Cursed Convergence

We Pick Up Immediately After The Last Chapter… 5 Hours Passed Since The Malum Incident The Jason,Aria,Jay Have Re Grouped At A Secure Location Outside Of The Village.

Jay(Curious): So Aria That Power From Earlier Those Markings On Your Left Arm What Are They?

Jay: They Seem To Resemble Jason's Cursed Seals.

Aria: There Called The Heavenly Seals.

Jason(Confused): Heavenly Seals?… I Don't Know Why But I Feel Like I've Seen Those Before.

Jay: When You Were Possessed By Malum… Malum Did Say Something About How It's Impossible That Aria Has Them.

Jay: It Seem's That When The Cursed Seals Are Activated You Also Gain Malum's Past Memories.

Jay: More Importantly Aria… What Is That Power?

Aria: There Called The Heavenly Seals And Basically I Was Gifted To Them By An Angel.

Aria: 5yrs Ago When I Was 10 Which Is Usually The Age When People From My Clan Awaken Their Powers.

Aria: and Everyone In The Arcana Clan Is Born With The Gift Of Wielding Arcane Magic Which Is The Most Rarest Type Of Magic.

Aria: Except I Was The Only One In My Clan Who Was Born Without Arcane Magic.

*Flashback*: We Then Cut 10yrs Back And We See A 5yr Old Aria Standing Alongside Her Mother Watching All Of The Other Clan Members Training In Using Arcane Magic.

Athena(Aria's Mother): Aria My Child.

Athena: Soon When You Become Of Age You Will Become My Heir.

Athena: Take A Good Look My Child Soon You Will Become The Next Head Of The Arcana Clan And You Will Train The Future Generations Of The Clan.

Young Aria: Mom I Don't Think I'm Fit To Be The Clan's Leader.

Young Aria: I Can't Even Use Magic.

Athena: Aria… Being The Head Of Our Clan Isn't Just About Having Power.

Athena: Its Also About Having Leadership Skills And Deciding What's Best For The Clan.

Aria Then Sits And Thinks About What Her Mother Just Said.

We Then Cut To Aria Walking Down The Sidewalk As People Bow Down In Her Presence As She Is The Daughter Of The Clans Leader Also The Next Leader Of The Clan… We Then See That Some Of The Children Clan Members Who Despise Her.

Child #1: This Is B.S She Thinks She's Such A Big Shot Because She Is The Next Clan Leader.

Child #2: I Know Right She's Only Gonna Be Leader Because She Is The Daughter Of Lady Athena.

Child #3: And She Doesn't Even Have Powers… Without Powers How Does She Or Lady Athena Think Aria Is Going To Be Able To Be A Sorceress Let Alone Protect The Clan?

We Then See A Mysterious Assassin On A Rooftop Who Is Hiding Their Presence With Invisibility And Is Also Hiding Their SOUL Energy Who Seems To Be Watching Athena From Afar.

The Assassin Then Receives A Call On A Device From A Mysterious Client.

Client: Hows It Going?

Assassin: Infiltration Complete.

Client: Good.

Client: But Don't Underestimate Athena Killing Her Is No Easy Task.

The Assassin Then Hangs Up The Phone As The Assassin Then Prepares The Ambush On Athena.

Athena Notices Aria's Struggle With The Other Children And Has A Conversation With Her.

Athena: Aria, Being The Leader Of This Clan Isn't All About Having Powers It's About Understanding Your People, Making Wise Decisions, And Doing Everything In Your Power To Protect Them.

Aria: Mom Why Did You Really Choose Me As Your Successor?

Aria: Is It Just Because I'm Your Daughter?

Athena: No Aria.

Athena: The Reason I Choose You Is Because Every Other Child In This Clan Doesn't Have The Mindset Of A Leader And While They Do Have Impressive Abilities.

Athena: Power Isn't The Only thing A Leader Needs To Lead An Entire Clan.

Athena: However Aria You Are Only 5yrs Old And Already Have The Mindset Of A Leader As You Are Kind Hearted And You Always Help Those In Need Even Though You Can't Use Arcane Magic.

Aria: Mom I Still Don't Understand Why I Can't Use Arcane Magic. Even When I'm Leader I Still Want To Be Able To Protect Our Clan.

Athena: Aria My Child Not Every Child In Our Clan Awakens Arcane Magic At The Same Age It's Different For Each Sorcerer Yours Will Most Likely Manifest When The Time Is Right.

