Early on within this scenario a group of three young men walked opposite a large lake surrounded by a background of large tall green leaved trees,at some point two of the boys in the group began to distance themselves from the third member,one walked infront,the other walked behind,covering both fronts.
The third lad was light skinned,and had a strong jawline, saphire blue hair,and blue eyes his name was Caspian,his eyes immediately darted about in anticipation of his roommates movements.
Prior to this he had already been verbally abused,and demeaned by them so he had no trust in them,but at the same time he took everything they had to offer after all,that's what a retch like him deserved.
The tanned skin black haired boy,with blue eyes named klien Dubois turned around,and looked Caspian directly in the eyes with a straight face.
At first he sighed,and seemed to be gathering his words as if it had been barried deep within his mind," Its not your fault that you were born",he said as if committing a kind act of understanding.
" the lords of light,may hate our aggression towards you,but how can we help it when we are human ourselves,when I look at you I see nothing but a filthy pirate,those who sold us out,those who led our people into the oceans for a dream,like lambs to slaughter,many of my navy brethren have died under them",he then released a smug laugh.
" But you especially,son of the leader of the Black siren pirates,complicit in the murder of the kings kin,you embody everything our country strives against,and hate it wouldn't surprise me a bit,if it turns out you have northern or monster heritage in you".
" Your mother must of been a simple pros...",Caspian had been okay with being personally insulted but when it came to his mother she was an innocent in all this.
He grabbed kliens neck squeezing it before he could utter another word,while his arm turned to glistening steel tightening his grip.
Casper Johnson the lad behind reacted immediately creating a water bubble, around Caspian's head to debrive him of oxygen,using his remaining finger,due to Caspians loosening grip,klien unleashed a bolt of lightning,creating a reaction alongside the water surrounding Caspians head that knocked him out.
This was something that may have resulted in his death if not for Caspian's own Mana control.
klien,and Casper would then go on to beat on kick,and trap on Morgan's unconscious body.
Klien would later choke caspian's unconscious body,reciting," This is the least you can do as settlement for your existence".
Other groups had struggled hard that day,many were attacked ambushed by Daemos,others had gone near the territory of unfavorable opponents.
A group found themselves shrouded in a small 30kilometer Ocean,Above it was a Giant whale like creature with translucent skin,and fins that looked like a jellyfish tenticalsit was surrounded,by clouds,and flew above the water,streams of lava flowed within its body but could be seen,due to its translucent skin,it's eyes were like magma from its blowhole strong steam shot out forming clouds it was Gigantic striking the group with fear.
The creature was a great fish class,which were fish that were larger than normal aquatic animals," it's a cloud whale!!",Matthew argonautes said in fear,the steam coming off the whale alone boiled the water beneath.
If they did not run their skin,would cleanly slip off from their dead bodies,and so they ran Trevor another member with blonde hair and dark brown eyes,walked behind his teammates grapping them by their backs,and using wind magic to propel themselves further away.
In other areas a female Team led by Gunhild,a half dwarf encountered a colony of giant red ants with mana crystals growing from parts of their bodies,these creatures swarmed,and attacked this group in the thousands.
Gunhild herself possesed a metalic box an S class weapon that had been sealed into an A grade weapon,it held the ability to transform into any weapon possible.
And unlike the golden beast gloves,possesed by Siegfried this weapon could become detailed weapons,and used mana directly from the atmosphere.
Using this she formed a three wheeled flying rocket bike,strapped with canons all around it,she shot from all directions,while her teammates used magical attacks to fend the ants off.
These ants had perfect coordination forming bridges out of their own comrades just to pull Gunhilds group down from the skies.
In another area a horned tiger beetle chased a group led by Elfons orichalcos who was a noble born from a royal family of great inventors,he wore a gold rimmed multi lensed type monocle that could constantly rotate,and switch positions allowing varying levels of sight.
And the palat of his clothes were green,and brown,chasing closely behind him were frederick franklin ,and Thomas wright.
Frederick shouted as they ran arms swinging," so you just had to make it mad"," Sorry I guess my curiosity got the better of me again",Elfons exclaimed,Thomas was the shortest he was crying,and already panting," Why meeeehhhhh!!".
Thomas added again," I told you by my calculations we had 67% chance of pissing that thing off yet you still didn't listen ahh".
"You see that Elfons",frederick said to Elfons while running,and pointing to Thomas,"That last," ahh",just showed the level of disgust he has for you his out of words".
Elfons scratched the back of his head,and hid behind a tree," well if this keeps up in a few moments not only will he be out of breath,we may breath our last".
Frederick was angered as he hid," Dont! state such a thing so casually,my mother expects my safe return you hear me!,kill yourself if your so in love with death".
The horned Tiger beetle had the face,and majority of the upper body of a Tiger,but was the size of an elephant,having the horns of a rhino beetle,its pronotum, its wings,and elytra,using it size it easily threw around its weight destroying the trees around it.
Thomas after finding a hiding spot began,to think,mumbling to himself,meanwhile Elfons had an idea," what if we lead it into a trap,and blow up its legs",Frederick immediately shook his head," How can you be so insensitive,we just barged into its natural habitat,and disturbed its peace we have no right to take its life".
