" Why is Azazel there ? " " He went in on his own he was used as a scapegoat or as what you can call a prototype for crucifixion " " So does he actually have such a power ? " " Yes , in fact , I can guarantee that if you can find a way to free him from God's influence he might help you "
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Abaddon walks as Isir worries " Why is he helping us ? " " He is geniunely someone who actually disapproves god " " How can you tell ? " " First proof is that his memories show disdain and desire for free will and even now he doesn't hold any emotions , Although I can see sadness , depression , despair "
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" They do result in disinterest " Isir said as Abaddon took Azazel up " Here you can wake him up " Karma slapped the demon surprising Abaddon as he chuckled a bit " Hey sleepy I want the method of Crucifixion , Preferably the one that doesn't carry sins but merit "
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Azazel was surprised to be hit and wake up to hear Karma's demands before anything else " Hello Old friend I see that you are awake this human here has an offer to you ? "
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" What does he want to have to hit me ? " " Simple I want you to give me the secret of carrying the sins of humanity as a scapegoat "
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Azazel shows disdain " In exchange I'll give you connections to the monster about the monster god fears " " What the false prophet ? " Azazel said not trying to be sarcastic but looking down on Karma .
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" It's me " Azazel was surprised to hear it as Karma was emitting Sigils that it even caused Abaddon to shiver .
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" Don't you want to know ? " if God was a king with a tight grasp on their kingdom and people , then whatever they were experiencing was like looking at a stranger , a stranger and a foreigner of god's kingdom .
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' This feeling is as terrifying as Lucifer's disapproval god , have my memory failed me because it was a long time ago that I am this afraid ? ' Azazel couldn't help but wish for god to decide his fate as the sigils stopped .
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" So have you gained your so-called free will ? " Azazel felt his soul not sensing any of god's presence " It's really gone ? " Azazel felt a familiar feeling again " Of course you won't get it unless you help me with Crucifixion "
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Azazel wanted the spark of free will " I will give it to you " Azazel extracted a part of his soul " Alright then I'll make sure everything is in order for Damnation "
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Azazel can only hope that Karma gives him what he wants as Karma goes to Lilith who held the key while Karma held the newly acquired form of crucifixion .
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" How will you do it ? " " With my blood of course it seems suitable if we want to damn all your relatives " " I made them agree here " Lilith ignites her hand as Karma was annoyed internally that things were not in his control but was glad Lilith still had the key to the abyss .
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They shook as Karma went to where the hybrids live " Alright as agreed I will make damnations I'll take all your merits and the chance to go to heaven " " Fine by me I already told everyone about it so keep your promise "
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" Yes yes I will now I'll see you later in hell too Lilith " Karma opens a packets of blood and uses the method he got from Isir to create a nail with a hole to spill the blood creating a circle and then making the Pentagram with five nails as the nails gathered all the merits of the hybrids injecting them to the blood pentagram .
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" See I did it don't you think I'm more capable " he feels a form of elation , great satisfaction , and happiness but suddenly pain . He tried to keep quiet about it as Lilith misunderstood his pain as acting .
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" I am not waiting for you to delay it by twisting your words " " Yes yes I'll absorb all their merits "
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' To be honest the act of stealing credit is basically damning me already I even have a lot of sins telling me to carry more is annoying but the annoying fact that the opposite of salvation called damnation hurts me too the same way it hurts to carry the sins although there's at least a different results in the end '
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Lilith narrowed her eyes as Karma's left eye turned into a pentagram " Hmm that's a nice look " Karma said to himself using a phone to see it ' It feels heavy too is this what you call the sins of stealing ? the merits on the other hand I don't feel any of them '
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He recalls the story of Crucifixion as he follows Lilith to hell ' I do remember there is supposed to be pain when Crucifixion occurred and then ascension to heaven within a few days ' he checks the condition of the Crown of thorns noticing that it has cracked a little .
