A/N: I don't want to reveal Franklin's Djinn Weapon Equip yet. But I want to introduce to you two more main characters to the story.
Heliohapt, noon.
The hot sands, the snakes wrapped around necks as if scarves, the extremely hot sun. Heliohapt was the name of this country. Due to the heat, many citizens wore white loincloths, revealing most of their skin. Almost all the women in Heliohapt had their breasts exposed proudly, mostly because the navel is the part that's covered. Despite this promiscuous action, Heliohapt is a smooth running civilization, thanks to the King of Heliohapt as well as a friend of Sinbad: Armakan Amun-Ra.
While his face usually shows disinterest and emptiness through his closed eyelids, Armakan is a beloved and respected king, due to his leadership, charm, and power. He went back to governing his country after the fight against the Medium. All of his citizens, including the slaves celebrated his return, and he set up a countrywide party to celebrate his return. While everyone partied the time of their lives, Armakan sat down on his throne, calmly yet happily watching his citizens dance, drink, and laugh.
A few days after the party, Sinbad, through the Eye of Rukh, told him of a mysterious King Vessel in Remana. Sinbad told Amun-Ra and all of the other King Vessels in the Seven Sea Alliance to send an agent if they wished. While Sasan, and Artemyra politely declined, Amun-Ra called upon his adopted brother: Ramses Seth.
Ramses was a man from the slums who spent his childhood stealing, and bullying, yet had a thirst for knowledge. His parents quickly disowned him for his deeds, but were killed and mummified by other criminals. To make him pay, the criminals decided to give Ramses a slow death via live mummification. The Amun-Ras were bickering in the slums and they saw the thieves carrying bodies. They both went into action when they have heard that a child was muffling through the mummies. Ever since Armakan and Sharrkan saved him, Armakan took him in his care,
Ramses is 5'7" and has a rather toned yet slightly slender build, similar to his caretaker, Armakan. He had once worn royal clothes with bandages, but at the beginning of his journey to Reim, he wears a tight robe that is similar to a toga with his right side revealing his right pectoral and arm. His left arm is wrapped with bandages. He has a white loincloth that reaches up to the top of his knees with a few bandages wrapped around his shins. He had the dark skin, white hair, and green eyes of the generic Heliohapt citizens, but his hair was less spiky than the others. His hair is a bit shaggy and is shoulder-length. His normal facial expression is usually calm. Despite his looks, he is rather young, being only 15 years old.
Ramses is a rather skilled swordsman, thanks to years of training with Armakan and his army generals. Armakan has compared his swordplay to Sharrkan, though it is slightly flawed according to Armakan. Ramses is a quick and agile acrobat, utilizing this with his fighting style to create a sort of dance-like swordplay. Ramses is a quick learner, able to learn Magoi Manipulation from the Yambala Gladiators in less than half a year. Despite his quick learning, he's a poor cook, and according to Amun-Ra "doesn't care for his hair too much" resulting in its shaggy appearance. Ramses, growing up with the royal Amun-Ra family, has been given high level education, and he managed to excel in all the academic topics, giving him the title of a genius. He seems to also like to see children smiling, because they have a childhood that he doesn't have.
Ramses was on a ship going toward the Aktia port. After that, then he would be taking a cart to the Reim Empire's capital, Remana. It sounded extremely simple, but he still had to be wary of nomadic thieves. He stood on the bow of the ship, the winds of the sailing ship fluttered his hair and loose bandages. He has always wondered why he wore these bandages, but then he remembered again. After the murderers of his parents were taken to justice, Armakan took a few clean pieces of the bandages from Ramses's dead parents and wrapped them on on his left arm and shins. It was a reminder of his parents, and he felt like through their bandages, their spirits were guiding him throughout his lifetime.
"Mother, father," his voice sounded like a 19 year old man's voice, "Thank you for guiding me, and I hope that you continue to guide me to this journey."
He looked into the distance. The Aktia harbor was near. He put up a small smile on his face as he was ready to face a new day, and a new sun outside of Heliohapt. He loved Heliohapt, but a mission involving going outside of the country made him excited.
