The Years of War

               In the late early years of the 15th Century, the year 1514, a mad Wizard nearly unleashed doomsday on Earth when he tried to summon the King of Demons from the Netherworld. Enchanting a mirror with Dark Magic, he nearly succeeded. However, he was still mortal and the power he chose to unleash was too much for him to control. As a result, he died while performing the ritual to summon the demon king. Yet his death did not bring the same fate for the mirror because it stays intact. Dark magic protected it from ever being destroyed by anyone.

               The Wizards of the Kingdom tried to destroy the Mirror, but to no avail. Each attempt only piled up bodies and deaths all around. Hope was lost, until one young Wizard suggests to try theory. He opted to try to take a jewel from the crown of the mirror, a blue jewel.

               “We tried to destroy the whole thing, but it is to no avail,” the young Wizard explained, “How about if we try to just take away a piece from the mirror? We know not if this theory will succeed, and yet it is worth a try than losing another Wizard to a hopeless cause of trying to destroy.”

               Due to the dire need of a success, the King and the remaining Wizards opted in unison to put the young wizard’s plan into motion. And so, preparation was once again underway to complete the perilous task. Both mental and physical preparation are needed especially for the young wizard because if one wrong move was made, it could his life or everyone present for the procedure.

               Three days’ worth of preparation brought them back to the dungeon under the kingdom where the Mirror is kept hidden. Only the Kingdom’s most trusted Wizards and Knights, including the King, know the location of the Mirror. The location’s entrance is heavily guarded with 50 of the best foot soldiers and archers in the kingdom. Getting inside also needs both the King and the High Wizard to be present in order to confirm access for entry. If either one is not present, entry is not permitted.

               After the final preparations are done, the young Wizard stands in front of the Mirror alone with three support Wizards at his back. Three days they spent to put layers upon layers of defence and strengthening spells upon their physique so they could minimize the damage as much as possible.

               The young Wizard takes a deep breath and looks towards everyone in the room, “Let’s begin.” With that statement, blue-ish red aura surrounded both the young Wizard and his supporting Wizards. The previous procedures were pushing the immense power of the magic they layered for weeks into the mirror to destroy it, but now they are trying to pull something from the mirror. The jewel at the crown of the mirror.

               The young Wizard stretched forth his arm towards the the Jewel and took a deep breath. Then he releases his magic towards the jewel. In that same instant, the atmosphere of the room turned violent when streaks of the mirror’s magic strikes everything around it. However, everyone in the room are protected by runes that are placed around the chamber of the dungeon prior to the procedure. The Wizard, they deemed crazy, who died was a former high council wizard and was the strongest among the Wizards. His spells are no joking matter because of how strong it is.

               Their concentration averted away from the Mirror when one of the support Wizards flew off the chaing due to one of the streaks striking him dead on. He flew a few feet away from the group and was outcold. That suffered a big burden on the remaining supporting wizards. The young Wizard starts to lose feeling on his right hand, the arm he uses as the channel of his power. With loss of one supporting Wizard, he is starting to flinch because his right arm is starting to burn from his fingertip. However, there's light to this disaster as the young Wizard felt a his tug on the jewel starts to get stronger, for the jewel starts to loosen from the mirror. Things turned for the worse when another wizard got thrown off the supporting line with another streak from the mirror's magic.

              As the second supporting wizard got thrown off, the burden got even more for the remaining supporting wizard and the young wizard. The power of the mirror starts to overwhelm the young Wizard as he starts to go down on one knee while his right-hand starts to burn through the process. The supporting Wizard tries to heal the young Wizard's hand but the damage applied was too much compared to the amount of healing energy given. And with his hand about to lose it's function, the Young Wizard moves his left hand to support up the right hand in order to keep it steady. In doing so, his left hand starts get burned as well.

             "Argghh!!!!" one last scream the young Wizard unleashed whatever power he has left then he too along with the last supporting Wizard got thrown off away from the mirror separate ways. 

