There are 7 entities that are the pinnacle of power.

The seven entities carry the title of the seven deadly sins. Most of the avatars are beasts without reason, unlike Hosea, a person; who had intelligence along with a strong will. Among the seven, only two are persons, the others are living calamities waiting to happen. However, the beasts are usually dormant, that is why there is a time of peace. As for the two persons, their quarrel for power created mountains, deserts, continents and all other forms of earth and water you could think of as they fought for the title of the strongest. Their battle went on for a long time and in the end, there was no victor. They settled that it was pointless and agreed on a truce. Peace came and that was also the time they were viewed as gods.

After their reign of terror, they had realized that being the strongest and picking on the weak was… boring. That is one of the reasons why Hosea had been searching for a successor all this time, to let go of the burden of being a god and to go on an adventure. She didn't tell me the burden of being a god carries but I'm sure it's a hassle for her.

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“Huh?” [Lan]

What did she say? The next avatar? I don’t have a flying bison and I surely cannot control the four elements!

“Wait, don’t tell me, you have no idea what a successor is?!” [Hosea]

“No, I know that one! What I meant was, the avatar thing!” [Lan]

“Eh? Really? And here I thought that our legends would be known throughout the universe by now… a shame, oh well.” [Hosea]

This woman is a bit of a narcissist huh… wasn’t ostentation one of the seven deadly sins? Oh well

“To put it simply, that seed… your eye, is insurance that you will become the strongest” [Hosea]

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“What do you mean?” [Lan]

“Aaaaah, such a hassle to explain. As you continue to live, you’ll understand what I mean. Don’t worry about it but if you insist, here” [Hosea]

Hosea grabbed my head, with her palm placed at my forehead-

“I placed a boatload of information inside your brain, you’ll be able to extract that information when you sleep. It will in a form of a dream, I made it so that inside that dream, the sense of time is ultimately slow so don’t worry” [Hosea]

A-and there I was, before all this, was worrying about my small arc problem and it turns out there’s a whole world full of amazing powers I never knew-

“For starters, your eye is like a seal, once you open that seal, the power it takes in will become of use. You following?” [Hosea]

“…Yes, it’s in my head but it sounds unbelievably convenient to be true… Even arcs take years to develop” [Lan]

“Well, set aside your common sense for now. Arcs use the fluctuations of the arcana points to let arcana flow through its canals then releases the output which is the shape that you give your arcana, that’s all possible from the commands given by the brain. The sin series however, is fueled by emotion” [Hosea]

“I-I never really got any education so that explanation of arcana really helps…” [Lan]

“Huh okay… as I was saying, it’s fueled by emotion. Well, strictly speaking, no, that power is driven by emotion but it doesn’t run on fuel, it takes power from the universe” [Hosea]

The universe she says… the universe?!

“Stop with that look, you’ve been looking like an idiot this whole time, straighten up” [Hosea]

“Y-Yes, ma’am…” [Lan]

“This power is abundant, it won’t run dry but as I have said, it’s driven by emotions. Without a strong feeling, it will not manifest and if you also cannot control your feelings, you will destroy everything; yourself included. You've just received the seed so think of it as a plant. If you grow a plant, you’ll have to water it or it won’t grow and will eventually die out. This power also needs to be nourished or else like a plant without water, it’ll fade” [Hosea]

I… have been given something so amazing…

But of course there’s a catch... this is freaking dangerous!

“Huh… ha ha ha” [Lan]

I could only laugh in despair... I'm a mess right now

“Didn’t I say that you’re the only person I deemed worthy after all is time?” [Hosea]

“How could I be worthy? I’m incompetent… The archers could have continued to try and kill me if you hadn’t showed up!” [Lan]

“Ah… you don’t get it do you?” [Hosea]

“…” [Lan]

“The reason I chose you is because even if you had already lost an eye and you were about to get killed, you showed kindness; you showed restraint and you didn’t run” [Hosea]

Isn’t that normal? If I murdered anyone, I know I’d feel less human. I have reasons, it may not be dark reasons but they were selfish. I didn't want to dirty my hands. They were for my own sake to keep me sane-

“Lantern Venick, L, you are probably really confused right now but you’ll be fine” [Hosea]

“But I-“ [Lan]

“Even if it’s only in my eyes, you are amazing” [Hosea]

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Her words struck me like lightning...

I’ve been here for quite some time now…

All alone...

I’ve survived here where monsters among monsters dwell…

Without a single companion...

With no one to turn to and no shoulder to lean on...

Out on the surface I was always mocked, bullied, ostracized…

I...

I can’t stop the tears from falling…

In that short amount of time, this person... this goddess saw the worth in me that I could not…

After all the suffering…

“It’s been rough, hasn’t it?” [Hosea]