Two Months later. Franklin's View
Ever since I came here, I've put myself through scary life-death situations in the Colosseum, yet survived. I may have a slightly above average win-loss ratio (45-16 I had a match each day), but thanks to me sparing my opponents, the other opponents who bested me were honorable and respectable, allowing me to live in order to better myself, like how I did with Ratha and Marxus. In fact, I befriended them and we became local drinking buddies. Emiline was also doing fine under Titus's tutelage. According to Emiline, it was like Titus is Magnostadt himself, a country that once enslaved non-magicians to fuel their magic run civilization. Thanks to a man named Sinbad (so the sailor exists too), he helped the people of Magnostadt reconstruct the destroyed country after a war against the Medium and abolished the citizenship level system. From what I've heard from Mu, Titus is actually a reincarnated from Scheherazade's dead body, explaining his feminine look.
I've actually grown a bit strong and flexible. I managed to master basic swordplay and learn some advance techniques through the Fanalis Corps. It took me half a month to master the basics, but I'm still learning the advanced techniques. Rohroh also taught me some hand-to-hand in case I was disarmed. Though brutal, I've been through brutal discipline before, allowing me to cope and effectively learn from Rohroh's discipline. I've also managed to make my body flexible through discipline. I was flexible enough that the Life Parasite doesn't need to regenerate broken bones or strained muscles, though techniques normal athletes can't do such as a snapping knee kick (popping my knee to allow my lower leg to kick higher) require the assistance of the healing.
I have adapted to the food here. The food I'll completely miss are fried chicken, cheeseburgers, cola, and chocolate. It's funny because, my body never really deformed physically (get fat etc.) from just eating a bunch of them at a sort of regular basis. An image in my mind shows a fried chicken drumstick, a cheeseburger, a can of cola, and a bar of chocolate, flying away from me with wings that sprout out from their back. My eyes were filled with tears from missing the sweetness of modern food.
"Whatever..."
I had an untouched apple on my hand. I threw it into the air and quickly sliced it with my scissors. As the outer edges were blunt, I utilized Magoi Manipulation to entrust my magoi into the scissors, making the blunt edges strong enough to slice. My scissors were small, so I was able to transfer my Magoi into the sword easily. I grabbed both a half and chewed it apathetically. I smiled at the delicious taste of apples. Thank goodness they still have apples.
*Rrrrr*
An earthquake started to happen. I held my ground and calmly looked around. Everyone around me was starting to panic and questioned why there was an earthquake. I heard a crumbling noise to my left and saw a giant tower being unearthed from a distance. What the heck is that? A dungeon?
Emiline floated down beside me, riding on her staff. Her eyes were widened from the sight of the rising tower. I kept a stern glare at the tower. The quake ended as the tower was fully revealed.
"A Dungeon? Is our Magi finding another king?" a citizen called out.
Many comments about the dungeon arose through the crowds. Titus, with Marga on a staff floated beside me too. Mu, Myron, Rohroh, and the other two King Vessels of Reim ran to me and stopped around me. They all had a reaction of surprise from the recently unearthed dungeon.
"I didn't summon this dungeon..." Titus said to himself. Mu, his corps, and the other King Vessels looked at him.
"If so, then who did?" Mu asked the Magi.
"Possibly Yunan." the Magi replied.
"Could the Magi of Kou be responsible?" Nerva questioned.
"No... I don't think Judar would do this." Titus said.
I looked at Emiline. She stared at me with a skeptical look on her face.
"Hey Emiline, do you think it's possible to have two Metal Vessels?" I asked.
She nodded and responded.
"Yes. Two people in this world have more than one. Sinbad, the Sailor has seven Djinn, and Kouen Ren, the general of the Kou Empire army, has three." she had a smile on her face,"I learned it from Titus,"
I kind of don't care if she learned it from Titus, but hey, at least I didn't have to ask her how she knows. And wait, so the voyages of Sinbad were actually him finding other Djinn? If so, then maybe there might have been Magi in my world. But in my world, they're just fictional stories.
