《The Tale of the Tiger and the Prince》 Birth of the tiger Chapter 1- Birth of the Tiger Darkness loomed over the horizon and the buckling, heaving sky looked fit to collapse down on to the city. People fled for the shelters and sky piercing howls of wolves could be heard from the nearby forests. It seemed as though the heavens themselves had been angered and were bringing down their fiery fist of judgement upon those that resided in the city. The first strike of lightning came crashing down on a lone tree, causing the tree to erupt into flames and thick gray smoke to billow into the skies. If one were to look at the city from the sky and to focus onto the tree, one would realise that it stood exactly in the middle of a line. Not one drawn but one that could be seen due to the huge contrast in the state of the city on both sides of the \''line\''. On one side were posh beautiful homes and on the other side were the dirtiest slums that one could lay their eyes on. In these very slums, just meters away from the burnt tree the wails of a child could be heard. It lay in the hands of a man who wore a tattered shirt and was so dirty that it seemed as though filth had been smeared onto his body, leaving no part untouched. From rotting flesh to eggs of insects - all sorts of unimaginable horrors could be found on his body. He look down at the clean and pristine child and quickly zoomed into the part he was most interested in. An exhausted lady lay on a bed near him, her face flushed red and covered with sweat. She was in a slightly better condition then the man as her white skin could still be noticed under a layer of dirt. \"H..how is...\" taking a moment to breathe in she continued, \"he? Is he... \". She could not get herself to continue not due to fatigue but due to the fear of the answer. The man looked towards with contempt clear in his eyes and yelled, \"BLOODY HELL! This the third child and yet you give me another useless one. Tch, what''s more- his clearly cursed, being born on such a horrible day!\" He gave a look of disgust at the child one more time before throwing the child on the floor, spitting on him and storming off. \"He better have been disposed of by the time I get back, and the next child better be decent or you will have no place in this home anymore!!!\" The women reeled in shock, she had hoped that the third time would be a charm and the child would make the criteria her husband had for a child. Tears flowed down her cheeks, but do not be mistaken - they were not for the child but for herself. She feared the possibilities if she were to fail again. She forced herself up and walked to the child, who had fallen face first and had been crying non stop ever since. She kicked the child in a fit of rage and yelled, \"Shut up you piece of garbage!\" The child went crashing into a nearby wall with a loud thud. It seemed as though he had gone quiet but at a closer look one would be horrified to learn that the baby, moments after its birth had been beaten by its own parents causing him to faint. The women walked to the child realising that it was a boy. The whole mess with her husband had not given her time to even confirm the gender. She eyed the baby in search for the \''mark\'' . You see the women and her husband were, unlike their appearances not humans but rather a group of demi humans who could transform into beasts based on their family''s blood line. A demi human could be recognised by a \''mark\'' found on the right arm of their body The \''mark\'' would show the beast type that one could turn into and the way the beast was designed depicted how powerful the beast would be amongst its own type. For example, the poor women and man were both demi humans with the mark of a Tiger. This would typically lead them to having a high standing in society- however their Tiger was just a small head of a Tiger with no colours and thus represented the weakest Tiger that should not even be considered a beast but rather just a normal animal. This meant that their potential was far lower than even the average demi humans and thus had no chance but to accept their placing at the bottom of society. Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. The child just like them had a small colourless Tiger as his \''mark\'' and thus was regarded useless by his parents. They hoped to have a child with at least a decent \''mark\'' so that they could use him to rise up the ladder of society. However, this was their third failure of a child and they had no resources that they would willingly give to the growth of this child. Thus the lady picked the child by the arm and walked out of the house, only to find herself to be in a thunderstorm. Not even thinking twice the lady threw the new born baby into the rain without even any clothes on and walked right back into her shabby home. If only she had turned her head around she would have realised how wrong both she and that man were- the baby\''s \''mark\'' started to glow and transform as golden marks started to appear on it along with dark streaks mixed into it. The boy was not special and therefore had his \''mark\'' transformed later- but rather any demi human born into this world would only have the most basic beast type \''mark\'' when they are born and it would transform only after an hour or two of birth. But how could the bottom feeder parents of the child have known this? They had disposed not only this but their other children too without knowing that they had yet to even get their final \''mark\''. This was the mistake that countless parents in the slums made - leading to the loss of countless possible legends, just because they were unfortunate to be born to selfish parents who did not even have the basic of knowledge on the \''mark\''. Will