Part 1
1839 of the Sun
An idyllic kingdom in the sun's continent lies in ruins as brave men lie dead in the dirt, their blood streaming.
The skies roared in rage at the injustice that was done to the people.
The heavy downpour did not cease continuing endlessly as the wind also howled in anger.
The fire that burned extinguished leaving the remains scorched.
They came in the middle of the night with hoods covering them.
The resisted, the imperfect, or the unwanted died the rest captured in red collars on their necks becoming the property of power.
The blood left on the castle carpets said no one escaped and their struggles were history.
They marched with chains on them like cattle; they are now the forgotten and lower cast of society.
A slave.
As a result of the death of the king, the queen, and the princesses were taken away.
The protectors fought to the bitter end without hope or serenity.
Why does mankind see their own as lower animal lifeforms?
Even in alliances betrayal is bound to take.
The weak cannot stand alongside the strong thus they must be severed.
Is there an inkling of hope?
Similarly, events like this occurred in some other places but on a smaller scale only affecting isolated villages.
This was the night an entire kingdom was erased from the world.
Night of the Crimson Blood Moon.
Along with their citizens, the Crimson Moon Royal family was assassinated.
Moon Kingdom.
***
Part 2
1840 of the Sun
When I wake up. The other side of my bed is drenched with the blood of the filthy man I slay every night. I like the smell of my enemy's blood keeping me company every night. The moistness of it in my hair is what dyes it. I want their heads above my bed but I can't bring such a thing into someone else's property. I know it's a bad thing that's why it bothers me a lot as I can't control myself in situations where I meet men at every corner. Yes, this is not normal but my night is toxic without the blood of man. This is why I don't leave the island as it's my prison which keeps me from being a bloody maniac.
As I get up from bed I do my morning exercise before the sun rises. Of Course, there is the problem of explaining this to Lady Lyla but I tend to not let her know this habit of mine. For the past months, we've been moving from inn to inn. We picked up orphans and rescued some people from their miserable lives, which has put me in the mood to smash some noble's heads. And because of that, I left my party coming here alone in this forsaken land, the Brisca Kingdom. Due to reports of underground slave trading here, I rushed, wearing no combat armor, and now I have to pretend to be someone else in this stupid place.
It's a hassle.
Sigh
Now that I'm done with my exercise it's time for clothes to wear. Ahh, it's even hard thinking about what to wear. I wish they were here to at least help me with this as I don't know anything about the things that they wear. Looking at these clothes I bought yesterday I'm clueless as to what to do. I think they are called Victorian something. Well, whatever. I'll just ask the inn's maid for help but first, let me clean the blood sheets.
This room I'm currently staying in is quite large but there is not a lot of furniture in it but I don't care about any of that so long as I'm in a place to sleep.
***
A few hours after the maid dressed her she left the inn and no one asked her about the state of the room was in.
Her idea of cleaning the blood consisted of deconstructing the bed and stuffing the sheets somewhere, not communicating with the maid or the owner as she left only a bag of gold coins for compensation.
And this was enough to keep the inn owner from questioning anything.
Leaving the inn she received the eyes of everyone.
Some call beauty the light which captures the attention of everyone and that is not wrong.
Although she is a warrior in a battle she is a beauty when she dresses like a lady.
In the kingdom of Brisca, only the wealthy in high status wear clothes like this and they are the nobles.
And despite her wearing a Victorian dress her walk was nowhere near how a noble lady walks.
But the long brown hair was attracting more attention than her dress as it was close to the ground almost covering her whole like a cape.
To her surprise, no one dared to approach her, seeming scared of involving themselves with someone of unknown status.
She walked into a dark alley knocking on a door 7 times.
After investigating this place for some time she learned it was a place where people of high status come for a business they don't want anyone to know.
Opening the door was a bulky man and before he said anything he was bashed in the face knocking him out instantly.
Like a mad dog, she dashed in breaking any person that came in front of her.
"Ahh, it's an intruder."
