Poison God's Heritage

"Death Sun? Who is that? Or what is that?" I said.

The Blue Sun was as confused as I was but said, "Perhaps someone that existed before me. The suns keep more secrets than one could ever hope to uncover, I'll ask about that later, but for now, I think we should calm down Tao Yang, she's being affected by the demeanor of the people of the Beyond, and she can't control her wrath," she said.

That was obvious, for someone to have lived their entire lives in a utopic world, having to deal with 'lowly' feelings like anger and wrath must be difficult.

I approached Tao Yang and saw her fighting her own demons while her hand was shaking trying to send more waves of energy into the face of The Cryptic Sun, but since she was fighting her urges, I didn't intervene.

She noticed my approach and my reaction to her and soon calmed down. "Thank you," she said as she took a deep breath.

"I didn't do much," I replied.

"You did enough, caring is enough," she said as she took another breath and exhaled slowly.

The rest of the Suns were in a standstill, waiting for the next words of the Cryptic Sun.

The later had an ugly scowl on his face as he said, "You'll have to deal with this shit yourself, I'm out, I'll be protecting my territory how I see fit from now on."

"Don't you dare try and run away!" the Red Sun said roaring in rage.

"Bloody One," the Lording Sun said, "There is no reason to get angry, if he thinks he can handle the invasion by himself then he is more than welcome to do so. However, you'll receive no assistance or aid from any of us in case anything happens to you, and you're still under the agreement," the Lording Sun added.

"Hah, this agreement of yours, you're waving it as you see fit I see," the Cryptic Sun said.

"It is to protect those who cannot protect themselves, be warned, you're only allowed to act within your land during times of war, you can withdraw your forces, and if any of them are discovered in other territories, then it will be considered and act of war. If you still consider yourself a Sun, then respect the agreement, if you don't think of yourself as a Sun then step down."

"Fine, don't come crying to me when shit hits the fan then," he said as he left the area.

"Fool," the Wisest Sun said sighing.

The Lording Sun shook his head in disappointment, "Young ones believe that having a bit of strength makes them kings of the world. Where they're nothing but frogs in a deep well."

The Flamboyant Sun then spoke, "Old Azure,"

"Don't call me that! I'm not that old yet," the Blue Sun said.

"My apologies," the Flamboyant Sun said, "But, what are you all doing here? I thought you'd only move later," he said.

"Well, we moved earlier than schedule to avoid that asshole, but I guess he figured it out and came to be a pain in the ass," she said.

"I see, regardless, it is very risky to modify and change this structure, we do not fully understand it yet, and it can spill the creatures inside it," he said.

"There aren't many left, we took care of about ninety percent of them, and herded the rest to the central area, once we kill them off the bastion will be free," she said.

"Are you planning on taking it to your land?" the Flamboyant Sun asked.

"No, I'll take it to the Sea of Demons, it belongs to Shen Bao, and he promised me to study it," she said.

"I see, would you require any assistance in moving it?" the Flamboyant Sun asked.

"No need," the reply came from Tao Yang, "The Bastion is capable of flight, once we eliminate the rest of the Rakshasa, I'll manually guide it to the Sea of Demons," she said.

"Then good luck to you all," he said as he was about to leave, "Ah, I forgot to mention, the Dusking Sun had noticed something while he was away."

"Open up, I'd like to visit the bastion," he said.

I looked at Tao Yang and she nodded, after all the Dusking Sun was the only one who she had a direct contact with besides the Blue Sun.

Tao Yang opened up a wide gate for the Dusking Sun where he immediately went inside. While the rest of the suns conveyed their apologies for the actions of the Cryptic Sun and retreated back to their lands.

It took the Dusking Sun less than ten seconds to arrive to our side, he was simply that fast.

"This is a pretty big construction, now that I see it with my own eyes," he said as he arrived to our side.

He looked left and right and noticed that all the reactors have been repaired and are in functional order.

"Well, I guess you're all done here," he said.

"What was that about?" I asked.

"What?" the Dusking Sun said.

"What did the Lording Sun mean when he said, that there have always been Eight Suns and the Cryptic was never one of them," I asked.

"Oh you heard that," the Dusking Sun said awkwardly.

"I believe it was intentional for us to hear that, you guys are planning something aren't you?" I asked.

"I really don't know what you're talking about," he said.

Bullshit.

I kept my eyes locked onto the Dusking Sun until he caved in.

"Sigh. It's really not that fun of a story," he said.

"For some reason I feel like I need to hear it," I said.

Sighing, the Dusking Sun explained, "Well, each one of the Suns have a specific name, and the names aren't just random but they mean something." He said.

"The Lording Sun and the Cryptic Sun are the only exception," he said.

"Explain how," asked.

"The Lording Sun, or Lord of Lords, is the first Sun in the beyond and probably the oldest living being here yet. And when he reached the Sun Stage he was the first to give it a name and we all followed after it, he named each and every one of us." The Dusking Sun said.