"In that case..."
I ran toward the dungeon with haste. Or in my case, jumped from building to building to get there faster. I think I saw Emiline, with a disapproving glare, behind me. She caught up to me, utilizing her flight. I wished I could just telekinetically dash there. I gave her my own disapproving glare and made haste to the prize.
Ramses's View. A few minutes prior to the dungeon summon
It's my first time here in Remana. The journey was slightly easygoing, with little thieves or bandits infiltrating my cart. I managed to fend them off with the help of the guards escorting me. Those savages can't even wield a blade properly, leading to their eventual defeat and failed ambush. Remana is a beautiful place. There were elegant fashions, clean waterways, civilized people, and the architecture is grand. But according to my mission, an alien with a Metal Vessel was here, and I had to learn about his purpose here in this world. He could possibly come from the world where the Djinn came from. Either way, my king needs answers and I have to know if there's a Magi that either exists outside of here, or can enter between worlds freely.
Suddenly, a very powerful earthquake shook my feet. The earthquake was strong enough to make me fall on my bottom. Suddenly, a giant tower bulged out near me. I ran away from the rising tower until I was at a safe distance. If it's a dungeon, then I must get in to get stronger. I want to be as strong as Armakan, the man who saved me.
After a few minutes, the earthquake ceased and the entrance to the tower conjured a portal. An eight pointed star was on top of the portal, the same one on Armakan Amun-Ra's sword. If this is a place where you get a Djinn, then I have to go in no matter what holds me back. Before any greedy leader called in his/her guards, I quickly ran into the portal. There's no turning back once you've entered a dungeon, and there are many obstacles that have lead to numerous deaths. I want to know more.
Yunan's View. Somewhere near Remana.
*Yawn*
It has been two months since the war and Sinbad, and Kouen were going to reach a summit by this time. It's fun just waltzing around the world. So many various beauties around the world that I haven't discovered yet makes this world more interesting. But what was weird was that a dungeon was summoned here in Remana. I wonder if Judar is up to his mischief, or Aladdin, or Titus might have learned how to raise a dungeon. I guess I'll just watch from here, on my floating staff. I wonder who will be the next King Candidate? I watched the tower stand still, with laid-back eyes.
Back to Ramses's View. Inside the dungeon.
"Wah!"
I woke up on top of a floating piece of earth, in the middle of many other floating platforms scattered around. The platforms are close to each other, and the other platforms that were nearest to mine were to far for me to jump. Also, I saw another portal, which is very far away from my platform, and it appears that it's also far from other platforms, being on the lowest platform. The other platforms were too far apart, being to high and far for me to jump safely to. I felt like I was literally on top of the world, as the whole area around me was sky blue. The sun was shining, yet despite the high height, this area was rather humid.
"Oh my goodness!" a shrill voice said. I looked beside me and saw a girl with blue hair. What's a girl from Imuchakk doing here?! She looked at me and she let out a cute smile.
"An adult! Can you help me get out of here?" she said with a smile.
This girl, despite her maturity, seemed a bit toned, due to her Imuchakk background. She was slightly taller than me, once again, coming from her background. She had a scar on her left cheek, and her blue ponytail had a headband with a short coral over the right side of her face. She had a short white tube-top with a furry shawl covering her shoulders and her biceps. She had a fur loincloth that covered most of her left leg and covered some of her right legs, hiding her skinny legs. She seemed to be barefooted and carried a peculiar sword that most Imuchakk tribesmen have. Perhaps the chieftain, Rametoto sent her.
"Who are you?! How did you get here?"
"I'm Amihiha, Rametoto's grandchild," she said with zeal and pride,"And I came here to investigate an outsider with a Metal Vessel, because gramps said that an adventure outside of Imuchakk will be fun."
She's a rather naive girl. I was twitching from her response, but she didn't seem to mind. I'm guessing almost all Imuchakk tribesmen are born and raised to be fearless. Maybe I shouldn't stereotype them. . Well, where are my manners.
