The Legend of Aetherius
Aetherius, a kingdom of brilliance and full of blessings.
The grandeur of the Aetherius Haven, the epic Tree of Life.
Of the four corner of its glorious capital.
Protected by nature and tranquility.
Elemental Spirits dance and grace.
Of the four corners the borderline protects.
The royal ruler bloodline and its kin.
Age of Darkness clouds the past.
Aetherius was sieged by revolution.
The scales of balance were broken, by none other than the royal ruler himself.
The people revolted.
Chaos upraised.
A savior appeared.
Holding the seal of unification.
The elemental spirits combine.
Elementari Fusionem.
A grand spell of order and harmony issued.
Creatura Caelestis.
The ruler fallen by the savior.
The bloodline ended, continued by the savior legacy.
Light and dark dispersed, good and evil divided.
The Kingdom flourished.
The savior done his deeds.
He left behind a powerful legacy.
But how long peace will last?
A new threat rose.
Old faction, chaos reborn.
Land in peril, so does the people.
Thus, what fate Aetherius awaits.
When the past tried to grasp the Future.
It was a clear night back then. The townsfolk were getting ready for their rest. Everything was quiet and tranquil as always in the City of Caelestia. But something was going to happen at that night, and the air was giving a hint of unease towards some people.
Behind the cloak of darkness, and under the shadow of Lune, a mysterious figure appeared and hopping on top of the houses and buildings, undetected by passing people. The figure stopped for once in a while, scanning every direction before continuing to leap to another building. He leaped towards the highest point in the city, Caelestia Celestial Tower, and scanned every direction again before he finally jumped down to the roof and relaxed.
Mithren: Hmph. Another quiet night.
Irelia: Indeed, Master. Nothing happened yet again.
Mithren: I suppose the letter was fake. Though, something is just off.
Irelia: I did double check the note, Master. It is indeed from them.
Mithren stares at the sky blankly. His expression went serious and focused; hearing the word from Irelia disturbed him.
Mithren: For them to appear this time of year, and after more than a decade, they made their move.
Irelia shrugs, and suddenly felt something. Mithren noticed the feeling too. Someone, not just one, managed to bypass Barrier of Aether.
Mithren: They're here.
Irelia: I'm detecting several of them, master.
MIthren: Tch. Such a dramatic entrance. Taking advantage of this situation.
Mithren looked back at the moon, Lune, which was starting to get covered by another round object.
Irelia: Lune Eclipsion. The point where all things magical fades. When the Goddess of Night awakens to clear the stigma.
Mithren grunted a bit. He then concentrated his mind to call his other forces. A bit of telepathy to inform doesn't hurt, before the Goddess of Night awakens, and stops all magic.
Mithren: Alright. I think I know where to go.
Irelia: Huh? To where, Master?
Mithren leaped towards the other building roof and paces up. Irelia jumped and flies beside him.
Mithren: As always, my dear. It's where it all began.
Irelia tilted her head, making a confused expression, and wandering what her master thinking. Mithren noticed her, and smiled.
Mithren: Of course my dear, we're going to Legacio Palacio
Mithren jumped again and sprints quickly towards the final building, and he walked the brilliant massive wall and looked at the scenery.
Irelia: Legacio Palacio...It's been a while for you, right, Master?
Mithren: Yeah.
Mithren took a deep breath. The scenery hasn't changed a bit from before. The white and gold castle, surrounded by a big garden of crystal rose bushes, its towers glisten like pristine jewels and the lake circling the castle reflects the light. The scene was breathtaking enough, and amazes Mithren everytime. It was a word. No. Two word to describe it.
Fucking.
Fucking Incredible.
Irelia points to the shadow beside the third tower from the right wing. Mithren noticed and nods.
Mithren: Time to go hunting, Irelia.
Meanwhile on the interior of Legacio Palacio, voice of two kids can be heard echoing in the residential wing. Voice of laughing and giggling can be heard from the first room.
Inside of the room, the little kid was casting some spells, that makes some toys and objects float, and some of them are coated with thin layer of ice. While the older kid was giggling but he tried to keep his composure as a big brother figure. The older kid finally regained himself and spoke to the little kid.
Jean: Little Miria, let's go to bed.
Miria: But hermano, I want to show you that I can do this spell before you going back to Eastria tomorrow.
Jean: I know Little Mir, but it's late, and I'm sleepy. Hermano want you to sleep now.
Mir looked at jean's face. His expression was serious. Mir puts a grumpy face and jumped to his bed.
Miria: Fiiiinnnneeeeee.
jean: Good.
Miria: I'm going to miss you, hermano.
jean: Me too, little Mir.
