The Grand Seats of The Thirteen Heroes, If you were an adventurer this was your end goal, getting a seat at The Grand Seats but to get here you had to have the highest rank aka S or Silitia but there was one step before the grand seats. And that was the reserve seats of the thirteen heroes, these seats were made just in case something happened to a hero, there were also thirteen people that counted as a reserve seat owner and all of them were ranked just like the grand seats. 26th to 14th, the 14th member was the leader of the reserve seats and the leader had a chance to duel with the 13th member of the grand seats and take a grand seat but all of the leaders kept their position because after all, they were the leaders of the second strongest human group.
One day The Grand Seats got a report, this report was directly made to the leader of the grand seats, they had to act fast so they arranged ships to sail out from the holy island. The Grand Seats were managed by the Calot Church, they were seen as a holy symbol and they had to mostly stay in the holy island for protection but some of the grand seat members were kings and queens, so they were able to rule their kingdom in the most secure and the most luxurious island in the world but The Reserve Seats had their own job to do, some of them were still adventurers some worked for their own kingdoms as military officials and some didn't even show themselves to the public, some thought the reserve seats were the best position because they had no responsibility to do anything because they weren't managed by the Calot Church.
That day the grand seats sailed away from the island and that was the day all of them were wiped out except for the leader of the grand seats and instantly the pope called the reserve seats to fill their places.
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A couple of ships arrived on the holy island's port, they looked like they belonged to somebody very rich because all of them were the biggest and the strongest ships in the world, they were powered by fire magic engines and this was the first for the world. There were five ships in total all of them had a mermaid giving a kiss on their flags but the center one had a mermaid kissing a gold coin, this was the flagship, a big gate opened in the middle of the ship, a couple of men started to walk, they looked like pirates.
And then their captain arrived, he was the exact textbook explanation of a pirate, a red pirate captain's hat with a feather on it, white shirt with open collar, simple brown pants, a colorful parrot on his left shoulder, long braided black hair that looked like tentacles coming out of his head, black eyes with makeup, a newly shaved beard and a smirk across his face.
There was an old man waiting for him, this old man was the pope, he was too old to be the pope, he was so old that he had to use a wheelchair to welcome this man and then the old pope spoke.
"Hello, The 25th Reserve Seat of The Thirteen Heroes, Woltern Persintian, I am Pope Vivian the second."
"Good good! Nice to meet you, I am glad I bought this seat. Now, where are the other fellows?"
"They have yet to arrive." A knight rushed to the old pope's side and reported to him.
"Sir, a small boat is coming. It is not authorized, what should we do?"
"A small boat? That must be that ambitious child, let him come."
After waiting for five minutes, the small boat arrived. The docks were too high for the small boat so they dropped a ladder to the small boat, a young man with short light red hair and light red hair, he was wearing a simple leather chest plate over his white shirt, black pants and a simple sword on his belt and so he climbed up, everyone welcomed him with a bright smile on their faces but he was scared and yelled.
"I-I saw a couple of warships fighting just outside the barrier!" The old pope was the one to speak first.
"Now, calm down. Do you remember their flags?"
"Y-Yes, It was the frozen kingdom's flag and they were fighting among each other."
The Old Pope and Woltern looked at each other, they knew something was very wrong about this fight, Woltern's smirk was gone and he said.
"How many reserve seats does the frozen kingdom have?"
"T-Three, the king, his son and a general." As soon as the old pope said that, two big warships passed through the barrier, both of them were heavily damaged, Woltern grabbed a binocular that one of his soldiers was holding and looked at the flags of the ships.
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"The Crown Prince's flagship and The General's flagship, I don't see the king's flagship. Tell me how many warships they were going to bring?" Woltern turned to the pope, his face was frozen but he was able to reply.
"Ten including the king's, the prince's and the general's flagship."
"Well, they are now down to two." Woltern noticed the young man trembling with fear and so he raised his hand.
"The name is Woltern the 25th reserve seat. What is your name?"
"I-I am Revin Welvan and I am the 26th reserve seat."
"Good nice to meet you."
"I have a question for you Revin. Do you know which ship was firing at the other?"
"Y-Yes the general's flagship and a couple of warships were firing at the king's and the prince's flagships." Woltern laughed.