our hero also fall to this fate and have his story ended even before it began? Or will the plot armor protect him? Please follow this and favourite this to find out on the next to next chapter... Author''s note- hey guys, this is my first novel and therefore would ask for all of you to give your tips on the idea and my way of writing. Also sorry for the drop in quality of the story as the chapter went on... Will redo if you guys ask me to do so, or else that for reading and stay tuned for the next chapter : the birth of a prince (spoiler - it is about a Prince!) The birth of a Prince Chapter 2- The birth of a Prince In the great city of Norhaven, the shining capital of one of the five kingdoms that ruled the continent of Yeqall, residents were cheering and getting into a festive mood as King Bernadus the Valiant had himself just announced the birth of his first child and had announced to the world in great joy that he would become the crown Prince and therefore the next King. To top it off, he had announced the start of a five day long celebration of the birth of the Prince- where on the fifth day, the child would be given his name. This had led to the city being filled with cheers in every corner and jumped straight into the celebration of the Prince. The king had brought them great advancements and thus, Needless to say the residents too were truly overjoyed. The castle, a magnificent building which loomed over the rest of the city and the residence of the royal family, was filled with people running about to prepare for the sudden celebration their Lord had ordered to servants getting ready all the necessities for the new born baby. Bernadus the Valiant himself had found himself to be unable to stop smiling as he had a baby boy who had been born without any hitch into this world. He had lavishly rewarded the wet nurse with a necklace or two for a job well done. He had asked his Queen to lay and rest until he brought his child to the head general of a the army and the high mage to have his aptitude tested. He had no worries for even if the child were to have no chance to become a great mage or warrior he could just follow the path of knowledge, ''which would undoubtedly help him to deal with those pesky nobles'' the king thought. He soon found himself in a courtyard where he had summoned the high mage, Maxiflo, and the head general,Walter Gladstone. Both were leading figures in the area of magic and the military respectively. Walter Gladstone was from the Noble Gladstone family, a family of firebird demi humans in this human majority Kingdom. He was not only probably the most powerful person in the military but also the whole Kingdom - for his ''mark'' was the mythical creature, The Phoenix. On the other hand Maxiflo was a commoner, and thus did not have a surname and yet just at the age of 21 - he took the title of high mage by proving himself to be the most powerful mage in the kingdom. Two years down the road and at the age of 23, he had been chosen over many other much wiser mages to be the one to check the new born prince''s abilities. Walter walked up and checked the body of the Prince and was pleasantly surprised to learn that the boy had an unnaturally tough body, for a baby, and he did not seem physically unfit from any angle and thus nodded his head to inform the king that the Prince was good enough to try for the path of a warrior. Thought whether or not he would be talented enough to reach the strength of all least a general depended on how determined he was and how skilled he would be in the use of weapons. Maxiflo the went up to check the Prince and pressed his chest into an attempt to feel the datian. Personally he did not expect much from the boy as to him even other great mages were but small fishes in an equally small pond, that was this Kingdom. However when he probed the datian once again - he found himself surrounded by darkness and towering over him a huge gate. His hands shivered, his body felt as though he was squeezed, his hearts be a in slowed to almost only three to four beats per minute and he was in a near death state. Yet he was not afraid, no if one were to his face they could see the joy in his eyes. He knew what this meant - the gate of shadows and darkness. He would probably be the only one in this Kingdom, maybe even the planet who knew what this meant. In fact if any other mage were to be here-they would not have the ability to see the gate. This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. Maxiflo immediately removed his hand from the baby and found himself to be covered in sweat. Though he felt like it had been hours, it had only been seconds. He contemplated what to tell the king. He knew informing him of the gate was out of the question, and was something only he needed to know and something he would use in the future for his own benefits. The king on the other hand had grown impatient and worried, and just as he was about to prompt Maxiflo to inform him on the result, Maxiflo spoke up, "Milord a great miracle has occurred, your son has an affinity for dark and shadow magic, that probably has never been seen before!" A huge smile that had been plastered on his face when he heard the starting turned into a frown when he heard that his son had an affinity to dark and shadow magic. You see a person''s personality was greatly affected and based upon the affinity of the person and that was why dark and shadow mages were greatly hated, as they tended to be evil and dark just like their affinities. This made the king worry for his son as if he had the greatest affinity for dark and shadow magics ever seen before then, his son may grow to become a far too evil person. Maxiflo knew what went on in the King''s mind and was worried that he would tell