《Emperor's Journey》 01 Beginning (Volume 1: Asura) Somewhere within the vast universe, there is an ultimate power which held the most advanced technology eclipsing any existing nations. This power control nearly 70% within the first heaven. Its people are made of multi-racial community which formed the biggest government with near zero corruption within the ranks. None of the "small worlds" knew about this existence while the superpowers would not never in their right mind to provoke this "sleeping beast". Its wealth is quite tempting to those greedy one because it hold very significant symbol. Many had foolishly tried their "luck" only to return with a bad news. **** Meanwhile on Earth, a boy by the name Livius Sakazuki is heading to school. He is an anti-social person because of his past. His father is a businessman while the mother is a surgeon. Both parents were always busy due to work. His father rarely come home and he only sees him about once or twice a month. His mother always return home late due to unfix work time. He was always alone in home. While others may think he is lucky, they did not know the truth behind the scene. Livius had always return home with a gloomy expression. His teachers were worried about him because of how he was in school yet it is miracle that his "average" grade is A+. His homeroom teacher, Miss Asahi Kitora would visit him from time to time till it became a habit. **** A great battle was occuring a few light years away from the solar system. The battle was tense and epic which would made anyone thinks they were in a science fiction movie. Light charged at both sides striking their respective enemy. Sometimes, the sight will be like a firework festival yet it was still a war as both sides suffered casualties. On the left side, the advanced fleet were firing at their enemies as they were being pushed back every moment passed. Their flag''s logo was an intersection of two swords with their tips facing down and the swords were behind a huge fist. The swords were blue and yellow while the fist was red in colour. This side is known as the Eziekiel Federation or EF. Meanwhile, the other side flags were a bit complex. The yellow sun and black moon eclipsed at the centre of the flag. A blue dragon and red phoenix were holding the eclipse sky high. There was a golden crown within the eclipse. There were two words crafted on the flags. One was above the crown yet it stayed within the eclipse itself while the other was above the rest.The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. This side was far superior in both firepower and weaponary making the federation looked like a cavemen with stone weapns fighting against robotic figure with futuristic weapons. EF forces were suffering major casualties from this war as their forces were reduce by 60% just from this war alone. The elite in charge was forced to retreat in such humiliating manner due to their major differences. **** Within the mysterious faction''s flagship, a cruiser class warship, a humanoid figure with bird appeareance was viewing the result with boredom. "EF, they never learn do they." The bird figure smiled as his finger like claws tapped on the holographic screen at his front sight. He wore a white military uniform which quite identical to the Earth''s Navy uniform with the exception of long coat falling down to the knee. Although the uniform seems to be void of medals or other acessories, a ceromonial sword was hanging on the belt visibly. "Ready the Zwei missiles." "Yes, sir." The officers in charged rallied the order as the missiles being automatically loaded into their launcher. Missiles were now ready awaiting further orders from the commander. The humanoid bird watched the enemies retreating as he pressed the "Yes" button on the holographic screen. "It''s not polite to let them leave empty handed, right?" **** An officer of the EF, noticed something off before his sight was locked onto a dozen black jet missiles penetrating the vacuum space as if a drill, drilling the underground. The commander expression was paled due to the incoming missiles. He immediatelys shouted as the order was given to retreat. "Hurry up!" "But, sir-" "I don''t care! Get me out of here!" "Yes, sir! All hands on decks!" All military personnels were rushing as their fate nearly sealed because of the certain "gift" from their enemy. "Stop those missiles!" "Intercept those missiles!" The cannons of the ships blasted onto the aerial threat yet the missiles as if it had mind of its own, avoid every single shot which others would decribe as impossible due to the gap of the firing lasers. Fortunately, the incoming missiles spilt apart mid-away causing the commander to sigh in relief. He felt that his enemy had technical problem which saved his life. "I think we''re save now, commander." "Prepare to jump to hyperspa-" *BOOM* Unfortunately, one of the trio thrusters exploded cancelling the hyperjump. The burst caused a quake on the ship and its residents. Futhermore, the previous missiles split apart because of the mini-missiles which stored dozen of them in each of the missiles. Webs of smokes soon caught onto the enemies ship before blowing it down bit by bit. "If I known this. I would never fight against the behemoth even if I have 100 lives." "Sir, what should we do?" "Send them a surrender signal." The commander could only surrender because it was futile to resist any longer knowning that they will only be dancing on their enemies palm. "No!" "I''ll not surrender!" "I''m sorry, sir." "We had no other option left." "Don''t you know who my father is?!" "My father is the secretary of the Federation!" One of the officers were wailing because of his spoiled nature refused to submit to the enemies. He drew and pointed the gun at those who resist. The commander in charged just closed his eyes trying to relax, knowing that they will diebefore the ship exploded. 02. Drago Constellation Somewhere within the Zetra Nebula, there was an ongoing war on a dark red planet. It may look similar to Mars yet it was a different. The world was in chaos as the inhabitants were facing hardships. Poverty and malnutrion had became part of the daily lives of these people. The two suns which rotates around the planet was part of the latter''s cycle. This red planet had a desert-like environment which one may wonder where is the "Mother of Life". The "Mother of Life" had a been flowing underneath the dried sand. The once beautiful planet had been turned into a desolation as the wars and famine prevailed. The world had been terrorised by these mysterious entities. The invaders marched as the resistence fighters loses their ground. The army marched like a swarm of bees striking their enemy as their weapons barrels fired indiscriminately which not only did the resistence fall but the civilians also got caught in the crossfire. Each one of them was blue in colour. Their bodies had skeleton-like feature. If anyone looked at them, they may mistaken them for an undead. They nearly resembled the human in body structure. They''re made of Zanazium metals, strong and durable suitable in an extreme environment given its ability to adapt in any environemnt. Old and young became the victims of these tragedy as the river of blood flows from the pool of blood of the deceased. Screams and cries became the chanting of the war throughout the scene. The scene was so horrifying to the point that any sane person will sympathised them due to their current conditions. Behind the mysterious robotic army, the commanding unit was seemingly an organic being judging from the way it behave. The leader wore a dark colour full body armor, covering every single of his skin leaving none exposed. His heavy breathing echoed from the helmet respirator. "The Drago Constellation, one of the homes of the rebels, huh?" "Its been a while since brother let me kill someone." Even though the figure spoke in a hoarsed voice, the echoes from the helmet was enough to frightened the people. As he exhaled, a small amount of gas flew out from the exhaling valve on both sides of the lower part of the helmet. "All unit!" "Take no prisoner!" "Eliminate those rebel!" Since the order had been given, the machines obeyed as their weapons started massacring the people of that world. **** Somewhere in the dark space, two figures fought in an epic duel. The world trembled as the duo clashed with each other. The two were nearly similar in their height. Each of their clashed caused a powerful shocked waved that was enough to destroy anything near them. Thunders roared and lightning casted when two swords clashed. Their fight looked like fireworks because of the sparks produced from the clashed. The two speed may seems equal as they traveled near a light speed yet one of them was slowing down. "What''s wrong, brat?!" Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. The more muscular figure mocked his opponent as he hasten his strike. The swiftness of the sword produced a bright arc upon each swing. "You look sick." The slash took the younger one by surprise as his grip on his sword loosen causing sword to fall as well as his body. "You''re only an ant before me, the great god!" The winner of the duel kicked the loser on the chest as the latter was falling, sending him flying backward like a moving bullet. "Foolish!" The great god laughed hysterically as he watched his defeated opponent flew away from his sight. **** Livius was playing the new gaming console known as ZAX which basically a virtual gear. It came in the form of a black visor which tapped into a person consciousness. He recieved this gear from an anonymous person. This gear was quite popular during this era and many youngsters could afford. This gear had became the catalyst where people would meet, chat or playing games. Some of them even used this gear to go on virtual date. ZAX was one of the product which produced from the famous multi-national company from China known as Yang Lei International. The company had existed long ago which started from nothing, had developed into something formidable. The company expanded like bees searching for flowers. Their influence spread swiftly across the globe as they control most vital sectors such as entertainment, housing estate and even medical. Many countries sought them for their effective products which had been verified internationally by a group of talented scientists on the Earth. They had been able to cure dangerous diseases which the governments failed to do it. The members of the company consisted many ordinary people. The company was controlled by the Tian Clan from Beijing. This clan was one of the strongest and influencial clan while being revered by the rest of the world. Livius left the package on his desk overlooked the letter sticking on the back of the box. He went to the private gym doing some workout. He may appeared weak but that was only his "disguise". He went on his workout routine as usual while the sweat produced was being absorbed by the shirt. He was sweating as his breathing rate was higher than normal. Then, he went to the punching bag in that condition. The punching bag swung left and right, back and forth as it received sets of powerful combos from the youth. Punches, chops and kicks had been delivered to the bag aggresively. **** Within the Drago Constellation, a group of "lizards" with wings inhabitted the stars as they flew happy across the stars without any difficulties. They looked down on other races with arrogants while the latter watched them with envy and hatred. They became the overlords across the stars as other inhabitants could not reject them or else they would be the former''s meals. However, a young girl managed to escape from the constellation but sadly she was captured by the mysterious superpower because she had tresspassed into their territory. 03.Tyrant Livius wanted to watch a "movie" called "Emperor of Chrome" using ZAX which may seems weird to him yet it felt some familiarity with it. He pulled a small chip from the 3 inches length and 1.5 inches width box. The chip was inserted into the gear on its left side. LOADING¡­¡­ PLEASE WAIT¡­¡­¡­ After a few minutes, scenery changed from a boring bedroom into an unknown world. The place was so beautiful as the serenity came into existence. Flora and fauna existed in harmony as rabbits were hopping around the field feeding on the plants. Giraffes were moving in herd as they went to the nearby lake, attempting to consume it. However, a burning star came down in a such a way which caused a devastating blow onto the lifeforms. The thick smoke spread to all direction causing suffocation to the inhabitants. A figure stood proudly in the center of the crater with his eyes looking down at the chaos caused by the fallen star. His sinister smile would caused anyone to feel fear and others might mistook him for the devil himself. His eyes were completely in darkness as if the body was being possessed by the devil. His black veins spread across his body. "KILL! KILL!" "Devour them all, my pets!" A horde of an unknown species came out from his shadows as they began devouring flora and fauna within their reach. "HAHAHAHA!" "Slay them all." "Feast upon them all, my babies!" The gory scene where blood splashed as the flesh being torn by the beasts razor teeth might caused some people to vomit upon laying their sight on it. Livius was currently terrified upon watching the scene but his sight could not take off from the "human" leader of the horde. However, something unexpected happened. "I''ve been waiting for you¡­Zero." The figure shifted his gaze onto Livius alongside with his devilish smile. "Who¡­are¡­you?" "Me? Let''s just say we''re closer than you could even imagine." If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation."What do you mean by that?" "You''ll find out soon enough." As soon as the figure finished his speaking, the space turn into total darkness dragging Livius into the abyss. **** Planet Earth had been advanced in its sectors since the year 2040 AD. Governments from around the globe had agreed on the used of Esmen energy due to the lack of fossil fuel. Oil been catogerised as the relic of the past. This had caused an industrial revolution which raw materials such as metals, fineries and woods had became an essential things. Humanity had began relying on machines until the SAD incident where the paranormals were being born. A large gas exploded in one of the hidden generator under the sea. Paranormals were considered humans except that they had superpowers which depend on each individuals. Superhero International League (SIL), an independent organisation was established in hope of controlling these mutants. They do not ally themselves to any countries. Moreover, many of the patriot paranormals viewed this single entity as the supreme power. He existed two decades prior to the SAD incident. When Earth was under threat of the enemies both internal and external, this entity face them both with the might that many considered to be divinity. People started worshipping this idol and there was even a cult dedication on worshipping him as god. I''M NOT A GOD. These famous phrase had been using by many superheroes as their favourite catch phrase. In the darkness of the night, a figure wearing black armor with a hooded trench was being seen. He struck his enemies with his blood scthye that was twice his size. Many called him, Death while others address him as Devil but many agreed to call him Zero which indicating he was the first paranormal that ever existed. **** The dark figure was wandering around the void looking at the youth who was walking to school all alone while others were chatting happily with their friends through a secret portal. "Zero. Zero. Always the lonely type one." Suddenly, he vomitted thick black blood from his mouth. His left hand unconsciously grabbed his chest as he groaned in pain. "Arrgh!" "Your power is indeed powerful, Zero." "Even after millenias, he still possessed the power to rival the Emperor himself." The dark figure watched the flows of time in the outer space as conflicts were arousing each seconds. His sinister smile was still visible even though the blood still dripping from the edge of his lips. "Your highness, you speaks highly of the Children of Adam yet they no different than us." "What do you see in them?" His smile turn into a frown as he kicked the air. Instead of the sound of the wind, a thunderous cracking sound echoed. The empty air now had a large crack on it. **** 3 millenias ago, the dark figure confronted a powerful entity known as the "Emperor", The Dark Hand which had been existed before the creation of humanity. Other innocent lives who got caught in the cross-fire, they were being erased from the world. Planets after planets began turn into dust as the two figures clashed. He suffered a heavy injury as the result of the battle. The Emperor gave a huge scar on his chest which result in a powerful curse being inflicted onto his very body thus damaging his very physique. "You''re weaker than I thought, Julies." "Here''s a little advise, don''t pretend to be strong." "YOU!" The dark figure watched the fleeing Emperor who slowly vanishing from the scene. "Are you trying to run?!" The Emperor stopped for moment murmured a single sentence which caused the figure to developed an extreme grudge on the former. "I don''t like wasting time with weakling." The dark figure was left lying helplessly as he could not even move a muscle as a result of the curse. Fortunately, the planet was desolated otherwise he will be at the mercy of the predators on the planet. 04.SIL Livius as usual sitting all alone without a care as his peers were enjoying their youth happily. While the students were busy with their life, something terrible happened. BOOM!! Something or someone crashed the window from the outside. Livius was on the second floor and the incident occured right behind him but the youth did not even give a damn about it. "Guys, it''s Mr. X!" ""KYAAH!''"" "It''s really him!" "The hero who went against Alien Restard!" "Cool!" The students were address toward a middle age man who had a robust build. Mr. X had a blonde hair with physique stronger than titanium. He was also one of the well-known superhero. He wore a green military combat pants while a green singlet on his upper half. He had a dark brown skin with a bright smile. He is a Caucasian man from the Eastern Europe. "Sorry, everyone." He spoke in a broken Japanese which sound funny. He was currently lying under the rubble due to the force unleashed by the opponent. "The great Mr. X got beaten so easily." A sinister voice silenced the excitement of the students as a dark fog entered the scene. The fog was so thick that may caused someone to mistake it for a cloud. "You''re-" "Me?" "Pardon my manner." The black fog dispersed revealing a humanoid cobra. The familiar scene appeared as the familiar figure entered the "stage". The humanoid figure had long razor claws which could tear down a tank as if it was only a paper. The green scaly body harder than inconel metal as even nuclear warheads were only tickling it. Its tail was swifter and stronger than that of the crocodile. Its pair of yellow eyes could petrified anyone who gaze upon them. "Its been a while since I step onto this backwater planet." "Var¡­gass¡­" X expression soon sunk upon recognising his mysterious assassin identity. The figure known as Vargass soon revealed a happy expression as his prey knew about him. "Bingo!" The green tail which charged did not aimed at the injured hero, instead it went directly to the nearby student which sadly was Livius.If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. Livius was struggling as Vargass dragged him, leaving his seat empty as the latter hopped out of the building. **** Meanwhile, a young lady was drinking her coffee while going over some documents in her office located on the tenth floor of the Nique Hospital. She wore a set of blue scrubs. She was one the most successful surgeon judging from the certificates hanging on her office walls. She had the tendency to avoid people unless for work purposes. Many suitors were trying to get close to her yet her cold aura directly chased away the suitors. Many did not know that she was married. "Sakazuki-sensei, the SIL wants to see you." "It''s an emergency!" Suddenly, someone called her and the cold expression turn into a shocked expression. She ran out of the office in a sad expression. **** In an abandoned hut in the forest, Vargass was busy sucking blood of a newly captured deer. Some blood dropped during the dinner time. Livius on the other hand was not showing struggle at all despite being chained nearby tree. ''I should have run.'' The youth was speechless as he did not whether to laugh or cry because his habits had been one of the main facts of the probability of him being the hostage. ''Idiot Livius!'' However, his left hand tried to reach something from his pocket. His index and middle fingers managed to pinch the object. "Should I use this, again?" **** Julies was meditating in the dark zone when he woke from it due to a disrubance caused in the dark space. He opened a window to the Earth as he zoomed into Livius pitiful situation yet he was happy when he sense a familiar feeling from the boy. "This feeling." "It''s definitely "him"." As he immersed himself in the familiar aura, his eyes turn black completely as he reached out the air with an extreme force. "Zero, will return." "Vargass, foolish low life." Julies smiled as he watched Livius pulling a silver pendant from his pocket. The latter looked at it with a smile before dripped some of his blood on it. "HAHAHA!" "That''s it, Zero!" "Awaken! Oh, Messenger of the Emperor!" "If I can win against him, maybe I might have a chance against the Emperor." Julies was staring the youth as he sunk into his thought. He was thinking about the "Strongest Existence", Emperor was what everyone addresses him publicly. Nobody knew his existence or what he looks like. The fact that many powerhouses did not dare to cause trouble near his teritorries proved his terrifying temper and power. Many people claimed that his empire held the most advanced technology completely eclipsed the rest of the superpowers. The Empire had always remained its closed door yet their prosperity could not be denied. However, none had succeed on gaining even the slightest glimpse of it. Spies and hackers had tried many techniques yet in the end they were only dancing on the Empire''s palm. **** Mr. X or Edward as his collegues called him was knowtowing apologetically towards the previous cold doctor. Tears from both edges of the eyes presented his sincerity. "Ma''am, I, Edward had failed as a hero." "Where''s my son?!" "I¡­umm¡­" She was grabbing his collar and shook him with rage as tears dripping from her eyes. The staffs were trying to calm the raging woman down yet it was proven futile. "Ma''am, please ca-" "How can I?!" "I''ve lost my first son and now you want me to lose another one?!" **** Long time ago, in a very strange world, people had been people which looked similar to human went on fighting a war. However, unlike the Earthling humans, they possessed the gift of manipulating energy. They excelled in various sectors in life. However, internal struggle for power was one of the main factors which led to their civilisation to cease to exist. 