Aavesh did not move anywhere else- the truths nearly broke him.
To be a descendant of that scum! No fucking wonder he was cursed to such an extent!
If his family tried to rely on just Karma to get rid of it- it would probably never go away!
This kind of curse can only be destroyed by with the death of Khorramzadeh and killing him is the most difficult task in the mortal universe!
Aavesh then gazed at the poor beheaded clone of his- he recognised it in an instant, due to how it looked like him before all this message started.
Khorramzadeh just killed him and for what?
He couldn't really tell- because He still was unable to figure out Khorramzadeh's true motive.
It was all scattered pieces of hints that Khorramzadeh had revealed with purpose with an unknown intent.
His torture wasn't like how a demon would do it- no Khorramzadeh was incredibly logical to the point he would pretend to be like a demon to get his results in a particular direction.
And for matter of his poor Ancestor Akshatra- he could not even understand the levels of hatred she had for that Cruel Devil, who made her hate herself the most in this universe.
And that ancestral hatred was slowly beginning to manifest out no matter how many generations had passed through- it was almost eternal.
He didn't know it but such hatred would begin to unconsciously manifest should any descendant of her come in contact with Devil Mythic Power, or if they inherited the Cursed Higher Dimensional Blood of Khorramzadeh, for no matter what her hatred would always be projected onto Khorramzadeh, and no amount of Karmic Techniques could stop it.
But to a Demigod like Khorramzadeh, it was simply inconsequential as he had gotten stronger to the point it could not affect him.in any manner, but to others they would still feel it.
It was so deep to the point that Aavesh could feel a bit of self loathing - a strong sense of disconnect with his body as it slowly began to fall under Khorramzadeh's plans.
He stared at his blood soaked arms where he could see faint specks of Orange emanating from them.
'So you found out that terrible secret", Master Mirror's smug voice sounded in his mind.
Finally, he had contacted him after all this while.
'You knew from the start didn't you?', Aavesh retorted with a bit of grievance.
'So?- it wouldn't make difference - except to fill you with panic and terror against an opponent who can track his own death very well! Khorramzadeh is a master of Causality in the mortal Universe'
' Killing him? Heh- You should be prepared to lose everything you love and hold dear for he will make sure you suffer a fate worse than death before you even touch a hair on his head! Why do you think your instincts directed you to make that deal with me?'
'You should feel lucky now that he's only done so much- if he were to find out your true lineage- you will truly understand what it means to wish to die but never can!', Mirror Master immediately chided Aavesh.with a bit of contempt.
'Enough about that- the weapon is it nearby? Also I've got an Atavistic Gene Virus wreaking havoc in my body- He wants to me become more and more like him!', Aavesh immediately retorted, not wanting to argue more and directly asked the main query.
'About that weapon - You will understand soon, As for your body, I can't do anything to stop the atavism process- though you should have a severed arm in your space ring! You'll find a way soon enough for that- But as you know, it all depends on whether you have the Will to do it brat...', Master Mirror informed Aavesh with a deliberate tone of suspense.
Aavesh shook his head at this deliberate attempt to mystify things- if he didn't have the Will, he wouldn't be alive until now!
He then paused and asked,'I know this Causality is very powerful but I want to ask you- is Khorramzadeh able to track my actions and events related to me because I am his descendant?'
'It's Ten Thousand Times easier if you are his descendant otherwise he would have to sneak into Duat to steal the Sands of Probability to try to harm someone with Divine Backing like you- Don't think matters of Causality is easy'
'No it's only because you are his descendant, can he be so unrestrained, it's a pity about your family though - you may not remember them because of our deal, but they also are in a similar predicament, Khorramzadeh is just playing around now with the Current Adhi Clan, if not for that Clan Sword- He may destroyed your Clan long ago', Master Mirror explained as Aavesh's expression turned a bit ugly.
'If I survive this- then if Khorramzadeh decides to ignore me, won't be set his eyes on the other Adhi Clan Members, then that means-', Aavesh suddenly realised a horrible truth.