his son to not even venture into magic - which would completely put an end to his plans even before they began. Thus he decided to ease the fear of the King by following on, "do not fret Milord, for your son does not only have a insanely amazing affinity for darkness and shadow but also has great affinity for fire, water and nature. This would ensure that his personality is not too tipped towards the dark side." This news left the King not only relieved but shocked as well as his son was a never before seen genius with five affinities. It was clear that his son would grow to become a mage that the world has never seen before and thus entrusted his son''s magics training to this young high mage, so as to ensure that he would have the best teacher to teach the way of magics and ensure that he does not get affected too much by the darkness and shadow affinities. He also planned to call his wife''s brother who was also very adept in the way of magics, so as to ensure that a family member would also observe the growth and safety of the child. Five days later, It was announced at the end of the celebrations to the world that the Prince was a five affinity mage and was to be named Prince Favian Aylard. Author note: Aylard is the royal family name. The book will probably be a two POV between the Prince and the Tiger. Next chapter will be on information on marks and magic. Maybe I will add in a bit of history as well. Info Dump- Marks and Magics! A bit of info on world history and geography before we begin, The world is split into two large land masses or continents- Yeqall (where both MCs are) and Vralin. The Vralin is the home of the beasts whereas humans and demi humans reside in Yeqall. Beasts once ruled both continents, but with the founding of Magics and birth of demi humans, beasts were driven off Yeqall. The beasts are sentient and are many times stronger than humans and demi humans. They live in tribes and if one were to compare Vralin and Yeqall - they would realise that Yeqall is more developed than Vralin. After centuries of peace war broke out between both continents (details will be provided further down the story). Both sides ended at a stalemate when Vralin had conquered 1/3 of Yeqall. This lead to the fall of two of the previous six kingdoms and a new fifth beast Kingdom was formed on Yeqall. There has been a century of peace ever since but the cogs leading to war have started to move... ''Marks'' The birth of demi humans is widely debated on. Many believe that they are descendants of legendary beasts while others believe that they are descendants of makes who tried to gain the power of beasts and succeeded. Whatever one may believe - it is an undoubted fact that demi humans due to their marks are far too important a force against beasts. ''Marks'' allow their owners to turn into the beasts they depict and also give the an affinity to the magic the ''Marks'' colouring corresponds to. However, demi humans cannot have an affinity to a colour that either ''Mark does not depict''. To know how strong a ''mark'' exactly is - one has to go to the army to get a name for their type of beast and see it special abilities, combat skills, etc. Eg: Tiger- Main character (name not confirmed) : unknown but has golden and dark colours Poor men and women : Colourless (therefore they have no possibility for Magics), their Tiger is a the most basic Tiger which is just called a Tiger and thus their physical capabilities are very low. Birds - Walter Gladstone : ''Mark'' not seen. We know that he is a phoenix. His magic includes but is not limited to - fire. Due to it being a mythical being, his physical capabilities are all top notch and he can defeat powerful beasts even without his ''Mark''. Special ability (due to how powerful his beast is) - when killed has 50% chance of revival in 24hrs, 100% chance of revival in week (he can only revive if he was in phoenix form when he dies) Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. Magics All humans have an affinity to at least one magic. How powerful this affinity is can be seen from when a human is young and a high ranking mage check their datians. (more info next chapter) Types of Magics - the colour they correspond - personality type Nature - green - peaceful and caring Fire - red - bloodthirsty, brave, valiant, aggressive, destructive and etc,. Lightning - golden - destructive, arrogant, Clever and etc. Water - blue - peaceful, adaptive, clever, caring and etc. Earth - Brown - defensive, protective, brave, leadership and etc Wind - yellow - fast, adventurous, playful, funny and etc Darkness and Shadows (misunderstood to be two different types) - black - see the world differently (therefore tend to become evil, aggressive, destructive, heartless and etc.) Light - white Time - nil - not enough jnfo Space - nil - not enough info Metal - silver - not enough info Ice (water types can use ice but ice types cannot use water) - frosty blue - cold, heartless and etc. Personality is only affected when one walks down the path of Magics and thus most people remain unaffected and this is also why mages are considered to be eccentric. Eg: Prince Favian Aylard - 4 affinities - fire, water and nature - personality (unknown) Maxiflo - unknown - strongest magician in an unnamed Kingdom - personality (unknown) Author''s notes: brief overview on the world and abilities. Technology may be added to the sides of the humans and demi humans for they are still quite a bit weaker. Next time :see as Tiger survives and Prince lives lavishly... 