"Amazing! The frozen kingdom's people are still coldblooded, they try a coup in the sea. Now by the looks of it, the prince's ship is very heavily damaged. It is barely floating but the general's ship is still in a good shape even though it is still heavily damaged. The barrier protected the prince from dying because after that it is a neutral zone but again eight against two? It is quite unfair." And then the first flagship to arrive on the docks were the general's flagship.
The Pope's soldier surrounded the general's ship immediately, the first one to leave the ship was a masked person, this person was wearing a white smiling mask, a gray greatcoat, black thigh high boots, black gloves, every part of this person's body was covered except for that person's eyes they were dark red like blood. And then the person spoke.
"Now, now. This is a bad way of welcoming the new leader of the grand seats." This voice belonged to a woman, there was a tense atmosphere and the old pope was the first one to break it.
"General Corvia, I hope you didn't do anything bad."
"Bad? Me? I don't do bad things." Revin was still scared, he whispered to Woltern.
"C-Corvia?! That Corvia?!" Revin said.
"Yes, the one who tortures her enemies with acid." Corvia heard this and laughed.
"Haha! Torture? Me? I don't do bad things. The only acid I touched was the one who burned my whole body."
And then the prince's flagship arrived, a handsome young man with blonde hair and blue eyes jumped out of the ship, his noble clothes weren't made for jumping so his pants tore down but this didn't stop the young man from charging at Corvia with a spear on his hands, he was stopped by the pope's guards, this young man was outraged and Corvia laughed again.
"Haha! Your majesty! How are you doing?"
"How am I doing?! You just killed my father!"
"And I almost killed you too but let's not sweat the little stuff. After all, we are in the holy island with his holiness."
"Little stuff!? You won't be fucking leaving this island alive."
"Oh, that's sad. But can I enjoy this beautiful island? Pretty please?" Corvia was messing with the prince and it was working, the old pope touched the prince's hand to calm him down, this was one of the pope's magic spells.
"No one will be dying here, King Merkius and General Corvia."
"Ugh! Fine, but I won't back down on my words."
"I am excited now." Said Corvia even though she was wearing a mask she was obviously smirking under her mask.
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Outside the barrier, an old man with short gray hair, blue eyes, and torn noble clothing was on top of a wooden door. This old man also had a crown on his right hand and a sword on his left hand, he didn't want to drop any of them so he held them tightly, he sat down on the wooden door, the wooden door was acting like a boat to him and he was pissed off.
"Damn that Corvia! She dares to betray me?! The King of Frostiania! The Admiral of Admirals! Wittoner von Frostia! But…I hope Merkius made it out alive, he is my only family left." He lied down on the wooden door and looked at the burning sun, this was going to be his end. The waves were going to decide his fate and the waves were always against him, he sat down and tried to look for other ships, this was not his first time being alone in the ocean and then he noticed a black thing coming.
Is that a ship? If so that is not from my kingdom. Wait…That is no ship, it is going too fast. Is that a black smoke? I have a bad feeling about this!
The King stood up, he put on his crown and prepared his sword and the black smoke started to come closer and closer. Now, it was just one hundred meters away from the king and it was going fast, It was now ten meters away and it almost reached the king but a big wave swallowed the black smoke and it pushed the king into the barrier. The black smoke wasn't able to get through the barrier.
"Hah! The waves favor me! Fuck you!" The king flipped off to the black smoke, he was getting cocky and then he yelled.
"I will beat your ass! Waves push me to him!" Another big wave pushed him to the black smoke but when he got out of the barrier the black smoke was nowhere to be found and then the king felt something on his back, it was like a sword and a voice just like his spoke.
"Idiot."
"Nope, you are the idiot." The king picked up his crown and threw it against the black smoke, the crown was a magical crown that worked like the barrier but he missed the black smoke. And the black smoke spoke again.
"Great Idiot."
"Nope, you are the great idiot!" The crown hit the barrier a lighting came out of the barrier, this hit the black smoke and it made the black smoke vanish, this wasn't planned, the king was simply lucky that thing happened and he was also unlucky because his crown was swimming with the fishes. He pointed his sword at the holy island.
"Waves push me there!" Another big wave pushed him into the holy island.