Totem World

**Also Known as Luminarists World.**

**Date when Garen arrived: Sun Calendar. Year 3567, twentieth of the fourth month. A year is equal to 377 days.**

The **Totem World** revolved around the Luminarist, who hid in the fringes of society and held true power and influence. They are more powerful than the Commoners, as they refer to the non-Luminarist, which makes them stronger than the Martial Artists of the Secret Techniques World.

## Overview

This world was similar to the Secret Techniques World, both of which was of primarily western culture. However, this world had barely just entered the steam era and was far behind compared to the previous world in terms of technological advancement.

While this world’s overall structure was ruled under a dictatorship, the country’s property had already started blooming.

This whole planet was separated into two major continents, namely the East Continent and West Continent. There were many island countries in between these two major continents.

The East Continent had hundreds of countries, and the Great Kovetan Kingdom was one of the three strongest countries in this continent.

The most powerful individuals in this world are the Luminists who use magical Tactics and Totems instead of Martial Arts.

**Currency used**

* Rumbs
* Tai: A type of green banknote. These green notes were this country’s currency for small change.

## Luminarists

There were many powerful empires in this world, with the emperors using cold weapons and outdated firepower to rule the world.

However, hidden in the fabric of reality, there was a group called the Luminarist. They hold the power of the totem.

Luminarists, who used white silver to forge their totems, were professional experts with extraordinary abilities. They were the specialised members who could create totems, and was considered a rare talent.The world revolved around the Luminarist, who hid in the fringes of society and held true power and influence. The Luminarists were separated into two sects, each having their own ideals. They were the **Seraph Light** and **Phantom Light** Sects respectively.

When the Luminarist moved, the world moved with them.

The **Seraph Ligh**t, who represented purity, and the **Phantom Light**, who represented evil were the two separates forces in this world. These two sects had their own respective ideals. The **Seraph Light’s** ideal was peace whereas the **Phantom Light’s** ideal was of survival of the fittest. These were the main differences in their leadership. On one hand, one used their strengths for peace, while the other used their strength to further themselves. These were the differences between the sects. These also represented two different political systems: democracy and dictatorship.

The society that represented the **Seraph Light** was the **Terraflor Society**.

On the other hand, the society that represented the **Phantom Light** was the **Obscuro Society**.

Both sects were standing at the pinnacle of the totem world and had been battling against each other for a long time.

## Endor Heirlooms

The Endor heirlooms. Legend has it each heirloom has the power to reach the skies and split the earth!!

Endor! Garen’s heart gave a jolt. Although he didn’t show a thing on the surface, his heart was already extremely shocked. In his previous life, he had entered and left the Endor ruins multiple times, so he heard a lot about this old and mysterious civilization. To think that even in this world, he could still hear rumors of this civilization.

**"Tell me properly what these heirlooms are. How are they divided?"**

"Most people don't really know about precious heirlooms, only the people at the very top know about these secrets." She paused, and seeing that Garen didn't look at all impatient, she grew slightly braver, getting up and crawling to the wall.

"Precious heirlooms were originally found by a totem user scholar, in a certain set of ruins. They're mysterious tools with special abilities. These are the Original Heirlooms, four in total, one here in our Kovistan, one in Daniela, and two others currently missing. Father thinks they might have been lost to the West Continent or towards the Archipelago.

"Precious heirlooms can be divided into three levels, **the Original Heirlooms**, **the Ultimate Heirlooms** that mimic the Original Heirlooms, and the **Regular Heirlooms** that mimic the Ultimate Heirlooms. Most powers have the Regular Heirlooms, some just have more than others, even the totem storage tool is an Heirloom technique.

And Ultimate Heirlooms were passed down from the golden age of Heirlooms five hundred years ago, so there are exceedingly few of them. Now, only a few main powers have the ability to create them. Their strength is obviously more powerful, for example the two Grand Duke families in the Kingdom both have one Ultimate Heirloom each. And then there are the Original Heirlooms, also known as the Endor heirlooms, the strongest tools in legend, there are only two in the East Continent."

**"How strong are they?"**

"**Original**, **Ultimate**, **Regular**, the three levels are only general ratings, since their abilities are different, it's hard to decide how their powers stack up against each other, they're all grades according to how rare they are, how widely they can be used and their uses. The order of precious heirlooms also depends a lot of the influence of the wielder. If someone can make full use of a precious heirloom, this heirloom would naturally be placed higher and graded better." Ann-Rue hastily revealed everything she knew. "But the Original are definitely the strongest, without a doubt," she added on.

"Then where is the Original Heirloom in Kovistan now? What's it called, what can it do?" Garen asked the key of the matter. Ann-Rue hesitated for a moment.

"Kovistan’s Original Heirloom is called Caesarton, its ability is Absolute Protection. Since Father took the throne, he's always been wearing it on his finger. As for its power… Once, three Spiritualized totem users used their strongest attacks on him at once, and Father was still unharmed."

