Chapter 19: The Invasion Begins
Gilda opens her eyes and found herself in the infirmary at Alfea, parts of her body are bandaged up, and as she looked around to see her friends looking at her, having faces of relief.
"Thank god that you're ok!" Bloom embraces her.
"Wha-what happened?" Gilda asks.
"You were beaten badly by Caster, and she stole Bloom's Dragonfire." Replied Stella. "You nearly died there."
"Oh... yeah..." Gilda struggles to sit up. "How long was I out?"
"For three days." Replied Techna. "The nurse said it might take longer and we have to take you to a hospital. I'm glad we didn't have to now."
"Where's my Driver?" Gilda asks a question the made the room felt silent. "What?"
"When you tried to protect me..." Replied Bloom. "Caster destroyed it as you took her attack for me."
"No..." Gilda felt despair.
"Don't worry!" Flora reassured her. "Hephestia came by and took your broken Driver for repairs."
"Mom? That's good to know." Gilda looks down.
"Before she left, she said and I quote." Musa repeats Hephestia's words. "'When I find those witches, I will cast them iron coffins, on the house.' And I've never seen her this angry, well, at all."
"That's mom for ya." Sighed Gilda. "Work or at home, she cares for her children."
Haruto came into the room, "So, how is she?"
"She's fine now, she just woke up." Said Flora.
"That's good." Haruto sighed relief.
"Haruto. Caster destroyed my Driver." Gilda said grimly. "Even if my mother is repairing it, for now, I can't be Fae for the time being."
"Don't worry." Smiled Haruto. "Several Riders have their Drivers broken, and yet they still came through. Besides, you know to fight without being Fae."
"Alright..." Gilda said as slowly felt relief.
"Now Bloom, get to Faragonda when Gilda is fully recovered, she wants to have a talk with you as well as her." Haruto walks out if the room.
A few hours later Bloom and Gilda went into Faragonda's office, with the headmistress at her desk, Grizelda at one side and Tsukasa at the other.
"How are you Gilda?" Asked Tsukasa.
"My Driver has been broken, still feel dull pains throughout my body, but I'm fine for now." Replied Gilda.
"How about you, Bloom?" Grizelda asks her.
"I feel drained, and somewhat relieved that Gilda's ok." Bloom gave a broken smile.
"After what Prof. Soma has told us, those three witches had made a contract with Iveradevi, the Aspect of Wrath of the Guardians, correct?" Asked Faragonda.
"Yes." Gilda replied.
"And they stole Bloom's Dragonfire, correct?" She asks again.
Bloom nods.
"Then it is worse than I thought." Faragonda said grimly. "And Gilda, at least you tried to protect her, that all that matters, I will let your actions of breaking the rules slide." Faragonda used a spell to put up an image of a crown. "Bloom, do you remember this?"
"Think so, is that what Daphne showed me?" Bloom replies.
"Correct." Nodded Faragonda. "This crown is of Dominion design, more specifically, belonging to the Kadmos Family."
"Kadmos?" Gilda recognizes this name.
"I believe you've heard of this name?" Asked Faragonda.
"Yes, I did." Said Gilda. "The Kadmos Family was the last ruling family before Domino was destroyed. And I recall that this Daphne has the Kadmos name."
"Wait, you knew that?" Bloom looked at her in surprise.
"I did perhaps continue your research right after you and Stella left the library that day. I just picked up some information that I can't prove just yet. However,..." Replied Gilda and then looks at Faragonda. "Regarding from Bloom's visions of Daphne, her Dragonfire that was given to Dominions by the Great Dragon itself, and the fact the Daphne is from the Kadmos Family, I could guess the Bloom is related to the Kadmos Family. Am I on point?"
Bloom widens her eyes in disbelief, it can't possibly be true, she thought.
"Your intuition has surprises me, Ms. Gilda." Faragonda widened her eyes slightly. "And of course, Bloom, you are the last living remaining member of the Kadmos family."
"That begs the question." Said Grizelda, "The Kadmos Family has perished along with the Ancestral Witches, as well as Domino has become a winter wasteland, how did one of them get to Earth?"
"Perhaps a last resort for the last remaining member of the Family, maybe possibly their race." Ponders Tsukasa. "Besides, all of this fit, doesn't it?"
