Monarchs Legacy

As the three boys were getting changed for the banquet they all had the similar thought 'do I really have to attend this stupid banquet' the boy look at each and smirk realizing they all the the same thought.

"I get why I don't want to go but are these things common for nobles." Blaze asks confused

"Just cause their common doesn't mean we like them" Arlan countered

"Ars here hates them as for me well like I said I'm not interested unless it's video games or a battle." Taiga chimes in.

Blaze shrugs it off and changes the subject "so tell me more about this VR Game."

Taiga's eyes lit up as he starts to explain it all, while Arlan is just happy since this means they'll be late to the banquet.

"The game is called The Realms and there's a rumor the name is gonna change during the 1 year anniversary in 3 months, anyways there's 9 main races, they're Human; Elves; BeastKin, Demons, Divines, Seafolk, Dragonborn, Dwarves and Orcs each race has subspecies or variants for example High Humans are a superior variant of Humans while LizardFolk are a lesser subspecies of Dragonborn, there's even unique races including Celestials and Ancients, there's also the hybrids that are offered at random though it depends on the code that comes with the game if you get that opportunity, we both got one also I think Arlans brother got some 1 of a kind evolutionary armor from his code, oh and there's a rumor that there is a one of a kind uniquie hybrid as well" Taiga explains only pausing to catch his breath.

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(AN: The Realms - basically the 9 realms from Norse mythology except this has 13)

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Taiga resumes "There's are different ways to play, there's a VR visor, a VR Helmet, A VR Chair, A Bed, A Pod, and finally an all-in-1 VR Chamber essentially it's the best features of all the previous options combined, anyways like I said there's different species, there's also different classes some evolve others don't for example a thief stays a thief but a warrior has options for an upgrade that being said the thief class will have options that the warrior class doesn't do it doesn't mean the warrior class is necessarily superior especially if the player who chooses the thief class plays his card right, oh also fun fact The Realms when it was first created a year ago wasn't meant to be a public game it was meant to both train soldiers and give them a release then its existence got 'leaked' basically a kid that was rescued happened upon it and well you can't put the genie back in the bottle so it was released for the public."

"Alright alright you can give him the sales pitch later if we're any later than we already are we'll pay the price" Arlan interrupts.

"Fine" Taiga concedes.

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While the 3 boys are off talking about video games the banquet is underway and unbeknownst to everyone is about to become besieged by Chaos Crawlers and Scourge Bashers

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MONSTERPEDIA

Entry No: 0091

Name: Chaos Crawlers

Threat Level: 3

Intelligence LV: Basic

Classification: Foot Soldier, Hive-mind

Species: Insect, Netherling

Log :Chaos Crawlers is a generic name for Giant monstrous Centipede and Scorpion like netherlings, creatures from the netherworld and a type of foot soldier, though rare some have elemental variants others can temporarily nullify mana if their opponent is weaker. Alone they pose minimal threat but when in swarm they function under a hive-mind and should be avoided.

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End Log.

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As Blaze, Taiga and Arlan make their way to the banquet they notice smoke coming from the center of the academy itself, as Taiga and Arlan attempt to pick up speed they look back and notice Blaze hasn't budged an inch instead sometime has his attention.

"Reapers." Blaze whispers, his eyes full of anger and his fists clamped so tight that they draw blood.

"What?" Arlan and Taiga say in unison.

"I don't know what's going on inside the banquet but the Reapers are behind it there's 3 of them here" Blaze says, his voice quiet yet full of both rage and caution.

"Reapers? You're talking about the Grim Reapers of the Grimoire Empire? That's not possible this place is considered neutral ground they along with every other nation has signed a pact marking academies as off limits plus they would've been spotted long before they reached the mountain pass" Arlan claims adamantly.

"My home village was considers neutral ground too but they raided that 8 years ago." Blaze Counters

"Ok but maybe you're mis"…. Arlan attempted to suggest Blaze is wrong.

"Believe what you want!!!" Blaze says fiercely before ditching the two boys.

Taiga stares at his cousin judging him silently.

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MONSTERPEDIA

Entry No: 0099

Name: Scourge Bashers

Threat Level: 5

Intelligence LV: Basic; Giants - Average

Classification: Tanks, Heavy Units

Species: Corrupted; Trolls, Ogres, Giants (rare), 

Log: Scourge Bashers are Trolls and Ogres (and in rare cases Giants) that have been corrupted by the Netherlings and serve as walking tanks. While the intelligence of their uncorrupted counterparts can be considered non-existent the same can't be said about Scourge Bashers, while they're not intelligent enough to implement strategies they are not so dumb that they'll act their own.

End Log…

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"Hey Tai, did I say something wrong?" Arlan asks not able to figure out why Blaze just got mad.

Taiga continues to stare at his cousin with a judgmental look before he finally speaks up "leave me out of it, this one's your mess to clean up, right now we have bigger issues."

