The New Age of Celtland
Chapter I
DISCLAIMER: Refer to the previous disclaimer.
Well, I didn't expect for there to be this many reviewers in the Quest 64 section. Well, I might as well not disappoint. Do not expect this to be updated frequently… I need to get my edge back.
-The Guild of Magic, Evening-The Dondoran School of magic had just gotten out for the day. The people were just getting out of their daily magic classes, and were now going home. Well, all except for one. One who had powers that made even the sages of the school wonder if he was human.
He appeared to be around seventeen years of age, with short brown hair the color of stone, which also covered up his right eye. Why this was, nobody knew, or would dare ask. His visible eye, however, was a cold blue color. His face was cold, and seemed to lack emotion. Every mage who attended the school was too afraid to even talk to him. Right now, as he does about every day after the guild gets out, he went to the ancient library of magic located in the fourth basement of the university, and started to read… quietly. At his side was his staff… the testament of his power. Seemingly etched out of the earth itself, this tall proud staff was adorned with emeralds going up the sides of the staff, and was topped with a magnificent topaz gem. It was indeed a legendary staff that the salesman was surprised to ever see sold… it was an especially picky staff. The staff stood upright about 6 feet tall, where Erus himself was 6'4".
However, he was not the only one in the library today. A cocky wind mage around the age of seventeen had recently come to the guild, saying that it was now he who was in charge. Of course… all the mages who attended the school had to agree, he was quite powerful… but there was already the mage in the school who nobody dared to talk to… Erus. Of course, this new kid, Alvar, didn't like this one bit… so he decided that he wanted to challenge Erus in battle.
Alvar walked into the library where Erus sat alone reading, and smirked. Now he would prove that he, as noble blood from Limelin, he would prove that he was the most powerful in this future generation of sages, and that he would dominate the world of magic when he was to become one.
Alvar himself wore noble clothes, and stood at about 6'0" in height. He had blonde hair, and silver eyes, and carried a staff that stood at 3'0", and was adorned with jade gems. His face wore a cocky smirk.
"Yo! You over there!" Alvar exclaimed. Erus really didn't even bother looking up.
"Hey! I'm talking to you!!"
"…."
"…Alright then…" Alvar grinned, walking over to Erus, who still wasn't paying any attention to Alvar.
"PAY ATTENTION TO ME, WORM!!" Alvar yelled, slamming the book that Erus was reading shut. It was then that Erus turned his eyes to meat Alvar's… when Alvar realized that he may have made a mistake… and a big one at that. His cold gaze sent shivers up his spine.
"…You shouldn't have done that…" Erus said, getting up, and staring Alvar in the face. It took Alvar a minute or two to gain his composure, but he finally began to speak.
"Word is that you're the best mage around here… perhaps even better than the sages!" Alvar exclaimed.
"…"
"Well?" Alvar asked.
"…Your point?" Erus replied.
"I want that title… not you. I'm noble blood of Limelin… son of the lord of the greatest monarchy of Celtland!! I deserve it, not some commoner." Alvar said.
Erus blinked. "I don't care who you are, or where you came from… I don't even remember where I came from, and if I'm nobility or not… but… if you want a battle…" He sighed, picking up his staff. "…Then I'll gladly accept."
Alvar kept his cocky expression, but on the inside, especially when he saw the legendary staff, he realized he may just have made a grave error. 'That staff… it looks like an earth type… and the most powerful I've ever seen, even all the way in Limelin… this might be a challenge…'
-Outside the university, on a bench-
"Common' baby, pleeeeeeeasseee??" A boy of sixteen years with dark blue eyes, light blue hair, and an odd smile asked the girl next to him. He himself was 5'8" and had a tall staff adorned with a tanzanite on the top. The girl was 5'5" and not paying any attention at all to the boy next to her. She had long brown hair, green eyes, and had a large cobalt staff that was topped with a radiant sapphire.
"No, Jaldrik, for the last time, I do not like you." The girl sighed, trying to ignore the boy next to her.
"Please, Avayna! Please go out with me!!" Jaldrik exclaimed.
Avayna rolled her eyes. "You Lecher. You've already tried going out with eighteen of my other friends, each who have dumped you because you've been going out with another at the same time…" She sighed.
Jaldrik hung his head in defeat. "I… but you're the real deal, I mean it!"
"Not interested." Avayna sighed, getting up to leave. Suddenly, the door to the university opened, and two figures stepped out. 'Who could these two be…?' She thought.
Alvar and Erus were now at the opposite ends of the empty area near the entrance of the university. Alvar smirked, and twirled his staff around. Erus just rolled his eyes and waited.
'Looks like they're going to battle… this could be interesting… one's an earth user and one's a wind user, judging by their staves… and both seem to be a very high level… perhaps I can learn a thing or two by watching this…' Avayna thought, moving closer to the battlefield.
