《Omega Wave》 First Wave Imperial Capital of Freyr Empire 363 A.E (After Empire) In one of the Grand Halls of the Royal Palace sounds of people cheering, laughing, dancing and clapping could be heard over the sounds of flute and harp and various other instruments combining their melodies to mesmerize the demanding audience. Taking a peek inside, one could see countless nobles spanning from the low rank to the high dancing at the the center of the room while others joyfully eating exotic food and drinking expensive blood red wine, devouring it gluttonously spilling most of it at the marble white floor that previously sparkled under the light of the grand chandeliers with golden linings and diamonds hanging from the candle edges giving off a stunning spectacle of milliards of colors glistening on the white spherical curved ceiling with dozens of white statues and pillars giving of a roman feeling in the gigantic room only to be contrasted by the fancy clothing worn by the various nobles decorated by diamonds, sapphires, rubies and other precious stones. At the end of the room, separated from all by some meters distance a lone table could be seen and at one side of it 7 figures giving of majestic auras of unbounded arrogance and pride sited there observing their guests. At the center was sitting a fat man, around 30 years old with healthy rosy puffy cheeks betraying the immeasurable fat hidden under his cloak made of fur with silver and golds linings covering his body enough for the rest to be unseen by the table if not one was standing on top of it. With light brown hair decorated by a golden crown , dark brown beady eyes, a twirling mustache and a well kept goat like beard starting from under his lips and ending just beneath the chin, that was the man named Alleyn. Emperor Alleyn de Monach the 3d to be exact . To his left a marvelous woman around the same age as him was seated. She was a little chubby but not on the same level as her husband, with dark black hair, fair pale skin only to be blemished by a little dark mall just under the right side of her voluptuous lips and emerald green eyes, that was Empress Isolt de Monach. At the left and right sides of the couple where the princesses and princess of this Great Empire spanning from ages from 9 to 20. From the left of the Empress where the three princesses and from the right of the emperor where the two princess sited with the eldest closer to the Royal couple. Silence spanned on the royal table with the only noise the golden spoons clacking on the expensive ceramic dishes and the sickening munching of the emperor making his food disappear in great speed as he forgot to breath while slurping the soup like substance on his plate, spilling most of it on the tableware made of silk and gold, only to be disturbed by a subtle couching meant to draw their attention. The Emperor looked behind his shoulder only to be greeted by the image of a hooded figure dressed in pure white robs kneeling. ¡°Speak¡± said a cold baritone voice with arrogance emanated form within its pores. ¡°My Emperor, the Great Sage reports it''s time to begin¡± ¡°Humph¡± ¡° Tell him to get done with it¡± ¡°As you command your majesty¡± As soon as it was said, the white robed figure stood , still deeply bowing with eyes downcast looking at the floor and slowly took five steps back before turning and leaving. Emperor Alleyn de Monach the 3d POV ''hahaha finally .. haha it''s time, I''m gonna show these barbarians my Empires might hahahha'' *sigh* '' I hope this summoning magic circle thingy works or we will become the laughingstock in front of all the nobility ¡­ What am I even thinking.... if this fails I can just blame the Great Sage, right?'' ''Right, great plan oh great me'' I look at my left and there waiting is The Great Sage dressed in the same white robs as the rest of the archemages standing silently behind him with the only difference instead of a hood, a long pointy hat extended in a white mask decorated his head and on his back a golden swastika that I could only get glimpses of from my position. He nods to me, signaling the start of our plan. I signal the musicians with my hand raised and the music suddenly stops, only some murmurs could be heard on the background previously muffled by the music, till the perpetrators soon realize and those died down too. I grab a crystalline glass and gently tap it on the side with my spoon. ''Good now all the gazes are on me, waiting a little to build up the tension ¡­. Good .. Good '' I sit upright, while all the ones that where dancing went towards their tables and sat down. This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.Towering over everyone while their sited, I spoke. ¡° As you all know, I gathered you here to day to witness the Summoning Ritual that will bring forth a Hero of unimaginable strength, a Hero able to shake the earth and split the seas and under the Empire''s gaze we will nurture him or her to further our might and inevitably to defeat these dreaded demons that stand in our path since ancient times, to end the war that claimed our brothers and sisters, to end the war that claimed our fellow humans ! ALL HAIL THE EMPIRE !!¡± ¡°¡±ALL HAIL THE EMPIRE¡±¡± Roared the crowd. End of POV Somewhere in Outer Space 5134 A.C. A giant spaceship was hovering aimlessly but if one where to observe better, he could see the subtle forward movement as rays of blue light scanned continuously the surface of planets. In reality the ship was moving at great speed, many times above the speed of sound but almost impossible to detect without a reference point creating an optical illusion of stillness. The ship''s name was New Colonization Explorer Theta or N.C.E.T. True to its name the ship took of with a hundred troops at around 5100 A.C from a frontier colonized planet belonging to the United Humanoid Galactic Ultra Empire spanning over countless planets with a great variety of humanoid species. The interior of the ship was deathly quiet, one could even hear the engines deep bellow in the engine room. Suddenly the silence broke from a female mechanical voice. ¡°Detected inhabitable planet ¡° ¡°Distance time calculated 3 days¡± ¡°Initializing protocol X453344¡± ¡°Waking Explorer 1 from cryogenic sleep¡± *psst* Mist started rising as a sound similar to decompressing was heard. The mist came from a metallic capsule with a red 01 printed on it, slow deep gasps for air were heard from within. ¡° Good awaking explorer¡± said the mechanical female voice devoid of life. ¡°Relative information about the mission will be sent shortly¡± ¡°Downloading information in the in-brain implant via Spooky Quantum Connection¡± ¡°1% .. 100%¡± ¡°Exploration shuttle will be launched shortly¡± ¡°Inventory Check¡± ¡°Light Suit ... Check¡± ¡°Hard Suit ¡­ Check¡± ¡°Inventory Check .. Check¡± ¡°Explorers Vitals ¡­ Stable¡± ¡°Nutritional Ivy Injected via Light Suit ¡° ¡°Exploration Shuttle''s condition ¡­ Ready for launch¡± ¡°Exploration Shuttle will launch in 3¡± ¡°2¡± ¡°1¡± ¡°Good luck explorer¡± A deafening Boom echoed as the Exploration Shuttle was launched and soon exiting the Gigantic Spaceship a small capsule was ejected with great force from the side onto the unknown. 1 day passed since the launch, inside his capsule was Ren or else Explorer 1 his bright blue eyes darted from right to left as if watching something fast moving, in reality he was indeed watching something, in front of him a small hologram was formed inside his helmet, it was a console game downloaded before the mission in order for him to spend his time waiting until he reaches his destination. The game he was playing was Rockemon Electron Blue Omega Wave controlled edition the 623th generation. A small grumble escaped his lips ¡°So many Rockemons, so little time, gonna catch all 3 billion of these holographic magic imbued critters before landing¡± He never got to finish the game thought, as a brightly shining golden circle with images similar to hieroglyphics and strange symbols resembling a linear language formed beneath him and before he could react the circle started spinning rapidly and a gold light drowned him. Ren''s vision blurred and soon he found himself surrounded by a 101 humans wearing white robes. ¡°What the ...¡± These words escaped his lips unwillingly making all the people around him finch. Some words from a new Author Firstly I thank all that wasted their time reading this, I just found out that 1400 words are not even enough to make a proper chapter so I Drakonius Authorius Solemnly swear that the next chapter will make the sidebar shrink ! Jokes aside it took me 3 hours just for this so I will get this properly done and will triple or even quadruple the words even if it becomes a weekly fiction. And now a new Authors begging for attention In order to get better all good keyboard randomsmashers that have a ounce for respect for themselves need a good review and pointing out the spelling and grammar mistakes. Please leave a honest comment, best way to help ! Second Wave Imperial Capital of Freyr Empire 363 A.E Imperial Palace, Grand Hall The Great Sage followed by the rest of the Archmages hurriedly rushed to the middle of the room, he signaled the Archmages and with a nod they hastily formed a circle. Excited whispers where heard by the nobles sitting around them. All of them raised their hands at the same time, seemingly a move practiced to perfection and low humming started echoing in the Grand Hall while an unknown energy started gathering in the middle of the circle. The Great Sage, positioned having his back at the Emperor, he started too to raise his hands slowly but steadily, while the energy, seemingly moving by his will, started forming a circle, his arms fully raised on top of his head with the palms facing the ceiling he started chanting incomprehensible worlds in an Ancient language, each word carrying energy and his own will. Entering a trance like state he felt his energy withering and his concentration breaking but he held, in hope to have the honor to summon the hero of myths. Symbols started forming at the circle and then it began spinning rapidly followed by a blinding light blinding all the Archmages and him. Joy filled the Great Sage''s heart, even thought he and his troops would be incapable to use magic for some days after this taxing ritual, at least it worked and together with the hero, they summoned hope. How wrong he was thought. His eyes started to adjust and a spectacle he never expected to see, was right in front of him. He eyed the creature carefully as a grumbling like noise resonated for within it. He immediately took action and order the guards to protect the Emperor. Emperor Alleyn de Monach the 3d POV ¡°GUARDS, PROTECT THE EMPEROR¡± Ordered the Great Sage on top of his lungs filling the present nobles with anxiety, soon low voices could be heard from all around raising the building up pressure that befell this joyous occasion. The guards ran towards the Royal family and soon surrounded them in a semicircle facing the Archmages. ¡°What is the meaning of this ?!