I opened my eyes and I was in a town that looked familiar.

"I'm in Terel." I said looking around at the town that became our home for 4 years.

I smiled and looked at my siblings as they got back up.

"We're back aren't we?" Amy asked grinning.

I nodded. "WHOOO! I can finally kick people's butts." Isa said excitedly.

"Come on, we should go tell everyone what we've been doing." I said as we rushed off to Yuki's house which doubled as the Team's H.Q.

We all made it the house but we all stopped. My heart was in my throat. Something was horribly wrong. "Nick, what's going on?" Amy said her voice trembling. "This can't be happening." Isa said in shock. Our home was a pile of rubble.

We all picked through the debris hoping to find a clue or two but all I could gather was that this wasn't recent. The place was dusty and it felt like it was done years ago.

"We have to find everyone." I said.

"Pixie Pub." Ian said simply.

"Good idea bro." I said smiling.

"Phil probably knows what's going on." Isa said. We all headed back into town hoping to met the bartender. The Pixie Pub was the mercenary's haven. It was were people posted the best jobs and it was full to the brim of all sorts of crazy people. But, it was a great place too. It was still standing and looked exactly how it used too. I sneezed.

"You know how you get with dust." Amy said.

"It's fine. Let's go in." I said while rubbing my nose. Instead of seeing all sorts of demons arguing, laughing and fighting we saw nothing. It was empty. That's not possible. This place is almost always full and even late at night you'll find the odd person or two.

"Hello? Phil?" I called out. All I heard was my own echo.

"What happened while we were gone?" Amy asked as she looked at the dusty chairs.

"It's like everyone moved away." Isa said.

"You can say something like that." I heard someone say.

"Phil!" I said looking at the middle aged demon was wiping a glass.

"Well, if it isn't our best human customers. I heard you all went back to were you came from." Phil said smiling.

"We're here on vacation. Where is everyone Phil? Have you seen the rest of our team?" I asked him.

"You all don't know what happened do you?" He asked.

"Come on, it's only been two years. What could have happened?" Isa asked. He looked at us funny.

"It's been 200 hundred years since you all left." He said. We looked at him. "WHAT?"

"I guess time travels differently in your world. Things have changed here kids." He said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"First of all, all mercenary teams and guilds have been disbanded." He said.

"Are you saying there are no mercenaries any more? Then who takes the jobs?" I asked.

"Our new overlord handles that." Phil said bitterly.

"But, what about our team? Have you seen them?" Amy asked.

"Team Valiant huh? They've become practically legends now. The team lead by humans that defeated the demon lords. It was the first thing he did to demonstrate his power." Phil said with a far away look.

A chill ran down my spine. "He didn't." I said quietly.

"He killed them and destroyed their base." He said. We all jumped up. "NO WAY! Our friends are the strongest. There is no way they would lose." We all shouted.

"Engima. That's what their called. The group of demons who have taken control of the Netherworld. " He said.

"I don't care what they're called. They're dead!" Isa shouted.

"You can't beat them. The reason they're so powerful is that they have the power to seal a demon's mana." Phil said.

"How can that be possible?" I said in shock.

Phil shrugged. "It's how they can go unopposed. It's probably how they beat your friends too." He said.

"I don't believe it." I said simply.

"Huh? Listen kid, it's better if you all just go back where you came from. These people are monsters. You can't beat them." Phil said.

"I'm not going anywhere." Isa said. "Yeah, we have to find our friends." Amy said. "And beat the bad guys." Ian said.

I looked at the worried look on Phil's face and grinned. "We aren't stupid. I've already got a plan of action." I said tapping my head.

"You do?" Everyone asked me in surprise. I nodded.

"First, we find the rest of Team Valiant. Next, we find out Engima's weakness. Then, we kick their ass." I said listing them off.

They all sweat dropped. "Some plan." Ayan muttered. "I like it." Isa and Ian said grinning.