Garen's heart gave a little jolt. His Majesty Avic was just a normal person, to think he could use this precious heirloom to fight against three Spiritualized totem users. "Wait! His Majesty Avic isn't a totem user, is he?" he suddenly noticed the key to the question. Ann-Rue’s gaze was complicated as she nodded.

"Yes, Father is just a normal person. The strongest point of the Endor heirlooms, is that even normal people can use them." Garen instantly fell silent. The secret room sank into a long silence, neither of them spoke. After a long time, Garen completely accepted this unbelievable fact, and finally looked at Ann-Rue, her expression full of fear and respect, again.

**Inside Obscuro**, we separate our precious heirlooms into categories such as **regular**, **ultimate**, and **original**. We **categorize them into levels one to three,** to simplify the process of organizing them based on their power, such as the original precious heirloom being equivalent to a level three precious heirloom.

There are many level two precious heirlooms, and almost every powerful leader possesses one. This was also the reward that we received after our first contribution in Obscuro. So you’re saying, that the Obscuro Society also has a level three original precious heirloom? Yes, this is a precious heirloom that can be reused, and it’s most powerful strength is equivalent to a form four Totem.

## Black Copper

The Black Copper Mine, in a way, is the source of all the aberrated creatures. It started when we discovered an abandoned altar at the bottom of a ruin. This altar was made entirely out of a metal that was neither silver or gold. It was completely black, and it was a metal that none of were familiar with. As the first surveyor of the Black Sky discovered this altar and this new metal, the whole of the Black Sky community was interested in it. We sent out a large amount of researchers into the altar to study this unique metal."

"The altar itself hadn’t much of a purpose as it was abandoned a long time ago. However, the researchers found something shocking once they cut open this metal that was used to make this altar. "What did they find?" Garen was caught in the curiosity.

"They discovered that this metal’s properties are very similar to that of copper, so they named it Black Copper. They also discovered that there was a huge amount of Black Copper stored underneath the altar thereafter." The Silver Masked Man smiled wryly once more. "This Black Copper possessed a shocking property." "Property?"

"Yes, you just need a little bit of this type of metal in order to corrode any part or organ of any creature’s body. It will produce a special type of secreted substance that, once filled inside the creature’s body, will give it a terrifying nature that allows it to counter the Totem Light. It would be similar to making water into a type of ice that could be compared to steel. With the emergence of this strange and powerful transformation ability, you could only imagine the excitement on the faces of the expert researchers. This is truly a discovery that will transcend time and eras!" said the silver-faced man, shaking his head. "As for how the crystal derivator came into being, we used the resonance technique that we had perfected much earlier, and coordinated it with this type of creature-corroding black copper, to forge the current crystal derivator known by everyone. However, during the last stage of the experiment, an accident occurred."

Garen looked at him silently, waiting for his next sentence.

"The accident was uncovered by an unknown, ordinary researcher. He realised a terrifying truth about the black copper. This strange metal was apparently allowing monsters that it had corroded to naturally evolve themselves! Once he had observed the incident and confirmed his suspicions, the black copper seemed to have a sense of awareness, and once it had noticed that it had been found out, proceeded to suddenly hurry up the evolution process. When the researcher raised the alarm, the other Totem users on stand-by rushed over, but it was too late by then. The monsters that had been successfully evolved has grasped a strength that surpassed the base’s control, and they ended up massacring twenty-five Obscuro base strongholds. A large number of the monsters fled the base, because we were unable to control them at all."

"Does this mean that, the release of the Aberration monsters this time, was not let out intentionally as part of the idea that you announced to return the world back to its right state? Instead, this incident, from beginning to the end, was just an accident?" Garen asked in a serious tone.

"It’s exactly as you said," answered the silver-faced man feebly. "Thus, the current situation is completely out of our control by now. A lot of areas have suddenly experienced sightings of unknown powerful monsters and strange phenomena that they’ve never seen before. We are unsure of the current occurrences, and all the surviving researchers are working hard in their research. In the end, they came up with a terrifying conclusion that the black copper contained an activated life force, and seemed to be rapidly changing the natural circulation system of the world. They brought up a frightening proportional formula, the Buffett formula. Every time it forged a black copper-polluted creature, it would simultaneously release enough influence to aberrate five other creatures of the same form. Once everyone had calculated the model, they came up with this growth formula, and although there was a complicated process in the middle, the conclusion was as such."

"Even though we already knew this, we could help but constantly attempt to create a power of our own. Once the black copper’s polluted corrosion became even stronger, to the point where even advanced Totem evolutions were beginning to appear, natural Aberration creatures of the same advanced level began appearing on Earth, and once we noticed this, the natural Aberration creatures had already evolved at a faster speed than our own, and we lost all control of the situation. Some of the monsters had even evolved to a stage that even we were unable to derive."

