Chapter 91: The ritual (5)
Calen thought he knew pain - he didn’t.
What he was currently experiencing made the sliver lotus look pleasant - at least there the pain was purely physical, and therefore limited by human physiology.
But not here.
His mind was frozen, his soul was on fire and his flesh was being shredded - at least that’s how it felt, in reality only his soul was being directly affected by the ritual, the rest was just a side effect.
The only thing he could perceive was pain, any other sensation or feeling was completely cut off, leaving him deaf, blind and mute.
He tried to scream - and maybe he did, it was difficult to tell in his current state - he did everything to keep focus, to not lose the grasp on his tenets.
To do so, he attempted to recall what made him decide on each of them:
The case of Konrad - how deep the conspiracy went, and how many plot twist they went through before they finally arrived at the TRUTH.
Both the dagger and the corrupted creatures made him realise that no matter how corrupted somethig is, ABSOLUTION is always possible.
Finally was the story of how Maya and Alison met, as well as the coup that took place in the Order - he despised betrayal in any form, and ultimately valued LOYALTY above all else when it came to relationships.
Those were his tenets - the values he would uphold as a holder of the divine flame.
He acknowledged that his choices were very different from those of the current Sun God, his were targeted towards others, while the deity focused solely on themself.