"Well, I guess your best bet would be to try Ethel. I've heard rumors of powerful demons fighting Engima over there." Phil said.

I nodded. "Alright, off to Ethel." I said. I heard a loud gong. Then suddenly, a lot of people came by running. "What's going on?" I asked. I looked at Phil who had suddenly gotten pale. "It's a public execution." He said. "Not on my watch." We all said as we ran in the direction of the gong.

A large stage was set up and two young demons were tied up on it. They were surrounded by demons with an upside sword symbol (Something like this -E- but you know upside down) on their chests.

"I see you have all gathered. Good, we can commence the execution of these rebels." One man said.

He pointed at the two demons. "These two interrupted two of our guards on patrol and attacked them."

"They were attacking a family for no reason!" The boy shouted. One of the guards punched him.

"They refused what our guards wanted. Engima commands and you listen." The man said.

I couldn't take this shit anymore. "HEY ASSHOLE!" I shouted.

The man looked at the crowd. "You dare mock me?" He asked me menacingly.

"You have no right to take a life!" I shouted.

"Guards!" He shouted. Two of the guards came at me swords drawn. I sidestepped them and let my mana skyrocket.

"Rising Dragon!" I shouted hitting both of them with a fiery upper cut and sending them flying.

"Show off." My sisters muttered.

I picked up the sword. "Now this feels much better." I said grinning while twirling around the sword.

"Let's see if I remember how this works." I said going into a fighting stance.

That mana pressure isn't normal the man on the stage thought.

"You're powerful boy. But, that mana is worthless if you can't use it!" The man said pointing his palm at me.

"SEAL!" He shouted. A pulse of energy hit me. I felt cold again. It's like what happened in my dream. I sneezed. Damn allergies I thought.

"Guards, he can't use mana now. Destroy him!" He shouted as other guards came towards me.

I do feel a little weird but this doesn't feel like I thought it would. It feels… familiar. Isa picked up a sword from the ground and Ian came rushing forwards.

"Blade Rush!" Isa shouted going through two of them.

"Tiger Strike!" Ian said launching one of them backwards with his fists.

"More of you." The leader said in shock. He stepped back.

"Amy," I said calmly. She raised her arm which she steadied with her other arm.

"GIGA ICE!" She shouted freezing the man in place. He turned into a block of ice. Amy brought her open hand into a fist. The ice shattered launching the man into the air. He landed on his back unconscious. I came up to the stage and cut the demons free.

"Show's over people. Unless you'd like to hear my stand up. I have this great joke about…" I started but everyone was already gone.

"What? Did I have a booger or something?" I asked in confusion.

My siblings jumped on stage as well.

"They didn't think someone would stand up to them. They don't want to be around when Engima finds out." The boy said.

"Huh? But they were total pushovers." Isa said flippantly.

"You don't understand. No one goes against Engima." The girl said.

"Well, I think it's time someone started to." I said grinning.

"Who are you?" The pair asked us in confusion.

"Huh? Oh, that's Amy over there. Isa's the crazy girl and the little guy is Ian. And I'm Nick." I said introducing us.

"Wait, that sounds familiar. Don't tell me you're those humans who fought the Demon Lords 200 hundred years ago?" The boy asked.

"Wow, I didn't know we were famous." Amy said smirking.

"So, you want to take on Engima?" The girl asked. I nodded.

"Well, then, I'm in. I can't stand them either. The name's Lily Dmitri. I'm a gunslinger." The girl said.

"I'm with her. I'm Blake Kael. I use an axe." He said.

"Cool, so the Team has been formed. Advent." I said.

"Advent?" Everyone asked me.

"That's the name of this team. We can't exactly call it Valiant till we get everyone else back." I said grinning.

"Well, then. Where do we go now?" Blake asked.

"Easy, we're off to Ethel. I'm sure we'll find everyone there." I said hopping down from the stage. Everyone followed.

Team Advent huh? Someone watching us from the shadows thought. This could be quite troublesome.