             At first everyone was in dismay when the mirror was still seen completely unharmed, but things changed immediately when they noticed that the jewel from the crown of the mirror is missing. The young Wizard stood with his left hand up high to show everyone present in the chamber that he has the jewel in his hand. But he had to suffer the loss of his right hand completely because the damage was too severe and beyond healing. To him, it is a sacrifice worth making because once more, there is a certain guarantee that this world will be at peace for the time being without any real means of Demon summoning madness around. 

             In order to keep the peace in the world, the mirror was moved away from the land and kept as far away as possible from it's jewel. Both items of destruction are put away in places that only the King, the young Wizard and Head of the Wizard council. For that same decision made, the world knows peace for 5 long years. Everything seemed right in the world. 

            Fate, has other plans. An earthquake occurred hundreds of miles away from the Shores of England, unbeknownst to the world. This earthquake occurred only but a moment, yet what it brought forth is one of destruction. Five entities emerged from the sea unto the shores of England with forms of unimaginable horror. Their forms however immediately averted to that of a human's form.

               "This is the beginning of our domination," the leader of the five-spoke in their native demon tongue, "Alastor, hide the mirror far away from this land for we are at an advantage, we must start somewhere else because of sense not the jewel in this land."

               Alastor, the demon who carries the Mirror with him replied, "Yes General Eisheth." The mirror was sunk beneath the sea hundreds of miles away from the shores of England. The earthquake earlier was teh result of the mirror opening a portal to make way for these five demons, the demon lord's most trusted. The demon Lord is powerful enough to open a portal for his followers if there is given access, but in order for he himself to be free, the door has to be opened from both ways by additional material. In his case is the dark-induced magical jewel. 

                "Grow your troops and let us wage war against this world and find that missing jewel," Eisheth commanded his underlings.

                "Yes General," replied in unison with their native tongue, the 2 male and 2 female demons split their ways. They disappeared like dust in the wind to go their separate ways to accomplish their own missions. 

               "Soon milord, you will be carried out in this world," he looked upon the horizon from where he emerged, and just like his subordinates, he disappeared like dust in the wind. 

                The mission of these five dangerous demons is to subdue humans and summon their own troops into the world. These 5 have the ability to summon portal from the demon world, granted by their king before they left. However, their ultimate goal was to bring forth the last piece of the mirror in order to bring their king into this world. 

                  The 5 demons spread across the world, making their settlements in abandoned Castles or buildings far away from society in order to amass their troops. Each of these demons has its own specific powers that made them different than any other demons. No human weapons could stand against them. They are the very epitome of destruction and the extent of the demon lord's powers to destroy humankind.

                     In a few shorts months, the 5 demons rain havoc upon the world with their troops of thousands of demons. The world was thrown into chaos and none is left to survive. Armies upon armies are no match to the demon army, death was around the world and no one is able to do anything about it. The demons scour the world in search of the missing piece of the mirror, the Jewel. Countries upon countries, nations upon nations have fallen to the might of the demon army. And at last, the army came back to England for its last attempt to find that jewel.

                     The Kingdom is at its last stand, with thousands of demons at their doorstep. No way to run, no to escape. The World's last stand against the demons is to be decided here. The very nation that interrupted judgement day from happening now is faced with the same task to make a stand for the world as it's last line of defence. Once again Hope for survival hangs in the balance.

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                      "My King, I have a resolve that might give us a chance in this battle," The young Wizard says as he bows down on his knee. With his right arm amputated due to it's severe damage, he is not left with only his left hand, "I think I have found a way to reverse the power of the jewel into our advantage."

                        "Reverse it? What is your goal for this?" The King asked, intrigued by this idea.

                        Then the young Wizard revealed to the King that besides the human world, there exist two other realms. The realms of Spirits, where the actual source of Wizards' powers come from, and the Netherrealm where the demons reside. The mad Wizard was able to amass such an amazing amount of magic to create the demon portal, the only explanation would be that he had immediate access to the Spirit World to gather that much strength. Yet he lost control of that power when the Spirit realm knows what he was up to and cut off their power from the Wizard. 

                        "If that were the case, why couldn't you summon that power as well to destroy the mirror?" the King asked with curiosity, "You would have saved an arm if you had done what he did."

