that's unlucky, I'll just have to train hard to be strong and catch up to you guys then!"
The children left the place, and the blacksmith sat down outside of his hut on a chair looking at them.
"The ice king, 4th Celestial spirit, and the Demon Serpent, 2nd Celestial spirit. I have just unleashed tap celestial spirits at once, what have I done?"
The 7 celestial spirits, people thought it was a myth, but there have already been 4 celestial spirits freed through divine affiliation, and now another two.
The celestial spirits are the divided powers of the king of darkness. People say it's a myth, but the king of Darkness is real, but he is just a normal human like everyone else, who was killed by the magician Merlin.
Merlin then divided his power into 7 celestial creatures who were supposed to protect the valley, but they started to seek more power. The creatures started to destroy everything around them, from ants to elephants, and from evil wizards to brave knights.
Merlin was in the obligation to seal them in another dimension, but divine affiliations open a breach to those dimensions which allows the spirits to escape.
Now, only one spirit is left, until the return of chaos or even worse, the return of darkness...