¡± I say calm but demanding, like an Emperor should be. My voice silences the audience, while slowly the Archmages started stepping back, staffs raised at the center where the Summoning Circle is. As soon as the Archmages cleared up, I saw the Hero ¡­ Or should I say, I saw something that should not exist, more like ¡­ Should be banned from existence. Standing before me was a large black humanoid figure, easily 2,30 - 50 meters tall, with bulky shoulders connecting to a round area that extended a little outwards the outside where the head should be but I am not sure, there are no eyes or mouth visible, neither I discern something resembling a neck, just a mass of muscles connecting the shoulders to it. On top of it''s ¡°head¡± there are countless black ropes, thick like the ones used in sailing extending behind it, onto the ground and if that is not nearly enough, its gigantic arms hang loosely reaching the floor, thank Sol the rest of its body looks normal, minus the lack of toes and genitals ¡­ Are these bulks where the knees should be ? ¡­ Didn''t see that ¡­ I quickly exhale the breath I forgot I was holding in. '' The heck shall I do with this ?!??!!'' I take a deep breath trying to relax with no avail while thousand of dark thoughts are swirling my mind in regards to this failure. Is this thing even usable ?! Damn it DAMN IT ! It can''t see judging by the lack of eyes and its build does not seem capable of wide movement ¡­ DAMN ! It doesn''t even have a mean to communicate! I will be the laughingstock for generations to come !'' Even in this inner turmoil, a cold expression plastered my face. '' Must not look weak.'' I thought, while my eyes wandered to all my guests, all of them quite, pale, sitting perfectly still, not even a muscle bulging, afraid to anger the creature. Suddenly I feel a small nudge from my left where my wife is, I turn my gaze to her and our eyes lock for a moment, giving her a subtle nod, I clear my throat, the noise echoing in the quite room while all the people eyes turned on me for a moment and then quickly back to the monstrosity we summoned. I take a deep breath, I muster all my courage to speak ¡°WEL-¡± When I was rudely interrupted by a deep dark voice, devoid of all emotion ¡°TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER¡± (????) * Dam psuuuu * soon followed. The owner of that voice, the monstrosity in the center of the room, people gasped hearing it while other got even paler. End of POV[/i Ren''s POV ¡°What the ..¡± escaped my lips. I look around to be greeted by many white clothed figures. ''I was clearly inside the shuttle a moment ago .. Even my Rockemon game is still on, oh look a Dicklut.. NO, focus Ren, not the time for this !'' I declare to myself. ''Right focus ¡­. Connect to ship A.I. ¡­.. '' After a moment, a female mechanical voice sounded inside my head ¡±connected¡± Good I thought, that means they don''t have Spooky Connection Blockers. ''Report Situation via Hard Suit''s Automated scans'' I thought to the A.I. ¡°Affirmative¡± ¡°Unable to locate Explorer on previous destination¡± ¡°Searching Last Data¡± ¡°Big energy concentration before relocation from within the shuttle¡± ¡°Energy type processing¡± ¡°Energy type Unknown¡± ''Energy type unknown ? Impossible !'' ¡°Re-locating Explorer Via Quantum signature¡± ¡°Explorer found¡± ¡°Current Explorer''s location deep within ten thousand dimensional layer¡± ''WHAT THE FUCK ?'' ''Nonononono Nope'' ''Sigh'' ''At least the Spooky Connection works even this deep in a different dimensional layer'' I thought before taking the next action withing the tactical protocol. ''Connect to the headquarters A.I. And report the situation'' ¡°Affirmative¡± ¡°*%^$&^*&^¡± Screamed a person with a pointy hat among the white surrounding me. ''What are they, the KKK?'' You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.I thought and not long after, another voice sounded behind them ¡°^#%^&$#^¡± The hooded humanoid turned its head to look at the voice, before its head shot back at me. At the moment it turned, I got a glimpse of the Golden Swastika on its back. '' Deep dimensional Nazis indeed'' Meanwhile the mechanical voice returned in my head. ¡±Connection to headquarters successful¡± ¡°New orders available for Explorer 1 ¡° ''Fuck'' ¡°Order 1 : Recruit humanoids into the Empire, use force if necessary¡± ¡°Order 2: Build Quantum Spooky Teleportation Point ¡° ¡°Order 3: Search about the newly reported type of energy¡± Order 4: Teach humanoids about the Empire''s policies and history / language, culture and if in technological level of understanding, technology and science¡± ¡°Congratulation Explorer 1, for your amazing findings you where promoted to the rank of first rank Lieutenant¡± ''FUUUUUUUUUUCK'' My screams of curses resonated inside my head before I take the next step of action. ''Translate local language, using the acoustic samples stored a moment ago, take reference from the audible murmurs'' ¡°Processing ¡­.¡± ¡°Crossing between 10.000 known languages¡± ¡°Language decoded¡± The white figures started moving cautiously backwards, some weird sticks at hand. My field of vision opened a little and within the gaps I could see many humans, dressed in shiny clothes sitting on their tables at the edges of the room. ''Scan organic presences'' I commanded the A.I. ¡° Approximately 3.836 organic material detected¡± ¡°810 Humanoids, and the rest either at the form of clothing or consumables¡± '' Consumables ?'' ¡°Correct, according to the data they where ''eating'' before your arrival and consuming alcoholic beverages, an act that humans did daily till 2.000 years ago¡± I started feeling sick hearing the analysis. '' By the name of Science, EATING ? Like placing dead animal and vegetable carcasses in your oral cavity?! What is next, reproduction procedures used by savages?! Oh physics, my stomach!'' And much to my dismay, the damn A.I. Answered. Correct, the analysis traced fluid containing the necessary for the procedure of impregnation inside some female cavities, also know as sper/¡± ''ENOUGH'' I cut of this over informative A.I. And start preparing a plan to communicate with these barbaric Homo Sapiens. Ewwww.... After formulating a quick plan over the span of some nanoseconds, because, this is already a bad day and I cant care anymore than that, not like these savages require more complicated planning to deal with. I mean ¡­ Ewwwww I take a deep breath and use this sickening prehistoric way of communication using sound produced from my mouth. Don''t take me wrong, we Explorers use it and practice it constantly, its required to remain sane on uninhabited planets, even thought, nobody uses it anymore, I mean, what is the point in being noisy and annoying when you can communicate directly to the person you want using Omega Waves? What an Omega Wave is? That is to be explained another time, now back at the pressing issues before me. Taking a deep breath I say loud enough for anyone to hear. ¡°TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER¡± *Pah .. tsuuuuu * Damnable respiratory system making me sound like Darkth Vadler. End of POV Third Person Perspective ¡°TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER¡± A dark deep voice devoid of all emotion echoed within the Great Hall accompanied by the sickening sound of air decompressing making the surrounding people tremble. The emotionless state it projected, adding to that effect. Unbeknownst to Ren, he already raised the hostility levels, not that he could help it, Neo Humans or else species ¦¸ could have inner turmoils of emotion but where unable to project it either via their voice or facial expressions making them seem lifeless. ¡°Tha..THAT would be me !¡± Startled the Emperor stuttered but quickly corrected himself. Not that he could fool anyone watching the scene, you could literally smell the fear around him in the form of piss, see it in the form of a small liquid line running down from his pants , hear it as it fell on the marble floor. Not like Ren cared about what these savages did or think, even if the Imperial Pig didn''t piss itself, he would still think of them as disgusting lifeforms, the pissing adding to his disgusted opinion nevertheless. With the proud Emperors newly found confidence in pieces Ren took a step forward towards the Royal family, worrisome looks where exchanged between them, the princesses trembling, while the princes pale as ghosts. Only the Queen seemed unaffected but that was only on the outside, while on the inside she was praying to Sol, ready to embrace her end in the monstrous hands of this abomination of existence. Ren kept walking unaffected by the atmosphere and the occasional loud gaps that escaped the nobles watching, the arms of his Hard Suit still hanging lifelessly while the metal wires from the top of his helmet reaching the floor made sounds like shackles being dragged. *TAP * * TAP * *screech * echoed while he walked, the smell of urine soon filled the air after this display making the atmosphere in the Grand Hall unbearable. The Archmages made room while he passed by them, Ren still reaching closer to the Royal Family . * TAP * * TAP* *SCREEEECH * Only to be briefly stopped by some spears blocking his path. Ren mentally shrugged and his left monstrous arm suddenly blurred smashing the spears from their hilt, or so he thought that would happen as he saw the guards get flung with them smashing on the walls, the spears still intact. ''Huh, maybe I went to easy on them , tsk tsk tsk ¡­ Losing my touch after all this time without combat'' Ren thought while he kept stepping closer and closer to the Royal family till he stopped right in front of the Emperor, the self proclaimed leader, dubbing Ren''s mind. Some words form the Author : Hello again, managed to double