Miria: When you'll be here again?
jean: Not sure. You know I have stuff to do there, practice and so on. But I promise we'll meet again, little Mir.
No answer.
Jean: Little Mir?
jean rolled and saw Little Mir already sleeping.
Jean: You know...I want to practice so I can protect you, Little Mir. I want to tell you what I told uncle that I want to become your guardian in the future, but you won't allow me...Well, Goodnight for now Little Mir.
Then the light dimmed, and the toys fall down quietly to the floor.
Mithren stood by the other side of the door to the chamber. Okay he thought, nothing happened to the kiddo. His attention then focused to Irelia who is retaliating from his grasp in her mouth, shutting her up.
Mithren: You really like kids, huh? Sadly no time for playtime with the kiddo at the moment.
Irelia noticed something and stares at the end of the hall. She dissolved, and morphs into a different form, and jumps with lightning speed towards the dark end of the hall.
"ARGHH!"
A scream of agony can be heard by Mithren.
Mithren: One down. Good job, Irelia.
Irelia walked casually towards Mithren. She dragged the corpse in her left hand.
Irelia: As I said, Master. It's them.
Mithren noticed the emblem pinned in the corpse's robe. A symbol that Mithren could never forget. Then he heard something.
MIthren: Great. They penetrated the Halls of Celestial now. We've got to hurry, Irelia!
Mithren runs toward the hall, Irelia followed behind and closes her eyes, focusing on something in her mind. Then she said.
Irelia: Our squad already took care of the other. They were merely a distraction.
Mithren: Trying to do something else this time? Hmph. They better give us a something worth our time.
Meanwhile on the Chamber, Little MIr woke up from her sleep. She looked at her hermano, sleeping, and tried to sleep back. But then she felt a presence of something odd from outside of the chamber. She got out from her bed, and she opened the chamber door.
A faint smell of darkness and blood was here, she thought. And there's another presence lingering throughout the halls. She decided to check it out and follow the presence, before she realized that someone followed her and knocked her out.
Jean woke up from his sleep and surprised to see Mir is missing. "Little Mir! Excercitus! "
Mithren focused himself on the corpses lying on the ground.
Mithren: Barely an entertainment.
Irelia stood after touching one of the corpse's foreheads.
Irelia: I guess we foiled their plans; they are planning to steal the Aetherium Equilibria. But well, no survivors left sooo...
Mysterious Figure: I wouldn't say that.
Mithren and Irelia reacted to the voice from their back. They were surprised to see the man carried Little Mir. But Miria looked pale and a black smoke appeared from her chest.
Mithren: What did you do to the kid, you bastard!?
Mysterious Figure: Haha, so this is the heir of the Savior Regalia? she's pretty weak for someone expected to be a powerful ruler. I just simply put a curse on her that will drain her life force, and maybe you can guess, it's irreversible.
Irelia: You scum! How dare you harm the royal heir! I'll make you pay.
Mysterious Figure: Say all you want. But...Ack...
Mithren suddenly flashed behind the man. He carried Little Mir, and he gently checks her condition. A few moments later the man burst in an explosion throughout his body, and one of his arms destroyed.
Mysterious Figure: Damnit...Master...At least we managed...to hurt the heir...
Mithren: Amusing.
Mithren touched the mark on Little Mir's chest, and it dispersed. The injured mysterious man was shocked and confused.
Mysterious Figure: !? Who...are...you... how can you...
Mithren: Your worst nightmare.
Another explosion happened, and the man is killed. Irelia looked at the corpse with disgust, and she spins her scythe around.
Irelia: Well...is she okay?
Mithren: Hmm...Well, I can't remove the curse completely. Damn ancient spell...
Mithren flicks his fingers. It's burning due to the smoke. The mark on the little girl's chest is still there, but it's sealed and won't do much harm except...
Mithren: Her energy will be limited from now on.
Irelia: What!? Is there anything you can do for her, master?
Mithren: Well...
Irelia noticed the exercitus are coming and she spreads her hand. A glitter of pink sparkles appeared and it flies towards the hall. A few moments later a voice of clanking and snoring can be heard echoing from the halls.
Mithren: For now, none I guess. We should clear these corpses and finish our job.
Irelia: Well, if you say so.
Irelia pulls out a box; the box opened and swallowed all of the corpses. The room is also back to its original state. Clean with no dust.
Irelia: There, clean and shiny.
Mithren looked at the little girl, sleeping. Her face color is back to normal and looks peaceful. Irelia walked towards him and looked at the girl.
Irelia: She looks so peaceful...
Mithren: Indeed. I suppose...
Irelia: Are you thinking of something?
Mithren: I suppose we should watch over her.
Irelia smirks, and did a small dance around Mithren.
Irelia: Well, I guess you started to like kids.