"So... I'm a princess?" Bloom said in shock.
"Maybe even a queen since you are the last in line of Nobility and Royalty in Domino." Said Tsukasa.
"This is a lot to take in..." Bloom is shaking.
"It's natural that you just discovered that you are royalty." Replied Gilda.
"And as for you Gilda, I discussed with Tsukasa about this conflict you will join." Faragonda turns to her.
"What about it?" Asked Gilda.
"It is starting soon," Said Tsukasa. "And you have to be ready when that happens."
"Soon? How soon?" Asked Gilda.
"Maybe in a week or two if we're lucky." Said Tsukasa. "Best of luck to you, Gilda Custodia. And I hope your Driver is fixed by then."
The witches of Cloudtower are in the cafeteria, as headmistress Griffin is watching over them, until something crashes through the door.
"Hi honey! I'm home!" Grinned Icy. "Did you miss me!?"
"What the-!?" Exclaimed Griffin.
"Sorry." Stormy came in, "Icy's been getting a power high ever since we had the Dragonfire. So, don't be surprised when she acts... crazy."
"Crazy?" Icy responded. "I feel great!"
"You see?" Stormy proves her point.
"Anyway." Griffin calms down. "You three have a lot of nerve showing your faces here."
"Yeah, yeah, we know." Darcy comes in rolling her eyes. "Just give up the tome, you know which one."
"No." Griffin said coldly. "I forbade you, thou shall NO ONE should EVER use that tome ever again."
"Oh well." Darcy shrugged her shoulders. "We asked nicely." She waves her arm to shoot dark bolts in her general direction, causing damage to the inner structure. As one was about to hit a student Griffin created a magical barrier in front of her to block the attack. "And I forbade from harming your classmates ever again."
"But they aren't our classmates anymore." Replied Icy with a grin. "Aren't they?" She uses her newfound power to make the surface in the room slowly freeze over, making ice stalagmites shoot up from the ground, while Griffin put up a barrier and shot a magical beam at the trio only to be blocked by an ice wall.
Griffin glares and chants an incantation to cast an attack spell, "Eclipse Dusk!" She shots a dark smoky magic bolt at the witches, in attempt to blast them to kingdom come. But to only to be erased by Stormy's typhoon attack before it can hit them.
"Nice try." She creates a spear out of lightning, "Lightning Lance!" She throws it at Griffin for she feels the surge of electricity throughout her body.
"Gravity Well." Darcy creates a circle under Griffin to make her crash down, giving her the pressure of gravity.
"Frozen Comet!" Icy creates a large bolt of ice and threw it down in fast speeds while aided by Darcy's gravity attack to strike Griffin, causing an explosion of ice.
As she lays on the ground, the trio float down to her. "Now, give us the Tome." Said Darcy.
"Over my dead body." Scoffed Griffin.
Icy gave a sneer. "If that's what you want..." She kicks Griffin in the face.
The trio busts in the Cloudtower Vault. Revealing all sorts of magical artifacts, including a large book with strange markings on the podium in the middle of the room.
"This it sisters..." Said Icy as she puts her hand on the book. "Now... we'll have the Army of Darkness to take control of all of Magix!" She laughs manically while Stormy and Darcy felt uncomfortable.
"Yeah... sure..." Stormy said awkwardly. "What about the other students and staff here?"
"We'll use them to fuel our Army." Icy grinned sinisterly. "Then we gather more, and no one will stop us."
"I thought we're heading back to our home planet, Boreas, to deal with those people who tried to lynch and burn us to the stake?" Asked Darcy. "You wanted revenge, right?"
Icy's grin slowly turned into a frown. "Yeah... but we take over Magix to show our power first. And THEN we'll deal with those bastards." She looks back at her sister with a neutral face, but they knew her eyes are filled with sorrow. "Just wait, ok?" She looks at the book. "I promise."
Faragonda gave a call to the Headmasters of the other academies. On her desk there are holograms of the headmasters: Saladin of Redfountain for the Specialists, Sir Gatheris of RavenWing Academy for Hunters, Wu Kon of the Tiequan Monastery for the Elemental Monks, Samuels of the Graphene Institute for the Mechanists, and Solstice of her School for the Gifted, or known as Supernaturals.