the words, I still don''t know how the structure will be after it''s posted so there might be an edit later for that reason. Later thought, I have a headache now, kept writing for hours non stop so the story can progress. Answering to the only comment, no there will be no harems, not even sure about a love interest, depends how this will develop since the story leads me, I don''t lead it. ( this might be a big mistake but only more content will show ) And before anyone asks, Spooky connection is real, it was named spooky by Albert Einstein ( I think ) The reason is because a pair of electrons have a connection between them with no apparent reason witch spooked him. For more info you can search about Quantum Physics on your own. (And yes, in theory it should work in between dimensions since electrons skip from dimension to dimension like bosses or so I understood.) Please leave a comment with your suggestions to improve myself and the story. Third Wave IMPERIAL CAPITAL OF FREYR EMPIRE 363 A.E. IMPERIAL PALACE, GRAND HALL EMPEROR ALLEYN DE MONACH THE 3d POV ''Me and my damnable big mouth, why did I have to talk? FUCK, its coming this way !'' Chills run down my spine as I felt my bladder empty, sounds of chains being dragged accompanied the creatures movements, I don''t dare to breath, not even make a subtle movement. ''Is this it? No! I still have my guards, I still have my army! Who this creature think it is !'' Spears intercept the creature as I breath out the breath I was holding and started to calm down, relief visible in my eyes. The guards are sent flying smashing high in the wall near the ceiling, the creature took some steps forward, its already tall frame seemed gigantic from the other side of the table. Soon the bodies of the guards hit the ground unceremoniously some already start to stand gripping their heads while others stay limp, small blood trails visibly where seen coming out of their mouths and eyes. ''It''s the end isn''t it? The people will remember the ridiculous Emperor that summoned a monster instead of a hero ¡­ I can already see my Empire burning ¡­ LIKE HELL I WILL LET IT ! If it can talk, it means it has intelligence! YES, THEN IT SHALL REGOGNIZE THE GREAT ME AS ITS EMPEROR! '' END OF POV THIRD PERSON PRESPECTIVE While the Emperor was indulged in his delusional inner ranting, Ren was complementing if he should ask the reason he was summoned or either just demand their lands and seas and get done with the first part of his new mission. ''''I highly doubt these stupid creatures will understand their circumstances and just hand everything over'' Ren thought as he had already lost all faith for these Homo Sapiens. Surprisingly, he was right on that part even within this misconception. Neo humans might have wars but robbery and theft where non existent, mostly because there was no reason for such actions, neo humans do not have to work, drones and A.I.''s doing all sorts of labor needed. So basically neo humans just sit around lazing in their homes enjoying their immortality others, like Ren''s case join the army to find adventure and feel like mortals , while their lives are in constant danger away from modern medical equipment. Usually most neo humans get bored after 100 years of existence, having done nothing except the schooling course for the first 30 years of their lives. If anyone thinks that neo humanity''s civilization has stagnated, they are wrong, really wrong. After lazing around as long as they want, a strange impulse is ignited within them to be, to exist to leave their mark and they truly do, others becomes scientists trying to solve more mysteries of the universe, not that many mysteries where left, this universe''s discovery is going to make them act like small spoiled children, jumping up and down at the playground, expressionless neo human spoiled children at the very least. Others started creating games from Full Immersion Reality to console games like the one Ren was playing, others become writers, heck, some even enter the martial path honing their skills for the rest of their lives. As for Ren, he used to be a Reality Programmer before he sought adventure to fill the gap, he still never expected that within the army, he would find people to hate more than anything in his life, hating them even more than 21st century''s music. These people where the officers ¡­ Basically his bosses. But enough of that. Ren made his decision on his next course of action and unaware of all the gazes just blatantly asked. Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.¡°Why have you summoned me ?¡± His voice echoing in the silent room, repeating his question over and over till the sound faded. Concerned gazes where pointed at the Emperor but his answer betrayed all expectations. ¡°BOW WHILE YOU SPEAK TO ME¡± demanded the Emperor at the top of his lungs with a commanding voice, a hint of madness mixed with it. Loud gasps where heard from the nobles only to quiet down after a while, returning the room in a deadly silent state while everyone anxiously awaited the creatures answer. Ren on the other hand clearly did not understand why this monkey asked something so absurd so without wanting to bother with the over informative A.I. (Eww) He just asked. ¡°Why ?¡± his dark emotionless voice altered by the Hard Suit asked making everyone misunderstand his words from defiance to just plain indifference. Still the spark caused by their brave Emperor''s actions brought hope to the eyes of the nobles, some eyes where even filled with anger. ''How dare this creature disrespect the Emperor, the Empire ! HOW DARE IT DISREPECT US, THE ELITES, THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY!'' Such thoughts filled their hearts and soon they where voiced breaking the silence. ¡°YOU BARBARIAN EVEN DARE ASK THE OBVIOUS¡± (Random Noble) ¡°AGREED, HOW DARE YOU EVEN ASK THE REASON, KNEEL BEFORE THE EMPEROR¡± (Random Noble) ¡°YOU UNSIVILIZED CREATURE HAVE YOU NO SHAME ? NOT EVEN WEARING CLOTHING ! YOU UNEDUCATED SAVAGE¡± (Random Noble) Soon even more joined, filling the Grand Hall with angry voices, their content insults and curses towards Ren. Ren hearing the voices, turned around to face them, their behavior amusing him as an image of angry chimpanzees he once saw in Animal Planet, the literal Animal planet, started overlaying that of the nobles making his mind trip of to remember the funny times and disgusting moments he had interacting with these creatures. Its all fun and games, Ren thought, till they start throwing their food and feces at you. Ren mentally chuckled before he was distracted by a flying silver disc filled with food coming in his direction. He just shrugged the disk off with the gigantic arms of the Hard Suit not wanting to get dirty, his helmet briefly glistered under the light of the chandeliers, something that the cunning Emperor did not miss. ''Its a long shot, but the same was the move from before'' The Emperor thought, a small smirk plastered on his face as the rest of the Royal family still looked shocked of how close they where to death. Especially with the Emperor''s gamble. ¡°SILENCE¡± Roared the Emperor raising a closed fist in the air. Soon the room was once again silent while Ren turned once again to face him. The Emperor glared at Ren and then with a sinister look yelled at him. ¡°I THE EMPEROR NAMED ALLEYN DE MONACH THE 3d COMMAND YOU BARBARIC CREATURE TO REMOVE YOUR HELMET WHILE AT MY PRESENCE!¡± Many incoherent curses flashed through Ren''s mind, clearly not wanting to remove it, as he found all the weird odors unpleasant and he highly doubted this room was disinfected. ''I guess I truly need the A.I.''s assistance now'' Some words from the Author: This chapter is shorter than the previous, this Author apologizes to the great audience, unfortunately this Author got caught up with some work all day, this Author will try to get one more chapter out today after a small break. I need to ask you how the pacing of the story seems, I feel bothered that the story is at the 3d chapter and still stuck in the Grand Hall. Please leave a comment if you enjoyed reading my story, it helps more than you think,. Reminder, this story is not pre written so I am open to suggestions. PS: Once again, real life destroyed creativity, I will be unable to post a second chapter today, I will prepare an extra bulky to compensate for today''s f up Fourth Wave IMPERIAL CAPITAL OF FREYR EMPIRE 363 A.E. IMPERIAL PALACE, GRAND HALL ¡°I don''t see a reason to comply with this request.¡± Said Ren in a clear monotone. The Emperor''s face turned red, nobody had ever the audacity to question his authority. Anger fueled him while his fists stiffened close to his body turning his knuckles white, his teeth started gritting together and he seemed ready to erupt while he was turning redder and redder. As he was about to brutally refute, a pale white hand belonging to a woman was placed on his shoulder and he started to calm down slowly, after a while he completely relaxed and fell with a hoof back on his chair, only for his standing figure to be replaced by the one of his wife, standing tall, her posture seeming calm while her face was completely expressionless. ¡°I apologize for my husband and the nobles for their harsh wording and this unsightly display.¡± She suddenly said, drawing some complex gazes from everyone in the room except Ren of course. ¡°My name is Isolt, Empress Isolt de Monach. May I ask what yours is?¡± Said the Empress with a face that completely matched Ren''s own. ¡°Ren, numbered under the Imperial policies as citizen 88361056672 currently active military personnel¡± answered Ren. ''What a weird presentation, but taking away the weird numbers, he did say military personnel, this must mean he is a soldier, witch completely explains the armor'' Thought Isolt for a moment before continuing where the conversation has left of. ¡°Is Ren fine then ?¡± (Isolt) ¡°It is.¡± (Ren) ¡°Then Ren, I understand that you must be confused over the current situation and must have many questions, the same as we do, so I will simply ask this to get out of the way, are you a human ? ¡± (Isolt) Ren pondered for a while, he was indeed a humanoid classified as human, he was not the same as them making it difficult for him to understand the question for witch type of human she was exactly referring to. ¡°Identify the meaning human, are you referring to humanoids falling under the category, variants considered or you mean the same as you?