Foreseen war (1)
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In an ancient temple, several hundreds of people were gathered ina large room, while chanting in a strange language. The leader of the whole gathering took a cup from the altar in front of them.
"Hoc vinculo indissolubili nostrae signum!" The man said as he cut himself and let the blood drip into the cup. He mixed it along with the liquid that was there. The liquid stirred without any external force and behaved ferromagnetic. He then said extra unheard incantations and drank it, before passing it to the others, who were still chanting.
A man, shrouded in darkness, looked at the mysterious man and called his attention.
"Don't you think it's time, brother?"
He looked at the man in darkness, first nodding slowly once, then smiling.
"You're right, brother. Let's set things into motion. The world will be plunged into darkness, very soon"
"This is all for our Father!"
The crowd, inspired by the man's words, began chanting...
"We await your return, Father"
"We await your return, Father"
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"Well, sorry you haven't been informed... But it's been two days since we started training. I'll tell you one thing though.... It's been tough... Zora's harder on us, we don't get much time to sleep... But today's the last day, because Zora said we can sleep in today. Currently we're taking our last lap around the kingdom. We're basically doing a week's worth of training and...."
Castro was interrupted by a slap on the head by Xero.
"Why did you do that?!!!!!!" Castro roared because of the pain
"Focus... We are almost there! We can rest afterwards!" Xero consoled Castro
"Yeah, we can also eat as much as we want..." Castro said, almost drooling.
"Now is not the time to think about food, Castro!" Xero said, raising his hand to hit Castro's head again.
"Now's not the time for this. Xero, you're right in that case! We moooove!" Jolie shouted as she quickly shortened the distance between her and them, eventually passing them.
Castro, Xero, Jolie and the rest of the students roared in victory when they reached the designated location where Zora stood. He was almost dozing off when he heard footsteps that jolted him awake.
"Well done, students! I didn't think you'd make it this far..." He said, rubbing his eyes
The students cheered.
"As promised, you'll have your break... But now, it's time to explain why you did all those exercise..."
He looked round and saw Alexander, who had won the race to the tower.
"Remember how your fire pillar spell wasn't really good...?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, try to create one now!"
Alexander nodded and stretched his hands. A tongue of fire kept swirling around until it bursted into a pillar as tall as the colosseum. He deactivated the spell and looked at his hands.
"I did that?!"
"Yes!" Zora confirmed. "Your physique matters a lot in spell casting. Not all consequences for casting magic is grave, most spells cast deals a huge strain on the body, and not having enough stamina and strength to match your magic power limits your ability. This is called your strata!" Zora explained.
"Whoa! Our strata is off the charts now, right?!" A students shouted.
"For your level..." Zora said bluntly, disappointing the boy.
It's still a start though.
"Though Castro's problem isn't his strata... He has two Mana flows... One inhibits the other." Zora thought.
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The next day...
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As usual, the bell rang in every room, signalling them to come out. Students came out from every room and assembled in the open space at the front of the colosseum.
"Today, we'll start with stretches!" Zora instructed.
Today the bell woke them just before noon, which was strange... Very strange...
"And the marketplace isn't so noisy..." Xero mentioned
".... Almost like no one is around..." Castro looked suspiciously into space, like he knew what the writer was doing...
"I heard that! What are you planning?" Castro interrupted the writer, who shouldn't and can't be interrupted normally.
Zora sighed
"It seems Castro has been hit way too many times on the head... But at least my plan worked. The kingdom's authorities had evacuated all the citizens away before the war, to avoid grave casualties."
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The orcs, now marching, saw some gates a few miles away. The mysterious orc in the carriage brought out the orb and the usual three figures donning hoods appeared.
"We assume you have reached Rein kingdom?" They said in unison.
The mysterious orc bowed before the orb, wearing a terrified face.
"I'm sorry, your venerated eminences. I have not reached Re..."
"...You what?!" The mysterious figures snapped at the orc.
"I just need a few minutes. I promise, I will reach Rein kingdom before noon. I swear!"
"Last chance... We are very understanding people, we understand there are unforseen circumstances. But this time, get there! Honour your own words... Or face the consequences!!!"
The transmission from the orb got cut off abruptly, much to the expectations of the mysterious orc.
The carriage suddenly stopped, and before the mysterious orc could find out what's going on. An orc came to the carriage and kneeled before the mysterious orc.
"We have arrived, my liege."
The mysterious orc smiled.
"Good, let's get things started..."
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BOOM! BOOM!!! BOOM!!! BOOM!!!!BOOM!!!!!
There was a loud sound, almost like a giant walking, reverberating in the air. Soon, everyone could sense dense magic emissions coming from the entrance to the kingdom.
CRACK!!!.... BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
The gate was destroyed by one of the orcs, who most likely is the one who is leading the orcs...
High orcs came marching in afterwards and a figure was seen in the air. It looked like an orc, but less bulky. And he had a hollow chest. His cloak billowed in the air, making the whole scene dramatic.
"Whoa, these orcs are huge!" Castro muttered.
"Let's see how long this lasts..." Jolie smiled.
"For some reason I feel like turning back..." Alexander blurted.
He was about to make his escape when he felt a pair of eyes piercing his back.
"Oh, no you don't..." Xero said. He held Alexander by the neck and set him beside himself.
"I guess that's the boss of this operation..." Zora thought.
"Let the fun begin!" Zora licked his lips.
- Writer
