Chapter 1: the fall of Labyrinthian
“Grandpa, you promised to tell me about the seraphs tonight!”
“Okay, sit down and I’ll tell you about the seraphs:
There was once a great city, maybe the greatest ever to appear on this earth, its name was Labyrinthian.
the city walls with a height of about 25 meters and with a width of 30 meter were completely made of gold, every 50 meter a 40-meter tall tower.
And on the north side, a gate, sculpted by jade, on the left door a human shaking hands with an angel on the right door.
The city buildings were as impressive as the city walls, everything made in gold, with artworks on almost every wall and statues everywhere.
Near the gate there was the unlimited market of Labyrinthian, the biggest market of the continent, with his own motto ’”if you can’t find it here, it doesn’t exist’” and it was no exaggeration.
Everyday millions of people would walk around in Labyrinthian, and not only humans, Seraphs, Angels and even half-demons, the city laws were very hard in case of racial discrimination.
Truly, a paradise in earth, but like any other good thing, it had to end….
At the time, circa 200 a.w (after the demon war), the whole humanity 2 billion of people, were united under the one and great king of the humanity, Raziel III; he had obtained the throne from his ancestor Raziel I, the one that beheaded Gaz, the first Demon.
(I may or may have raped the grammar for commas in the last sentence. Please tell me if it is wrong.)
Under Raziel I and Raziel II the humanity had prospered in peace; However, Raziel III was not like his ancestors, his aim was not to make humanity prosper in peace, he wanted the humanity to rule everything, in heavens and earth.
Just a power-thirsty man, envious of the gifts god had bestowed upon the other races.
His first act of madness was to attack the great city of Labyrinthian, the only city on earth not under his command.
On a random day like any other, his huge army approached the city gates, demanding the complete and condition-less surrender to the empire.
When the city refused his army attacked, no one was spared, not even the children, on that day the demon race raised again under Raziel III orders ,and both the angels and the seraphs disappeared.”
“Wait how could the humans annihilate even the angels?”
“Numbers, the angels couldn’t reproduce, they could have children with humans, but the children weren’t angels, plus, during the demon war, the majority of angels succumbed to Demons.
Even if every angel could kill by himself 1000 men, then his power would run-out and the angel would die.
Against a 10 million army, not even the last 2000 angels that survived the war could do anything, dying protecting their children and loved ones.”
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“We need 500 men to the west gate!”
“Send 2000 archers to the north wall!”
“They are attacking even the east side!”
The headquarters were in a mess, after the arrival of the human army every seraph that could fight was on the walls or on the street fighting for their city, it was HQ duty to send the right amount of men to the key point trying slow down the human advance.
All the officers in the room had clearly understood they couldn’t win the battle and wanted to run away with their families, but they couldn’t, the ancient council, the ruling power of the city, had asked them to slow down enemy movement as much as they could.
If they could succeed, maybe there was a way to survive the crisis, or so they were told.
Meanwhile, in the ancient council assembly room.
“Elpis, we need your help, you, the son of the great first archangel, are the only one that can save us.”
The one that had spoken, was the great elder, Palià, one of the first seraphs born from human womb.
He was dressed with a purple robe with a necklace made of green and red stones.
Near him, there were 12 other elders, dressed just like him. 6 on his right and 6 on the left, forming a circle around a young seraph.
The young seraph was wearing the white uniform of a city guard, with a badge on the right shoulder showing his rank.
His name was Elpis, and as the elder Palià mentioned, his father was the first angel created by god.
“Great elders, just tell me, how can I save my people in this time of need, I’m even ready to take my life away this moment if it’s needed.”
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“The task I need you to do is far heavier than simply dying. When the angels decided to leave the heavens and live with us, they brought a tablet (not the iPad kind); after reading it, we discovered this tablet contains immense power.
Even having this power, we know that the rigth choice is not to use it to annhilate the human army, but to form an ark and flee.
This ark will contain all the people that have friendly intention in this city, except one, the guardian, the Nephilim.
That is what we are asking you; take an oath on the tablet, become a Nephilim, a being closer to god than angels , and protect the ark for all the time it needs.
Don’t rush your decision, for becoming a Nephilim will mean living forever and most of this time you will be alone, you will see all your friends die while remaining forever young and burdened with us.”
“I-I” he took a long sigh, thinking at how he was going to say goodbye to his life and even to his race.
“I accept; I will become the eternal guardian of the ark.”
The elders reunited nodded with solemnity to Elpis words.
“Take this and repeat after me”
Palià handed him a stone tablet, on the surface were countless alien characters, he could not recognize even one.
“I Elpis son of Foll-”
“I Elpis son of Foll-”
“Swear on my life-“
“Swear on my life-“
“To become a Nephilim guardian and protect my people.”
“To become a Nephilim guardian and protect my people.”
When the last word dispersed in the hall, the tablet emitted a white light and his surface become hot, extremely hot.
Elpis suffered the pain in silence, when it ended and Elpis finally took a breath of relief, however. a new surge of pain attacked his hand, several times more painful than the last one.
This time he could not resist and screamed on top of his lungs.
When the pain started to fade, the tension of his fingers disappeared and the tablet fell on the ground, breaking in a thousand pieces.
Elpis started in disbelief at the pieces of the tablet and fell to his knees thinking he had committed a grave mistake.
Why are you crying child?
“Hmmm? Who spoke?”
Elpis raised the head seeing the faces of the elders full of confusion and despair, they were looking at the crushed tablet, and none had muttered a word, even ignoring Elpis question.
I Spoke.
“W-Who are you?”
I am the Spirit of the tablet, master of secrets, by letting you absorb me, that old piece of stone completed his task.
“Absorb? What do you mean? No more importantly, can you help me save my people?”
Of course, I can, just tell me what you want to do and I will tell you how to do it.
“The elders told me about an ark, what is it, and how can it save the city?”
The ark is an alternative dimension, just activate it, in a matter of seconds, all the people that you consider friendly will all be teleported inside the ark, for them the time will stop, and even if 1000 years passed, they would not feel anything.
After the people transfer a pearl should appear in front of you, that will be the ark, your task will be to keep this pearl safe until you find a new home where to safely open the it. Meanwhile you will also have to keep the ark alive, to do so, you will have to create a Dungeon, but I will explain that later.
For now create the ark and save your people.
“Elders, prepare, I’m going to create the ark”
The elders still crying about the broken tablet looked startled at the young boy that just now had destroyed their only hope.
The boy, in a span of a few seconds had changed, his hair once green had turned white like snow and his eyes were glowing with an azure light, even the eyeballs were azure.
The green gem adorning his forehead, signo of his belonging to the seraph race had disappeared.
The other great change, that noone in the hall saw, was his heart had crystallizated, now he was emitting a low azure light.
He had become a Nephilim.
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