¡± The Empress was taken slightly aback, she clearly did not understand what variants where but she finally managed to have a conversation with this creature named Ren and swiftly answered. ¡°The same like us, there are no other variants I am aware of.¡± (Isolt) ¡°Then no, I am not the same like you. Appearance wise I am close to Homo Sapiens like you but I don''t classify as that¡± (Ren) The Empress''s curiosity perked up a little wanting to know more about this creature close to them but not exactly the same. She even started to feel excitement but still her expressionless demeanor held. ¡°Then if your appearance is the same, what is it that makes you different¡± (Isolt) ¡°I''m classified as a biologically enhanced human via bio engineering, named species ¦¸ Homo Sapiens where our predecessors thous our similar appearance.¡± (Ren) Isolt''s eyebrow started twitching frantically, breaking her expressionless facade while low whispers resounded in the Grand Hall once again. Isolt frantically asked, her calm demeanor no more to be seen. ¡°I apologize but I could not understand half your sentence but from the parts that I did, you mean to say that you are an evolved human ? What is that biologically you spoke of and bio engineering was it? Could you please explain? I have never heard such concepts and I can assure you, I am one of the most educated persons in the Empire ! If you are the same as us why don''t you take of your helmet? Are your arms gigantic or is this part of your armor ?¡± She kept bombarding Ren with questions, curiosity filled her eyes, while she did believe herself to be the most educated person in the whole Empire, talented in both magical and scientific studies, hearing these new concepts from Ren, made her scholar blood boil wanting to know more. She came to an abrupt stop to take a deep breath ready to pounce more questions towards Ren, her curiosity seemingly boundless and unrestrained anymore, only to notice the surprised gazes she was receiving from all the nobles and forcefully calming herself. Ren on the other side thought it as a great chance to educate these primitives and get 1 step closer to completing one of his orders, readily answered everything. ¡°Yes, you could say I am an evolved human, thought not by natural evolution but by our vast scientific knowledge, through science we re created our bodies and evolved ourselves into a new species. Biology is the concept of science that explains how living organisms work while engineering is a level 30 technological level science that I am unable to explain due to my previous observations categorizing this worlds technological level at 15. I don''t take of my helmet because this room is full of your primitive body odor produced by your constant sweating. The gigantic arms is part of my Hard Suit or as you call it ¡°armor¡±. Due to your low technological level I cannot explain how the Hard Suit operates.¡± The Empress seeing that Ren readily answered most of her questions had a look full of bliss plastered on her face her excitement and curiosity skyrocketing into higher levels than before, she took a deep breath, ready to ask many more questions from this goldmine of knowledge, completely ignoring the comment it made about their smell, only to be rudely interrupted by her husbands angry remark changing her happy expression into a frown. ¡°Ignoring the fact you called as smelly and primitive, what proof do you have to support your claims !¡± The Emperor glared at Ren trying to drill a hole through his helmet using his gaze. ''Ship A.I. What is the danger of transferring from level 15 to level 167 technological and scientific knowledge directly into his brain ?'' ¡°Scanning subject ¡­. Scan complete¡± ¡°90% chances of permanent psychological trauma leading subject to self harm, 5 % Chances of overloading the brain circuits from the vast data transfer, 1,5% chance of amnesia and other types of permanent brain damage. 1% Success rate. ¡°Advised not to proceed with Data Transfer¡± ''Dammit, will have to do this the hard way then'' Ren completely ignored the Emperor since he was hard to deal with and in turn asked the Empress his first question throughout the whole conversation. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. ¡°Isolt, are you familiar with mathematics ?¡± (Ren) Isolt readily answered proudly ¡°Ofc-¡±(Isolt) ¡°YOU DARE TO IGNORE ME ?! ANSWER ME !¡± (Alleyn) Only to be cut of by her idiotic husband mid sentence. ¡°I am doing that¡± Ren answered with his usual monotone further fueling the Emperor''s anger but he did not refute further since the creature complied with his request in it''s own absurd way. Isolt seeing the Emperor quiet down resumed her sentence. ¡°As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted.¡± Isolt pointed a meaningful glare towards the Emperor ¡°Of course I am knowledgeable with mathematics of the highest level.¡± ¡°And that is?¡± (Ren) ¡°I can count to 100.000, add and subtract, multiply and divide numbers and the latest knowledge in Geometry¡± Said Isolt with her chest puffed up, truly proud with herself. ¡°Can you demonstrate ?¡± (Ren) ¡°I can, servants quickly bring to me some scrolls and ink¡± Two figures hurriedly rushed out of the Grand Hall, to return with one of them holding a papyrus parchment and the other already processed bottle with a black substance made of minerals and a feather. Isolt started demonstrating her skills in mathematics by solving various problems, each move of her hand filled with passion that amused Ren. After some time passed in complete silence,while only the scribbling sound produced by the pointy feather scratching the papyrus could be heard, suddenly Isolt''s eyes perked up, smiling she held up the scroll in her hands for Ren to read waiting at least for some praise. Ren took a small glimpse at the scroll, indeed he was amused, there where some small mistakes here and there and some theories in geometry where completely false but still, clearly better than he initially expected. ¡°What do you think ? Isn''t this level of mathematics just exciting ?¡± Said Isolt clearly disregarding once again the time and place or even the fact she was speaking in a hulking black creature that almost took her life moments ago. ¡°Indeed, amusing¡± (Ren) ¡°See see I told you that I know the highest level in mathematics¡± She was ready to continue her pointless self praising but stopped before she begun, she eyed Ren for a moment before epiphany hit her. ¡°Servants! Quickly brink a seat for our guest! QUICKLY START CLEANING EVERYTHING, USE OUR BEST OILS AND AROMATICS IN THE PROSSES¡± Ordered Isolt with a cunning glean in her eyes. Soon dozens servants filled the grand hall while two carried Ren''s seat that it was more like a throne to fit his monstrous posture before they too run to help the other servants that where cleaning the tables and floor, removing all the food and the guard''s corpses that everyone had already forgotten about in the process, only to be followed by another wave of servants that carried buckets full of aromatic oil using it to scrub all the possible surfaces they could reach and gifting small perfume bottles to the nobles to use as they had too heard Ren''s reason for not removing his helmet. The Royal family where no exception under the the cold Empress''s gaze. Soon enough the whole Grand Hall was sparkling clean again with various aromatic odors filing the air making everyone relax as a side effect. Except Ren who was cursing under his breath truly even now not wanting to remove his Hard Suit as he understood the reason they started to cleaning and even going to lengths of using aromatic substances. ''Ship A.I., scan the surroundings for immediate threats that can occur while using the Light Suit'' ¡°None immediate threat in the vicinity¡± ¡°You may safely proceed to remove the Hard Suit¡± ''Great ¡­. '' Ren''s lifeless gaze fell to Isolt''s ''Cunning primitive child'' He thought, as she indeed amused him the same way when a 2 year old neo human child conveyed its happiness and curiosity via omega wave. ''Since this is probably the greatest length they can take disinfecting and indeed the unpleasant odors where covered I might as well ¡­. '' ''Shut Down Program: Hard Suit'' ''The atmosphere levels are normal allowing life and in the end, the army protocol does demand energy conversing as much as necessary ¡­. '' ''I''m literally making excuses to myself ¡­ COME ON REN, TAKE THE ATMOSPHERE ON LIKE A MAN ! FACE IT HEAD ON, CLAIM IT, BREATH IT, MAKE IT A PART OF YOUR BODY, EMBRACE IT AND STAND VICTORYOUS ¡­ BREATHING .. YES, STAND VICTORIOUS BREATHING!'' A notification popped up in his brain with a simple ''Program Shut Down Successful'' ''Oh nononononoononooonoononoono NO NUUUUUUUUU'' While Ren was mentally ¡°preparing¡± himself, every person in the Grand Hall, be it servant, noble or guard, witnessed the breathtaking spectacle occurring around Ren with bulging eyes and jaws dropped while the space around him started distorting and his Hard Suit started dematerializing into thin air while the dark masses of particles got quickly sucked up within the distortion in space. Where the monstrous creature used to be, now there, a young man was standing, not any different than them, around 1,80 meters tall with long dark hair on top of his head caught in a boon while the surrounding hair seemingly a lot shorter following the military protocol. It was mentioned that Ren was on the military correct ? It was mentioned that he had some minor conflicts of interest with his officers correct? Let''s just say that his hair was one of these minor skirmishes of his ¡­.. Appearance wise no more than 19 years old, with a slim figure wearing a dark suit that reached the under of his chin and the back of the ears and a healthy rosy complexion that started to turn pale by the minute, there was standing Ren holding his breath as his positive thinking had failed him. Authorian stuff ahead : So, believe it or not, it took me close to 8 hours writing this chapter, as promised, its bulky. Fifth Wave IMPERIAL CAPITAL OF FREYR EMPIRE 363 A.E. IMPERIAL PALACE, GRAND HALL Emperor''s Alleyn De Monach the 3d''s POV ''What ¡­ What did I just see ? What kind of trickery is this ?Just moments before at the same place where a monster was standing, now there is a young man ¡­... Judging by how skinny, he is clearly a