5 years later Chapter 3 - 5 years later " The year was 2010 of the era of freedom. Humans and demihumans had now had a 2 millennium long freedom from the clutches of the beasts. The suffering and pain of their forefathers and the unparalleled strength that the beasts had used to dominate the humans now seemed like a fairy tale. Magic had seen great advancements and the power of humanity and increased greatly. Demi humans had the greatest increase in strength with the new found knowledge of their affinity to the magic that their ''marks'' colours showed. The overall strength of Yeqall had multiplied many folds and the whole continent had the same sentiment. To defeat the continent of the beasts, to rule their ex rulers, to CONQUER VRALIN! So it began, the first war in 2 milleniums when the 6 kingdoms of Yeqall declared war on Vralin. Their shock attack worked in their favour and in just two years they had conquered 1/10th of the continent of Vralin. It was 2012 eof, when it happened. Humanity had forgotten the true power of the beasts, they had grown over confident. 500 million man went to attack the nearest tribe. None returned, all slaughtered mercilessly by one being - the fire dragon RAZIEL. It was his tribe they had attacked and he showed them true power. He did not stop there. He and just his single tribe pushed humans and demihumans out of Vralin, destroyed two kingdoms of Yeqall and created the new Kingdom of Raziel which is one of the 5 kingdoms that rule Yeqall. Rachel stopped only because he had gotten tired and not because he was afraid of loss- for he could have brought Yeqall to its knees and showed who ruled them once if he wanted to." Favian closed the book shut as his heart pounding as he imagined how a single tribe of beasts had the ability to turn the remaining four kingdoms into ashes. He was just five years old yet under the guidance of his master, Maxiflo-he had been made to train in Magics ever since the age of three and this had advanced his intellectual capabilities such that he already had a mental age of 10 to 11 years old. What he did not know was that was not the doing of Magics, as the only type of magic that could do that would be time magic but rather the work of his master who wished for him to mature and strengthen quickly. Favian¡¯s life ever since his birthday a month back had turned from one filled with fun and games to one where he was being trained to be able to properly meet the requirements that were needed of a Prince of the Kingdom. He was taught educational subjects like basic arithmetics, geography and history from the mornings to till lunch time. After lunch he would get an hour of free time before he was dragged along by his mother the queen to learn the proper etiquette that was the minimum requirement for the royal family. After hours of gruelling lessons under his mother,he would finally be let free for dinner. Dinner, was the time when the whole royal family came together and sat down to have a meal together. This was a moment Favian especially enjoyed for he had the chance to feed the newest member of the royal family- Lazarus Aylard or Laz, who was Favian¡¯s younger brother born two years ago. The sight of his younger brother playing his food was the best cure for the tired Favian, as it immediately made him feel more energetic and would lead him to playing around with his brother, whom he could not otherwise meet throughout the day except for his breaks due to his hectic schedule. This energy booster always came at the right time for, after dinner was Favian¡¯s most hated lessons - magics. Children his age would jump in excitement at the sight of magic and yet Favian hated the very fact that he was learning them. This was mainly caused by two main factors- firstly, it was called a magic lesson but in fact all he did was learn to meditate as spells and combat would still be too much for a boy of 5 years, regardless of his mental capabilities. Meditation was where all he did was to close his eyes and clear his mind of all thoughts, while entering your datian. What this did was to allow the person to absorb the mana he had an affinity of into his body. Not only was it extremely boring, but for a 5 year olds, even with the mental age of ten, to clear his mind of empty thoughts for an hour at least- was something beyond his capabilities. The other factor that caused his hatred for magic was the fact that his master was Maxiflo- who unlike his other teachers, gave no thoughts to his position as prince and severely reprimanded him for mistakes he made during meditation. Today, however was different- he had been promised by his master to actually learn about the basics of magics. Favian, quickly had a glance at the clock and confirming that it was time, rushed down to find his master. and jumping in excitement by the time he entered the Chambers that were his master''s abode. Maxiflo smiled as he saw Favian shaking in hopes to learn magic. "He probably hopes to learn how to throw fireballs and teleport, when even the best magic he can receive is in no way close to those kind of magics". Maxiflo thought as he walked towards Favian. "Boy today I will teach you about the levels there are in magic and then will teach you about one spell. How good that spell will be depends on how well you answer my this question- how does one use or control magic outside of his datian?" Favian''s face showed a great variety of emotions as he listened to what his master had to say - disappointment as he still had to listen to a lecture, joy that he could learn a spell and horror at the difficulty of the question. How could he answer the question when he all he had done when it came to magic before now was to meditate. He then remembered his datian and how he could control the mana within and answered, "is.. Is it by expelling the mana within the datian and controlling that it?" A.N. : This is going to be quite wordy so I will be posting another thread just to write this out in point form Maxiflo