The Rise of Technomancy

Why is this happening to me? I know I didn't live up to what you wanted, Father. I just wanted to live with Isiballea, even though she turned her back on me and wished to marry the crown prince who is now holding her while I am dying on the ground. Why is being mediocre such a bad thing? Not everyone can be outstanding, but I was kind to those without power. I didn't hurt people; is it a sin to be a good person? Why do the gods not reward the good, but they reward the bad? 

"Failure of the Duke Lockard, you aren't fit to be the husband of Isiballea. So, as the crown prince, I gave you many chances to leave her. But you didn't bow your head. I can at least respect you for standing up to me in the name of your love. But you didn't know she has been seeing me behind your back for the last four months you have been gone. She is with a child now."

"Johnathan, I am sorry. But you didn't have the power to protect me; my family is struggling now as your father doesn't have hopes for you. He has pushed you to the outskirts of the family, and I can't watch my family fall from grace; I did love you very deeply. You are a kind soul, not fit for this world. In your next life, I wish you found a better woman who can stand by your side better than I could."

I lay there, unable to move, slowly getting cold. I wish I had the power to change my life. Why was I cursed with not being able to use magic? I hate this, despise it, and wish to make them pay. If there is a god, hear my plea.

I will even settle for a devil.

"How about another you?"

"who's there? Show yourself."

"My name is Adam Leblue, and I could only show myself if you had a mirror. We are the same, at least in the soul part. I mean, my looks were much better. And I could be the one to make them pay; after all, I once ruled a world by myself."

"How would you make them pay? If you are part of me and I am dying, then that means you are dying. You can't help me."

"Your understanding of the soul is only ankle-deep. The soul has chambers. Every past life is in these chambers. Every new life fills another chamber. All I have to do is break out of my chamber and fill your body with my soul. You can't heal the body, but I can. You should make up your mind as your part of the soul will be pulled into your chamber soon, and at that point, we will leave the body. Don't ask to stay in your body. Only one soul part can run the show, so I am asking you."

If I lose this chance, I will never get justice; I wish to make them pay. If I have to doom others, then so be it. I am tired of being a good person and getting stabbed in the back because that is what they call "fate." Then let someone do it in my place.

"I agree to your plan, but I want them to pay. Promise me that you will bring them to their knees and make the regret ever destroying a good man. I wish for Isibellea and her child to suffer for their betrayal; make them live a life of sorrow and pain." 

"I promise everything you wish for will be done, as a little crown prince and a whore aren't anything for me even to get worked up from. They will fall, as millions of rulers have done so to me."

"Very well, do your thing as I wish to sleep now. I am tired of living and don't want to feel anything anymore."

"Very well, close your eyes and picture a chamber door. Deep inside you, walk to it and open it once you see it. After that, your mind will slowly fade until you enter an eternal sleep where you can dream your own world. You won't suffer and will live happily in your dream. You will forget everything about your life." 

I listened to the voice. After a minute, a door came into my mind. It glowed a wonderous blue and was made of metal I had never seen before. I put my hand on the center, as there was a handprint there, and then it started to open. The world drifted away as my mind became hazy until I felt nothing anymore.

I felt the wind on my skin again, and I opened my eyes to see a sky I had never seen before. I summoned nano-healing bots, which are in my soul space. Now that I can use my soul space, the first order of business is to heal me. I lay on the ground and let them do their job. I have a million things to do, and after I heal, I need to find a place to build my techno sanctum. To develop my foothold in my new world that I shall rule, sixteen years. That should be when I have the army to rule this world; I shall go to the bare land of death where only the undead live, as that's the best place to build unnoticed.

After ten minutes, the nanobots tell me they have finished healing my body; I summon a hover motorcycle. And set off to the land of the dead, as I must build now. Haste makes waste, and getting revenge takes time. Her child isn't born yet, so I can wait until she gets a taste of a happy life before making it live in sorrow. 

I am back; this time, the world shall know my name, Adam Leblue, the conquer.

Meanwhile, 7,000 miles away in two places.

A woman rushes to an altar where an elderly man is preaching. She bows to him as he stops his sermon. The man is the Pope of this world's religion, as the world worships the 13 goddesses. The world is over 80,000 miles, with one big land mass taking up 57,000 miles side to side and 54,000 top to bottom. Over 65% of the empires and kingdoms follow this belief.

"Sister Clementine, why are you in a rush? Is something of importance that came up with the saintess?" 

"Your Holiness Pope Alexandre IX, the saintess, has had a vision. And she has called for you in hast for you to come as soon as possible." 

He turns to the people and calls up a cardinal, instructing him to continue the sermon. As he has never known the saintess to interrupt the sermon, he fears the demon empire will move. So he signals the rulers here to stay back after the sermon, as he will want to talk to them. 