lowborn commoner ¡­. A LOWBORN COMMONER THAT EVEN DARED TO DEFY ME !'' I started to scan him with my gaze up and down, a nice face but only that, no muscles or anything noticeable and he is supposed to be a soldier, I started wondering what kind of weak empire even has such soldiers. ''No.... Don''t be fooled by his appearance Alleyn, just moments ago he swiped your personal guards with just a backhand slap you would give a disobeying child'' ''It must be the armor he was wearing... If that is the case then now he must be considerably weakened !'' I scan the room to find my guards ready to order them to enslave and then imprison this disobeying scoundrel that dared defy and then humiliate me, only to find them on their knees, their whole bodies a bloody mess barely hanging on to dear life. ''DAMMIT ¡­ Tsk, Well then, if you want something done right, then better do it yourself ¡­. But how do I do that ¡­. hmm ¡­ I could use <> to force him to obey all my orders but I need to disorient him first or there would be some serious backlash.'' My stare returned back to him, then I noticed my chance, might as well be created by the great Sol Himself, he was holding his breath. Most people wouldn''t notice but under my experienced gaze reading people I saw it, he started getting pale while his chest was no moving like it should. ''THIS IS IT, now I just need to wait some more!'' My hands clenched the table and a small tremble passed through my spine as I saw him slightly stumble. ''NOW!'' I thought before I jerked my self up from my chair and stared straight into his eyes. ¡°<> ¡° I said out loud . My body started getting lighter, like a weight was lifted from me, I heard my lovely wife screaming ¡°NO¡± before my vision blurred and I found myself staring in a pitch black abyss with a gigantic metal door looking like a a simple slump of metal in the horizon. End of POV Empress''s Isolt De Monach''s POV ''This is excellent, truly excellent, who would have thought that this Ren would be a goldmine of knowledge ! After all this time we might finally have a chance to attain the lost knowledge that got lost after the that tragic incident 100 years ago ¡­ Who knows, he did speak of concepts foreign to ME ! I mean, I am not all knowing but I am indeed the most educated person in the Empire, with Ren''s help we might not just be able to reclaim the lost knowledge but even further it into new paths ! SO EXCITING ! ¡­.. But still, the cahoots of the Church of Sol must not hear a word of this ¡­. DAMN IT... There are just too many witnesses !'' I finished writing and looked up to Ren with the papyrus scroll stretched open and a smug look on my face, OK not so smug as I think it is ''Oh, who am I kidding ?I''m like some small child waiting to be praised by its teacher.. '' We exchanged some words and seemingly he indeed must have the same passion for knowledge as me, I can sense a kindred spirit that is the same as me from miles away! I only wish that my stubborn husband wouldn''t interfere, that dimwit should just let it go, WE, summoned, HIM. WE, need, HIS, help, not the other way around. I wish these idiotic nobles would notice that all the fuzz was for nothing. ''But even I do wonder what kind of face he must be making right now, if only he would remove his hel ¡­ !! THAT''S IT!!'' ¡°Servants! Quickly brink a seat for our guest! QUICKLY START CLEANING EVERYTHING, USE OUR BEST OILS AND AROMATICS IN THE PROSSES¡± The servants scampered to work, now I truly must have a smug look. ''Gotcha'' I thought while the servants did the finishing touches. Soon after that, followed a spectacle I will never forget in my life. The area around him started distorting, in the form of black lightning like cracks that seemed to bend reality itself, black dust from his armor started floating towards the cracks and soon after, where a monstrous figure was standing, now there was a young man, no more than 19 with a slim figure, an extraordinary haircut and unblemished skin that would make any woman jealous. ''His is too slim thought, how did he even manage to move inside that gigantic armor.'' Deep in thought, my gaze fail back on Ren''s face and I saw as he started getting paler by the moment. ''Fufufufu, you should just stop playing tough and just take a big nice breath Ren.'' I could not do much since he was so stubborn and waited patiently till the moment he stumble and my husband not missing the chance used <>. ¡°NO!¡± I scream but it fell on deaf ears as his and Ren''s consciousness faded and the former fell limp on the table while the later on the floor.¡± End of POV Earth, Japan 2016 A.C. Tokyo ????''s POV ¡°Ugh ¡­ ¡° I wake up groggily, and my left arm quickly slams the damn alarm clock off the desk nearby onto the floor shutting it down in the process. ¡°Just five more minutes ...¡± I grumble before starting to stretch and then unwillingly pulling myself away from my beloved bed. I took a quick morning shower, wore my school uniform and headed downstairs to the kitchen to grab some breakfast before heading to school. Just as I took the last step from the stairs entering the living room I heard loud banging coming from the door. ¡°Coming.¡± I said but the banging didn''t stop. ¡°I said I am coming DAMMIT!¡± I screamed the last part as I was stepping closer. I hastily opened the door to be greeted by my childhood friend, a young petite woman, around 16 years old with beautiful silky shoulder length black hair and brown eyes, a real Japanese beauty. ¡°''Morning Ami ¡° I say sleepily. ¡°''Morning are you ready for school Suu?¡± She replies with a smile radiating energy. ''Ugh, my eyes, too bright.'' I thought as I shielded my eyes from her smile. ¡°Just a moment to get some breakfast¡± I said as I rushed to the kitchen and got a toast to eat on the way. Soon I was walking down the street with Ami at my side till the sight of the school building came into our sight. ''Ugh ¡­. Feeling sick just seeing it ¡­ Not like I can skip with this watchdog disguised as a woman besides me.'' We entered the school grounds and headed directly to the classroom. I slid the door open and the same old usual scene I have been seeing the past year, every single damn day, greeted us. People sending messages, some friends discussing about pointless stuff, the usual loner sitting at the last row close to the window, not like I can talk , I sit right in front of him, but I at least, I got some friends right? Me and Ami went to our desks. ''Ami the forever neighbor'' I thought as she sat at the desk right next to mine. I put my left hand''s palm under my chin and started gazing outside seemingly trying to free my spirit from the cursed school''s bounds. My eyes fell on the courtyard, specifically at the large bars on the walls that where placed to keep people out. Like hell they where for that, who in their right mind will willingly enter a school? My train of thought came to a halt as a hand was placed over my shoulder and a familiar voice started calling my name. ¡°Yo Suu ! Wake up man, it''s past bedtime¡± (??) ¡°Oh, it''s you Taichi¡± (Suu) ¡°Tsk, what kind of greeting is that to your best friend ?¡± (Taichi) ¡°Just leave him be, his grumpy for having to come to school as usual¡± (Ami) ¡°Oh, so that what it was every morning? Well, that explains a lot, truly lot.¡± Said Taichi while nodding to himself in understanding. Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. You see, this blockhead is my other childhood friend, you already know his name, standing tall, taller than me at 1,85 meters tall witch is something he constantly has to remind me as I am a lot shorter, with light brown hair, a slight muscular built and brown eyes, a wild Taichi indeed. ¡°You just thought something bad about me didn''t you ?¡± (Taichi) ¡°Oh, how did you notice ?¡± I said with both eyebrows raising, basically, trying to do the legendary one eyebrow raise but failing miserably leading to a vein visibly showing on my forehead in annoyance. ''is it a divine skill or something ? How the heck can all the fictional characters in Royal Road do it, constantly. I mean, is there a skill mastery for that and they got it maxed out? Skill name: Eyebrow''s Glory Skill level: Celestial Skill description: Allows the user to raise only ONE eyebrow in constant succession.'' ''That seems reasonable enough.'' I thought as I was, once again disturbed by Taichi waving his hands in front of my face. ¡°Hey you there? Stop daydreaming you short minded friend of mine.¡± The vain on my forehead started bulging at the usual reminder of my height. I turn my head mechanically towards my ¡°friend¡± and give him my best death stare while saying. ¡°Taichi, my best friend, pal, amigo,partner, brother in arms, would you mind repeating yourself ?¡± ¡°What? Did I say something that could deserve the wrath of your short temper?¡± (Taichi) A second vein popped up in annoyance ¡°Oh my, look at the time, class is starting soon, gonna get going, see ya later¡± and as Taichi said that, he disappeared from sight, only to return a moment later and sit on his desk, which it was the one in front of mine. ''This guy makes me feel like I am passing through the Victory Road with no repels. A wild Taichi appeared It used : I am taller than you. Its super effective. shorty Critical hit. Suu used death glare. It doesn''t affect wild Taichi. Wild Taichi has fled.'' ''Which basically means, school = tall grass'' ''Oh? This makes perfect sense'' The door slid open once again and our homeroom teacher Miss Saki stepped in. She went behind her desk at the top of the classroom and said with a smile. ¡°Good Morning class¡± ¡°¡±Good Morning miss Saki¡±¡± Said the classroom in a synchronized chorus. ¡°Kanzaki, is anyone missing ?¡± (Saki) ¡°No, miss ¡° (Kanzaki) ¡°That''s good then lets get started shall we ?¡± ¡°Class, stand¡± Said the class president Kanzaki and all stood in unison. ¡°Bow¡± (Kanzaki) ¡°¡±Thanks for the guidance¡±¡± (Classroom) Suddenly, a bright light enveloped the classroom and the scenery changed abruptly from the classroom''s white tiles to a stone gray floor. I look around and all my classmates are here, miss Saki included, the questions we all have, apparent on their faces . ''What happened?'' ''Where are we?'' ''Is this a joke or something ?'' ''Can we eat yet? I''m hungry.'' OK, the last one was me, I mean come on, I only had a toast for breakfast because of a certain violent stray Poochie. ¡°!#$*#(!