Genesis, A New Creation

A Vision

-Chapter 13 Part 1-

Nocte walked back to his room and he muttered “The first on the...left?” He looked at the door knob and he was a bit nervous but he opened it and he was right and he gave a sigh. He walked in the room and closed the door behind him. The room was a dark purple thanks to the moon slightly lighting up the room. Walking onto the balcony he looked up at the moon. It was blue and full much closer than Earth’s moon he noted to himself. The wind picked up speed and he felt a gust of cold air hit him in the face and his clothes moved revealing the undercoat he was wearing was white and had no outline unlike his outer coat.

He slid off his outer coat and walked back inside placing it on the bed and walking back onto the balcony. He sat on the stone railing and crossed his legs, placing his hands onto his knees he looked out onto the city. From this angle he could see many houses and even fortifications, The walls circled the entire city and were at least a one third of a mile if not longer in some areas or directions. The walls were double layered with a smaller version outside to push down any ladders or stab anyone daring enough to try and scale the walls.

Nocte’s mind began to wonder “This city could easily withstand a Roman attack from my world, These street are nothing but killzones. It's like the city is meant for Guerrilla warfare. The walls themselves were already masterpieces but the city….it was not only pleasing to look at but militarily a strategic fortress. A Forest on the east side and a river on its West that blocked most military incursions from the Empire of Neoya.”

His thoughts broke as the door opened behind him and he glanced and saw it was that magic instructor and he bowed his head. Nocte then asked “You're the magic instructor?” The magic instructor nodded “You recognize me. I presume I was Annah's personal magical advisor, assistant and trainer but she has casted me to fully fill your training. As your deal requires of course.” he said in an old but deep voice, his body clearly not weak from age in the slightest. The old man then says placing his hand on his chest and giving a slight “Please call me Marvonia.”

Nocte gives a slight nod and glances at his feet and sees he's wearing sandals and his tail is more like a reptile and has white scales, His hands are covered in white gloves that have rings on his index finger and his middle finger. Nocte then says “Those rings are magical are they not?” Marvonia nods and says “You are observant, I can see why you were so fast when fighting the Alpha. Enough about that though, So you are the one that was named by Ata?” Nocte looks back at the moon and nods

Marvonia begins to step through the room and onto the balcony looking up as we'll and seemingly reaches for the stares and says “I always had a desire to know what was beyond this world, To see the stars and hold them in my hands.” he flipped his palm and he looked at it and clenched it “But my Mortality refuses that desire of mine….i'm old and my existence is soon to come to an end. I hope Saisho will accept me with full honors.”

Nocte laughed and Marvonia looked at him, Nocte finally stopped after a few moments and took a heavy breath and said “Death is but only a step to…..a new you could say.” Marvonia nods his head “Indeed but the warriors are the ones who receive more-” Nocte cuts him off “Incorrect, Saisho may respect honor and warriors but all receive the same treatment. The only reward warriors get for fighting is respect.” Marvonia looks at him almost as if to question him but he does not and he looks at the stars and lowers his hand to his side and says “You obviously are something quite unique.” Nocte stays silent and Marvonia continues “I can tell you are gifted with something….you have a talent and talents are powerful. Tomorrow morning at first dawn , meet me at the Kalenteen University. I will dispatch a maid to give you directions and a uniform, Though if you wish you may wear your armor,cloak and mask.” He turns and waves to Nocte without facing him but Nocte does not turn to look and hears the door close and he sighs.

Nocte closes his eyes feeling the breeze on his face, It's cold but more than bearable if not ignorable. His mind is not slowed by speeding through the thoughts in his head, then his mind focuses on one thing “Magic….the gift I gave to this world….even I the creator, don't know all of it's secrets. All things can evolve and differ from what I was made to be. Though I understand it's possibilities and it's potential to be a far more dangerous thing then even modern weaponry…” Nocte remembers reading about World War 1 and Verdun and how brutal the war was let alone World War 2.

