"may I ask for it to be in private… for what am about to say isn't ready to be public knowledge just yet, it's for your ears only" Jericho requested.
"there's no way we are leaving our king alone with you… this won't work kid, we stay with our king… was this your plan all along? To get our king alone?… not happening" the council went on and on in disagreement…. "silence…. everyone leave at once" the king ordered, which was followed by a lot of resistance from the council, but the king's order was absolute, and they had no choice but to obey… "your highness… Erica, Alice and William can stay behind" said Jericho, the rest of the council was gone except the people he asked to stay behind, and also the priest whom the king personally asked to stay, in which Jericho couldn't refuse… "okay Jericho… the room has been cleared, what was so confidential that you wanted my ears only on it" asked the king, full of curiosity… Jericho then took off his jacket and revealed the wings covered in flames mark he has on his chest, seeing this the priest was wide eyed and a smile started forming in the corner of his mouth… Jericho then went on to explain how he truly died that day three and a half years ago, but was reincarnated cause he was seen worthy to be the world's hero… he also went on to explain his and Jace abilities as the gift of controlling soul energy, and also the changes coming to the world with just the next generation in term of having control over soul energy… he then also went on to explain everything about what caused the war, including Pluto and why Jace is different according to what the gods told him… hearing what he said the room went silent again for a while with everyone being thrown off by what they just hear from Jericho… "so… you're saying the war three and a half years ago was caused by a rouge god that wants the world, and Jace is just a pawn, with that god being the real threat to the world… I don't understand, Pluto is the name of one of the seven great gods that watches over us, we worship and adore him, why would he want to bring chaos to our world and cause us harm (shock filled the king's face)… this is a lot of information to take in" said the king still processing what he just heard… "and you're saying there will be more people like you and Jace in the near future cause of the high threat level of this rouge god" asked Alice all wide eyed… " yes… also the reason I and Jace can manipulate soul energy right now is because we both died first and had our characteristics rewritten… Jace became a Demi god (half human half god) with the blood and divine energy of the rouge god Pluto flowing through him… and I became a sub god with the blessings of all the true gods that watches over our world, and i was granted permission to come back to earth for a second chance at life as a sub god and a hero…. which I intend to do" Jericho explained… "Jericho, do you know what this means (Jericho shook his head slowly with a puzzled look on his face) you were blessed by the gods themselves, which means I shouldn't even be addressing you this causally, in fact if the people finds out about your origin as a sub god you will instantly be worshiped… am I correct father Neon" his majesty stated with a question directed to the head priest present… "indeed your majesty" the priest agreed…. "pardon me your highness, but I think you are reading a bit too much into it" Jericho responded with a surprised tone… "oh no Jericho, his majesty isn't exaggerating" William agreed with a nod… "(laugh) looks like you are a godly exhibitionist" said Erica with a laugh… "exhibitionist?" the king and priest repeated the phrase with a puzzled tone… "I told you that was a misunderstanding (sigh)… getting worshiped isn't what I want so please let keep that detail about my origin to ourselves your majesty, and also please don't treat me differently, I am still Jericho Von Menssai in and out" Jericho stated with a bow to the king, he smiled as he looked at Jericho and nodded… "it will be done as you wish… no one will speak of it" said the king and the other nodded in response…. "thank you your majesty" ..… "so… you were really killed three and a half years ago uh?… but that means you and Jace are technically not related anymore, he was reborn as a demigod and you were reborn as a sub god… Jace is still half human but you Jericho (staring with a glow in her eyes) you are kind of a god… an actual god" Erica stated, in awe of Jericho… "hold your imagination right there Erica, am a sub god… 'SUB' that means am just carrying the blessings of true gods, am still human, I think… sub god is just a title to go with my divine blessings (Jericho argued, still a bit unsure himself)… but you are right about one thing tho, Jace and I aren't technically related anymore, we both died and was reborn as something else" ..