A man holding a knife came at her screaming his lungs out but before he could go near her she ran to him with her hands like bull horns.
She went in from his chest to his back, her hands protruding from him as he was lifelessly staring in shock.
And pulling her arms apart the man was torn into two pieces.
With a savage smile, she picked up the knife slashing and slicing throats and if one came from the other side she crushed their head with her fist.
The building she was in was not a fancy one where the rich gather or even thugs gathered but there was a basement that had a door leading to a vast underground lair.
It took her a lot of time and effort to know of this place but it was worth the trouble.
This smelled of something she hates no it's something all Amazons hate: their arch-nemesis.
Breaking the metal door leading to the underground lair she looked at the men she killed on her way to this place it seemed as though they were not happy that someone found their hideout but since they were dead the expression on their faces did not matter to her.
And before she went down she tied her hair into a ponytail and the dress she was wearing was torn from many places leaving her distasteful but since it was not getting in the way she let it be how it was.
"It's time for head crushing."
She had no one to disturb her while enjoying the time of her life.
A lone wolf always craves to fight alone and the more enemy to make that dream come true the better.
And thus she went into the den of snakes as the music of doom echoed in the background.
The underground lair is a large castle built for shady businesses and its owner is a person of high status in the Brisca kingdom.
This underground castle has been here for 90 years and no one knows of its existence except those who seek it.
And the purpose of this place is not only for slave trading but also they auction valuable items.
As such today happens to be a day when many influential people gathered to take part in the auction.
They have no idea who will be coming to say hi.
The castle is an infrastructure that has two towers on both sides and each has an entrance.
The east tower's only way to enter is through the building above, this building is meant to camouflage it on the above surface.
The west tower its entrance is connected to the port and the way to enter it is through a tunnel which is located below a hotel.
A man was sitting in his office with how he looked. The first thing that would come to anyone's mind is this man is an unscrupulous guy no matter what.
Because the air he has around him is that of a villain.
While organizing the papers someone barged in without permission which ticked him off.
Bang
"Huff" "Huff"
The person who came in looked scared while gasping for air.
"Sir, sir there…huff… There is an intruder."
"What the hell you bastard can't you see I'm organizing my work, wait huh did you just say an intruder?"
"You fool go gather the guards and stop them."
"But sir it's only one person."
"Wait, what one person… ah I'm surrounded by fools."
"Don't you know today is a big day? Big names are coming, we can't let even one fly come in and you're telling me one person isn't an emergency."
"Send in the newbies to deal with it and I want every lazy bastard guarding that door, get it now go."
"Yes, sir."
Turning around to reorganize his work a snake tattoo could be seen on his neck. This tattoo symbolizes one thing and they say when you see one leave because it means they are everywhere.
The symbol of dread and death.
A snake biting a skull.
***
At the same time somewhere along the borders of Brisca and its two neighboring allies from the Sacred Order, a blimp ship was flying over to an unknown destination.
Today was a special day for the Sacred Order faction.
There are 21 countries on the continent of the Sun, all of which are members of the Sun alliance, which is further divided into three factions.
The Union faction is the first of those factions which are composed of three nations: Narwhal, High Academia, and the Long Dynasty.
The second faction is called the Sacred Order which is composed of 8 nations.
1: As a nation where blood reigns, the Brisca kingdom is divided into four segments: the ruling family, the nobles, the warrior class, and the commoners.
This kingdom is known as the kingdom of dance as its tradition involves dancing. If you have a talent for dancing then making money would be easy.
2: Liberty City is a small nation consisting of only one city.
A pure city where no blood is spilled, most of its denizens are young because the queen is known to care for orphans adopting all children that have no place to call home.
3: The Dukedom of Water is a nation blessed with fertility and because of it, many merchants are from this nation.
4: The Dominican Republic of Arena Blanca
is a nation of culture their ruling system was made to perfection as the people vote for who represents them.
5: Camelot kingdom of knights.
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6: With the biggest colosseum in the world, Champfort is where one seeks fame and glory.
7: Nightfall Lunar is a nation of inventors.