He sighed as he was thankful nothing of the sort had happened yet and yet his mind began to think “But if technology progresses like it did in mine...I might have to cause and lead a war of absolute brutality so then such a thing may never happen.” He opens his eyes shocked at himself and he places a hand on his face and mutters “What am I thinking? Such a war could lead to unknown outcomes and many unnecessary deaths.”

Getting off of the rail he walks into his room closing the glass doors on the balcony and laying down on the bed which was a bit softer than he thought as he sank into it. Nocte turns on his side and mutters “at least I can sleep…..” and closes his eyes feeling darkness take him to sleep.

Nocte opens his eyes but he's in his bed but rather somewhere he does not recognize. Its a cave it's walls seem to be colored a light blue and the terrain has taken some damage from magic. Nocte hears coughing and turning around he sees Ata,Saara, Annah and even Himself but all are bleeding heavily, He never saw Annah in such a state coughing up blood that has a Golden tint to it and Ata has a broken leg and is trying to heal his sister with everything he's got as Saara is seemingly reaching for Nocte’s body that lays motionless on the ground blood pooling around him.

Nocte feels his stomach churn and he can smell blood and his body shivers but something keeps him calm to an extent, Then he hears taunting from someone behind him “You call yourselves Gods and Majors?! You're weak compared to us and to me!”

Nocte does not turn as he feels the presence behind him. It's pure evil, and it's power is stronger than Saara and Ata, most likely the other Gods too and he hears it walking forward and it walks through him as if he was not there at the moment. The being looks human but clearly is not as it's right hand forms into claws with a red glow from veins it seems, It wears a black suit and the way it walks almost seems elegant in a way. It has black hair that seems to flow to it's shoulders but Nocte sees the being glance behind him and it's red eyes seemingly glare at him and it's male. His eyes widen and he instantly faces Nocte and shouts “What?!” But assumes a battle position instantly and says “it must be some kind of trick! You're dead…”

The thing charges him but Nocte does not move and as it slices through his torso he does not feel any pain. In fact the thing passes right through him once more and just backs up and laughs “it's a trick!” but Nocte feels everything fading as he knows he's starting to wake up and Nocte asks “What are you?” and the being grins and says “I...I am bloodshed and all sin.”

Nocte opens his eyes and the sun is slowly coming over the horizon and the sky is pink with rays of light, begrudgingly lifting himself he looks at his hands and closes them and reopens them and counts his fingers, “Ten” he says out loud and nods getting up. Grabbing his chest plate and he places it on his chest hooking it in place with small hooks on the sides and shoulders. He then grabs his cloak and puts it on along with his mask and puts on his hood and he feels safe and almost more comfortable when he is in it. Then a knock at the door turns hit attention and then one of the cat maids come in, she comes in clearly a little tired as she rubs her eyes and says “Sorry...for waking you up-...” her voice trailed off as she seems Nocte and her tail seems to fluff up and Nocte says “Luna? Am I correct?” She nods her head, almost shivering.

She stutters “uh..yes, yes..I was here to collect you and guide you to the University but seeing you're already awake. Come with me please.” Nocte follows her, she has her hands almost at her waist as she walks but Nocte keeps pace and surprisingly for once he does not feel the need to slow down his pace as she walks pretty fast for her height as she is actually smaller than Nocte which is more than welcomed by him.

As they walk down the stairs he catches a glimpse of Annah reading a book on a chair in the hallway but Luna heads down the stairs and he follows suit. They walk outside and around the city for quite a while and most of the time citizens move out of the way seeing the maid or stare. Eventually Nocte brakes the silence “So..what are you?” Luna glances at him and asks “What do you mean?” Nocte clarifies and says “What is your species to be exact I have not heard of it I don't think..” Luna sighs and looks ahead walking into an ally and says “This is a short cut...but if you must know'' She takes a left and Nocte slowly turns as we'll and she glances behind as if to see he saw and she continues “I am a Demi-Human but I'm a Catian...we are quite short and weak but we are fast and quiet when needed.”