                          "I wish I could your majesty, but sadly that Wizard was an Elite S Class Wizard while I was still a B class Wizard," the young Wizard stated with his head down, "But I can assure you that my level for the last 5 years has increased tremendously and that I am sure I am for the task to reverse the power of the Jewel. However, I need our permission, my King, for we have not much time."

                           The King pondered on the matter for a moment and then said, "You have my permission Rhydys, go forth with your plan."

                           "Then my Lord, I am asking permission. Let me bring two thousand of your best soldiers in the Kingdom and 5 of your best Generals," Rhydys requested the King one last time.

                         "Why? They are all positioned at the front line," the King is shocked with the request, "How will our troops stand a chance then?"

                       "I know my Lord, what I am asking is too much but please trust me, they are needed as our last hope," Rhydys pleads for the King, "This way our nation, the world will have a chance." 

                      The King took a long pause to decide until he took a deep sigh, "You have my say, but Rhydys," he looked at Rhydys straight in the eye, "If this fails, we are all doomed."

                        "Yes my Lord, you will not be disappointed," he bows to the king and heads out to the deep forest of the Kingdom to perform his procedure. And as it happens, he is the holder of the Jewel. All this time the demons did not know of its whereabouts due to the spell he has put on the jewel to make is untraceable. But if he is to proceed with the procedure, it will undo the jewels cloaking spell and will expose its location to the demon Lords. This plan is nothing but a two-edged sword, succession or failure will result in one thing, his life in extreme danger along with everyone in the kingdom. The spell he will conjure in the procedure also means two things, success will give him open access to limitless power but failure will kill him and the two thousand men along with the 6 Generals.

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                      Rhydys, commenced his preparation deep within the forest while waiting for the Generals and the troops to arrive. Creating a circle-shaped rune of 'GATE'  within the center of the forest supported with runes of Power, Nature, Space and Time on four corners of the circle. Two hours he spent in order to finish his preparation until the Generals arrived along with the troops behind them.

                         "This better be worth it for you to call us away from the front lines Rhydys," one of the generals voiced out. 

                         "I hope so, Nicholas," Rhydys replied as he puts the Jewel at the center of the Circle. "I have no time for explanation everyone, but please stand back."

                        With their trust for the Wizard who saved their lives 5 years ago, Rhydys needs not to ask twice. They all backed away as soon as he gives the word. And before starting, Rhydys took a deep breath then enchanted the spell. His left that's stretched forth to the Jewel glows bright blue and fired a beam towards the jewel. The Jewel glows pitch black and rose from the ground where Rhydys had put it. The runes of Power, Nature, Space and Time glowed bright Gold and everything seemed to be running well until the jewel's power starts to demand authority. The pitch-black energy starts to overwhelm the blue energy and pushed its way towards Rhydys until took over to consume Rhydys slowly.

                        "Rhydys!" one the Generals ran towards the Wizard after seeing the event unfold in front of him.

                        "NO! Stay back, Daniel!" Rhydys shouted in pain as the pitch-black aura start to consume him. 

                        "The price to reverse this the dark power is life," a voice echoed in Rhydys' mind as he struggles to maintain the fight.

                       "Who... are you?" Rhodes spoke through gritted teeth.

                      "I am the Jewel you are trying to change," the Jewel spoke as Rhydys struggles through pain, "You are not powerful enough to come back from this procedure alive, the only way is to surrender a life."

                       "I accept, take mine," Rhydys says without hesitation, "Whatever it takes so this world and everyone has the chance to fight back."

                       "Are you certain?" The Jewel spoke again, "It doesn't have to be your life, it can be someone else's life. Like the previous Wizard who used me, he sacrificed his entire family for the sake of my power."

                      "Yes I am very certain," Rhydys starts to lose the strength on his legs as he starts to kneel due to the numbing pain, "No more lives should be sacrificed other than mine."

                        "As you wish," The Jewel replies. In no time, the blue energy pushed back the Pitch-Black energy back towards the jewel. But, the more the Blue energy rises in power, the more Rhydys feels life failing away. 