He makes haste to the palace of the saintess, as she must have seen visions from the goddesses and heard things from them. This sounds important, as she hasn't called for anyone in over two years and never sees people. This is a world-changing event. He says to himself that it's good and not evil.

He gets to the gate of her palace as he waits to be met in a building outside the palace. Only females may enter the saintess's palace, as her purity must be kept. Otherwise, she will lose the ability to connect to the goddesses, and they don't know how long it will take to find another one. The palace is guarded by the best female knights of all the lands that follow the 13 goddesses; they must be pure and unmarried. 

After ten minutes of waiting, the saintess comes in with two sisters of the cloth and her trusted four holy valkyries. He stands up, and they both bow to each other. Before they take their seats, the nuns prepare tea for them. 

"Saintess Eleanor, what may the news be? Is it the Demon Empire? Are they about to attack?"

"Your Holiness Pope Alexandr IX, I am unclear about the visions and what the goddesses wish me. They tell me that a person will bring tremendous and terrible change, but it helps just as it hurts. They wish for us to try to reason with this individual. But they gave me two names: Johnathan Lockard and Adam Leblue. I have heard the Lockard before, but the family name Leblue isn't one I have heard about before."

"Did they say anything else? Where to find them? Or what they look like?"

"They said they can't find him in the next 16 years as something seems to be blocking their way of seeing them, which worries them. That is why they wish us to win these people over at any cost. If they can block the view of the goddesses, then there is no telling what they can or will do."

The Pope slips into deep thought as he tries to make sense of this information. A being that can block the goddess's view is one of great power, but the person can help or hurt us, depending on the individual.

"I know of the Lockard family. I shall talk to Emperor Richard Lionheart, the ruler of that land. I will send a couple of Cardinals to bring him here. The seven-month ruler summit is about to finish, and they will leave to return to their lands."

"We must make haste; I fear the winds of change are coming, and it will bring blood and pain."

He nods his head.

Seven thousand miles North of where I started.

Music can be heard from a giant tree in the middle of a vast forest as the door opens and a man walks into the chamber. He has an arrogant and prideful face as her looks at the woman playing the harp, eyes filled with lust and desire. He is Duke Evergreen of the Deep Forest. The woman that is playing the harp is Princesses Allisara; he is slowly taking control of the kingdom so he can have her.

"Your mother is slowly losing the High Elf console to me; you should accept my marriage proposal before losing royal authority."

At that moment, the tree shined a terrible blood red, scaring the elven kingdom, as the Princesses and the Duke knew this was an Omen and a terrible one. As blood red signals the land being bathed in blood, death will be commonplace. They got up, put aside their issues, and went to the High Elf court, which made them call for an emergency court.

As they entered, the Queen, Queen Alysia, entered the throne room. Her beauty would make any man desire her, as does the Duke, but he knows her might is way more than he can handle. 

"Mother, has Aunty sent word about the Omen. Does she know what it is or who will bring the blood to this land yet?"

"Allisara, you will address the High Priestess as such. Have you not remembered all that I have taught you? Child, you will be my death."

She sticks her tongue out in protest. Another stunning elven woman walks in, followed by about 50 more men and women, who take their seats and begin the court. 

"High Priestess Dirael, what does the World trees forwarn? Is the forest at risk, and what is the threat?"

"My Queen, its view of what's to come is blocked. All it could tell me is that the land's ruler will change. And those who don't bend the knee to him will perish along with the people of their kingdom."

"Is it that wicked Demon Emperor? I say we strike will. The threat hasn't come yet."

Said the Duke. 

The Queen speaks up after pondering the information she could get.

"Send word to the Pope of the 13 Goddesses, asking if his saintess has heard from them about change to come. If she replies yes, we shall open up to talks with the humans. I fear this is something we may not be able to handle on our own."

"What can those weak humans do for us? We are better off calling for the other elves' help to finally end our blood feud with the other races of elves. So we can take our place as the top rulers."

The Duke said about 45% of the high elves agreed. But the queen shot it down, saying if the ruler of the land is going to change, it's going to affect all races, not just one group. This way, we have a better chance if anything goes sideways.

She sighed and hoped for the best.

The land of the dead.

I have been traveling in this barren wasteland for about four hours when I find a mountain that will make an excellent foothold. I stop my hover motorcycle and begin by summoning three hundred worker drones to dig out the mountain and some to set up a tent as I will be waiting out here for a while; I summon four dozen knight drones. To stand watch as I begin to get ready for bed; it's been a long day. I have so much to do tomorrow and need to relax while I can after all I finally get to live again, I should enjoy it while I can.