Chpt 1- An Old Legend for A New Era

Thousands of years ago.. there was a war among the Heavens, many lives were lost, and it was all for dominance. The God of Flame wanted power, to become the strongest being, and rule over all. The God of Flame had followers, who believed the lies they were told... the greatness they were promised. The war held place where it was once peaceful.. the remains were bones and ash. Blood was spilled and tears were shed for those who never returned. Many Gods and majestic beings died during all those years the war was being fought. Only Nine gods and very few mythical creatures survived... Those Gods possessed the power of one Element each, Wind, Water, Flame, Frost, Thunder, Nature, Stone, Sensation, and Light. The Element of light was the strongest, and was in the hands of Heaven's ruler, Laurel, whom was the Godess over all Gods. The Goddess Laurel was the one who ended the war.. by ending the God of Flame's life, Him being replaced by another powerful God with the Flame Element, the 'only' Flame God who survived the war.

Now, Every year a ritual was held, a ritual to gain the Blessing of The Goddess Laurel. It was said that she would only show herself to those with a pure heart, and that her blessings would protect the people of Zoxia. Ruin was a commoner who went to see the ritual, he saw all the people gathering as a tall man was giving a speech about the goddess. After a while of being there Ruin saw a light.. it was very bright, yet no one else seemed to have noticed it. He walked towards the mysterious light getting closer and closer to it, it looked like.. A Woman!? She was wearing a long white dress, which the ends of looked like they moved on their own. The beautiful woman was about to extend her hand towards him, before tragedy struck. The trees had caught fire, it seemed almost impossible for that to happen there, It was sacred land!.. but it did. After that moment everything started to go wrong, people were running away from the danger; the fire continued to spread, and the sky was no longer blue.. but gray. Time seemed to slow down as the mysterious woman slowly became more and more visible to him, she was truly gorgeous, and felt at ease with her. Just when he started to feel safe, a dark figure that appeared behind her, held a sanctified sword in the air and at that moment her long, white dress was tainted red.

Ruin watched in horror as he saw her being pierced through the heart by the blade, a man with dark clothing which the ends seemed to be in flames yet didn't burn, slowly began to appear out of the shadowy figure that had impaled her. The man leaned close to her ear and spoke with a smirk - "Goodbye.. 'Old friend'..." He harshly pulled the sword out of her body while she spoke, she sounded weak..- "Ahh-- h- how are you alive!?..." The man didn't completely answer her question- "I'm a God!.. Any of my followers would gladly give their lives for me." Her eyes widened at his statement, as she seemed to understand exactly what he meant by that. - "yu- You Monster!" The man laughed and pushed her onto her knees before leaving without saying another word. He didn't seem to have noticed Ruin's presence..

Ruin rushed over to the dyeing woman in front of him with a concerned expression. "Ma'am! a- are you-" She quickly cut him off by saying- "I- I am Laurel- Goddess over the Gods... I will bestow my power onto you.. in form of a blessing.. Listen to me carefully, my physical body will die but my spirit will live on in you... I will guide you through this important journey.. You must gain the Blessings of all 8 gods, first go to the Goddess of sensation.. she knows the gods best and can tell you in what order to meet them... have this enchanted map, Once you are there you must tell each God.. 'The goddess of light has fallen, and I, Ruin, was given her blessing to become Heaven's new ruler, for The God of Disaster has returned'--" He was shocked by what she had said.. and didn't know why she had chosen him, but he wasn't about to turn down a goddess! so he took the map and held her hand. "I- I promise I'll do my best!" She smiled at him before making some kind of creature appear before him "hah, I knew you were a good kid.. just one more thing, please take care of Kaiju for me.. he will help you on this divine mission as well.-" The strange creature walked up to him.. it was a cat.. but with wings and horns? he was a little conflicted by this animal.. "alright" Once he had said that, he took the animal in his arms and let go of the goddess; as her body began to turn into ash, he started to walk away.

This is where Ruin's journey to save Heaven began..

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