'Yes- Unless you have some way to replace his lineage within your blood and some Artifact to hide your clan from the Eyes of Fate--- then maybe you can do something about it- otherwise you will have to keep attracting his attention and keep him focused more on you, lest he decides to start playing with the Adhi Clan', Master Mirror concurred with Aavesh's guess.
'And you may to have to bear with certain Karmic consequences not of your own, so make a choice soon- live with it, or find a way to get rid of it!'
'Go ahead kid, I will be waiting for your good results, Don't worry about getting to Planet X, Khorramzadeh will send you there himself, Now I'm off!', Master Mirror spoke and then left quietly just as he had come.
Aavesh then sat down, while hugging his knees, after a few minutes he coughed out small blood granules.
Tainted Cancerous Tissue, he knew what Atavism meant- to a certain extent it was the resurgence of Ancestral Genes in one's body- usually it was considered an honor or a birth of a Prodigy!
But his situation was a bit more complex - Aavesh could tell what kind of Gene Virus Khorramzadeh had planted -
Khorramzadeh wanted Aavesh to become as genetically close as much as possible for reasons unknown.
Aavesh then gazed at his space ring which Khorramzadeh had not taken- probably because as a Demigod, Khorramzadeh could easily wipe him to star dust if he tried anything funny in a short span of 1/10000 second if he was feeling Lazy.
Aavesh's space ring contained his severed arm and he wondered what Master Mirror meant.
Cloning a body?
Sorry no cloning tech was that advanced, Clones were notoriously defective and often used as Cannon fodder-
Cloning would be a stupid idea, so what else was possible?
Hmm this should be a question for when he wasn't in Mortal Peril and getting thrown from here to there.
*Tap Tap Tap
*Thump
The sound of footsteps behind him could be heard and turned around to see a thoroughly wounded Coral - she now has the body of a Physical Android, with sleek metallic Armor that seemed to belong to an unknown age, however she was being dragged like ragged broken doll and tossed before him by a another older child- a child who looked similar to him- but his essence was deeply Infernal.
" Well look at this, the whore queens were right! Akshatra's cursed spawn have finally fallen into master's hands- you look so week", the cruel young boy then got closer and immediately tried to forcibly choke Aavesh.
But when he met surprisingly tough resistance.
Aavesh gazed at him and spoke ," you know you are just a runt of Stage 2.3 right?"
" Huh?", The child gazed at him with surprise-
*Stab
Aavesh pierced his throat in a split second, and severed his spinal cord.
The boy didn't even struggle, he only had a blank expression and then dropped down like a dead dog as Aavesh retracted his bloody right hand back with a look of disgust on his face.
*Clap *Clap *Clap
Out of the corner the same boy arrived again while clapping with a pleased expression on his face as he spoke," Good! You - Aavesh Adhi, you will make great prey once you reach my level! I Mordred Adhi look forward to your progress!"
Mordred then turned to Coral and spat as he belayed out and order," Listen up Slave! You've finished merging with your pathetic Traitorous selves! The Lord has a purpose for you- if you don't I will chop the boy's head off in a heartbeat, Make no mistake I am at Stage 12 unlike my little blood clone- it won't be much at all!"
Coral glared back at him hatefully and then sighed sadly as she gazed at Aavesh who stared back at her.
" Coral it's okay - I can take it", Aavesh spoke as he sensed the inner conflict within her m, maybe he didn't actively realize it but his ability to see the Truth had attained qualitative change- he could instinctively 'see' specks of truth if he focused his mind on something or someone.
" It's a death sentence - Khorramzadeh wants you to gain the full knowledge blessing of all the five schools ! Aavesh you know what that entails, you forcibly stopped yourself in time and managed to realise the dangers in fully cultivating a Trinity! Your life will be in Peril forever!", Coral immediately spoke as Mordred gazed at her with a frown and was almost about to beat her when Aavesh replied back.
