Ascension of the Nephilim

Calaminus was suddenly weeping. Kyros was so baffled. The sight of this mighty Time God who was eccentric, mysterious, and awe-inspiring was now crying because of some mortal who was going to die.

Calaminus took the time to review the stats. He kept cursing every time he read it and would suddenly mutter strange words that Kyros couldn't understand.

Two minutes passed, and Calaminus kept doing this.

Even Kyros began to grow impatient and afraid. What if the spell wears off? What if other enemies arrive?

"Mighty God Calaminus..." Kyros began.

"MIGHTY GOD?! DID YOU JUST CALL ME, MIGHTY GOD?! I HAVE TO BE YOUR MOTHERS PET DOG TO BE CONSIDERED A MIGHTY GOD!" Calaminus cursed.

"I... I am sorry."

"You're sorry?! You're sorry for what? For being a disgusting existence that transcends this entire universe?!"

Kyros could only remain silent as Calaminus kept reading.

"What exactly are these seals? Won't that mean that if these seals were removed, I'd be strong enough to challenge the gods themselves?" Kyros decided to resolve Calaminus's envy and anger by reminding him of possible victory.

"Yes! Of course, it is! But it's just so unfair! I was the strongest! I was the strongest that my enemies had to rely on trickery to defeat me! I was their main problem! And now... I can't believe that this dying Paladin would have greater potential than me!" Calaminus wept.

Kyros wanted so much to shake his head in ridicule. Just how prideful is this god?

"Then, can't we get on with it so that you can help me and I can help you?" Kyros asked.

"...Fine... But as I said... of the following seals, I can only partially resolve the Fate Limiter seal. I won't explain the other seals because it's irrelevant as of now. But Fate Limiter is a terrifying and utterly cruel seal."

"Cruel? Being sealed in itself is cruel enough already."

"Not as cruel as the Fate Limiter. You see, this seal is used on someone that a god or a saint utterly hates. This hatred is so vast that killing the target isn't an option. It is meant to make the person suffer. Take a look at all those curses again. All of those are caused by Fate Limiter. Truthfully, it would have been better to use a Seal or curse that makes you sick or kills you when you reach a certain age. At least in those types, the recipient will have a chance to experience joy. But the Fate Limiter isn't like that. Because as the name states, it limits your fate."

Kyros glanced at the list of curses again.

"Enfeeble and De-Might and De-Magic are the only things that make sense. It limits my strength and magic capabilities, right?"

"Enfeeble curses you to have a body that hinders you from harnessing energy. It is the reason why you have a level cap and that your strength cannot increase once it reaches a certain point. De-Might is a curse that weakens the amount of Force Energy you can wield. De-Magic limits the amount of magic you can wield."

"What a nefarious curse! It was so subtle that I couldn't even sense it! To think that the energy I thought I had in my body, in my force and magic would be limited!" Kyros was disgusted by these magic. Indeed, with these alone banished, it would have been possible for Kyros to grow strong enough to threaten the Eldrich!

But as Kyros said this, Calaminus felt a terrifying stab on his heart. He had these very same curses.

"You... You couldn't even feel it? Don't you feel a sense of heaviness all over your body? Don't you feel as if Magic rejects you? Or that the Force Energy in your body is wild and rebellious?"

"No. Should I?"

Calaminus felt like he was in hell. Was this his destined torture for his arrogance and selfishness?

"Moving on..." Calaminus decided to move to the next topic.

"Along with the physical and magical limitation, a person bound with Fate Limiter is afflicted with many curses that limit their cognitive thinking. De-Smart and De-Wise limits your intelligence and your wisdom."

"Are you saying that it's a curse to make me... dumb?"

"Yes."

"... I would disagree with that. I am many things. But I have survived several battles by the skin of my teeth because I was smart enough to do the right thing."

"That's the interesting thing! You aren't the smartest person I've met, but you're not dumb! Which begs the question... Just how smart are you? Your current state is cursed!" Calaminus wondered.