05.Asura Vargass was still draining the blood of his prey without realising a presence of another hunter. From the darkness, a black metallic leg stepped into the hut. The black fog was camouflaging his appearance but something shining was popping out of it. As the steps were getting closer, the alien serpent was still enjoying his meal when a bright arc came greeted the serpent. The serpent fell with his eyes as wide as saucers without knowing how he died. As the body being split in halves, the figure picked up something from the serpent''s heart. A pearl like object revealed itself as the metallic hand dug it out. "Vargass oh Vargass." "You''re a million years too early." "The messenger, no one shall harm him." He spoke as he examined the pearl under the elegant moonlight. The pearl let out a bright golden light before a cobra symbol appeared on it. "New collection. Good harvest indeed." The sky suddenly roared as lightning appeared one after another. A strong blew the trees bend due to the strength of the blow. The earth shook at and the city felt the quake. Landslide occured at the nearby mountain. The newly introduced energy known as Esmen was distrupted causing the generators to go out. "So, even the heaven and the earth fear "his" revival." "As expected from someone who had the gut to challenge God Himself." **** Livius was lying face downward on a strange world and time. The place where he was standing was exactly the same crater which appeared in the film. ''Is this the crater?'' As questions were filling inside his mind, his memories started to kick in. His sight travelled through an endless cloud before he came across a tomb. He saw a group of mercenaries firing at the spirits. Electrical current struck while the wind blew. Earth raised forming a barrier with water flowing alongside object floating on the air. Then, an anonymous voice echo into his ear. The voice was soft yet it felt like a dark entity about to be born. I HAVE LIVE FOR AEONS, Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site.MY THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE IS UNQUENCHABLE, TRAVELLING THE WORLD IS MY DESIRE, SLAUGHTERING THE ENEMIES ARE MY WAY, THE WORLD IS MY DOMAIN, MY ARMY IS UNSTOPPLE, MY EMPIRE EXPAND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, MY BODY IS THE EMBODIMENT OF POWER, THE WORLD HEED TO MY WILL, I AM A FALLEN ONE, I AM THE DESTROYER, I AM THE EMPEROR, THE GREAT ASURA IS ME. ''What''s this voice?'' "Stop...Stop it...Sssssstttttooooppppp iiitttt!" The boy grabbed his head, trying to calm down without bursting into insanity yet his worst fear finally gained dominance in his mind. Both his upper limbs were stretched backward as his face was facing the sky. He screamed from his very lungs as massive amount of pain was felt by his body. "AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!" The uncontrobble amount of rage began assualting into the body. A blue flame light up from his body burning his very cells while black veins began their invasion in his bloodstream. **** Somewhere within the vast universe, a group of four people were sitting in a round table. There was not a single human on that table. They were using a foreign language that no Earthling could understand. Their language tongue was even harder than most language on Earth. "It''s been while since we meet like this, my siblings." A draconian was sitting on one of the five vacant seat with the majestic aura of a powerful king. He was staring at the bird kin, an elf and vampire entities with a stoic expression. "Aniue, is the source of the rumor authentic?" The humanoid bird asked the draconian showing his concern. The draconian smiled at his siblings. "Indeed, Horus." "Yay! Yay!" "~Daddy, is back~." The vampire danced happily using her arms upon receiving the news. Her two fangs were slightly visible despite the lips'' concealling them. "Tsk." "Venus. Mind your manners." The elf showed a slightly unsatisfied for her sister''s playful nature. As she slips her tea from the cup, the aura of an elegant lady could not be surpressed. "Oh! Looks like daddy''s favourite is happy." "Right, Susan-neesan." "Wha...what are you talking about?!" The female elf blushed as her sister hit the bulleyes. The panicked elf caused by Venus had led Horus to join the laughing moment. "Oh, come on sis." "You really miss papa, aren''t you?" The eldest known as Ryuma made a sound of clearing his throat signaling his younger siblings to stop. "Venus stop teasing your elder sister." "But. But. Bu-" "No but." **** In a dark world, the sound of metals clashing echoed as red liquid being spilled on the ground. The red pools mixed together forming the crimson river which flowed in a fast pace while large quantity of lifeless bodies were being piled up forming mountains. The dark red skin figure jumped onto one of the corpses before he took a bite on the raw flesh. Blood was still fresh yet the gory scene would make any weak minded person to fall unconscious simply by witnessing it. This red skin humanoid figure is known as Asura, a race of human like creatures which act based on their instinct. Their society follows the law of the jungle where the strong preys on the weak. Immorality and violence are their entertainment. They had been raping, pillaging and even cannibalising throughout their life. They never had any sort of moral code. Many races had been consumed by the Asuras whenever the latter set foot on a foreign place. They will devour everything as far as eyes could see. Famine shall came as soon as this savage race arrived at any place. There was a mysterious race which had been oppressed by the Asura sought help from a foreign king who happened to be a passer by. This race was so isolated from civilisation to the extend that none of the king''s men understand what they were speaking about. 06.Two Horns This mysterious race was so primitive in their culture. The language barrier had made the communication much more difficult yet they managed to communicate eventually. The tribe was being oppressed by the Asuras so they requested the king to build a wall between the two and promise to pay him handsomely. However, the king refused such payment and only requested the tribe for their manpower in building the barrier. Together the two groups were able to seal off the Asura from the world, trapping them in an extreme isolated environment. **** Livius had been following the river down to the south yet he did not find any sort of civilisation or animals. "Hahahahahahahaha!" "How long has it been since I walk on this desolated world?" No matter how many hours had passed, Livius still could not find any sign of any lifeform. **** Meanwhile, a group of four females were fleeing from an unknown danger. The four of them were probably mercenaries judging from their leftover arsenals. Their clothes were tattered and they were on the brink of collapsing. They had been chased by some kind of predator. The galloping sound of a herd of beasts were coming after them. Their roar was able to shake the scene. Fortunately, there was a hidden cave nearby flowing river. The four bodies were full of wounds. One of them had to be lifted by the other two people due to her weak condition. The last one could be the leader, judging from the way she giving instruction to her comrades. Even though everyone was in distressed, they needed to keep living. "Girls, stay here. I''ll find someone for help." "But how, Ning? We''re all stuck in this unknown world." "Yeah, sis. How can we find help when we''re in a middle of nowhere?" "You girls rest first. I''ll find something to eat." ''I hope those plants out there are harmless.'' *ROAR* **** The youth was walking along the river when something jumped from behind the green bushes. *ROAR*Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. An unknown creature pounced him and as they were rolling on the ground, struggling to break free. Livius used his arms to par the incoming paws while the beast was trying to end its "prey" immediately. After a few minutes of the struggle, the beast to gain the upper hand as it managed to scratch the youth''s arm, allowing the thick blood to flow out. However, this also gave Livius a few seconds of advantage since the animal had lowered its guard thinking that it had won. He immediately kicked the beast in a matter of seconds allowing a clear view of his "predator". "You!" The beast had four legs with five razor sharp claws on each paws which were sharp enough to slice a rock in half. It had the body of a feline covered in black stripes. Its twin tails were one meters long with a sharp blade at the end of each of them. *ROAR* It had a head of a horse but with a twist. Instead of harmless teeth, each teeth resembled that of a carnivorous animal. Saliva was dripping from the two pairs of fangs. The body was covered in crimson fur assuming to be the overlord of the area. "Agusha?" The beast or Agusha charged with terrifying speed trying to pin down its "prey" whose arm was covered with the dripping red blood. **** Ning, was watching the scene between a youth and the beast who had been chasing them. ''A school boy?'' ''Why did he''s here?'' **** Suddenly, a red human like figure entered the scene. The Agusha who had been glaring at the youth was spoiling itself to the red human. ''Human?'' ''Wait! Where have I seen that type before?'' The figure wore quite a primitive clothes which was made out of animal skin. His weapons were made out of stone such as spear which attached on his back and an axe on his right hand. Dizziness struck like a bolt of lightning on his head. Images charging in as his brain was nearly overload. ''Shit!'' Livius wanted to ran away but his feet tripped causing him to fell into the flowing river. **** Somewhere in the western region of the Milky Way Galaxy, a spiral shape galaxy existed about 200 light years away. An advanced civilisation resided in the galaxy. In the largest building, two figures were quarrelling. "Sir, I request a temperory leave of duty." "Deny!" "Why?!" "Jabbra. Look...I know about your son''s death." "I''m truly sorryut are you trying to get us all destroy?!" "I''m confident in my ability, sir." The white man sighed because Jabbra was going to fight against his son''s murderer. He geniuely felt sorry for the secretary''s loss but going out against "that" superpower was a total suicide. He did fear of losing this talent yet antoganising the empire was totally a nightmare. He had heard the recent news from the spies in the Drago Constellation. Not just rebel force but also his funded terrorist had been wiped out from the planet. It was only a matter of time before the enemy finds out and when it did, the federation will be history. ''What should I do?!'' ''If they finds out, we''re all dead!'' ''I shouldn''t have listen to those elite bastards so that probably this problem will not happen.'' **** In a distant star, a man holding a book entitle "Chronicles of Zulqarnain" was gazing the stars on the red sky as he smile. "Zulqarnain, a being surrounded by all sorts of titles." The mysterious king who sealed the Asuras had a title known as Zulqarnain. Majority races intepretted his title as a being possessing two horns while minority of them intrepretted him as the person who impact on two eras. "The king had protected our ancestors from those Asuras." The man swiftly shifted his sight and caught a sight of a girl in her early twenties. Her beauty could steal any men''s heart on sight. "Tsukiyomi." "Hello, Wiseman." "Stargazing?" "Maybe...I wish I could meet him to learn more about the location of the barrier." 07.ICE "Livius." "Livius." "Livius vi Stargazer." Livius could his name echoing in the darkness yet his surname was different. Instead of "Sakazuki" which his mother gave him, the voice called the surname "vi Stargazer". ''Whose there?!'' ''Where am I?'' ''Who''s Livius vi Stargazer?'' The darkness silent for a moment before replying back. But instead of a normal Japanese language, it was replied with a quite tongue twisting language. ''????'' Instead of getting answers, he gained even more questions to the current puzzle. Then, a riddle appeared in a strange language before his eyes. "AAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!" The strange letters then started forming alphabets which they arranged themselves in orderly manner. A new visible and comprehensible message had been revealed. AN EMPEROR SHALL AWAKEN, FOUR SACRED BEASTS SHALL WELCOME HIM, HE WHO FALLS FROM GRACE, SHALL WALK ONTO THE PATH OF ASHURA, BLOOD SHALL PAINT THE WORLD, THE SOULS OF OTHERS SHALL SUFFER, ASHURA SHALL BRING THE TRIBULATIONS, NATION UPON NATION SHALL BE DESTROY, BEWARE! **** An army of gigantic humanoid robots known as busters were surrounding the human figure at the centre. The woman was glancing at the Eziekiel Federation as she place a ring on her left ring finger. "Sergeant Zika, surrender!" "You are surrounded." The person speaking to her was obviously the leader judging from his facial figure. Jabbra had been secretly developing his faction causing him able to gain influence in the military. Throughout his life, he had been struggling to rise in the food chain thus enabling him to control 30% of the current military in the galaxy. Sergeant Zika as the federation called her spin the crystal circle on her ring unleashing the hidden item from it. The ring shined as a serpent came out circling her waist. CHROME DRIVER! The serpent bite its own tail forming a belt which attached itself onto her waist. Her right hand tapped the belt once, unlocking it. STAND BY! "Let''s get busy, boys." "Henshin!" She scanned her ring on the driver, causing a bright photon engulfing her. Metallic voice echoed as three circles were spinning in various ways with her as the center. REALISE!!! Armor parts began appearing one after another, circling her before attached themselves to her whole body. "All of you make sure she''s dead!" "Do whatever means necessary, I want that belt!" ''Chrome belt, the apex device used by the Chromian people.'' ''If I could reverse engineer it, no one could look down me ever again.'' Meanwhile, Zika was engaging the enemies when she realised something was off yet instead of worrying about herself, she tapped a small cube on the left side of her belt. **** Ning had been busy picking some strange orange berries after she saw some strange animals eating them. She used her tattered jacket to hold in the berries. The berries were being brought to her fallen teammates in the cave. "Ning, you''re back!" Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. "I got food girls." ""Yay!"" The sky was getting dark and fortunately, they had already set up a bonfire, warming their shivering bodies. Lady of luck seems to be smiling upon them that no predatory fauna was nearby. "How''s Cameron doing?" "She''s getting worse, sis." Ning shifted her sight to her heavily wounded teammate, Cameron Ling who had bandages all over her body. "Is there any way for us to slow down the poison, Ashley." "Ashley?" The medic of the team, Ashley William had in immerse herself in deep thought which she failed to realise that her boss was calling her name. "Ashley!" "Huh? Ning, you scare me." "Are you okay?" "I''m fine." Trying to confirm her medic''s thought, Ning decided to ask her about Cameron''s condition. "Ashley, how''s she doing?" "Cameron is getting worse every moment passed." "This is new type of disease, I''m sure that it never existed on Earth before." "Any solution?" "For now, all we can do is prolong it." "Alright then. We need to prevent the mutation from spreading." "Get some rest girls." "We''ll leave after Cameron gets better." These berries brought by Ning were enough to sustain them for the day. The battle which she had witnessed earlier had her common sense broken. Moreover, the youth was alerted by her presence so instead of putting her in danger, he chose to bait the beast out from the area but his mistake caused his own body to fall into the flowing river. **** In the distance of the light years away from the current Milky Way Galaxy, Horus, the previous bird kin was gazing the holographic monitors in front of him. The intelligent officers were busy going in and out of the hall while he was sitting, gazing at the current event of the outside worlds. His eyes were extremely cold which created a oppressive pressure yet none of the officers were affected by it. Majority of the outsiders will definitely not be able to stand in his present let alone gaze at him. "Commander, an SOS signal is being transmitted." "Whose SOS is it, captain?" "It''s from Sergeant Kira, sir." "Location?" "Hydra Constellation, in an unhabitant planet." Horus tapped onto the blue screen before a small full 3D holographic figure appeared. "Captain Kira, deploy your 505th legion toward SOS signal." The tiger kin known as Captain Kira, saluted with his right hand while the left hand on his back. After the salute, his right hand join the left hand on the back while his head nodded in respect. [Consider it done, my king.] [Captain Kira, out.] The figure ended his call while Horus smile thinking about the fate of the enemy. The cold stare at the information on the screen did not moved him at all. ''Nobody¡­Nobody, can bully us and gets away in one piece.'' He shifted his gaze at the huge majestic building which had an eye catching structure among the futuristic buidlings in the area. The edges of his beak formed a cold smile. ''Soon, Father will return.'' ''The throne awaits its emperor.'' ''The ICE will rise again.'' ''Let the rebirth of the Emperor shines upon the worlds again.'' 