Slightly below the waist of a foggy mountain surrounded by greenery,stood a magnificent Castle with tiled roofs ,surrounding it were 3 layers of high stone walls placed one behind the other in a octagonal shape embedded within the walls were tall towers resembling the castles style between each wall layer was a huge space the first layers space housed many warriors and the families of higher ranked members or teachers , the second layers housed farm land crops and artificial rivers ,the layer closest to the castle were training grounds housing multiple protected and hidden artificial biospheres this is where the best of the best gathered
Within the Castle, two people sat down on a brown flat tatami mat, the room had a japanese styled architecture comprised of shoji and sliding doors with decorations and portraits of trees and flowers,they wore exquisite long two piece non parted hangfu robes with triangular wide cuffs , out of the two the younger ones, outfits colour was a dark green with patterns of gold flowers while the inner robe had a light yellow.
The older looking ones outer robe was a light shade of blue the inner robe being white in colour,underneath both wore baggy black pants and black shoes. They had long black hair which cascaded down their shoulders and flawless skin that gave them a refined vibe
Between them was a bord game a variation of raid the castle that had twenty pieces each white against black, the older spoke first "So you will be leaving us " he smiled as he raised his hand to make a move "well atleast you wobt have me around to annoy you " the younger replied as he releasing a sigh the older brother smirked using one hand to cover his mouth
" well you are smart mouthed rascal but I'll give you this you sure keep everything interesting"
Suddenly the mood shifted as the older brother with a sigh said "father expects you to carry the family legacy with pride I for one always thought, that was too much to place on a young child even if he is one of the 10 star generals but it cant be helped " ,the younger brother yawning stretched both hands before placeing both hands behind his head " dont worry brother my resolve has already been tempered " as he stood up he continued
" I have a dream to become a greater warrior than father someone worthy of fighting side by side with him bringing continued prosperity to our clan and working alongside my older brothers "
Hahaha !!! "Figured as much you guys have such warrior spirits ",nonchalantly laying back on the tatami the older brother added " while I for one am more of a gentle poet " the younger brother scoffed as he rapidly stood up"thats not true ! Your a prodigy who even,father admires I cant let you just downplay yourself " the older brother lifted his hand as if claiming the very stars " dont you know even poets go to war to derive inspiration what better inspiration than to fight alongside father " after these words came out, he bounced off the mattress placing his hand over his brothers hair in a split second and ruffling his younger brothers hair as he walked out of the room
In a stormy land where the sound of booming thunder ,the flash of lightning and strong low pressure storms winds were common place stood a colleseum made from dark stone and a cage like dome at its entrance a statue of the God of war stood in all its glory , infront of it was a huge dark palace,around it was a training ground of fighters as they fought one another refining their skills in hand to hand and weapon mastery ,the land was barren with no crops the cities and buildings near this place had an oikos housing structure using white stone to build their houses,Outside the castle a boy hugged his mother goobye as he carried a sack on his left shoulder ,having light brown hair made in a messy style being light skinned and having dark blue eyes and round jaw
He looked very muscular he wore a short vest that barely came close to his hips with a large spread out collar and lapel ,3 yellow buttons on each side, a grayish black shirt ,a brown belt with a gold buckle displaying a dragon curving inwards on itself ,black fingerless gloves, arm gaurds ,white leg wraps, long black socks ,black shoes and baggy black pants, a red headband,a brown pouch, to the side a brown sheath with a silver dagger,behind his waist a red scabbard with a silver sabre blade,his entire outfit having colors of red,yellow,black,brown, grey, white and gold
After saying their good byes the child walked away waving his hand while keeping both his eyes forward he said "shes way too concerned five years is not that long " he said in a somber tone while balling his eyes out "dont worry guys I'll make it to the top" getting into a carriage drawn by horses with flaming manes and tales ,hearts more powerful than the engines of a steam train and skin harder than iron,
located in the east coast of the land in a cliff overlooking a beach in a misty and stormy atmosphere , was a castle beneath it was the dead corpse of a giant its flesh had already dissolved leaving only a skeleton behind, a village surrounding it ,within the white castle was congregation who were gathered in a nave standing infront of each of their seats these people had common traits such as pure red hair or pure black with blue or brown eyes the mens hairs having long straightened hair or a messy style with woman having the former and braided hair styles
At the very front of the pews was a man with long black hair with a youthful appearance of a 20 year old but emitted the vibe of a great elder he wore white and gold papal long robes with a shepherds staff behind him was a gold 2 meter tall erected cross behind it a circular motion with many rectangular points of different sizes representing dawn biwing beneath young looking elder his head hung was young boy, his hair a dark Red flowing down towards his neck with some braidings added in,a light coloured face a diamond like facial structure with blue eyes ,he had a hooded cloak that was a light grey, having a white coloured armor with gold lining made up of pairs of gauntlets, cuirasses,pauldrons,tassets,greaves,poleyn, sabotans, dark chainmail and long black pants ,The elder spoke firmly and loudly his voice resounding throughout
" he ! has been chosen, to be our saviour by the sword of heroes, to represent us and to make up,for sins of years passed and today!! his journey shall begin,for the sake of our future he shall recieve our blessings "
with that said the other clan members hung their heads low as the elder placed the shepherds staff on both his shoulders presenting a sheathed blade before the warrior "stand up Galahad our fate, our hopes lies within you, rise and take your place amongst legends of old, on the throne of heroes " both of Galahads hands stretched towards the blade he stood up turned and unsheathed it releasing a bright illumination as gasps reverberate across the entire ceremonial ground
Florents ymir city , Darian within the carriage had his elbow near the window as his left hand propped up his head looking outside the window despite the powerful legs of the horses it still took 4 days across treacherous mountains newly built safe roads and bridges,that would later be occupied by trolls who like to live under shaded places close to the water as evil ravings and the undead moved through the mist,all that just to reach ymir City