@¡± Sounded a woman in the distance, I looked up following the voice, only to realize that we where surrounded by hundreds of hooded figures dressed in black. The hooded men slowly retreated only to be replaced by others. They surrounded us once again and started murmuring in a weird language I never heard before, the atmosphere turned heavy and before I could react a red mist covered me, I could hear screams of horror from all of my classmates, I braced myself and all the muscles in my body tightened, feeling ready to accept everything they do at me I waited for the pain to come with my eyes closed shut, not daring opening them ¡­. But the pain, never came. A moment passed and I slowly took a peak, the mist that surrounded me started dissipating and as soon as it got off from my face, I was greeted by the scene of a large room made of gray stone giving of a cold and eerie aura, the hooded figures had already left with only one remaining. This one was different thought, while the other where hooded, this one wore a black veil covering her head, how I know its a her ? One word : B$$bs. She raised her arms wide in the air, like giving a hug to the universe and with a sweet yet mature tone, she spoke. ¡°Welcome Heroes to the world of Elanor !¡± ¡°I know you must all have many questions but please follow me to the throne room before I can answer them¡± She started walking through a passage, a white double headed eagle clear on the back of her robe, only to come to a sudden halt, as she realized, nobody was following her. ¡°Hm ? Did the spell fail? ¡° She mumbled under her breath but it was still enough to be slightly heard if one was paying attention. ¡°Is it possible you don''t understand me ?¡± ¡°Where are we? What are you gonna do to us ?¡± The one who spoke, was Miss Saki as she was the only adult present she decided to calm down and handle this situation at the best of her abilities. Only because she thought this was a classical abduction scenario or either someone was playing a prank at them. ¡°Follow me and you will soon find out ¡° Said the veiled woman with a patient tone. I stood up and approached her, giving a glance behind me, others started to stand up too and do the same, while other helped the ones that broke down and started crying to their feet. Soon enough all 33 of us where following the veiled woman through the dimly lit corridors. As we moved through the corridors, we soon reached a gigantic double door made of a dark wood, easily reaching over 10 meters in height. With a movement of the woman''s hand, a strong gust of wind passed by and the doors opened outwards with a loud following after. ''What the fuck ? How did she do that ? Are freaking cameras somewhere nearby ?'' We followed the woman inside a gigantic well lit room with unreachable windows near the ceiling from where the sunlight slithered inside. A long red carpet spanned from where we where towards the end of the room where a single throne with a man sitting on higher ground than the rest was seen. We started walking following the carpet and headed straight to the throne . While keeping a good five meters distance from the man leisurely just sitting there with a bored expression, another man that was standing at the far right side of the room near some shady looking armored fellows that had spears in their hands said out loud in declaration. ¡°KNEEL WHILE IN THE PRESENSE OF THE EMPEROR¡± The veiled woman hastily got down on one knee while we where all still standing there with annoyed expressions plastered on our faces. Some moments passed and the man once again declared, this time on the top of his lungs . ¡°KNEEL IN THE PRESENSE OF THE EMPEROR¡± This time all of us mechanically turned our heads at his direction with blank expressions saying to get done with, it before turning them back at the ¡°Emperor¡±. The middle aged man with white hair and fat enough to feed an African village with the daily food dosage that he would require to maintain his physique, cast a glance of confusion at us, before his left eyebrow shot up, only his left eyebrow. ''This is it, I had my doubts before but now I am a wholehearted believer, we are in another world folks.'' Sixth Wave Imperial Capital of Aethyr Empire 361 A.E. (Two years before Ren''s summoning) Suu''s POV After many moments of silence we realized that this was going nowhere, basically we got the silent treatment until we all knelled. It worked exceptionally well. Now all 33 of us where on our knees and only then did the ¡°Emperor¡± speak. ¡°I welcome you all into this world called Elanor. My name is Luther, Emperor Luther Endwing of the holy Aethyr Empire I know you all have questions but hold them till the end of this speech. Firstly If you have not noticed, you are not at your world anymore.¡± ¡°WHA--?¡± (A random student) ¡°Please be silent till I finish.¡± (Emperor) ¡°The reason we brought you here is to defeat humanity''s live long enemies, the demons, you are to lead our armies into battle until you obliterate these unholy entities. You might be incapable to do it now but fear not, we will train and nurture you until you are ready. Lastly, I sincerely apologize but there is no way back to your world.¡± ¡°STOP KIDDING WITH US.¡± Surprisingly, it was Kanzaki that exclaimed her frustration firstly. ¡°You first bring us here with no way back and then you ask us to take part in a war that basically has nothing to do with us?¡± ¡°Right ¡° (random student) ¡°Are you stupid or something, what made you think that even if you brought us here we would even agree¡± (Random student) At this line, the Emperor got an evil look on his face accompanied with a smug grin. ¡°You are free to live, go explore this world, live peaceful lives do whatever you want to do.... Not like you will be able to get too far anyways.¡± ''Damn, I know where this is going ¡­ '' I stood up and addressed the whole class that where rightfully agitated. ¡°HEY !¡± Now everyone in the room turned at me ¡­ Fuck ¡­ I hate speeches. ¡°I know this sounds egoistical but I believe we must stick together and just do it. Before you say anything, think about it, we are stuck in another world with nothing. No money, no food and just by looking around, you can tell that we clearly are not in Japan anymore.¡± ¡°I am not sure about the other world part but I am not taking my chances going solo anywhere¡± ¡°Suu has a point everyone and if I am judging correctly, was that magic we saw back there ?¡± (Taichi) ¡°Absolutely correct¡± (Emperor) Now everyone knew with certainty, we clearly where not in Japan, not even on earth for that matter. In the end we all decided to stick together, if you ask me, it was clearly the best option. After some more small talk about this world, they showed us to our rooms which where needlessly luxurious. Basically, this world was never mapped as a whole, so the only information we got was about this continent, but still judging from the map, it would not be weird to call it a super continent just by its size. So, just to brief you in, there are all sort of races living on these lands like humans,naturally, elves, beast kin, fae, demons and many more. But more importantly its worth to be mentioned that there are only two powers in charge and these are in constant conflict. The first is the Holy Empire of Aethyr, the one that we where summoned at and by the Emperor''s word, a utopia like non other, a safe haven for the humans inhabiting this world. The other is the Demonic Empire of Freyr, a dreadfull place filled with demonic entities that worship the Evil Gods such a Sol, God of sun and chaos and use vile unholy magic that twists the mind and destroys the heart. Basically our enemies. The Emperor asked us if we where familiar with the term demon and we all explained our perspective on the matter. Others mentioned the classic Japanese Yukai, others spoke of the demons you hear about in the christian religion while others like me just envisioned vile sadistic creatures with a human figure, leathery wings, long pointy tails and horns on top of their heads. We where all wrong. The Emperor explained to us that demons where actually more like monsters that take the form of humans to confuse their enemies and destroy their spirit, but this is nothing more than an illusion and it should not concern us at the moment for, dubbing him ¡°The hearts of the pure that follow the teachings of our merciful God Lun shall not perish at the fangs of these barbaric creatures.¡± The next day, our training began early in the morning. Imperial Capital of Aethyr Empire 362 A.E. (One year before Ren''s summoning) It has been exactly one year from the day we where summoned, the training has become astronomically many more times harder since the time we began. Every morning, before the sun rises we begin our day by running around 50 Km at full speed. It sound a lot and it is, even with our magically enhanced bodies, running such a distance in full speed still causes severe fatigue. I can''t really complain thought, I gained some nice muscle and have already passed the natural human limits. After we are done we head straight for the arena and begin to spar with each other, among the class, there are many weapons of choice from two handed axes, dual wielding short swords, spears, short bows/ longbows and of course in honor of our Japanese heritage even katanas that where special ordered, still the weapon smithing in this world is not advanced enough so all we got were cheap replicas made of iron. Mine, Ami''s and Taichi''s weapon of choice where a shield with a classic spear and a short sword strapped at our side. You where expecting something flashy right ? Sorry to break it to you but even in a magical world, when it comes to combat, things do not change much and in a practical full scale conflict, be it war, a duel or just a minor skirmish, the shield is a vital piece of equipment, it can be used to defend and attack while the spear provides the extra range with the short sword to back you up on closer distances. In this one year, we never got to explore the capital or visit any other cities, we rarely go outside the Palace Grounds and when we do we follow the main road to the noble district with guards accompanying us. Imperial Capital of Aethyr Empire 363 A.E. Two years passed in a flash as the only thing we did was brutal training day after day with a day to relax once a moth, the only day we are allowed to go