"Wait for me!!" Jaldrik exclaimed, following Avayna.
"What now?" Avayna yelled.
"Come on! You're water, and I'm lightning! Opposites should attract!" Jaldrik yelled.
"For the last time, no. You're a lecher, and all you do is beg, and then betray. Go away, and quit bothering me before I decide to drown you with water pillar… I know the third level of it you know…" Avayna said, irritated.
"Hmph…" Jaldrik then decided to shut up, but stayed around to watch the battle.
"Alright… see if you can handle this! Wind Cutter!!" Alvar exclaimed, spinning his staff around, while casting his other palm out. His hand glowed green for a second, and then five different gusts of razor-sharp winds visible to the eye began to swarm around at Erus.
Erus simply smirked, and tapped his staff to the ground. He was suddenly surrounded by a red circular barrier, and the wind cutters bounced off of it harmlessly.
"That's it? It didn't even put a dent in my magic barrier… how disappointing… you sounded so sure of yourself, too… I thought you'd put up a decent fight." Erus smirked, dispelling his barrier.
'Whoa… I don't care how strong this new guy is… but there's no way he can beat… him. He's always been the strongest around.' Jaldrik thought.
'…Hm. A third level wind cutter… impressive… however that other guy… Erus… must be at a superb level… his magic barrier took the brunt of all five cutters, and didn't even get a chip of it scratched.' Avayna thought.
"Now then… it's my turn…" Erus sighed, his staff beginning to glow a bright brown color. Suddenly, he thrust his palm at the ground, and a humungous rock was suddenly ripped out of the ground… and I mean it when I say this thing is huge. Jaldrik looked upon this in awe, Avayna was amazed, and Alvar… was pretty much pissing his pants.
"Impossible!!" Alvar exclaimed, now sweating with fear.
'Is… that… a rock spell… stage… FOUR?!?' Avayna thought.
'…That… doesn't look natural. He doesn't even appear to be straining from using this spell.' Jaldrik thought.
'HOLY FUCK!! I'M SO SCREWED!!" Alvar thought, as the gigantic rock was suddenly slammed down at him from the sky. Suddenly, the rock stopped in its place, about an inch from Alvar's forehead, and threw itself back up in the air, and into the hill behind him, with a mighty thud, literally embedding the colossal boulder into the very hillside, causing a fierce tremor within the town.
"…What?" Alvar asked.
Erus sighed. "If that would've crushed you, there's no question you'd be dead…" Erus spoke. "…And I want you to live and face the embarrassment of going into a match so confident, and coming out with an overwhelming loss." He then stated.
Alvar grimaced. "Grr… this still isn't over! LARGE CUTTER!!" He exclaimed, as he used wind cutter again, except all five of the cutters combined to form one huge cutter.
Erus sighed. "…If we must continue, so be it… Rock blade." Suddenly, a huge rock the shape of a Claymore came out of the Earth, and pointed itself at Alvar. It then thrust forward at an extremely high speed, slicing through the large cutter without effort, and embedding itself in the ground about three inches to the left of a panicking Alvar.
"What… was… that…?" Alvar then asked.
'What WAS that, anyway? I've never even read about that spell anywhere, before…' Avayna thought, amazed.
'…Shit. How powerful.' Jaldrik thought.
The stone Claymore stayed in the ground another minute, before Erus flicked his wrist, causing the blade to disappear. "You are trying my patience… that's twice I missed on purpose because you would've been killed… do not push me to a third, or I assure you, you will die." Erus stated calmly.
"I… think… I'm getting… outta here…" Alvar exclaimed, quickly running away.
Erus smirked a little, but then sighed. 'Well, better get back to the library…' He thought, going back into the university, closing the great doors behind him.
Avayna looked at him for a long while before he went inside. 'You know… that Erus is kinda cute… but he's a loner… I wonder what he'd be like if I got him to open up? Well, it's worth a shot!' She thought, following Erus inside the university a minute after he went inside.
Jaldrik opened his mouth to speak, but then closed it as Avayna left to go inside. 'Damn it… she had that look on her face… apparently, she's taking a liking to Erus… but I cannot let her get away… she's a beautiful one, and has a nice body… an incredibly nice one at that, heh… best I've ever seen… definitely not one to let get away… well, I could always win her over by taking Erus out of the picture… yes… wait… WHAT THE HELL AM I SAYING!?!? I just saw Erus mop the floor with someone a hell of a lot stronger than me! I better leave this alone… perhaps that Maris girl's single…' He thought, walking off.
End of ChapterWell, that's a nice way to start, I think. I forgot how fun it was to write this… if I get nice reviews like I did last chapters, then I'll see what I can do to update soon. Thanks to all who have taken the time to read this and review what I've written so far!
Until Next Chapter,
-Biggoron