8: Among the nations of the Sun continent, Mali has the most gold.
These eight nations together are the Sacred Order.
The remaining 9 nations are called the Banner Lords faction.
In the blimp ship, two people were conversing as they looked down at the beautiful scenery.
"Saintess, what do you think of this incident?"
Looking to his side was the saintess of light; she was wearing a white dress and covering most of her body was a scarf that also covered her hair and a translucent veil.
Behind her were six translucent long thin wings that were made of light and were more like tentacles as they moved around.
Her eyes were closed as it was said she is blind but don't let that fool you because she does not need anyone's help to fight or walk.
Similarly looking at him while her eyes were shut she could make out the shape of King Arthur. He is a tall man wearing bronze armor and attached to his wrist is the famous sword Excalibur.
Besides, she does not need to see him as what's inside the person matters, not how they look on the outside.
"From my understanding, it's most likely related to the movements those snakes have made recently."
Her voice was good and soothing to the soul.
"Indeed I would think of the same."
After that, the two remained silent thinking of the tragic fate that took place.
"So, saintess, I heard that you had the Amazons train the children, why's that?" He inquired.
"Oh, yes it's wonderful every time they come, the kids are happy."
"Huh, why is that?"
"Don't you know the sisters bring all kinds of wonders from their island to land?"
"Oh really that sounds great, can you tell me what those wonders are?"
"Definitely, well first there is the amber honey nectar, blood-sucking lily, fruit eggs, medical potions, and a whole lot of food supplies."
Amber honey nectar is a honey that is good for the body. It can be used both inside the body and outside as a soap body.
Kills all the impurities in the body, hardening your skin against such things.
Blood-sucking lily is a unique lily flower that is grown in the land of the Amazon. It's only used by women and they use it during their month.
If consumed after the period it cleanses the body making you free of the month for a year or two.
Fruit eggs are fruits that look like eggs inside and outside. They are good for the mind and eyes, helping kids improve their studies and eyesight.
"Wow, I didn't know that. Are the products that they deliver to you free?"
He was puzzled and he was right to be because nothing in the world is free and he is hearing one nation giving out free things.
"Of course it's free. Besides they're not the only ones we also give them things although I cannot say what it is."
"What?"
The saintess felt something wrong as the knight king was quiet.
"No, nothing, it's just that I thought the Amazons were more violent than the barbarians."
"Oh, come on I thought you were someone who didn't judge people by what you hear where your morals go."
"My bad, saintess I shouldn't have said such things, it was out of place."
"No, it's okay to have that misconception because although they are good sisters when it comes to men that can be a little out of hand."
"Anyways, let's begin."
The saintess looked up at the clouds thinking to herself while spreading her arms.
"Hmm, alright let's begin."
The saintess started to shed tears and instead of the droplets hitting the deck they floated around her in lines like a school of fish.
"Room"
Her tears became aspheric, covering her like a room, with light shining within it like a star in the night.
"Oh, enemies of humanity show yourselves as the light covers the day."
"Photons Sense"
The light particles inside the room started to take the form of rings of light energy as they gathered around her.
The light rings expanded rotating as fast as the wind.
"Search and locate photons sense."
The light rings became thinner and expanded more, becoming one with the light of day.
Ruler of Liberty City: Saintess Ria
Ability Emerald-Gem of Light
Gathers light particles making them into energy that heals and destroys.
After a few minutes, the saintess felt something, turning on her west.
"Found them."
"Which way am I facing?"
"You are facing west saintess."
"Then they are to our west in Brisca somewhere underground."
"So, it was him after all."
"No, King Arthur, calm yourself, we're not sure of it yet."
"Also I'll have to call upon the Sacred knights. We'll raid them tonight." Said the saintess as she looked at King Arthur making him blush as the surging anger within him stopped returning to his heart.
King of Camelot: King Arthur
Practitioner of sword arts.
"It would seem of the Sacred Order faction only us two are present and 3 are excused meaning 3 of them did not answer the call should we hold them accountable for this?"