" It's alright! Coral look, they have the upper hand, it's better to live another day and fight - Do what you have to do, atleast I won't die immediately", Aavesh smiled but his his grievously injured body made served to make Coral even more depressed.
Coral's gaze dimmed and she spoke unwillingly, " We need to restrain him, the process is exceptionally painful"
Mordred Adhi smiled with a sadistic expression as he gazed at Aavesh on hearing this.
In a few minutes Aavesh's arms were bound tightly by flaming Infernal Chains while handing from a Torture Rack.
Coral then unwillingly placed her palm on Aavesh's forehead while covering his closed third eye.
*BOOOOOM
The air around Aavesh vibrated with ferocious Energy as he braced for the immense Knowledge being transmitted into him from Coral.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH", Aavesh let out a soul chilling scream as in his mind he got sucked into a maelstrom of Memories and Power.
Aavesh was surrounded by a chaotic Storm of Absolute Abstract Elements - the likes that had never been seen before.
If one could recall how difficult it was to recieve the Soul Blessing from Just the Statue of Lord Yama, one should know how terrifying it would be for all 5 Blessings to come together!
It was incomprehensible-
Aavesh's Body convulsed nonstop as he mentally drowned in a massive Universe- with 5 Galactic Level Statues of Incomprehensible Deities lit up, each filled with a vision that nearly drove him insane.
His Renegade Aeon Mythic Powers then allowed him to see the glimpses of the past in these visions and understand the Truth within them.
The Truth.
These Deities were Supreme existences, their very sight was filled with the Grand Design of Order and Chaos interchanging and weaving across the Universe!
But the 5 Deities acted together, the Black flames of King Yama, the Cold Dense Waters of Asura Prahlada, the Indestructible Earth of Naga Vasuki, The Weightless Metal of Vaishnav Garuda and the Unblemished Vital Wood of Deva Dhanvantari.
Aavesh could feel the Powerful Myth infused Sanskrit Chants of the Deities before him.
These Deities were enshrined by his Ancestor Sitaraman for specific Reasons,
Lord Yama was the wielder of death, to Burn the Pseudo immortality of the Illithid- where all life is extinguished by the flames of Death.
Lord Prahlada was the wielder of the Depths where life can bloom but only determined by his hand - to Control the Unpredictable Battles with the Illithid.
Lord Vasuki, the Naga of the Ultimate Earth- To remain stoic like Mount Kailasa infront of unprecedented Power - to remain immovable in the face of Illithid who move things without touch.
Lord Garuda, the Divine being of the skies, Body weightless and Sharper than most metal to slice through anything that blocks his path- to match the unnatural Mental Reserves of the Illithid with sharpness and Speed.
Lord Dhanvantari, the Deva of Healing- the Incarnation of Lord Vishnu, The Wielder of Vital Wood of Life, to not only heal the irreparable Damage caused by the Illithid but to Supercede.
The 5 Deities were the shrine Deities of the Mind Breakers- It was now Aavesh understood what hidden meaning behind the Mind Breaker name came from,
Mind is the final barrier between the human and divine- mind is the last hurdle to the absolute.
Mind Breakers- Earth Born Humans who break the final barrier.
No wonder his family had such deep connection with Powers of the Archaic Gods.
Lord Kaal Bhairava had given such an unprecedented boon to his Ancestor Sitaraman.
And Sitaraman did not dare to abuse this gift- he realised the True Essence of this gift was release the limit that Humanity faced when Cultivating the Obscure Absolute Mythic Laws.
The Abstract Elements were the seed that would help in the final Ascension.
The Alien Council that experimented on him through their hubris could never realise the far reaching implications and never would- this shadow Alien council would forever be ignorant of such a shocking Secret as they exterminated the army that drove back the Illithid.
Sitaraman however took the opportunity to Seek out other Abstract Elements and the Deities that would help.
With his huge sacrifices and deep penance, he managed to gain 5 Shrine Deities to Bless the 5 Critical Styles of the Mind Breakers which he had created.