just laughed at his answer before replying, "haha, boy even you with your insanely huge amounts of mana would not be able to cast half the low level spells that you could learn today let alone normal mages. To understand the proper method to control magic, first one must understand what the datian does. The datian is where the type of mana that a human or demi human is able to control is stored.The higher the amount of the different types the higher the affinity one would have towards that type. That is why I have been making you only meditate over the past few days, as except for your humongous affinity towards darkness, you still require for your affinity towards your other mana types to grow- so as to counter the personality that your affinity to darkness and shadow will bring about. However, one does not have an affinity to the whole magic type but rather its subtypes.For example, in the case of an affinity to nature- one does not have an affinity to the whole magic type of nature but rather to a subtype of nature like poison or natural healing. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. The reason why one cannot control mana as it is in our surroundings - is because of the countless number of types and subtypes of mana in them and thus you are unable to control mana. Thus there are two very well known ways to control mana. The first is to create a layer of mana, using your own datian¡¯s mana- which would act as a filter, to filter out all types and subtypes of mana except for those you have an affinity for. This would ensure that you would have full control off the mana inside the boundaries of the layer. The second method is Mana eyes- which allow you to actually see specifically the types and subtypes of mana you can control. However this is something you can do only when you become a level 5 mage.The mana layer is a weaker technique than mana eye, because once the mana leaves the boundary- you would lose control over it, unlike mana eye which would allow you to see the mana type and thus control it over surrounding your body, which ensures that as long as you can see the mana, you can control it. However, this is just part of the answer. The other part refers to your proficiency in controlling mana. This requires great amount of practice and imagination. Practice would be something I will ensure you do in the future. Imagination on the other hand requires you to be able to make precise shapes in your mind quickly and efficiently. This is something that is almost impossible for one to do naturally and this is where spells come in. Spells refer to a scroll which when read would immediately enter certain shapes into the mind for instant casting. For example a fireball spell would ensure that the shape of a ball and the way to move it is imprinted into your brain. This is a brief explanation to magic manipulation that I will give to you today.¡± Favian''s mind reeled in shock as it tried to process what he had just learned and only after confirming that he at least had a vague understanding of the topic did he nod his head. " Well for a good try I guess I will let you learn this level 0 spell called water bubbles. Ah yes that reminds me that I have to go through with about the levels as well. Quickly take these books and then I will inform you of the levels that there are in magic. There are two books as one represents chants and the other runes. " Maxiflo stated as he held two books in his hands and passed them to Favian. Favian''s face twisted and looked crestfallen when he realised that the spell master gave him was the weakest water spell there was but he could only reluctantly take them from his master for he knew the consequences of not listening to his master as he remembered what happened when he first came to meet his master. But that folks is a story for another day. After seeing his disciple reluctantly grab the books and his face Maxiflo couldn''t help but chuckle before starting on his next info dump on the young boy, "there are two things that categorise mages one is power standing and the other political standing. I see no need to go into political standing of mages as you are the crown Prince and thus are already higher than me in political standing where I am the high mage and thus most highest politically ranked mage in this Kingdom. There are 11 power levels for mages from 0 to 10. After 10 is already the land of immortals and Gods and thus is something too far for you to think of. Your master is a level 9 mage - the only one in this Kingdom and one out of just three in the four kingdoms of man. However Raziel the Fire Dragon is most likely a high ranking level 10 beast. You see warriors beasts and mages all follow the same rankings where at the same level, warrior < mage < beasts. Each ranking can be further broken down into low, middle, high and peak. That is all I will inform you for today as ''this chapter has already stretched too long and there was meant to be a second part to this chapter as well'' (the cracks in the 4th wall have now been repaired). " Maxiflo then forced teleported Favian out of his Chambers. He turned to look at a man in the shadows who bowed to Maxiflo before informing him," Milord, the rebels in the kingdom of Raziel are doing just as you ordered and plan to kill the Lord of one the kingdoms cities and blast many parts of the city to smithereens. " " Perfect... Now to clear the evidence linking this back to me ", Maxiflo smiled before the man in front of him who was all of a sudden being consumed by flames and soon all that was left of the man was Ashes. " This should be enough to get Raziel to finally obliterate the remaining kingdoms or at least this one... I still have use of the other kingdoms" Maxiflo stated as he started