Although suppressed his anger, the unreliableness of his allies irritates him.
"Times are changing and the winds pick up war on the horizon so everyone's worried not knowing who's enemy or ally just like what happened to the Moon Kingdom." She said as tears rolled down her face.
Sensing something he heard some sort of sound like a laugh but did not see anyone wondering if he heard right.
Hahaha
From the horizon, a great laugh accompanied by a giant bird shadow covered the blimp ship, as if to answer his curiosity.
Descending from the clouds was a man riding a vulture with a golden peak and accessories on its neck.
Even the man himself was full of gold from his clothes to everything he wore: the crown, rings, necklaces, and even the shoes he wore.
He was a black man with gold teeth and long golden hair.
King of Mali: Gold G. Mansa
Awakened ability all that is gold is mine to control.
"Greetings unto you, saintess of light and Sir Arthur."
"Greetings unto you too, King Mansa."
"Greetings unto you too, King Mansa."
Both of them greeted the king of gold with surprised expressions as they did not expect him to show up.
"Vulture, take me closer so I can shine alongside the light."
"Hihihi, although you grew older you haven't changed much King Mansa."
The saintess giggled amused at how much the king hasn't changed.
"Oh, you mean this."
King Mansa flexed as his golden hair danced with the wind.
"Hihihihi, indeed that…"
Ignoring the knight who was staring at him fiercely he conversed with the saintess.
"So, when will we be closer than this saintess."
Wink Wink
"Huh, this again Mansa my boy…"
The saintess voice and demeanor changed into that of a mature one.
"No, no oh come on don't look at me like that."
Looking around he tried to stroke his beard but realized he had none.
"I do good deeds because wealth is for the people, not for the individual. And for that, I did not donate to attract you or the opposite gender… or even for fame."
"Okay, I'll take that but you know I'm like your grandma so don't make me feel something like that. Now King Arthur here will engage with Laffitte, so you should head for the port and see who's involved with the slave trade."
There was a feeling of rivalry between the two men as they stared at each other.
***
Part 3
In the underground lair.
A woman in a red dress was smoking a long pipe while sitting comfortably on a large sofa.
As she smoked she looked down on the man that was prostrating to her.
"Speak."
"Yes, yes Lady Annabelle, all items are accounted for and ready for auctioning."
Poof large smoke came from her mouth covering the man's body wholly.
"Not that, the intruder."
"Oh yes, that."
He statured before continuing.
"The intruder is unarmed and is held off by the triplets at the third level. I believe she won't be able to defeat them as she is exhausted fighting the men on the first and second levels."
The underground castle is huge and as the towers represent its doors there are ten levels each being its own floor.
"What of our guests?"
"They are all here although an expected person showed up, my lady."
As she stood her revealing clothes presented themselves but the man didn't even lift his face as if death was staring at him.
She was wearing a red net-type dress and red stockings.
A golden crown held her hair together as a hairpin.
A bloody tattoo of a snake was on her cleavage going from one to the other as it bit the skull.
There were also golden nails attached to her nails. These are unique weapons called Covetous Nails that radiate a dark red aura.
The Red Lady. The Bloody Countess. Lady Annabelle.
Awakened ability Blood.
Poof, she released a lot of smoke as she spoke. "Alright, we begin in half an hour."
"Oh, right, what does the intruder look like?"
The man was flustered as he did not remember what she looked like.
"Ah, she's tall… ah… and long hair… also ah, ah that's all we know I think my lady."
"Pathetic go."
As she thought to herself she came up with some nasty plan for the intruder thinking it would be the one she was expecting.
And as a person who delights in the suffering of others, she does not like for her time of enjoyment to be interrupted especially when she is hosting an auction.
Is a person who feels they are higher than the rest seeing others as not the same species care for them?
Thus the coming of someone who broke through to the third level alone means they are confident enough to take them down or the person just doesn't know anything about this place.
For worse, the thing about it damages her pride.
No matter the reason, her coming here put her in a good mood.
