On a night that the Moon shined so brightly than ever before, a bloodbath is happening at the great household of Kyno. Everyone is killed, servants, maids, children and even a mouse couldn't escape. The mansion is filled with blood and in the middle of chaos Therio, stood still and fought the invaders. The 6 churches with the excuse of eradicating all evil, ambushed the great Kyno house which was at the top of all family, just because they serve the strongest and greatest God, the Goddess of the night, Nyx.
Their descendants is the only people who has the blessings of the goddess which was the Mark of the Moon. Though Mana and Divine Power is a poison to each other, that if the two energy collided it could lead to the destruction of the body, but because of the Mark of the Moon, the Kyno Family is able to wield both at the same time. The Mark changes depending on the ability they use.
The Full Moon allows the user to use divine Power to the fullest, when activated, the light and shadow magic is amplified by the use of the theory of light and shadow, 'as the light gets stronger the darker the shadow'.
The New Moon on the other hand allows the user to use Mana to the fullest and the theory of light and shadow is also applied.
Waning Gibbous excerts 90% of divine power and 10% Mana.
Waning Crescent excerts 90% Mana and 10% of divine power.
Last Quarter equally distributes Mana and Divine Power to the body.
First Quarter equally distributes light and shadow magic to the body.
Waxing Gibbous excerts 90% light magic and 10% of shadow magic.
Waxing Crescent excerts 90% shadow magic and 10% of light magic.
The Mark's ability is amplified in the night and has a better application depending on the phases of the moon.
Because of the Mark of the Moon that can only be seen at the right hand of a Kyno descendant, they are feared and envied. Though the goddess only blessed the Kyno, she is kind to everyone. The people loved her.
"How dare you people attack our family, have you Popes gone senile from worshipping that boastful of a god of yours?" Therio said while pointing his sword at the 6 popes' in front of him who clearly shows hostility.
"Therio, you are the one that have gone senile, you dare worship an evil god!?"
'he sounded so curious but actually announces that the goddess is an evil god. How dare he'. " Calling the great goddess evil is a sin worthy of death. In the name of the goddess I will punish you". And with that Therio thrust his sword at the Pope of the Sun God but was blocked. He slashed and slashed and slashed but to no avail for every Pope has the blessings of their Gods and his connection to the goddess has weakened.
'this will never end, do I really need to use it? for this wicked and unworthy people? but I don't have time for this, and after all I have plenty of competent child so this old man's sacrifice is not important ' Therio forcefully activated the ultimate skill of the family the Blood moon which allows him to have almost infinite Mana and get stronger at a fast rate, though it is a powerful skill the reason for it being called ultimate skill is not because it's the strongest skill but because it's the last skill a Kyno will be able to use as it has a strong backlash on the body and uses the life force as the source of power.
Knowing that Therio still used it because no matter how strong he is, fighting 6 Pope's with the blessings of their Gods at the same time is impossible.
He charged forward and with a single swing of his sword the mansion was sliced and his steps shakes the ground. He cornered the Popes' in front of him but soon as he reached his limits, he slowed down and could hardly defend himself and in the end a sword was thrust into his heart and a 7th circle spell burned half of his body.
Therio didn't regret anything, but he was sad. Looking at the state of his once majestic mansion, the statue of the Goddess beheaded and full of blood of his family, he thought 'how can I face my ancestors, the family they worked hard to build is now reduced to nothing but flames and ashes ' As Therio continued to think he heard a familiar voice.
" Father... father can you hear me? " Therion said while tears are running like river in his eyes.
Therio thought ' This proud and arrogant man now crying doesn't look good at all, Therion is handsome since he looks a lot like me, I thought he was my carbon copy, but I didn't expect him to end up just the same as his mother, proud and arrogant. Therio smiled. " You... know Ther...ion I... never want...ed to di...e while loo...king at yo...u since all... this ti...me I... thought you causing... trouble every...day would b...e the death of...me" Therio can barely speak but still wanted to let his son know. Looking at Therion in a battered state gave him quite the satisfaction, all the trouble Therion did always gave him heart attack that he has the family doctor at his side 24/7, even the doctor's room is just in front of his. " Live on... Therion" And with that as his last words, Therio drew his last breath.
"Father... No,no,no,noooooooo! Father! wake up! please wake up... please, please" Therion screamed at the top of his lungs, he can't breathe, the pain was too much to bear. The sight of his mother and sisters body decapitated, his older brother's head being taken by the enemies as trophy, the pain was so unbearable. He grabbed his sword stood up and stilled himself.
Moonlight Swordsmanship 3rd form ' Crescent's Rage ' A silver aura radiated from his sword, the Mark on Therion's right hand turned all black 'new moon' he felt the power of the new moon surging through his entire body.
He charged forward intending kill the Pope of the Light Church who was being healed but before he even reached the Pope, Killian the Saint of the Sun blocked him. He was being attacked at all side at the same time with a synchronized tactic, they didn't give him a chance to catch his breath.
" Proud and arrogant young master, what happened to you?" Saintess of Fertility spoke. " You looked down on me saying I'm lowly and dirty, but look at you now. Your not that different from me, no, your worse than me " she looked at Therion like he was a bug, intending to crush his pride.
