Old Gods of Firaniru

"…You look real… happy, don't you Rahzil…" Esmond gave Rahzil a stern cold look who happened to be laying down on the lounge room couch.

There was a smug smile on Rahzils face who was ecstatic to see his magic spell come to life, which only came about because of the space and its powers.

In doing so he'd also created another element for a short time however since it was used up in the formation of the spell, Rahzil couldn't refine it into his Mana Core.

Regardless he was excited at the possibilities afforded to him since he figured out how to connect certain elements together.

Even the options afforded to Rahzil by combining a part of his strength with old abilities he didn't bother using anymore, were vastly different and more powerful in some cases than previous.

A particular skill was summoning skeletons which could be used in all sorts of manner.

Rahzil would only spawn a few to clean his cave system of annoying pests every so often, but eventually gave up on calling them because how pitifully slow and weak they were.

But with Rahzils current strengths afforded to him by the space could allow him to spawn more than one type of skeleton variant.

While summoning spell required Dark Element, Rahzil incorporated the Fire Element into the formation of the spell and spawned a Blazing Skeleton that was shrouded in the Pure Fire Element constantly burning.

Rahzil tried a couple different combinations to see what different skeleton variants he could summon.

There was a large deal of information that'd been discovered by the time Esmond called Rahzil who'd worked himself silly and stupidly exhausted.

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"… I am exhausted... Esmond…

Hehe… Ahh…. What a day!

… Never thought I would have summoned… a God!" Laughing hysterically at the course of events that'd come to fruition because of his might.

He continued to laugh until tears were running down Rahzils face from all of the exhaustion his body was feeling from the laughter.

When Rhazil finally stopped he took in a deep breath before asking, "… were you satisfied with the ruling?"

Wanting to know how Esmond seemed after the judgment of Henry Dormer and his henchmen, Rahzil worried silently that Esmond might have thought it was too… lenient.

Gabriel had informed Rahzil that Esmond original plan for the three people involved skinning and repeated healing, even reviving the broken mentality with help from Rahzil.

Thankfully the plan never saw the light of day, as Rahzil was left to deal with the matter of judgment after Nedric, Carter, and Gabriel had told him that Esmond wouldn't be doing it anymore.

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"Mm… it is what it is…however I am quite interested in finding out about the Old Gods of Firaniru…"

Esmond was curious about the Old Gods Rahzil had summoned and what their background was.

Each God had a legend that made them known throughout their worlds and the people that would end up worshiping them for their feats.

"The Old Gods… had left the world of Stovi… well back then it was known as Firaniru.

It was inhabited with Gods of all sorts with unimaginable power and strength that let them do all sorts of things without any effort.

The various races that currently inhabit the world of Stovi are the creations of the Old Gods… apparently, but they failed to keep them in control and eventually left them to their own vices.

Regardless they existed for a long time with some structures left standing in the world that prove their existence… unfortunately, the Church of Eternal Light aren't a fan that there are others who take the status known as 'God'.

It goes against the teachings of the Church which states itself as the one and only true God of Stovi, a world named by the Church."

Rahzil knew his words wouldn't fulfil Esmonds thoughts and ideas on the matter of the Old Gods, but it was the must he could provide right now.

"Hm… I never expected that…" Esmond had many more questions to ask but it was evident that it wouldn't be happening, nor could Rahzil continue to answer his thoughts on the subjects.

Rahzil explained the summoning wasn't exactly a spell but rather the combination of the Elements in a dense point to spark the Gods to spawn alive.

Esmond thought about giving it a shot, but Rahzil warned him of an important requirement.

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"Whole heartedly, the Gods can only be spawned once there is enough reverence for them within the heart and soul of the spawner."

"Are you telling me… You believe in the Old Gods?" Esmond felt disgusted that someone he knew would believe in such false beings.

He wouldn't force his thoughts on another, but Esmond wasn't a fan of any so called 'Gods' and their supposed divine might.

Such beings were nothing more than the people that believed in them thought Esmond which made them easy to deal with and fairly simple to manipulate.

But it also made them quick to anger since their emotions could send them over the edge and cause mayhem throughout the world.

Esmond had once seen a God destroy the home world of his followers because a disagreement with another God.

His foolish actions ended up being the last moments of the Gods as all life that praised and revered the Gods was dead.

Esmond at the time had survived with people of his village, and slowly stabilised the world until his death but it took too long and stopped his plans to help develop the world beyond the poor state.

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"*Sigh* My Empire… was built with the knowledge and understanding of the Old Gods.

Their language… their food, art, and styling all came from the Gods and the markings left at their temples…

I never believed in them… but my wife did.

She thought highly of them and would always hold prayers around the Empire in their honour.

At the same time, I slowly started to learn more about the Gods until I was fascinated and drawn into the powers that made them Gods.

But around the same time, the Church of Eternal Light, also stepped up their actions to purge all remains of the Old Gods, but that meant going against the Imperial Royal Family.

However, the Church was able to find plenty of puppets to help fulfil their purge of the Old Gods and those that went against the Church's thoughts on the world development.

That's when I started to focus my never-ending life to learning about the Gods…"

Memories of a time with his family, well before the chaos of their death and what happened after, Rahzil felt his emotions swirling dangerously together.

It was enough for Esmond to notice once he saw the pained expression on Rahzils face.

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"… You've said enough Rahzil…"

Esmond let him go and head off to train by the Pure Dark Mana Essence River while Esmond called for Carter to help.

"Whats up Esy?"

"How are things going with our plans in space?"

Esmond wanted to focus on a subject that wouldn't bring up deep emotions and memories that might destabilise the mindset of those close and around him.

Rahzil reminded Esmond of himself in the past when he first had to deal with the continued reborning curse he was affected with.

It took him quite a while before he was able to deal with himself the chaos, he was drawn into but overtime he came to accept the inevitable.

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"Ugh… Well, I've reached the Moon with the rockets that had the improved rocket engines with the GravEngine installed." It wouldn't be long before the rockets would arrive at Mars with the GravEngine.

It was a gravity propulsion engine which would use Anti Matter as a fuel source to help the engine also create a gravitational shielding around the rockets to help it speed up through space.

Esmond had given Carter full control over the rockets since he wanted them to be tested and strained during their flight so they would be able to get an idea of the GravEngines but in the end Carter decided to take a simple trip instead.

Because the rockets had small satellites which would help Carter map Mars and the other planets around the Solar System, the felt it best to take it easy with the rockets that had a payload.

There were a few that were flying around at maximum speed and weren't long from leaving the Solar System, but the integrity of the rockets showed some strain under the sharp movement.

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"Mars isn't too far away…

Probably a few days at most." Carter already knew it wouldn't be long before Mars would start its transformation, albeit a slow one.

The scientist till now had only improved the terraforming technology slightly but with Carters help and interference, he could reduce the number of difficulties the scientists were facing.

A large part was the atmosphere of the planet, but Carter already knew the technology existed in the Virtual Lab when Esmond created Atmospheric and Weather Control system for the improved and edited Citadel.

Everything to function the system was being created within the space currently, so Carter would be able to set it up and activate it help changing Mars.

Carter had simulated the Atmospheric and Weather Control system within the Virtual Labs to see if it would work or not before accepting the results that said it was possible.