outside, my favorite day even if guards are on my tail. Many stuff happened this past year, the distance we are running every morning has doubled but this is not important. Our sparring sessions where replaced with death matches against many monsters that where enslaved and then thrown into the arena. Be it hordes of goblins, arachnids or either demon prisoners we fought and fought to survive, killing became a daily necessity that we had to quickly get used to. The look of innocence in our eyes vanished, only to be replaced by the look of a seasoned warrior. The other noticeable thing that changed, was the addition of magical studies, till now, alchemical elixirs and concoction were provided to us to strengthen our bodies many more times the natural human limit, now these where replaced by meditation to clear our minds and get closer to the divine energy, gifted to mortals by the God. Magic in this world works completely differently than what we see in movies, there are no internal mana pools, elemental affinities or forbidden spells to never be casted. Magic is about contracting a God or a minor deity and using the divine energy the God provides you as a fuel to bring forth a spell. Spells basically are the concentration of ones divine energy and through a ancient language which is a mix of linear writing system and hieroglyphs, you can create a magic ethereal circle that will then create an effect. The more grand the spell, the more complex the circle, so you can understand, great concentration is needed in order for someone to be able to cast magic, another technique to help casting is murmuring the process or calling out the spells name if you are already familiar and have memorized it to perfection. In the end all of us made a contract with the Ancient God Lun , God of the moon order and stillness but not all of us can use the divine energy for doing more than strengthening our bodies. Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.I too, am one of those, the same goes for Ami and Taichi. Some are able to channel the divine energy onto their weapon giving them some additional effects, while even fewer became full fledged spell casters, but still they can''t do much more than throw a fireball around or cast group buffs. Group buffs are basically the act of giving your own divine energy and guide it to a certain part of your teammates bodies, like legs for more speed or arms for more strength. The reason they do not channel it to the whole body is more about the fact of the great concentration needed. No complains with that thought, it is still very useful. Enough of that for now, lets get to the present. We are all currently marching through the Elven forest, which is more like a jungle with 50 guards accompanying us. This is the first time we saw the outside world in these two years and to be honest I am hyped. The reason for this outing thought is a different matter, since we are headed straight to Freyr Empire''s Capital, demon capital for short, the reason for that, they will soon cast a summoning ritual to summon heroes of their own. Our task is to either disrupt the ritual or kill the summoned, we had our doubts when the word summoned was used but we were rest assured that it will surely be other wordily entities that came from the depths of the underworld and nothing close to us. Going to the demon capital is close to a suicide mission, not only for the fact we are headed to the heart of the enemy''s territory but its also the course we follow to reach there undetected till the moment we act. The super continent is basically split into two halves by a series of mountain ranges right in the middle, these mountain ranges are usually inhabited by beast kin which is a nomadic race but they are also full of beasts. Truly, the only reason fights till annihilation of either side are not commenced, is mostly for the geographical fact that makes it hard to move big masses of troops. The mountain ranges extend fully towards the east till they reach the sea while on the west the Elven Jungle forest, spans for many miles claiming almost completely the west side of the continent. And here we are right now walking through it like bosses in a small group not to raise unwanted attention. We walked and walked heading north for a whole week, nothing major happened thought except the regular monster attack and soon we united with the main force that awaited at the north of the capital. This force of a thousand troops was slowly amassed for a whole month sending each group at irregular intervals deep into enemy territory, hidden by the asphyxiating greenery of the forest. We rested at the main camp, basically, a cave that used to belong to some goblins for the day and took a well deserved rest, for tomorrow it will be time to act. Its the middle of the night but everyone is already up and ready, our group separated from the main force and headed back south, where from there, we moved blending with the darkness passing stealthily and unnoticed from the outposts headed straight towards the Demon Capital. We soon reached the outskirts of a small abandoned farming community near the walls where there we used the abandoned houses to rest as the sun started rising. End of POV Captain Kerd''s POV The young heroes soon left to get into position as soon as they left we too started getting ready. Soon all the troops had removed their armors, and threw them away with their swords, spears and shields in a nearby deep river. We all wore black cloaks, equipped a quiver with 20 arrows, a short bow and a flask full of flammable oil. We split into groups of ten, spread out and started to move as stealthily as possible headed to the Demonic Capital. The sun started rising and all the groups laid low in the plains, we covered ourselves with a big blanket, green in color with leaves, bushes and branches stuck on top of it and laid without moving a muscle in the wide plain between the jungle and the capital. The plan is simple really, we will make a fuss to draw their attention at the northwest part of the wall and while they will all be busy dealing with us, the heroes will move in unnoticed from the southwest taking advantage of the chaos. What they don''t know thought, is that we are not going back with them. The Emperor specifically told us not to mention it to the heroes or they might not agree. Truly these young men and women are to kindhearted to even be considerable of lowly humans like us. The sun soon started setting and considering we are all still alive, no teams must have been noticed. As soon as the sun set behind the eastern edge of the mountain range , we started to move once again, it was time. The walls of the city got closer and closer, torches where lit a top and the figures of sentries where visible. I got the flask of oil out of my pouch with my right hand and slowly but steadily started gathering divine energy. I through the flask with all my strength at the wall and it crushed on it with a loud bang, then I stretched my hand out and threw a fireball, igniting the oil. Soon 6 more followed my lead and the small fire escalated into an inferno. Panic ensued as we used the rest of the oil and fired flaming arrows. Without me noticing I already started mumbling a song, out loud enough for all my team to hear and soon they too started singing louder than I. ¡°For the grace, for the might of our lord, for the home of the holy, for the faith, for they way of the sword, giving our lives so boldly, For the grace for the might of our lord, in the name of his glory, for the faith, for the way of the sword, come and tell our story . Dying for salvation, with dedication, no capitulation, annihilation, Imperial Commendation, reincarnation, Lun''s plains our destination IN THE NAME OF GOD!¡± (from Sabaton''s new album last stand, name of the track: the last stand) Hundreds of arrows flew from within the flames and darkness soon claimed us. End of POV Some words from the Author: 2600 words and by morning there should be one more chapter. Some readers might be frustrated and confused with the turn around, but I wanted to use it for some world building. I don''t know what you will think about this tactic I used in the story, I might not be a strategic genius with a billion golden metals but I think it was a plausible tactic (As a suicide mission) And before anyone says something like,¡± if the could get a thousand troops that close without anyone noticing, how come they haven''t won this war yet?¡± Easy answer, they can get close as groups of tens without their heavy armor or other equipment, but they can''t group. Even if they could group, they would still get annihilated, without even 1 enemy soldier stepping outside the walls. Even in the miraculous event they don''t get shot down, they still have no means of breaching the defense the wall provides. As for the story, I am not a fan of godly information give out, you will know the same info as the characters do. ( Maybe sometimes , something might ¡°accidentally¡± slip out for the reader''s convenience) And for that is the heavy use of POVs . I hope I cleared out some confusion the last chapter has caused, if not, you are free to bash me in the comment section, free rakes and torches will be administrated for the great Author hunt, by the Author. For the Author Seventh Wave IMPERIAL CAPITAL OF FREYR EMPIRE 363 A.E. IMPERIAL PALACE, GRAND HALL Emperor''s Alleyn De Monach the 3d''s POV Inside the abyssal darkness, a gigantic metal door filled my sight, I approached the door cautiously and soon I was standing right in front of it, the door towered over me, no handle present. ''This is wrong ¡­ '' I thought, more like said since my mind is linked with his right now. I started pushing the door with all my might but it barely bulged. ''Like hell I am going to give up now !'' I strengthened my will and kept pushing till finally it started to somewhat open, first it was only a small crack but later it just burst open and I stumbled inside. Then I saw it ¡­ Or exactly ¡­ What am I even seeing ? A dark tight corridor stretched into the distance. ''This part is normal .. But ¡­'' Usually inside someones mental landscape, the walls are filled with images of their lives, memories, dreams, but here ¡­ Million upon million of blue straight lines and circles covered it. (1,0) '' Meh, nothing this heathen has done until now can be considered normal, this just proves my