She was thinking of plucking off the weed or maybe even doing what she always dream of doing.
And that seemed to be the best option.
She slowly walked off to the auction floor leaving the intruder to the triplet's hands.
Today she is receiving high-status guests from around the world and keeping them waiting would damage her image thus she must make haste to greet them herself.
After arriving at the auction floor room the attendants already prepared everything and were waiting for the guest to enter.
There were three main doors to the auction floor; two doors had stairs leading to the upper floor of the room for VIPs.
And the door in the middle was the main door for other participants of the auction.
Entering first was a strange group of jesters.
Each of the three jesters had a mask with the 7 spades, diamonds, or clubs, while behind them was a tall metallic knight, similar to the one who fought the rider. However, this metallic knight had a spear instead of a sword.
A man in a butler uniform announced as they entered.
"Entering first we have our guest from the empire, the intelligence agents of masked jesters."
Clap! Clap!
The attendants clapped. "Welcome dear guests."
Going up the stairs the jesters did not speak.
Coming in second was another group of individuals wearing strange clothes.
Again the butler spoke announcing the second group.
"Entering second we have our guests from the land of smithing and samurai the Blade Tengus yakuza."
The third group was the aristocratic families of the Brisca kingdom.
"And our third guests are the nobles of this very own land."
There were many noble families participating in this auction the reason being they are a*holes who see only prestige and noble blood.
The slave business exists because of them as they are the biggest customers who are in demand of slaves.
It goes like this in many societies the ones who suffer are the ordinary people.
The ones in power like to stay like that forever and want no changes to the system.
Yes, there are those who care about the people wanting the good in humanity.
But the world goes like this, there are monsters who prey on humans, and those who pick up swords to face them have different ideologies.
It is not about those in greater power who must take responsibility to save and guard the weak.
It is about glory, wealth, and power for some while others do it for humanity but they are on the minority side.
Because to fight against the monsters one must break through human limits six times or awaken an ability to stand on equal ground.
Nobles they have tainted…
The heart of humans.
The belief of humans.
The rights of humans.
The dignity of humans.
To tremble upon what makes one a human you have declared war on the world.
Monsters rose to power to balance the world.
They are what will drive humanity into uniting and standing as one.
At least that was their purpose but humanity rose above that, cornering these same monsters.
The way they walked in not giving an eye to the greetings of the attendants.
Clap! Clap!
The attendants clapped. "Welcome dear guests."
"Entering we have the representative of the merchant union."
During the entrance of the people in expensive clothes, an icy mistress could be seen behind as her aura rose high, scaring them to make way. Even the butler got terrified as he announced the person in a hurry.
"Entering we have… the daughter of Thulrak… I mean Vulvadora the princess of Ice Berk."
Walking in like this was her house she tracked the eyes of everyone.
She was wearing animal hive clothes and had Viking tattoos of axes and decapitated serpents all over her body.
"What… what are you waiting for… clap for me as you did for everyone else."
Clap! Clap!
The attendants clapped with awkward smiles. "Welcome, dear guest."
"Tch, Disgusting…"
With disgust of the attendants, she went upstairs to one of the VIP rooms.
She smelled them, no, to be accurate she sensed them as all of them are bloody killers akin to nonhumans.
The worst killers are those who hide in human skin.
A few mysterious figures came after her, going straight into their VIP rooms.
After the guests settled in, the red lady went onto the stage for the opening.
"Ahm, dear guest I welcome you again and you may address this one as Lady Annabelle."
"You know us with many names and am sure you know what kind of organization we are as we never fail to satisfy your needs."
"And I know words are not what you are here for so let us begin what we gathered here for."
After she finished her speech a big cage covered in cloth was dragged onto the stage.
"What is that? What is that?" The guests murmured to themselves.
Clap! The butler, who welcomed the guests, clapped to get everyone's attention.
"My lady, I shall take it from here."
Pointing his right arm to the cage he faced the audience.
"Dear guests, today we shall present to you ten unique items, some of which are ancient."