to whistle and walk out of his Chambers. The Rebellion 1 Chapter 4- Rebellion 1 The man known to the Kingdom of Raziel as The Crimson Scorpion was one who had as many haters in the kingdom as supporters. Those who hated him called him a terrorist while those who supported him, called him the last fire burning in the sea of darkness that encased the kingdom. The man himself could not care less of what people thought of him as he was a man who was blinded by revenge against Raziel and his tribe. He was a demi human and his maximum life span was at least 150 years. What many do not know is that due to this he has lived for a 109 years and had been there 101 years ago when Raziel and his tribe had turned the Kingdom of Gushon to ashes and murdered his family brutally in front of his eyes. He that day swore revenge against Raziel and then joined the then newly formed resistance and worked for them over the years climbing up the ranks till today he had become the leader of this force. Unlike his predecessors, most of whom waited patiently and calmly for moments to strike, The Crimson Scorpion had immediately gone and together with support from one the four kingdoms of man planned out a plan to bring one of the seven great cities of the Kingdom of Raziel into Chaos. The man in question now stood in front of children barely older than 5 to 6 years old and watched as they were trained to become his tools to use to destroy Raziel himself. The children were all soaked in sweat and blood as they were forced to fight adults thrice their size, who did not go easy on them just because they were children. A boy could not take it anymore and fell, only to be kicked by the adult he was training with and when he did not respond, was dragged along the floor to an area where a bunch other children could be found lying. Some were steering awake and being pulled away while others lay there motionless without any pulse. Ever since the Crimson Scorpion took over seven years ago, thousands of abandoned babies were taken in from the slums only to be trained, fed, experimented, killed, made to kill and turned into the weapons of the resistance. After all, who would believe that 5 year olds would have the capabilities to kill the beasts whom even many trained soldiers could not kill. But this not shocking for from the original five thousand plus only five hundred remained and many of them had been enhanced through experiments after countless failed experiments. Amongst the crowd of children training one could see a young boy with golden hair, black iris and with a tiger ''mark'' fighting not one not two but three grown men all by himself and holding the advantage. The boy''s eyes and facial features showed no emotions throughout the battle and in the end he was the last of the four men standing. He could finish the men off as they were vital trained men of the resistance unlike the children, the resistance had an endless supply of them from the slums. The boy was slightly above a meter tall and had a well maintained body. Despite his look he was in fact just five yeas old. He just like all the other child soldiers had no name but due to his superior combat abilities had been given a number. A number was given to the top ten child soldiers of the resistance and had the capabilities to easily dispatch anyone in the Resistance except for the Scorpion and his top guards. The boy himself had the number 3 and thus could only bested by two other numbers. If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. His whole arm was covered by his tiger ''mark'' which was covered with golden, frosty blue and black colours, which was abnormally large due to the countless experiments done on the boy. He had become far more physically able than most his age even in his human form due to this and the amount of black and frosty blue colours on his ''mark'' took up more area in proportion to golden colour than before as his personality had gone through massive change over the years as he grew up and was trained to be a child soldier resulting in a rare phenomena where his personality increased his affinity for ice and dark magic. The lightning type was still the more dominant type but it was no where as dominant as it was before. He had been trained by the resistance to a level 3 mage after experiments had led to the increase in his ''mark'' which led to his control over the mana types to improve, his datian size to increase and thus propelling him all the way to a low level 2 mage from a level 0. ( I forgot to add in the last chapter but to increase levels one has to improve his control over mana which is done through meditation, increase datian size and to be familiar with the levels chants and/or runes). 3 had been taught one level three chant for each mana type he had and been training them until he could now say them mentally. The spells are- ice cage (defense or trapping), lightning bolt(attack) and dark port (movement). If you still did not realise, he was the demi human baby that had been beaten up by his parents minutes after birth and thrown into the storm only to be fortunately or unfortunately be found by a resistance member. He had however been far too injured by his parents and the storm had taken a huge toll on him and thus the resistance decided to turn him into another guinea pig for their experiments. Surprisingly, though he survived and now had grown to become a key power in the resistance. He himself also wished for revenge against Raziel for his horrible life. " Okay times up! Go and rest, tomorrow our first great rebellion movement shall begin we shall kill the lord of the city and bring several key areas destruction! All hail the Resistance!" Yelled the Crimson Scorpion "All hail the Resistance!" Night falls