"I'm Ramses Seth from Heliohapt. Armakan, my king has sent me here to find this alien with a Metal Vessel too, but then I found this dungeon and decided to try my luck in getting a Djinn or finding this alien."
She nodded with her usual optimistic smile.
"We're on a similar mission, though I'm only interested in finding this outsider,"
She seemed more delighted in my introduction. She extended a hand forward to me, retaining her innocent childish smile. Even if we're in a place that could kill us, she seems to be optimistic.
"Let's work together to find your Djinn, Ramses. And then we'll get out of here." I'm surprised that this girl has so much energy and so much bravery. I'm also surprised that she seems completely selfless.
With a smile and a confident handshake, I accepted her help. I don't think I can do this alone, nor can she. The more the better.
"Yes, let's do it Amihiha."
"Caw, caw, caw!"
A murder of large harpies appeared from the skies and flew toward us. I quickly brandished my sword. My partner held her peculiar weapon with both hands and we both got ready for battle.
A harpy dove talonfirst toward me, but I managed to take a step back to avoid it. The platform was large enough for both of us to avoid attacks without falling off. I attempted to retaliate with a sword swing, but the harpy managed to fly away from my swing. I heard a caw from behind me and I quickly turned to see a harpy flying toward me quickly. Before I could swing my sword, Amihiha's weapon bludgeoned the harpy into the ground.
"Behind you, Ramses!" she called out to me.
I quickly slashed the harpy about to strike me from behind. The harpy's middle torso was cut cleanly by my sword. We continued to slay seemingly endless harpies until I got an idea.
"Hey Amihiha, maybe we can use these harpies to get down to the gate to safety." I said to the girl.
"How?" she asked.
I anticipated a harpy pouncing on me from behind. Using that anticipation, I quickly did a back flip, effectively avoiding the aerial strike. I landed on the harpy's shoulders and wrapped my legs around her neck. The harpy started to fly, attempting to throw me off. I managed to at least steer the harpy by shifting my weight to maneuver the harpy's flight. The harpy I was mounting on was trying its hardest to keep itself airborne, but her flaps only slowed down her fall, and soon, she wouldn't have any strength to flap her wings. I looked around for nearby platforms, as the harpy was slowing down her flapping. I quickly jumped to a nearby platform before the harpy fell to her death.
I looked up and saw Amihiha strangling a harpy with her weapon. She was still trying to steer the harpy, as the winged beast struggled to force her off. Then Amihiha did something extremely daring. She leaned backward, causing the harpy to go backward with her and started to fall. Amihiha started smiling with the same zeal as before, while gleefully saying "Weee!" as she descended with horrifying speed.
"C'mon Rams, do it!"
My eye twitched from her crazy action.
"Are you crazy, you could get yourself killed!"
*shing*
I quickly sliced a harpy coming from my side. I saw another harpy to my right, hovering. I ran up to her and held her legs. My weight was something the harpy could barely handle, so she slowly descended. The harpy decided to dive down into a platform, bringing me along with her. The extreme descending speed was frightening, but I had a plan. I quickly climbed on to her back and strangled the harpy. I leaned backward, causing her to shift upward. The gate was near, so I maneuvered the harpy to dive straight toward it. I quickly flew into the gate and as I was close to the floor, I hopped on to my feet and dragged the harpy into the ground. As the friction of the harpy slowed me down, my path ended with Ami standing in front of me with the adventurous smile on her face. I hid my blade in my scabbard.
"I've been through a lot of life-or-death situations in Imuchakk, like the time I had to hunt a Rampaging Unicorn to show that I'm an adult,"
"And how old are you exactly?"
"I'm only 10"
Well, all who hail from Imuchakk have extremely large bodies. Once again, my eye twitches from her weirdness. She doesn't react to my twitching, retaining her adventurous smile. I pointed to the path behind her, with her response being a nod.
"You're the boss,"
We continued to walk and talk at the same time. And I continued to look forward.
"You must have been taught by the Amun-Ras right?" she said.
I nodded without looking at her.
