Mara, Cunning and Forbearing

The Mora Egg rose and fell rhythmically, as though greedily devouring some kind of nourishment.

The Mora Egg was no longer half-transparent as it had been at its birth. It had become something bizarre, as though wrapped in molten lava.

With every rise and fall, distinct black smoke drifted out from within.

After its final feeding, countless cracks appeared across the outer shell of the Mora Egg.

Before long, a claw pierced through the eggshell from within, then tore the entire Mora Egg apart.

A baby with blood-red skin crawled out. Its hands did not have the five fingers of a human, but nimble claws, though it otherwise possessed a humanoid form.

Two raised lumps of flesh protruded from its forehead, seemingly some kind of horns that had yet to grow in.

After crawling forward two steps, the monstrous infant stood up. At some point, scales resembling a keratinous layer had covered its blood-red skin.

Even with the naked eye, one could tell that the scales on its body were no mere decoration.

A long, slender tail began to grow from its coccyx, powerful as a whip yet exceedingly flexible, with an exceptionally sharp structure.

"Mara? Is that my name?" The monstrous infant surveyed its surroundings as countless memories surfaced in its mind.

These memories were incredibly complex. Apart from its own name, they also contained a vast inheritance of Destiny Ghosts.

"I am Mara, a Grievance-level Life Ghost. I was destined to be extraordinary from birth."

Mara quickly figured out his place in the world and found the ultimate purpose contained within the Destiny Ghost inheritance.

Destroy the entire world and rebuild the glory of the Destiny Ghosts.

His birth had replaced the Fate Masters and strengthened the entanglement of the Destiny Ghosts.

From then on, Destiny Ghosts would