" Its either it or us old man pick a side",Elfons replied," look who's talking",frederick fired back,Thomas finished his mumbling," It can't be faster than us right let's just focus our mana,and run away".
Frederick chuckled," unfortunately such a creature has a wind blessing meaning it can move at hypersonic speeds at its best,Im sorry but at long distances we are not maintaining such a high speed ".
Thomas nodded," I accounted for such an outcome in my calculations,then its simple lets keep it low use our manipulation of the Earth to make a sink hole then we can decide if we're going to run,or use the bondage spell".
Frederick thought for a bit before saying," that might actually work".
"I ma genuise!!",Thomas said while pumping up his arms.
Elfons looked,and frowned then said," sure short king,say that a bit louder,it hasnt heard you clearly".
The comment made Thomas blush red.
Luckily just like they had planned,the plan had gone successful,with frederick using the bondage spell to tame it for himself.
" It would be a nice ride for mamaahh,to see me disembark from".
Deep within the forests Isoldes group began,preparing a makeshift fortification for themselves to stay in.
The makeshift stars light changed turning a hint of purple to represent the moonlight,the climate of this dystopia would get harsher as day turned to night this was a fact these kids,knew from the start.
Artemis had found a sleeping rage bear,and with the help of Isolde killed it,with a precisely timed attack that tore through its skull.
Cassidy then helped with the dismembering,and storing of its flesh,Artemis had a good understanding of wild animals,so flaying,and shearing them felt natural.
Despite Isoldes bold personality she had no tolerance for seeing an animals guts roll out of its stomach,causing her to vomit or gag multiple times.
Artemis laughed," your such a neat,freak,Miss ivory".
This comment of, adding the word ,"Miss",infront of her name,was a childhood joke of theirs,the maids would always address them as such, it had the connotation of something fragile,so in this case one could see why it was used to taunt Isolde someone who had built such a strong dependable image of herself.
The three girls gathered the rage bears spoils storeing it through their pocket spaces,before the approaching shadow wolves could arrive, Cassidy used a scroll instead of wasting mana to open the space herself.
The three girls quickly settled in open space that they had scouted out prior that seemed like a defendable position.
They then pondered on what type of tent to build for themselves,before Artemis suggested a tarp design," A tarp why a tarp",Isolde asked curious," It simple really,Tarps are much easier to manoeuvre than other types of tents,I doubt we'll be here for long".
Cassidy nodded," agreed"," shush,Cassidy nobody asked for your opinion",Artemis said in a birating tone,Cassidy chuckled,a vein of anger clearly popping out her head before relaxing," My oh my remind me not to join in a conversation with a bitch like you next time".
" What did you say!",a staring contest began before Isolde finally sorted out the issue," The two of you cant constantly be fighting,Artemis!,why are you always picking a fight".
Artemis apologised,and the group finished the tarp,using the adolescent rage bears bones as the tents frame,covered by its fur,and some leaves.
Soon near the Tarps entrance they set up a fire,to warm themselves but unlike a normal mage group,Artemis insisted on making the flame normally but with her skill it seemed to take only a few seconds to light the fire.
Cassidy took out the flesh,and some cullinary spices she kept within her storage space to season the meat,Isoldes mouth watered.
Artemis looked at fire,smelled the meat with her nose,and blushed,before taking a chomp of the meat that just seemed to slip off the bone," well atleast your useful".
" What was that",Cassidy replied in a taunting tone,Artemis quickly pointed,and said," You see sister,shes taunting me first ".
Isolde applauded Artemis wilderness survival skills," you seem to have been paying Attention to sir Iron claws classes".
In chrokus,the subjects were Magic,Arts,political science,physical fitness,sports,and Business.
Magic was split in two first was combat,and theory which was led by Aster,being the home room teacher meant he was also the head event teacher for this class.
Magical Geography,and wild life went to Arnon,also known as Iron Claw,he taught students wilderness survival skills,and about biology.
And lastly Miss Esmerelda a beautiful but psychotic women,she is in charge of Magical chemistry involving potions,the dissecting of animals,extracting certain traits for a mages benefits,Talisman creation that was all her.
Artemis scoffed," I've been paying attention ever since father taught us,you always dozed off".
Isolde continued explaining her point," Well I was always focused on honing
my own fighting skills,we both know personal strength is the only thing that allows you to protect yourself,and those you love when all else fails,you know that as well as I do".
" ofcourse thats why you won all our sparring matches",said Artemis as Isolde chuckled,Cassidy smiled at the siblings deep history,and kinda felt like a third party.
After consuming the meat alongside forreged fruits,and vegetables,Artemis took out a glowing green Orb from the void.
"Is that the crystalised core",Cassidy asked," No its a dead Gods heart,what else do think it is",Cassidy tisked,meanwhile Isolde gave a deathly stare that sent shivers down Artemis spine.
" Anyways what are we going to do with this,I dont normally bother picking up small fry but this seems special".
