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So Mortal Kombat! This chapter will be another "teaching" from the Shaolin Monk and it picks up from the last teaching where the Shaolin Monk mentions "The Prophecy" this will rely partially on MK Cannon and partially not. In order for the audience (you guys) to see how important the Gathering 570 really is we have to share the story about the prophecy. I'm having a lot of fun writing this new Universe out and hopefully you all are enjoying it and taking how successful the weekend was I'll say that you guys are, and that's very appreciated.
Once again I own none of the characters I'm about to use…but if I did that would be awesome.
As the adolescent children once again surround the Shaolin Monk he starts to ponder, for many generations he has told the stories of the Universe, he wonders whether the children of the villages that encompass and protect the temple still see the same virtues in the teachings as he did when he was a small child. There is just so much more temptation than there was, new technologies have connected the temples to cities and countries all over the globe, the monks have feared this technology since it could lead to the revelation of their temple, but these children, especially these adolescents know that there is a world that knows nothing about Gods, Protectors, and Pures and perhaps the temptation to leave the villages and the great honor that resides in the villages is just too strong. As all the adolescents are seated he smiles, each one is at his full attention, each one wants him to teach them more about the ways of the Universe, and his heart is filled with joy at their curiosity.
"I left off a teaching a while back about a figure known at The Prophecy. I think it is now time for me to teach you about The Prophecy, because if you all decide to join the Shaolin Monks you must always be aware of the presence of The Prophecy."
The flames once again rise in the air to reveal a vision for the adolescents to see.
"The first two realms to form in The Darkness of the new Universe were the realms Order and Chaos. As those realms developed and created human life, the Dragon God named the first two Protectors of the new Universe. The Protector of Chaosrealm was a male named Argus, he believed in the stern leadership needed to bring order to all the chaos, and the use of simple powers such as strength and intelligence. The other Protector was named Delia she became the Protector of Orderrealm, she believed in compassion and complex powers such as sorcery, she used her complex powers to see into the future.
Her most powerful vision was that once again the Universe would be at war, the Elder Gods would revolt against the Dragon God and form their own Dragon out of their souls to challenge the Dragon God, this battle of Dragons would lead to the Universe's destruction once again. She was clearly disturbed by this new vision and thought that she should share her visions to devise a plan to prevent this new Armageddon. She thought against sharing it with the Dragon God because she feared that this could force the Dragon God to enslave all life and limit creation in the Universe to prevent this uprising, so instead she went to her fellow Protector Argus.
So after sharing her vision Argus and Delia created a warrior essence called Blaze. Blaze would contain enough power to confront and destroy any warrior and bring peace to the Universe. Argus knew that provisions must be put in place to make sure that only a single chosen person could be worthy enough to adorn the essence of Blaze. Delia suggested that the person must go through a journey of enlightenment. Argus also said that this particular person must be a strong warrior who could defeat the most skilled warriors in combat, this way once just can't manipulate their way to becoming the all-powerful. Delia's chose that her journey of enlightenment must begin with a mortal who is a slave of the Netherrealm, since this would mean that the mortal was in the lowest form of existence as possible and going from that existence to becoming Blaze would be a fitful journey of being a nothing into an all-powerful. Argus made the last requirement that along with defeating a champion of an eventual Gathering tournament that would start in the next Dragon Year, that this mortal who once was a slave of the Netherrealm who used their abilities to defeat a champion must also be cunning enough to get an eventual Gathering Champion to willfully submit their soul to them. These three virtues: Enlightenment, Combat, and Cunning would unleash the essence of Blaze upon them."
"A slave from the Netherrealm? How does one escape from the Netherrealm I thought they had to be trapped for eternity there?" An adolescent questions.
The monk smiles, "They do, but one can be freed from the Netherrealm under special circumstances."
"To create Blaze?"
The monk shakes his head, "No, mostly everyone including slaves are in Netherrealm for a reason, and letting anyone escape from Netherrealm can have serious repercussions, such as the possible destruction of this realm, let's discuss what happens when one escapes Netherrealm."
Another burst of flame rises in the sky, and a vision of Netherrealm and all its horror comes to life in front of the adolescents, some on instinct flinch or try to hide themselves from the vision, but the monk continues his teaching.
"While in Netherrealm Shinnok the new Protector of Netherrealm discovered an adolescent boy by the name of Quan Chi. To Shinnok's surprise the boy was a Pure, after questioning the boy, he learned that Quan Chi was the son of a God and a female Pure that were banished to Netherrealm because their torch was not lit during the Festival of Light, the God of that realm always admired the Pure's beauty and decided to act on his urge once he knew that she would soon be consumed by the flames. Quan Chi in order to stay alive learned sorcery and soul reaping in such a way that the flames of the Netherrealm did not weaken him as they were supposed to. Shinnok instantly believed that Quan Chi was The Prophecy. He soon devised a plan to create the all-powerful, once the all-powerful was created Quan Chi would be freed and allowed to rule over the Elder Gods due to his new alliance.
Shinnok created a secondary amulet, this amulet would allow Quan Chi to escape Netherrealm and use the portals without the Elder Gods' knowledge, however this amulet had a timer, after the time ran out Quan Chi would be transported back to Netherrealm. This way Shinnok wouldn't lose Quan Chi after his escape and ruin his chance for power.
