Two decades later
Ajuka
Time passes differently for a god.
Even I, as a former human, am not immune to it as it creeps up on you when you least expect it. Time just keeps flowing when you are researching and perfecting what is perhaps the greatest ritual I would ever perform, and now I have finally finished researching and preparing for the execution of it.
The Throne of Heroes is simple yet complex, at least my modified version of it. The Throne of Heroes is located in the Twilight Zone. My dimension spans the whole planet and is connected to the human subconscious. This alone makes it a perfect location for it, as it will have direct access to the subconscious thoughts and beliefs of humanity, further empowering it further and faster.
The Throne of Heroes has numerous functions and abilities, but the main ones are to record and maintain the true history of humanity, to record notable human heroes who performed great deeds, and to immortalise them and their achievements through ways of magic.
It also creates a perfect copy of their souls, abilities, and memories and uses it to form a Grand Heroic Spirit. These Grand Heroic Spirits are special spirits, alike to Shinigamis from Bleach. They are everything their original was and more, as they are sentient, alive in a technical sense, and thus can grow.
They are also empowered by the beliefs of the world in their history, both real and fiction. The fiction might add new tools and abilities to their arsenal, but it doesn't fundamentally shift their characters.
Of course, you can't forget what makes Heroic Spirits truly special.
Noble Phantasms. The crystallisation of a hero's legacy, history, and identity. These range from anything from increased strength to full-on moderate reality warping. The Throne of Heroes mostly would function as a final defence system to protect humanity from foreign eldritch and alien invasions and prevent their extinction if it is caused by the gods.
I, during the years that passed, had decided to create an avatar that I would use to travel the world and experience this world not with my full strength but with that of a demigod of my lineage.
I will split a part of my mind while creating a clone that looks like me, with the exception of changing its hair from black to purple, just to add a little hair colour variety into this world, a little similarly to the Elemental Nations that had all sorts of hair colours.
This clone will have access to all my memories from my lives and some fake implanted memories from this one. In the memories, his last memories will be a system-status-like page appearing before him, informing him he is a demigod of Ajuka, the god of magic and crafts.
Hmmm, you know what? Let's have some fun and see how I would have acted if I wasn't a god in this world. I would be able to watch and feel everything the clone does too.
With that in mind, I came up with a way for all my children. Then they would be given a gacha-like mechanism that picks three random abilities, magical or otherwise, from me or traits. Although, it would only be a one-time thing, and they would squeeze as much use out of it as they can. They will still have the natural abilities a demigod of my lineage will have.
Supreme talent in magic, the ability to see and strike the soul, special grade reserves of magic, a soul-bound grimoire, and great talents in creation, invention, and forging.
It's their cheat, so to say. A little bit of nepotism never hurt nobody. After that, they would have to claw their way up like the rest of their peers.
Hmm, yes, this will be a feature for all my future demigod kids. It will allow for a variety of "builds."
Maybe in the future, there will be lots of people walking around with purple hair. Won't that be a sight. In fact, I will make it a dominant gene so that there is a seventy-five percent chance that the child of a purple-haired human will have it too.
Wait… why am I so interested in this?
Shrug. Anyway, let's go. Now to create humanity's protectors.
Fill, fill. Pour the blood of the arcane,
Open, close. Soak in the ichor of the divine,
Let silver and steel be the essence,
Let stone and the God of magic and souls be the foundation,
Let the cosmos I pay tribute to reveal my limitations,
Let rise a wall against the winds that shall fall,
Let the four cardinal gates close,
Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.
I hereby declare,
The throne shall serve under me and humanity. Your body shall serve under me,
My fate shall be shrouded and supreme,
Submit to the beckoning of the Curious One,
If you will submit to this will and this reason,
An oath shall be sworn here!
I shall attain all there is to be in all of the Heavens and The Earth.
I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell!
To safeguard the people of this beautiful world,
Rise and serve! My Throne of Heroes!
On this day, the destiny of this world forever changed. Fate and destiny keep marching forward, but now the chains are not as tight as they should be.
Now, the fate of humanity will not be to be the playthings of the gods in their eternal wars amongst themselves.
