Volume 1: Play of the Masquerade

This volume is about Jan–Paul Asterios and his journey to finding meaning in living, though his way of thinking is concerning.

Different Realms

Lower Realm: Its a place for monsters, whereas demons rules the plane. This place is where people throw away criminals and people they want to kill but can't. Its a hellish place that only the strong can survive.

Middle Realm: Whereas most species lives, its the safest place to be, but that doesn't mean its safe. This place is between the Lower and Higher Realm where they protect themselves in fear of both Realms.

Higher Realm: Its the place of divinity, where being with high power lives. Out of the three realms this is the most powerful and rich. Filled with divine treasures and land. But not anyone can just come here, a weak person would die from exhaling its divine aura.

Power System

Magic: The most common of powers used by anyone. Its simple and easy to use but hard ro master. A strong magic can obliterate eveything in its way, but it takes a long time to cast.

Types of Magic

• Manifestation Magic: Its where something is manifested, be it a flame, shield, or beam of light. This is the magic mostly learned by people, its the easiest to learn.

• Summoning Magic: A type of magic that summons a creature to help you fight in combat.

• Recovery Magic: Is a type of magic that helps the user or people to recover and improve. Different type of recovery magic includes:

° Recuperation: To slowly heal a wound, its not an effective use for internal and/or fatal injuries. Its main used as first aid and heal external damages.

° Restoration: An effective magic to use if someone who is gravely injured. It can heal fractured bones and damaged internal.

° Revival: The hardest magic to perform because one needs to have mastery on Recuperation and Restoration Magic to fully utilise this magic. Its effect can revive the dead people as long as their body is mostly intact.

° Rejuvination: It heals fatigue and mental strain. This is mostly used to counter mental attacks and is necessary when traveling, since this can help from exhaustion.

Divinity: Its similar to magic but uses holy power, only few individual from the middle and lower realm can use it. Its an innate talent of an individual and cannot be taught.

Soul Arts: Most of its user are demons and from the lower realm, since they are far below and is constantly dealing with eternal flame that damage a soul. They adapted and develop this technique. This is the manipulation of the soul to be use as a weapon and medium for power. Every person has their own way of using them, but it mainly compose of:

Soul Arts Techniques

• Equivication: A technique that manifest the targets soul into existence. It is used to capture, manipulate, mislead, charm, or enslaved the target. Once under the influence its the battle of fortitude and resilience. If you failed to control your soul the opponent will have an opportunity to do whatever he wants with it.

• Invocation: To make anything, its the equivalence of manifestation magic. However, this is different for everyone, unlike magic which have the same origin. Because of it, it has no magic circle, and it flexible and mainly rely on the users power.

• Decomposition: The opposite of invocation, this is needed because if you only know invocation you cannot stop it. You will continuously fire soul arts until your soul itself were destroyed.