potential awaken these powers through the , an elixir only concocted by born Taoists such as Shiki. Another member of the Apostles, Maro, is also from the Forbidden Continent, and together with Shiki, they bear the most traditional Tao powers, such as controlling and summoning bugs (Shiki), using ink marks (Shiki) and controlling gravity (Maro). Other members of the Apostles rely on more "deviant" powers, such as Creed's Imagine Blade, which is a sword that can expand for 80 meters. The Apostles have a small army of soldiers, armed with all kinds of weaponry and equipped with special armor that can withstand grenades. They are known as the Shooting Star Unit and show great loyalty to Creed and the other Apostles. There is also an experimental squad of cyborg soldiers, the , that were created by Doctor to be weapons of war. They were released by Echinda after Doctor's and Eathes' defeat. However, they were easily defeated by Sven, Eve, and Chronos members IV, VII, VIII and X. Creed Diskenth is the series' main antagonist. He is the leader of the Apostles of the Stars and Train's former partner before he joined the Chronos Numbers. He tells the group that their only purpose is to destroy Chronos, but he really plans to make himself immortal using nanomachines and rule the world forever by selectivity controlling the human population. He is severely warped after being abused by his mother, whom he kills, and the police while living on the streets. It is stated that Creed had the abilities to be chosen as Chronos Number XIII, but was deemed too unstable and the position went to Train. He greatly admires Train to the point of obsession, as he thinks of him as the only person in the world that he can relate to. After Train changes during his meetings with Saya, Creed kills her, and makes it his goal to return Train to his previous lifestyle and have him join the Apostles. Creed uses his Tao powers to manipulate the hilt of his former sword, , to form the . Its first form, Level 1, is an invisible sword that is able to extend up to eighty meters. It later evolves into Level 2, a living sword with a mouth and eyes that is directly linked with Creed's emotions. It is able to extend and be manipulated like a whip at will,