Daikeles
"I lost. Those ungrateful cunts still turned on me after I almost put Sukuna down."
Sigh.
It doesn't matter. Hmmm, I didn't start as a baby in this reinca—
Ahhhhh!!!!!
Memories came pouring in. Living on the streets, losing his mother to the wasting sickness. Being hated by her as she was never able to find a willing husband because she was "used goods."
She cursed my father daily. Now that I know I am a demigod in this universe, I should be glad. Demigods are known to be built differently compared to all others. To take them down is known to be hard to achieve, and even if you do, you risk bringing the wrath of their parent on yourself and your lands.
This body is seventeen years old and only just managed to escape from a raid from wild centaurs who attacked his village, burnt it, raped the men and women, then killed them after.
I managed to run during the slaughter and kept running for hours, putting as much distance between myself and those crazy monsters. Exhaustion finally caught up to me, and I passed out next to a stream.
Hmmm, so it was a reincarnation, just that my memories have only just kicked in now instead of at birth like all other times.
You are finally awake, my son.
I immediately shot up from the ground with a fist ready to fly and sharply turned towards the sound of the voice.
A man stood before me. The power emitting from him was unfathomable to my senses. In all my lives, this is the strongest being I have seen.
I started cycling my cursed en—what is this? It doesn't feel like cursed energy, yet it holds all its properties. With that in mind, I tried to access my chakra, soul arts, and magecraft, which has been long barred from me, and to my surprise, it functioned similarly, but they were all run on the same new energy source.
This is huge for me. With my knowledge and experience with them, I would be a powerhouse in no fucking time. My life and destiny would be in my hands once more.
"Hmmm, strange. You can instinctively use magic in my main disciplines. That shows your talent. That's good; this world is not kind, especially to demigods."
I looked at the man once more, with purple hair that seems to contain a cosmos within it. Surprisingly, he had dark skin like me, with a white robe with gold outlines. In his hand, he held a sword that was surprisingly black in colour with a star-shaped hilt.
"Who are you?" I asked, dreading the answer already.
A small smile came on his face as he said,
"I am your father."
Is that a Darth Vader reference? Nah, probably not; too far back in the timeline.
"My name is Ajuka, a Greek god of magic. Sadly, I am not as well-known as Hecate. Sadly, there are ancient laws that prevent me from being an active parent to you. Laws that are enforced by the most powerful, and sadly, I am a minor Olympic god."
Which explains why I never heard of him before in any of my lives. Who truly researches minor gods? But seeing his strength, I refuse to believe all minor gods are of this strength.
If so, then being a "godslayer" will be a pipe dream. He might be one of those strong gods that are strong yet not part of the Twelve, like Hecate and Thanatos, the god of death.
"Where were you when my mother died? When I was a street rat living on scraps in the village? Where were you when I almost just died?" I said with a surprising amount of vitriol in me. It seems those memories affected me more than I knew.
He actually looked saddened and said,
"I am sorry, Daikeles. I did not intend… I make no excuses. I apologise and will try to earn your forgiveness, son. If there are any problems, or you just want to talk, you can always reach me."
"I created a ritual. It gives my demigods three random traits or abilities from me. It can be a magic spell, it can be skills, or a trait from me."
"When I leave, a light will appear before your eyes that will allow you to start the process. It will also give a description of what it is."
"Now, stand strong and remember."
"Always keep moving forward."
He then disappeared completely from my senses. One moment, the full weight of his existence was before me. The next, it was gone.
So gods can teleport freely too. Fighting them must be hell.
A silver light appeared before my eyes and transformed until…
Is that a fucking system panel?
There is no way that fucker cannot look into the far future if he knows something like this. Which means those words he said at the end are probably important in some way in the future.
[Congratulations on getting claimed, Daikeles.]
[As a son of Ajuka, the god of magic and crafts, you are given this one-time access to this information-gathering magic, Chaos Gacha.]
[There are two functions: to show your status and all the information as a demigod of Ajuka and your theoretical potential.]
[Secondly, you are given three chances to draw three random powers from him. There is also the possibility of drawing a curse to gain one more chance.]
