Hero of Darkness

Chapter 1251: The Key Players

At last, the second divine ability of the 8th Hero of Darkness was revealed to Kahn, his successor. There had been no mention of it from anyone else ever before.

While the Abyss Sanctuary made sense to Kahn, he had never expected Morpheus to choose the Divine Beastmaster ability.

This was something even Kahn had rejected from the get-go when the God of Darkness offered him the choice. Because his individual survival took the utmost priority.

Kahn had read his fair share of Beast Tamer novels and knew how reliable and OP it could be in the long run. But due to his detrimental situation, where he would be hunted by the whole world… Ability Absorption took the main priority.

And when he heard of Synthesis divine ability, he knew it would be a perfect fit. And it indeed was the best choice in his case.

“Why? Why would you choose it?” asked Kahn.

“You’ve seen my memories. You also saw how I stood alone in that alternate timeline as the only Ex-Rank awakener of the world while the Outer Gods invaded Volos.

You saw how even the strongest person in the whole world could do nothing but watch as one of the Outer Gods started devouring his planet.

While I bore the burden to save all that existed, I figured out at that very instance that no matter what I do… it would not be enough.

Unfortunately, all of my beloved Mythical Rank beasts have died during my battle with the Demon God all those centuries ago.

They sacrificed themselves so I could land the final killing blow with my divine weapon.” he revealed to Kahn.

“What?! Are you saying that despite having the cores and the divine weapons of all the other heroes… you still needed your powerful beasts to create an opening?” asked Kahn, flabbergasted.

“Yes. Their sacrifice did not go in vain. However… in the end, it was the Divine Beastmaster ability that allowed me to make the final contingency plan.

I think you know as well…” said Morpheus as he waited for Kahn to connect the dots.

“No way! You used it to later tame all the Godbeasts and sealed them inside the Abyss Empire that still exists in Vantrea?” asked Kahn as he could not hide his shock.

“Correct.

It wasn’t just because I had the powers of all the divine weapons in my hand that had absorbed all the other divine keys. It would not have been possible for me to temporarily hunt, tame, and seal the Godbeasts of all beings in the world, if not for the Divine Beastmaster ability.” revealed Morpheus.

Kahn was still in shock, but now it also made sense. Because at the end of the day… the 8th Hero of Darkness was still only a Peak 9th-stage saint before he died.

He wasn’t even a Peak Saint like Rathnaar to even have a chance at controlling a single Godbeast, let alone all 5 of them.

Beings that stood on par with Demi-Gods, Elder Dragons, Primordial Titans, and Archangels.

“With the immense power from all the divine keys and the divine weapons along with the Divine Beastmaster… I could perform a feat just so that I could protect the original Abyss Emprie so that one day… You could return there to awaken your Divine Key and then finally come to me after meeting the God of Darkness first, unlike the original timeline.” iterated Morpheus, revealing his own plan that twisted the events more than they were originally intended to.

And all of this for what? Just to share the secret Morpheus didn’t tell the Martial Emperor in the original timeline.

“But why hide it from God of Darkness in this timeline? What is so incriminating about that secret?” asked Kahn.

“It all started over 3000 years ago when the first generation of chosen heroes was summoned. I won’t go deep into the history about them, but some of them became the key players who helped me understand the truth.” said Morpheus as he led his own narrative.

“The 4th Hero of Life, Bjorn Ragnarsson, didn’t just gravely injure the Demon God back then… he simply killed it.

But his injury also became the reason why Demon God’s soul almost took over his body.” he explained.

“What? I’ve been to the Zivot Empire. It is simply said that he died from the injuries. At some point, even I suspected that he was killed by the reigning imperial family because of his influence across the Empire of Life.” responded Kahn.

To his statement, Morpheus began revealing another hidden lore.

“During my travels, I came across an inheritance left by Bjorn Ragnarsson, where he left records before his death.

The knowledge that is out in Vantrea about his demise is mostly fabricated by the High Elves. He did receive a life-threatening injury, but given his Divine Abilities, there was a chance that he could have survived in the end.

But his own strength became his boon in those last years of his life.

He soon realized that the High Elves wanted him dead, and he would soon die too.

So he faked his death by creating a body using his divine ability that was in every sense, the same as the real one, then left behind his divine weapon in the Zivot Empire, and spent the next few years hiding close to the Empire of Lightning, where I came across his ruins almost 1100 years later.” said Morpheus.

“In his journal, he mentioned in the last entry that the ruins would be the place where he intended to take his own life because he knew that soon, the Demon God would resurrect using his Soul Essence.

He mentioned that the Humans have always been used by God solely because of their stronger souls.

And if the Demon God took over his completely… the world would have been destroyed already, as the growth it would offer him would be hundreds of times faster than it was intended.

So he didn’t just kill himself but also destroyed his soul completely,” revealed Morpheus.

“Fucking hell… there was this kind of plot twist?” said Kahn to himself in disbelief.

“The Demon God was then forced out of the Hero of Life’s body, but the damage he suffered to his own soul had stopped his rebirth for a few more centuries.” stated Morpheus as he revealed an anticipating countenance.

“But he was just one of the people Heroes whose actions helped me understand the truth. As for the 2nd one… You already have met him in this timeline.” said Morpheus as he spoke in a calm yet chilling tone.

“The 6th Hero of Space… Miyamoto Musashi.”