The city was near the coast and was a point of great trade a booming hub for merchants,because of these facts many people would go on to make business selling raw minerals or processed goods, and base their businesses there, it was mostly comprised of terrace houses mansions for the rich and semi detached houses of different matching colours and styles, wine farmlands with a few lakes perennial rivers and a dam the city was built to be as eco friendly as possible so it' always had clear air and it was always decorated with natural greenery, and had a strong plant culture,at its centre was a giant Tower which had a gold cross with many rectangular pieces of different sizes propped up and arranged in circular motion it contained groups of mages dedicated in the cities maintenance and protection
Darian sighed as he thought about an old so called rival of his who's father was sir Rosewald Kinsley a competitor of his father representing generations of nobility luckily or unluckily,he is competent or else his position would of been taken a long time ago "its been four days, we can't just keep going on and on ,sleeping in a carriage" Matilda sighed "Doulos,Roselle and Claus are busy gathering supplies we should be able to book some accommodations later " soon Claus ,Doulos and Roselle returned with some supplies "its time to go " Doulos said
As the sun went down and shadows loomed the carriage was about to leave ymir City as Doulos senses was triggered "were being followed " Darian eyes fixated as he asked "what should we do " "We don't know for sure if their scouts or assassins yet and if they do attack " Claus smirked as he said "we will just kill them" finally they left the city entering a nearby village ,Claus curled his fingers coffing slightly at the counter "5 rooms please " placing an entire gold Leo bar which was worth a thousand "we want some secrecy" the owners eyes widened before bowing "yes sir " the next moment he called his staff as they prepared their best room
In Darians personal room amidst the orangish yellow light,Darian sat in a meditative pose with the nameless book now given the name mad book infront of him, he took out a small crystal as he said " I've finally figured out what I can do to you " the first time he had flipped through the mad books pages had learnt of different ways one generally used monster crystals ,their were two ways a mage could use them besides selling them, number 1 absorb a crystal cores power into themselves, but the risk of madness, corruption could occur from the creatures lingering thoughts and mental imprint ,the other ways were to extract the characteristics and power forge them into a weapon and the latter was what ,he was going to do now
In his palm was the crystal core as he closed his fist then opened it concentrating his power into the greenish black crystal that was about 5cm wide as glowed and floated in the air he waved his left hand as four rectangular pages laced with special symbols sprung out from between the mad books pages as they levitated aswell the crystal dissolved into a blackish green dense smoke as Darian moved his tight hand as the energy flowed within the rectangular papers turning the symbols a ghoolish green and the white paper a pitch black he had successfully made 4 talismans by extracting the characteristics " I've done it ! Yes first try ,although I can only use each once, these could have a significant effect on changing a battles outcome ,with the soul erosion of the raving death and the mentally destructive roars of the bear and the poison of the basilisks venom these talismans would break one mentally while causing the body to rapidly decompose and breakdown " humthha Darian sighed " Thats one more guaranteed card in the bag or should I say four more "
After that Darian took out a notebook with information he had written using a feathered ink pen it read "interms of technology this world seems to be in its 1800s phase with clothes resembling the mid evil to 1900s ages,but using magic they've really improved things for example fixing any negative emmissions meaning their quite ahead in certain aspects,this worlds moon also seems purple,my current theory is that because of mana this planet and moon could have been effected changing them in certain ways from birth,this can also explain why certain creatures look similar to those on Earth but have added aspects or features, that are clearly magical in nature,this theory can also be coberated by the fact this Earth is slightly bigger atleast from the maps and calculations made by this worlds scholars,although I can't confidently say that, since despite their wisdom they have made zero computers but let's excuse that because magic exists and is more prominent,Theres also the fact certain words languages and cultures from Earth have some presence or is atleast very similar to the ones found here an example is palgias language seems to have similarities to spanish and old english,but I could just attribute this to some sort of natural evolution 1+1 will always be 2 afterall,not to mention how ridiculous the average is here the common height for men is 6ft while for women is 5,9 the common hair colors being blonde and or brown or a shade of the two with the rest being black, and less than 1% of other colors caused by mutation as for eyes blue and brown are most common , my magic [inventory ] of spells that I can do without much concentration includes 4 fire spells, 3 lighting spells , 2 storm spells ,3 water spells,4 earth,3 wind spells ,6 mental spells ,2 shadow and 2 light spells, not including magics like sword arts and fighting techniques
Darians arm propped up his head as he was deep in thought,"At this point none of my escape attempts have worked"
,I've tried praying to the deities to solve my problems,
although thinking about it roght now sounds kind of sacrilegious and the danger level was high as any of them could have some kind of beef with the selector,
this kind of feels like a betrayal to my original faith in my home world,at the same time the aletheian faith seems similar to Christianity back home ,I wonder why this is the case,is this my world but millions of years in the future or something " those were the thoughts that went through Darians mind
"At this point am I agnostic " as he made a self deprecating laugh
In the deep in the forest men moved like flickering shadows from one tree to another they wore dark ninja shizoku garb with chest armor and arm gaurds with leg and arm wraps having katanas placed behind their backs or hidden on their bodies out of the ten that went out three had specially made masks that allowed them,to look like demonic generals while wearing the masks,each mask had its own main colors red ,green and white with each having hints of black, as they hopped in and out of the shadows, the shadows stretched towards the tavern the moon hanging high in the dark sky , at a gathering around a round table inside as old friends took shots a drunk Roselle incircled her arms around Doulos neck as she spouted off mathematical equations,his senses immediately twitched " there here " Doulos tisked as he carried Roselle on his back "you guys handle it " ,Claus laughed as he stood up tapped matildas shoulder as he said "well I'm hung over "