in a small tribal village a celebration was going on
could hear thousands of voices and hundreds of people dancing around a mysterious fire
his fire had a scarlet glow, and was partially amethyst in its center
they had just won a war
with this victory they became the dominant tribe across the continent
and everyone expected a prosperous future
the tribe leader decided to celebrate the glorious victory
but not all voices were of joy
the form of celebration chosen was human sacrifice
a man screamed in agony because his daughter had been chosen
his eyes were red from crying nonstop and his throat rough from screaming
"Saanvi , SAANVI , release my daughter, my little girl, release, nnoooooooo
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ..."
seeing what happened the high priest can only think one thing
(it's sad but it has to be like this)
but he did not interrupt the sacrifice, as soon as the young woman died he began to speak
"give some women's and some alcohol to this brave warrior, don't worry her sacrifice won't be in vain, this is for the glory of our god and protector, the one who gave us power and allowed us to win this hard battle, the one who gave us the power to control life and death, the one who allowed us all to live, we owe to him, a life to save many"
said the high priest to the multitude who answered with euphoric shouts
and so the sacrifice was judged in the strange fire and its ashes flew to the sky as if they were being sucked
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Meanwhile, the "god" they were referring to was watching
but what they didn't understand is that this is not a god, he is just a mutant spirit who developed a level of human intelligence before being a high spirit
using this intelligence began to attract people, whispering in their minds beautiful words with promises of something better and empowering them gradually managed to assemble a sect of followers
At first he acted apathetic to all humans seeing everyone as mere tools, his former main goal was not to be destroyed if to remain eternal and for that to happen he had to get stronger.
for a long time the only thing he did was keep stable all he got
however, over time something new arose, over time he began to empathize with those beings he once considered inferior, new emotions arose for humans as compassion and affection, but this empathy also created another feeling that is envy, he was envious of these frail humans because they had a "life", they could have a life, friends, family, have fun, fall in love ... everything he could ever have
each spirit has an element, such as water, earth, fire, space, time, life, metal, ...
his element is death, having developed the ability to devour souls to increase their own level of power
this skill has several factors
first, if a soul accepts in life to be sacrificed and performing certain rituals it has the value of hundreds
despite what it seemed she accepted her fate
second - if only part of the soul is consumed it is not destroyed and can keep your mind as if it were not dead
like a ghost, but not like the invocable undead that the only thing they do is obey commands
she had autonomy
finally consumed souls have almost the same power, so Saavi was chosen she had cancer in her brain and other parts of her body she would have died anyway
he as a spirit of death element, he also had other powers{I just highlight this power to consume souls, as this will be important for the next chapter to make sense} your other powers are manipulating the undeads, necromancy , souls control, telepathy, clairvoyance { he has no eyes
}, darkness manipulation, and biological manipulation, he could also bestow these powers on other beings
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finally he became a high spirit
through evolution he gained a shape, his appearance became a tall man, with glowing pale skin and long white hair, naked, bright green eyes without pupil, and on the back a large halo shining in black and red
through his evolution he discovered a new power to "faith"
this new power kept him no longer needing to eat souls
immediately he forbade sacrifices
using telepathy he warned all his adepts
he had never been so direct, and with this achievement his followers no longer considered him only the god of death, several myths arose and even the idea of a place that all would go when they die judged by the god himself, he became the god of all Life and afterlife, a monotheistic god of the underworld, these actions would eventually affect the powers of the underworld god himself.
to be continued...