                    In only a moment, the black energy loses power and the blue power took over. As the blue energy took over the jewel, a beam so bright shot up from the jewel unto the heavens like a tower of energy. The whole land could see, including the very beings trying to find the jewel. The demon lords.

                     From the tower of energy, comes forth a beast that resembles a lion with wings so vast it could possibly be able to summon storms.  "You who has opened the gate of this Spirit realm, I am the King of this realm. What do you seek of me?"

                      "I seek salvation for this land, my Lord," Rhydys was in pure awe of what he had seen, "Please bestow your power on these Generals and their soldiers so that we might vanquish the evil of this land."

                        The Lion looked at Rhydys as he kneels and notices his life siphoning away slowly with each passing second. The Lion bows his head slowly and says, "Because of the Sacrifice you gave for your people, I shall grant your request." The Spirit King looked towards the still stunned Generals and soldiers than spoke, "Come forth and kneel before me, Generals."

                         "Daniel, it's alright," Rhydys looked at the Generals and encouraged when they were stunned, "It's safe."

                   Daniel along with Nicholas and the other generals kneeled without thought at Rhydys' request because of their tremendous trust upon Rhydys. As soon as they kneel, 5 different weapons appeared in front of them.

                   "These weapons will be your strength as you stand against the demons that are on their way as we speak," The Spirit King spoke, "Only with these weapons can you kill the demon warlords and their King." 

                     The Generals present are Daniel, Nicholas, Mary, Alice and William. Before them are their respective weapons. Daniel earns himself a golden one-armed sword, Nicholas two golden swords, Mary a golden bow in front of her, Alice a golden spear adn William a double-handed golden Ax. After speaking to the Generals, the Spirit King opened his mouth and bolts of energy shoots out into the air and rained down upon the two thousand soldiers. The soldiers at first were frightened but then their armors changed into different colors. Red, Blue, Silver, Golden, and Gray.

                    "Your positions, Generals, are as follows," The Spirit King spoke, "The Ax will be the tank, the one in front due to his high magic defence and physical prowess to stand the front line and push the enemies back, The Archer will be the Mage for her high magic damage and range capacity to reach almost anywhere in the field, The Spear will be the support due to her expertise and vast magic in healing and strengthening her allies, The Assasin will the fastest and the deadliest in close combat while the Sword will be the one applying the most damage with his strong attacking magic. These troops in their colored armors will be your specified units. The Red and Blue will be the Axe and Archer, the Silver and Gold will be the Assasin and The Sword while the Gray will be the Spear." 

                      "Thank you, my Lord," Rhydys spoke as he kneels on both knees with his breath slowly fading. Seeing the Wizard dying before their eyes, The 5 Generals immediately tend to his side. With concerns on their faces. The Spirit King has other plans when Rhydys suddenly floated away from his comrades.

                         "Your sacrifice earned you the strongest power I can ever bestow to any being," A white light enveloped Rhydys completely then shines very brightly as if it is the second sun. And only a moment later did the light comes down and dispersed away from Rhydys. There he stood on his own two feet with both his arms intact. He is dressed in a snow-white armor, patterned with Golden lines and around him floats 7 blades that glow crimson gold. 

                     "You are to be my Grand General for this realm and you possess what the other 5 generals do not," The Spirit King stated, "You possess all their powers combined and more, but that is up to you to find out for my presence cannot remain here any longer."

                 With that last statement, the Spirit King glows blinding light and disappears before anyone could respond. Along with the vanishing of the Spirit King, the portal and all the runes disappeared except for the jewel at its center. The Jewel that was once colored Pitch-black is now glowing a radiant royal blue color. Instead of giving a deadly and eerie aura, the new jewel form gives off positive energy. An energy Rhydys must immediately hid once more.  

                 As if rehearsed, a soldier in blue armor came running to approach the 6 Generals, "Generals, scouts have informed me the demon army are heading this way as we speak," he wasn't out of breath even after running and using the armor is using, "They will arrive in a matter of minutes!"