… "still a god to me" Erica stubbornly added with Jericho sighing in resignation "so this soul energy, do we have it too" asked a curious William... "yes you do, all living things possesses it, but with your age in consideration, it will be difficult to manifest any ability like I and Jace did, one of the reasons being the gods just implemented the change, and it's set to begin with the next generation…. but its not entirely impossible for you to use it… like I said the gods just implemented it, meaning your soul energy has been activated too, tho you will not be affected the same way the up coming generation will be, mostly cause it was meant to start with them and not you… so it's too late of you to command the ability freely like I can, but you can still access and command it if you had a catalyst" Jericho stated, then a bright glow can be seen on the faces of Alice, Erica and William, who couldn't hold their excitement on the though of being able to also use soul energy… "do you really mean what you just said Jericho… there's a way we can truly use it" asked an excited Alice who kept coming closer and closer and closer to Jericho until there were not much space left between them… "hey um…. Alice.. um.. you're too close" said Jericho with a red face and unable to make eye contract… "oh my… am so sorry Jericho.. I got too excited of the thought of using soul energy too" said Alice in a shy tone stepping away from Jericho… "yeah.. I could tell {that was scary.. who would have thought even as a sub god I still have earthly desires like that (nervous laugh) forgive me my gods I almost failed you cause of my hormones}" said Jericho in his thoughts… "Jericho, what do you mean by 'catalyst' could you elaborate on that" asked William, still excited even if it was impossible to tell with his current face expression… "well as I said before, even if your soul energy has been activated, you have unfortunately passed the cohort where you would have commanded the energy freely, cause as I said it wasn't meant for your generation, it was meant for the next generation… so right now you guys don't have that luxury, but you do still possess soul energy even if your body is too dormant to command it freely… that's where the catalyst comes in" Jericho explained clearly, thanks to the memories the gods blessed him with upon his return to earth… "I see… and that catalyst would be?" asked the king… "a weapon your highness… I will be able to make the knights summon the power of their soul energy via any weapon of their choice… instead of forcefully trying to control the energy through the normal means, which would be dangerous for them, it will pass through their weapons instead… I will call it 'Weapon Technique Ultra'… yeah.. not a bad name" said Jericho with pride and a smile, looking around him the other were holding in their laugh after hearing what Jericho called it… "Jericho… that name won't work out… am sorry, what even was that, sound so cringe… don't ever consider saying it in public if you don't want to be the jest of the nation" said William with a sigh… "too late… I plan on telling everyone" said Erica with a heavy laugh… "am sorry Jericho… but bless your heart for trying tho" said Alice trying to console Jericho… "give me a break!!!… fine, how about Soul Technique Ultra, jeez" ..… "is it really necessary for ULTRA to be part of the name" Alice asked while trying to hold in her laugh…. "I thought adding 'ultra' would make it sound captivating" said a shy Jericho trying to hide his face in embarrassment… "yeah, it captivating alright… maybe too captivating… soul technique is a much better name, no ultra please" ..… "yeah, yeah… anyway… (clears throat) those weapons can't be made with just any material, what we use should be able to withstand the tenacious energy that will be flowing through it… so with your approval your highness, I can commence the research, and start training the knights (the king nodded in understanding) but there is another problem I just discovered… not everyone's soul energy was activated, am guessing that's because they didn't have enough capacity in the first place for it to get activated, not too sure tho… for example… I can sense really strong flow of soul energy from both Erica and Alice, which makes their potential really high and I can also sense it in Sir. William, but in another form to what I normally feel… am guessing it's because of how he trained his body and mind to be more superior in terms of strength… would be really interesting to see how Sir. William will develop… on my way here I couldn't sense any activity of soul energy on most of the knight around the castle… hopefully we will get enough with potential" Jericho explained… "I see… Jericho would this be harmful in anyway, as you said their body is too dormant to control soul energy" asked the king worried for his daughter… "oh no your highness, that's why it activated within them in the first place… but they can't discharge it directly as I can… that's the only place their body is dormant on, that's why we need the weapon, to help them discharge it easily… hence the name Soul Technique" Jericho ..… "okay… in that case you have my permission to move freely withing the castle and kingdom… you are hereby an ally of the crown, and everything within the kingdom and within my power to offer you is yours… our future is in your hands Jericho… I trust you" said the king with a smile… "thank you your highness… pardon me your highness but may I make that request early" ..… "ohh… what do you need" ..