"I'm glad that you've returned my calls," Faragonda said to them, "Although I haven't heard anything from Griffin, I've sensed that something happened at Cloudtower. Three of her students have gone rouge and stole the Dragonfire from one of my students."
"Serves her right," Samuels said bluntly. "She hasn't disciplined her students well enough. That's why they went rouge, this wouldn't happen if she kept them in check!"
"Harsh as always, Samuels." Said Solstice. "From her calls, Faragonda said that those three witches made a contract with one of the Guardians of the Underworld, correct?"
Faragonda nods.
"A Guardian of the Underworld!?" Shouted Sir Gatheris, "And they JUST so happen to made a contract with it? Damn magi and their conjuration spells, for once I agree with Samuels. That's why we Hunters are up here, away from our home planet! So you magi can't go around summoning demons!"
"I understand your anger against us, Sir Gatheris." Replied Faragonda. "We can discuss this later, because since those three have the Dragonfire, no doubt they would do something terrible with it."
"Dragonfire is raw primal magic," Said Saladin, "It is obvious that some magi would want it. Absolute Magical Power. Just like the Ancestral Witches from so long ago."
"Perhaps they started at Cloudtower?" Asked Wu Kon. "Maybe that's why Griffin went quiet."
"Then-" Faragonda realizes as she gets up from her seat. "No. This cannot be."
"I'm afraid so." Replied Saladin. "They are after the forbidden artifacts under Cloudtower, even with the Dragonfire has split between them evenly, and Griffin's long experience with magic, those three witches may have defeated her. And they are tampering with those artifacts as we speak."
"Then we will aid you, Faragonda." Said Solstice. "Even if our schools are at different planets outside of Magix. I will send you some of my students regardless."
"And I'll send you my Hunters." Added Sir Gatheris. "You will need them to scour out these demon threats. There are maybe still lurking about."
"And I'll send my Monks, Saladin." Said Wu Kon. "Your Specialists would need help in case for an invasion."
"As much as I detest you Magi," Grunted Samuels. "I will perhaps send you some of my Mechanist Soldiers."
"Thank you for your support." Nodded Faragonda.
"I will sound the alarm to get my Specialists ready for battle." Said Saladin. "Good day to you, Faragonda."
As the transmissions are cut, Faragonda steps away from her desk and head to face the window.
"Are you ok, Bloom?" Asked Gilda.
"Not much, really." Sighed Bloom. "Although, guess you and I are in the same boat, doesn't it?"
"Yeah, I'm glad that I'm not the only one without power here." Chuckled Gilda. "It makes me feel a little bit better..."
"Same here." Smiled Bloom.
"See, it's not so bad." Said Stella. "At least you two have each other."
"What?" Gilda raises an eyebrow.
"I mean, look. You two are a similar situation." Replied Stella. "You two have lost your powers at the moment, Bloom losing her Dragonfire while Gilda having her Driver destroyed. And the fact you dump your 'boyfriends' for the same reason!"
"You have a point." Said Flora. "Plus, you two are lot closer to each other than anyone else here."
"We're not discussing this again." Gilda said flatly. "We. Are not. Into each other!"
"Bloom, didn't you stay at Gilda's side for the last three days?" Asked Musa. "You even refuse to leave."
"Because I'm worried about her, and it is my fault that she ended up like that!" Bloom defended. "I've shouldn't have gone back to Earth while those witches are roaming around."
Gilda sighs. "It's not your fault. It's those witches. Tell you what. When I get my Driver repaired, I will beat your Dragonfire out of them to return it to you. How does that sound?"
"That sounds nice." Smiled Bloom.
"And tell me WHY you're not planning to be together?" Asked Techna. "I'm guessing Bloom grew to detest men too after that stunt Prince Sky pulled."
"I give a list of reason." Said Gilda and then her phone rings. "Hold on for a sec." She takes out her phone and answers it. "Hello?"
"Gil. How are you doing?" Asked Bastion in the courtyard in Redfountian, while everyone else is getting ready for a fight. "Heard that you were injured by Caster and your Driven was broken. And I wanted to know that you're ok."
"I'm fine." Sighed Gilda. "I'm glad to hear your voice again."
"Me too." Replied Bastion. "I swear... when I see those witches, and, hopefully, Caster, I'll give them the same treatment that you did to Tyrian. Probably even worse."