08.Indra Jabbra was fleeting in his private shuttle in fear. His body was constant expelling the sweat in a huge amount, making his uniform soaked. His eyes were filled with regret because of his previous decision. ''Shit! Shit!'' ''Why am I an idiot?!'' ''Not only did she manage to call reinforcement, but they appeared instantly.'' ''I hope that I''ve lost them.'' He stole a glance at the scene behind his shuttle, only to find out an army of 30 meters gigantic robots were pursuing him. The space nearly shaking as the army were chasing after the shuttle yet none of them open fire at the target yet. The scene was like a pack of wolves chasing after a lonely deer. Any obstacle was eliminated regardless of its existence. That was how the ICE worked especially when the enemy had just entered into the Yellow List. [Attention all units, eliminate the target at all cost!] [[[Affirmative, Captain!]]] **** Few moments ago, the battle between an army of busters and single jaguarian erupted as explosions. She jumped around the busters while relying on her natural instinct to dodge the incoming missiles and photon bullets. *BOOM* "Heh, interesting." "I didn''t know the Federation could mobilise such fleet." *Buzz* The ringing ear-com knocked her out of the excitement of the explosions. The busters got played by her, forcing them to face enormous amount of friendly fires. "Huh?" She tapped onto the ear-com on her left ear allowing the incoming call to be answered. The enemies were chasing her like a mad. She left the field before the call was connected. [Hello, captain.] [Sarge, where are you?] [I''m just below the enemies, sir.] [Stay put and, stay safe.] [Yes, sir.] **** A group of Asuras were hunting down Tsukiyomi as they tore apart every obstacles between them and her. Her face was in fear as her feet carried her away in the deep jungle. ''Asuras. I thought they were sealed.'' ''How''s it possible?'' A largely build Asura led his party in pursuing Tsukiyomi. Many of its inhabitant were being butchered in the gory scene as blood were splashed onto the nearby stones. "INDRA!" Some even got their body twisted like a clay. Blue, yellow and even red liquid flowed from their body. These three basic colours were being painted on the ground after the Asura left the bodies. "INDRA!" Intestines and other organs were lying all over the path which had been caused by the red skinned that resembled a humans in nature with some exceptions. Their teeth were razor sharp and their were fully black in colour. Their claws were long and durable which could blocked an incoming missile without breaking or destroying them. **** In the shadow of the night, the yellow moon shone upon the unknown world. The scene felt like it was nearly resembling the dusk time. The river still flowing in its course naturally. *SPLASH* A hand burst out from the flowing river, grabbing the nearby branches of a fallen trunk. With sufficient willpower, the hand managed to pull out its body from the water. This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it Before he could even got up, something came out from the nearby bushes. It charged and hit him on the abdomen part, sending him flying to a nearby tree. *BAM* The youngster immediately spin the gem on the ring, causing wire-like strings to form in front of him like magic. They assembled themselves to form a strange weapon structure. CHROME BLASTER! ''Chrome?'' ''Why did that old man said- '' ''Who care?!'' Livius tried to grab the gun but as soon his right hand nearly reached it, the wound caused by the impact started to annoy him so its counterpart decided to take over the job. Without wasting any second, the barrel was aimed at the head of the charging beast. Livius got tried to remain calm yet the injury annoyed him every passing moment. ''Eat lasers!'' *PEW* As soon as the beast fell, waves of Asura came in like tsunami charging at him fearlessly. Livius leaned his back against a tall and shady tree as the blaster on his left hand kept on firing on the incoming Asuras. *PEW* *PEW* *PEW * *PEW* His body was soaking wet as the wounds were visible. The situation kept on getting worse as his sight started to lose its focus. ''Power.'' ''I need power.'' ''The power to destroy the world!'' Within his body, many of the strange circles started to break. Each time a cirlce is broken, a deafing sound roars across the universe alerting every non-sentient species. From his heart, black fluid flowed out, corrupting his very veins. Soon the red vein turn to black as he started to lose conscious. The dark power soon answered his call. **** In the darkness of the night, many Asuras became active like bats as they charged out from the sea. *ROAR* The terrifying taunted the savage creatures as they shifted their attention to the source. They ran with their primitive weapons toward the source. *ROAR* The one who roared like a king was the same youth who had fallen into the darkness itself. The youth had the same structure as Livius with the exception his partially white hair and blood eyes. The dark veins which remained visible all over his body from head to toes. The "madman" issued the challenge to the Asuras through his roars. The waves sent the message to the tribe as an issue of insulting thus they attacked him on sight. **** "INDRA!" Tsukiyomi was surrounded before she could even escape from the cave. The Asuras had been calling Tsukiyomi "Indra" ever since they layed their eyes on her. They spoke the name with great disdain as if they were enemies. ''Where''s that old pervert when I need his help?'' However, none of them knew the history of the feud between their race. The truth had been long buried in the sand of time. To the Asuras, they only knew that Indra had caused them the greatest humiliati 09.Prey or Predator Julies was lying and rolling out of boredom within the void when the roar shook the space. The shockwave nearly cracked the prison yet the void still stand strong. "Huh?!" *SHAKING* "This power¡­could it be?!" *BOOM* "Aaa¡­Ashu¡­ra¡­Ashura!" "I thought he sealed them centuries ago." The roar signified a high tier Asura had been awakened. Asura had been categorised into three tiers; low, middle and high. Each tier had their own traits. These creatures maybe primitive yet their brutalness could send a whole nation into total chaos. Low tiers usually referred as Astuga. They has the least intelligent among the Asuras and usually being treated as slaves or cannon fodders by the higher Asura. They were the main foot soldiers in the Asura hierarchy. Asvan is the middle Asura with higher intelligence due to their human like behaviour. A few of them knows a tiny portion of magic allowing them to shift some situation to their advantage. They usually served as the chief of the tribe. The Asvan usually govern the village with arrogant. Finally, "True Asura" or Ashura is a god like figure to the Asura race. They are known as the master of magic in their society due to their deep understanding regarding magic and arcane. Their ability to bend the supernatural order had been regarded as divinity by the lesser kins. **** Agusha was sniffing around for prey when a shadow streched its black hands before grabbed the beast into the shadow. The swiftness of the strike did not alert any Asura nearby. Two pairs of blood eyes were eyeing its prey from the shadow. The nearby Asuras was ignorant about the fact that someone or something was watching them from the shadow. The sharp white teeth began revealing its when the shadow grinned. The Asuras usually went out hunting half a dozen people per group yet the fact that their Agusha did not return, signalling that something was wrong. Although the Asuras were primitive race, their natural instinct could be considered their greatest advantage against their enemies. "Both of you, go scout for any potential threat."The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. The leader of the group speaking in their native language, ordered two of his underlings to scout for any potential threat. As soon as the two left temperorily, the rest set up a bonfire using a minor art of magic or many "civilised" person would called witchcraft. Although the harvest could be considered sufficient for the group but comparing to the total tribe, it was like an average size fish being share among half a dozen of human. Suddenly, one of them ran toward them after a few minutes with fear written on his face. Sweats and his red skin was producing sweat at a rapid speed. "Lord Zaga! Amun¡­Amun¡­" "Amun what?!" "Amun''s dead!" Out of blue, a black tentacles came out and grabbed the nearby Asvan before dragging him in the darkness. The scream for help had allow fear to take root in the heart of these Asuras. "AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!" The dark entity stepped out from the shadow as the darkness obeyed his will. Countless of shadow tentacles were dancing behind the figure as Zaga and his group were being suffocated by the force of the grip. Eventually, one by one of them were being drained till their bodies became mummies due to lack of blood. The mummies were tossed to the sides after the sinister being had drain the blood. If any intergalactic government found that the Asura was barbaric and ruthless race, this figure was more than that. Their differences were like comparing heaven and earth. **** A very luxurious and futuristic room with a very delicate artistic design could caused anyone to have their mouth touching with saliva drooling from it. The room seems to be decorated with a mixture of every extra terrestial culture existed in that world. The images of seven figures forming a circle in on the dome created a magnificient aura. "I see." "The Ashura bloodline has awaken." Ryuma was sitting on his throne in the room holding card with the image of a figure with two pair of wings. His first two wings were white while their counterparts were black in color. The figure had a moderate size halo behind his head. The man possessed a white hair with a pair of crimson eyes. "The being who betray God for his fallen brother." "The former inhabitant of hell itself." "The being appointed by Him as the Emperor." The arch in front of him split in half, presenting an elegant woman who appeared like she is in her twenties. There is a different between this female and the human version. She looked like a human but was not one of them due to her pointy ears. Her flawlessly skin could invite the jealousy of other maiden which could mesmerise any opposite sex at a first sight and even the other females regardless of species would feel some sort of attraction toward her. "Aniue, the rebels has been eliminated." The draconian shifted his sight toward her while the card on his hand attracted her attention. The card seems very familiar due to its material which is made of platinum. "Is that¡­the Joker?" "Yes, my dear." "The Joker is glowing?" "Could it be?!" "Joker is returning, Susan." "Hahahahahahaha." Ryuma laughed as he put the card down besides the other four cards. He raised the card with a picture of medieval knight on it which was resting on the table using his index and middle fingers. "Joker, who will bring destruction." "Spade, who will govern others." "Heart, who will gain knowledge." "Diamond, who will guards the treasury." "Club, who will lead the army." Ryuma and Susan recited a strange riddle in the room. Others may finds them weird but they knew the true content of the riddle. "Joker, shall bring forth the New Age." "From destruction, a new creation can be born." "The question is, will he be a prey or the predator?" 10.Ambush The wailing of the terrified Asuras shocked the inhabitants of the planet as the former were known as the only existing overlords yet somehow something was causing them misery. **** The scene of the Planet Zitra could be describe as a desert. The sandstorm had always been "patrolling" on the planet discouraging people to settle on it. However, there many armored figures with different guarding the compound. Different different individuals kind of weapon on them. Each armored had the same functions yet different in structural design. Some have a werewolf shape while others mimicked their owners'' natural body structure. There were some snakemen among the team judging from the scaly tails on their back. Every single one of them was humanoid sentient species. [Captain, we have been in this planet for 3 days.] [No sign of the package, sir.] One of the officers reported to his superior as the rest were patrolling the perimeter. They were supposed to recieved the prisoner days ago yet no one shows up. "I don''t like this, Kuru." "I know but those are orders, man." Suddenly, Kuru caught a glimpse of the sand moved just a moment ago. He shifted his rifle barrel toward his left side, making sure that it was just his imagination. [Alpha Team, weapons ready.] [We''re not alone.] The squad went into full alert yet none of them realised that they had been stalked by someone or something. "Sir, aren''t we suppose to wait for the package?" "Yes, sargeant." "Then, may I ask what are doing?" The young sargeant was staring at the vice captain lying on the yellow sand with a bottle of cold soft drink on left hand and junk food on the other one. "Sometimes, its all about relaxing, sargeant." With a sip and some chips being thrown into his mouth, the sight of a satisfiying person could be seen. If a person with high imagination see this scene, the colourful scene and flowers could be present on the sight. "Sir?" "Yes, sarge." "I think you should stop this." "Why? Cause Captain Nox say so. Relax. He''s cool." Even though two third of the squad in high alert, some chose to slack off. The young soldier was nearly sweating because the vice captain failed to realise the "danger" standing behind him. "Yes, he''s cool indeed, Vice Captain Bon."This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. The familiar voice coming from behind him instantly froze him. ''I''m dead!'' ''Why didn''t you warn me beforehand?!'' Regretting was no longer an option as the captain caught him slacking red handedly. "Vice captain, I''m sure that Colenel Mory would find your discipline rather "interesting", am I right sarge?" The sargeant nodded his head obediently, fearing that he will got the same punishment as his superior. **** The Colenel felt something went wrong when the communication got cut off all of a sudden. Without wasting a second, every officers went on stand by. The busters had already queue up in the hangars, their pilots were waiting the order to deploy. The fighters were also on stand by. [Sir, they are ready.] [Should we deploy them, sir?] [Deploy the recon drones first!] [Yes, sir.] **** In a place very far away, a figure with black robe covering from his head to his toe was floating in the space as he gaze upon the horizon. His height could be considered average while his body structure is also average yet the darkness masked his face. People might wandering the entity behind the "mask". "Hohoho, interesting." "An Ashura with the bloodline of Seraphim, interesting." Ashura had been in an endless war with their archnemesis, the Seraphim. Their fued started long since their first creation. Both were powerful in their own respective ways. However, their common traits are both possess highly affinity in supernatural abilities such as telekinesis, telepathy and even elemental manipulation. These creatures had been known roaming the world before the creations of Man. Many tales mistook them as "angels" and "demons" due to their angelic and demonic figure. **** Horus had the saucer-eyed on him when the news of the escort team went MIA. This was be the first time ICE got ambush unprepared. Comparing to his previous appearance, he assume the human form. He had the appearance of a western celebrity. ''Impossible!'' ''Chrome is suppose to have the most advanced arsenal at its disposal yet the enemy manage to do a sneak attack.'' Horus without delaying any further went to the top floor of the palace passing by the staff on duty such as guards and maids. The majority of the staffs were humanoid sentient. Chrome had been considered an utopia for the multi-racial community. Its people do not care about any trivial matters because its people only judge others based on their actions. **** Multiple screens were surrounding the front sight of Ryuma as every data regarding the affair of the empire was being process by the AI. "Freya, how''s everything going?" [Every system is functioning well, Ryuma.] "Run a diagnosis on the fragment of the meteorite." When the arch split opened, the sight of Horus came in with a gloomy expression on his face did not surprise Ryuma at all. Knowing his younger sibling well, the expression could only mean something have gone wrong. "What''s the bad news, Horus?" "Aniue, the¡­the¡­" "The what?" "The escort team had gone MIA." "I see." Ryuma rise from his seat before turning his attention to the busy city as flying vehicles were hovering in a systematic way. His eyes were devoid of emotions as his sight was locking on the scenery. "Aniue, I-" "Before knowing the full detail of the situation, the rescue mission will be on hold." "But-" "Horus! Are you rather go in and risk the lives of the soldiers or you would patiently wait before dealing a heavy blow to the enemy?" Horus was really upset because Ryuma rejected his request before he could finished it. He could only stay silent because he knew Ryuma possessed the wisdom of the Emperor. Ryuma had been handling the affairs of the empire as the Acting Emperor. 11.Trap The emotionless youth had been massacring the Asuras by drain their lifeforce while boosting his own. The screaming of the victims voice echoed as every creatures trying to save themselves from the calamity. Nearly 6km radius had been turn into a wasteland with just two figures standing face to face in the center of it. The two Ashuras were glaring at each other as their auras were clashing. "I''m Zaga and who are you?" "You have the blood of Asura yet I sense something else in you." Instead of answering, the shadow tentacles struck but Zaga managed to cast the mana shield, blocking the attacks. The continous strike reduced the durability of the shield which later broke it. The sound of glass breaking corresponded with the sound of the shield being broken. ''Such power.'' ''Is he one of the Four?'' Zaga was on the prone position trying to get up yet his body refuse to obey him. This caused him to be left on the mercy of the another Ashura. **** In a leather tent, two Asuras were chanting some sort of spell as they bowed and threw in powder into the fire. "Lord Azak, I heard that above us is a group known as the Four Kings. Is it true?" "Yes, I''ve also heard of them." The elder began telling the tales of the Four. Before the Asuras were created, their primogenitor, the Ashura Origin committed suicide as a sign of despair after being lonely for thousands of years. The Creator knew about this incident decided to split his body into four parts before molded them into four Asuras with the equal ratio of males and females. These Four began their conquest on oppressing other lifeforms and some even force to bear the children of the male Asura. They fed on the flesh of the creatures they slaughtered during the conquest. The worlds got taken down one after another. The other creatures call to the Creator for help. Not only did the Four Kings oppressed others with their army but they also commited blasphemy, inviting further the Wrath of the Creator. Responding to the prayers of the oppressed people, the Creator sent His angels and the Four Kings were driven to a remote world where they were imprisoned along with their descendents. After the Great War, the Creator created the Seraphim race which used to guard the "prison". The Seraphim was their counterpart in many things.Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. Seraphim had similar appearance to that of the human except they had wings and halo on them. They are gifted with spiritual insight allowing them to sense the energy invisible to the human naked eyes. This species possessed free will unlike their older sibling, the angels which are devoid of it. The angels only follow the Creator''s command without questions. They are after all the servant of good as they bring goodness by His will. However, there was one particular Asura which led a rebellion against his own kins. With the help of the myriad species, the rebellion managed to push the entire Asura race into a remote island in the "prison" world. **** Livius was floating in an unknown space as everything was only pitch black. It was as if the entire world had been painted black because if it was a dark place, then it was logical that he could not see himself. But he can clearly see his body floating as if he was in space. ''Huh? What the-'' *ROAR* Then, a mirror like object appeared showing a human on a rampage. Black veins and red eyes could be describe as a mutation according to scientific explanation. The savageness of the creature caused the myriad species which sensed him from a kilometers away to flee in fear. ''He looks familiar.'' ''Where have I met him?'' Suddenly, something unexpected happened. A shadow began forming a humanoid shape. Its red eyes were visible yet the youth did not noticed them. (That''s because he is you.) "Ohh. Eeeeeehhhhhhhh!" "Who?!" The figure who appeared out of nowhere had nearly trigger a heart attack on the youth. The shadow disperse itself revealing Livius himself. The shadow looked exactly the same like Livius except his red eyes and the way he presented himself. The imposter licked his lips like a psycopath while giggling in a sinister manner. "Surprise?" "Who¡­are¡­you?" "HAHAHAHAHA!" "You really are funny aren''t you, Livius?" "Are you deaf or an idiot?!" The imposter was laughing with his heart content as tear flowing from his eyes. His laughing manner was as if mocking the youth whether it was intentionally or the opposite. Both his hands were tapping on his knees continously as his body was in squatting position. He even stomped the ground because the question posed by the youth was like the funniest joke he had ever heard. "Lo¡­Look at yourself!" "Coming here without knowing a single damn thing!" "Really, Livi?" Suddenly, something began resurfacing in his mind. Black flames emerging and raging like a beast. There villages in it yet the place was extremely terrible. The extreme temperature made people think that they might be living in an active volcano. *ROAR* He saw many people being chained up as the jet fire consumed the inhabitants like burning paper in an instant. The screaming of the residents were left unanswered. "AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!" "What''s this?!" "Huh?" "Hmm. It seems that your memories are resurfacing themselves." "Memories¡­What memories?" "The one that you''re seeing just now of course, Mr. Obvious." "You know, this theme is kinda boring for this occasion." "Let''s change it shall we." *SNAP* When the imposter snapped his fingers, the darkness was being replaced by buildings and skycrappers. It was like a magic where the magicians dissappear from the stage and reappear elsewhere. "Like the new view?" The scene was filled with flora which had invaded the city as the roots was sprouted from the buildings. The scene could be describe like the post apocalyptic movies where civilisation was destroyed leaving only ruins behind. "Hey, where ar-" 12.Cry of Thunder I The very scenery that Livius and the imposter encountered was full of cracks. One might wonder if he was really in reality because it appeared that the tiny fabric of space got damaged. At the midst of the ruin, two silhouete, silver and white were moving at the speed of sound as only myriad of shockwaves were emitted when either of them hit some certain area in the space. "Not bad, Livi." "More! More!" The imposter complimented him while wiping the blood dripping from the left edge of his lips. Instead of showing any sign of irritation, somehow the bloodthirsty nature began emerging from him. "Hu-" Before he could realise, the real Livius emerged from behind him when the former let his guard down for a moment. The geniune one launched a punch onto the mimicker. "What the-" However, an unexpected turn of event jumped into the fighting scene. Before the punch could land its blow onto the mimicker, the alternate Livius managed to cancel the strike by countering it with his own. As soon the geniune body hit the ground, a huge crater was formed while the nearby buildings collapsed, burying the youth in the crater. "Already?" ''He shouldn''t be this weak.'' ''Last time I fought him, this world was nearly getting destroy.'' ''Something''s not right.'' "Eh?!" The red Livius was watching the rubble, making sure that he truly win when something slapped him with an intense amount of force. The slap had sent him to "kiss" the ground. "Who?!" The imposter soon realised when he stood up that he had just unleashed a terrifying beast which had been chained in this world for years. The beast which none could contend, the very darkness that had been sleeping in this world. ''Not him!'' Darkness soon dispersed revealing the very same figure that was currently running amok in the real world. His expression sunk because he knew that the possibly of him winning was less than one percent. ''I guess there''s no choice!'' The second Livius was cornered and could not help but to curse his most vital mistake but what''s done is done. Without further ado, his left hand raised to the sky.