Isolde had her hand on her cheek,and said," well we could employ an artisan,and turn it into a C grade artifact"," ehh we already have better artificats",Artemis replied,Cassidy spoke," why not just sell it for money",Artemis chuckled," we're already wealthy do you know what that would do to our reputation".
Isolde got annoyed,and hit her hands on her thighs,"Then just sell it to the poor!",Artemis smiled dragging a finger across her jawline,"well that sounds like a much better idea".
"So whos going to take the first shift on gaurd duty ",Cassidy asked," I'll take it,I dont feel like sleeping just yet",Isolde replied.
Isolde took the first shift she was at the edge of the camp,the camp faced a cliff meaning most creatures would attack front not the back,since they would need flight or powerful climbing,and stealth ability something very rare.
Nevertheless Isolde went back,and forth on both sides,making sure nothing took advantage of said weak point.
Then when she was at the edge of the cliff a figure appeared behind her with incredible speed.
" I know its you,stop sneaking up on me it never ends well".
Artemis smiled as she moved out of the shadows," You dobt want to sleep,or you cant sleep".
" I can't all I dream about is fire",Isolde replied.
" Why are you so rude to her ",Isolde asked,"shes an outsider to us she'll never be one of us",Artemis replied.
" That incident was caused by trust,someone from the inside betrayed us,even father said to not trust anyone even the teachers,I'm just trying to look after you,your so much like mother,and father no matter how much
you harden your heart,you trust too easily".
Isolde turned to leave," Its your turn to keep watch".
On the other side of the forest Astreas group of Athena,and Bell formed a powerful group they had gathered the corpses of dead animals they had killed for food,Astrea used talismans to cast a powerful barrier around them,while bell made a confortable living area filled with plants using her plant magic.
But unlike Isoldes group they had no spices,leading to the taste not being so good.
Using leonard in his cute chibi form,they ignited the fire for their base,Astrea spoke," The talismans only work for one day until recharge so,and if it gets strained to hard it could be less,but atleast it will give us some time to escape".
Athena chuckled,"escape!,hahaha no attack! attack!",she seemed to get all hyper when around meat.
After a while Athena snapped back," I placed some of my mana in one of those Earth diver,whatever creatures,we can track them,and kill them at the source plenty of monsters".
Although bell shuddered,Astrea nodded,and seeing Astrea nod bell replied in kind.
After barely escaping with their life Yulang,and Simon both used a Spell Siegfried had taught them called connecting earth this ability was a lesser spell it allowed ones consciousness to locate certain people within an area,after a certain time they had agreed to all be in range for this spell,and as long as their feet touched the ground they would be found.
Simons body could no longer move well,Yulang was in a similar situation chased by wild beasts after his defeat he had infact sworn revenge.
Minutes later they were saved,by a group of Asura monkeys,who brought them to the village.
There Siegfried set up camp near a pond that reflected the moonlight,Siegfried was brought Simon,and yulangs bodies,and began nursing them to health.
The monkeys bringing him all the tools he needed,Siegfried laughed," The two of you are like my two younger brothers",Simon turned his head," Damn pal I didn't know your mom,and old man did it that many times"," Dont be stupid",Yulang replied," He is the king I heard that things enormous".
" hahaha",the two of them laughed as Siegfried turned red,he immediately hit the bandaged areas of the two boys causing them intense pain," may I remind you of who is in the mercy who here".
" Yulang how come you pick,and choose when to be classy its almost like Simon brings out your true personality,both of you are equally perverts","Absolutely not",Yulang rebuttaled
Simon got serious,"since when can you heal so good"," Since I payed attention to lady Esmereldas teachings a basic healing potion goes a long way"," You mean the old witch",Yulang replied.
" old witch!!,have some respect isnt your clan all about respect,and all shes a beatiful maddam thank you",Siegfried responded.
" oh Im sorry I couldn't kowtow, as you can clearly see most of my limbs are broken!!,and second were you blushing".
"What,nooo"
Simon grinned," Eww Im pretty sure shes actually a hundred year old couger in a 20year olds witches body,also known as a siren trap dont look Siegfried, dont !".
Siegfried regained control of the topic as they talked about their opponents,the tone became more serious," It seems if it wasnt for our gear,and whatever force that was we would of been toast",Siegfried sighed," I guess the difference in privilege between us,and normal mages is that great despite our skills that would of meant nothing,against those odds".
Yulang gritted his teeth," But despite all that we still managed to lose".
Simon chuckled," That's just the way life works to be the best naturally you have to be above others,and that naturally creates unfair advantages,Our ancestors were once nothing too,and took advantage of opportunities such as war,and battle to earn a name for themselves,so their descendents could have a brighter future,we walk on the road they built,and unfortunately we can't change that,infact we should be proud of that,besides one day our positions will be taken away the roles reversed,and a thousand years from now our descendents could be the next peasants,the way I see it is that it's all just a cycle,and we should enjoy our time at the top,ofcourse while serving the best we can obviously".
Yulang nodded," Noble houses rise,and fall only disciplined stay at the top,those who settle are swept by the times,and fall into the abyss".