"I don't know... But I'm not smart enough to figure out the last curses... De-Joker? De-Spacito and Enemy of Fate. I don't understand these."

"De-Joker is a cute name for a terrifying curse. It makes the person unable to find joy in the simplest of things. This curse is meant to make you suffer. It erases whatever joy you have, forcing you to live a life of sadness. And as for De-Spacito is a curse that is meant to slow down your agility and speed."

"Slow down? You mean like those Slow magic attacks that limit my movements to the point that I can't move?"

"I didn't put it in the same category as Enfeeble, De-Might, and the rest because this curse, like De-Joker, De-Smart, De-Wise is a curse on the mind. De-Spacito makes your brain react slower than it should. Your brain will analyze things slower than how it normally would."

"My brain analyzes things slower?"

"The truth is things are really slower than how you see things. If I throw a ball, normal people would be able to see it and follow the ball. But you won't! In your vision, that ball was moving around twice faster! But that's now the limitation of this curse. So it is actually something that hinders not only your intellectual potential but your physical as well!"

Kyros was now starting to understand why Calaminus was reacting the way he did.

"But if what you say is true, how is it that I am among the fastest fighter! Even before I acquired Marvel Speed, I could already fight with men who had the titles of the Swift, the Fast, the Uneseen."

"Yes! And you seem to be forgetting that it affects your thinking! That is even more terrifying! Because the path of Immortality demands great wisdom! But right now, you are a mortal that has reached the peak! And if given decade, despite all these restrictions, you would have become a saint! The first saint to ascend in Midlands for over two thousand years!"

"So this state of mine, my way of thinking and perceiving the world is slower than the rest?"

"And that's why I say you're a disgusting fragmenting monster! You seemed to be unaffected by these curses! Even the powerful De-Joker didn't limit you! You've laughed several times in your life! You aren't hindered in your physical strength!"

"Wait! Could it be...? The Celestial God? I received his blessing! I remember that it was after that that I found a bit of joy in my life. Could his blessing lifted up the curse?"

"Then I ask you this, which part of your stats shows that you have some blessing from the Celestial God?" Calaminus challenged.

Kyros glanced back at his stats and began to wonder why no blessings were written in his stats. Did Calaminus hide them?

"I didn't hide them if that's what you're thinking. I believe that the blessing negated even more curses! The blessing you received came from the dying soul of a God. It gave whatever remaining strength he had to you. And that improved your stats! Yet, the curses you have are so strong! I believe that your original curse is far stronger than what we see now! So if this curse has more than what we see now, then this shouldn't be a Fate Limiter, but a Sovereign Limiter! The same curse set on me!"

"To limit the Sovereign? That is a domineering name."

"Only those of the First Fallen could have inflicted you with such strong magic. But who would hate you so much to do this? You are a mystery, Kyros. And truth be told, I cannot fathom your strength."

"What about the Enemy of Fate? What curse is this?"

"Bad luck. And not just any bad luck! It's bad luck that you pass on to others. Enemy of Fate makes the universe hates you and will try to ruin you! This is why everyone you loved died and how every group you were associated with met their bitter end! This even explains why it was the Midlands that became the battleground for these nations!"

"What a terrifying curse!"

"And that's not the worse part! I am afflicted by that same curse! And since our soul is bound, and my curse will travel with you, both of our curses may combine. It could be that our curse will no longer be Enemy of Fate! But it will be a stronger curse, the Adversary of Fate!"

"A stronger curse?! Then you have to do something about it!"

"You don't think I don't want to? The Enemy of Fate not only affects you, but it also affects me! That curse will be used as a channel to send any possible information of our resurrection to my enemies! Because you have the same curse, it also amplifies whatever information they can receive! But I can't do anything about it! My current state is not enough to weaken the seals of this curse!"

"Then... they will know of my location?"

"Not specifically. Although the shroud of where you were when you were ten years old can still distort it, the scope will be smaller. They may deploy Gods or Saints to look for you!"