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' It's Original purpose was to help carry sins it was impressive to not crumble to the weight but it looks like it did a bit maybe I should make sure I don't get damned into hell but then again I haven't exactly died so I'm sure I'll be fine in the meantime unlike the son who slowly succumbed to death '
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Karma looks at hell as he takes away all the merits to taking away all the merits of Lilith's children as he also feels the same Elation but with sudden long-term pain ' I see so this is opposite of the crucifixion , the act of taking credit is a sin , the punishment for stealing the reward of someone's acts '
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" You know this damnation thing is like taking credit from someone there is elation for getting the reward with no effort but there's the punishment for getting caught , maybe that's what Crucifixion is about "
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Lilith didn't care about it as she was more annoyed and wished for Karma to die sooner " I wish you die " " Go and cut the leaf with my name on it and let Azrael do it for you , I'm sure he'll do it "
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" I'm not stupid enough to face the angel of death " Karma smiles as he returns to Abaddon " I got the key to the abyss of hell so I hope this will buy us enough time until some annoying angel comes down to take it . "
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" That was anti-climatic " Isir said as they were all watching TV through their power " Funny for you to say , but I know the nature of Crucifixion now , After I took away all the merits I felt a form of Elation "
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Karma said as Isir wondered what that should feel like " But then I felt a pain like all the merit I got was turned into sins " Karma used the scales to show the weight " It suddenly became heavy , I will probably go to hell with this one but I need to die first for that "
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" Oh like , how the son could only go to heaven because he died for our sins ? " " Yes I guess the sins of humanity didn't kill him but the nails did which is probably why they have the merit of bringing salvation "
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The two angels listened as Azazel asked " Hey aren't you going to remove God's influence from me ? " Karma smiled " Of course I will but right now it's strange though god's influence is dormant the same way it is dormant in Abaddon it seems like this influence means that god has plans for you "
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" I thought the same too but what if god's influence is everywhere ? " Isir said " I don't think so I passed by a few humans before meeting with Lilith and found that there is no such thing as god's influence in a lot of humans "
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" No god has plans for humanity " Azazel said " Just because you can't sense the influence of god that doesn't mean he doesn't have plans because god can just exert his influence after all currently we are at the seventh seal " Abaddon said , Karma wonders about it .
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" How about the mark of the beast and the sign of god ? " Isir asked " Yes that's what God will use to mark those to be spared and those to be killed and tortured " Azazel said as Abaddon continued watching silently .
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" Abaddon you should know what it looks like right ? " " Yes it can be found in the Genesis when god made man 7 means completion while 6 is incomplete because it was only on the seventh day that god rested so that man could rest with him " Abaddon answered .
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" The seventh day is like what heaven is supposed to be meanwhile the sixth is when men was created which resulted to it being the mark because it was one without god in it " Azazel finished as Karma smiled as Isir noticed as they went to him to say a few words .
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" Hmm are you sure ? " Azazel and Abaddon wonders what Isir wanted to say " Yes after all , all the pieces are falling into the right place soon enough it will have to go as perfectly as how revelation was depicted " " Then let's head to skating first " Abaddon watched as Azazel had a grim face " Brother why the face ? "
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" No it shouldn't be that way how is possible but then god wasn't specific on who they were saying they would only reveal themselves at the end of times "
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Azazel was anxious about the god's plans as he wondered if he should go to heaven " By the way brother you should know about the Count's offer " " Count who's that ? " " The name of the most influential family living also the one we talked to "
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" I have been in the abyss for less time than you how do you know more ? " " Of course I know more because I was in his body the memories he showed me were so interesting , it's rare to have someone who has deep connections with that monster god fears "
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Azazel recalled what Karma did when he promised the removal of God's influence as he shivered just from thinking of it " Then what is that monster ? " " Just as he said the monster is feared by god , however to the Counts it's a guardian keeping them safe it's also why there was silence in heaven "
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" Silence in heaven are we already at that part of revelation ? " " Hmm I could say yes however it's strange enough for heaven to be quiet for so long it may be possible that god was waiting for something "
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" What could god be waiting ? " Abaddon smirked " My theory is maybe the complete disappearance of someone ? "
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Karma fell slapping his hand straight on ice " agh " Karma was annoyed of how slippery the ice is " Are you okay Karma ? " " Yes the skaters make it look so easy though "
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" Everything looks easy if a professional does it " " true " they both a got something meant to help new skaters " This is easier " Isir said " Kinda like bringing the wall with you "
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" And a chair " Karma skated with ease now that he was something moveable to lean on " so what do you think we should get for snacks later ? "
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" Should we even get snacks we are going to meet with your family " " We do but it's not like we are meeting my parents to agree that I am dating an orphan who is likely underage "
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" Hey , I thought we stopped talking about age before ? " " We did but I'm just neither of us is going to have any parents supporting us or refusing our relationship "
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They both think as they skate , Karma slows their speed to switch places " Now that I think about it none of us ever have a parent , we only had friends who could be considered close siblings "
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" That's right even Sebastian feels nothing more than a babysitter who was incredibly capable of taking of children " " hmm I just hope there are no awkward feelings between you and your biological parents "
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" No I don't think so I know they are smart to understand their lack of presence plus they both had given into despair especially when mother slowly died before I got to know her personally "
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Isir leans on the wall as they take Karma to the other side " Say can we leave halfway " " If you want to honestly it's not even half the time " " well I don't like having to stay here it's super boring and all "
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They left skating as they went out of the mall " Look , a Ferris wheel " Isir said " It would be a good ride for the night to see the city lights so how about tomorrow instead . "
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" Makes sense " they tried other games and got greedy and mad after they failed a lot " We lost a lot of money " Isir said " The employees must be very happy " Karma said carrying bags of not 1st place prizes " Should we just go home or something " " it's not even dinner time at the mansion yet "
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" I just hate these games " " oh come on let's just go for the rides ? " Karma thinks about it as he takes them to the rides " WEEEEE "
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Isir says as they ride through the roller coaster with arms up to feel the wind and thrill ' I already rode a much more dangerous ride but doing it on a date makes it more fun '
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" That was so fun " " Yes it was , if it wasn't it wouldn't be called the best amusement park " " you said you hate it " " the games , not the rides " Isir nods as neither of them could get the first place .