" Shut up bitch! Wear whatever extravagant clothes the world has to offer put makeup on your face, no matter how others praise you, you still look like a rotten trash... I'm different from you, even if I wear rags, even when I have dark circles under my eyes and even if I rolled in mud, I still looked handsome, the best man that you didn't get " Therion said while smiling, though he was full of wounds non were fatal, that's how good this good for nothing is, he has the talent, overwhelming talent a genius of a century that no one knows because of his character.
" Arghhh " the saintess screamed in frustration " your so annoying, just die already. I'm the saintess of Fertility how dare you speak to me like that " She said and casted a 5th circle spell 'earthquake'.
" Saintess? HAHAHAHA" Therion laughed hysterically " fucking hell, Saintess of Fertility? Yeah sure, sure. I'll just pretend I didn't see you playing around with the young masters of aristocracy. By the way did you enjoy your time with the third prince? " Therion looked at her with a prying eyes.
" I cannot over look this any further. A mere traitor dares to judge a saintess? In the name of my god, Luminous I shall punish you for your blasphemy " the Saint of light activated his strongest skill 'illuminating light'
Therion blinded by the light couldn't move and this chance was taken by the saints and attacked him together.
" He was hit directly by our attacks but still standing?" The saint of the Sea looked at Therion full of confusion but Therion just laughed.
"Fucking hell that was dangerous. Even if I die I'll make sure to take even one of you" Therion made up his mind, he will get revenge and for that he will survive.
' Oh mother of the night hear this plea of mine... You who guides the lost in the darkness, who gives hope in our darkest time. I beg of you, illuminate this land with your rage and kill my enemies in front ' Moonlight Swordsmanship 8th form Lunar Eclipse.
Light was being swallowed by the darkness, everything turned black nothing can be seen, no sound can be heard and all senses are being taken.
The saints feared this feeling, the feeling of the abyss looking at them. The nothingess eating away their soul. Therion hid in this darkness waiting for the right moment and beheaded the saint of light.
He felt his body weakening due to the after effects of the last form of the Moonlight Swordsmanship, the burden was too much for his untrained body and couldn't hold much longer. Therefore he took the opportunity to run before the spell was released.
Therion laid bareback on the ground praying to his Goddess "Oh great mother of the night, you, who guides the lost in the dark... My goddess who was the greatest and the most powerful of all,who is being envied and hated... "
Seconds of silence passed not because of awkwardness or lost of words but because of extreme anger, anger towards the gods who betrayed his goddess, towards the humans who turned their backs on her and to the Churches who condemned his goddess calling her Evil.
" ... Mother, forgive... this wea...k child of ...yours..."
He can barely speak because of his injuries from the ambush of the 6 churches. The Goddess who is weakened because of the 6 Gods betrayal couldn't bear the sight of her child dying healed him though not completely and spoke with a soft voice
" My child, don't blame yourself, you are not at fault always remember that being weak is never a sin... for every being is born weak, some may be unlucky and never got the chance to get stronger. But my child you are different, it should be me who should apologize-"
Therion cut the goddess's words, he couldn't bear to see his goddess apologize. " Mother... you should never apologize, you should never bow down. You are a noble being far greater than those shameless beings calling themselves Gods." Therion trembled in anger as he thought of the destruction of the Great family he prided in, the humiliation the goddess felt.
" My child, I have already given up, even my brothers betrayed me so tell me anything you want, I will make it come true as my last blessing in your family"
"Mother..." He couldn't speak, he wanted to tell her that she shouldn't give up that there's still hope for her, but he couldn't. As he was lost in thoughts he remembered the Scripture he read when he was young. "Mother, please cast upon me the curse of eternal nightmare"
"Have you lost your mind?"
" No, Mother listen, I once stumbled upon a book saying that the curse of nightmare makes the person sleep for eternity, cast it on me so I could heal myself and so we could have our sweetest revenge "
" But still... I will not allow it. Think of another wish "
" Mother please understand, that is what I want"
Looking at Therion's unwavering eyes she gave up, knowing Therion he will not give up until he gets what he wants " Fine, I'll do it thinking now that you mentioned it you do have a point, if I just pushed myself a little I could have you wake up, I don't know when but I could make sure that you will wake up. Are you alright with that?"
"That's already good enough mother. Before we start everything, Mother, I, Therion Coltello Kyno, the 11th head of the Great Kyno family, second son of Therio Sinef Kyno, the 10th head, promise you that the moment I wake up from this long slumber, I will make every human on this world pay for turning their backs on you, I will destroy every churches on land and set it on fire for condemning you and lastly, I will drag the gods down to hell and make them pay for betraying you. I promise you this in my blood and that as long as I live no one shall speak ill of you and on this night I promise to myself that I will revive the Kyno Family and make it so strong that no one would oppose us."
"Then my child, I will take your word. Rest well, till we meet again"
"until we meet again, mother "
"You Damned Gods,wait for me and enjoy your short lived glory. The moment I wake up in this long slumber I will make sure to drag you to the deepest part of hell and that you would wish that you aren't immortal."
And with that the goddess gathered all her remaining power to seal herself on the Mark of the Moon on Therion's right hand, and with that they slept for a long time.