Chapter 139: Reigen (2/2)
When his hand interacted with the cube, the latter shrunk immediately, and its size instantly went from twenty meters to barely ten centimeters. Arima blinked and silently grabbed the cube. He observed it and then juggled it for a bit.
”Will you stop playing with an artifact created by the Original God himself?” Chulainn rebuked and Arima smiled as he walked back to his group.
”That's it?” Karma tilted her head and asked.
”Well, apparently,” Arima answered whilst showing the cube to everyone. ”Of course, if you ignore the fact that I could have died and be overtaken by an evil counterpart. Yes. That's it.”
Karma pursed her lips and laughed awkwardly.
”Seriously though. Can you use it?” Lanya asked in curiosity as she stared at the cube.
Arima shrugged. ”I have no idea,” he casually said, and everyone stopped talking.
”…I remembered something. Try giving it a name,” Chulainn broke the silence and Arima looked at him in surprise. ”It's just a story I heard. 'Origin' is just a title used to designate it. To actually appropriate it for yourself, you need to bestow it a name,” he explained. ”If everything goes well, Origin will reveal itself to you if it acknowledges you and the name you gave it.”
”Hm,” Arima mused as he observed the cube. He threw it in the air and nodded when he caught it back. ”You shall be called Deva then,” he stated and the cube shook as it left his hand.
The white cube became a ray of light that went through Arima's body and then began transforming into something else afterward. It became bigger and then landed on the ground thunderously.
When Arima saw what it was, he snickered. Origin accepted its new name and immediately connected itself to Arima's soul. The latter now knew that Deva would take the form most suited for its owner. He felt amused at the form Deva had chosen.
It was an imposing motorcycle with four wheels. On each side of the bike, there was a transparent crystal-like material that allowed one to see the interiors. There were mysterious mechanisms and energies locked in there. Lightning would occasionally appear inside of it as well.
Arima smirked and promptly rode it. The bike made a roaring sound as if to welcome its owner. The mechanisms all started moving. Some gears started spinning and some pumps began to move.
There were also some intricate lines drawn across the entire bike's frame which resembled circuits circulating a sort of white energy. When Arima used the throttle, thunder resounded and the wheels released steam at high pressure. Everyone could only admire the power and magic contained within that vehicle.
”Well, let's see how well this thing can do. From what I understand, I should be able to bring you all with me,” Arima said and released the brake. When he did so, the group felt a breeze going past them and in the next instant, their sight was completely twisted. They felt as if the world around them had blasted into pieces and that they were sliding down a slope really quickly.
The next thing they heard was the sound of a bike slowly calming down and water splashing. When they opened their eyes, they saw Hell's sky above them and the red sea below.
Arima casually looked around and snorted. Deva was perfectly stable on the surface of the water while sparks came out from time to time. Everyone looked at him with strange expressions. They had no words to explain what had just happened to them.
”You shouldn't daydream now. Someone's coming and I'm not sure if it's good news,” Arima suddenly said and looked up.
After a few seconds, he spotted a small dot on the horizon. Chulainn was the first to notice who it was and the others followed. That person in question reached them in less than second and his abrupt halt rippled the sea.
Arima stared at the figure who was now hovering in mid-air in front of them. Deva, which he was mounting, didn't even tremble from the water's disruption. In fact, Deva didn't circulate on anything physical, it actually used dimensional anchors to move.
”Let me be sure. Are you a Life Hunter?” Utain, who had just arrived, aloofly asked.
Arima's obvious reaction was a deep frown. It definitely wasn't a question he would expect considering Life Hunters were supposed to be extinct and forgotten by most people.
”I am, why?” Arima answered.
Utain didn't answer and squinted his eyes. ”What's your name?” He ignored Arima's question and responded with another.
Arima's expression twitched. ”…Arimane Blade,” he was quite displeased but he didn't have another choice but to answer. Utain was positively stronger than him and the only one who could maybe face him was Chulainn. If he could talk his way out, it was worth trying.
”Arimane… I heard that name before. Where was it?” Utain muttered and focused on Arima again. ”Your father? Who was it?”
”What?” Arima was perplexed. ”I don't know who my father is.”
”What about your full name?” Utain asked something else and Arima groaned.
”I don't know what you're talking about.”
”You don't know?” It was the beast-man's turn to be confused. ”You didn't go through the Life Judgment?” His face showed a hint of shock. ”Are you telling me the death aura around you, the different mana cores, and even the silver mark are something you got before your Judgment? I thought you just had failed to enter the Heavenly Realm…”
A vein popped up on Arima's forehead. ”Hey, will you just tell me who you are and what you want from me already?”
Utain snickered and glared at Arima. ”Sorry kid, but you will die today. If I'm not wrong, your full name should be Arimane Reigen Blade,” he declared and Arima scowled at him. ”I swore to destroy the Reigen clan. No matter if you're the last of your race or completely unaware of the circumstances, I cannot let you live.”
Utain clenched his fists and this small action made the surrounding water surge, the sky to clear, and the earth to shake. His aura materialized afterward and pressured every living being nearby.