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" Let's get something refreshing " " Alright " they both went through the food stalls while Isir asked .
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" I'm curious about the new laws you made " " what part of it ? " " You know the benefits and harmful things you made what if you kill a murderer ? " " That's a bit hard after all that's where most moral dilemmas are centered , but I made it so that each action is measured , like there is the sin of taking a life and there is the merit of justice "
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" So it's like a dual act ? " " Yes , killing a murderer has a merit and a sin one of justice and the other is murder " they drank the lemonade as they continued " Although I wonder what is with this thing about god's influence " Karma looks around " You can already see it ? " " I did cheat a bit "
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" Me too " Isir said with a casual smile " Of course you do " Karma said as he smiles seeing how there was no such thing as god's plan around as they don't see anyone with God's influence .
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" Ugh " Isir felt like they could vomit seeing so many people in the mansion , the Counts were calm about the party considering their positions " Hey Cousin " " Oh Diana you look nice wearing something other than a jacket and jeans "
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Diana was in a dress that made her feel uncomfortable when she looked at herself in a mirror " I don't like this at all " " Of course you don't but I have no problem with this " " You are used to holding this type of thing alright "
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Isir went to sit on a faraway bench together with Diana as Karma went to the stage " Hello dear distant family , I like that you called my cousin to contact me , So I'll dispel all your worries , I am living my life the best I already got all sorts of connections beyond this realm "
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They both watched as Karma showed promise with his words Diana thinks back " Hey Karma's girlfriend or boyfriend , did he do some makeup today with his eyes ? " " Oh yeah he did " " I don't get his sense of fashion it looks like he's got 8th-grade syndrome "
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' Well you would think that way if his eyeball turned completely black with a pentagram drawn with blood red color ' " Of course , I want to get your help in building that apocalyptic shelter , revelation may come and I have already gathered enough base material and I heard that you were following the Founder's steps "
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" I will help with your research on living energy not just anyone can bring technology to that location undetected so I'll help with sending it over " ' He really is helping the family ' Diana thought " Do you think Karma is going to convince them ? "
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Isir looks at Diana and nods " He convinced you and that much is enough " " Why ? " " Maybe because you also believe in him " " I just don't believe in god I question the reason why I have to worship someone just because they said it was a virtue to do it "
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" Then all Count's are the same " " Huh ? " Diana was confused about what Isir meant as they said " Do you know the story where dragons instill fear and subservience to a certain lineage causing them to obediently obey them ? "
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" What don't tell me Karma is using that to make them listen ? " " What ? No Karma doesn't force people he just offers something tempting plus in the first place the reason they would do it is because "
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" So does anyone believe in god's words and laws ? " Diana was surprised to watch everyone shake their head " Skepticism towards a god who is not to their liking is what Karma is using to unify everyone " Diana was surprised but didn't understand what Isir really meant as the party ended after dinner .
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The nearby city experienced an economic boom as most of the Count stayed with fake identities .
