"Let's start, shall we?"
Seraphielle smiled as she glanced at Orravyn. Orravyn didn't even look at her, he too, like Ul'Thakar, felt plain disgust when he heard her voice.
He just walked towards the disciple slowly, with his arm extended and then—
He removed her blindfold.
The disciple opened her eyes and the instant he looked at her eyes, Orravyn paused, feeling sowhat… overwheld.
The girl's eyes were… not normal.
There was no white in them.
No clear pupil.
No simple color.
Each eye… looked like a part of a galaxy.
Deep black filled everything, tiny stars were scattered inside, shining softly like distant lights in an endless void.
At the center of each eye, there was a bright red star that was burning constantly, pulsing slowly, almost like a heartbeat.
Every ti it glowed, the light spread slightly through the dark space around it, making the stars shimr for a mont before that shimr faded again, only for the cycle to repeat the mont the red star pulsed again.
It was… strange.
It didn't look like sothing one could fully understand. The more one looked, the… deeper it seed, as if the galaxy inside her eyes had no end—
Just like ti itself.
*Picture of her eyes*
It was… srizing.
Sothing even Orravyn had never seen before but despite that—
Despite knowing he had never once seen sothing like this before—
"You look… familiar."
He muttered with a strange look on his face.
And it wasn't just him, every Infinity present in the room, even Seraphielle, was the sa. They all agreed with Orravyn, the girl was familiar, they just…
Couldn't put their finger on it.
"Is it because… she sensed our future and knew we were coming? Maybe our future selves found her?"
Equarios gave a theory.
Orravyn looked at him and nodded.
That was very possible but Orravyn couldn't comnt on it, while he found ti mysterious and interesting, it… wasn't his domain.
It was… too confusing and the billions of years he had given to understanding it—
The results that ca back were… disappointing.
Ti was too complicated, there was a reason only his mother dabbled in it and even she avoided using her powers most of the ti.
Orravyn usually did not like comnting on a complex topic like ti since he disliked being wrong, the other Infinities knew that—
And they themselves would never dabble with ti anyways, not when they now had a clear plan moving forward, a plan to… capture one of the most annoying enemies they had faced in recent tis and… learn everything he did.
That excitent was nothing compared to the small, fleeting sense of familiarity they were feeling right now.
"Let's move on."
Seraphielle comnted with a grin, the rest of the Infinities nodded, Orravyn too, grabbed the girl's head, ignoring those deep, oddly strange eyes.
That was when Seraphielle turned towards Tenzin with the sa grin on her face and—
"Say…
Do you know what… relics are…?"
She asked with this curious look on her face.
Tenzin frowned, he didn't understand why she was suddenly asking this question, but—
"Answer the question."
The instant Seraphielle gave the order with a slightly frostier look on her face, he nodded his head instinctively.
He obviously knew what Relics were, the strongest Artifacts in the entire Universe, Artifacts that could change the very course of battle just by existing, artifacts that literal Worlds go to war for, weapons that every being in the Universe coveted.
Seraphielle's grin widened at those words.
"And do you understand how relics are made…?"
She asked.
Tenzin frowned again, this ti, he shook his head.
He didn't.
No one did.
Only the Supre Worlds knew how to create Relics, they were the only ones who supplied them, this was half the reason most worlds wanted to join the Supre Factions, so they could get their hands on Relics, since it was next to impossible to get access to them otherwise.
"Congratulations then, today, you are going to learn exactly that."
Seraphielle smiled, if soone else saw her acting like this, they would feel… sowhat odd since Seraphielle almost never smiled this much.
It was as if… she was truly enjoying herself.
As for Tenzin, the more Seraphielle smiled, the worse he felt.
He didn't know why, but the mont she started talking about Relics out of nowhere, that too, with that level of excitent, he felt a grave sense of foreboding that he couldn't explain.
And then—
Seraphielle continued—
"As you already know, Relics are weapons with great power, powers that normal weapons couldn't possibly hold since usually, the material they are made from cannot hold on to the power instilled into them.
Why do you think that is?
Why is it that an Artifact, made from the sa material, cannot survive a level of power that a relic, made with the sa material, can?"
Seraphielle asked with a curious look on her face.
Of course, Tenzin did not know that answer, no being in the Universe, other than the Infinities, did.
And that was when Seraphielle asked another question, a question that made Tenzin widen his eyes in horror—
"Have you heard the saying—
All relics have a Will of their own? Almost as if they are living entities?"
This was when Tenzin realized it, the… truth behind the Relics. He glanced at his disciple, who was now no longer trembling, almost as if even that right was taken away from her.
Then, he turned back towards Seraphielle, whose grin had widened and—
"You are quick.
I like that."
She praised and then she nodded.
"The Relics are not like living entities, they are living entities.
Or more accurately, they were living entities, at so point.
The reason a Relic is far stronger than any artifact made of the sa material isn't because our… craftsmanship is rich. Sure, the Orravyn's World has so of the finest craftsn known in the Universe.
But even then, without the item we, the Infinities, provide, even those craftsn, even if they were given better materials, won't be able to create a weapon worthy of being called a Relic.
Because to make a Relic, one needs a Soul.
A Living Soul extracted from a Living Entity."
Tenzin's eyes widened in pure fright, Seraphielle saw that, and she grinned, enjoying every second of it.
"You see, every ti a being comprehends a Law, it is engraved in their very soul. This is also the reason every ti they reincarnate, every ti the Universe cleans their soul and turns them into an entirely new person,
the lingering power of that Law still exists.
This is what one calls… talent.
Of course, the major part of it depends on what world that particular soul is reincarnated to, the strength of their bloodline and several other factors—
But their past lives matter.
A being at your level, for example, once your soul reincarnates, the reincarnated you, though it may not be able to reach the level you have reached, will have a power that is sowhat related to ti.
That is sowhat related to… your own power."
Seraphielle explained, Tenzin listened, he didn't exactly have any other choice in the matter. Seraphielle, on the other hand, continued her explanation.
"What I am trying to say is, the Soul isn't just an empty form that is easily impressionable. No, Souls are different—
They carry Law, they carry understanding, they carry experience.
They carry… power.
Power that can be used."
The Infinity of Light then took out a black sword.
It was like a Katana, its blade was black in color with flas of pure red, the mont she brought out that sword, it buzzed with a blaze.
Seraphielle put a bit of her energy around it and the entire sword burned with ferocious fire, sothing that Seraphielle smiled at.
Then, she looked at Tenzin and—
"You want a weapon to have strong fla conductivity, to have strong damage, to burn your enemies?
Capture the soul of a being with a Law related to Fire and use that soul to power your weapon.
Need a weapon with power over Ice? Use a Soul with a power of Ice. Water? Earth? Wind? Lightning?
Or even better—
Darkness?
Light?
Space?
Or… even Ti."
Seraphielle spoke, as she looked back at Vashti, Tenzin's captured disciple, who was no longer moving, before turning back towards Tenzin.
"They say you cannot comprehend others' understanding of their Laws, that is correct. The Universe has set that restriction upon us, but… that doesn't an you can't use others' Laws.
That… you can do.
That… is what we are going to do."
Seraphielle took a brief pause.
"Your disciple is special, of course, you would know that more than us. You knew it so well that the mont you discovered her potential, you hid her from the Universe, you hid her from… us."
Tenzin looked at Seraphielle, and the Infinity of Light… her expression was now changing. It was becoming more… strict.
"This is also the reason you did not report Anomaly's existence when he ca to you, huh?
I was right about you, you are indeed quite brave."
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