Nocte is about to respond when she guides the way out of the alley way, and takes a left on a corner and stops. Nocte arrives beside her and she points to a large building that looks more akin to a large mansion with a few smaller mansions on the side and beside it but with a lot more rooms. The whole main building is colored pure white and the buildings on the side seem to be colored the same. A large wall surrounds the land area and Luna says simply and slowly “This is the University, Marvonia will be waiting for you in the main library which is in the main building there.” She points to the largest building which has at least three floors. Nocte nods and asks “Are you gonna guide me into the building?” Luna looks at him shaking her head “Under orders of Marvonia Larzoris I cannot guide you past this point. Good day.” she bows her head and heads back the way they came.

Nocte sighs and walks to the gates the two guards at the gates look at Nocte then at each other and nod opening the gate for him, The outside seems quite busy Nocte notes as he sees plenty of young looking demi-humans and even normal humans all in uniforms, Their uniforms are tight and are white on top and black pants or skirts for girls. Most don't immediately take notice of Nocte but those that do almost freeze in place as he begins to walk to the main door. As soon as Nocte begins to get to the center of the yard most of the people are looking at him though he does not know whether they are students or soldiers in training, As some show clear physical fatigue or even bruises, cuts and even some scars.

Nocte can't help but feel slightly embarrassed yet empowered by the stares of fear or awe. He never intended his cloak and mask to have this effect but it has played perfectly into what he wanted to be when in this armor. A Monster, A Ruthless being that has no mercy nor fear and will tear men apart. Nocte approaches the door, opening it into the main hallway and just letting himself wander a bit, Nocte sees a few instructors on his way. They are in pure Blue uniforms and all have their own badge on their shoulder, Some have swords, fists or even magical emblems or symbols. Even as he walks past them he gets a few glances or stares of confusion or curiosity.

Nocte after walking for some time finally reaches a room that has a label of the door but he can't read it and he mutters “Fuck...they have the same verbal language but not written….” A student hears Nocte and walks up to him and asks “You're not from around here are you?” Nocte glances over his shoulder and sees a lean boy who is a little taller than Nocte and is part of the Catian group of demi-humans as Nocte can see by his tail and ears. He has brown hair and wears glasses and is holding a few books and looks at the label at the top of the door and says “This is the Library, If you need some directions i'm more than happy to-” Nocte cuts him off “Later today mayber, Thanks though.” Nocte opens the door, shutting it behind him leaving the boy a little hurt by the encounter.

Nocte is almost instantly shocked by the size of the Library, Books are stacked as high as the roof in wooden shelves, All each with their own label tags and then he hears “Ah, You arrived a little earlier than expected. It seems I was right in assuming you're gifted in Slight Movement.” Nocte looks at were the voice came from and sees Marvonia sitting in the middle in a intersection with a few books on his lap and he picks up the books in his arms and walks over to Nocte and says “Slight Movement is a special skill very few have, Perhaps Saisho guided you to this nation…No matter take these books and sit down.” Nocte is curious enough to what Marvonia has to say to listen and obey, He takes the books and sits.

Marvonia then says “Now you are forbidden to read those books, You cannot remove them from your lap until I get back.” Marvonia then walks into one of the long hallways of the library and seemingly vanishes when he takes a corner. Nocte sits there, the books starting to feel heavy and contemplates moving them onto the floor but decides against it even though each book weighs as much as a textbook and are as thick as one easily all of them have over a few hundred pages.