               All eyes went to look at Rhydys as the highest and strongest among them all. Rhydys, being someone who's always active behind the scenes is now someone leading the new hope of the world. Rhydys took a deep breath and addressed the soldiers and Generals, "My brethren, today we have a chance to change the course of history. To claim what's been lost! To regain our freedom! To protect our loved ones! This is our chance for retribution! Our chance for salvation! Our chance for FREEDOM! Who is with me?!" His short speech was welcomed in an uproar of agreement from the thousands of people before him.

                With that speech, the troops with their newfound powers marched into battle against thousands of demons. For once in a long time, the army of England is finally pushing back the demon hordes. Slowly and surely the world has the chance to fight back and push back the demons. And within a two years, they have gained back the countries ruled by the demons. But of course not only with the gifts of the 2 thousand men because even with their powers, they still die in battle but in this case they have a chance to fight back. When one of the soldiers die in battle, his power will be distributed to new hosts. Not one host to another but from one host to multiple hosts. The more demons that soldier kills, the more power he gains and when he dies, more soldiers or fighters receive the chance to fight to regain the world's freedom.

               Even with their gifts and help, reality cannot be mocked and sidelined. The reality is that the demon army are powerful beings and are not easy to take down for when the soldiers get stronger each time they take down a demon so are the demons the more soldiers they kill. The War was on a push and pull position as they tug one nation to another to regain full control. Years passed and finally, the demons are forced into hiding, and the humans regained control upon the earth. But things never stopped there.

Hunt after The War

               The War continued on for centuries of attacks back and forth from both sides. The Humans who tried to keep the Jewel from being taken and the Demons who are trying any possible means to take the jewel for their king. Until finally the humans, gaining power with each defeated demon, took the winning side of the war to push the demons back. Proving to be more of a threat than anticipated, the demons are pushed back into hiding. This victory also caused the fall of 2 Demon Lords. The 5 Generals passed down their abilities to their next generations and their legacy continues. Things, however, are not the same with the 6th General, who is the strongest among the other Generals. His power is a bloodline gift from the Spirit King, and may only be passed down upon his children. Rhydys outlived the other Generals because his power comes with immortality and continued on the battle as he took the major role in taking down the 2 demon lords.

               Outliving the first 5 Generals was not by choice but by loss. Shortly after defeating his first demon Lord, he came home to find his wife and two children slaughtered. One of the demon Lords, an expert in shape shifting, slipped into the kingdom undetected and finished his mission upon Rhydys’ family. Without a son or daughter to continue his legacy, he chose to stay with his powers and helped to usher peace into the human world once again. Then, upon seeing that the world once again belong to the Humans, he chooses to retire from his position as the High General. Delegating his position as the highest in command to the 1st General, second strongest only to him, he departed from civilization and was never seen again.

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               Through the centuries, the world continues to evolve. The feats of the 6 Generals and their 2 thousand men that won the world over from the demons only became a legend to the world. But not to the generations who inherited the power of the generals and their soldiers. Establishing their posts all over the world, they name themselves The Paladins. Now they operate in secret, in the shadows. The demons that was thought to be in hiding, in the last 70 years, started to re-emerge in order to find the jewel. Appearing anywhere in the world, whether it be once or multiple times in simultaneous places, they slowly started to cause a commotion. Men, women, children or even animals are found brutally murdered. The Paladins took action at any given moment or given chance. So far things are still under their control until the last 10 years started to become dangerous.

               New demons that never appeared before during those times of war started to appear. They are stronger, faster and even deadlier than any other demons back in the day. Demon species that even veteran Paladins can’t kill single handedly. So the next generation of the 5 Generals had to take action.

               The 5 Generals can only bestow their power upon one person who they deemed worthy to continue on their legacy. Once chosen as the new bearer of the Generals’ gift, one has to serve with that power for 7 years then he or she can pick who will be their next successor or he/she can choose to keep that power. Yet, another way to retire away from this power is to die In the middle of battle then the power itself will choose who it deems worthy to continue the legacy of the previous General. The first Generals started with 5 so they will continue on with 5 and not as the soldiers who multiplies as the more demons they kill. The difference is when their power are passed on, they will inherit accumulated strengths from the previous Generals, making each new generation stronger than the next. The Generals would be the busiest because if any country are facing S class level demons, they would be called to help. The only time all 5 Generals will be in one place is when they are faced with a Demon Lord Threat. When together, not even an Elite S Demon Lord can come out of the fight unscathed or alive. Alone, however, they are guaranteed a win against high rank demon lord.

