PROLOGUE Part 2
The King of Illusion… Jin, for whatever whimsical reason have endlessly summoned hordes of creatures made of illusion using the DD System and are now on the rampage seeking exit from that very castle. Thankfully these creatures have yet to leave the premises of the “IUDICUIM’s” castle, as they are somehow being obstructed by the other people who have joined Elena’s camp to stop the insanity brought by the king of Illusion.
The creatures born from the DD System are indeed mere illusions, they are nothing more but fragments of the unconscious, but… even though they are but mere illusions, as long as the human mind perceived them as real, pain will be there… Death will be there…
Normal means was out of the picture. After all, you can never kill something that has never existed. The last hope for these hopeful heroes was for someone to calm the creatures and stop them from spawning continuously. In this very room was a system separated from the one used by the ‘King’. But not just anyone can do it, it needed someone with a considerably high intelligence, someone who can control multiple creatures in one go... Yes, someone like… Elena.
Summoning multiple, no… thousands of creatures was Elena’s forte, therefore when the plan was made known, she was the first to get chosen and she immediately consented. But that was not the only reason why she has volunteered herself to become this plan’s sacrificial lamb.
It might have been better if they had time to create a perfect system to match the King’s, but because of the system’s complexities it was made incomplete, and it carried a great risk which is also the fatal flaw to this plan: The person who was bound to control the creatures, can only live within the support of the chamber… meaning, Elena would have to remain there… for eternity…
‘How could we have let this girl succumb to this kind of fate?’ the youth repeated that question over and over his head. But the answer might have been there already.
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With Elena settled within the confines of the DD System’s chamber the sensor immediately creates an automated sequence to lock the door. Once the chamber completely closes no one can… no, ‘no one must open it’, forcing it to open will cause a major break to the system and the creatures that usually spawn on a regular basis will instead become unstable and will completely go on a rampage, and that would not be the end to it, for the person who has chosen to enter the chamber will have their mind broken.
‘I can still make it! If I just force her to run… stop her…’ but the young man’s body just won’t move… ‘Was I really this drunk to the idea of our so called IDEAL WORLD… our UTOPIA…?”
*slide
He couldn’t move… no, the youth wouldn’t move…
As the door of the chamber closed, a glint of light run from Elena’s eyes; her precious tears slowly run down her pale white cheeks. She was saying something, it seemed audible.
“…Thank You”
…Guilt immediately rushed through the very embers of the youth’s being. And as soon as the girl named Elena was now out from his sight, anger filled it… He needed to find ‘him’… He needed to kill ‘JIN’….
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Great Hall, Iudicium Castle 15th August 2011 – 24:15
Screams and war cry echoed endlessly in this very great hall, the carpets were smeared with crimson as the blood of allies and enemies alike spilled. The scene reminisce a view that of the medieval era, where knights of old would clash in a certain battlefield.
Sounds of gunshots piercing though flesh… Swords clashing with each other… arrows passing… these noises become more common as the battlefield continued to develop.
The battle seem endless as the creatures just kept on re-spawning from within the distant hallways… no not just that, the creatures were also learning from the defeated ones, they become stronger as a great number of them falls down, as if to fight for their very own existence.
Amidst the confused and desperate few, stood a gallant figure, from his height and flocks of golden hair, one would indefinitely deduce that he’s either a complete foreigner or someone who is mix, a half blood. Well for this young man he was the latter. His English had a slight French accent mixed to it.
“What? Is that all that you’re made off!?”
This young man’s greatness was not just because he stood unfazed by the sheer number of the creatures that continued to increase. But, because of his unparalleled skills with the sword, not only was he leisurely waving a great sword in his right hand which would normally be needing both, but up until that very moment he took down the first three waves all by himself and still continues to fight in the same battlefield.
*swing
He swung his great sword violently at the side to remove the stains of blood which had coated his sword through continuous use. He sighed to himself; a bored look on his face gave off an arrogant feel.
“What a bore…”
Just when he was about to exit the battlefield…
*Shriek
*Shriek
He heard some cries. He then searched and found the source of those eerie sounds. As he looked up to the cries, two human sized gargoyles hanged upside down in the chandelier. The two gargoyles gave this half-French, half-Filipino fierce look, a gaze as if to look down on him…
A nerve must have been twitched as the young man carelessly close his eyes and gave off a smirk
“…How interesting.”
As he saw those two human sized gargoyles mocking him, he wiped that bored look on his face, kick the ground and with a single CLICK, the young man was now in front of the two tough looking gargoyles.
With a single sweep from his two handed sword, he cut down the chandelier from where it hanged on the roof and sent it on the floor.
“Are you trying to kill us, Sylvan!?” a voice shouted below at this youth named Sylvan.
“Sorry, sorry” Sylvan gestured apologetically to his two as soon as he landed on his foot. He could only hide his excitement as he apologized to his comrades
*Shriek
With the two gargoyles now without the chandeliers to rest on finally used their wings to hover on top, they still continued to give those shrieks as if trying to provoke Sylvan.
Sylvan on the other hand was now readying himself for the next round with the two, and with another CLICK he leaped through the air and continued to battle the two.
“Whoa! …Sweet! Mid-air battle…!”
“As usual, he’s so obsessed with the title of the ‘strongest’…”
“Everyone seems to be holding their ground” A short haired girl cut the conversation of the two young men who were more obsessed with the title of ‘strongest’ than their leader.
“Karina…” The two were dumbstruck at the beauty entering a battlefield who clearly did not match her. She was short for an 17 Year old, but her means of speech was that of an old lady, although none of those present there ever said that to her face.
“Of course, we’re geniuses, after all…” the younger of the two males answered nonchalantly.
True enough for people to use a system they were just given a couple of hours ago, they were pretty much holding their grounds.
Wielding weapon-like swords or guns that are made of illusions… casting magic… summoning creature… normally, people would be skeptical of the very idea and a single moment of hesitation would render their attacks to become useless. But the ones in this great hall (a hall made of illusion itself) were open to the fact that an ideal world does exist here… even if that world is but a mere illusion.
“Well, the police officers aren’t so hot though.” Karina pointed to the officers who were pointlessly shooting their guns at the beast that were trying to attack them. But to no avail… after all you cannot kill something that does not exist…
The police officers frantically kept shooting even those that were summoned by the ones who were trying to protect them and end up being bitten or slashed by the enemy creatures.
As the old saying goes only magic can destroy magic an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth, and an Illusion besting another illusion.
“Just how are we able to hide these turn of events…” Karina worries on how the government would react over these sudden circumstances.
“Just leave that to me.” A voice which gave off a more eerie sound than the shrieks of the two gargoyles earlier called on. The three watched as they followed the two origin of the voice, and saw the elderly man stride his way towards them as if the monsters would not dare attack him.
A mixture of shock and detest floated on their faces. They continued to remain silent. But as if to be polite Karina spoke on their behalf “If it is you, then that might be possible” Karina did not bother to look at the old man a second time as he completely passed by them.
The man’s face showed a cunning smile.
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