He didn't do this out of selfishness, rather he believed the Darkness of the Illithid would return one day with a Furious Vengeance on Humanity.
And he couldn't let humanity remain helpless like before, so he did all of this in hoping atleast one descendant would unlock the Final State - The Wrath of Kaal Bhairav!
This was the True Legacy of the Adhi Blood.
This is was the Truth that Aavesh saw as he gazed at the 5 Galaxy sized Deities- and he felt scared, surprised and excited at the same time.
He was almost in a manic state as his mind seemed to hit against a barrier that blocked his Understanding - to see the Truths of the Other 8 Absolute Abstract Elements.
The 5 Deities represented the other 8 Elements and seemed to be waiting, waiting for him.
He could sense unknown emotions welling inside him as he approached them on a Cosmic stair of flickering stars!
Aavesh could also sense their warning if he chose now to recieve what he must and if he did, he must accept the burden that came with it.
As they say Blessings and Curses always go hand in hand.
Sitaraman himself knew and managed to overcome it to become something greater.
But he had his own fair share of troubles.
Recieving affinity from the Absolute Elements when not decreed by the Universe, one must pass the Test.
Tests on whether they were worthy of it or not.
Many people who tried to did it, simply failed and disappeared, probably due to the consequences.
The Test depended on the Trinity of Elements they chose to cultivate.
Illusory Entropy Trinity (Antimatter, Space, Matter ), Perpetual Destiny Trinity ( Death, Samsara, Life ) and Absolute Beginning Trinity ( Oblivion, Time, Primordial Chaos ).
Aavesh remembered these unique Trinities as he had not long ago created his Cosmic Origin with them .
Each Trinity offered a different Test but he was forced to gain affinity by Soul Blessing with all Elements so what would he face?
A Trinity that encompasses all Trinities.
"Ultimate Prime Soul Trinity", A voice spoke out in the Chaotic Void as Aavesh walked up the Stairs and froze for a second.
This - this can't be fate right?
He had the Ultimate Prime Soul Constitution.
There was definitely a connection but now wasn't the time to ponder immediately.
Now was to climb and face fear itself.
The fear of the inevitable.
Aavesh then gazed up at infinite void where the Deities stood, each puring Essence of Knowledge into the Cosmic Stairs and Aavesh knew everything would bombard him once reached the Top.
This was an inevitable outcome.
With everyvstep the knowledge would seep into his body and lay dormant like a fire cracker without the lit fuse.
With Every step the foreboding would intensify in his bones, but he had to overcome it.
With his own will.
Aavesh walked up step by step as his body grew brighter and brighter covered with Golden Mythic Inscriptions formed by the knowledge essence seeping into him.
By the time he reached the top, Aavesh could feel crippling fear of what was about to happen - the foreboding was exceptionally strong ...but he must Survive!
His fingers trembled as he tried to climb...
Aavesh gazed at the Last step to reach the Platform and took a deep breath, he then forced himself to take last step.
Back in the Torture chamber, Aavesh's body thrashed violently and his eyes bled out uncontrollably.
*KABOOOM!
He couldn't even scream due to the immense storm of pain and knowledge that Assaulted his soul.
In his mind, as soon as he stood on the Platform, the Inscriptions on him exploded as he was immersed in several memories of Mind Breakers using the Absolute Elements in various ways that he never thought off.
Yet all of them inscribed themselves on to his memories at the same time, the pain had gone to an unbelievable level (thanks to Khorramzadeh artificially increasing his range of pain sensation and the inclusion of Soul in this Once in a Billion Years Event).
But he also recognised that as long as there was pain, he was alive and not dead yet.
The Test was almost upon him and Coral's fate hung in balance.
He had to fight through and absorb everything!
But then a Massive construct began to form around him, simple in nature and yet terrifying as it harnessed the powers of the Absolute Abstract planes like no other.
He then recognised it.
A Particle Accelerator.