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning came down and struck onto him especially his waist. The lightning soon took a form as the bright light was molding the shape. RAIJIN DRIVER A belt magically materialised itself on his waist and judging from its design, it possessed probably the same feature as Chrome Driver. READY "Hen¡­shin!" Instead of tap function like its Chrome counterpart, it automatically announced the "READY" voice, indicating that the belt was already on stand by mode without the need to unlock it. THOR DESCEND Thunderclouds gathered above the mimicker as lightnings appeared one after another. A set of purple armor descended onto the world before attached itself onto the warrior. The armor was emitting the spark of electricity. "The Thor armor. Something I wish to forget ended up saving me again." It was rather ironic because he hated the armor for what it had done to him yet it was the one which saved him from death many times. ''Demon! I''ll kill you!'' "MJOLNIR!" Then, a thunderous roar had announced the descending of a medium size hammer onto the ground. **** There was a thunderous roar in the sky as lightnings were visible to the eyes of the earthling. Every nations of the Earth got affected by it whether it was minor or major. The western families and eastern clans watched the storm from their respective countries as the topic was getting hotter each passing moments. Each of the leaders was getting anxious when the sight of the crimson lightning began taking over the sky from their white counterpart. The five major families of the western part were the William, Destronos, Hawkin, Boston and Vincent which reign since before the SAD incident. Meanwhile, the SIL headquarter was getting busier as the event took place. The upper echelon were uneasy since it was the first time this incident had since the birth of the paranormals. "What the hell is going?!" "System couldn''t detect the problem." "Then, what''re you all waiting for?!" "Get me result now!" ""Yes, sir!"" One of the upper echelon was annoyed the fact that this incident had reminded humanity that a great calamity will come and if they overlooked this then it will be over for the species. ''I''ve to figure out something.'' ''Last time, nearly half of the population got wiped out by the invaders. Thanks to Zero, we''re save otherwise we''re all doom.'' When the male paranormal fell onto the floor, the nearby staffs nearly panicked but one of them immediately took him to the infirmary. Many of the paranormals suddenly fainted when the incident took place. The infirmary soon packed with the paranormals. Medics were running back and forth from the infirmary to the storage area and vice-versa. **** Julies had his jaw dropped upon witnessing Thor fighting against the beast. He would had never thought that he would witness the legendary god of thunder, himself in action. ''It is him. Thor of the Asgard.'' Legend tells that Thor fought with a mysterious invader of Asgard. The battle took place somewhere outside of the Yggdrasil. The result remained a mystery till this day. The news of Thor went missing had caused an uproar among the Asgardians especially the upper echelons. ''But how?'' ''How''s it possible?'' Some Asgardian historian suggested that Thor had won the battle. Others assumed he fell in the battle because the Mjolnir appeared to be ownerless but would strike anyone who dared to wield it. The way the hammer reacted when strangers tried to hold it will only end up in two scenarios which they either end up dead in crispy state or suffer a lifetime in paralyse state. Fearing the life of his people, the All-father sealed the hammer in the Helheim, hoping that no one would even dare to retrieve the thundering hammer which an unexpected event took place centuries later. 13.Cry of Thunder II The battle between the shadow and the newly emerged Thor, rocked their surrounding as the shockwave of their clash spread in an omnidirection, blowing away nearly everything away from the fight scene. ''Not yet.'' ''I must survive!'' ''There''s no way I''ll let that demon destroy anymore lives!" The sight of hammer parring the jet tentacles was intense. The shadow fought with the lightning head-on, burnt the nearby flora while the land got dehydrated. Thor couldn''t help but to curse his current state because in the eyes of others, it a one-sided beating as he could only avoid one-third of the tentacles. Furthermore, the damaged he received felt like hundreds of hammers were smashing his limbs. Even though this world was considered a dream world but the accurate phrase could be a spirit world or dimension. This is the place where higher species used to meet each other. The fact that Thor managed to survive and stay in this realm was quite a miraculous enough. It was because no one had ever survive such harsh environment. Legend tells that those who managed to survive will able to transcend their mundane self thus increasing their understanding of the unknown matter. **** The berserk youth was rampaging in the forest when its whole limbs frozen unexpectedly. The motionless vessel felt like a marble sculpture from the museum. Although the demon was immobilised, the smoke emitted from his body still constantly producing the fume. The sound of the blowing wind could be heard clearly as the noise pollution caused by the roaring demon had stopped. The remnant flame from the chaos was still burning the flora which got caught on fire. Furthermore, the black smoke had created a thick haze that will suffocate any living thing in less than an hour. The vision will be compromised while the breathing rate will increase drastically. The clean air had been polluted by the amount of chemical mixing in it. Moreover, the scene had caused a stampede which turned some unfortunate animals into carcasses. A few of them had been dead for hours based on the state of the decaying body. The air was being polluted by the stench of the bodies. **** "The war is about to break."This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "Those foolish humans will never know about it." "That''s is in their nature after all." "Hmm. I wonder if this is the end." Julies who was talking to himself eagerly would caused anyone to suspect him as insane. The way he spoke to himself felt like there was another person besides him. Suddenly, a staff emerged from a burst of light. It was gold in colour and possessed some ancient greek influence on it judging its design. Four pairs of wings spread out from the purple crystal ball while the twin black serpents appeared to be after the crystal as their heads were below their goal. "Caduceus." "What do you want?" Then, the staff answered his question by emitting a yellow light which blinked a few times. Others might find this weird because the staff which is an inanimated object could communicate with human. Furthermore, an archaic writing was crafted on the staff. If scientists were to examine these writing, they may assumed that the staff had existed before the existence Egyption dynasties. Ordinary people might find this staff as ancient relic which is boring but to some "educated" scholars or scientists would shed tears of joy. Back to Julies who was annoyed when Caduceus was pestering him non-stop. The sentient staff kept on poking him from almost every direction. "Alright! I''ll do it so stop harrassing me!" "Even with the power of the raging fire, I still couldn''t defeat the Emperor." "The scar that he gave me still hurt as hell." The red crystal shine as something exited from it. The serpents suddenly went on to bite the object before gliding toward Julies'' waist. Both of them attached themselves alongside the mysterious object onto the waist. "Let''s do this!" ''Wait for me, Indra!'' ''I''m coming, brother.'' **** Thor was wounded as his left knee felt onto the ground supporting his weaken body. His breathing rate was quite fast as if he just complete a marathon run. ''He''s¡­really¡­strong.'' ''How many¡­times¡­do I¡­have¡­to¡­cut¡­that damn tentacles?!'' The armor which he had on him dissappeared leaving only the previous figure of Livius. His left hand held onto the handle of Mjolnir, using the hammer as a support. The battle between the two ended up badly for the inner Livius as he got pinned down with red liqiud flowing from his wounds. Bruises had covered nearly 30 percent of his bodies while his clothes was torn. ''I need help but who.'' As he was totally immersed in his thought, something shone in his shirt which scared the shadow away. His eyes were widen upon witnessing the newly emerged necklace. Blue light which emitted from it, forced the shadow in the defensive stance. {Remember Thor.} {When you''re in trouble, this necklace will protect you.} {Dip it with your blood to call for your brother.} {No matter how capable a person is, one cannot do everything alone.} The sight of a bearded man wearing a golden Asgardian armor appeared in his mind. He could only see the sight of the thick red beard as the figure spoke. When he smiled, the sight of white and flawless teeth was revealed. He could not see the old man''s face but the way the latter spoke contained a familiar feeling to the young thunder. The familiar feeling regarding the old man caused Thor to feel some sort of confusion because he did not know him yet his limbs reacted otherwise. (Whoever you are out there, please!) (Lend me your power!) The cry of the thunder shall call forth the "new" ally. A beginning chapter of a new legend is about to be made. The cry shall unleashed the thunder of the world. 14.Escape I The four mercenaries who had been trapped in the strange world, managed to adapt themselves in this new foreign world which were full of dangers and mysteries waiting to be uncovered. These hired military personals were best friends later became sworn sisters. Women had always been considered a weak species from other perspective. Moreover, what hurt their pride the most was that the statement came from their gender counterpart. Thus, these sisters sort out to change this perspective of the people. These quartette managed to complete dozens of missions given by their employer and managed to rise in rank faster than their peers. Their rank which was initially took about 3 years to reached their current rank which was S rank. The SIL had a ranking system starting from F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, and X rank. F is consider a trainee while X represent the peak of the paranormal. So far none of the paranormal had ever achieved X rank while only trio figures held the SSS throne. A-rank and below is the lower part of the ranking system. They only walk on the path of the mundane. Some of them did not care about power or influence. There are two types of path for the paranormals, the "normal" path or the Imperial path. The normal path is for those who are within the standard rank and they have little to zero influence in the league. The Imperial path is a cruel journey which involve deception and even murdering. The imperial group will fight for dominance whether it be a threat from either the outer space or Earth herself. S-rank paranormal is the rank of a hero with countless merits. This is the starting point of the Imperial path. The holder will either have to establish their own faction or join the existing one for the beginning of the journey. SS-rank is the throne for the kings of the paranormal. They are the leader of the countries in the continent. A few dozens of kings had established their foundation in either of the three main continent of the world. SSS-rank is a place for the strongest of humanity in defending against the threat. They held majority of the authority of SIL. There were three known existence which had attained the rank of Emperor as many people claimed the rank was for the emperors of the Mankind. X-rank is nickname as the "impossible" for the god-like existence which signifying the person has break the mortal shackle and achieve the impossible. The SIL had announced that only the Legendary Zero is worthy of the title even though he is no longer with them. Even the most arrogant within the rank of Emperor would not dare to self proclaim himself as it considered a blasphemy by fellow paranormals whether it be hero or villian.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. 90% within the paranormal community would never dared to taint the Great Tomb of Zero whether it would be literally or the opposite. **** Thor nearly collapsed when a burning crimson hand grabbed his arm, preventing the former from falling into the ground. "Look at you." "Pathetic as always, Thor." Thor lifted his head as his sight was getting a better look at the person who held him. The burning armor which flame was flaring from his back and on the back of the helmet which they resembled a pair of wings on each place. "A¡­Ag¡­ni." "Yo! I see you had been busy." "¡­How?" "Let''s just say, it''s a long story." "Look at you. A mess. Anyway, we''re out of here first." *BOOM* Before they could escapes, the black serpents went into an aggressive state as they charged at them, damaging further the space itself. Luckily, the rescuer, Agni rolled to the side along with the fallen Thor. "Hoho. Looks like our friend is getting anxious." *ROAR* "Time to escape. Caduceus!" Without wasting any time, Agni grabbed his staff and hit it onto the ground using the base of the pole as a powerful shockwave discharged from it. The force unleashed from the shockwave knocked away everything with the exception of the duo. However, something unexpected happened which blew Julies'' mind. The teleportation was supposed to work yet something hindered its process causing it to be nullified. "Interesting indeed." "As expected from someone who is the Emperor''s favourite." "He even made a seal in this boy''s spirit realm." "Impressive. No wonder why no one is able to kill him yet." Moreover, how could the berserker let its enemies get away when he was so close on defeating them. Anticipating this, Agni grabbed took some blood from the wounded Thor and some from himself before mixing them together. He chanted some spell in a form of a tongue twisting language which Thor did not even understand a single word that Agni recited. Agni was drawing a circle using their blood mixture. A bright circle emerged below them as soon as the pyromancer finished the recitation. Sensing that his enemies were escaping again. The remaining serpent like tentacles charged trying to prevent the duo from escaping. Fortunately, the two managed to escape before the shadow nearly harmed them. The burst of light took them out from the spirit realm and threw them somewhere within the world of Asura itself. *SIGH* Both of them let out a breath of relieve as they barely escape the nightmare. They knew that something sinister was ongoing. "Safe. Safe. Safe." "So tell me, Thor. How the heck did that thing even emerge?" Thor was mumbling because the previous incident would not happened if he did not pressure the poor child. "I¡­I-" "You let it out didn''t you?" "Huh?" "Don''t ''huh'' me." "So, tell me. How did the seal broke in the first place?" It took a few moments before Thor opened his mouth trying to answer the question. "I don''t know." "What? You''re telling that you did not even know how the hell did that thing even escaped?" "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" 15.Escape II Somewhere in an isolated area in the world of the Asuras, a primitive looking village was visible on sight. No knows how the village came into reality but the fact that it had hosted many of the Asuras. The village gathered them in an effort to unite once again as they had been in civil wars for centuries. An elderly Ashura was standing on the stage which was made out of wood and leather, facing the people. Even though he looked weak and harmless, none dared to cross him because of his vast knowledge of the magic. MY PEOPLE, WE HAVE BEEN IMPRISON FOR SO LONG, OUR ENEMY THE SERAPHIM HAD ALWAYS HINDERS OUR PLAN, THE TIME HAS COME TO UNITE AND DESTROY THOSE UGLY WINGED CREATURES, WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES BUT KNOW IS NOT THE TIME TO FIGHT AMONG US, BUT INSTEAD OF FIGHTING AMONG US, WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING OUR COMMON CURSED ENEMY, WHO''S WITH ME?! """HHHOOOOOOO!!!!""" Instead of facing with resistence, the crowd surprisingly agreed with the old Ashura''s plan. **** The elites had been sweating all days due to recent news came from the official diplomacy of ICE. Their lower class staffs got all the blaming because Jabbra had screwed up. A humanoid sentient mantis was enraged as his hand smashed the table. The furious mantis is known as Johnny by his colleagues. "That Jabbra!" "If I had known that he is secretly trying to overthrow us, I would have kill that bastard myself!" "Johnny, it has already happen." The chairman of the conference was a beetle type humanoid. His body was green in colour an the toughness of his body was his greatest asset. Ozai, as people addressed him, was a very calm yet calculating mind but the scale of the conflict had left him clueless. "Let''s just keep focusing on the future." Keep in mind that ICE may appeared harmless in their appearance but the moment they were being provoked, then the offenders should prepare themselves for total annihilation. If they did not compensate the damaged done to the ICE, the fourth elder will mobilise the ICE fleet which consisted of warships, busters, figthers and highly morale soldiers to war. "Gentlemen, as you all know that Jabbra has drag the entire EF into his vengence." "And we all know how the Chromian people will react, right?" This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. "So, what are you suggesting Ozai?" "We should hand over Jabbra immediately!" "It''s too late. He''s already escape." When the news of the culprit escape, the rest of the directors had their expression sunken because it could spell their doom. "Whatever you do, stall the ICE for as long as possible!" **** The wrecking berserker was rampaging as always when the aura suddenly, destroyed the Grand Seal of Raphael. This seal was located at his heart where there were 99 seals surrounding 3 grand seals. This sudden turn of event allowed the power to restrict the raging emotion thus enabling the poor youth to regain his sanity back. *PANTING* Livius had regained control of his body and mind again after the destruction of the first grand seal. Not only did he was able to regain control back but his mind also obtained some knowledge which had been buried deep within his subconscious. ''I see. So this is what''s the ring are for.'' ''Interesting.'' "Arrgghhhh!" Livius vomitted some blood as his knee fell onto the ground. Some of his body got caught by the blood. Red colour painted nearly half of his body and his trousers almost got repainted to red thanks to the blood. *COUGH* "The Ashura state is really a terrifying power." "That idiot sure knows how to damage my body at this rate." His left hand subconciously grasped his chest as his face giving the expression that something went within his heart location. "My body won''t be able to recover much at this state." **** In one of the solar system within the territorial state of EF, massive foreign fleet was being stationded there but the local troops could only put on a strong act as if they were not afraid of the tresspaser. On one of the blue moon of the unknown planet, two representatives were sitting face to face with only a table acting as a barrier between. "Oh my. Oh my." The EF side was sending a negotiator as their delegate, hoping to buy them sufficient time to arrest Jabbra and hand him over to ICE or risk of getting annihilated is in order. "Greeting esteemed guest, how may this one address you¡­sir?" The guests were five individuals group. Two lizardmen, two females which were jaguarian and falconian. The leader was a merman given on the fin-like ears on both sides of his head. The merman had a stoic face that some may say that even if the whole building collapse, he would not give a single thought about it let alone worry about it. People may wonder how in the whole world could such creature existed outside of the water. "Greeting. The name is Poli." "Lord Poli, it''s nice to meet you, sir." "My name is Jhugha, just an ordinary person with an ordinary background." Others might not noticed it but Poli clearly saw that the other side tried to maintain a professional stance but a few drops of sweat on his face had betrayed the young negotiater. The fear when facing such tyrannical figure was clearly understandabble given how ICE would react if they found out that the culprit had escaped. ICE would never care much about power struggle between the superpowers as long as the empire''s interest remained undisturbed. "Lord Poli, to what do I have the pleasure of having such a high ranking noble from ICE coming here, to this backwater world of ours?" The representative was well, in fact the "only" available negotiater at the solar system because other negotiaters had fled from the solar system when the news of the ICE had entered into their territory spread out. 16.Conspiracy I In the unknown galaxy, two groups of people were having a meeting in a isolated dessert. Both groups were heavily armed based on the weaponry that both teams displayed. Both sides were holding the same briefcase but the content might be different because their bodies movement. "You got the item?" "You know me." "You never cease to amuse me, Ford." "If I fail to get the item, then my name should change from Ford the Jack of All Trade to Ford the Liar." The huge humanoid beast said as he posed himself like a model displaying his large muscles. His bulky body made some people to think twice before picking a fight with him. "At least, you still have your humors." The triceratop who address himself as "Jack of All Trade" was wondering why did this customer of his was buying some odd yet rare items. "So what''s the goods is for?" "Ford oh Ford. There are things which we should avoid especially things that doesn''t concern us." The figure replied with a glare filled with hostility to which nearly lead the meeting toward a bloodbath scene. Both sides had their arsenals aiming at each other. "Alright, I was just curious. No need for such to stare at me like that." "My business motto is "you bring me the money, I bring you the goods"." "And that''s it. My customers privacy, I will not pry upon." Said the triceratop with his hands raised in "surrendered". When the hostile atmosphere was dissolved, both sides lowered their weapons simultaneously. **** At the outskirt of the meeting, a medium size crater just emerged. Thick black smoke was released from it where the visibility of the smoke could be caught on sight. Busters were hovering in the air searching for the survivors. The infrantry units were patrolling the perimeter. The battalion did not know that a secret meeting as being held near them. [Ground unit, anything?] [Negative.] [Buster?] [Negative.] A humanoid salmon like entity was overseeing the operation from a cruiser class warship just above the planet''s atmosphere. ''Where?! Where is that bastard had gone?!''Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. ''I need to find him as soon as possible.'' This entity was known as Captain Quan, one of the successful people within the EF military. He was promoted to Captain after his several achievement within the war with the United Cosmos Alliance(UCA). He was a person with calculative mindset. He would plan first before executing it because one must be cautious in his conduct or else something bad would happen. The current situation was presumely not in his favor as his soldiers did not find any corpse or remnant which belong to Jabbra. "What should I do?" The captain was murmuring in distress. Their nation had only a few hours left or else the ICE will mobilise their troops. Currently, some battalions had been stationed in several sectors near the EF border. When the time is up, these soldiers will strike with the heaviest strike one could get. If other say that they will destroy a large organisation, people would think that he is insane. But this perspective did not applied to the Imperial Chrome Empire. If they say it, then they will execute it because they never bluff when it comes to war. If anyone dares to disturb the interest of the Chromian, then be prepare for the worst retaliation one could ever imagine. **** In the Zestra nebula, a human was chasing after a lizardman who was crawling in despair, trying to escape from his pursuer who was walking toward him in a calm manner. "Lord Cavity, where are going?" "Are you trying to avoid me, old friend?" The movement of the human was so natural that one could mistake him as a person meeting an old friend. Each steps resonated like a rhythm to the extend that the thought of the human murdering his comrade would never come across one''s thought. "Rex. Can¡­we sort¡­this out?" "I would love to help you¡­" "Then, can you really tell them to withdraw their accusition?" "But¡­" The word "but" said by the human known as Rex sent a chilling sensation to Cavity, the lizardman. He had a bad premonition since he had been cornered by a single person. The person chasing him now may looked innocent but he had the authority to execute any escaping criminals, fugitives or even traitors depending on the severity of the crime they commited. If a person committed had a grave crime, death sentence will be in order. Only a few knew about this organisation which lurking in the shadow maintaining the public safety while reducing the corruption rate in a certain superpower. The members were least in quantity but each of their quality was a top notch, one man army if one might describe them. They occupied all the classes of the citizen but they answered only the Overseer of the organisation or the founder and leader. "You have comitted a grave mistake, milord." "I''m afraid that you''re too dangerous to be keep alive." Rex who was resting both hands behind his back the entire time pull something out from it. A blue glowing gun was visible on sight. ''Where were those idiots?!'' ''They should be here by now.'' The sight of his anxious target was spotted by the "hunter". He knew that something was odd but he decided to test his theory. "There''s no need to wait for back up." Rex calmly "reassure" the lizardman as he tossed a badge which had a symbol of a lion on a shield with a sword facing down behind the former. The lizardman looked at the badge and knew that something went wrong as the human remained calm in any tense situation such as facing an army of mercenaries. ''He''s good-'' ''No. Each one of them is an excellent assassin.'' Cavity was shivering sensed knowing death was just around the corner. The blue gun had its barrel aiming at the center of between the eyebrows. 17.Conspiracy II At the SIL Headquarter, the previous incident where paranormals fell unconscious had delivered quite a blow to the SIL due to the fact majority of their forces were subdued in a single night. Unfortunately, something worse was about to take place and none of the people from the humanity side knew about the incoming threat. The cases of paranormals fell into coma were only the beginning and the humans were not ready yet to face the inevitable. Moreover, mutated animals from Area One had broke out from the contaminated area and were heading toward the populated area. **** Within the heart of the Dark Forest in the Asura Homeworld, an ancient temple like structure stood proudly even though nature was trying to cover it up. A white humanoid alien was standing in front of the stairs of the temple. The stairs leading to the entrance of the temple was about two third of the total height of the temple itself. "So this is it." "The temple of Indra." The figure stared from the bottom of the stairs to the roof of the temple. The temple had some missing pillars and some cracks were on it. It had been in desolated state to the extend that many of the temple glorious art were either being destroyed or stolen. "Where do you think you''re going, old man?" Before the figure could take a step onto the stairs, someone called out to him causing his first step to be halt. "I didn''t think that you would find me here." "I had my suspicious about you when you mention many great things about "him"." "You aren''t aftering the golds or diamonds of that certain king but the gift." **** The four mercenaries had been wandering around the forest for hours after their injured members managed to recover. Their clothing looked "nice" after their adventure in the forest, trying to survive in the wild of the unknown world. "Sis, how long are we in here?" "I don''t know. A few days maybe or even a week." As the four was walking down in the forest, one of them accidently stepped on a stone button. "Oh no-"Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. When Andrika the accidently "confessed" to the team, the group fell the vibration on the ground. The ground split opened and swallowed the girls. "AAAAAHHHHHHH!" **** The news of the mutant beasts breaching the Astral City had caused panic to the nearby cities as paranormals were out. Only the ordinary policemen and soldiers who were available at the moment. So, the duty of defending the city layed on their shoulders. The government had to deploy tanks and even helicopters to counter the rising trouble caused the horde. The horde moved aggressively toward the Astral City. The scene of the horde looked quite similar to a stampede. The shaking caused by them could be feel by the humans in the city. The citizens were being evacuated as by the police while the soldiers were barricading the city walls. The sadness on the faces of the people were visible. On one of the skyscrapper building, a certain black figure was watching the scene of the busy where civilians were fleeing from their homes. The army was preparing for war against the horde. The romance of viewing the world from a tall place was definitely intriguing to some people. Some main characters in novel had a hobby of looking down on their world. The figure was holding a mask using his left hand while its counterpart acted as a pillar, supporting the body. "This view is definitely amazing." "Now, I know why those otaku wanted to be like the MC of the show." As the figure was having a monologue, someone appeared behind him but he chose to ignore it. "Zero, how long are you going to be sitting there?" "Did you forget about the assignment that sensei gave us?" "Do I look like I care?" "Are you trying to get yourself kill?" "Don''t tell me that you forget those rules that sensei told us days ago." "Ah! That loli hag did babling about those stupid rules." "Those things were really pain in my ass." The black figure known as Zero was continued watching the scene. Zero dressed up in black covering almost every part of his body. The only exposed part was the lower part of his face. The lips were visible because the hood only covered his upper head leaving only the mouth visible. **** The sound of weapons clashing resonated in the air as sparks were being produced by the clashed. The blue moon provided the light for the "show" as two lights were battling against each other. As the light came onto the world, the shadow was running in fear allowing the blue light to "dominate" the night. The illumination of the moonlight gave the clear view of the figures who were fighting moments ago. The previous white alien figure had a slightly muscular body. A purple gem on his chest with two horns which appeared like a crescent moon. Its height approximately about 1.7 meters while both of his hands had a short yet sharp claw like fingers each. Its two purple eyes were shining under the gaze of the moonlight. His posture had some fairy tale influence on it because the figure stood proudly as elegance sync itself with him. "Wiseman¡­No!" "Carbanucle Asura!" The figure who "exposed" him had a feminine voice. The voice echoed in the bright night from the nearby flora. Wiseman or Carbanucle as the mysterious figure addressed him shifted his gaze towards one of the tree which standing just below the blue moon. "They say that one of the Children of Indra will be as beautiful as the moon itself." "They were definitely right about it." "Tsukiyomi oh Tsukiyomi." "You''re truly a goddess incarnate." The feminine voice clicked when its identity was exposed. Tsukiyomi managed to escape from the encirclement thanks to a certain event which led the Asuras to withdraw from the cave. 18.Azak Back on the Earth, the mother was crying as tears had been flowing like waterfall. Her mind was thinking nothing else other than her missing son. The news about the child went missing was still fruitless because none of them had the clue other the old hut which was in ruin. The nearby neighbours could only comforting her while SIL was trying to find away to solve this or else their reputation will get blown by this incident. **** In an unnamed mountain, an Asura was meditating under the waterfall. Let the cold water flowing onto his body as his will tried to resist the chilling sensation. The Asura had skinny and weakly looking body. He looked like an old man who had been fasting for days. Some people believe that just a gentle breezes could knocked him down. His disciple was just by the river gazing onto his master as the meditating session had taken place. Both of them only had a piece of leather cloth to cover their manhood. ''Why is master Azak wanted to meditate under this Saliva of Origin?" "For what purpose?" "Where is the current position of the Kings?" "Why do I have to guard this stupid rock?" The disciple goes by the name Awan. He was considered a prodigy among the Asvan but comparing to Azak, he was only considered a child before an expert. The Asura managed to unite the nearby tribes allowing his Sado Tribe to gain more manpower. They needed more people to go up against their counterpart/arch-enemy. Just a few weeks ago, rumor had been surfacing that Azak managed to kill one of the Seraphim, earning him the title Seraph Killer. This led to a few incidents which the Asura tried to overthrow their counterpart yet it only remained fruitless. **** Livius had been hunting down creatures to satisfy his large appetite. He had been this massive need for consumption of food ever since he entered into the berserker mode. Sadly, there wasn''t any seasoning so he could only ate the roasted "beef" as it was. It took him minutes just to gather all of his guts before his teeth sunken into the meat. "This is a disaster." Every single bite felt like a "torture" because the meats nearly tasteless with exception some bitterness on the burnt part of the meat.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. This was indeed a "punishment" for those slackers who had don''t want to equip themselves with useful skills. The sadness of these lack of taste had indeed became an unforgetful memory. **** "Those filth barbarians really done it now!" "How dare they killed our brother and gets away with it!" These two humans were discussing something heavy as they were angry. These humanoids were wearing a set of light armor and a rapier each hanging on their waist. Furthermore, they had a pair feathered wings each on their back. The wings had some similar traits to the crow''s wings with the exception of the former having a larger in term of size. After tired of letting their frustration loose, the two took off as when their black wings flapped, allowing the force to push them up into the sky. **** Master Azak had been in his meditation for days yet none of the villagers dared to disturb his enlightning moment. Nobody knew what did the old wise seek in his meditation but something major was about to take place but none of them realised the incoming threat. Suddenly, a burst emerged from the lake, dragging the disciple into the spirit realm while his body fell onto the ground as if his soul just left. He saw something terrifying, a vision which could lead to either the history of their race or their destruction. A black figure stood proudly on one of the tallest man-made mountains which was made out of corpses. The warriors of the Asura had fell to this entity who had been gazing on the horizon as his right hand wielded a sabre. Moreover, the scenery of a great battle ended could be considered a possibility based upon the fresh blood, dripping from the edge of the blade itself. *ROAR* However, the next scene shook him to his core as he saw an Asura was staring at an incoming figure. The speed of the unknown figure immediately stopped when a clash sound was emitted for once. The single clash between the lone Asura and the unknown led to a series of clashing as both sides refused to admit defeat. Furthermore, the shadowly figure fought with such force as he had been in the offensive position while the Asura had been defending the whole time. Moreover, the more time passed, the more the number of cuts were marked. Soon, the Asura fell as the figure walked toward the body in a proudly manner. "You''re fool for trying to rebel against Lord Asmodeous!" The black figure stomped the weakened Asura countless times in rage. Each stomp felt like a huge boulder came down onto him. "Why?!" "If you had not betrayed us back then, we would had win the war." "Why?! Answer me!" The surrounding area had to suffer as a result of the duel which was dragging for 20 full moon cycles. The flora withered while the fauna would either escape safely or becoming carcass during the process. **** After 15 full moon cycles had passed, the old Asura awakened from his meditation. His eyes were glowing in red when he opened the windows to his soul. Moreover, something miraculous had happened to him during his enlightning period. His body which looked like he was in his twillight years had been filled with vitality. "Yes¡­Yes!" "This is it!" "Thank the Origin for this wonderful gift." "Now, the Asura can rise and claim the throne again!" "HAHAHAHAHA!" The Asura was overjoyed with his newly gained strength as he believe he could rule the world. He wanted to summoned the Four Kings to begin the new Asura Invasion which had been the dream of nearly every Asura in existence. 18.Azak Back on the Earth, the mother was crying as tears had been flowing like waterfall. Her mind was thinking nothing else other than her missing son. The news about the child went missing was still fruitless because none of them had the clue other the old hut which was in ruin. The nearby neighbours could only comforting her while SIL was trying to find away to solve this or else their reputation will get blown by this incident. **** In an unnamed mountain, an Asura was meditating under the waterfall. Let the cold water flowing onto his body as his will tried to resist the chilling sensation. The Asura had skinny and weakly looking body. He looked like an old man who had been fasting for days. Some people believe that just a gentle breezes could knocked him down. His disciple was just by the river gazing onto his master as the meditating session had taken place. Both of them only had a piece of leather cloth to cover their manhood. ''Why is master Azak wanted to meditate under this Saliva of Origin?" "For what purpose?" "Where is the current position of the Kings?" "Why do I have to guard this stupid rock?" The disciple goes by the name Awan. He was considered a prodigy among the Asvan but comparing to Azak, he was only considered a child before an expert. The Asura managed to unite the nearby tribes allowing his Sado Tribe to gain more manpower. They needed more people to go up against their counterpart/arch-enemy. Just a few weeks ago, rumor had been surfacing that Azak managed to kill one of the Seraphim, earning him the title Seraph Killer. This led to a few incidents which the Asura tried to overthrow their counterpart yet it only remained fruitless. **** Livius had been hunting down creatures to satisfy his large appetite. He had been this massive need for consumption of food ever since he entered into the berserker mode. Sadly, there wasn''t any seasoning so he could only ate the roasted "beef" as it was. It took him minutes just to gather all of his guts before his teeth sunken into the meat. "This is a disaster." Every single bite felt like a "torture" because the meats nearly tasteless with exception some bitterness on the burnt part of the meat.This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. This was indeed a "punishment" for those slackers who had don''t want to equip themselves with useful skills. The sadness of these lack of taste had indeed became an unforgetful memory. **** "Those filth barbarians really done it now!" "How dare they killed our brother and gets away with it!" These two humans were discussing something heavy as they were angry. These humanoids were wearing a set of light armor and a rapier each hanging on their waist. Furthermore, they had a pair feathered wings each on their back. The wings had some similar traits to the crow''s wings with the exception of the former having a larger in term of size. After tired of letting their frustration loose, the two took off as when their black wings flapped, allowing the force to push them up into the sky. **** Master Azak had been in his meditation for days yet none of the villagers dared to disturb his enlightning moment. Nobody knew what did the old wise seek in his meditation but something major was about to take place but none of them realised the incoming threat. Suddenly, a burst emerged from the lake, dragging the disciple into the spirit realm while his body fell onto the ground as if his soul just left. He saw something terrifying, a vision which could lead to either the history of their race or their destruction. A black figure stood proudly on one of the tallest man-made mountains which was made out of corpses. The warriors of the Asura had fell to this entity who had been gazing on the horizon as his right hand wielded a sabre. Moreover, the scenery of a great battle ended could be considered a possibility based upon the fresh blood, dripping from the edge of the blade itself. *ROAR* However, the next scene shook him to his core as he saw an Asura was staring at an incoming figure. The speed of the unknown figure immediately stopped when a clash sound was emitted for once. The single clash between the lone Asura and the unknown led to a series of clashing as both sides refused to admit defeat. Furthermore, the shadowly figure fought with such force as he had been in the offensive position while the Asura had been defending the whole time. Moreover, the more time passed, the more the number of cuts were marked. Soon, the Asura fell as the figure walked toward the body in a proudly manner. "You''re fool for trying to rebel against Lord Asmodeous!" The black figure stomped the weakened Asura countless times in rage. Each stomp felt like a huge boulder came down onto him. "Why?!" "If you had not betrayed us back then, we would had win the war." "Why?! Answer me!" The surrounding area had to suffer as a result of the duel which was dragging for 20 full moon cycles. The flora withered while the fauna would either escape safely or becoming carcass during the process. **** After 15 full moon cycles had passed, the old Asura awakened from his meditation. His eyes were glowing in red when he opened the windows to his soul. Moreover, something miraculous had happened to him during his enlightning period. His body which looked like he was in his twillight years had been filled with vitality. "Yes¡­Yes!" "This is it!" "Thank the Origin for this wonderful gift." "Now, the Asura can rise and claim the throne again!" "HAHAHAHAHA!" The Asura was overjoyed with his newly gained strength as he believe he could rule the world. He wanted to summoned the Four Kings to begin the new Asura Invasion which had been the dream of nearly every Asura in existence. 