There are two main types of magicians in the world of Elrios. There are 'normal' ones, where once they reach an age of maturity the magic deemed ideal to a magician, becomes strengthened and becomes their primary magic. Thus this is called 'coming of age'. This is the process that the majority of magicians go through. Aisha is a perfect example for this.
The second are known as 'acquired' magicians, where instead of casting magic, they instead form seals, like runes, summons and demonic magic. Elsword fits into this category.
In reality there are actually many others, but they are rare and even if they are useable…their power tends to corrupt. But one of the rarest kinds of magicians are known as 'natural' magicians. Born into one type of magic, their powers were strengthened at birth so much so that their capabilities seem infinite. In the last Nasodian war there were a few, but now only three are known to remain. These three are known as the Three Sages. In case you haven't realised, Rena Eryuell falls into this category.
Rena and a brunette followed the small lizardman through the occupied mines, swatting away the occasional dusts in front of her face. She was dressed in her combat clothing, consisting of a shorter green skirt than her normal formal clothing, with a black cape fluttering behind her. She had untied her hair, letting it fall loosely. The shoulder pads which attached the cape to her were fitted with feathers of birds. And to top it all off, a bow on her back, plus the addition of her sword by her hip.
"Impressive mine sheriff Stella," Rena stated, eyeing the large active tunnelling.
Stella was the sheriff of Bethma, the type that generally doesn't take nonsense from anyone. She dressed in a long black skirt and brown jacket covering a long white sleeved shirt. A necklace was situated around her neck, shining brilliantly.
"We get that a lot," the brunette replied crossing her arms as she walked. "So on a diplomatic mission for the Prince?"
Rena nodded.
"Since Bethma is not part of the Royal empire, we need to make sure that something like that last war never happens again," the blonde sighed.
Stella smirked, uncrossing her arms and placing it behind her.
"So you heard about the Nasod sightings?" Stella asked.
Once again, Rena nodded.
They reached the end of the tunnel and stopped, leading to an open cavern. Rena's eyes widened. There in the middle, half buried in the ground with miners digging around it was a nasod like an archaeological excavation in process. A pair of cranes were present, their hooks already wrapped around the two arms of the giant nasod. There were wooden stairs built escalating up to the head of the nasod, supported by wooden beams holding it together. But what perked Rena's interest was the nasod surrounded by the stairs. It was unlike anything she has ever seen before. It was large, roughly ten meters tall with bulky arms. Curiosity getting the better of her, she gracefully leapt her way down, swerving past some of the lizardmen miners. She skidded to a halt as she reached the Nasod, eyeing the chest. Stella half ran half slid after Rena, as the blonde rubbed the blue sphere gently.
"This design…it's a type of Wally nasod," Rena stated, shuddering at the thought of the psychopath that led the nasods in the war. "But these weren't present at the time. If he had deployed this we would have been in some serious trouble."
"I see," Stella said. "But it's dormant right now…but why leave it dormant? You said so yourself, it would have been deadly in the war."
Rena peered into the eye at the top, swearing that it had turned a hint of red.
"Maybe it has another purpose," the blonde magician said. "Wally was a intelligent monster. Probably set this thing to awaken on a certain date."
Stella scoffed.
"Doesn't seem so intelligent to me," the sheriff said. "Not awakening it during the war."
Rena stared at the eye again, once again swearing at it had been red.
'Did you truly make a mistake Wally?...Or is this nasod meant to awaken sometime else?...'
"Either way, let's move this thing," Stella said, clicking her fingers signalling for the diggers around her to stop mining at the rock surrounding the large nasod's legs. As they moved away, the cranes lifted the two arms and slowly as they did, the large body rose from its spot.
"Looks like it was blocking something," Stella stated, pointing at the barely visible ladder alongside where the nasod had been. "I'll go check it out now."
Before she could move, there was the mechanical whirl echoing through the room.
"The nasods awakening!" Rena shouted. "Everybody flee!"
Sure enough, the eye of the nasod turned red, fully awakening. It pulled its arm together, pulling against the cranes trying to lift it. Stretching out its legs, it supported itself on either side of the hole. Now having a stable footing, it pulled again, breaking both cranes, as if they were nothing but twigs. Snapping out of their trances, the lizardmen ran for their lives, just as Rena and Stella ran towards the large nasod.
"We don't have time to spare, I'll restrict it's movements," Rena said, forming a small ball of light in her hands. "You destroy it."
"Sounds like a plan," Stella replied. "Never thought this would be the place, but at least I get to see your famed light magic."
Emotionless, Rena's ball of light flattened, before wrapping around her hand like a rope. She splayed her hands, a chain made of light shot out, wrapping around the right arm of the nasod, but it didn't stop there. It split in two, one rooting itself in the rocky around, the other continued to circle around the nasod, continuously splitting and rooting itself against different parts of the cavern. Taking this as an opportunity, Stella skidded to a halt beside one of the fallen crane heads. Wrapping her fingers around it, she used her strength magic and lifted it with ease. Leaping forward, she swung the large 'pole' striking the nasod on the head, breaking the crane head.
