Family Avatar: An Archer's Touch

AN: So a massive chapter mixup happened in Pathless Orgins where chapters 27 and 28 and 29 were mixed up. Some where in the wrong order and one even had the wrong title. Sorry for the inconvenience caused sigh. Anyway its fixed now so please reread Pathless Origins from Chapter 26 so the story makes sense. Thank you for reading!

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Rumour had it that this was a decision taken by his Master and teacher. As a result, at the beginning of his cultivation, The Solitary Sword Sovereign was weak. After 5 years, he had fallen behind many of his peers and the world knew little of him. 

However, after those five years, his cultivation level rose, quickly matching his sturdy foundation. Allowing him to fight and challenge many who were far stronger than he was. He was talented, but he worked harder than everyone around him.

According to legend, his training was so intense he neared death almost every time he fought. If he found stronger opponents he would fight with his all until he couldn't hold his sword.

If he fought with weak opponents, he would intentionally seal his own strength to fight at weaker levels. To make things harder to cut with his blade.  He aimed to overcome his limits and evolve his sword skill to make his weapon as sharp as it could be. Limiting oneself to break past existing limits was something that few cultivators could do. 

It required patience, tolerance, wisdom and foresight. As well as the ability to reflect on one's mistakes. 

'With the Matrix and his naturally hard-working nature he will succeed. I will make sure of it.'

Artillian of Earth and Artillian of Phios were quite different, but they had two things in common. They were both very sensitive to human nature and distrustful, but they were also hard-working and inwardly ambitious.

As if it could detect the divinity around it, the Origin Pyramid reacted and shone brighter, while it's anti divinity orb released wave upon wave of energy bursts into the environment, bathing Artillian in a swarm of dandelion-like energy motes that sunk into his body. 

'Now is the time for him to choose his weapon.' 

Now was a crucial period. Artillian was going to choose what weapon his Origin Pyramid would manifest. This would be his main weapon for life and would be crucial for his development. 

Hestia had advised that Artillian stick to three weapon types, but the first was going to be very crucial. 

'This will be the weapon talent for his main body and will also be the weapon he will depend on the most.' 

The space attribute used up a lot of energy and took a lot of time to master. But once mastered it was king over all attributes. For one simple reason. 

'Everything occurs in space. Even time is just space going through changes.'

This high threshold meant that Artillian would have to rely on his two other Avatars heavily at the beginning in terms of attributes. But the weapon mastery he could use now.

The anti divinity sphere started to morph a bit. It was like a bubble that deformed every second until a certain type of weapon had appeared. When Hestia saw what weapon came out she was stunned. 

She had never expected what she saw. 

'Interesting, this child is full of surprises.' As Hestia was observing what happened, she saw a star-like orb leave Artillian's body and form a shape similar to him. Within seconds, the orb had become a carbon copy of Artillian. 

This copy was the first Avatar. It was naked an expressionless as it had not yet gained the ability to think.

'So this is the family Avatar.' 

Hestia did not waste time and directly applied the modified Soul Sworn contract on the newly formed Avatar, which did not and could not resist in the slightest. 

Unique sell matrix appeared and branded itself on the Avatars skull, disappearing after a few moments as if it had not existed at all.

'Which weapon will it manifest next?' 

Hestia saw the Pathless Pyramid release a second weapon. The weapon was another surprise to the goddess but this time it was much more acceptable.

It was a bow and a quiver of arrows. A simple bow made from special energy fragments. The quiver and arrows were also ephemeral and part of the set. The bow was within a bubble and the bubble fused with the Avatar. This was the process of being weaponised by the Origin Pyramid. 

As soon as the fusion occurred, knowledge of how to use bows and arrows flowed into Artillian's mind from his Avatar.. It was a surreal experience like he was learning something unfamiliar through a dream. Except what he learned would remain in his mind even after he woke up.

Due to being within the vault, Artillian had access to all the knowledge his Avatar produced, but once he left he would only be left with basic archer skills and talent. It would only be during mimicry that he could gain and utilize his knowledge on archery properly.

Artillian also received knowledge on how to summon Soirittual Avatars and contract them as well. 

'No wonder Hestia said this was a miraculous ability. It's extremely useful.' As Artillian marveled at the wonders of what his Avatar could do, Hestia was thinking over what the Avatar could do

'The family Avatar can summon multiple Spiritual Avatars. These Spiritual Avatars can summon beings within the same category and could be anything. They could be object spirits, animal spirits, and even deities were not exempt. As Hestia had stated, she and many other deities she knew had been summoned and contracted by mortals. 

For example, if he contracted a flaming sword type spiritual Avatar, he would be able to summon spiritual swords or flame spirits to fight for him. If he contracted a deity Spiritual Avatar, then he could summon minor deities with the same divinities.