Requiem Of A Failed Hero

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[Force]: After much struggles, battles of control, each entity has finally found balance in your soul. The red threads of [the source] tether together all. Regardless of the differences in origin and storms that may come, this bond can never be broken.

[Energy arts]: [Colorless], [Variant], [Light Borne], [Dark Borne], [Crimson Star]

"Okay…"

Raith grinned as he saw the new sets of letters. The description was nice but the energy had its own arts? Not just one, not two but five! A whole five! That was just like having five arts.

'Oohuu'

Skills were given by the system, either it be the voice of the world, or the abyss. Something however that could never be given was arts.

Arts were inherent, they were tied to your very soul. The proficiency of a skill got better the more it is used, and when the proficiency rises, the skill becomes more powerful and explosive. But arts are a different story, no matter how much you use them, it takes a connection to the soul and a trigger of epiphany to enter into another stage of that same art.

Evolve it to something fearsome and powerful. Some skills have more destructive power than arts and vice versa. But Raith had seen what an art could do… he had desired it every since.

To have one tied to his energy was a rare and unexplainable occurrence. He was happy. Now, for the next part…

Raith lowered his eyes and continued with the letters. This time he needed to see the description of each art.

[Colorless]: Your energy is formless and colorless, however when it comes in contact with any energy type, with you consent it can take on the appearance and properties of the energy, making your presence be as that of the owner of that energy.

Raith squinted his eyes with a visible glee.

'So, if I can copy the appearance and properties of an asura and have a presence equal to it? Hmm, tricky'

Several wild ideas ran through his mind.

[Variant]: All energy form originates from cosmic energy but your energy is different, as so, it can never be subjected to the principles and concepts of the cosmic construction.

Raith's mouth fell open, he covered it with his hand. [Colorless was good but this had the potential to be the best arts. Which meant that as long as [force] is in effect, he wouldn't be subjected to things like gravity… and other principles of this world.

'What other things though…'

Gravity was all Raith could think of now but he was sure there was more.

'Well, we'll think about that later.'

He lowered his eyes:

[Light Borne]: You are an element of light. You have a light that reflects only the truth.

'That's all? Now that's some bit of confusion.'

Raith scratched his head and moved to the next letters.

[Dark Borne]: In you is a vast sea of darkness, seeking to consume all.

"Tch… same thing"

He moved his eyes to the last compact of letters:

[Crimson Star]: A star birthed from the river of primeval war has become your heart. Constantly, it keeps your body together and seeks the path to a new beginning.

Raith rubbed his jaw. Keeping his body together must be the crystallization thing of the red crystal heart but what is 'seeks the path to a new beginning' supposed to mean?

Raith lowered his head in disappointment. But the joy of the previous two far outweighed the disappointment he felt. And he knew they too had something special, maybe even more special and deadly than the other two. He just hasn't figured it out yet.

Raith smiled as he swiped away the letters and sought to inspect the one he had been delaying on one side.

[THE UNDEFEATED KING COMMANDER BODY constitution]

[Phase 1]: Your body has been remodeled by darkness and you have been given the unique body constitution of the undefeated king, the harbinger of chaos and destruction. Due to this unique body, you have gained:

[Abnormal Condition Nullification], [Electricity Resistance], [Holy/Demonic attack Resistance], [Paralysis Resistance], [Poison Resistance], [Natural Effects Nullification]

[Phase 2]: You have discovered a new phase of the body constitution of the undefeated king of Undla. He practiced a body formation method that made his body exceedingly tough and unbreakable.

[Constitution Arts]: [Unbreakable], [Rebound]

Raith placed his hands above his head, his mouth dropping.

Another art again?

Perhaps, he is not as unlucky as he thought he was. Yes, the cosmos has decided to smile on him after a long time.

[Unbreakable]: You can materialize a part of your skin into a tungsten surface. In this state, that part can never be broken, although all other areas will be slightly more vulnerable than usual.

[Rebound]: Your body repels threatening attacks. This effect cannot work on extremely powerful opponents.

"Great. This is great." Raith said, rubbing his chin.

"Sage, I guess in order to use my skills and arts… I now extend this new energy called force right?"

[Affirmative]

"Hmmm…" He made a proud smile before continuing, "...so…"

[Due to the effect of soul force, skills and arts will receive explosive boost as compared to when used ordinarily before]

"Ah ah… as expected. You are already getting to know me more and more." Raith nodded with satisfying smile on his face.

"I just wanted to get that part straight out. So, can I know the numeric representation of…"

[Because soul force is one, it replenishes as fast as possible. Of course, overuse can leave you in a dire state and it would take a few minutes of rest to replenish at least 30% of your soul force]

"...you keep calling this thing soul force"

[Since it is a force and is directly tied to your soul]

"Hmmmmmmm! Nice nice, I didn't know you had it in you too"

Sage sighed, disappointed. After a while, her voice came up:

[You have done well]

A big grin cut Raith's face apart.

"I know right. It was not easy!"

He boosted, looking down at the two birds that curled warmly close to his legs, and were almost sleeping.

'Oh? I didn't expect them to become friendly quote quickly'

He slowly rubbed the birds' head.

'I should give you both a name.'

He pointed to the red one, "You will be Red," then to the blue one, "and you will be Blue."