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" I expected Reed to stay behind but it looks like it's better this way " Karma said as they play a few rounds of games " Hey does damnation hurt by the way ? " " Of course it does for as long as I have it I can feel like I would bleed out "
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" Like the nails bleeding the son of god when he was nailed to the cross but it's a bit different now" " I only stole their merits which I will need help to manage a new type of currency , I'm not so sure if the hybrids will remain angels or not but they don't have any more merits " " If merits are light shouldn't they be like feathers ? "
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" Yeah , they are but because I stole the merits from them and caused them to fall to hell , Currently I have a lot of hard stones as sins of stealing " " It's supposed to be stones ? " " Well sorta like stones more like anything that is supposed to weigh you down "
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" Like that giant broadsword " Karma turned to look at the broadsword the boss was using " Yeah but like the weight is for falling from heaven or a high place not as much as a weapon " " Can't you use it like a weapon ? "
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" Not sure I never really tried though I know I can use them from all the knowledge that's been piling up " " That means we already know it can be used as a weapon " " Yeah I have a lot of sins from stealing already so I should be able to make something out of it "
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" Try not to do it here you might fall " " Of course I wouldn't although my eyes feels itchy " " Is it like that scratch on your throat that you can't scratch " " Yeah , But it's in the eye " " Why did you put the pentagram in the eye in the first place ? "
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" I just thought it would look cool " There was a pause for silence between them " Chuuni " " Hey I was very excited as an excuse alright , humans can be very impulsive when they get too deep into the moment alright "
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" That's okay , I also wanted to go to that bookstore because it was cheap " " I honestly want to create some form of restoration of books , all those broken pages feel illegal for a book to have " " But isn't that the charm of artifacts ? the fact that they leave deteriorated papers to future archaelogist ? "
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" And maybe the ink too but it would be hard for a lot of things to stay intact completely in the future " " Like that original bible ? " " Yeah it was old but the text was still cleanly organized it was written in an old language and even Reed's diary was the same way "
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" Maybe merit was able to preserve its contents ? " Isir commented thinking it was possible " That could work but then would the original works of malicious writings be destroyed then ? "
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" Not sure but one thing is for sure is that merit and sins could preserve something or they just have a force that prevents them from eroding "
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" That makes sense do you think it applies to corpses too ? " " If they are filled with a lot of merit then maybe " Isir said as Karma thought about the casket he found " Interesting idea although we should probably prepare for other things do you think Azazel and Abaddon are just staying near that hole "
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Karma looks at the final bosses that they finally reached and thought " Hey Isir do you think I can make those two final bosses ? " Isir looks at the bosses understanding what Karma wants to do " You mean you want to wield two powers one of dark and the other of light ? "
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Karma nods " It's possible but don't you think you should figure out what form it should take ? " " Well for the pentagram that stole all the merits , it should stay black and red because if you want to steal merits and make sure it doesn't get taken back you wanna hide it right ? "
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" Yeah , you would " " Hmm " Karma removes the blood pentagram as it surrounds itself with all the merits it stole " There really are nails there " " Why are you asking I already planned to use it ? " " I thought you wouldn't use it " " Because I have Azazel's prototype of the Crucifixion ? "
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" Yeah , the scapegoat " " I do need some way vessel for this do you think I can use that skull ? " " Oh you mean the scapegoat ? " Isir said as they killed the final bosses " Yep exactly the scapegoat's skull the one part of Azazel's story "
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They go to the mini museum to see Mihr " Oh Karma you're here " ' Can Mihr not tell ' " Yes I'm here to get an artifact " " Oh " Mihr looks at the two and misunderstands " What's with him ? " " I told him not to think we were doing something immoral when he can hear a lot of noise in the bedroom "
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" The heck ? " " Sorry I didn't want people thinking I'm some pervert alright there are a lot of incidents like this in Count history " " Hmm alright so where's the skull " " Over there " Karma pointed a skull in a little corner of the room .
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" Isn't it strange for the scapegoat to carry your sins of taking credit ? " " of course it is , it was the symbolic meaning of putting the sins away unlike Crucifixion hence why it's not as well known the scapegoat is merely used to carry the sins which were different for Crucifixion when someone chose to die for our sins "
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" Carry and bring salvation resisting all the punishment for each sin " " And this scapegoat that Azazel came from is the imperfect one as sin still exist in the goat hence why it's a convenient vessel to carry the sins or punishment of robbing others of the rewards of their works "
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" It's strange for sins to be a source of power " " True but it's only that way so now I just have to put this close " Karma puts the scapegoat's skull as he embeds the pentagram as the nails struck through the skull forming cracks causing red and black liquid to fill up the cracks .
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" Don't you dare break " Karma prevents it from breaking as he uses the memories he got from the damnations he made " Karma are you mending it with your soul ? "
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" Yeah it's a bit hard but I do plan to make sure it works " Karma put the skull back in its place " It was easier than I thought " " Because you used your blood to mend it "
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Karma looks at it and smiles " Alright then we only have about 4 days until Crucifixion right ? " " About 10 hours addition " " Then let's go to sleep until then "
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Karma yawns as Isir follows him to their bedroom .
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