19.New Ally Somewhere in the past, a person who bore the resemblance to Livius was facing against an Ashura who had bat like wings on his back. Unlike the genuine Livius, this person had a short silver hair matching with his twin glowing eyes. A strange sword with a uncommon structure was being gripped. The sword had a silver blade with a black handle. There was a trigger on the handle and a circle approximately 3 inches radius acted as the handguard between the blade and the handle. "What''s wrong, son?" "Tired already?" "HAHAHAHA!" "The so-called Eklektos had been fallen to me, Hades." Eklektos was kneeled on one knee as a result of the damages receive during their battle. The sword acted as his support when both his hands were strongly holding onto the handle. Red blood was flowing down from his body, dripping onto the ground dyed it with the former''s colour. "Son, why fight me? Join me." "This world is ours to rule!" "We are the gods to these low life creatures!" The Ashura laughed as his sight was onto the sky with his arms spread wide. "You''re¡­wrong¡­¡° *COUGH* The son had been coughing blood as he was currently to weak to stand, let alone to speak. When he spoke, it took him a whole breath which nearly suffocated him even though, it was just two words. His son statement caught the Ashura by surprise as he was not expecting that. "Hoho. Do tell my child." "If you''re saying that you''re different than me, you and I, we both killed our own flesh and blood." "You even commited cannibalism to sought power which was even worse than me." "You rape your own sister, killing your brothers." "What makes you different from me?" "We''re both the same and that prove that you''re indeed my own flesh and blood." ****If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. Livius woke up in shocked as his breathing rate was heavy. Sweats were pouring out from his skin. He had been having the nightmare about his doppleganger and the Ashura father for quite a while. ''Who''re those guys?'' ''Why did the father call him Eklektos?'' ''And why does the son look exactly like me?'' "Peace be upon you, Livius." "Huh?" Livius who was still wounded saw a man standing in front of him as the latter greeted him when he lifted his head up. This allowed him to view the man clearly. "Jibril." The man known as Jibril had an extraordinary appearance. His handsome face would stole countless of maiden''s heart. He had a slim body but it was full of vitality. Furthermore, he had a neatly trimmed beard and a short hair which were jet in colour. He looked like the prince charming in the children''s fairytales. However, the strangest part about him was his clothing. He wore a flawless white robe that cover nearly every part of the body except the head and his hands. People who had a sharp eye would noticed that there was not a single dust on his robe. ''Why are you here?" "I came down here to inform you of the Creator''s Decree." "What''s so good about me that the First Life came down here to deliver the message himself?" "I''m only following His order." Then, Jibril told the poor boy about his responsibilty to the world. Even though the message was simple, the burden of carry such task would not be an easy one. Suddenly, he saw that both his arms had a burnt mark on them. The pattern of the mark matched that of a chain. These red marks on his arms had been haunting him while reminding him about the very sin that he swore not to commit under any circumstances. "It seems that Zabbaniyah did left those scars on your arms." Livius could only stared the ground leaving his head, hanging as his eyes were staring at the ground while his mind wandered around. "I¡­I¡­" **** Livius remember about a massive roaring beast that was covered in black flame with 70,000 long and large chains on it. Each chains had 70,000 beings held onto it, trying to contain the aggressive beast. Next, the scene of him eating an ugly fruit which was neither nourish nor tasty against hunger and it came from a thorny plant. The fruit looks like the head of the devil. Moreover, he saw that the inhabitants drinking the boiling water like thirsty camels. The water was like murky oil. Then, the creepier part began as the water that they just drank began to cut up their bowels to pieces. Furthermore, he saw some of them was being fed with a black flame that devour every single atoms leaving nothing before the body was being reconstructed back and the process was being repeated in nearly endless cycle. **** Andrika, Ashley, Cameron and Ning were trying to open the dusty arched doors of an ancient temple where they accidently discovered upon being fallen into an unexpected "trap". During their journey, they managed to salvage some materials in this new world and turn them into weapons and clothes. The four of them still look good even in their leather outfits. Some of the weapons were crafted using wood as the handle while stone and some animal teeth were being used to substitute for the blade. Through their survival knowledge, skills and experiences, this world had been viewed as their secondary home. "Sisters¡­Look!" The three sisters averted their eyes toward the direction where Andrika pointed her index finger. They saw a white beautiful girl was leaning back on the wall of the temple. Furthermore, she suffered from serious wound judging from cuts and her torn cloth. Her eyes were closed appealing to be dead but the sign of the girl being alive was her heavy breathing. "We need to help her." "But¡­Ning, you couldn''t possibly think of helping a stranger are you?" "Andrika, who knows maybe she could help us get home." "But¡­But-" Ning cut Andrika off when she asked the team''s medic about the girl''s condition. "Ashley, how''s she?" "Very bad. Her injuries must have been inflicted hours ago." "Ashley, can we save her?" 20.Sadness Master Azak was on a peak on one of the mountains on the Asura Prime. The former old man was staring onto the horizon as his mind was absorbed in defeating the Seraphim. "Greeting, master." "Oh, Awan. You''re here my son." "Master, we should strike those feathered creature now." "Patient, young one." "I appreciate the spirit but striking without a plan would only be suicide." "Master, I''m sorry for your loss." As his disciple comment on his past, his hand was feeling the ring which had been hanging on his neck. The only item that contained the memory of someone he cared about. **** 30,000 moon cycles ago, a great war was let loose onto the Asura Prime. The battle was between the ruling class and worker class. An Asura was leading the war against the ruling class. He wore a leather armor with bow and arrows along with an axe. His axe had been swinging, chopping down any nearby enemy. "Kaza, bring down those bloodsucking bastard!" "What about you?!" "I''ll pave a way for you!" Kaza took the spear off from his back. It was a very spear which had been by his sides since he was in his early teen. The spear could be describe as the Asvan''s most trusted partner. "GO!" "Don''t die, old friend." Kaza left his friend as the latter smiled when the former headed toward the mountain peak. He rushed and hacked every enemy that came at him. This civil war was caused when the ruling class started their cannibalistic diet by consuming those of the lower class. They would consumed their very kin as the corpse were being hacked before being cooked. The meal was being served in different type of dishes. The elites would consume those food in a manner which could be describe as natural for them but it would caused any person with moral to vomit in disgust of such scene. This behaviour was not well received by one of their own who went by the name Indra, so he started helping the peasants from the shadow to overthrow the current aristocracy. Little by little, the aristocracts were forced to flee from the region due to the uprising of the peasants. When Kaza arrived at his destination, something unexpected happened. His eyes were widely opened when he saw a female Asura was being drained by one of the aristocrat.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. "Impossible!" Furthermore, there were two of them instead of one. Kaza had a disbelieve expression when the victim was none other than his beloved wife. The corpse looked at her husband with her lifeless eyes. "Shakala!!" "Curse you, Destra!" The older Ashura watched the event happening as the leader of the rebels fell into despair with amusement. The younger one who looked like his son was engulfed in his "meal," ignoring his surrounding. "Hades, it''s very rude to ignore our guest." The older Ashura, Destra reminding his son, Hades about his manner when the latter decided to ignore their "guest." Hades replied to the annoying Destra but none of those present could understand completely as he was still draining the blood of the female Asvan. "Don''t speak while you''re still eating." "That''s so barbaric." "Remember son. We''re the gods of these filth barbarians so we have a public image to maintain." As the fire of hatred was burning up in the heart, the poor Asvan gathered his strength before charging at the younger Ashura. The Asvan''s wrath were being shown by his two eyes which some believe to be the windows to one soul. "I''ll hunt you down if its the last thing I do!" "I''ll ki-" Unfortunately, fate decided to play a cruel joke to him when he was in need of miracle. The sudden pain which invaded his chest had unconsciously caught his full attention. This suddenness turn of event had petrified his limbs. ''It''s¡­a¡­joke¡­right?'' When his sight went down, he saw a tip of black blade had penetrated his very heart and the blood had been dripping from it. Some of the blood even started flowing from the edge of the lips. "Hahahahaha!!" "Kaza oh Kaza!" Destra was laughing at the sight of the pain that was being inflicted to the Asvan. He laughed in a such manner which he felt nothing when witnessing other people''s pain. "You seems did not know your place I see. "You''re only a mortal yet you dare to defy us!" His unexpected fear was revealed to him. He did not expect that his most trusted "partner" would stabbed him in the back. This betrayal had dealt quite a blow to the wounded Asvan. The two pupils then shifted to the stabber only to lead him deeper into the abyss of despair. As much as his anger had been amassing in heart, the sadness being betrayed by those who were important to him had turn him into a living "undead." "Zaman¡­why?" "¡­What did¡­¡­I¡­do to you¡­to deserve¡­this?" The culprit then withdrew from the sight, only to reappeared back behind the Ashuras. The very spear was being held on his right hand but there was something strange about this entity. "Surprise?" "How do you like my new creation?" "I may call it my Asura Golem." "Father, that''s really a lame name." Hades who just finished his meal barged into his father introduction. The corpse of Shakala was being tossed aside near the cliff. Those two lifeless eyes were staring at his spouse who was heavily wounded. "Shakala¡­I¡­will¡­save¡­you¡­" Kaza sight was getting blurry as the pain became too much for him to bear. The more the Asvan tried to endure, the more difficult for him to remain strong. After a few moments, the Asvan fell onto the ground at last as darkness began to consume his sight. Hades who was witnessing the scene came near the fallen Kaza before whispering something into his ear. 21.Invasion The Astral City was once a large prosperity city, had nearly half of its size changed into ruins. Humanity had not suffered this scale of devastating since the SAD incident. Flames, bloods and destructions were everywhere as far as an individual eyes could see. The enemy was an unknown to humanity as they were ignorant of it. Zero along with his schoolmate was surveying the first half of the city which only resembled a city at all. It was the same person who was with him when the invasion happened. Nobody knew about his identity because he used a voice changer which made his voice sound like a machine. "Zero, what should we do?" "I don''t know." It takes moments before the schoolmate realised something. His friend wore an all white outfit that covered every single part of him leaving none part of him exposed. "You don''t know!" "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" His friend were really angry because of his carefree nature who would not care about others. However, instead of responding with an arguement, Zero vanished from his current position leaving the figure alone. "ZERO!!" He shouted on the "missing" Zero before something happened. One of the flying type mutant ambushed him causing him to fell from the skyscrapper. "AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" The flying mutant was making a u-turn in the air before resuming its attack on the white figure. It gave out green powder which was being spread from its wings. Then, bright arcs emerged from the darkness, hacking the mutant into pieces. The dark figure dashed out and grabbed the white figure in a princess carry. "Aren''t you a little adorable, Albion." "WHA-" The white figure, Albion who tried to protest but got his lips sealed. Zero kissed locked his own lips onto Albion''s lips. Moreover, something interesting happened. Albion''s helmet automatically withdrew causing a golden long hair to bloom in the air. "Like it, president?" The ''he'' was actually a she as the twin eyes were reflected on the colour of the sky itself. Her flawless skin would made the opposite sex, drooling in lust.Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. This revelation could shocked anyone because this strong white figure who had been accompanying him since the incident of the missing student, Livius Sakazuki. After a few moment of intimate moment between the yin-yang couple. Zero broke the kiss when he separated his lips from Albion. This results a string of saliva which connected both figure. "Aki, how long are you going to¡­ hold me?" "Aren''t you loving it?" Albion was trying to escape from the princess carry scene but Zero would not allow it. She blushed when Zero replied to her question which made her hitting his chest like a little girl being bullied by her beloved. "Shouldn''t we go back home, now?" "But¡­I want to spend more time with you." Zero was acting like a spoil boy who wanted to play more outside of his house. Albion just gave him a quick kiss on his cheek. "Do you remember who''s coming over?" "Nope. What time is it?" "We have only 20 minutes before she comes." "Oh. EEEEEHHHHHHH!!" "Let''s go home quickly!" Zero performed high jumps on the roof of the skyscrappers as he was sweating heavily when his girl said the word "she" which was a nightmare for him. This person was one of the worst nightmare of men especially those who had a married status. Zero who had the most playful nature would also naturally feared this person but to call it fear would be inappropriate. It would be more accurately to call it annoying. **** The two had to push through the waves of mutant beasts from their current location. There many strange beasts that appeared in the sky. Various types and forms had been aiming at the couple as the two were venturing in the sky. "There''s so many of them!" "Hang in there, president!" "I always tell you to call me baby or darling when we''re alone." As the two love birds were having a quite intense yet romantic discussion excluding the hordes which could chew them any moment if they let their guard down. "Looks everyone is impatient I see." Zero pull out a large black scythe out from his pocket. As the blade was bathing on the moonlight, it released a blue aura harmonising with the white moon. "We are late yet you dare to obstruct us." "You shouldn''t do that you know." Albion withdrew her twin babies from their respective holsters which were on her both thighs. One was red while its twin was blue and both of them were more futuristic version of the infamous desert eagle. Furthermore, each of them were equipped with a blade below the barrel allowing the wielder to cover their themselves should the enemy managed to broke through her gun range. "After you, baby." "Then, here I go." "The faster we clean this pests, the faster we go home." Then, Zero and Albion went on hacking and shooting at the hordes, painting the sky with the blood of the fallens. The hordes still charging at them despite the fact that there could not got close enough to deal a blow on their prey. Zero, the grim reaper was chopping the hordes non-stop despite having a disadvantage against the enemies number because to him, the mutants were just like fishes on a chopping board. "It''s been a while since I massacre anything." "Aren''t you happy, Zero?" "As much as I hate to admit it but we have a bigger problem at hand." Next, Albion who was shooting the beasts here and there with a speed that was not so slow at the same time not so fast. Every inch of her body looked like it was dancing instead of fighting. "Relax, we will be there in time." "That''s easy for you to say." Everything went so fast which would make anyone doubted eyes. The scaly and hairy sky soon return back to its glory which was blue after being shone by the moon. 22.Stolen A large black sphere was acting as the moon for one of the desolate planet. It was used to confine the prisoners of a certain superpower. Colossal humanoid creatures known as the titans were used as guards to keep the captives under control. They were being brought in by the Emperor himself during the Great War. They might be aggressive in nature yet they idolised the strong. They had once launched attack on ICE recon squad which just invited the wrath of the Emperor. Instead of sending an army to retaliate the monarch himself came to their homeland. He went on a rampage which destroyed nearly half of their population. Their mother had to beg the sole invader for mercy because he was massacring her children like cattles. If normal person saw this scene, they will have their jaws dropped onto the ground with eyes as wide as a saucer. A 30 metres female titan was prostrating before a tiny figure. Emperor punished the titans by having them guarding the Tartarus prison which was the large black sphere that acted as a moon for the home planet of the monarch. The size of the sphere was about half the size of the sun. The whole star was used to hold prisoners. These titans carried their duty with pride instead of despair. A blue male draconian arrived at the twin Zanazium gates which were guard by a white and blue titans. When they the draconian, they kneeled on one knee with their head hanging. ""We greet the Wise Ryuma of the Elders!"" "Open the gate." Without any delay, both titans got up and the blue one took the innitiative to open the gate thus allowing the elder to enter. The nearby titans who saw Ryuma''s face when he enter nodded as a sign of respect before resuming their work. **** The world was trembling which caused a disturbance at the cosmic level. Supernovas started occuring more often than usual. Next, in a white hall where many experimental tools were being arranged in a systematic was being occupied by multi-species. Each them wore a white coat as they were busy carrying out different type of experiment. The scene of multiple species working together as a single group would probably put the human race to shame upon witnessing it. A silver haired female elf was supervising the group with her natural charisma that will make others obey her like a hypnotism. They worked in such a harmonious way even though they appeared to be different from each other.