[So, you want to see your status? This is the only opportunity for you to know the full totality of your abilities this easily.]
Show me. I want to see what is so special about me now.
[Affirmative.]
[Strengths and ranks are judged in a letter system for better understanding.]
[Ranks]
D - Newly awakened demigod.
C - Decently trained demigod.
B - Powerful demigod who can kill and hold their own against most monsters and can escape a few gods.
A - Powerful demigod able to fight hordes of monsters and easily win. Able to challenge minor gods.
S - Demigods powerful enough to leave their marks on history and their pantheons. They are as powerful as minor gods and can survive against major gods.
SS - A glitch in the universe. An anomaly. Once-in-a-millennium genius. A threat to the order of things.
These rankings are not absolute. Magic is change, and anything can be changed. Even yourself.
[Name] Daikeles
[Godly Heritage] Son of Ajuka, god of magic and crafts.
[Strength] D, B+ potential.
[Speed] C, S potential.
[Agility] C, S potential.
[Combat] B, S+ potential.
[Mana Reserves] A, SS potential.
[Innate Technique] Primordial Plants technique allows to manifest the illusions of powerful magical plants into reality.It also manipulated normal plants using magical energy,they are all controlled and affected with magical energy. They can be used to create and control constructs.Any plant or wood attack can be erased from reality just as quickly as it's manifested.
[Traits]
· Demigod combat senses: The senses and the mind of all Greek demigods are wired almost completely for combat.
· Demigod physique: Demigods improve quickly to superhuman levels and never truly stop growing. Although, it depends on talent.
· Supreme talent in magic: Your talent in magic is the highest in the world by virtue of being a child of a god of magic. Your bottlenecks are easier to push through than other magic users.
· The ability to see and strike the soul: As a child of a god with a domain over souls, you are able to see the contours of the soul. You are also able to strike it and damage the soul.
· Large reserves of magic: You have A-rank reserves of magic.
· A soul-bound grimoire: A grimoire born from your soul that records every spell you know and can perform and is able to cast it separately from yourself, although it draws from your reserves. It also aids in research and creation of new spells.
· Great talents in creation, invention, and forging: As a son of the god of crafts, you have a sharp and strong intuition when it comes to the concept of crafting.
There is no way in hell this guy is weak! My potential is so high, but the fact that for a long time I will have to run from gods, as it seems any of them can completely wipe me from this earth.
My new father has the concept of souls. Must be why even my spiritual kaido spells responded to my prodding initially.
This is literally the perfect person I could have been the son of, as being his son allows for all my previous experiences to be used once again.
That sends a smile down my face, as I can already picture myself going all Kratos on Mount Olympus.
[Draw the three powers. Y/N?]
Oh yeah, there was that. Yes, please.
This god is really generous with his children. For that, I will at least be cordial with him.
[Chaos Gacha activated.]
[Drawing abilities from Lord Ajuka.]
[Divine Programming]
|Mythical Skill|
Your programming is on the level of the gods. Is this even coding anymore? No? You can translate your code into an actual magic formula to execute in the world. In addition, with your coding abilities, you could bring galactic empires to their knees and make any robot weep. You could probably outcode Ultron.
[Wheel of Mahoraga]
|Divine Spell|
Manifests a wheel behind you. Whenever you encounter any phenomenon that you can't overcome, the wheel will spin and adapt you and your abilities to make you either resistant against what damaged you or give you the ability to hurt what you previously couldn't. Adaptation fades after the ability is canceled, but the knowledge and expertise gained, such as new ways to utilize your ability, stay.
[Spiritual Observation]
|Epic Trait|
Allows you to expand an imaginary sensory field that allows you to sense movements and objects inside. At higher levels of mastery, you can accurately distinguish between targets, energy, and even emotions. You can further develop this trait.
[Abilities will now be merged and engraved on your soul. Chaos Gacha spell will now permanently dissipate. Good luck, First Son of Magic.]
Immediately, a great pain shot through every pore of my body. The pain was so overwhelming that I lost consciousness right there in the middle of the forest.
Damn, couldn't that bastard make the process painless? Fucking cunt.