THE GOD EATER Novel Chapter 16: The Pathways

Chapter 16: The Pathways.

At this point, he cleaned his hands of chalk with a small hand towel. The towel was white, so it was difficult for Loki to tell if it was dirty because the chalk was also white.

Muni looked at Craig again and said, "For those of you who awakened with an Innate tac, you can use your Innate tac as your Core tac. Every Innate tac can be used as a Core tac. In fact, it is recomnded that you use your Innate tac as your Core tac because it is the tac most aligned to your nature."

"However, if you pick the Sword Heart tac as your Core tac, you won’t be able to get much help from the Four Directions Sect. On the upside, it also ans that no one in the sect will compete with you for the resources needed to elevate your Core tac or fight for Branch tacs with you."

Then he said to everyone else, "As for you lot, you are in luck. The Four Directions Sect has many Core tacs for you to choose from. In fact, we have five Core tac to choose from."

He pointed to the image of the four-pointed star insignia on his uniform and said, "The Four Directions Sect has five Branches. There is a Branch of enslavent in the center. As far as I know, the founder of the Four Directions Sect used the Enslavent path to prove the Dao. So this path belongs to the ancestor. This ans that you can never achieve rank 9 with it."

Then he laughed and said, "Of course, that is for those who can achieve rank 9 to worry about. For us who find it difficult to achieve rank 5, it doesn’t matter who owns which pathway."

After having his laugh, he beca serious again and said, "Anyways. There are four other available pathways for us to take in the Four Directions sect. There is a Forging Pathway, the pathway of the mind hunters, the Death Pathway, and the Money Pathway."

"The Core tac of the Enslavent Pathway is the Enslavent Seed tac. The Core tac of the Forging Pathway is the Telekinesis tac. The Core tac of the Mind Hunters Pathway is the Telepathy tac."

"The Core tac of the Death Pathway is Corpse Control tac. Finally, the Core tac of the Money Pathway is the Contract tac."

"For the rest of the week, I will speak at length about the five pathways. I will also touch upon so of their Branch tacs. At the end of the week, you will pick one Core tac and a Branch tac of that pathway. So prepare yourself and listen attentively."

Then Muni coughed loudly to clear his throat. After he was ready, he began the main portion of the lecture.

He said, "In the Four Directions Sect, our Core principle is controlling other things to fight for us and to gain power. Take the Enslavent Pathway, for example, it is clearly about controlling living things to fight for us, while the Death Pathway is about controlling dead things to fight for us."

"The Forging Pathway is controlling non-living things and objects to fight, while the pathway of the mind hunter is controlling intangible things like emotions and mories as weapons to fight with. As for the Money Pathway, it uses sothing as conceptual as money to fight and control others."

"In the Four Directions Sect, we rarely fight at the forefront. We usually use other things to fight for us, and we usually fight from a distance, never directly. That is the essence of the Four Directions Sect, so the choice of which Core tac you will pick is actually the choice of which kind of tool you want to fight with and use to gain power."

Then he began listing out specific examples of the tools and tacs that each Branch uses so that they will get a better idea of what they want.

He said that the enslavent path enclaves beasts like birds and fish. They also control insects, plants, and even other humans. He also stated the Branch tacs for each of these possible tools.

For the Forging Pathway, he ntioned puppets, golems, combat armors, and every other kind of weapon. He told them that this pathway was all about forging powerful tools and controlling them to fight.

Next, made ntion of the tools of the three other pathways, too. He even spoke at length about all of them for one hour.

It was through his explanation that they were able to know that those on the Forging Pathway can turn themselves into machines, the way those on the Death Pathway can turn themselves into zombies. So his class was very enlightening.

By the ti the class was over, Loki had gotten enough information to be able to decide which pathway he wanted to cultivate. He picked the Forging Pathway and the Mind Hunters Pathway.

He picked the Forging Pathway because it had chs, guns, and he loved them. As for the pathway of mind hunting, he picked it because it required the sa stat as the Forging Pathway, being the power of the mind, and it also complented the Forging Pathway.

Muni had said that all pathways, except the Money Pathway, required a powerful mind. He said the Money Pathway required a lot of energy and a large energy well.

The Forging Pathway only needed a powerful mind. But so of them, like the Death Pathway, also required powerful souls, while the pathway of mind hunting and the Enslavent Pathway required powerful willpower, too.

So there is no inherent clash in the requirent of the Forging Pathway and the Mind Hunters Pathway. In fact, the pathway of Mind Hunter will also be able to take advantage of his powerful willpower.

However, the most important reason he picked the Mind Hunters Pathway is that they target the other four pathways and can prevent him from being enslaved and controlled by others.