"Thanks, Bassy." Smiled Gilda. "Mom said to put them to caskets that she'll cast for them when she finds them too."
Bastions laughs. "And you want to know what dad said? He said that he'll send them to Omega by throwing them there." Gilda laughs also. "Anyway, see ya, Gil."
"See you too." Replied Gilda as she hangs up the phone as Bastion puts it down.
"Done calling your sister?" Said Brandon (The real Brandon).
"Yeah, she said she's fine." Bastion replied with relief.
"That's good to know." Grinned Brandon. "Come on, we have to be ready for a possible invasion."
"Alright." Nodded Bastion, and then looks at Riven. "Yo, Riv. You coming?"
"No." Riven mounds his airbike. "I'm going to have a talk with Darcy."
"When you get there, give them a punch for me." Bastion raised his fist. "Say that it was for my sister."
Riven chuckles. "Sure, I'll do that." He went off out of Redfountain to Cloudtower.
Riven heads up to a platform of Cloudtower to its entrance. As he heads inside, he doesn't see anyone around, the halls are empty, and it was dead silent. He continued walking until he reaches Griffin's office. "Hey." Riven said to the witches inside.
"Oh, hi Riven." Darcy said casually. "What are you doing here?"
"It's not what I'm doing here." Replied Riven. "Is that what you've done. As in, what did you do?"
"Should we tell him?" Asked Stormy to her sisters.
"Nah, it's fine." Replied Icy, being calm. "Go ahead, Darcy."
"Well, Riven." Said Darcy. "Me and my sisters took over this Academy, and it is quite easy since we got the Dragonfire."
"Why would you do that?" Asked Riven.
"Let me tell you a story." Replied Darcy. "A story about three little girls that lived in a harsh world that everyone is superstitious and overly religious and that those people that lived there just want to... 'purify' those girls, for they have dark magic, and was harmless. After their parents has died, the masses, brainwashed by their own outdated ideologies and attempt to lynch and burn those children, who didn't want to harm anyone. They ran and kept running through the harsh, cold, landscape of their planet, having no other choice, they left to a new world. You see, this is a story of revenge, revenge on those who wished to harm them out of fear. As they entered the new world, as everyone believed them to be evil. So they become the ones they had feared, to become those horrid witches that you see before you."
"And you want me to feel sorry for you?" Asked Riven with rising anger. "Make me think that will justify for what you've done!?"
"No." Said Darcy. "We know what we've done. And we don't let our past define us. Even if we gained this power mostly for revenge. We mainly want this power to prove this universe, that we have the right to keep on surviving."
"And then what?!" Yelled Riven. "Even if you take over Magix, even if you get your revenge, what else will you do with this power? Become the next Ancestral Witches or something!?"
Icy laughs. "No, even we are not that ambitious. We just to become powerful enough to make sure that NO ONE will mess with us."
"Then you've failed in doing that." Replied Riven. "Since you plan your invasion on Magix, you've started a war with all the realms of magic."
"So we did." Said Icy as she steps closer to him. "And what are you going to do about it?"
"Only this." Riven socks her in the face. "That was for Bastion's sister." He cracks his knuckles.
"Very well, YOU'VE ASKED FOR IT." Glared Icy as she holds her bleeding nose as she shoots ice balls as him as he rolls to the side as the projectiles explode into shards as they hit the wall. Stormy shoots lightning at him as he ducks and moved forward and struck her in the cheek. "There's one for you..."
Darcy came forth as she shoots dark bolt at him as Riven charges forward to uppercut her, "and that's one for you!" Darcy immediately recovers and drives her palm into Riven's stomach with a magical attack. She came close to his ear, and with a regretful tone,
"I'm sorry."
Riven was pushed back out the window, falling below.
Darcy went up the broken window as her sister came behind her.
"So, that is a break-up then." Said Stormy.
"You could say that." Replied Darcy.
Icy walks out the room. "Come on, we have an army to summon."
At the Underworld, the seven Guardians of the Underworld sat around the table.
"Glad to have you back, Big Sister Ivera!" Eva said cheerfully, then makes a disdainful tone. "Although I can't believe that those three tried to go back on your contract."
"No matter." Ivera smiles. "It takes a lot more than a stab to the heart to kill me."