Then Athena And Aria Share A Hug With Each other While Sitting On Top Of Boulder Underneath The Moon Looking At The Night Sky.

Then A Sudden Explosion Comes Out Of Nowhere Then Athena And Aria Jump Up As They See Civilians Running In Fear As Athena As Leader Then Jumps Up From The Boulder And Springs Into Action.

Athena: Aria Help The Civilians!

Aria: On It!!!

Athena Then Flys To Where The Explosions Are Coming From And She Sees Explosions Everywhere And Buildings Coming Down As Athena Is Using Her Telekinesis To Stop The Debris From Crushing Civilians And She Then Uses Her Spatial Awareness Ability To Scan The Area Of Enemies And She Doesn't Sense Anything… Then Athena Walks Down The Road As Smoke Starts Rolling In.

Athena Then Stops As The Assassins Then Start Hiding In The Smoke To Their Advantage As They Ambush Athena.

Assassin: It Is An Honor To Finally Meet You Lady Athena.

Athena(Serious): What Business Do You Have Here?

Assassin: Isn't It Obvious? We Are Here To Kill You.

Then As Athena Activates Her Heavenly Seals She Manipulates The Wind And Uses It To Blow The Smoke Away As She Is Then Met By 1,000 Assassins All Armed With Anti-Magic Infused Weapons However Athena Stands Her Ground Determined To Protect Her Daughter.

Athena: All This Just For Little Old Me?

Athena: I Must Say I'm Flattered.

Athena(Serious): Aria My Child Go Help Anyone Who Can't Defend Themselves I'll Handle This.

Aria: But Mom There Are 1,000 Assassins I Can't Just Leave You Here By Yourself.

Athena: Just Do It For Me… Besides Your Mom Isn't Going To Go Down That Easily.

Athena: I Love-

Aria(Upset): Tell Me When You Finish Here.

Aria Then Leaves As Athena Gets Ready To Fight Against 1,000 Assassins. Athens And The Assassins Have A Stand Off As The Lead Assassin Then Starts Walking Slowly Toward Athena As Athena Does Then Same.

Lead Assassin(Shouting): ATTACK!!!

All Assassins Then Start To Rush Toward Athena As Athena Then Manipulates Earths Gravity As The Assassins Then Start Moving Slowly As Athena Unaffected By Her Own Ability Then Rams Through The Assassins As She Takes Out Most Of Them The Assassins Then Launch Energy Blasts At Athena As She Gets Hit With The Blasts But Comes Out Unharmed With No Damage Done As Athena Then Summons Clones Of Herself AS The Clones Then Seals The Souls Of Each And Everyone Of The Assassins As They Then Disappear.

Athena's Gravity Manipulation Ability Wears Off As The Lead Assassin Stands Up As Her Army Has Been Taken Out Easily.

Lead Assassin: Impressive… Just What I'd Expect From Lady Athena Herself.

Athena: Now It's Just Me And You.

Athena And The Lead Assassin Then Clash Fists As Athena Then Charges Up The Searing Halo As The Lead Assassin Then Dodges As She Then Appears Behind Athena And Places A Sealing Spell On Her Back.

Lead Assassin: Got You!!!

Athena(Thinking): Damn She Placed A Sealing Spell On Me Now I Can't Use My Magic.

The Two Then Proceed To Have A Hand-To-Hand Fight As Athena Launched A Barrage Of Heavy Punches Showcasing Immense Strength.

Lead Assassin(Shocked): Damn Even Without Her Magic She's Still This Strong?

Lead Assassin(Thinking): And What's With Those Strange Markings On Her Arms.

Lead Assassin Then Pulls Out Some Anti-Magic Weapon While Athena Is Still Un Armed As The Fight Continues Athena Realizes Her Magic Is Sealed And She Can Only Rely On Her IQ And Skill In Hand-To-Hand Combat.

Athena(Focused): Damn It She Sealed My Magic With That Weapon She Has.

Athena(Focused): It's Infused With Anti-Magic. Even Without My Magic I Won't Go Down That Easily.

Lead Assassin Then Swings Her Anti-Magic Sword At Athena With Immense Speed As Athena Dodges All Of Them With Her Godlike Reaction Speed And Responds With A Barrage Of Punches That Sends The Assassin Flying Back, Then Athena Notices An Opening In The Assassins Defenses.