Arlan has an annoyed look on his face he hates when his cousin is right "sigh… let's just go and find out what's going on"

Meanwhile as Arlan and Taiga are heading towards the banquet hall, Blaze is already confronting 2 of the 'alleged' Reapers.

Blaze is staring down 2 of the 'Reapers' and at the same time they're glaring at him.

"Unbelievable a god damn kid detected us" one of the 'Reapers' exclaims completely flabbergasted, the other is speechless.

"You're Reapers aren't you" Blaze states not really asking, he tilts his head "weak ones, so neither one of the circles nor a pillar, huh so your grunts, how lame."

The two reapers completely dumbfounded stare at Blaze before becoming enraged "you…. You have any clue who the f you're messing with boy" "forget it let's just kill this kid and move on".

Blaze just stands there smirking as the two reapers leap at him only to be smashed into the ground by his gravity magic "yep definitely grunts, only grunts are that stupid to blindly attack someone head on."

"So how bout we have a chat, you tell me your plans and depending on the intel maybe I just cripple you" Blaze says coldly

One of two men scoff as they attempt to fight Blaze's gravity magic barely making it to his knees "do we look like idiots to you".

Blaze smirks "you sure you want me to answer that?"

"You Bastard" the man spats "you're a dead man walking, you're dead everyone you care about is dead, we'll make you watch as we ki… kccchh" as the other man starts making threats Blaze teleports behind him and slits his throat.

"Don't make threats that you can't make good on" Blaze says coldly watching as the man chokes on his own blood before turning to the other man whose currently full of terror"I suppose you want to live, if so I have a message for you to pass along, tell your Empress that she and the Reapers will come to regret the attack on TwinFang Village 8 years ago that day will go from being a major victory for the Grimoire Empire to being the cause of its fall!!!" as Blaze says this his eyes glow menacingly his amber eye becoming distinctively more draconic, his silver eye more wolf-like just long enough to cause the grunt to pass out from pure terror before returning to normal.

"Wonder what those two idiots are up to" Blaze says as he stares off in the direction of the Banquet Hall.

In the distance on top a roof observing the fight unfold are 3 cloaked figures, 2 remain completely in the shadows while the middle figure stands exposed under moonlight, their face hidden underneath a hood, as they go to remove their hood a cufflink is briefly exposed revealing the Lumine Royal Family Crest, as the hood of the cloak is removed a man in his mid 30s with long blond hair, piercing green eyes is revealed "Zen and Val, your son really takes after you both, the Grimoire Empire might just come to regret that day" the man pulls his hood back up and nods to the other 2 before disappearing.

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Meanwhile back in the Banquet Hall both Arlan and Taiga have been busy fighting off the Netherlings along with the rest of the first years… well a handful of them anyways.

"These creeps are no joke" Arlan says

"Doesn't help that most of our to be classmates are either injured scared or only interested in saving themselves" Taiga interjects rolling his eyes

The battle has been going on for quite some time and while the students and the handful of faculty present were winning at first things took an unexpected turn when 2 Corrupted Giants appear and decimated half their forces. 

One of the Corrupt Giants targets a group of injured students, a smart strategy though in this case not exactly a smart idea considering the injured students are just an illusion."

In a matter of minutes that giant is brought to its knees and decapitated.

"This was too easy these guys really fell for it like, like what's that line… Hook line and sinker? Yeah that's it hook line and sinker!" A young male with black hair and wolf ears says smirking.

"More like stinker" a red haired boy with wolf ears snickers

The two boys are the third years Hunter Wolfgang and Sky Draconian.

"Yeah yeah, these pests are just roadkill in the making" Hunter says with a grin licking his lips

"There you go with that bad habit again, just restrain from playing around with your prey too much it's so undignified" Sky says with a smirk clearly taking a jab at his twin.

Sky frowns "Didn't the professor tell us during our second year that it's rare for a single giant to become a Scourge Basher yet there's two that showed up."

Hunter pauses before responding "now that you mention it these little pests are too organized almost like…"

"Like they're being controlled" a sinister voice echos across the hall.

The voice belongs to a cloaked female with a vicious suffocating aura flowing from her.

"How cute mere munchkins figured out what their own professors hadn't even realized" the woman voice is full of disdain "should wipe you two out now but orders are orders"

"Orders?" a voice shouts from across the hall, the origin of the voice is Arlan.

"Who are you and what do you mean by orders?!!!" Arlan demands.

"How cute the snot nosed brat of a prince thinks he's in a position to bark demands" the woman spats.

"Who am I you ask?" The woman smirks under her hood "that's a good question" she takes her cloak off revealing she's a dark elf, her outfit pointing to her affiliation with the Grimoire Empire and the symbol on her shoulder, reveals her position within the Reapers as a member of the 3rd Circle.

"Names aren't important" the Mid Ranking Reaper says coldly "Tonight I come with a message from my Empress: Consider tonight's festivities as our Declaration of War and a prelude of what's to come!!!"