"Then were there any appearances of monsters that did not seem abnormal but were actually unusually strong?" Garen asked again.

"There definitely were, but these phenomena would only occur a short while after the situation was out of our control. The Obscuro researchers realised that the new natural circulation systems built by the black copper in a short span of time were difficult to differentiate in many places, and resulted in many incomprehensible natural phenomena occurring in many places, such as the music in the pumpkin farm." The silver-faced man was well-versed in professional knowledge, and the clarity of his explanations were far superior to than Reylan previously.

"So where can this type of black copper be found?" Garen suddenly gained an interest in the source of this metal.

"The crystal derivators have a small amount of black copper dissolved inside them, but if you’re thinking of obtaining the exact type of metal from its source, you need to go to Obscuro. This type of metal is highly controlled by them, because every time a monster is forged, there is a chance that it will cause five more to be naturally aberrated. It is similar to the Poisonous Dove Flower, it only needs to happen once, before it will happen the second time, and the third, before it becomes deep-rooted inside, and inextricable. In order to counter the unimaginably powerful Royal Alliance of Luminarists, we had no other choice. The Elder Parliament of the Royal Alliance of Luminarists commanded the three departments, and was a long-time established organization that had not been changed in the last thousand years. If the deviated monsters had not pinned the Elder Parliament down, the three departments would have focused most of their concentration on the monsters, and we would not have as much time to layout our plans calmy, or even develop our own strength.

## Nests

Nests are born when a plant creates a symbiotic relationship with a resonant stone. The nest once formed finds creates a symbiotic relationship, in a similar way to how a Derivator creates Silver Totems and it is from this natural process that Obscuro Society's Black Sky created the process by studying the nests, with the mutated animals/animals around them gradually feeding them and evolving them, being like the fruits of the plant/Nest.

The strongest animal that develops in the nest becomes a Nest Leader and these after being developed gain intelligence equal to a human. They can attain power equal to mid-tier Form 5.

This made Sun God King the Divine God Palace Master go together with Garen and the Cthulhu King to the ruins of Ancient Endor to get Living Secret Techniques to create a way in which he and all the other Nest Leaders could reach the top of Form 5 and surpass it. With the purpose of becoming the masters of the world.

## Elder Parliament

"What kind of organization is the Elder Parliament?" According to his previous history, he had never known about the existence of such an organization before.

"It’s the highest decision-making organization in the Royal Alliance of Luminarists, and also the strongest existing group in the Alliance as well. They were a huge shadow that shrouded over both the East Continent and the West Continent for over a thousand years, and every change that occurred never failed to be part of their behind-the-scenes plan. The three departments of the Royal Alliance of Luminarists were originally loose organizations, and if they were not combined by Elder Parliament, they would not have become an organization like the three departments, as each individual country would have wanted their own way, thus causing mutual conquests," said the silver-faced man as he glanced at Garen with a surprised look. "I assume that the time you’ve spent in the three departments has been too short. The higher level ones, and the ones with more qualifications all have an opportunity to participate in the department’s arbitration assembly which is held every twenty years, to ensure that the attitudes and wrongdoings of each country is dealt with in a balanced and correct manner. This is to prevent the abuse of power in the Royal Alliance of Luminarists."

"Then why have I not come across anyone from the Elder Parliament that you spoke of earlier? Don’t tell me that so many powerful individuals just disappeared without a trace like that?" asked Garen in a surprised tone. "Why hasn’t there been any trace of them even after such large-scale incidents?"

"Everything was underground. The strongest monsters were always lurking underground, and were endlessly evolving. The West Farm defense line that they created was an underground defense line that extended above ground. If that wasn’t the case, do you think that the Totem users and their manpower would have been able to resist the monster’s invasion? Initially, Obscuro was able to defeat even the strongest Elemental Generals. But once the monsters rushed underground into the human cities, the consequences were disastrous. If we Obscuros did not hide ourselves deep inside enough, and well-concealed enough, we would have been killed by the monsters long ago."

Garen felt that he had grasped a better understanding of the situation now. Initially, he was uncertain because even though the Royal Alliance of Luminarists did not seem exceptionally strong, the Obscuro Society was still afraid to face them directly, and only dared to attack them secretly from underground instead. Now he knew that it was because the Elder Parliament had always been watching from afar.

## A New Path

Garen uses the Green Vine Sphere with its Zibane Power and the Black Water True Technique to create a new way for the commoners of the world to compete against and find equality with the Luminarist. He taught these methods to those who he chose or joined his Black Swamp Palace.

## Known Organizations

* The Mercenary Guild
* Luminarist Hiring Guild
* The War Guild
* The Three Departments
* Assassins' Guild
* Frozen Valley
* Fire Dragon Island
* Starry Eye Association

## Links and References

1. ↑ Chapter 227
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Chapter 229
3. ↑ Chapter 233
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chapter 228
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Chapter 370
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 380
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter 377
8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 Chapter 378