Devil Slave (Satan system)

Chapter 952: Shadow Brotherhood And Shadow Crushers

Lenny frowned at this. He could not figure out what was happening.

However, Kanada spoke up, "I see Solomon did not give you any useful explanation Before sending you back." she sighed.

"Solomon? Who is Solomon? Was he the one that sent me here? Who is he to me?" Lenny asked, as he stepped forward, demanding answers.

Kanada massaged her temples a bit. "This will be even more difficult than I thought it would." her tone was filled with regret for stress.

"I won’t give too much knowledge out. Once you recover your memories, a lot of things will make more sense. I’ll only connect a bit of the dots for you." She turned to Cena, "can you excuse us a bit. I’ll like to discuss with him alone!"

Cena paused, "Are you sure? What if he tries to kill you again?"

"Don’t worry! he won’t." Kanada looked Cena in the eyes. Cena nodded, "I believe you!" She grabbed Venir by the arm, pulling the unwilling girl along as she left the shop.

Now, Lenny was all alone with her.

"How did you know that I had lost my memories. I do not remember saying anything about it. And i have been with Cena all through. How...?"

"Hold your horses, Assassin. Firstly, like i said before, I was once a Chosen by Fate, granted the ability to see into its intricate paths and how it binds and connects all lives and destinies.

But you see, Fate is a very tricky thing. it exists both within the flow of time and yet, outside it. It outlines the Before, the Now, and the After. However, each of these things are never truly what they seem to be.

You see, by right, the will of a sentient being should dictate the Before, Now and the After. But in reality, the Before dictates the now, and the Now dictates the After.

Yet, its called fate Strings and not Fate ’String’. Do you know why?"

Lenny massaged his head a bit. He really could not understand what this woman was rumbling about. To him, she was speaking in parables.

But his sharp mind, aided by his profound understanding blessed upon him by the cosmic law made him grab a certain understanding of her words.

"It is called Fate ’Strings’ because Fate is not CERTAIN?"

Kanada gave no reaction, and then she did. she smiled.

"That is correct. Fate has no distinctive certainty. And this is the reason for the Chosen of fate, and the Sisters of fate that govern the Cosmic Fate Web.

The goal is to give it a defined end. To pull all the strings into one long ribbon. To guide it to an established end. But it is not so simple.

This is because they exist beings capable of branching out of Fate’s will. Do you know why this is so?" She asked.

Lenny was starting to feel like a student in a class. "Power!" he answered.

She nodded. "Correct. Power! The stronger a person becomes, the less hold fate has upon their lives, and the stronger hold they have on the lives of others.

Now, tell me, if you were one who governs Fate with the goal of the ONE STRING, what would you do?"

"I’ll eliminate those in power, or at least limit the possibility of them acquiring more power." Lenny answered easily and without much thought.

"True, but things are not so easy. After all, they are beings that are born powerful, given the gift to useless the power of fate from their birth into the world. They are also beings fortunate to have been born outside time, and therefore, Fate has a certain weakness to them.

In either of these cases, what would you do?"

"I’ll..." lenny thought about it a bit more. "I’ll, find one within my control and influence the will of the others."

"Good! but the thing with the world is that Power only ever listens to power of equal or greater strength. This rule has never and will never change.

Those without power are not permitted rights, not to talk of influencing and controlling. It is for this reason that you have entered the sights of Fates.

But do not worry, you are not the only tool they have attempted to use, and you will not be the last. But there is something about you that breaks the usual norm.

And that is your connection to the Morningstar.

Surely, even in your current state were you lack your memories, you are aware of this. I’m I not right? After all, you are a half born with Holy power incredible in its purity."

Lenny nodded, "I do have an idea about this." he admitted. After all, with the memory flashes he had been getting, some pieces of the puzzle although greatly unfinished, still make a substantial amount of sense.

"The Morningstar, is one of the greatest powers birthed into the world. His extinction from the world by the royal demon families marked the most dignifying turning point for the fates. for the first time, the Cosmic fate web, had the possibility of becoming one string.

Its size greatly diminished. Now, tell me, what do you think will happen when his successor led by the fates, destroys other persons of power?"

"The string becomes smaller?"

"Yes! In fact, if done well, they would no longer be a web. All that would exist is one string with a predictable outcome and a tool of the fates to rule it all.

Like I said, they have been other tools in history. Like myself, a chosen of fate. But we chosen of fate are more like guardians of the chosen tools.

We are chosen under a specific criteria, an assembly that should not happen more than once in the fabric of time and space, but manipulated by the sisters of fate, give birth to us, again and again.

It is for this reason that I bear a strong resemblance with your Minnie. The chosen of fate you ended."

"So, you are saying they are other ’Minnies’ out there?" Lenny asked.

"In theory, yes, they are. But even the sisters of Fate cannot just produce them as they wish. clashes will occur. They only create them once a Shadow Rune user like yourself is born. Which in turn rarely happens.

They are others like you. Those that the sisters of Fate have tried to manipulate but did not succeed. Through the river of time, we find ourselves and connect, creating bonds that will help us against the threat that they pose to existence and of cause, to FREE WILL.

We call ourselves, the Shadow Brotherhood. King Solomon, the one that gave you the time seed you used was one of us. We rather think every person has a right to be who they want and can be. Either good or evil, right or wrong, it belongs in the hands of those that will it. Fate is that prison that cages our TRUE DESTINY!" As she said this, she tightened her fist."

Of course, Lenny did not remember who King Solomon was, but apparently he was of value to him.

Kanada walked around the room a bit. Her steps were focused, but "like I said, these things will make more sense to you once you regain your memory. Then, you will see reason with us."

At this point, Lenny could not help but ask a very important question. "Why... Why tell me or show me all of this?"

"Because, you will soon have to face them."

"Who?"

"The Shadow Crushers. An organization of beings just like ours. However, they have a much different goal from us. In fact, one can say that they have willingly aligned themselves with the Sisters of fate as tools to achieve their goal.

As of this moment, you are nearly of no substantial use to us. We need to first increase your soul level as quick as possible so that your memory can be healed."

"Again, I am going to ask. How do you know that I lost my memories?"

"I have indeed lost my connection to the Fate strings as a result of decision to join the Shadow Brotherhood. But I had long forseen a path that by some mix and miracles would lead to your arrival. Of course, this path was filled with a thousand other options you would have taken.

However, the one that was sure that I would meet you here, was the child."

"Who? Venir?" Lenny asked.

"Yes. She is a very special one that little girl. You have no idea how special she is."

Lenny shook his head. He was not interested in such tales right now. What was most important was on how he could get back his memories. At least for now, it was the most important thing.

"You said you can help me get back my memories. is that right?"

"Well, I can’t do much. Not directly at least. After all, i have been here for a very long time. But I did save something for you." She walked up to a cupboard and opened it....