and day rises, the cogs of war have started to move but this is just the beginning Author''s note: Hey guys new chapter here. I will probably only do chapters in the weekends with maybe one or two in the weekdays but have school so no promises. NEXT CHAPTER : Trip down memory lane 1 Chapter 5 -Trip down memory lane Chapter 4 -Trip down memory lane Author¡¯s Notes: I edited the way magics works in chapter 3 for those who read the chapter before today. As 3¡¯s eyes felt the blindfolds get removed, his eyes closed tight shut as it was unable to adjust to the sudden change from darkness to light. As he slowly opened his eyes and let them adjust, he found his hands and legs to still be chained and to still be in cage that he had been forced into when he was chained up. 3 looked around and found his cage and two other cages to be situated in the middle of the most lavish room he had seen in his life and in front of him lay a red carpet which stretched across the room from a door to a set of stairs on top which was a chair where a mix between a tiger and a human sat. His body looked like that of a tiger and yet his body itself had the structure of a human. (quite hard to explain- hv a look urself http://static4.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/3/34310/2201974-2201972-thundercats_tygra_by_erikvonlehmann_d4ofw6v.jpg , credits to thunder cats) He knew what he was going to do and was well aware that this could very well be the last thing he ever did. He sighed to himself as he remembered what he had gone through to reach this situation. The first memories he had were when he was 3 years old and in no way were they pleasant: He had awoken to find himself on a bed surrounded by men dressed in white coats looking at him as though admiring a great piece of artwork they had built. Suddenly he felt intense pain coursing throughout his body and he felt himself slipping into darkness once again. He woke up a few times after that over what felt like months, only to find himself surrounded by those white coated men placing silvery objects around him or inserting liquids into him. He however, would not be awake for long as he would always find himself losing consciousness seconds after gaining it. After what felt like the hundredth time he had awoken, he found himself not surrounded by the white coated men but hundreds of children just like himself all being made to wake up by burly men who were getting them into lines. Many children crawled to these lines as though they had never walked before. 3 himself attempted to copy the burly men and children who were walking- only to find himself falling and being only able to crawl to the lines. They were brought into a room and what happened afterwards were imprinted into 3¡¯s mind for the rest of his life. Those that were unable to walk were taught to walk, after which they were educated in various subjects and informed of where they were and how they were fighting for a revolution. This was where the real hell began. They were trained in magics and fighting techniques, demihumans were also trained on using their animal forms to the best of their abilities. During this period discipline was instilled into their bodies, so much so that it had become physically and mentally impossible for them to go against the orders of the revolutionary. They were made to fight older members of the revolutionary and other children like themselves and every day many children dropped dead like flies. 3 made it out alive of this hell and was even given number 3- but what came out was not a well trained child soldier. No what came out was a war machine who could think about nothing but executing orders given to him and maximising his own fighting skills. In just two years he had become a monster who was a level three mage who being a demi human and having the element of surprise could go toe to toe with even rank 5 beasts. He was going to play a very integral role in the resistance movement as his target was none other than the city lord! This was the first time 3 had had a chance to see a beast and he immediately remembered what he was taught when he was briefed on the mission¡­ ¡°Lord Tygra that rules this city is as everyone knows- a tiger beast. He is known for his fondness of other tigers loves to thus find them regardless of beast or demi human and add them to a tiger corps he is in the process of creating. This is where three you come in- you will be ¡®sold¡¯ to slave traders who would then bring you to the lord and then you have to assassinate him when he is not looking. This naturally would be impossible for you 3 as he is four levels above you in magics and his physical capabilities far outmatch you. However, you have the complete benefit of surprise for no one would be able to guess that the five year old demi human in one of the cages has the kind of capabilities you have. Remember that while beasts can only turn into humans when they exceed level 10, they can however have a partial transformation between beast and human and are known find themselves most comfortable in that form. Thus you must kill him in that form as a beast is much more powerful in full beast mode than when it is in the partial form. Also unlike demi human beast forms which can only have an affinity to mana that their colour corresponds with, beasts have no such rule and thus are far more unpredictable than demi humans and their beast mode is much more powerful than a demi humans beast form, even if they are the same type and of the same rank. After the assassination is a success, give us a signal and we will storm in and kill all the other filthy beasts that call the castle their home.¡± 3¡¯s mind went into overdrive as he remembered the final plan he came up with to kill the Lord,