"That's true!" Eva puts on a cheerful tone again.
"Now that we've gathered and have Ivera back with us..." Announced Levi.
"So, when the Harvest will begin?" Said Fazel eagerly. "I'm freaking STOKED."
"I was getting to that." Grinned Levi. "The Harvest is starting soon. As you all know, as we take human souls, we take their evil from those said souls, create demons out of it, and throw it back out. So, I decided, let's make another contest on who can gather the most and whoever wins gets to keep all of them. Although the losers get to keep theirs also, but they would the lesser amount."
"Looks like Fazel gets to win again, like last time." Smiled Camille. "She always has the tendency to hoard things."
"You don't because you always eat those souls, Camille." Said Rem with her eyes half-shut. "Then again, I don't bother with contests. They're always a drag..."
"Of course, you think so." Sighed Levi. "You have the least amount to demons in your legions. Although, they are the most powerful."
"Kill strong and kill fast." Rem dozes off. "So you can sleep longer..."
"Wake up, Rem!" Shouted Levi as she shifts her glasses. "You can't be sleeping, especially at this event!"
Ivera laughs. "Oh, how I miss family gatherings."
"I thought you miss planetary slaughters, Ivera." Said Ulna. "Like I miss planet wide orgies...~"
"That too..." Grinned Ivera. "After all, I've haven't done that in a century. I wonder..."
"Don't go causing extinctions on planets again, Ivera." Levi responded sternly. "We have reapers breathing down our neck as much as it is. Especially after Ulna's little... invasion."
"Hey, got to have to have those fairies' booty pixies. They are so pure and innocent they are just ASKING for my dominance." Winked Ulna then sighs. "Although, they drove away my succubi before they even get one. I'm very disappointed."
"I'm somewhat glad you didn't." Replied Levi. "Anyway! Looks like the Harvest is starting..." They looked up and stared at the magical screen, showing the witches' ritual.
Dark clouds formed in the sky above Cloudtower, and it rains black ichor below, as it hit the ground, the black puddles formed into small insectoid creatures as if they were cockroaches. Then they like a mass, they formed into creatures of different shapes and sizes, with them lining up like an army.
"Funny." Said Eva watching the screen.
"What is?" Asked Fazel.
"They are using insects to kill other insects." Eva replied condescendingly.
"Oh, don't you look at that." Smiled Ivera. "Eva has a good sense of humor."
The Guardians laughed while Eva pouts. "Hey! I can be funny if I want to!"
At Alfea, dark clouds gather approached the academy.
"Hey, doesn't the rain come until next week?" Techna looks outside.
"I don't think they are regular clouds." Said Flora. "Look!"
The dark clouds rain down the black liquid onto Alfea, with the students hurrying inside, as the puddles form, black insect-like creatures crawled out the liquid, and started spread throughout the school. From inside, the fairies stared in horror, and then Gilda ran to her closet, and took out a hilt of an energy sword.
"Even I don't have my Driver, I still can fight with this." Gilda clenches the weapon in her hand.
Haruto went in the common room, "Everyone, we are being invaded. Luckily, not by Ulna's demons this time."
The fairies except Gilda and Bloom shrugged at that. "Anyway." Haruto continued. "We have to drive them off. Head outside, and be ready for a fight!"
They nodded and went outside Alfea. The fairies except Bloom and Gilda changed into their fairy forms as Gilda activates her blade.
Haruto places his hand on his Driver.
-Flame, Please. Hii~, Hii~, Hii~-Hii~-Hii~!"
Wizard pulls out his weapon and fires at the insects, and place his hand on his weapon.
-Flame Slashing Strike! Hii, Hii, Hii! Hii, Hii, Hii!-
Wizard pulls the trigger and causes a wave of fire, burning a whole lot of the insects.
Techna sends a shockwave to the ground, destroying the insects that are caught in it, while Stella blasts them with burning light, Musa conjure orbiters that resembles disco balls and shoots light at the small creatures, and Flora makes vine shoot up the ground to swat the insects.
As Bloom stomps on some of them as they reached closer, until a mass forms behind her, making a creature, Bloom looks back and stares at it in shock. As it was about to attack her, a yellow blade skewered the creature out its stomach from behind, the blade went up, cutting the creature in half, revealing Gilda holding blade. "Are you ok?"
