Book of Destruction

The **Book of Destruction and Calamity** is a powerful magic item owned by Richard Archeron. This divine book was one of the 7 greatest weapons of the Church of Glory. It has high standards for its wielder. Controlling it requires the ability to use the power of laws as a minimum baseline, and the owner cannot give it away to the unworthy.

It was once owned by Saint Martin before he gave it to Richard as ransom for his freedom. Little did he know that this was intentional to get rid of the book.

## Appearance

The tome was more than twenty centimeters thick and half a meter long, its cover made of bronze with divine symbols inscribed on the surface. Richard couldn’t quite understand what those symbols meant, but he could quickly confirm that they had nothing to do with the Radiant Lord. The Church had likely obtained this book from elsewhere and moulded it into a holy book.

Opening it, he found the pages had yellowed from years of use. They were filled with beautiful writing about the Radiant Lord, but a quick scan revealed that the words were much younger than the pages themselves. Flipping through it, he also couldn’t find any signs of burns or tearing, something that was strange given how many times the pages had been burnt up during the battle at the cathedral.

Now intrigued, he started examining the page further. It looked to be quite ordinary, but when he touched it he felt a vaguely familiar energy flowing through. This energy was similar to his Book of Holding or Flowsand’s Book of Time. Immediately guessing at its use, he tried to insert various types of energy within to no avail.

It was only when he started using bloodline energy that the book suddenly reacted, the page turning the dark red of lava and forming a demonic image upon it. The image looked to be that of a common demon, red body with curved horns and a heavy axe, and even when blurry he felt a faint connection to the being that was depicted. It felt like if he poured in enough energy, the creature would pop out of the page. 7;80

### **Cover**

He closed the book and placed his hand on the bronze cover, feeling a unique sensation as an invisible force seemed to try and unite him with the book. He opened it up once more, only to find that all of the Church’s writings had been replaced by ancient symbols. He did not recognise any of them, but at first sight somehow understood what they meant:

Creation, Sustenance, Destruction, Time, Eternity.

These words seemed to tug at his heart, but he shook off the feeling and returned to his study, grabbing the Book of Holding and placing it on this new book. A dazzling light flooded the room and blinded him, but after a few minutes the Book of Holding had disappeared. New symbols now occupied half the bronze cover, glowing with a dark red light as though they were melting the bronze.

## Abilities

* It could store creatures for summoning, the specific creature dependent on the type of bloodline or energy that was poured into the book. These creatures could be summoned only into the pages and pulled out whenever necessary, although there was a limit to the energy the book could transfer. Also besides the energy given to it, it can also generate a summoning every decade.
* The book has the power to change destiny, which puts its owner at odds with the power of fate.
* All these silver knights, warriors, and angels combined were equivalent to a dragon summon, capable of defeating an adult black dragon. Such a powerful spell had to have a price; a page was being burnt from the book with every summon, which meant this weapon would run out eventually.

## Summons

Book of Creation and Holding, he gently caressed the tome and felt its familiar ridges as he decided to rename it: it would now be called the Book of Destruction.

### **Martin**

Martin opened up his holy book, reading softly, “The first subjects were tormented by famine, disease, and their battle with the heretics. They prayed to the Lord and the Lord responded, promising them his blessings. Their first wish was for reinforcements to destroy the heretics, and the Lord thus gave them warriors…”

Martin’s voice echoed through the battlefield, strangely soothing to the ear. This passage wasn’t something special— even Richard knew it from the research he’d done on his enemy— but following these words a divine glow suddenly erupted in the plaza. It faded away to reveal almost a hundred silver knights that were a level higher than the paladins! 6;74

“And then, the Lord sent his servants.” This time the divine glow filled the sky, slowly forming a portal for three angels to walk out of. ALl three were classically beautiful, but their radiant armour and enormous swords showed that they were true warriors and not just petitioners.

### **Richard**

Richard poured the various laws he had comprehended into the book, flipping through page after page until there were dozens of various beings he could summon at will. The only law he couldn’t condense into this was that which governed the reaper, while there were no changes to the tetrahedron condensed by the power of Dismazon. However, this time Richard realised that the three lower vertices of the figure represented order, chaos, and neutrality. This left him curious about the top vertex, but he had no clue.

It was almost impossible to express just how satisfied he was with the Book of Destruction. With it on him, he was like a powerhouse who could call hundreds of saints to his side at any time. In the future, he could abuse numerical advantages just like Sharon.

* Elven Shamans (Elven Bloodline)
	+ Pale Shamans
	+ Silvermoon Elven Druids
* Greater Demons (Archeron Bloodline)
* Tetrahedron (Archeron Bloodline)
* Blood Inquisitor- Church of Glory (Laws of light)
* Third moon- Laws of life
	+ A simple thought of the laws he controlled opened it automatically, and as he focused on the laws of life the pages flipped to a shrine to the third moon, overshadowed by a tree of life. Richard watched speechlessly as he realised what this was— a summoning of the third moon that focused on healing. This was effectively equivalent to a level 20 healing shaman, but working on dozens upon dozens of people at a time and boosted in power by the tree of life. This combination could basically ensure immortality for a thousand people on the battlefield. The laws of nature continued to form a jade shaman as well, but this one was only level 19. He still hadn’t gone far enough in this more general law.

## Book of Eternity

With years having passed, Richard finally returned to Norland and placed the Book of Time and Book of Destruction together. As he had expected, the two divine items merged instantly into a thick bronze tome, one whose name he understood the moment he looked at it— the Book of Eternity.

The Book of Eternity had many uses; it could accurately provide one’s coordinates no matter where they were, and it had a small hold on destiny itself. It could store things within as well, preserving them in frozen time forever. So long as the book wasn’t destroyed, even living beings wouldn’t perish within.

With the new book in hand, he returned to the library of the ancient celestials. The ancient desk there was no longer useful in his analyses, but that only showed him that he had become a powerhouse that even that near-extinct race rarely came across. Still, the desk wasn’t his primary purpose in coming here; walking through the barrier with ease, he retrieved one of the crystals and started to study the laws contained within.

There were no obstacles in his perusal of the library. He read book after book with ease, imbibing the laws contained within in a matter of mere days. It wasn’t long before he was left with only the pure beam of light, but as he was about to touch it he hesitated and withdrew his hand. The barrier couldn’t block him any longer, but now he knew exactly what it was— pure light that would degenerate upon contact.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Book 9, Chapter 99
2. ↑ Book 9, Chapter 134