Vol 7 Chapter 1 (1/2)
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at 24th of January 2020 08:11:16 AM
Chapter 1
Chapter 1: A New Identity
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Building a character overnight was no easy task
Cloudhawk had to start froe landHe was expected to build enough of a reputation in a short period to enter the Te anyone know his true identityIt seemed like an impossible task, at least in the couple months he had to accomplish it
It was important not to underestireat warrior when Bruno was captured, but in the grand scheer whole
While Skycloud had suffered and declined, Stormford had spend decades in a state of prosperityFor a thousand years it cultivated warriors of strength and abilityEven Cloudhawk had to be hen h the realm
Wolfblade kne difficult the mission wasThat’s why he pointed Cloudhaard an old ally, hidden in the belly of the beastThe demon artisan, Elder Belial
Belial had once occupied the Tenth Seal of dee was ten times what the fallen Elder Judas had commandedHowever, it was important to note that a dethBelial didn’t earn his position because of combat prowessAfter all, even a God or de could conquer the heavens, noThe demon earned his place, instead, because of his talents as an artisan
Belial was the th was average or less a the other Elders, his relationshi+ps with them bolstered his influenceQuite a few of the relics used by the dereater
One could iine how important a creature like Belial was to his people
After the great war, it was assumed that the Elder had been killed in battleThe denizens of Gehenna only knew he did not slink back into the darkness with theuise hi them all this time
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Cloudhawk kne important Belial wasHis artisanal prowess aside, the deuess, he iined the demon to be equivalent to a Supre and in a real fight Cloudhaasn’t sure hoell he’d fare
The De, withInexperiencedIn comparison Belial had lived for a thousand years and no one knehat tricks he was hiding – or what relics he’d accrued
“Stormford had been so tense latelyNow I see it’s because the De’s successor has shown himself” Belial didn’t see a deave up, even after all these yearsThat old fogey, never able to leave well enough aloneHe would rather drag all his people into the path of destruction”
Anger played across Belial’s faceHe would happily tear Legion to pieces, given half a chance
He was a, ordinary hu’s successorWhatever his talents, whatever his strengths, he could never shed the inferior bounds of his genetics
What were humans but lesser lifeforms? Mental prowess didn’t co his will it would never stop hiSome humans evolved to live for several hundred years, but that was alenetics li and death unlike their demon betters
What ine what the Dehts were equally inscrutableBut that wasn’t i to fight this stupid war any longerBetter to pretend he was mortal and hide behind an assumed nameHe would spend his days here, in silence and obscurity, until the sun went out
“Here’s the situation” Cloudhawk explained the gist of his plan“I aation as an Elder to help ion would look so kindly on it if you do”
Belial scowled openlyThe De was dead, if there was anyone left on this hunk of rock Belial feared it was LegionHe was very faion wanted him dead he already would be
It was not healthy to make an enemy of the Second Seal, whatever the circumstances
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