"I'm alright now. Thanks." Smiled Bloom. The put their backs against each other as the creatures surround them. As the two are ready to fight, an ashy hand came out of one's chest, burning it from inside. As it dissipates, a young black-haired man was behind it with smoke emitting from his hands. As he waved his hands, smoke blasts out, engulfing the creatures in ash, burning them.
"Hey, you ladies ok?" Asked the young man.
"Who are you?" Said Bloom.
"I am Cole." He replies. "A Supernatural from Solstice's School for the Gifted. She sent me and many others to help you fairies."
"A Supernatual? So that's not magic?" Asked Bloom.
"No." Gilda explained. "Supernaturals are humans that have their own natural abilities which they call Anomalies. So they don't have magic."
Cole Blazes.
Anomaly: Cinders, it allows him to create ash and smoke as attacks. Even uses them to blind others and make getaways.
"And there are more of you here to help us?" Asked Bloom as she kicks away a creature.
"Yep." Replied Cole. "Don't worry. The Hunters are here too."
"The Hunters?" Bloom asks again.
"She sure asks a lot of questions." Said Cole.
"She's new to this. Be easy on her." Replied Gilda as she slashes a creature.
"Anyway." Said Cole as he blasts away another creature of darkness. "They are more coming along the way, The Elemental Monks and The Mechanists are coming to Redfountain's aid as we speak."
A scarlet-haired Hunter slashes one down with her Glaive. "Come at me, foul beasts! And face your death!" She uses both hands to grab her weapon and chants a spell, "Ignis Mala Fascinare!" Fire covers her weapon and then she runs her glaive through several creatures, burning them. She then raises her weapon up the air, "Summone! Phyrga!" A magic circle appears before her and a flame elemental rose up from the circle.
"Phyrga! Attack the dark creatures!" She commanded her contract monster as it raises her arms to shoot fire at them.
"So... that's a Hunter." Bloom said amazed.
"That is correct." Said Cole. "They are trained in combat like the Specialists here, but they are known for making contract with monsters to use their magic. Although, they are also known for their holier-than-thou mindset."
"Mutant!" Yelled scarlet-haired Hunter. "We Hunters and your kind are here to aid the Fairies, not to chat with them!" She cuts down a creature. "So get to it!"
Cole sighs. "See?" His arms are enveloped in smoke as he charges at another creature. "See you guys later!"
The Hunter looked at them, "You Fairies can fight right? Unless you are too fragile as they say."
"We are not." Gilda said flatly as she cuts down a creature.
"Hmm. I am Marana." The Hunter introduces herself. "I apologize for my words earlier. We are willing to help as it is our duty."
"Apology accepted." Said Bloom.
Marana grins and nods as she charges at another creature of darkness.
At Redfountain, the Specialists are fighting back the creatures of darkness as they overwhelm the school.
Brandon slashes down at the creature as it breaks apart into a pile of insects.
-Move Out! Scout! Spy of the Night! (Battle Cry)-
Bulwark's armor became leather like, and is completely covered by a cloak, he ran through a crowd of monsters as he cuts them down along the way with his two split blades. "Crap, not even with I can fully push them back." He cuts one down.
"There are too many of them!" Timmy fires at the creatures with his rifle.
Aquila drops down and lands on his feet, as he were an angel of death, he reaches for Everest and swung his blade. It extended and as Aquila swung it, the blade cut through several creatures in its path.
"Aquila!?" Exclaimed Sky.
"Dad!" Yelled Bulwark.
"Lovely afternoon we're having, Prince Sky." Joked Aquila. "Your father requested me to fight here as you leave for Eraklyon."
"I'm not leaving my friends to die!" Shouted Sky as he cuts down a creature and another one's attack.
"Do as he say!" Yelled Bulwark as he slashes the monsters. "You're a prince! The only heir to the throne! You'll endanger your kingdom if you die here!"
"Bulwark. Aquila." Said Sky, "I know I made a lot of stupid mistakes. But this will be considered as one of them for me if I leave you all here! Bulwark! No, Bastion! You're risking your life when you have a sister to take care of besides your parents, right? So does Aquila here! So, no. I'm staying here!"
Bulwark and Aquila chuckles.
"You make a fine point." Grinned Aquila. "Erendor will kill me after this."