… "I want to make use of the Evlogia ore… I need it to contact the gods… before I came I was told I can use that to talk to them anytime I need guidance, and I can find it in Righteous" Jericho requested with a bow, the king turned his gaze toward the priest still present to hear his reply… "of course child of the gods… someone as holy as yourself shouldn't even have to make a request like that, it's yours whenever you need it" the priest responded to the surprise of everyone present and even the king… the priest is a truly kind man and does everything for the kingdom, but when it comes to the ore he gets really protective of it, to the extent that not even the king himself has laid eyes upon it… but upon hearing what Jericho had to say, it would be foolish to deny him anything, he practically sees Jericho as a god who has descended to save them… "well there you go Jericho, you can stop by the holy church whenever you like to make use of it" said the king… "thank you your highness… and we should start preparing too, the next generation will soon start manifesting their abilities, we should keep an eye on all the children aging from eight to twelve years old… if possible your highness you can contact the other three powers and tell them about the changes coming to the world with the use of soul energy, so they won't be blindsided by it and view the kids as hostile… but we should keep the other stuff about Pluto, the war, the use of soul technique and my true origin to ourselves for now… am not sure who can be trusted just yet, Jace power caused a lot of fear and disruption in the world, I won't be surprise if he has eyes and ears in every kingdom including the three great powers, they would definitely be people who would feel with how unstoppable Jace currently is it's only a matter of time before he conquers the three great powers… then they will decide to work for Jace in other to protect themselves" ..… "with how things currently are, I can't argue with that point… you haven't seen Jace in action yet Jericho… he is completely ruthless, his abilities are utterly devastating, he is so cold, like he has no emotions, and he has allied himself with some very powerful Drakziel and Demonoid (sigh) it's understandable why some people would want to betray their nation, but it's still no excuse… your kingdom took care of you, it's only fair you take care of it too in return" said Erica with a tired tone… "true… there was no way of seeing any form of hope in winning against Jace… we know we were always fighting a losing battle, but we still had to defend our kingdom"… William adds with a sympathetic look in his eyes… "a lot of nations fell… a lot of deaths… a lot of lives destroyed by Jace in the early stages of his upraising… we were completely blindsided… had no clue of what we were truly up against until it was too late" said Alice with tears gathering in her eyes, and the atmosphere took a gloomy turn… "believe me, I know… but back then you were powerless cause you didn't understand the nature of the enemy, the strange gifts he possesses was something you would have never been prepared for… but now… now you know what you are dealing with, not only that you have the means to fight back, and you also have me now… a special person told me this ones… 'the good thing about faith and destiny is it's always in our hands, and with the right tools we can always change it'… right now we have that, we just have to change our destiny… we'll take back our world no matter what… let get to work" said Jericho with confidence in his voice… "excellent… I will get the safe information to the other nations as soon as I can, in the main time you are free to commence with what we discussed" said the king as he stood up in preparation to leave… "of course your highness" replied Jericho with a bow as the king left with the priest… "so what do we do first" asked Erica with them now alone in the room… "I need to start the research for the weapons, we are way behind, we have to catch up and start gathering momentum" ..… "we will commence light training with all the knight then when your are back you can figure out which of them has an active soul energy to join the training of the Elite Knights…. yeah I just thought of that name for the knights that will be using soul technique… that's how you do it Jericho" said Erica with a wink, while Jericho rolled his eyes… "anyway… I will head to the Holy Church of The Seven Faiths to make use of the ore" ..… "sounds like a plan" William added… "um… excuse me…eh.. Jericho.. is it… is it okay if I go with… with you… you know… just in case… um, to watch your back I mean… yeah, to watch your back.." Alice asked all shy and red faced with a shaky gaze and voice, Erica saw and understood what Alice really wanted and couldn't help but smile… "uh… yeah…yeah sure I could use the company" Jericho responded without a second thought… "okay we have our task, lets get to it shall we" said Erica to the group, they nodded in responds and set out on their way…
"hey commander, what was that back there with Alice… wasn't she acting a bit strange" asked a confused and curious William… "oh Willy my good man, we can't keep the baby bird in the nest forever you know, at some point they would want to fly too… (sigh) they grow up so fast" said Erica with a sigh and a smile… "commander, even if it's impossible for you to act like a princess and the heir that you are, would it kill you to act at least like a normal person" William responded with an exasperated tone and a look of defeat… "(laugh) where's the fun in that Willy… I and boring don't mix" ..… "I do not envy whoever is brave enough to take you as their bride… and please refrain from calling me Willy commander, thought we talked about that before" said William with a sigh… "ohh quit being a downer Willy, it's not my fault it stick… look alive" said Erica with a laugh as they both turned a corner and went out of sight.