  1. Dark port to just near the lord
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  2. Lightning bolt the neck and follow up with a knife slash at the injury to ensure the Lord¡¯s death
  3. Lightning bolt the roof to act as a signal
  4. Place an ice cage around himself to protect himself from damage
For this plan required him to be efficient, quick and deadly as its success was based on the element of surprise and if he could not kill the lord in his moment of surprise - he would no doubt find his head separated from the rest of his body. He quickly meditated for a while to clear his head of everything but the plan. After a minute he opened his eyes and started the dark port chant mentally¡­ While 3 was about to initiate his assasination of the lord, all over the city guards and high ranking members of the city - many level 5 beasts, found themselves being assassinated by children barely 5 years of age. The Resistance planned to take out as many of the high ranking members of the beast forces in the city as possible before they fled to one of the Kingdom of Man and joined with the mysterious men in the shadows. He had especially sent the top three numbers to take out the very top figure within the city... A girl walk through the rubble smiling as she eyed the corpse in front of her. She was barely 80 cm tall and no older than 6 and yet was unfazed by the sight that lay before her. She wore a jacket with the no. 2 on. Nine humongous monkey beasts surrounded her, not letting the sight of a dead comrade anger them, but calmly assessing the situation and judging the seemingly weak opponent they had surrounded. The girl looked calm, yet her mind was running through countless scenarios to find a way she could kill these 9 beasts as well the far more powerful beast that they were guarding. She was a demi human with a viper beast, which had no colours or designs- it was the very basic viper. Yet she was able to prove her worth to the Resistance and climb her way up in the child army and take the position and name no. 2 due to a special ability hers, she had the ability to manipulate any type of poison as long as she had consumed it before. It had a few limitations like she herself could not produce the poison- but that had been taken care of by the Resistance, who provided her with vials containing poisons that they had already made her consumed. This made her one of the very best assasin¡¯s the Resistance had to offer. She had been tasked to kill the second most trusted being of the lord after the lord¡¯s own brother- the level 7 tiger beast known as Gawen, killing his ten level 6 head guards was supposed to be the easy part. All she had to do was to silently poison the ten head guards and finish them off. She first planned to strike at the guards at the front of Gawen¡¯s mansion and then rush in and kill Gawen himself before killing the remaining guards inside and outside his mansion. However, her plans failed when she found all ten guards at the front of the mansion and all other possible routes of entrance to be guarded by countless number of guards. She attempted to murder the ten guards first- so that the greatest obstacle after Gawen would be removed. She was however noticed in her attempts to poison them and had only succeeded in ending one out of the ten guards. She knew that this mission was a complete failure, for even if she were to kill the ten guards- now that she had lost her advantage of surprise, she would not be able to finish Gawen. She knew something was wrong for the guards were way too attentive and in huge numbers but did not have time to think about it as the 9 guards rushed at her with their weapons, varying from swords to spears towards her wielding long spears and chanting spells as they got ready to attack her simultaneously. However, they were shocked to see the little girl who had shockingly just murdered half of the guards not even look at them but rather took out a vial with a green substance from her pocket and opened the cap. Immediately the green substance flew out of the vial, revealing itself to be a green coloured gas. The guards immediately stopped their advancement vary of this unknown substance. However, the girl did not stop there- she transformed into a huge Viper and let the green coloured gas flow around her. She stared at the beasts and yelled- ¡° Lets do this¡±. The gas immediately split into 9 parts and turning into small Vipers flew towards the 9 beasts. These beast were some of the best that the city had to offer and thus they were paying full attention to their enemy not looking down at her at all for just being a child. Thus they were ready when the gas split and got ready to use their weapons to block the upcoming seemingly magic attack. However, this was not magics but rather a special power of the girls and thus it did not have to follow the rules of magic and did not use imagination to move the poison but rather orders to control the poison. So when she saw the weapons being ready to intercept her attack- all she had to do was to order the poison to move around the weapons and hit the beasts. The poison therefore easily avoided the weapons and rushed to attack the beasts. However, the beasts¡¯ reaction time was no worse and therefore, despite being shocked, they immediately reacted to this- half of them used different types of magics to completely obliterate the poison coming towards them while the other half armoured themselves up via magic to protect themselves from the attack. Seeing all her attacks fail - the girl¡¯s faced twitched as she prepared herself for a long fight. Author¡¯s Note: So wrote a quick flash back and tried my hands on a shabby fightiing scene (sorry need to see how others do it), also first 2000 words chapter