[ Asgard. ]
" Ah, it feels refreshing to see old acquaintances before a big event... " Lord Loki says to his guests.
" Welcome, My Dear Sisters of 'Sanctus Sorores'... "
" It's been a long time..., I rarely see you visit me or perhaps any other gods. "
" Is it because of the Tournament tomorrow that brings you here? " Loki asks as the Matron Supreme of the Sisterhood approaches and greets him.
" My apologies, Lord of Asgard... " Matron Supreme bows.
" There have been some troubles ahead, especially ever since the White Demon emerged... "
" Many prospects..., that our order labored for the sake of our long-lasting cooperation has been... "
" Terminated. " Matron Supreme tells Loki which made him smirked.
" Of course..., of course... "
" You lost many of your 'Breeding Prospects' with the Blue Blood Clan families, didn't you? "
" Like the Grand Priestess from Japan as well as the others (even tho only the one from Japan is important), the loss of many Divine Avatars even before the Tournament Started and... "
" You're already out of prominent members to continue your 'program'... " Loki mentions, immediately made the Matron Supreme kneel before him.
" For long our order had to stay hidden, fulfilling our roles as mediators for the Blue Blood Clan Families... "
" Offering many of our Order to breed with their prominent male heirs, creating more Blue Blood Members for the gods to use as their greatest mortal arsenals. "
" But..., as things went by... " The Matron Supreme grunts.
" The White Demon had taken many things from us, destroying many of our prospects as you said. "
" Now, as the Tournament is near, as the Matron Supreme, I want to ask the Lord of Asgard... "
" To permit our order to publicly intervene with the matter. " Matron Supreme offers Loki.
" 'Publicly Intervene'? " Loki asks when hearing the word.
" Is it just me, or are you insane, Matron Supreme? "
" You? Intervene in this matter... hah. "
" You're not even capable of handling mere monsters... "
" If it weren't for your 'Ability', you would be not able to exist now after fleeing from dangers for so long. "
" Even I remember the day I found you and your order... "
" You begged me for your order's survival, want me to exclude you from the rest of your Religion's persecution, want me to keep you and your order hidden for your safety. "
" Yet now..., you want me to publicly involve you in these matters, after being hiding for so long? " Loki asks as he teases the Matron Supreme for that.
" In that matter..., yes... "
" For we, the Sanctus Sorores had realized that the existence of the White Demon may pose a threat to our goal... "
" To bring the 'Sancted One'..., the 'Sanct Avataris', the 'Alltimatus Electum'. "
" How? " Loki asked the Matron Supreme as he walked around her in circles.
" For years, you and your order had been ordered to find and produce this 'Sanct Avataris' of yours. "
" By your own words, you advised us, gods, that the 'Sanct Avataris' is a mortal that harbors our power. "
" Thus, we listened to you, risking our Divine Existence to enter the body of mortals to fulfill that prophecy of yours. "
" Gambling our very lives as we stuck ourselves inside the mortals' frail flesh, linking our lives that often made us perish alongside them. "
" So tell me, Matron Supreme... " Loki approached her.
" Do you happen to have something..., that would compensate..., for all this? " Loki asks the Matron Supreme.
" Perhaps, some 'good news', this time... " Loki asks the Matron Supreme, the woman from the organization he hid under his wing, the one who's been doing the labor for him as he takes interest in her orders' prophecy that costs him so much trouble today.
Also, this woman is the one who told Loki that the Sanct Avataris is indeed about the Divine Avatar, a person with the power of god, thus the gods' very reason for increasing their numbers in the first place, especially in this Timeline.
But..., as things go...
Things happened..., such as the incoming Gates that killed many of the Avatars with their Demonic Monsters, the Massacre in the Indian Ocean, in October 2020, and last but not least..., the Abyss Tower, especially the one that landed in 2021 and was destroyed in 2022.
Those particular events had set the Sanctus Sorores' efforts to zero, returning to do things from scratch, unable to reproduce new prospects that they believe will bring forth their believed Sanct Avataris.
" I do..., have some good news... " Matron Supreme tells Lord Loki as she takes some deep breaths.
" Lord Loki should've been aware that for all these years, we could only bring forth female Divine Avatars for the gods. "
" There are males of course, but usually, and especially from those we bred with the Blue Blood Clan... "
" The females..., always bring greater results..., one of the greatest setbacks of our prophecy's prospect... "
" Indeed..., it is. " Loki replied as he looked at her.
" Usually the males rarely lived for so long, even if their body happened to have enough strength to hold our power for some reason. "
" That's why, after all, your failures..., you proposed we use the female results since you believed that one of them could be the 'man', the 'human', that will be your Sanct Avataris. "
" ... " Loki went silent for a while.
" Don't tell me you- "
" That's the thing, Milord! " Matron Supreme interrupts, a daring attempt from her as she also stands up from her kneeling position as well, shocking all others present in that place.
" As we re-evaluate our mistakes, we realize that the prophecy meant that only a 'Man' that could hold the true power of a god, to be the Sanct Avataris. "
" Thus, we realized the reason for the constant loss of our 'female successes'... "
" It is not unordinary or even just a simple misfortune... "
" But it was fate, that is trying to correct our efforts... "
" So we decided, in the recent months... "
" We decided to gather the men we should able to prospect with... "
" Gathering them..., in the place that should test their limits to their peak, a cruel yet effective method in the short amount of given time. " Matron Supreme tells.
" Oh, really? " Loki asks back.
" So all this time, you have found yourselves a succeeding male Avatar... "
" Where are they now, I wonder? " Loki asks the Matron Supreme as the woman then reveals to him the place.
" In the Battle Halls of House Arcanon, here's where Milord should find..., the 'Answer'. " Matron Supreme tells Loki, making his eyes widen as he hears the word.
" House Arcanon? " Loki asks while frowning his eyes.
" Why that place? And more importantly... " Loki asks again.
" Why House Arcanon? "
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(Meanwhile.)
[ Location: House Arcanon Battle Halls. ]
[ Country: Arzan* ]
* People Chanting. *
People are chanting as in Battle Halls' every arena. Fighting has ensued. A gladiatorial arena as the people there are chanting for some men fighting, using their Gift Powers.
But suddenly, another comes, a person, a man so powerful...
* Slice. *
With his hands, so powerful, he cuts his opponent's heads like a blade made from his mere hands' flesh.
" Is there any more that you all could offer me!? " said the dominating man, with a tall lean-ripped body and long white hair.
" Is this the Candidates of the Divine Avatar? Is this all!? " said the man as the audience who watched the battle cheered his name.
" Vlad..., Vlad.. "
" Vlad, Vlad... "
" Vlad Ragna..., Vlad Ragna... "
" Vlad Ragna Arcanon! "
[ Name: Vlad Ragna Arcanon ]
[ Family: House Arcanon (Part of the Blue Blood Clan) ]
This person is Vlad Ragna Arcanon...
The 'Male Prospect' the Sanctus Sorores deemed fit for the Prophecy of the 'Sanct Avataris'.
He will soon be unleashed in the Tournament.
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Extra:
* Arzan.
A fictional country in this Novel, this place is probably located near Iran or Turkey. This country is what's left of the ancient Persian Achaemenid Empire, predicted to be made under the rule of King Xerxes.
If you do not know who King Xerxes is, try recounting the 'Battle of Thermopylae', or try to watch movies regarding that.