Athena(Thinking): THERE!!!

Athena Then Uses Her Immense Speed To Dash In front Of The Assassin And Kicks The Sword Out Of Her Hand And Destroys It Athena Then Sends A Powerful Kick To The Assassins Stomach As The Assassin Starts Coughing Up Blood.

Lead Assassin(Frustrated): How Can She Be This Strong?

Athena(Confident): Strength Doesn't Just Come From Magic, My Strength Comes From My Will To Protect My Daughter And My Clan.

The Lead Assassin Then Gets Back Up Then Grows Claws On Her Hands And Fangs As She Then Rushes Toward Athena Speed Blitzing Her Cutting Her Face As Athena's Blood Splashes On The Assassin.

Lead Assassin(Cocky): My,My That Looks Like If Hurt.

The Assassin Then Throws Down A Smoke Bomb As The Smoke Engulfs The Entire Village As Athena's Vision Then Starts Getting Blurry.

Athena(Thinking): Damn It My Visions Getting Blurry… I Get It Now.

Athena: Her Claws They Have Poison Inside Of Them.

Athena Then Starts Coughing Up Blood As Her Body Feels Heavier, Lead Assassin Then Rushes Toward Athena And Then Knees Her In The Face And Picks Her Up And Throws Her Through Multiple Buildings As Athena Even Though She's Weakened She Grabs The Assassins Arm And Throws Her Into The Sky As The Two Start Fighting In The Sky.

We Then Cut To Aria And The Other Clan Members Watch In Awe.

Aria(Nervous): Come On Mom!

Clan Member #1: Come On Lady Athena Yo Can Do This.

Athena And The Assassin Then Fly's Toward Each Other And Clash Fists As The Clash Causes A Massive Explosion That Engulfs The Entire Sky As The Two Throw A Barrage Of Punches At Each Other As The Assassin Lands A Blow On Athena Causing Her To Cough Up Blood Which Lands On The Assassin.

Then Athena Falls Back Down To The Ground As The Assassin Then Drop Kicks Her Into The Concrete And As She Is About To Finish Off Athena Athena Uses The Heavenly Seals As Her Powers Return And Focuses Her Soul Energy To Her Throat Releasing A Massive Amount Of Wind Blowing The Assassin Back Then As Athena Gets Up The Assassin Appears Behind Her Using A Teleportation Technique And Punches A Hole Through Athena's Chest.

Aria(Voice Cracking): N- No Way!

Aria(Screaming): MOMMMM!!!

Athena Then Starts Chanting Ancient Incantations.

Athena: Souls Intertwined, In Realms Of Profound, Forge This Link Where Souls Are Bound.

Then The Assassin Then Starts To Cough Up Blood.

Lead Assassin: What The Hell?

Athena(Laughing):Heh Heh Heh.

Lead Assassin: What Have You Done To Me?

Athena Then Pushes The Assassin Back And Afterward Athena Stabs Her Self In The Hand As The Assassin Then Feels A Sharp Sensation In Her Hand As She Looks Down To See Her Hand Bleeding.

Aria(Softly): mom?

Athena Then Looks At Aria And Says With A Gentle Voice.

Athena: I Love You My Child.

Athena Then Phases Her Hand Into Her Chest Touching Her Own Soul And Rips It Out Of Her Own Body While The Same Thing Happens To The Assassin Which Kills The Assassin We Then See Athena's Soul Floating In The Air As It Then Flys Toward Aria And Goes Inside Aria's Body As Aria's Eyes Then Turn White As She Then Falls Asleep.

Aria Then Wakes Up Seconds Later And Sees Her Mom Athena Standing In Front Of Her.

Aria: Mom?

Aria: Where Are We?

Athena: We Are Inside Your Mind.

Aria: What Happened?

Athena: I Used The Soul Linking Technique On That Assassin Which Then I Sacrificed My Life To Finish Her Off Now She Is Dead.

Aria: How Are You Here I Thought You Died?

Athena: I Transferred My Soul To Yours Which Transferred My Consciousness Into Your Soul So I Can Still Talk To You And I Live On Inside Of You.

Aria Then Feels A Tingling Sensation On Her Left Arm And Looks Down To See The Heavenly Seals.

Athena: I Am Entrusting The Heavenly Seals To You My Child.

To Be Continued…