"Well, I do have Gil to come back to." Joked Bulwark. "She will give me a thrashing on my corpse if I make a fatal mistake her."
The creature formed into a much large form that loomed over the three Specialists, and then a voice was heard from above.
"Metal Arts: Steel Fist!" A half-naked large man in robes slammed his fist into the creature, crushing it to the ground. He gets up, he as bald and has a chiseled face, "So you must be Aquila, The Mountain Slayer."
"And you must be from the Tiequan Monastery." Replied Aquila.
"Yes." He bows. "I am Lěng. A Metal Elemental Monk. A pleasure to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." Aquila bows back.
A creature behind them was shot by a firing line by men in powered armor.
"Steadfast, men!" Yelled a captain in a much bulkier armor. "Don't relent to those magical abominations!"
"Yes sir!" The soldiers kept firing at the creatures.
A brown-haired young man in mechanical light armor leapt forth and grabs two hilts above the shoulders and plasma beams shot out like they were lightsabers, and cuts down many of the creatures. "I don't fear you." He said coldly as he turned his plasma blades into plasma whips as he uses them lash at the creatures.
Bulwark gave a low whistle as he cuts one down. "Must be the Mechanists. They sure love their machinery."
The young Mechanist comes by Aquila as he swings Everest down upon a creature's head. "You're Aquila. I've heard about you." He said.
"What's your name, Mechanist?" Asked Aquila.
"Erik." He replies.
"So, Erik." Aquila looks at the crowd of monsters. "How many do you think you can take down?"
"Probably more than you, old man." Erik said confidently.
Aquila, not insulted, he gave a grin. "I like your style kid, let's see!" The three Specialists, a Monk, and a Mechanist charges forth towards the creatures of darkness.
"Look all the number of deaths within a few hours." Smiled Levi as she watches.
"Shall we start Harvesting?" Fazel asked eagerly.
"We start now." Grinned Levi as she gets up.
"Look all those tasty souls." Camille licked her lips.
"Guess I'll go to." Said Rem with one eye shut as she is carried by a large hellhound.
"It's not that much time after our last Harvest, but I'm thrilled." Ivera gets up from her seat.
"Alright!" Fazel gets up quickly.
"I can't wait to experience their last moments of pain!" Ulna said gleefully.
" Harvest time~! Harvest time~!" Sang Eva.
The guardians went out the portal, so they can harvest the souls of the deceased from above.
So, to explain what just happened, I added other schools that aren't schools of magic, so I will give a summary of each school.
Ravenwing Academy: Led by Sir Gatheris. A School for Hunters on the planet, Kataran. Hunters are warriors that can uses magic, but only if they made a contract with a monster in order to use it, preferably when it is weaker than the Hunter initially, or else the Hunter will lose control of the monster completely. Even so, they are not so willing to make a contract with demons due to their ideologies, and they are not that much fond of the natural gifted of magic to a point of tolerance. For they usually encounter rouge magi that make covens and cults.
Tiěquán Monastery: Led by Grand Master Wu Kon. A temple for Elemental Monks on the planet, Harmony. They use the elements of nature, known as: Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, and Stone. There is a special element called Void, but those with it is rare. They use those elements in their Martial Arts, when one is skilled enough, they can make their own "Special Arts". Their philosophy is pacifistic in nature, but they are willing to protect themselves if necessary if they or others are in need.
Graphene Institute: Lead by Commander Samuels. A military academy for Mechanists on the planet, Ion V. Mechanists are humans who attends there to become soldiers for defending their world. They can mechanically augment themselves to give them a boost in combat, otherwise, they favor Technology over magic. Since to the people of Ion V, magic is uncompressible to their belief in cold hard logic. So they detest magi and others since they also believe that magic is for the weak. Although, they at least tolerate the Specialists.
Solstice's School for the Gifted: Lead by Professor Solstice. A school for Supernaturals on the planet Xeil. Supernaturals are humans that are naturally gifted with abilities unique to them, which those abilities are called Anomalies. For example, one could have something simple like making fire, and the other spectrum when one has ability to create life with a touch of a finger. As powerful some may be, there is an unspoken rule amongst them that they always follow, "There is so such this as a weak Anomaly, or an all-powerful Anomaly." For even one of the strongest Supernatural can even have a counter against their ability.