Dungeon Prowler : One Man Army 118 Apotheosis

The book was t.i.tled "APOTHEOSIS" and its main theme, the power of faith was something that was recently introduced by the church as a source of a new type of magic, holy magic, although this book was not a skill or a spell, it can be read by anyone.

The guild master thought it was the same thing like the book found by Debauchery, locked by certain conditions and upon fulfillment the book can be read by anyone, however since the book was already unlocked they could not sense the conditions that were fulfilled the moment it was opened.

They could only speculate the true meaning behind the contents of the book, there was something else that puzzled them. If one tried to copy the book, the copy would either vanish or the writing would disappear, and anyone not in the presence of the book forgets its t.i.tle and content as if they had never seen them before, not even feeling the familiarity that is left when memory magic removes something.

After a long week of study and speculation, the book was deemed as worthless to any but the one who opened it, and since the power of faith was something the church was teaching, the pope decided to allow Yunan to learn from the book, simply because no one else could and he was curious about what the child could learn.

The a.s.sistant nun returned to the dungeon with the book and arrived at the door to cabin 5, there were many waiting outside it for some reason but none could open the door. The nun walked to the door and found Yunan had given her permission to enter the cabin when he flicked her forehead, so she just twisted the handle and walked in slamming the door shut into the faces of the two girls that were frozen mid stripping last time she was here.

Inside the cabin were the aftermath of some epic party she thought, as she weaved between the overturned furniture, weird pieces of armor, traces of blood and the clothes everywhere. She didn't know where the residents were until she read a note posted on a door saying " please enter the bath naked, i have a bet to win". The nun took off her habit and untied her hair, pulled her robes to knee hight and took of her shoes before pushing the door open to find Debauchery, the Valyrians, the nun and the muscled woman all inside the pool making it cramped, and were playing some sort of game.

As soon as she entered Yunan pointed at a pile on the corner of the bathroom and said "it's all waterproof, put something on and get in, although no one would mind you hopping in nude, there is no reason to force it on you", he then put his attention back to the game at hand. The nun did not even bother to respond and only put the book beside Yunan and said "learn it, it's not like we can stop you, take care and keep my baby girl safe, i don't want grandchildren while i still live, and come see me sometimes, your newest sister needs a mother figure". She did not need to specify what part was for whom, after that she left the cabin.

Dustan had the book in his hand before most were able to understand the message was not for the same person, he tried to appraise it but to no avail, he could not get a thing beyond golden book, so he pa.s.sed to Balin, who then pa.s.sed it to Bai, then to Lucian, the results were the same, nothing more than a golden book.

Reina asked the question others either did not dare to ask or did not care. "What Is the book about?". "Its t.i.tle is something strange "APOTHEOSIS" it talks about something similar to faith but not as holy nor as pure" answered Yunan, who wanted to explain more before hearing an "oh-oh, this is bad, very very bad!" From Fae. That was the second time in 5 years that the Valyrians head Debauchery call something bad, and that first one was world ending so they all perked their ears to listen for an explanation.

However Fae kept quiet, soon after Leol took his muscled guardian with him and left the pool, following after him were Reina and Lili and the newly corrupted nun. "We don't want to know if it's that bad, but keep in mind to tell us if you need us" with those words all non related had left the bath.

"Is Apophis that bad, the book he wrote is kind of reasonable?" Yunan started the conversation. "It" said Fae with pure disgust "It is the calamity that was born by chaos, the serpent that will devour the world, we alfar know of it, for it is our nemesis, born among us as mortal and then took all the things we alfar shunned and made them its own, long before the great corruption by mana, it ascended to immortality, it heralds chaos and treachery, nothing that comes from it is good and pure"

Fae fell silent as she studied the book, she closed it before pa.s.sing it back to Yunan while fighting the urge to obliterate the book before it left her hands. Yunan responded calmly "this book is the path to G.o.dhood, not just simple ascension, i read the book only once and i can tell, Apophis was misunderstood, there is power in feeling, all beings have them, faith is the purest of them, clean and holy, no matter how twisted the belief, the faith remains pure"

"The same can be said for all emotions, they are pure, each in its own way, some are negative and some are positive, some are negative, and the negative emotions dominate the world, however, according to the book, these negative emotions have the same power as the positive ones. So using the most abundant resources for generating power is a pragmatic choice. As for chaos, it is the mother of order, for only in chaos can you find order, if there was no chaos, order itself becomes inexistent"

"I don't know what Apophis did or will do, but Tartarus deemed it necessary for me to read this book, there is nothing inside that would lead someone to a path or skills, no this is the truth about the power of chaos and emotions, it's an explanation, the first step into learning law, no matter what, this book is not evil nor is it good, it all depends on the reader" Yunan sighed and put the book away "law is the next step in strength, and you taught me that my strength is mine alone, i make of it whatever i want, and i chose to use my power according to my own will, be ut good, bad or ugly, i reserve that choice"