Wait, the tournaments won't be taking place here in some?
John tzimiske: Yes kosei, they have changed the place. It seems like they made this decision a few days ago but chose not to tell anybody. Can't do anything about that, the organization handles all the things. It is like the Olympics, there’s an entire organization handling the tournament.
Let's go guys, to the city of craco!
Kosei: Craco? What is that, food?
Hayashi: No, it's a city, you dummy.
Kosei: I have never heard of this city, what a weird name.
John tzimiske: Craco is a ghost town and comune in the province of Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata.
It got abandoned in the early 19s, obviously the tournament organization wanted the land and they were the reason behind it.
Most of the tournaments are being held at that place, few tournaments were held outside Italy. That entire city is under the organization, it’s like the headquarters. This year, the tournament was told to be held at home. Guess they changed it.
Kosei: Woah, abandoned ghost city. That would be a nice atmosphere to train. Nobody to disturb you, you can freely do anything.
Hayashi: Hey kosei, you look scared already. Don't worry, just stay behind me. Haha, don’t worry.
Kosei: It's you who is scared, I am not afraid of anyone or anything.
John tzimiske: Chill, the city has high technology. It is not a ghost town anymore, there are thousand people working to maintain the city.
They arrive at the gate of the city of craco:
It looks nothing like an abandoned city, it looks so advanced. The tall gate of the city looks astonishing, something out of a science fiction movie.
Yes, this city is fully maintained by the authority. Eternal governments around the world pay a lot to maintain it. This place is huge, it has 3 giant hotels inside for guests to stay. This tournament is highly promoted by the President of eternals, the king of England.
This city is also a tourist attraction for Eternals around the world. You will see why everyone loves it.
Come, let's go inside.
On their way, they gets welcomed by two men.
Hello guests, welcome to the city of Eternals. Welcome to Craco! You have be master John tzimiske, one of the lords of the round table. I am espino, one of the managers of the tournament. It is my honor to welcome you, please come.
After the welcome party, the 4 starts going inside and sees another gate. Where they are confirming players who are participating.
They gets stopped by one of the guy.
You 3 Sir and mam, are you guys here for the tournament?
Kosei: Yes we two are, the girl here is just here as a tourist. Here are our passes.
2 players confirmed, you are the master of them.
But wait, it seems that girl doesn't have a pass. We are so sorry, we can't let her enter without a pass. The tourist have to wait for tomorrow in order to enter.
John tzimiske: Hoo? You saw my id and still don't know who I am?
Yes, sir, I can see that you are an S rank, but still the rules are rules. I don't want to lose my job sir, please I can't let her enter. I am new to the job, so please try to cooperate.
Some other guard rushes to the gates-
Heeeeeeey! You dumbass, why are you not letting master John tzimiske enter?
Boss, that woman doesn't have a pass.
Who cares, that man is not some ordinary S-rank eternal. He is one of the leaders of the round table, you dumbass!
Wha....what did you say? Oh my God, I am so f****d up this time.
Umm... Sir can you please forgive me for my rude behavior?
Ah...ahhhhh, they already left.
Yes, you were way too slow. Now get back to your job, you could have gotten me fired as well..!
The city of craco is huge, it has many tall buildings in the central. Few stadiums at the side and few hotels for the guest.
There is a total of 8 huge stadiums where the battles are being held. 2 special stadiums are used only for training.
There will be about 100 players entering the competition. If the training stadium runs out of place, the participants have to create or tell their master to create a dimension for them where they can train.
This year, over 20 S-rank and 60 A-rank eternal have sent their most skilled Eternals to participate in this tournament.
“The leaders of the round table".
There are 7 people in the world who can call themselves SS rank eternal.
They are very loyal to a single angel. They are also called the right hand man of the angel.
Each angel have one SS rank eternal under him, who is always loyal to him.
Except John tzimiske, who doesn't have a specific master to serve.
The seven leaders of the round table:
Fu hao, Under angel mireuk.
Fu hao used to be a queen in ancient China. She was betrayed by her son and her husband. She left the kingdom and pretended to be dead. She loved her son and husband very much and didn't wanted to kill them. So she decided to roam around the world leaving everything behind. That's when she encountered the angel mireuk. Fu hao later became very close to him and gained a tremendous amount of power from that angel. Hence making her the right hand person of angel mireuk.
Fu hao is a cold hearted women, she doesn't like to hear jokes. She is skilled at using arrows and a battle axe.
Even if she is cold hearted, she is not evil. She is like a anti-hero, who does good things in a bad way. There are multiple cases where her students died while training. She forces her students to work way too much. But when that specific student does prove his worth to her, she will act nice towards him. Because that person deserved to be treated right, this is how she trains her students. Her students are the strongest out of all.
Frankenstein, Under Aphrodite.