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Furthermore, a jaguarian in his hazard suit was receiving a vial of chemical with a hazard logo on it perfectly from his co-worker without even the need to look at it. "Your highness, the experiment regarding the Quantum Zegan was successful." One of the personnel reported to the elf in a casual yet respected manner. "Excellent work, Zone." "Thank you, your highness." "Well then. Allow me to execute another project, ma''am." "Of course." After the figure left, the elf maiden gathered the people in the lab through communication with her mind. (Everyone, to celebrate another success of our breakthrough, drinks in Asclon Club tonight is on me.) When she finished giving out her speech, the crowd roared in excitement because tonight they could drink to their heart content without have to worry about the bill. The maiden later retired to her office when a small blinking light was beeping on her desk. She waves both left index and middle fingers casually causing the blinking light to display a figure. "Greeting, Aniue." "Greeting, Susan." "How''s the Quantum Field going?" "We have made a breakthrough but¡­" "But?" "The Chalice was stolen during the ambush." "I see. So, someone from the family managed to smuggle it out." "Thirteen is already on it." "You want to use them to track the thief?" Ryuma nodded in response but sighed soon after. "Susan, send our baby brother to that Prime." "We need to prepare, the mastermind who ambush the escort team is not an ordinary one." **** Livius was walking normally after the encounter with the person by the name Jibril. The latter appeared and vanished soon would let anyone to question themselves whether they were imagining things. ''Man, why am I here in the first place?'' The boy was wandering around before he stumbled upon two Asuras who were nearby. Upon making eye contact, both sides soon took their battle stance on. Moreover, one of the Asura displayed a very angry expression when both sides made their first eye contact. "I did not think that fate would brought us together again so soon." Even though the Asura spoke in his native language, the boy understood every single word that came into his ears. Furthermore, instead of brainstorming on how to solve the current conflict, question marks began filling up both parts of his brain. "Have we met?" ''Why does he looks familiar?'' ''Could it-'' *BOOM* The elder did not let the foreigner finished as he called upon the lightning to strike the latter. He chanting and chanting as black clouds "Wow!" Livius who was puzzling jumped to the side and covered his face with his arm thus preventing the dust. ''This man seriously mean business.'' ''I need to run but wher-'' Unfortunately, the next one managed to hit on his abdomen thus sending him a few meters away. Anything that stood in the way would be destroy even some crystals were blown to pieces. ''Oh no.'' Luckily, Livius was stopped by a mountain which was lucky for him but another problem emerged when this incident happened. "Oh great!" "One problem down and now, another one." The youth who just taking a "nice ride" on the air got stuck in the mountain. His body was buried approximately a few inches deep. Except his non-stop mumbling mouth, every external part of his boy was locked by the mountain itself. ''That guy when I get out of this, I''m gonna give a ''nice and friendly'' moment with him.'' 23.Old Past The Asura master charged toward the mountain with a frustration in him. The angry face which he displayed was not an ordinary one. Awan tried to follow behind his master. The distance between the master and disciple soon began furthering apart. The student tried his best to keep up but it was futile plus it drained his energy faster. Soon, Azak landed a kick on the man made hole thus pushing the boy deeper until he reached the centre of the mountain. ''Finally, my revenge is here!'' ''Shakala, my love.'' ''You''ll be avenge today.'' ''I swear by my life!'' Azak was beating the poor boy senselessly as the latter vomitted blood as a result of the beating. Every kick the body received, the higher the chance of severing the damage inflicted on it. Awan who just arrived saw the beating scene but he chose to remain at the sideline try to avoid from getting involve. Then, a bright light emerged from the Asura''s hand, took a form of a lance. He raised the lance high for every witnesses to see. His face was displaying an exciting as he was near his goal. Suddenly, a light emerged from the west, knocking the lance out from the Asura''s hand. This took the duo by surprise because someone managed to find them. ''Huh?'' Azak and Awan twisted their necks to see the person who dared to interfered with Azak''s vengeance. A yellowish red object flew past the duo before attacking them endlessly. The object had a pair of wings and it had a resemblence of a pheasant. Every part of its body was engulfed by a flame. Azak was furious at the burning bird that interfered in his quest for vengeance. Awan on the other hand had a bad premonition since the bird did not arrived alone. "Not-" "Sorry, master." Awan knocked his master out before they fled using a magic circle when the blue colored light emerged from the forest, aiming toward them. Livius was badly injured as he was lying on a red pool. His fingers moved a bit, signifying that the youth was still alive. As his eyes were on the verge of collapsed, a group of black armored figures came into his sight. One of them pressed two of his left fingers, index and middle on the victim''s neck.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. "Admiral, the victim still has a pulse!" The crimson pheasant soon returned back to a form of a certain individual, wearing the exact suit, matching the team. When his eyes were layed upon the fallen youth, he thought that he imagined thing but he let the medic took him back. **** Darkness was the only thing that was visible to his sight until a tiny light began to comfort him by emerging in the centre of the darkness. "Huh?" He saw a very futuristic facility being presented before his eyes. The lack of gravitational force around him was strange. The constantly flowing bubbles around him had made the youth realised something, he was in a tank full of blue liquid. Luckily, he had gas mask attached to his face or else he would surely drown due to lack of oxygen. The scene of humanoid creatures with similar behaviour habit as human was presented before his eyes. ''Am I dreaming or something?'' ''These are¡­ ALIENS!'' ''So many species yet they could achieve a harmony relationship.'' Livius could not stopped himself from admiring the teamwork present in the room but given his current situation, if he move randomly, any accidental incident could happened. Instead, he just lying in the tank, waiting for his unknown fate. He slowly closed his eyes allowing the darkness to ease him. **** A humanoid reptillian was enjoying her break in a base located in a native when she noticed that four men were carrying an unconscious human back in. Blood was dripping from the victim as the medics availabe rushed to recieve him, bringing him straight to sickbay. "What happened?" "I''ll explain later!" When they arrived, the staffs were surprised when the recon team brought an injured human back to their temporary . "Bots, get this boy to the capsule tank immediately!" ""Affirmative, Dr. Uthman!"" When a middle age human male gave the order, the medical androids immediately took body from the soldiers before brought him to the recovery tank. Uthman and the high ranking entity went discussing the recent mission which the Crown Prince gave the entity. "Sir, may I ask you some question?" "Sure, what is it?" "Well¡­" "Then, allow me to be frank, sir¡­" "Go on." "There''s something strange yet familiar with the boy." "You sense it too?!" The duo had their conversation for nearly an hour when an android came out from one of the room in the sickbay. "Greetings, sirs." "09, what''s the boy''s status?" The robot then told the two officers regarding the youth''s condition. Based on their examination, the boy suffered from several broken ribcages, a damage heart caused by the bones, a disturbance within the nervous system. "And there''s something strange about him, sir." "What is it, 09?" "The boy had an unidentified liquid in his bloodstream and we had a record of him in the Chrome Database." "Wait! Wait! You said database as in, in the archive?" "Precisely, Admiral." The admiral and doctor were glancing at each other then 09 and the process repeated several time with their blinking eyes. "Uthman, is it me or did the android just said that the boy is a Chromian?" "I think he just did." "Anyway, 09, bring up the archive under my permission." "Right away, admiral." As soon as the robot "unleashed" the data from the ICE Archive, every single officer in the post had their eyes as wide as a saucer with their jaws dropping nearly reaching the ground. The 3D holographic image emerged from the Chrome Archive, the very source where every informations are being stored in it. The very archive can only accessed by the highest officals only. 24.Revelation I The holographic image displayed a young man who in his early twenties. He had a fair skin with a slightly muscular body with short black hair. His appearance may considered extraordinary which would able to steal the hearts of the people. "Admiral, please tell me that I''m dreaming right now." "I know how that feel doctor but you''re not the only one with that face." Both men had a shocked expression, displaying before others. "Sir, please pi-" "Ouch! Ouch! It hurt, sir!" "Whose is it that ask me to pinch him to confirm whether he''s dreaming or not." The admiral was not only pinching the doctor''s cheek but also pull it, adding more pain to it. The doctor just follow around as the admiral pull his cheek left and right. "Alpha, run the matching sequence at once." [At once, Admiral!] The AI immediately went on to matching the feature of the patient to the figure that displayed before them. [The boy''s matching with him is¡­] The tense was building up as the AI was announcing the result with the person in the archive. Everyone grabbed onto something firmly awaiting the result that may change the course of their life. **** On Raven, Ryuma was busy handling the administration affair until an interruption came in through the automatic doors. "Greeting, Aniue." Ryuma lifted his head, allowing the appearance of the visitor to emerge in his sight. The familiar female elf caused his stoic face to change a bit. His dragon''s lips was widen a bit allowing the elf to feel familiar feeling from him. "What''s the important issue that you wanted to see me?" The elf did not hear Ryuma''s question because of the works in her mind. Ryuma did not pressure her instead he waited for her mind to calm down. ''The little princess¡­ always busy with work.'' ''I wonder who did she takes after?'' Finally, the girl snapped into reality when she noticed the holographic tablet on her hand. She immediately pull the tablet before swipping to the issue. "Aniue, there''s something that require your immediate attention."Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. "Here." She swipped the issue from her adjustable tablet toward the larger holographic screen. The archive had been accessed by a certain person who had access to it. "Horus¡­" "Correct, Aniue." "Horus, is currently cross matching someone." "I wonder how is he able to open the Level 7 Chrome Archive?" "I''m the one who gave him the authorisation code." "But¡­ why?" "You''ll see." Suddenly, a beeping sound emerged from the desk console. Both sights turn towards the console with a smile on Ryuma''s face as if he had anticipated it. He pressed a holographic console using his nail. "Aniue. Aneue. Good news." The familiar figure emerged from the holo projector. "What is it, Horus?" "It''s¡­" "Yes?" "It''s¡­" Suddenly, Ryuma interrupted the conversation when he made his statement. His stoic face had been displayed despite the fact that he was smiling a moment ago. "Just tell your sister already, Horus." "Why aren''t you curious, Aniue?" "I already know about it." "It''s about Father isn''t it, Horus?" Horus nodded unconsciously and rapidly but it did not hide the shocking face from the duo sight. The eyes of Horus were so wide that the eyeballs might popped out from their respective sockets. "How¡­ did you-" "Have you forgotten something important about me, dear baby brother?" "Oh yeah! Excuse me then." "Horus out." The communication with Horus ended when Ryuma reminded him of something that require the former''s attention. Then, Susan snapped her fingers figuring out the missing puzzle. The reason why Ryuma had been obsessed with cards containing symbols before. Ryuma once said that the world will be shaking upon the return of the former rebel of God. Storm will emerge unlike never before in the history of the world. Recently, the five stars had been born during the period. This was considered a bad omen to majority of the galatic civilisations but to this particular superpower, it was only a sign of the return of their only monarch. This particular nation might be the first nation in the galactic history to have only one monarch in its entire history. "Aniue, you don''t mean¡­" "Yes. Yes. And absolutely yes, Susan." "Your favourite person in the whole family." The words "favourite person" sent an unknown anger to the elf maiden. She clicked her tongue in dissaproval but could not voice it out because the person was someone special to the four of them. "Come on, now." "You''re always the person who receive the most love among us." "Not even our baby brother, the youngest one gets that much love from him." "But he''s always annoying no matter how many times he return!" Ryuma noticed something "unusual" appearing on her face which gave him an idea. "Owh! Looks like someone said that she hated him yet she always blushes around him despite being a family." "A-Aniue, what are you getting at!" Her brother just gave a devilish smirk to her despite his habit of making a stoic face around the people. "Everyone has something they shy about but don''t let that weakness overpower you." "Sometimes, Susan. People just need time to adjust." "Good night, Susan." The draconian patted his sister head before he left the office. **** Meanwhile, Livius who had just awakened from his sleep was wondering in his medical tank which had being left alone in his own private room. It felt lonely until the medical robot came in to check on his status. The rapid beeping sound was the result of the machine collecting data from the tank. ''Huh?'' ''That''s strange. When did they moved me into this nice room.'' Soon, the doctor came in with his companian as the former began to examine him. The strangest thing that Livius felt was that he was being treated like VIP instead of normal treatment like any ordinary people. The duo went toward him before they gave a gentleman bow in front of the latter. ""Greetings, Father!"" 25.Revelation II The entire Planet Raven was in commotion after the news regarding their monarch reached their ears. The unmanned camera drones were hovering in one of the hall in the Imperial Palace. The rumor about the return of the most powerful figure in ICE had been circulating in Hawk, one of the existing social media platform. Informations were travelling faster than the earthling current technology. Comments kept on increasing about this matter. Although minority of them did not support the idea of the person''s return, it did not stopped the people from waiting for the return of their beloved being. **** Livius was clueless in his current situation. His situation just got messier in nearly each of his encounter. Firstly, he was just an ordinary rich yet lonely boy. He was neither care in putting any effort in socialising with his peers nor was it ever crossed his mind. The next thing he knew, he got kidnapped by an extraterristrial humanoid serpent during his lesson in the classroom. Then, he got threw in the another world after the assassination of the serpent. He met with a weird horse like creature which somehow he knew the name of the species as if he had studied it before. Next, he unconsciously went on to distract the Agusha, directing its attention away from the endangered young lady who just happened to be at the scene. His action had caused him to fell into the river. Furthermore, he remembered meeting his "doppleganger" in his mind who attacked him for no absolute reason before everything went blank for a certain period of time. Finally, he encountered two Asuras which the older one attacked him upon their encounter. Every trails that he faced somehow enabling his mind to unleash some hidden knowledge in him. Now, two figures who presented themselves before him in a very respectful manner but the biggest puzzle in his mind was this question. ''Since when did I became a father?'' ''I never socialise with girls let alone hook up with hook up with them.'' The duo noticed the confused youth before the doctor went forth to propose his idea to ease the youth. "Father, my name is Uthman Aziz and please just call me Uthman or doctor." "I know that you have questions and I''m not surprise by it." "After your full recovery, we''ll start explaining everything."If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. Then, a certain figure gave a fake cough reminding the doctor about something. "Oh my, I''m sorry, sire." "Let me introduce to you, this is Admiral Horus William, the person in charge of this base." "I''m looking forward for your full recovery, Father." "By the way, someone is missing you Father since you left us years ago." The information that was given to this patient was a lot to take in especially the part that said, ''you left us years ago'' just triggered his imagination to run wild. **** Horus and Uthman left their "Father" alone because he needed some privacy and time to absorb those information. "Sir, aren''t you a little bit of rush?" "Really? Am I?" "I thought it was sufficient." "If Lady Susan heard about this matter-" "Aaaarrrrggggghhhhh!" Horus immediately shut the doctor''s mouth with his wings. "Don''t. Mention. Her." Horus gave a threatning gaze at the doctor. However, the doctor instead just the ignore the threat and he dashed away from the admiral. "Come back here you traitor!" After the figure of the doctor had vanished completely from the scene, Horus began to terrify about his fate when his oldest sister heard about him not informing her the news. ''No one is more terrifying than that Greedy Susan.'' ''Not even dad could escape from from her ''itchy'' hand.'' **** In the main laboratory on Raven, Susan was looking at the holographic with an abnormal smile and the staffs there knew that something was going to broke down soon. "My baby brother, he found daddy yet never inform me about me huh." The staffs stole some gaze at the face of the elf maiden whose beauty could be describe as a living fairy that had been descended from the Heaven. Unfortunately, her close associates knew very well that behind that abnormal smile lies a need to break something either living or non-living things. ''Even Aniue never explains it in detail.'' Her slender fingers were tightning its grip on the console causing a crack to emerge before it crumbled into dust. ''Horus, you and I are gonna have some nice brother-sister bonding time.'' **** After less than a week in the capsule, Livius had to undergo a remembrance process where the previous missing memories were being downloaded into his mind. This process may looked simple but it was actually a complicated one because each living thing had their own endurance. The supervisor must be well informed of the patient''s mind capacity to accept the transmitted information. If a single mistake occured during the process, the consequences would be dire. This person or youth was not an ordinary one because of his unique status. Susan was volunteering to lead the remembrance process knowing the great risk she must bear. Furthermore, if she made even a minor mistake when the process took place, not even with Ryuma''s authority could saved her from the immediate prosecution of Chronos. During the procedure, Horus had to accept the ''love'' given by Susan and their ''bonding time'' had caused him lying on bed in the sickbay. Their time together was being payed by the mother nature herself as the sight of mountain was sliced in half. Broken trees in the forest even the active volcano suddenly stopped erupting. The sight of such damage maybe too much for others to see but to the Chromian people, it was just another usual sight. Susan had a principle in life which she never beats anyone without a good reason. Uthman could only laughed at Horus nearly every time he visited the latter for his medical check up. Horus was furious at the doctor especially when Uthman mocked at his friend/superior state. 26.MIL When Zero and Albion reached their home, the house''s mess could not be describe using words as the place looked like it had been abandoned for weeks even though the couple only left for about three hours. "Zero¡­ No¡­ Akira Yano! Look at this mess!" "I know! I know!" Akira immediately picked up the clothes on the floor in a fast pace but something happened. He got tripped by the chair and fell down along with the piles of dirty clothes. "You know that my mom is coming over tonight, right?" "Yes. Yes." Akira immediately got up from the mess and went straight to clean up the dishes first before taking out the trash. Albion went to clean the dusts with the speed that was near the speed of sound. Even though their apartment was considered a luxurious one considering the fact that half of the planet got infected with the mutant beasts that was unleashed upon humanity. Humanity was forced to live in the wall like caged animals when the invaders took their lands day by day and week by week. The paranormals were all in coma due to an unknown reason. However, despite the hopeless condition of humanity there were still a few surviving veteran who escaped from the paranormal purge. The black and white couple was in fact the top paranormal that defended the city from those ugly creatures. The identity of these couple in fact remained hidden not just from the public but also from the government as well. Albion after all a public idol and people would worshipped her. Fortunately, her civilian identity was a secret or else those nasty elites would take advantage or blackmailed them to do their bidding. **** Akira slipped out during the cleaning process to a abandoned factory within the city wall. The factory had an unstable structure due to the rusting. Normal human would be dead when the building collapse but to him, this was just a child play. In fact, Akira had a secret that not even Albion knew about it, something big that would made even the ruling elites wanted him. The youth had undergo a series of hellish training, something that would make ordinary person fall unconscious just by hearing the training environment. The mantle Zero was an inheritance, given to him by his master, the black figure who found him as a child when the SAD incident took place. His parents were among the victims that mutated and the mutation robbed them of their common sense, leaving only the animalistic instinct.