A Particle Accelerator formed around him and all 9 Absolute Elements began to smash into him at the same time- to fuse with his existence and dislodge itself at the same.
Every single time they smashed into him- he could feel myriad sensations!
He could see himself getting destroyed, getting pulled through Space and then getting recreated again and again.
He was born by the essence of life, killed due to essence of death and then reborn through Samsara as the cycle Continued.
Aavesh could fucking feel what it was to be primordial Chaos at one instance of time and shift to Oblivion at another instance of time immediately, sometimes he could see various versions of himself coursing through different points in time, almost shattering reason logic and at times he felt like a machine going through the expected phases like freedom of a human being.
It was overwhelming and underwhelming- like a paradox forced to spin over and over, endlessly without a solution.
The fact that he had begun to 'see' the Truth and hear the Elemental whispers each trying to dominate him made it even more worse.
The Process continued, he had been bombarded atleast a Billion Times- if it was an actual Particle Accelerator(It would have 40 Quadrillion) he would have been dead long ago but he was alive through sheer will as he tried to fight back every single collision where one element tried to dominate his mind.
Aavesh wanted to control the rioting elements and try to form a coexistence - but he could not for each element wanted to be exclusive, it turned out he had only barely pacified Death and Samsara last time for the time being but they were going to explode eventually.
Maybe because his Sworn Sister pitched in, that the Planes were a bit obedient but now she was in a deep restorative sleep, they were just looking for a chance to go wild.
Aavesh was trapped in this endless cycle of Bombardment- the message was clear - this was the Cosmic Test, this was the horrible fate of one that dares to cultivate multiple Abstract Elements and tried to fully understand the Grand Trinities.
Aavesh paused briefly in that maelstrom with weariness, how to win in an unwinnable scenario.
He had just begun Cultivation, yet he was dragged into situations beyond his own weight class.
He was being chased by demigods, cursed by Devils and forced to deal with random situations over and over and over again!
And that wasn't even the end of it- why couldn't people leave him the fuck alone!
Why?
Was he that troublesome to exist?
Maybe.
But he wanted to live goddamn it!
As if sensing his unyielding will, that he would rather stay in this nightmare than let something else dominate his mind, something unique happened.
At that point of time, a shadowy cloaked figure stood before him in the accelerator , the familiar runic cloth, the familiar Glowing Blue Eyes - cold and determined.
Aavesh briefly gazed at him, a more clearer image- but all it took was a gaze as he saw the cloaked figure stand in the Particle Bombardment.
His eyes caught every slice of the scene before him as the cloaked figure with a face he couldn't clearly see wordlessly stood before him, but the way the particles bombarded with the cloaked figure made him feel astonished .
As if serving it's purpose the figure vanished, as if he never existed in the first place
But Aavesh saw.
He saw how the all particles were reflected back when they bombarded the figure- by all the particles.
If one alone mustn't dominate, then-
Let everything dominate!
But still he wanted to keep his sense of self.
So what should he do?
If he let everything dominate then what-
It then struck his mind, wasn't he already in a similar situation?
His Unique Soul Constitution, the Ultimate Prime Soul Constitution was formed because he merged all Nine Suppressed aspects of his persona- Nine Separated chunks of his soul.
Of course - it was only after this that he had begun to truly 'grow'.
Wasn't it not the same here.
The hint to the test was already laid before him.
Ultimate Prime Soul Trinity.
His Soul constitution was the answer and this gave a sense of liberation to his current mind.
Liberating.
Euphoric.
Enlightening
Aavesh gazed at the next series of bombardments and then allowed his soul to follow the inner instinct of the constitution.
To Split and reunite, as is the way of nature, as it should be.
As it is Truth.
Nine Avatars split from him and 'his' unique persona that formed from the true assimilation of the Nine, stood still and watched as 'he' was not the Target of the Bombardments anymore.
Each Abstract Element dominated a particular Avatar- treating them as a unique entity despite stemming from 'him'.
