Germany, Berlin
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
The Leibniz Institute is a natural science research organisation.
Located in the heart of Berlin, it is adjacent to the Berlin-Friedrichsfelde Zoological Park.
Since the transfer, this park has become a place containing many species that, without evidence to the contrary, are foreign to this world, with pheasants becoming de facto the last representatives of their species.
Inside the Leibniz Institute, Elene Kranz had been observing her new subject of study for a few hours, brought in from within a German forest.
On the table was a large cage containing a small humanoid creature at least 1 meter tall, with a greenish tinge and human-like skin.
The creature was reputed to be weak on its own but frighteningly formidable in a pack.
During the hours of observing the specimen, Elene noted the complete aggressiveness of this species completely tireless, it continued to bite the bars and attempt to snatch her fingers if they got too close.
She stopped what she was doing when the door opened, revealing her colleagues accompanied by a scholar from Farosse, who seemed amazed by the tour of the park and the state-of-the-art facilities inside the building.
"You've come at just the right time, I'm going to prepare it for scanning." She explained, pointing at the creature known as a goblin.
After the goblin had fallen asleep under the effect of the sedative, the zoologists carried it to the scanner.
The scholar silently watched the strange manipulation the Germans were performing on the goblin, without really understanding it.
After more than 15 minutes of scanning, the goblin was taken out of the machine and returned to its cage.
"This machine works wonders." Exulted the scholar as he looked at the anatomically accurate image of the goblin.
"What is this thing?" Wondered the zoologists as they observed an elongated hexagon-shaped mass positioned in the abdomen.
"It looks like a piece of metal." They suggested to themselves.
Noting the Germans' growing questioning, the scholar began to look at the area that was puzzling them.
"This is a mana crystal, an organ made up largely of crystalline Oriharukon, which has a great capacity to absorb mana and store it in small cells that allow us to use magic.
Following the scholar's explanation, the zoologists were amazed to discover species that were completely different from those found on Earth.
Kingdom of Igonac
Academy of Magic
In the kingdom of Igonac, on an island comparable in size to Mallorca (Spain), lies the Academy of Magic, an institute renowned by all, welcoming mages of all ages and from all walks of life, and for a time even welcoming the daughter of Emperor Gothoc before the war.
Despite the ongoing war, the Academy had kept its doors open, even though many of its students had returned home.
But for a few days now, a new and rather special group of students had joined the Academy, making it possible for the first time for people who couldn't do magic to join.
There were 10 of them, each divided into several classes, and all of them were renowned scientists funded by the german government to study the principles of magic.
In one of the Academy's physics classrooms, a rather more unusual course was being held for Germans who did not yet understand the continental language.
All their teachers had to be Farosser speakers, and the room was full of students, all of whom were there to attend this most unusual of courses.
"And you're telling me that what you call mana, the source of all magic, is an energy spread throughout the entire universe?" A German physicist in the room asks.
"That's right, but there are two types of mana, the most abundant is repulsion mana, a mana discovered by demons whose energy no one has yet managed to use.
Its main characteristic is that it controls gravity by inverting it, taking the whole universe with it, whereas the second mana, which is the mana we use, interacts with almost no matter apart from orichalcum and mithril, metals that make up all the living beings on the planet in varying quantities."
Before he could continue, the physicist stopped the teacher, drawing the attention of the other students.
"In our world, almost a century ago, we discovered an energy that matches what you call repulsion mana, we call it dark energy, and we have found no trace of the second variant or of the two materials that interact with it." Explained the physicist, taking notes.
"No Oriharukon how do they live." Mumbled the other pupils, intrigued by the man's knowledge.
Germany
Internet
The whole internet was abuzz with excitement after the DLR announced the discovery of a new land on this world, broadcast live on the web and national channels.
After a long wait, the live broadcast started, showing a lone man at a lectern.
"The invocation catastrophe, everyone saw what happened that day when the halo cut us off from our world and threw us into this unknown and dangerous world.
In our misfortune we were lucky, lucky that the halo crossed the orbit of several satellites at the time of the transfer bringing this with us into this world, and today thanks to these satellites we have pushed back the cartographic knowledge of this world by discovering this."