Stella cursed and made her way back next to Rena.
"That thing is strong," she muttered.
As she did, the nasod tugged against her chains, finally snapping them.
"Strong enough to break through my chains," Rena agreed, pulling out her bow from her back.
Raising her bow, she pulled back a makeshift string, with a magical arrow appearing between her fingers. She released the arrow, exploding as it contacted against the head of the nasod. As the smoke cleared, the nasods hand lashed out, which the two women moved out the way.
"The armour seems magic resistant," Rena said, creating another arrow.
Nodding, Stella ran forward towards the right leg of the nasod, and punched it with all her might. It dented slightly, a small trickle of blood escaping from the sherif's fist. Stella dashed backwards, the nasod's fist striking where she had previously been.
"Rena, isn't you magic much stronger than this?" Stella asked, dodging another attempt from the nasod.
Rena shot another arrow, this time at the dent in the right leg, forcing it to its knees.
"Cavern's a bit to confined," Rena replied. "I would just end up crashing into the walls repeatedly…I just thought of something that could be effective. Distract it for a bit."
Nodding, Stella ran forward leaping into the air and lashing out with a deadly kick to its chin, sending its head knocking back slightly. As she did, Rena slung her bow onto her back and concentrated her magic into her right hand. She concentrated so it wouldn't destroy the cavern, becoming the size of a typical orange. She expanded it, and slowly it took the form of a net.
"Stella, retreat now!" Rena shouted, throwing the net.
Hearing her, the sheriff landed near the feet, and kicked out one of the nasod's foot, before running back up the steep surface. As the net flew, it grew until it was much larger than nasod itself, covering it entirely. Once it did, Rena closed her fist, and the net had begun to constrict itself against the nasod, as if it were choking it.
"Stella! Punch its blue core!" Rena shouted.
She didn't need to be told. The sheriff was already in the air, raising her fist. This time, her whole arm was encased within a red glowing aura. With a triumphant roar, she punched the blue core of the nasod, crushing it entirely into tiny pieces. The whirling stopped, and there was some electrical whizzing before the red eye finally disappeared.
Panting heavily, Stella picked herself up from the remains of the nasod, dusting her shoulder slightly.
"I'm still shocked that you were forced to hold back in that situation," Stella marvelled, before pointing at the hole at where the nasod had been blocking. "Let's check it out."
Nodding in agreement, Rena slid her way down towards the ladder, peering into the large hole. It was too dark to see what was truly in there. Gathering some light in her hand, she threw it into the hole, watching it sink into the darkness. Stella and Rena both stared at the horror as the ball of light continued to fall. But it wasn't the sheer depth of the hole. As it fell, it illuminated the mass thousands of nasods all ranging from small ones to the large one they had just fought.
"No way," Stella muttered. "A whole army! Imagine what would happen if this were to awaken?!"
"It's not just that," Rena said. "We had more than 30 nasodian sightings…this was but one of them. This is more than I could have imagine. We need to seal it now."
Stella nodded.
"I'll get onto it right away," she said, turning around and running off.
Rena just stared at the hole below.
"Just what were you thinking Wally?"
What she didn't notice was the small piece of rock that Stella had accidentally kicked fall down the hole. It didn't stop, passing by the countless amounts of nasods, until finally landing at the bottom with a nearly inaudible thud. As it did, a cluster of red eyes stared from the darkness.
"I want this hall cleaned spotless and ready for the requiem ball this weekend!" Chung shouted.
The main hall of the royal castle was crowded with servants cleaning the floors and polishing any item they could find. The floors were of the finest marble, which could reflect ones appearance like a mirror. The ceiling was supported by tall stone pillars, like in ancient Greece.
"Chung!" a familiar voice called out.
The prince turned around, to see his long time friend Elsword. Though he was in his outside of school clothes. Wearing long black pants and shirt, with a long jacket on top and his hair tied into a single ponytail, he was the complete opposite to how he was normally on a school day.
"In public you have to address me as your highness you know," Chung said. "Either way, what is it?"
"Do you know where I can find my father your highness?" Elsword replied.
Sighing, Chung couldn't help but smirk.
"In his main office on the third floor," Chung answered. "Though warning you, he's in a bad mood today."
Elsword thanked the prince, before proceeding up to his father's office. Why was his father angry? He did not know, but at least he knew of a way to improve his fathers mood.
Finally after a couple of minutes, he reached his fathers office. Pushing open the large doors, he entered the high classed office, cleaned and polished to perfection. It had the perfect view of the city (which makes me wonder why cause it would be perfect to be assassinated). There, his father was angrily signing some papers.
"What is it Elsword," he asked, annoyed.
Closing the door behind him, Elsword reached into his pocket and handed him the excursion slip.
"Need you to sign it," the red haired boy said. "It's for an excursion."
"No. You already been to the princes palace many times Elsword," Elscud replied. "You should focus on your studies mo-"
"Aisha's going," Elsword interrupted.
"Than why the hell are you not giving me the slip!? Hurry up already!"