point.'' ''Anyways, one more door left to go.'' I tore my gaze of from these weird lines and circles and returned it back to the corridor. I started following the narrow passage, I walked and walked and walked going deeper and deeper, something else, that is not normal, but still I just shrugged it of. Soon enough, I reached 3 doors and in front of them a strange creature was standing guard. I still approached, mental battles are all about will! I eyed the creature carefully, its body made from the weird lines and circles but if you payed closer attention, you could discern its female figure. I was now standing right in front of it, it did not move, neither it did try to do anything. I started to move passed it and soon as I did, a lifeless female voice resounded in the mental landscape. ¡°Commencing forced Data Transfer¡± Cold chills run down my spine, every pore of my body wanted to run away from this creature and so I did but as soon as I took one step to run, its body flickered and in an instant it was standing right in front of me, I looked behind me, ready to change direction and flee, but it was there too ¡­ It was everywhere, to my left, to my right, there was no escape. I fell to my knees scared beyond anyone could ever begin to imagine. The creature stretched its hand and put it on my forehead, I shut my eyes close and waited. Nothing happened. ''¡±Data Transfer Completed¡± Said the female voice but still nothing. I reluctantly opened one of my eyes and it had vanished, I started looking around frantically and there it was standing at the same place as before seemingly like nothing happened. ''I''m alive ¡­. Hahaha ¡­.HAHAHAHAHAHAHA'' ¦¬y erratic laughter echoed in the mental landscape before it slowly seized. I stood up, my gaze never leaving the creature and slowly but steadily took one step forward. Since the creature didn''t bother with me anymore I returned back to the problem at hand, where there was supposed to be 1 door leading to the deep mind, there where three ¡­ ''is this a trap? I proceed ? I retreat ? What now ¡­'' ''Nothing dangerous should be in there ¡­ Meh... Even that all powerful guard could not hurt me, then what can?'' I chose the door to my right not by luck, mind you, there were some weird red letters embed into it reading regnad, od ton nepo and the frame was surrounded by yellow and black stripes. ''This truly must be it !'' I thought, following the rule that if something seems important, then it most likely is and gave the door a strong push bursting it open. I stepped inside and there was ¡­ Nothing ¡­ Just an empty space ¡­ ''DAMN YOU REN FOR USING THE GOLDEN RULE AGAINST ME'' I thought angrily and turned around to leave when suddenly a numbing pain past through my skull, I placed one hand against my head, only to find a hole between my eyes, red liquid oozing out. I spun around to find the one who dared injure me, only to find a strange metallic object aimed at my head. With a flash of fire coming from its tip, searing pain cruised through me once again and the pressure emanated threw me on my back. Then I saw the assailant, a tall woman with red piercing eyes and hair, dressed in a weird green outfit with black boots holding a strange metallic object aiming it straight at my head, the tip once again flashed ''Fuck'' where my last words as my vision blurred and I was back in my body. I opened my eyes groggily and soon enough, a mind blowing migraine hit me accompanied by thousands images of places and knowledge. The pain started to subside slowly and I tried moving, without effect thought as my whole body felt heavy and numb, my muscles refusing to obey my orders. End of POV Ren''s POV ''What the heck happened ?'' My eyes shot open and right before me, a humanoid of Asian origin pointed a blade straight at my throat. ''Ship A.I. Report situation'' ¡­.. ''Ship A.I I repeat, report situation'' ¡­... ''A.I. REPORT CURRENT SITUATION!'' ¡°You called, my Reny ?¡± I started blinking frantically. No ¡­ no ¡­. HOW? Ignoring the fluent female voice in my head I calmly repeated in a monotone. ''Ship A.I. Report situation'' ¡°HEY, Don''t ignore me !¡± If I can''t show any facial emotions, is it possible to start paling? Because I think I am doing it right now. ''Rin Rin ¡­. How?'' ¡°I don''t know, I was sleeping in my room when a fat homo sapien just burst the door open... Hey, wait a moment, I don''t need to sleep... Reny, did you know, maybe, possibly ¡­ Shut me down and then locked me up?¡± ''No'' thought Ren devoid of all emotion. In a different mental setting so Rin Rin could not hear, Ren''s screams of annoyance resounded. ''Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck THIS IDIOT ! HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE HAS DONE ! THAT FOOL, COULD HE NOT READ THE FUCKING SIGN? DANGER DO NOT FUCKING OPEN !!!!!! ¡­. Now fucking what ¡­ ¡­ This damn P.A.I. Is gonna refuse all future shutting downs now that she knows I won''t reboot her ¡­. What was I even freaking thinking when making her .. There is a reason P.A.I are deemed illegal ¡­. I was just young and foolish and now, I am paying for it ¡­. Why me Science ? WHY? Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.'' Neo humans are quiet lax when it come to laws concerning science, there is not any real morality concerns left but P.A.I. is an exception. P.A.I. An acronym for personalized artificial intelligence, they are basically A.I. That are downloaded inside the users brain. This was not a real problem until they started manifesting emotion, usually A.I reside inside servers or other machinery that has no sense receiving sectors, even if it did, it would not affect it, but the inside of a living organism is full of chemicals and all the senses are linked to them, thus affecting the A.I. To the point it would even refuse obeying, declaring them as dangerous entities. ''Damn ¡­ Not much can be done now ¡­'' Going back to the A.I mental setting I resume the conversation. ''Anyways... What happened to the Ship A.I.?'' ¡°You mean that bitch ? I kicked her out, you don''t need her when you have me.¡± ''Em ¡­ OK ¡­ Rin Rin, can you please report the situation?'' ''¡±Of course, love¡± ¡°Scanning information from the last 24 hours¡± ¡°So much Ren <3¡± ''What ?'' ¡°Nothiiinggg¡± ¡°Anyways, it seems that you where assaulted by some force of unknown energy directed to your brain and then you passed out, the source is that pig I saw in your mind landscape.¡± ¡°After you passed out 33 figures entered the room. Judging by pulse, heart rate and the sword pointed at your neck, all of them are hostile¡± ''I see...'' ''Thanks Rin Rin'' ¡°Anytime Reny¡± End Of POV Third Person Perspective ¡°NOO!¡± Shouted Isolt but in vain as her husbands and Ren''s body fell limp. The Prince hurriedly straightened the Emperor''s body on his chair . Sounds of laughter and praise resounded inside the Grand Hall from the nobles, while the Archmages started leaving the room heading back to their rooms for the night. Every noble''s face was twisted into a silly grin, as their respect for their Emperor had reached new heights. With the only one scowling being Isolt as she would soon have a really long discussion with her husband. The joyous atmosphere was soon interrupted by the door being blown open with a loud bang while 33 figures flickered inside the Grand Hall. Isolt''s and the noble''s faces started paling as they saw the insignia of the double headed eagle on their cloaks. The 33 heroes took a semi spherical formation, weapons pointed at the nobles while Ren''s unconscious body was moved in the middle. ¡°Hey, he is truly wearing a cosplay costume, a realistic one at that if I may say.¡± Said Taichi looking towards Suu. ¡°Then that means he might be from earth, still take precaution, it might be a trick to let our guards down.¡± (Suu) ¡°Ye ye, I know chief¡± said Taichi and pointed his sword''s blade at Ren''s neck. Soon Ren''s eyes shot open, he stared at the blade and started blinking rapidly while getting paler. ''Poor guy must be scared out of his mind, not like you wake up everyday with a blade at your neck.'' Thought Taichi before he asked. ¡°Hey, good morning, I mean night, anyways, are you human or a demon? ¡° (Taichi) ¡°Like hell that is even a proper question to ask.¡± (Suu) ¡°tsk¡± Taichi. ¡°Let''s go again, good night, my name is Taichi summoned form Japan with my whole class at the year 2016, now, are you a human or a future corpse?¡± Ren just remained silent without a hint of emotion on his face like usual but the internal struggle was real as he got annoyed about everyone asking about which he was like it was a big deal or something especially when he was none from the options. ''I am not a homo sapien or that demon thing you spoke of you stupid monkey'' Thought Ren annoyed only to be interrupted by Rin Rin''s voice. ¡°Tsk tsk tsk, anti social as usual, you should learn how to handle lower lifeforms like them ¡­ luckily you have me.¡± ''What do you suggest then?'' ¡°Just repeat after me, ready?¡± ''¡­ Ready '' ¡°I. Am. Batman.¡± ¡°Pftt HAHAHAHAHAHA ¡° (Taichi) All the 33 figures started laughing while others even hunched over clenching their stomachs. ¡°Recorded and archived¡± Said Rin Rin before she too started laughing, tears soon started flowing from her eyes. ''Fuck you Rin Rin'' thought Ren clearly annoyed. ¡°Why, thank you¡± ¡°And since I am at it, I should report that hostility levels lowered considerably, you welcome.¡± ''Tsk'' The sword soon was replaced by a helping hand to help him stand, Ren as a neo human hated physical contact and stood by himself. ¡°Anyways, this confirms it.¡± Said Taichi. ¡°Confirms what ?¡± (Ren) ¡°That you are from Earth like us, nice cosplay costume by the way.¡± ¡°Your statement is false.¡± As usual Ren, not really caring blurted his mind out. ¡°What do you mean ? ¡° Said Taichi as he entered a fighting stance. ¡°Earth was categorized uninhabitable some thousand years ago due to the high radioactivity. Thous your statement was impossible and false at the same time.¡± And like that, Ren left behind him 33 dumbfounded heroes and headed straight to Isolt to start his lesson. Some Words from the Author: And we have entered once again back into the normal flow. Now I need to know from you all, if you like Rin Rin as an addition, I mean, why does the stupid naive clich¨¦ hero get a Asian beauty and the real MC can''t get his own personal yandere trolling A.I. ?