Benimaru Flame Spirit Oni (Vol 14)

After abandoning his physical body, he was reborn and had become a full spiritual life form. His race was called a ‘flame spirit oni,’ a kind of divine spirit. Like the ‘True Dragons,’ he had both the holy and demonic attributes, so he could also be called a holy demonic spirit. A divine monster spirit was a subordinate existence of the ‘True Dragon’ race. Like the ‘True Dragons,’ they had various attributes, and fire was considered to be a major attribute. Attributes were the laws that governed the principles of this world, and there were eight kinds in total.

There were the natural attributes of ‘earth,’ ‘water,’ ‘fire,’ and ‘wind’ and the attribute of ‘space.’ These were known as the five major attributes. It was said that fire was strong against earth, water was strong against fire, wind was strong against water, space was strong against wind, and earth was strong against space. The earth was consumed by fire, fire was extinguished by water, water was dissipated by wind, wind was isolated by space, and space was indexed only by the earth. In such a way, the five major attributes were in a conflicting relationship.

In addition to these five attributes, there were two opposing attributes, ‘light’ and ‘darkness,’ along with the attribute of ‘time,’ which was not bound by anything and reigned over all attributes. Fire spirits such as Ifrit were also bound by these physical laws. Or rather, spirits were the embodiment of the laws of the world, and they also had eight attributes. It seems that ‘light’ and ‘darkness’ were special, and light was derived from angels while darkness was derived from demons. It seems that angels and demons, which were confirmed now, could also be called spirits if we traced back their origins.

Diablo and others might be able to say more about this, but it didn’t make much sense to me, and I was not particularly interested in knowing about it. The important thing was that there were eight kinds of divine spirits, and they were higher than normal spirits. The highest among them were the ‘True Dragons,’ of which only four had been confirmed as of now. Veldanava, the ‘Star King Dragon,’ I think, had the attributes of space and earth, associated with stars. Perhaps, there may have been many more attributes.

‘Frost Dragon’ Velzard was likely water-based.

‘Scorch Dragon’ Velgrynd was most certainly fire-based.

And our ‘Veldora-san,’ apart from water and wind, could even control space. He was a surprisingly great guy.

In short, the ‘True Dragon’ race was the pinnacle of the divine spirits. And Benimaru had evolved into a being similar to that of a ‘True Dragon.’ Although a ‘flame spirit oni’ was a spiritual life form, he had a physical body so that he could influence the material world. It appeared that his lifespan had no boundaries, so it would not be an exaggeration to call him a divine oni.