Over the course of an hour or however long Nocte sits there bored, staring at the library or trying to day dream his way out of this mess like he used to be able to when he was in school during his past life. Now he can't even keep a thought as his legs have gone numb a while ago. Very few students have come through the main door and the ones that have looked at him confused but also with curiosity but he didn't really care as they provided some sort of entertainment while he just sat there. At this point he was more annoyed that Marvonia had been gone for at least ten minutes in the most an hour or so but Nocte could not tell as there was no clock but finally Marvonia returns and comes back with nothing and takes the books off Nocte and Nocte stands up stumbling a bit from not being able to feel his legs but Marvonia says “We'll done, most fail….Come” Nocte is a bit confused but nods and follows him, They walk out of the library and out of the building in complete silence not either of them talking both feeling as if this is nothing more than a job.

-Marvonia-

Even though Marvonia was told by the Alpha to train Nocte he couldn't help but try and figure out what he really was. He had during the night tried to contact Saisho like he did many times before but nothing he did gave him an answer. He was already agitated but he kept his calm and he finally got to the Auditorium, It was practically a large arena filled with sand and stands for many to watch but today it was his and he was going to test Nocte and try to not only push Nocte but himself to his own limits.

He opened the main door leading to a long dark hallway and stairs on the left but he continued forward and as they got into the main auditorium Marvonia had noticed they had made more rows it seemed the Alpha had indeed seen a population growth ever since she took power. Marvonia then said “We are going to fight each other and-” Before he can finish he feels a surge of magic behind him and barely moves out of the way and almost as if in slow motion he sees a point blank blue ball of pure fire, The inside was black as night yet the outside shined like star in water and suddenly he tripped over his own foot quickly casting fly magic in order to get himself at a far distance.

Nocte just stood there observing for a moment the mask itself seemed like it stared deep into his soul, judging him as if Nocte himself was a God. Marvonia began to cast a spell and put his arms at each side and outwords and he said “Divine Wisdom, Primary..” he put his hands together feeling power flow through his arms to his hands, Nocte seemed not threatened by this chagrin of an attack which Marvonia was going to use as a bait Nocte seemed more inclined to let him charge his attack. Marvonia scowled at himself for going all out but he did it anyway and yelled “Primary BLAST!” a mist seemed to surge around his arms in a loop charging into a singular beam firing.

Nocte merely raised a single hand and a gust of sand flew all around him and turned into fire and molten lava as it was heated to the melting point. Marvonia kept the blast going but it was draining him quickly as the sand spiralled up almost like a tornado and turned ever so slightly more bright and some parts even turned blue from the heat itself. Marvonia could feel some of the heat radiating off the tornado of pure molten sand and fire but he stopped and lowered his as steam escaped his mouth heat always concentrated into a being that had large amounts of magic and when expanding large amounts of it, the extra heat came out as steam.

Though as he caught his breath the fire tornado did not stop, Instead it got smaller and smaller then Nocte was revealed not even scratched for a second though Marvonia saw it. It was a flicker of a bubble that surrounded Nocte, it was a magic shield of the tenth tier and it blocked all magical attacks that were not equal to the tenth tier or higher. Nocte did not even need to block the attack Marvonia made and that only pissed him off more as he realized all his years..all his training was almost shoved aside by this young and seemingly arrogant child, Nocte concentrated this heat into a single hand.

He crushed it in his hand it lit up like a star, Letting it go it floated in the air and the ground and even some sand began to lift towards it but Nocte merely pointed his finger and the small dot that shined like a star shot like beam cutting right through Marvonia’s shield and right to his forehead but it seemed to stop and shoot up as if directed by a mirror and Marvonia gazed at Nocte and saw he pointed his finger up keeping Marvonia from quick and painless death, Part of Marvona didn't know if he was lucky or something else.

The beam that Nocte made seemed to vanish upwords and the sand that lifted off the floor fell back, Both stared at each other. Marvonia now realized just how intimidating this human was. Not only did he know how to quickly kill a person but he knew how to do it in the fastest and most efficient way almost as if he was trained and taught how to. Then Nocte spoke in the broken and seemingly shrouded voice that the mask produced “How about...we take this seriously, now more holding back..At least I won't.”