"It's only 2700 km to the east of our country that we find this land of an as yet unknown surface area, but all we can say is that this land is inhabited not by an industrial society as we have found traces of in the atmosphere, but by another pre... [https://img.wattpad.com/c50cac30cc95577f5fbedf24555abcdc6cb8c906/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f465a38616a4263767764537933773d3d2d313430393632363530312e3137613537376462663366356137383738343933373835323131392e706e67?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
"It's only 2700 km to the east of our country that we find this land of an as yet unknown surface area, but all we can say is that this land is inhabited not by an industrial society as we have found traces of in the atmosphere, but by another pre-industrial civilisation.
The reason why these lands have never been discovered despite their proximity remains a mystery, but we will seek to learn more about this world and its mysteries.
Within a year, in collaboration with the NewSpace, we will send a new fleet of satellites into orbit..."
The person's speech continued for a few more long minutes, but everything that followed the event flooded the new web with a stack of comments.
Location unknown
"Have you found out where this burst of magic came from?" Asked the man seated in front of a table observing intently the person standing in front of him.
"Yes, Your Excellency, our mages have been working day and night to triangulate the source of this sudden surge of magic, and they have come to the conclusion that this surge came from reserve number 1." The man explained as he read the document in front of him.
"Reserve number 1 you say." The man replied, rubbing his chin.
"Those primitives must surely have found some ancient magic in the lost colony, they certainly didn't know how to control it." He added with a sneer.
"How's the situation on the other side?" He asked, changing the subject.
The man in front of him fiddled with a few sheets of paper before answering.
"They are in the midst of a civil war and are unlikely to pose any problems for us at the moment."
"Yet another proof that we are superior to them." Added the sovereign, before standing up and walking towards the window.
11th January 2022
11th passage 1 Ogdea 1650
somewhere in Germany
From his seat, Uknux observed the city passing by before him.
A lot had happened since his plane had been shot down, his world had changed completely, for the first time he had felt the fear of his adversary, an adversary who had shown a power greater than theirs and he had easily beaten him with it.
"It's extremely empty." He thought to himself as he watched the roads lined with a good number of cars, while the cars on the road were extremely rare.
After a few minutes, the roads lined with tall houses gave way to huge white buildings, most of them made of sheet metal.
Just as quickly as these buildings had arrived, this changed at a bend where the road became narrower, with individual houses on its edges.
The vehicle continued on its way before arriving at a structure surrounded by trees hiding a long concrete wall.
Finally, after passing through the gates of the enclosure, the vehicle stopped, taking advantage of the pause to look out of the window where it had stopped and from there he could clearly see the extent of the prison before him.
"I don't see any protection against magic." He noted, scrutinizing the flaws of the building.
After getting out of the vehicle, the guards waiting for him at the entrance removed the handcuffs that cut off his mana flow, and that's when he noticed it.
"There's nothing." He thought, noticing no source of mana in the vicinity."You seem to be quick to notice." A person at the entrance to the building came out, and he immediately turned his gaze towards this person, an elf probably 300 years old, who was scrutinising him with a mischievous look.
"You're in luck, until the end of the war you'll now be housed in the first prison in this country to be equipped with a mana absorber." Explained the man with a sneer.
Berlin Federal Chancellery
"It doesn't look too complex." That's what Chancellor Gabriel said to himself as he listened to the technicians instructions explaining the workings of the magiccom that had just been installed in his office.
"I was wondering, does it need electricity to work?" He asked, pointing to an electrical socket.
The technicians looked at each other with some confusion."Electricity? Sorry, but modern magiccoms use a pulse capacitor, so you'll just have to change it regularly." One of the technicians replied, pointing to a crate filled with crystalline tubes.
After the technicians explanation and demonstration, the Chancellor found himself alone in his office with a pile of documents.
He grabbed the first document in front of him before reading it.
"So spies are inoculating themselves with viruses to make it easier to penetrate the country." He muttered after consulting the contents of the document.
13th January 2022
13th passage 1 Ogdea 1650
Volciste Empire naval headquarters
From his office, Admiral Vrok carefully observed the myriad of photographs that had landed on his desk earlier in the morning.
"The shots focused mainly on a naval base that a spy had discovered on the east coast of Germany. "Finally, real results." He addressed the intelligence chief seated in front of him.
"That's right, from what I've learned, our spy had caught the virus that the Germans brought with them. He explained proudly.