"But before we begin I should inform you that we will not trade any of our items with gold as the only currency we accept is crystal coins. You should know well that this time's invitation was different than any before it."
Gasp!
Utter shock even some of the VIPs were shocked.
Because unlike the normal money that goes in the order of copper, silver, and gold which means ten coppers are equal to one silver and ten silver equals one gold.
But one crystal is equal to one thousand golds therefore their shocks were guaranteed.
"In light of this, our first item is the legendary elixir. Yes, the one said to cure incurable diseases."
"Our bidding price will start from 5 thousand crystal coins, begin."
"5,200… 5,500… 6,000… 7,600… As it began the nobles started competing for it like mads"
Item No. 1 Elixir, a potion made with the ingredient of golden apple and heart apple.
Two similar unique fruits that extend life force and cure the sick.
Only ordinary humans can use it as those who broke the limits or awaken powers won't receive its effect.
***
Back on the third level of the castle tower.
"Brothers support me." Said a fat man as he threw a devastating punch at the intruder which pushed her but did no damage.
"Beast Ki Art Bashing Bull."
As another man ran into her she crashed through two walls completely destroying everything that came her way.
Huff! Huff!
Coming out of the destroyed room the three brothers cornered her each striking from different places while using all their might.
"Beast Ki Art Bull's Might… Beast Ki Art Buffalo's Trembling Hoofs… Beast Ki Art Wildebeest Speed Punch." All three brothers went in without mercy.
Hehe, chuckling to herself she caught the hand of one of the brothers who was striking from her right twisting his arm she said.
"Haven't I been keep saying I… can't feel any of this."
Bam
Her whole arm went through his stomach as the other brother shouted in fear.
"Brother!!!"
And that one confusion of putting their guard down gave her the time to finish them all at once.
She threw the half-dead body at the one coming from her left as she headbutted the one in the middle.
Following up she grabbed the other brother's head and bashed him on the floor again and again until his head was one with the floor.
Grabbing the leg of the remaining unconscious brother she went to the stairs going down to the next level.
And just like that three humans who are each comparable to a thousand men were defeated.
"Bloody bastards caring about each other when all they do is destroy families."
***
"Going for our third item, the snake fang assassin token with it, you can request the death of any high-ranking person within the Sun continent. Our bidding price will start at 500,000 crystal coins."
"1 million…" Suddenly someone in the VIP room shouted.
"Haha, I think someone's eager for the death of a certain person." Spoke to one of the nobles.
"Pft, who isn't?" Said another.
"Hahaha, let us enjoy the play since we can't compete with the big players."
In one of the upper VIP rooms where the jesters were, the jester with 7 of the clubs spoke.
"Are they thinking we need them to do our business for us?"
"7 clubs don't get distracted by that item, what we're here for would most likely appear at the end."
"Yeah, yeah whatever diamonds."
"Speaking of assassinations, why are we not taking this place down?" Said the jester of 7 spades.
"Spade, clubs stop with that okay… the higher-ups do what they want so don't question just do your job." Remarked diamonds with an angry tone.
And in the room next to them the mysterious individuals with scholarly robes and masks conversed.
"So, do you maybe think we should get that and use it on the Amazon Ambassadors?" Said one of them.
"No, I heard some snakes were snooping around their trail and it would most likely be them wanting the same thing." Answered a scholar that was wearing a baby mask.
"Okay, then we should focus on what we came here for after all that is more important than what they can offer us." Concluded the last of them as he was wearing a mask with a long beard or it could be his own.
Back on the stage, the butler announced the bidding result.
"Okay, going once on 13.5 million crystals for the gentleman in VIP room 1… going twice, thrice, and sold. With that conclusion, our fourth item will be the…"
He paused, waiting for the audience's attention. "A Cursed Katana."
Cursed Katana: A weapon forged by a vengeful blacksmith who lost his family in a tragic event until he is avenged no one shall control it as the sword's ego is thirsty for blood and revenge.
Of the 50 Imperial Blades, Cursed Katana.
End of Chapter 11