'He' could feel the Process of Soul blessings each Avatar was going through and at the same time he had also begun to see the Unique Harmonization and Dissonance each Element brought.
After this, the Particles no longer bombarded him, the memories of the Mind Breaker Techniques had successfully etched into his mind.
But most importantly, he stared at his Nine Avatars who gazed back at him with a knowing smile and an understanding that the only the 'Ten' of them or should it be said 'Him' understood.
*Sffffffffftttttttt
The Avatars then remerged into ' him', this time none of the Abstract Absolute Elements tried to dominate as this Unique Self seemed to be - like the universe, to be able to achieve harmonization and Dissonance.
Each of them had equal control and at the same time it they didn't have control.
It was all balanced and Aavesh was able to keep his sense of self.
Did this means his persona didn't change?
No.
How could such convenient things exist?
His Persona was the same, there was no additional influence but there were experiences that no human being should be able to have.
It was a natural change, like how a Human Adapts to a new environment while still being a human.
If it sounded a bit confusing, there was no other influence on him and he still retained the core aspects of his persona- but looking at what just happened- it would be impossible to say such Cosmic Level Mythic Perspectives would not elevate the mind to newer understandings.
In short it wasn't an imposed change, it was a natural one that came from the self.
It may seem inconsequential but it was crucial to Aavesh.
He must retain his core aspects of everything would be futile.
How interesting, one would say.
' Being both Good and Evil is the same as being neither ', Aavesh thought as he smiled.
He then knelt before the 5 Deities with deep respect and gratitude, for this whole experience - had fundamentally changed him while still retaining what made him Aavesh.
The World in his mind began to fade.
Aavesh stood there as he watched The Deities disappear, their projections resuming their eternal Vigil.
But what could initiate a change just like that from the inside?
Still.
It would be lie to say that the 'Unique' self was unaffected in the Mythical Accelerator.
For there was already a Law within Aavesh that had begun to emerge, since the start of the Ordeal.
This law was there within his soul long before his birth.
And it Would remain long after his death.
It was this Law that had been originally dormant, but slowly began to wake with the Regression/ Reincarnation he had experienced.
It was after all a core aspect of his Personality.
It was reason why he was able to have Dual Mythic Powers.
Unlike other Aeons, he was able to tap into this Law at times of great need- he was able to view things in a perspective completely different from everyone yet understand empathy.
It was why he able to wield the powers of the Renegade Aeon so effectively, when words of power you speak are already infused with it.
It was reason why his emotions existed the way they were.
It had always been there with him and no one could see it for it was.
No one.
It was something that people always took for granted
It was the fundamental reason why he was able to adapt so quickly.
It was like his guiding star neither evil or good, just it, neutral yet giving so many wild perspectives.
It made him, albeit unconsciously what he was.
And he was so close to self realization - do close to understanding that existed, despite it being one of the fabled and forgettable hidden laws.
And he had just met the most crucial requirement for self Realization of this Law .
What was this law that had been with him since the start?
The Law of Truth.
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*KAABOOOOOOOM
The chains holding Aavesh broke as an exceptional yet subtle difference could be seen from Aavesh.
He was just 'different' now.
Coral reeled back a bit , as she saw a fundamental change in Aavesh- she could see the Maledict genes that been enhanced before had changed again in a way she was unable to comprehend.
Despite this, his Infernal Transition didn't stop- on the contrary it had been accelerated as more red veins began to form around his body, his eyes still closed.
Khorramzadeh had suddenly arrived and gazed at Aavesh with bothe Fanaticism and Envy.
Fanaticism that the current Aavesh had met the requirements to complete the Causality he wanted.
Envy because he knew Aavesh had gained an understanding he would never gain in the same way.
Still - he was not too worried, something as outstanding as Aavesh was going to be crushed- and so what if he could not gain it the same way?
He was going to gain it another way and that lied in Planet X.
Aavesh was truly his Lucky Star!
He would almost regret the next action he was about to do.
But for the sake Causality, to defeat his own destiny, All sacrifices were acceptable.