"The results are there, but I'm still disappointed by what he's brought back." He revealed, pointing to the photos.
"I think it's a good job though, we've got the position as well as details of the enemy navy." Retorted the head of intelligence.
"It's not about that, look at those ships they're only lightly armed." He explained, pointing to a turret with a single small-calibre gun.
"If they didn't have that weapon they use all the time our fleet would have no problem sinking them."
After a moment's chatter the admiral asked.
"Ask your spy to continue observing this base, he seems to be amassing ships on this side." After a short moment's silence the head of intelligence replied.
"I would love to but he was captured shortly after delivering the images to our relay."
"That is unfortunate." Replied the admiral, rising to his feet.
"Follow me, we have other things to do now." He added, accompanying her towards the Air Force office.
14th January 2022
14th passage 1 Ogdea 1650
Volciste Empire, dependency of Narlux
Just a few hundred kilometres from the capital of the kingdom of Narlux, in a house hidden from view, the former king looked with disgust at the flag that fluttered in the wind by his window every morning.
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"One day I won't see that ugly flag in my country again."
He complained as he got out of bed, before starting his usual routine.
On leaving his room, the former king was confronted by demons, two extremely muscular soldiers equipped with their magic amplifier.
The king pretended to pass by, ignoring them as he always did, before heading for the dining room where the rest of his family was waiting.
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A hundred metres away, a small group of dwarves watched the fallen king's routine through binoculars.
"He has entered the room." That's what the dwarf with the binoculars signalled to the men behind him.
"You may fire." The team leader signalled. "Understood." Responded three soldiers hidden in the foliage, before he pulled the trigger, steadily taking down the demons patrolling outside.
"Warn the second group that they have the all clear." Ordered the group leader before a soldier, camouflaged in a hideout, began tapping on what on Earth would resemble a telegraph station.
It took no more than thirty seconds after the message before the second group could be seen approaching the building, weapons in hand.
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The room in which the king was sitting had fallen silent, neither the prince nor the princess could be heard as the guards in the room began to move.
"Are those gunshots?" Princess Sodel asked, completely frightened.
"Hide." Replied the king, pointing to the large marble table.
The princess was in tears as the gunshots came closer and closer. "Come into my arms." Pronounced the prince in an attempt to calm his little sister.
Bang
This was the sound that was heard before one of the guards who had been watching the family carefully collapsed.
"They've got more snipers it's dwarf bastard." Swore another guard, who in confusion cast a spell in the direction of the broken window.
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Progress was slow but the group of around thirty dwarves kept eliminating more and more soldiers despite the losses they were suffering.
"Then, a firearm is always a weak weapon?" A dwarf shouted over the corpse of a demon he had just slaughtered.
"We'd better hurry." Communicated one of the assailants who had retrieved a magiccom.
"What's going on?" Asked the head of the operation.
"They've given the order to kill the prisoners." Explained the young man, at these words all the other dwarves flinched. "To hell with it if it picks up our transmissions, set it to our frequency and ask if the enemies are eliminated at the meeting point."
After confirming the safety of the targets, the dwarves continued their advance until they reached the appointment point.
"There are probably still demons on this floor, so we split into three groups, the other two finish securing the floor while my group enters the room." Explain the head of operations.
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Quiet was all the king could hear in the building, the only noises he could hear were the magiccom that kept repeating to kill him as well as the many footsteps getting closer to where he was."As long as I'm here, nothing will happen to us." He explained, hugging his children tightly.
"Father, come on, I'm not a child any more." Replied the prince a little embarrassed.
The prince's little complaints came to an abrupt end when the door to the room suddenly opened, leaving less than a dozen soldiers who had entered the room equipped with bolt-action rifles."It's been a long time, Your Highness." Said the man who entered last.After hearing this voice, the king poked his head out from under the table.
"Sugnus, what are you doing here, I sent you to the elves before the surrender." He asked confusedly."I was indeed there, Your Highness, they sent me to make contact with the resistance in order to exfiltrate you to a safer country." He replied.
"There is no such thing as a safer country." Ranted the prince, who in turn came out from under the table.
"You have been cut off from the world for over a year and a half, it's logical that you are not aware." He explained in the calmest of tones.