"Well, mostly Armakan, though initially condescending of arrogant and rowdy people, Armakan is a calm, understanding, and compassionate man, and all the good he's done has earned him his king status."
"Grandpa Rametoto is always such a hot head and strives for strength. Even if he does strive to be stronger, he's still kind, energetic, and an awesome guy to be around with in parties,"
I looked at her and we both laughed from the enjoyment of talking about our masters. Heliohapt and Imuchakk are kind of polar opposites. While Heliohapt is more civilized and is more modern, Imuchakk is traditional, fun loving, and free. Yet both sides have the common purpose of making every citizen smile, and the respective rulers are the protectors of their nations pride, and they both are allied in the Seven Seas Alliance. Imuchakk people may be crazy and wild, but they aren't true savages, as Ami seems to value family and tradition.
"How old are you Rams?" she asked.
"I'm only 15," I said proudly,"and don't call me Rams. Just call me Ramses,"
"But I always call Grandpa, Rammy!" she whined like a little girl.
I chuckled from her response and did a friendly head shake.
"Sorry Ami, but I'm not your grandpa, I'm only 15"
She laughed at my joke. I also laughed at my own joke.
"Geez and I thought that all Heliohapt people were serious about business,"
I wasn't offended at all to her stereotyping of us. We were allies, and both Imuchakk and Heliohapt are in good terms and I was mature enough to tolerate childish jokes.
"I'm Armakan Amun-Ra, and I'm the king because I have a huge snake on my neck," she said in a mock voice while playing with my loose bandage.
I laughed from her little play, but it ended shortly when she played with my parent's bandage.
"Give that back!" I said harshly as I pulled back my loose bandage. She obediently let go of my bandage.
She sighed from me getting back my bandage. I feel like I shouldn't have yelled at her harshly.
"Sorry," she said while looking down with a sad face.
I sighed and put a hand on her shoulder. She looked at me with a surprised glance. I had a reassuring smile to comfort her small depression.
"I should be saying sorry, I was being harsh on you,"
"Maybe we should both be sorry," she said with a smile. Her eyebrows shifted into a sad formation, but she still smiles.
"Yeah..." I looked my left arm's loose bandage.
"These bandages belonged to my mom and dad,"
She had a worried look on her face and while I didn't turn my head to her, I knew she was looking at me with worry and concern.
"They died?"
I nodded calmly.
"How?" she asked.
"...I'll tell you another time, we still have to get to the treasure room,"
She nodded in confirmation and we both walked down the seemingly endless hall. Amihiha is a kind and understanding girl. While adventurous and fun loving, she quickly understood my situation and showed concern for me. The only friends I really had were Armakan and Sharrkan, but Armakan stayed with me, while Sharrkan was exiled to Sindria. I was too focused on learning more, and didn't have time for friends. Amihiha is my first real friend.
A/N: Initially, I was about to make Ramses a mummy, and Amihiha a golem. I decided to make them human because it's hard to write down about their conditions being their respective undead creatures, so I made them human so that they would be more connected to their respective societies. Ramses was supposed to be a past pharaoh who died at a young age, and Amihiha was suppose to be a younger girl, as well as looking younger. So why did I make them come from Heliohapt and Imuchakk? Because one: their traditions and people are really interesting. Two, because no one talks about them or loves them (probably Heliohapt is loved more because of Mister Sharrkan Amun-Ra). Three, their leaders are freaking badass. Amun-Ra just closing his eyes and his awesome ass Djinn Equip is what earns my adoration. Rametoto, basically is badass himself. He's giant, and his scars and muscular build show a history of badass hunts. Also his Djinn Equip is pretty badass. You'd understand all of this if you read the manga, and if you watch the anime, once again, Spoiler Alert. It would have been cool if I made Frank from Sasan and Emiline from Artemyra, but I still wanted to stick to them being from the modern world, and I didn't want to make my own little future Seven Seas Alliance. Which dungeon is this? Will Ramses earn the Djinn, or Franklin? Feel free to Respond in the Reviews, and thanks for reading.