A smart men who relies on intelligence rather than strength. He supports anyone whom he can use.
Frankenstein is also very beautiful, making him an idle choice for the beauty goddess to have as a right hand man.
In the past few centuries, Frankenstein has invented multiple things. He also had a huge influence on the creation of craco city. They say that the king of England were able to become the president of eternals with the help of Frankenstein, .who saw him as a right person to be on the position.
Marduk:
Under lord Azazel, the leader of the angels.
Marduk is considered by many to be the strongest eternal. Being the right hand man of the strongest angel gives him an extra advantage over others.
Marduk once fought an angel and survived without getting killed. It was a friendly match.
Marduk is an expert on using magic and can summon mystical creatures. John tzimiske and him doesn't get along but doesn't like to argue with each other as well. They mostly ignore each other to avoid conflict.
Marduk gets jealous over the accomplishments of John tzimiske, sometimes even indirectly insulting him.
Hanuman:
Under angel diabolos.
Hanuman is the only S rank under diabolos who doesn't get in trouble with others. Instead he likes to challenge other S rank to a friendly duel and have fun. Every other eternals are his friend, he gets very well with john.
Being the right hand man of the angel of strength gives him an advantage over others in terms of physical power only.
Hanuman is worshipped as a God in some areas, in some he is portrayed as a legendary hero. He has a great influence over mainland India. He once tried to influence the Bengal part, but lord diabolos told him to not get into a fight with saidy pandrit.
Tomyris:
Under angel jigu
A female warrior who is very loyal to her master.
Jigu is the angel of mother earth. Tomyris also loves the nature and vows to protect the organization that maintains peace throughout the world. Tomyris is skilled at using nature power, can control the very earth itself.
Princess kaguya:
Under angel bishomon
Kaguya is loyal to her master bishomon. Kaguya is a very beautiful women whom the angel himself loves. Bishomon often calls her to have s*x. Because of how close she is with an angel, she is extremely strong.
Kaguya can produce heavy sound waves and other extraordinary abilities. There are rumors of her even marrying the angel. Since the angels are God like being, they cannot marry a human. Not even an S-rank eternal. It will just kill their reputation.
John being an SS wasn't confirmed until in 12th century when john defeated Hanuman in a friendly duel. This sparked shock in the eternals community. John became one of the leaders of the round table, the people who have the most power in the world.
The leaders of the round table are the most powerful eternal in terms of both physical and political power. The only person who can talk against them is the president of eternals, the king of England .
There are few S-rank eternals who can rival the SS-rank ones. They have enough skills and battle experience to even beat them.
Miyamoto mushashi from Japan is one of those special eternals who went on a stalemate against Hanuman in their friendly match. The swords skill of mushashi gave Hanuman a run for his reputation.
The King of England, the S-rank is the leader of “ITF" the organization that maintains peace throughout the world. He is under mireuk, the creation angel.
Most of the country has at least one A+ ranked eternal who rules the country. The ITF makes sure they win the government votes, that makes the ITF move more freely and easier. That usually happens in a poor country. Because of the angelic deal made by the angels with Lucifer, the eternals must maintain their secrecy from the entire world. The normal human civilization must not know about their existence. This is one of the main reasons behind the creation of “ITF”.
This year, only 12 S-rank eternals have come to see the competition. They mostly send their A rank servant to help out the B rank. The reason being the leaders of the round table.
John tzimiske: Hey kosei and hayashi, why don't you stay together and check out the other participants? They are all over the place. Go on and have fun, here take my credit card.
Kosei: You are leaving us alone? Great, come kiyo join us.
John tzimiske: Kosei, she is not coming. You two go alone, me and kiyo will be looking around by ourselves. She is here to watch the tournament, not hang out with you two. You two have to focus on the competition.
Kosei: Hey hayashi, let's go to that other side of the building. Maybe we will find some other participants. I can only see tourists here.
Let's go!
Kosi:Hey excuse me, do you speak Japanese?
?: Yes I do, you weirdos. Are you two participating as well?
Kosei: Yes we are, we just wanted to say hello. You shouldn’t behave like that to us, that is very rude.
?: Just leave me alone man, I am getting approached by everyone literally. Sheesh, am I that handsome? Even straight guys are approaching me. I am just trying to clean my mind and focus on the competition, this is annoying.
Hayashi: Groooosss! Go look at yourself in the mirror, you homo. We are not trying to hit on you, why would we?
?: Ah? Hana muna chanachur?
Kosei: You were speaking Japanese just fine, what happened?
?: Muna puna panichor!
Kosei: This guy….Leave him, he is trying to ignore us.
Hayashi: What a loser he is, let's go kosei.
?: Hey you two, it has been a while. What is up?
Kosei: Wait... How did you get here?
Hayashi: No, why are you here?
A guy has approached the two, who shock both of them.
He is none other than soske!