"One of the nations on the continent performed a summoning ritual in order to stop the Empire's offensive, and they apparently made a big mistake in their spell because they summoned a nation that could rival the Empire." He continued, under this statement silence fell for a brief moment before armed men intervened.
"Commander we should hurry before enemy reinforcements arrive."
After ensuring the safety of the area, the group left the building accompanied by the king and his family."We have the king, so send the signal." Ordered the first soldier to leave the building.After a few minutes on the run, the king heard an explosion coming from behind them.
"What was that?" He asked. "It's our gift to the enemy reinforcements." Sugnus replied.
After an uncomplicated journey through the nearby forest, the group arrived at the nearby river. "I thought they'd all been sunk." Stammered the king as he observed the boat some ten metres ahead of him.
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"But that is indeed the case your highness." Explained Sugnus.
"This model was stranded on a beach, it was completely stripped down before being stealthily transported to the elves, who restored it to the best of their understanding."
The prince scrutinised the submersible with interest before asking. "Didn't the elves manage to rearm the ghost ship?" The prince asked as he watched the front of the submersible. "No, it's a request on our part, to allow more room for your transport."
The conversation ended as the group completed the last few metres separating them from the submersible.
On the submersible, a man was already waiting for them at the entrance to the hatch. "Your Majesty, it's good to see you alive." He said as they stepped out of the hatch.
"When can we leave?" Sugnus asked. "Settle in, we're folding up the mast and leaving immediately." He explained as other members of the crew began to fold the mast.
After the small talk the king was helped aboard where he was seated with his children on seats set up for them. "How are the rest of the resistance fighters going to evacuate?" Asked the king as he observed the place far too narrow for the number of people escorting him.
Hearing the king's question the captain poked his head in through the hatch. "You are concerned about their fate but it has been decided that some of the crew will be part of the escort the rest are hiding in the surrounding villages." He explained.
"I see." Replied the king with an apologetic look.
Once the crew took their place in the submersible, the hatches were closed, isolating the crew from the outside.
The crew settled in as the boilers were still warm before finally starting the engine.
It wasn't long before the submersible started moving and dived out of sight.
"What is your plan?" asked the King once he felt really safe.
"We follow the river until we arrive in the bay of mithril, from there we continue until we arrive in the open sea where a cargo ship awaits us which we have taken control of and modified." Explain the second.
After several tens of minutes of travelling under the pressure of the day the princess had finally dozed off, which had allowed the king to get up and be able to join Sugnus who was giving instructions to the captain.
"General Sugnus, the demons have only informed me with their propaganda, I am no longer up to date with the country's news and that of the known world, I need to know, have the demons expressed envy of fighting the divines and are they aware of our hidden weapons?" He asked. Sugnus turned to the king, who had been joined by the prince, and replied.
"The demons haven't expressed the slightest wish to fight the divines and unfortunately the little information we've given them about them has aroused the curiosity of the demon king, who has dispatched a fleet to meet them."
The king looked fearful at Sugnus' words. "What a bunch of fools these are the last people who should have come into contact with them, they're going to condemn us all." He muttered.
Sugnus continued without paying too much attention to what the king was mumbling. "In view of the response we received from the demons, we have followed your instructions by not revealing the existence of the weapons or even their location.
The documents concerning them are still locked up in the underground capital we had built for the elves." He finished.
Only he was assailed by another question coming directly from the prince.
"Mr Sugnus earlier you told me about our destination and the new nation there, but you didn't explain how powerful this nation is."
After the Prince's question Sugnus turned and picked up a document from the desk behind him.
"Captain I'll give you a moment." He explained before inviting the prince and the king to their seats to present the title of the document.
Once seated, Sugnus took out several sheets of paper before handing them to the King and Prince.
"Look closely. I managed to take this photo of a truck from this country, which, from Zulle, destroyed an entire armored force as well as a division that was gradually entering a city in the Myrio forest." But before he could be interrupted he continued.
"Also, take a look at this photo. It shows the unexplored lands to the East. It was brought by one of the ambassadors of this country who was seeking to know if the elves were aware of these islands."
The photograph was taken from a machine located in orbit of the planet."
"Orbit." Surprised the king and prince. "Not even demons would be capable of such a feat." Continued the king.
After examining some of the documents, the king noticed a sheet filled with numbers and letters. "What does this document mean?" He asked.