Doing as he's told Quan Chi escapes the Netherrealm and travels through the portals to Outworld. There, Quan Chi shared a plan devised by Shinnok himself, Onaga in exchange of his sworn allegiance to Shinnok, would be given a power to raise an army of mortals that would not die, thus making the advantage of Pures over mortals useless because of the mass numbers eventually wearing down the Pure. Every mortal that Onaga's army slaughtered would then instantly be revived and form ranks with the army. With all the mortals of a realm turned into undead warriors of Onaga the Protector's power would disappear and then Onaga with his mighty army could destroy the God or have that God swear allegiance to him.
Onaga almost instantly bows to Quan Chi and swears his allegiance to Shinnok. Quan Chi then uses his sorcery along with some essence of Shinnok to create a beating heart within Onaga, this heart had the power of resurrection, the heart would continue beating as long as his allegiance to Shinnok was strong. With this new power and a new massive army of mortals, Onaga traveled through the portals and invaded many realms. He slaughtered the warriors that do not bow to him and then resurrected them to form ranks into his army. He then uses the rest of that realm's resources to help create more warriors and slaughter "unworthies" eventually like the other realms under his control the realm becomes barren and dust stricken and is eventually formed into a copy of the original Outworld. With all mortals turned into slaves or killed, no Protectors are needed and the God of the realm withers to nothing making Onaga the new God of the realm.
Eventually Onaga's Immortal Army is so massive that he believes that he can withstand an attack from a descendent of Shinnok himself. He decides that it is finally time to invade the crown jewel of the new Universe and end the new ways once and for all. Onaga with all his might traveled through the portals and prepared to invade Earthrealm."
"Why didn't Onaga just invade the entire Universe and save Earthrealm for last?" A adolescent boy questions.
"Because Onaga even with the Immortal Army, could only invade Realms with weak or newer Gods, well established Gods would be able to destroy the Immortal Army many times over, plus most of the well-developed realms had plenty of support because they had Elder Gods in Edenia to protect them. Earthrealm was in a rare position. Kratos had only been an Elder God for mere moments and had yet to form enough alliances within Edenia to arrange an attack against Onaga. Kung Lao was still a very young and very raw God, and his situation was rare because he was not as powerful as his protector was. This left Earthrealm in an extremely vulnerable situation, a situation that Onaga could clearly use to his advantage. Let us continue the teaching, shall we?
As Onaga started his preparation for invasion, Kratos was finally able to convince the Elder Gods of Edenia that Onaga's strategy of simply destroying worlds and making mortals slaves would make the new rules useless because other realms would see Onaga and try to do the same thing, causing the same destruction that caused the previous Armageddon. However the Elder Gods do not want to give too much influence to the new Elder God so they devised a solution that saved Earthrealm and limited the power of Kratos.
It is decided that Kung Lao and Onaga would fight in Mortal Kombat and the winner would become God of Earthrealm, the idea would be that Onaga would receive Earthrealm's power without having to destroy it. Onaga would then be too tempted by the power of Earthrealm to enslave and destroy it and instead would remain God of Earth relishing in its power.
Kung Lao knows that this decision is the same as suicide but he has no other choice, Kung Lao fights with as much honor as possible, but honor cannot help him enough and he is easily killed by Onaga. Onaga becomes the God of Earth and with that the most powerful God in the Universe due to his newly acquired realms with his invasions. Onaga then made his case to the Elder Gods that his power clearly should allow him access into Edenia and if Kratos could become an Elder God by stealing an amulet than he should become an Elder God by his theft of Earthrealm.
The Elder Gods disagree stating that Onaga has not shown the ability to develop mortality and that his methods of enslaving them is not an example of what they want in Edenia. Onaga saw this as betrayal and has his forces invade Earthrealm, but this time the Elder Gods do intervene and prevent his immortal army from slaughtering Earthrealm's mortals. Onaga is angered with his new predicament and vows that he will destroy Earthrealm, but only after he claims more realms and Earthrealm becomes the most advanced society in the Universe, that way the Elder Gods' power will be tied too much to Earthrealm, and once it's destroyed the Elder Gods will lose their power and he will become the most powerful Elder God in the Universe by force, like the old ways suggested it should be. Onaga did what exactly he promised, he destroyed as many realms as possible building his Immortal Army into the millions, at the same time he allowed Earthrealm's society to flourish, not for Earthrealm's benefit, but to make The Elder Gods too dependent on Earthrealm to maintain their power. Eventually three hundred and seventy Dragon Years later Onaga finally had the means and the way to destroy Earth, all it took was either a victory from Earthrealm or Outworld in the Gathering held in the Year of the Dragon five hundred and seventy, and Earthrealm would meet its certain destruction."
The adolescents are completely still, stunned at the new revelation that it was Onaga that advanced society on Earth and not Raiden. The villages that these adolescents come from all celebrate Raiden for turning Earth into an advanced society. They realize now why so many children are not given permission to return to the adolescent teachings, and that mostly no one will choose to become a Shaolin Monk. It's not because of the sacrifice it takes, giving up ones soul grants the monks an extended life and the knowledge of sorcery, it's the knowledge that makes it difficult. The knowledge that Earthrelam is the way it is today because it is intended to be destroyed, not celebrated.
The Shaolin Monk looks at the adolescents he can see what his teaching has done to them, he now realizes that his words still do mean something, and that there will be more that will join to prevent Onaga's prophecy from coming to fruition.
If you have any questions, predictions, suggestions, leave a comment, until next time….