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. He remembered the moment when a black figure appeared before him. The darkness which surrounded the world and he was cornered in his own home by his mutant parents. He also got affected by the radiation at that time. "Boy, do you despise the world that much?" When that question emerged all the sudden, he only saw a pair of legs walking toward him in a very elegant manner. Not only that, the sight of the duo mutants fell dead was also caught his attention. "Do you desperately desire such power?" "Aaaahhh!" "Power¡­ to break¡­ the shackles of the world!" Hearing the child''s answer, the figure chuckled for a few seconds before he shoved into the former''s mouth his blood, forcing him to drink the bitter taste liquid. The blood did not cure him instead it made his body adaptable to the environment and the radiatian made his body evolved further than the rest of the paranormals. "Welcome to the otherworld, my son." He was still in his Zero outfit. He made sure that no human or any electronic device was present in the scene to prevent the possible leak of information. He had a blue ring on his left finger which he used to transmitted information. After the transfering had been completed, he went back stealthly, trying to avoid from getting scold. **** "Aki, where have you been?" "Umm¡­ getting fresh air?" ''There''s no way, I''ll tell her that I call someone important.'' When she tried to interrogate him, a doorbell rang, alarming the couple. She told Akira to get the door and that was when the mind blowing took place. When Akira went to open the door, someone or rather a child was standing in front of him and she was about one-third of his height. Her appearance look exactly like his lover and people would definitely asked this question first. "Emm¡­ are you president''s little sister?" "It''s been a while Aki-chan." "You''ve grown since the last time I saw you." When Akira saw her energetic behaviour, he just sighed in defeat. When the mini Albion entered the house, she brought a luggage which was nearly identical to her height. ''How do you even carry such thing?!'' Akira''s mind was shouting like crazy. His jaws were wide opened due to the shock that he recieved from the president''s ''little sister.'' Albion came to greet her guest and the very word that ''shut down'' Akira''s mind was this unexpected word. "Mom, why didn''t you call us?" "You know we could''ve pick you up, right?" "Sorry. Sorry." Akira was speechless because he never met his mother in law but the fact that she not only looked like a child but also act like one was truly unbelievable. ''Mom¡­ you said?'' ''How the heck did she even give birth?!'' "It''s just that I wanted to make a surprise for the newly married couple!" Akira tried to maintain his calmness when his inner self was raging like a volcano eruption. His inner self was scratching his head like crazy trying to comprehend the current situation. ''What do you think this? Anime or what!'' The youth asked something to his mother in law. His poor common sense got smashed as time passed because he felt that reality was literally playing a cruel joke on him. "Excuse me, ma''am-" "Just call me mom, Aki-chan!" "It''s been a while since I last saw you when you''re just a cute baby." ''Seriously!'' 27.Emperors Return I Akira had a gloomy face after his mother-in-law, Ui Wakana stayed in his house. Albion, the beloved daughter of Ui went by the name Chisato as her civilian identity. Anyway, the reason for Akira''s zombie like behaviour was not because he was fighting mutants but more like fighting the urge to roar at his mother-in-law''s childish nature. ''How did it happened like this?'' ''What have I done wrong?'' He felt like he got his heart smashed by a large hammer and his precious heart was on the verge of crumbling. His mother-in-law had been very helpful with the house chores but her childish personality was what driven Akira on the edge of insanity. Her carefree style had pierced Akira''s heart like a spear would strike its enemy. Luckily, Chisato was there to calm him down or he would become a living T-rex itself which could result in the apartment being destroyed. The active volcano was nearly erupted but thanks to his wife persuasion, it was cooled down. Furthermore, Chisato helped Akira to increase his tolerance to Ui who was 38 years old lady with the appearance of an elementary student. Anyone would mistake her as a child you know what they say, ''never judge someone by his/her appearance unless you like getting into trouble.'' **** A sight of a human being plugged in like a robot was visible one of the private room in the sickbay. Susan was keying in the codes in the device at an incredible speed. Her delicate fingers appeared to be typing nonsense but each alphabet and word she type was accurate. Those ten fingers do not present themselves as being typing but rather dancing on the keyboard buttons. Livius was resting in the capsule with both eyes closed. He looked calm even in his sleep. Susan managed to catch a glimpse of the youth face which gave her a familiar warm feeling. ''Just hold on a little longer papa!'' ''I''ll restore your memories¡­ i promise.'' The maiden was in cold sweat during the procedure but it did not obstruct her from her duty. Her father was one of the main reasons for her to move on in life. **** Years ago, two figures were standing at the beach on an unknown planet watching the beautiful sunset. The male humanoid figure was glancing at the maiden behind him while his whole body was facing the sunset.The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. "Papa, where are you going?!" "My dear Susan, Raven dosen''t need me so I have to move out." "Why?! You''re the Emperor and the Father of the nation!" "So why?! Why?!" "It''s because ICE does not need my present during the time of peace." "Plus, ICE has the four of the you as its caretaker." The father conveyed his message to the daughter while his right hand raises up and landed on her head. "The world is indeed unfair but you''ll achieve some peace if you work hard." "The world was designed to break every rational and intelligent living things no matter what happened." "My time is nearly up but when the times come, I will return back." "Give my regards to your siblings, my princess." "Goodbye, Susan." The younger Susan started crying when her father began moving forward toward the sunset before eventually disappeared. **** Livius was still asleep in the capsule when suddenly a violent quake caused the capsule glass to crack thus allowing the healing liquid to flow out. Suddenly, the capsule exploded causing chaos in the base. The military personnel surrounded the room at both the front door and outside. Susan along with the inner squad were on standby at the front door just in case if there was any intruder trying to escape. Horus on the other hand was with the outer squad covering the possible escape route on the outside. Both of them were tense because if the enemy was someone or something capable of breaching the Emperor''s private ward, then it would not just be an ordinary problem but major one. [Horus, we got not visual. What about you?] [Negative, Aneue.] [Then, what should we should?] [Take at least 4 men with you and we''ll breached together on my count. Ready?] [I was born ready.] [3¡­ 2¡­ 1. NOW!] Both squads immediately charged in but something unexpected happened. There was no intruder on sight, only a boy standing without his top cloth. A slightly musculine scene just got displayed before the witness. "Do you guys always do this when someone is changing?" The witnesses were dumbfounded at the sight of a powerful person changing cloth without a slightest care despite his privacy got intruded. Susan was the only one who had her face reddened with embarrassment because it was her idea of charging into the room. "How long are you guys planning on- Uwaah!" "Pervert!" Susan who was still embarrass unconsciously kicked the youth, sending him flying to the sky while leaving a humanoid shape hole on the ceiling. On the other hand, Horus and the rest were standing there continue being in their dumbfounded state after witnessing Susan kicked the most powerful person in the empire into the sky. An hours later, both Horus and Susan were standing obediently while facing Livius with his annoying face being displayed. "So tell me my beloved son and daughter. Whose bright idea was it to charge in my room while I was changing my attire?" Horus was silently glancing at Susan a few time without her realising that he was selling her out. "Horus, leave us." "As you wish, Father." "I''ll take my leave first, Aneue." Horus managed to give his sister a mischievous triggering Susan''s killing intent but he fled the immediately. The youth snapped his fingers thus nullifying the intent. "Susan, how long do you intent to behave like this?" "B-But, Papa-" "You''re the elder sister to both him and Vlad yet you''re acting like a 10 year old child." "What am I gonna do with you huh?" "My twillight princess." 28.Emperors Return II On Raven, Ryuma was laughing very hard when he heard the news that Susan got scolded for the first time right after she kicked their father. "Aniue, it''s really rare to see you laughing like this." "Hahaha¡­ Susan oh Susan, our dear sister sure is a tsundere. Don''t you think so¡­ Vlad?" The female vampire was sipping a cup of tea when her brother asked such question. "She is indeed one." "Can you imagine it, Aniue?" "Everytime I see her, she would be like, do you miss father or something like." Vlad explained as she mimicking the behaviour of Susan. Her mocking behaviour would definitely offend a certain person. "Vlad. Vlad. She''s your elder sister, you know that right?" "Oh! Come on, Aniue!" "I''m having fun and-" "And wait till Susan sees your mocking behaviour." The scene of Susan found out that her sister was caught red-handed immediately sent a chill on her body. "Ehmm¡­ Aniue?" "Yes?" "You wouldn''t tell her about the mocking incident¡­ right?" "Maybe." **** The memory implantation was rather successful after the medical team had checked on the youth because the prodecure was extremely dangerous. Moreover, countless patients had died as a result of this implantation. The lucky survivors would be deviod of any memory prior to the process which means that every single memory was erased completely. "How are you feeling, papa?" "It hurt so badly." "Where?" "Here." Livius was refering toward the pain caused by his princess''s earlier kick. It did not leave any mark but the feeling of pain was still in effect. "A-At the v-very least, you''re alive." Susan commented with her face facing elsewhere with an annoying face but her red cheeks said otherwise. "How could you?" Livius was acting like a little girl who got rejected by a boy. This childish behaviour was one of the reason which urged her to beat some sense in her father. "PAPA!" "Yes!" Susan''s shouting immediately made Livius ceased his childish act like an instructor calling to the trainee.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. "You''re the most important person in the nation yet you''re behaving like a child?" "Oh come on, it''s boring you know." Susan sighed knowing that her father would definitely remained the same with his childish lifestyle. "Anyway, Ryuma already had everything prepare." "All that''s left is the main star for tomorrow." "Tomorrow?" **** Many sentient species had gathered on Raven awaiting the return of someone very important to them. To the citizens of ICE, this particular person was a father to them, their best friend and the guardian. He was the person who liberated the people from the oppression of the Dark King who enslaved and experimented on its people in cold blooded. During the Dark Age, many older generations especially the generals and wise sages went under his banner and marched toward the Dark King''s army in a final battle known as "The Fall of Origin." Both sides suffered heavy casualties and the liberators were under a serious disadvantage due their small in number after the confrontation. Fortunately, The God did not abandoned them and just like He promised it. None of the oppressed people''s prayer will be left unanswered. A miracle happened when the leader of the liberators managed to stab the king in the heart thus ending the war. This universe was able to enjoy its peaceful moment and the remaining liberators banded together thus a nation was born. Then, their very leader rise to become their first and only emperor in the history of the world. There will be no such thing as the successor to the throne, only royalty acting in his absent. However, one of the historical event was about to take place and that was the return of the Imperial Majesty. It was being broadcasting live throughout the entire nation from the throne hall. "People of Chrome, I present to you, our father and protector, Emperor Livius vi Stargazer!" When the Master of Ceremony announced the arrival of the emperor, the people were cheering with all their hearts no matter what age or species they are. The people in the hall immediately stood upon the monarch''s entry. All eyes were on the young boy wearing a white robe walking on "three" feet. When Livius entered into the room, one of the royal guards chanted the phrase "Long Live the Emperor" and the chanting was being answered by glorifying the Creator. "Long Live the Emperor!" """The God is Supreme!!"""x3 As the chantings were increasing the liveliness, Livius was in his white emperor robe with a small emblem on either sides of his sleeve and a large one on his back. He had such majestic brilliance as each steps was taking his body closer to the Divine Throne, a throne made out of pure platinum. Its silver light was signifying that the person was a genuine one. His subjects unconsciously bowed as he was marching to the throne which was getting brighter and brighter as if it was excited to see that its owner had returned. """Welcome back, Imperial Father/Your Majesty!""" When the young emperor sat on his throne, his right leg was resting on top of its counterpart. The scepter which had been his third leg was resting beside him. "It''s good to be back." The Four Kings seats were present besides the throne, two on either sides but neither of the kings were sitting. Each of them were in their royalty uniforms. "Before I start, everyone, please have a sit." After everyone in the hall had taken their seat, he cleared his throat signifying that his speech was about to begin. CHILDREN, WE HAVE BEEN IN POWER FOR MILLENIAS. THE PEOPLE WHICH IS ALL OF YOU ARE THE REASON WHY OUR NATION HAS BEEN THE SUPREME POWER AMONG THE OTHERS. BECAUSE OF OUR UNITY, WE HAD ADVANCED FAR BEYOND THE REST OF THOSE SUPERPOWERS. WE HAVE DOMINATED THE ECONOMY. OUR MILITARY IS STRONGER THAN EVER. AND WE WON''T FALL FOR AS LONG AS WE HOLD ONTO THE DEEN. TOGETHER, WE WOULD THRIVE ON AND NOTHING COULD STOP US. 29.Envy There was a scene of destruction as far as on eyes could see but the sky retained its blue colour. The remaining buildings had signs which indicated that it was either abandoned or was being destroyed by something. There was not a single life was present. Dead bodies were scattering everywhere both humans and mutants. No one knew how such scene could occur but the fact was there was no sign of life there. Suddenly, one of the rubbles was vibrating which vomitting something out. A hand which emerged from the rubble was used to pull the body out. "Damn it!" The person who got out from the mess was Akira, the current Zero. The current debris which he was stepping on was in fact his apartment. ''How the heck does it happ-'' Out of blue, he remembered Chisato, his wife along with his mother in law who were caught in the crossfire. ''Chi-chan!'' His hands immediately started digging the debris, hoping to find his soulmate. As time passed by, it was already night time and yet neither the presence of Chisato nor Ui was present. Furthermore, tears began dripping from the edges of his eyes. His hands were getting numb as they kept on digging without a break. ''Chi-chan, sorry!'' ''It''s all my fault!'' ''If only I knew this was going to happen, I''ll definitely protect both you even if it means forfeiting my own life.'' When the frustration which had been building up for a while, exploded like a volcano errupted. He roared as both fists smashed the ground creating a shockwave and crater. "Chi¡­ chan." Unfortunately, he was not aware that danger was approaching while using his despair as distraction to strike his mind. When his head turn to the right, something powerful struck his cheek, sending him flying through the debris. The unknown figure saw the boy flying through some obstacle with a surprise face. "Huh?¡­ Did I overdo it?" ****If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. That single powerful attack that Zero received was enough to knock down several blocks as he crashed through them. When the velocity was decreasing, he fell onto yet the ground only to bounce several meters before his body went rolling on the ground. Fortunately, one of the building pillars managed to stop the rolling body. After that, he coughed several times and some blood was vomitted thus painting the floor with small red circles. ''He''s strong. I haven''t met any strong opponent before who could knock me into this state.'' ''Where?! Where?!'' The fact that the visitor was invisible from his radar, had made him worried. The reason why he was still alive, barely was because he had received a hellish training from his predecessor whom he succeded the mantle. ''I got you!'' As soon as Zero turn, his fist was flying toward the figure only to find out that the recent strike was merely a distraction. Then, the former immediately used both arms to block the attack from the enemy and it was still not enough to stop it. Instead, it forced him to dropped his knee on the ground with a panting. "Zero, you''re getting dull I''m afraid." "I''m not¡­" Akira replied as he tried to stand up but it the situation was very unfavourable to him as his legs were shaking after received the blow. "Who are¡­ impossible! Impossible!" When Akira lifted his head to see the attacker, a shocking scene was being presented before his very own eyes. A familiar person who was like a father to him was the one attacking him. "Surprise to see me?" "It can''t be¡­ you left this planet long ago-" "Didn''t I once told you that the moment oppression wrapped the world, I''ll eliminate its inhabitant." ''Nonononono! It can''t be him!'' His mind tried to deny it yet the heart said otherwise causing an internal conflict within himself. "Deny it for all I care but we both know that your heart acknowledge me." "Why is that?!" "It''s because I sired you remember." "The homeless orphan who had nothing while living in a world full of hardship." "Tell me something, master. What is it that you seek?" Zero asked the figure whom he refer to as master with emotionless face. The master was smirked upon listening to the youth. "Destruction of life, of course." "Why do you think the SAD incident happen in the first place?" "You said that you wanted humanity to stand up and fight against the mutants." "I did say that but it was only half correct." His master told him the reason why the SAD incident happened in the first place was not for the sake of defeating the mutants but to enable humanity to form a contact between species. The incident was intended to enhanced their genetic code. It was being intended to create a new intelligent species that could co-exist the humans not as cattle but as equal as the homo sapiens. It did not go as plan. When his master return to this world, wars had been devastating as corruption and oppression began rising. He had no choice but to wipe out everything from existence even if it means dragging down the innocent lives with it. "Master¡­ I once respect you whom later became my idol which I''ll follow your footstep-" "It seems to me that you lost everything-" "SHUT UP!!" Zero was clenching his teeth during their conversation as he getting irritated by the same person who saves him from dying years ago. He taught him some martial arts and techniques to earn living. However, despite all the knowledge that was bestowed upon him by his master, he decided to become a hero trying to save many lives as he could. Right now, those moment with his master in the past felt like a lie when his master did not hesitate to bomb an entire world just to eliminate the threat. "I''m going to kill you!" "Bring it on my protege!"