"This is the most interesting document about them, we recorded this one as they approached the Prabela Islands, it's about radio waves emitted between their boat." He explained, to the astonished looks of the King and the Prince.
"I thought we were the only ones to use radio waves, even the demons haven't yet understood the manufacture for this method of communication." Reply the prince.
"If that's all it was, he's not using any magic in anything I've shown you."
1h had passed since the immersion nothing important had happened, with the currents of the river none of the ships that had passed had detected them. "Captain look at this." Indicated one of the men using the periscope.
Once the periscope was at eye level, the captain could see a small flag hanging from a house about a hundred metres further along the bank.
"That's the signal, get ready for an ascent, we've got an urgent message."
The submersible was now at a standstill hidden behind heavy vegetation, inside the sailors deciphered the pile of information being sent to them on their receivers.
"They've mined the way out of the river." Explained the sailor deciphering the message.
"He's asking us to abandon the mission here and continue on land, the ship is changing course to pick us up from a boat near the whistling cliffs." He finished.
The submersible had now been deserted and the crew watched it sink, making sure that it was not visible on the surface, the water was now beginning to seep through the hatch, causing the last screams of agony from the submersible as it came into contact with the water and the boiler.
Once the entire submersible was underwater, the heavily armed group began to move away from the wreck as quickly as possible.
later
The sun was beginning to set as no Volcist soldiers were seen around allowing the escort to start moving in the winter cold.
"Our transport awaits us in the forest." Sugnus indicated, pointing to the forest just visible on the horizon.
After half an hour's walk the group finally arrived in the forest, at the edge of a path they came across a pair of civilians at the foot of a steam lorry.
"The passage of the silver stones". Pronounced the captain as he emerged from the bushes.
To which the two civilians replied. "Product of bright light at night.
At these words the rest of the group began to emerge from behind the bushes.
"We have been called by the resistance to transport you." Explained one of the civilians.
"So I don't need to explain our mission and direction to you?" Asked the captain, cutting them off.
"We are informed of what we need to know." They replied.
The night had progressed well by the time the group had covered three quarters of the distance separating them from the rendezvous point, and they were now obliged to make a stop in order to fuel the vehicle's boiler for the rest of the journey.
The first of the sun's rays began to show as the group reached a coastal town not far from where the boat was waiting.
"With this, the locals will find it hard to recognise you." Sugnus explained, holding out capes with black sails in the direction of the royal family.
The escort got out of the lorry about a hundred metres from the town so as not to attract too much attention, and as the lorry made a U-turn amid a din of steam, the group began to enter the small town.
The town was small and the morning meant that they met very few people, but the few they did meet looked at the royal family under their clothes with suspicion, without anyone daring to approach them.
The rest of the journey through the city went off without a hitch the few demons present in the city had been easily avoided and the group was now facing the port.
"No military ships." The group was delighted to see the harbour full of fishing boats.
It didn't take long before they found a boat, luckily the owner wasn't nearby, and the group climbed aboard.
The sailors began to hoist the sails as a voice was heard in the distance. "Give me back my boat!"
Bellowed the dwarf as the boat began to pull away.
The crossing was hectic to that the smell of the nets reeking of fish had sickened the prince who remained clinging to the railing.
"The whistling cliffs." Pointing to a sailor with the spyglass.
"Batten down the sails." Ordered the captain as they approached the gigantic cliffs ahead.
Once the ship had come to a halt, the captain turned around. "Ulfath, are the communications ready?"
he asked, pointing to the cables that had been strung between the masts.
"Yes Captain, I can send the identification message followed by our position." He replied.
After half an hour, gradually emerging between the cliffs was the boat, barely visible, covered by vegetation.
"So this is our transporter?" Said the prince, now contemplating the boat, which was now about a hundred metres from them.
Once the distance had been reduced to a minimum, a ladder was hoisted up from the side of the boat, and as the King and his family boarded the deck, a small committee was already there to welcome them.
"Welcome your Majesty aboard the cargo ship of the resistance." Expressed the man in front of them.
"The ship is rather well armed." Informing the prince to the king pointing to the batteries of guns added to the side.
His small fishing boat now sat empty and adrift, slowly drifting away from the vessel that was beginning to move, quickly departing from the coast and taking its crew on a perilous journey.