               As the soldiers evolve due to their inherited powers along with the Generals as well, the demons also evolved. The Demon Lords’ powers also increased tremendously for what their minions kill means also an increase in their powers. Due to their power increase, the stronger the demons they can summon from the netherworld. These Demons are all graded by classes. Classes D – E are the lowest of rankings. Classes B – C are middle classed strong and no ordinary soldier could survive if faced with demons at this great. Classes Elite A – A are the most dangerous, unless you are a veteran soldier or a General, your chances to win are very slim. The Demons Lords’ class is a X class, the strongest class that need all 5 generals in order to win while their right hands are at least S – Elite A class Demons.

               The strongest soldier ever recorded in history is an Elite A class, and this current generation, there are only 100 Elite A soldiers spread across the continents. The current Generals’ ranks are Elite S to S class. 3 members are Elite S classes while the other 2 are S class. Yet, together they can take down anything. Their powers have been put to the test and proven strong when they finally took down another Demon Lord 2 years ago deep into the Amazon jungle in Brazil after 3 centuries when Rhydys, the Grand Paladin, took down 2 Demon Lords single handedly. But the win came with quite the toll because they had to lose 50 soldiers and one General was mortally wounded and was on the verge of death if weren’t for their support healing him at the most crucial moment. Their win left two demon Lords remaining but these two demon lords have never been sighted before.  

               In all 7 continents, the posts of Paladins are established. Each posts are hidden from the ***** eyes but is a fortress. Each fortress equipped with portals to welcome new recruits or transfer of soldiers from one post to another. The only ones allowed to enter are people gifted or who inherited the powers of the soldiers or the Generals. Once they inherit the powers, their eyes will be able to see the fortress and it’s way in. The Generals however, need no portal or entry. They can move about with teleportation magic that allows them to move anywhere anytime they want. Their connection with each other also helps when one is in danger, the others just need to teleport to wherever he or she is with no difficulty.

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               The Axeman or known as the Tank General is currently an owner of a famous café is New York.  The Archer is or known as the Mage is now an International model shooting for a new GUESS issue. The Spearwoman or known as the Support has just enrolled her first year in UCLA. The assassin is currently a teacher at a college in National Seoul University. The Swordman is now a record label leading CEO who is on tour in the USA. Each of them having their own careers and paths to live by, even though it looks like they are on their own, but actually their soldiers are always around them. The Assassin has 3 soldiers disguised as the Principal, Math teacher and a Janitor and both are at peak Elite A class. The Archer also has peak Elite A class with her, a total of 5 of them. Her hair stylist, make up artist, photographer, wardrobe and her manager. The Spearwoman has 2 accompanying her, both Peak Elite A class. Her two best friends. The Tank has 4 soldiers around him, all four are his staff members in the café. The Swordsman has 2, his two top artists who are with him for his tour.

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               Rushing through the bright lit hallway, a soldier in panic raced out of the portal room into the command deck. A sight that came out of the portal few moments ago sends bone chilling shiver through his bones. A soldier, a remaining of him, emerged from the portal with his left leg severed and his right eye scarred out of function. Not just any soldier, an elite A class and along with him came 3 more Elite A class but none of the three came back with him.

               “Commander Siwon!” The young soldier stopped right in front of the commander while trying to catch his breath.

               “State your name and rank soldier,” Siwon stood up straight as a commander should when his subordinate approaches, “Then state your business.”

               “Private Kai, rank Elite B sir,” the young soldier saluted, “Report on the returning squad from sector 94.”

               “Alright, Kai,” Siwon nods on, “ Report.”

               “Sir, they have returned,” the young soldier’s face turned grim as he hesitates slightly.

               “And? What do you have to report?” Siwon was starting to feel uneasy at his subordinate’s grim look.

               “Out of the four that was sent,” Kai looked at the commander, “Only one returned sir and he is in a bad condition, he’s at the portal room.”

