Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

Seeing a few shadows rising from the ground near her, Raven grinned as she knew what to expect. \'They are finally here!\'

"Lady Raven," a familiar voice called. "We\'re back."

"Oh, Abbadon, Maeve, welcome back!" Raven greeted with a smile while looking at her two subordinates.

Behind them, she could see three figures in a kneeling position, to show respect.

"Lady Raven," Maeve said with a smile, "we bring with us the three ancient demon lords that have proved their will to submit to you.

"Those are the Orange, the Sin of Gluttony, Green, the Sin of Envy, and lastly, this is Cyan, the Sin of Sloth."

"Hm, raise your heads," she said and motioned to the three figures so that she could see their faces.

The orange haired Sin looked at her in curiosity as a grin made its way up to his face. "Nice to meet you, mistress!"

"Oh, hehe, nice meeting you too!" Raven was surprised at this attitude, but she didn\'t mind at all. She liked that he was friendly.

The green haired Sin looked at Raven as if analysing her. She didn\'t like that she was now serving someone who looked weaker than her. A glance from Abbadon was more than enough to convince her otherwise though.

"Hi?" Raven asked in uncertainty.

"Hello, mistress," was all she said in reply.

\'This is going to be troublesome…\' Raven thought. 

Looking at the Cyan haired demon lord, she found him yawning like a baby.

"Had a long night?" Raven asked with a chuckle. 

"Uhm, every night is a long night…" he said lazily, making Raven chuckle some more. \'I definitely relate to that…\' she thought to herself.

"Well, anyhow, I\'m assuming Abbadon and Maeve had told you everything?"

"""Yes, mistress,""" the three said together.

"Hm, good then," Raven said. "Maeve, are they all clear?"

"Yes, mistress," Maeve said with a nod. "Even though Green acts the way she does, she is willing to be fully loyal to you."

"I understand," Raven said. "I would like you three to be under Maeve\'s command for the time being, do whatever she tells you to.

"This will be an extended testing period since one\'s beliefs can change overnight, I want to make sure that your loyalty is real.

"Once you\'re deemed worthy by Maeve in two week\'s time, I will gift each of you a name. Any questions?"

"Hm, I have one, mistress," Cyan raised his hand. 

"Go ahead,"

"Will we get enough time to sleep at night? I can\'t function without good sleep, in fact, I might need a nap now…" he said with another yawn.

"Interesting, well I\'m going to leave that for Maeve, she\'s your boss now," Raven said with a shrug.

Maeve was both surprised and happy that her mistress was giving her such an important role. "We\'ll discuss that later, Cyan, once we\'re done here." She said.

"Sweet," Raven said and Cyan nodded lazily. "Any other questions?"

Orange raised his hand with a smile. 

"What\'s up?" Raven asked.

"I was wondering, is it possible to go back to my castle to eat? I haven\'t eaten since morning and I\'m quite hungry…"

*Sigh*

"Ok imma leave you to Maeve too." She said, almost disappointed that those were the \'Cardinal Sins\', but she knew not to underestimate them. "Green, any questions?"

Thinking about it for a moment, Green nodded. "I was wondering, mistress, can you show us a demonstration of your powers? I\'m rather curious…"

"Please let me take this one, Lady Raven," Abbadon suddenly said while standing up from his spot. Nodding, Raven let him be.

Flexing his fingers, a single tiny dark orb materialised in his open palm. 

Without much of a warning, the orb launched itself from his palm and into Green\'s shoulder, penetrating her in an instant.

Widening her eyes at the amount of pain she suffered from, Green almost fainted. Normally, this act of disrespect would not have been tolerated by her, but she could do nothing against someone as strong as Abbadon.

"You asked for a demonstration of our Lady\'s powers?" He asked coldly with a frown. "I am her creation. I am her power, was that enough of a demonstration?" 

"Y- yes, I deeply apologize for my act of disrespect," she muttered, her body shaking.

"Good," Abbadon said, narrowing his eyes and radiation hatred. "Anything similar to this attitude of yours and I might as well ask our generous mistress to let me have my revenge. Know that you\'re all merely alive because of her mercy."

Approaching the shaking Green slowly, Raven activated her skill Saint of Life and healed her. 

It didn\'t take much time, especially considering Green\'s own generation skills and that Abbadon didn\'t cause a significant amount of damage since it was a mere demonstration.

"Abbadon, you\'re the executioner of my enemies, not my allies," Raven scolded with a frown after making sure Green was good. "You can\'t harm those who are willing to work with us."

Hearing that, Abbadon realized that he didn\'t have to harm Green to prove his mistress\'s strength. "Apologies, mistress. My decision was fuelled by my hatred towards the sins." 

Clenching his fists, he knew he deserved a punishment. Yet, Raven didn\'t comment any further, to his surprise.

"Alright, you\'re all dismissed," Raven said with a sigh. "Except for you, Abbadon."

Abbadon had a regretful expression on his face, making it clear that he realised that he was in trouble. He was mentally getting ready for his punishment.

"What\'s wrong?" Raven asked.

"Lady Raven, are you going to punish me now?"

"Huh?" Raven was confused, but then she quickly understood. "No, no, I just have a task for you. What you did was wrong and I\'ve told you not to do it again. You\'re smart enough not to harm your allies again, right?

"I am aware of your grudge against them, and it\'ll take some time, but you will have to forgive them eventually. Build that rage and hatred of yours and directed towards our enemies, is that clear?"

"Yes, mistress," he answered with a bow while clenching his fists in regret. "I will make sure to only bear hatred towards those who mean harm for you, Lady Raven.",

*Sigh*

"Good, then that\'s that." Raven sighed. "Now, I want you to tell me everything you know about Silver. After that, we\'ll do a quick scouting mission, the two of us."

"Mistress!" His voice was suddenly loud. "It\'s dangerous, and you\'re not at full strength, correct?" 

Seeing how worried he was, Raven couldn\'t help but chuckle. "It\'s alright, it will only be a scouting mission, not engaging in any fights or anything. I just want to get a feeling of that Silver guy, that\'s all.

"The faster we get rid of him, the faster we\'re able to go back to the real world and help clear out portals so that Gaia is able to power through the coming alien invasion…" Raven had so much on her plate that she couldn\'t wait to finish all of this and start looking for Maya for real.

"I- I understand, Lady Raven," Abbadon said hesitantly. "If it\'s your wish, then I shall support you, in this mission and till eternity."

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Note: Just a heads up, the upload schedule might get a little shaky for April, because of university exams and other reasons.

Additionally, I\'m thinking of \'maybe\' trying the Spirity Writing thingy. If that happens, I will still be uploading daily for this book, but maybe less chapters etc. The idea is that I\'ll force myself to release the 3 \'promised books\' faster. Also, this would probably bring in some more readers here.

The book title for the contest will be "Infinity: Rising of the Guardian Angels", or something similar, and as you\'ve already guessed, this will be a story that is set in the same universe with the same characters, but different settings. (This will be Book number 3, while book number 2 must be released after this one \'IRSW\' since they\'re more related).

For the new book, you may see Raven, but she will not be the main character, instead it will be someone she cares about... This is too much of a spoiler, but I can tell you the book will be interesting. I\'ll make sure to let you know whether I end up participating or not.. (These are just speculations after all).