"How could that be a Revenant?" Ignoring the obvious goat like horns protruding from the woman's head, she looked like any other person you'd see pass you on the sidewalk. In the time since I first discovered my "identity" I, out of curiosity, decided to research Angels, devils and revenants. Granted I was never much of a believer I obviously had my doubts.
Angels by nature were courteous and honorable beings, choosing to be righteous and seen as symbols of hope.
I also discovered that some angels, notably, Azrael. Had specific titles or jobs granted to them at creation. Azrael being, Angel of death, was self explanatory. She was the Angel who decided when, how and where a human would die.
Indra however had no information surrounding him, not even a single paragraph. It's as if he never existed or was never important enough to turn into a myth. The only thing showing his existence was a title. Indra, Archangel of Chaos.
Azel, or rather, Azazel had far more information surrounding him. Azel was once know as the 4th deadly sin, lust to be precise. I had asked Azel why he retired from being a sin because they were feared even throughout heaven. He didn't say it directly but someone close to him had without a doubt died, maybe another Sin? I had no way of knowing without pressuring him, and I didn't want to come off rude and pushy.
After his retirement, He instead decided to become a Demon prince. Not much was written about his domain or House if you will. Other than the fact that Azazel's name and a few others had appeared in some stories.
Demons however were written as nightmares or beings that were meant to be feared, from what Azel had told me, it's significantly calmed down since the Myths creation and many Demons have cooperated with Angels. Some have even tried out relationships, or so Azel had told me.
As for revenants, I'll call them Reven for short, there was not a single legend, myth or mention of them throughout history. Relentlessly curious on their existence, I simply asked both of them more questions as they implied I could do.
I had asked what they were or more specifically. What they looked like, how they were created, and why they hate the angels and devils.
Reven's in a sense, had no physical form whilst outside of purgatory but if they invaded a humans body, like a disease or illness. They would eat at that humans soul until it was destroyed, when the soul is destroyed the body becomes uninhabitable. This process would repeat.
Inhabit, Consume, Destroy.
If a Reven invaded a Nepheli that was not fused or inhabited by a Angel or a Devil, that Nepheli would be controlled until it's soul is corrupted rather than destroyed, and Indra had told me that the corruption on a Nepheli's soul would hurt far more than you could possibly imagine. The Nepheli would survive but in the process their Nephellian Energy would be destroyed and they would simply become a normal human, unfortunately, the life span would be significantly decreased.
As for the Devils and angels, if a Reven inhabited them it would act as a sort of toxin, similar to the Nepheli where it would harm them, it would not however destroy the energy they possess, only inhibit.
To continue, Indra has no knowledge of how they came to be, they just showed up one day in Heaven announcing their existence, declared a war on Humans, Devils and Angels and disappeared without a trace. In the process though, a large portion of Heaven and its people were severely injured, some even killed.
He told me that his sister was harmed and that it was nearly 300 million years ago, I could tell he didn't want to remember so I didn't ask further.
As for the final question, during the day they first arrived a woman claiming herself as the princess of their race declared that they found themselves far superior and wanted to prove it. Considering the reason was Idiotic and impulsive many people, both angel and Devil, were brimming with rage and in the process, lost their lives.
Since that day they had only sent one or two Reven's a Decade to kill. Despite only being a duo, each pairing took more than 5 years to kill even with the the combined armies of Heaven and hell. Although, they had introduced themselves throughout each pairing as being "Elites"
Both realms decided to instead contracting themselves with the Nepheli, increasing they power more than 5 times it's original, one Nepheli fused with an average angel was more than equal to a Seraph Archangel.
It was also revealed to me that if a Nepheli were to die, the Angel or Devil Inhabiting them would die as well, without a chance of resurrection or reincarnation.
It begs the question of why they had only ever used the normal Angels or low ranking Demons to fuse with the Nepheli, but I couldn't thing of a single reason why this was.
"HEY KID" Azels voice snaps me out of my thoughts only for me to remember that i am apparently in front of a very dangerous creature.
"Right sorry, I was thinking, I'll get started" she hasn't noticed me yet or rather isn't even acknowledging my existence, fortunately, this is what I wanted, I use the advantage presented to me to change the enhance skill from enhancing my legs to enhancing my mental capabilities. This time however, it's slightly easier to use the skill, maybe because it's easier to use it on parts you understand or because im focusing on the entire mind rather than a specific muscle. It's more daring but works more effectively.
With my mind now brimming with what feels like an intense heat, not unbearable to feeling like flames but to the point where you wouldn't want to feel like this for an extended period of time. I activate the Seduction ability on top of the enhance to bring the second step of my strategy to fruition. Targeting the reven, she finally looks at me, not moving no more than a step facing me.
It must be working because i feel like a tether or force is connecting us, mind to mind. Not knowing if actually speaking the words would work I simply relied on the telepathic link that was created between us.
"Leave that woman's body and return to purgatory, and never return" this should be enough for Seduction to succeed but no more than what was available for me to work with, knowing that the request isn't outrageous she should comply with no objections.
"Kaaaaalll Neeerr voooiu" these words entered my mind and I could only assume that it was words that the Reven had thought, there was no way of knowing what she had said but within the next moment A green emerald like light exited the woman's mouth and then disappeared in a instant, the woman had simply dropped to the ground. It was obvious that the strategy had worked, exactly like I thought it would.
"Good job kid!" Azel had pretty much boomed at 10 times the volume before the Ability activation. It was loud but considering I got confirmation, I knew there was no immediate threat so I fell to the ground relieved of the success, the woman who had slumped moments earlier had woken up sweating profusely, obviously visually terrified.
"Hey, miss. It's alright, you're completely safe" the goat horns that had been on her head not even 5 minutes prior had disappeared, as if they were never there to begin with.
"Who are you?" Managing to speak words even while shivering with fear, I can't begin to know what she went through while the Reven was inhabiting her but it must have been Enough to break whatever spirit she has, that she had.
"My name is Leo, I know you must be scared right now but it's ok, there's nothing around that could hurt you anymore" I tried to speak as genuine and gentle as to not scare her more that she already has been.
"If it's alright with you, may I know your name?" Knowing the woman's name could open a lot of questions such as, the obvious, who she is. But other questions like, how long she's been inhabited, what she remembers and what she knows about what happened. It could also answer questions I've had for quite some time.
"I'm Ariana Elcroft, 2nd daughter of Andrew and Eleanor Elcroft"