               Upon hearing the report, Siwon sped off in a split second out the door because all four of these soldiers are his close buddies. At his rank as Peak Elite A class, speed is off no issue to him. In just mere seconds, he is already at the location mentioned. Just as he arrives, two healers are already working on to heal the fallen soldier. His eyes went wide with shock to see his best friend on the floor wounded badly. He rushed to his best friend’s side.

               “What happened, Shindong?” he took his friends’ hand and grasps it in his hand.

               “It… it was so fast and strong,” Shindong squeezes his best friend’s hand, “It killed Ryeowook, Kyuhyun and Heechul moments after we noticed it’s presence. If it wasn’t for them, I would have also died. I was attacked first and before it could kill me, those three dumbasses jumped in and send me through the portal. But before the portal closes, I witnessed them being butchered.”

               Right before Siwon could say another word, his best friend blacked out and was outcold. “Sir, we need to bring him to the medical room immediately.” Siwon only nodded as his friend is carried off by the healers away from him.

               “Sir?” A female soldier saluted him and bowed her head.

               “What is it Sooyeon?” Siwon still stood still with rage and pain raging inside him.

               “This is not the only occurrence,” Sooyeon came closer to the Commander and gave him her tablet, “Four other occurrences happened in four different posts.”

               Siwon takes her tablet to read the report and was left wide eyed again with shock. In all those reports, none returned alive. The soldiers that died were no amateurs but those who are of the same rank as he is. These men and women are reportedly the best from each posts and the news that all of them died except his friend, made his emotions sky rocket.

               “We need to alert the Generals,” Siwon gave the tablet back to young female soldier.

               “She did,” Siwon and the young female soldier turned around to see The Assassin General materializing in from of them in the form of a white energy.

               “General on deck!” Siwon sounded out and salutes the General along with the remaining soldiers in the room.

               “At ease,” The General was already in his dark grey armor with red decorations of a panther crested on the front his breastplate.

               The Commander and his soldiers eased themselves before the General speaks, “The other four Generals are on their locations as we speak, and it seems this new threat’s energy is almost of the same wavelength in strength in all the rest 4 locations. Anything you got Sooyeon?”

              Sooyeon fumbled on her tablet and tapped a few times before addressing the General, “Sir, these wavelengths are similar to that of the new type of demons but these things shouldn’t have been a problem to the Elite A class.”

               “That’s what got the 5 of us confused,” The General frowns, “But I think it’s best that the 5 of us go into the field to check because we don’t want to risk another casualty.”

               “Yes sir,” the Commander salutes, “What would you have us do sir?”

               “First, I need one more Elite A to accompany me and the two Elite As who are already on location to scout,” The General states.

               "With your permission, sir," Siwon stepped up and bows his head, "Take me, I would like to see the face of the demon who slaughtered my closest friends."

               "But, are you willing to listen to my order even if it means abandoning the fight?" The General crossed his arms over his chest and looked on the commander in front of him. 

               The commander could only bit his lip, but an order from an General is an order, "Yes, sir, without a doubt I will."

               "Then please, stand up," The commander stands up as the General asks, "Are you prepared?"

               Without a moment of hesitation, Siwon glows bright blue and what was once his ordinary clothes are now replaced by dark blue armor with the crest of a Bull embedded on it's breastplate. "Always ready, sir."

                The General nods with a smile, "Alright, I have to make a quick call."

                The commander bows his head and goes to the portal to prepare for transport while The Assassin General took out his handphone and punches in redial. A few seconds passed by before a familiar sound replies, "Hey pretty boy! What you calling me for? I'm in the middle of something."

                 "Hyung, I told you to never call me that," the Assassin General shook his head, "I was calling to inform you I'm taking your top soldier, Siwon with me on this side of the post to investigate."

                 "Ah! Alright! He's a strong one and reliable," The other General replied then his voice got a little more serious, "Nickhun-ah, be careful, this is no ordinary demon. I can't feel it's presence even after arriving 5 minutes in already."

                "Will do Hyung, you becarefull too, I don't want to visit your wife when she's crying over you," that earned him a chuckle from the older General.

               "Haha! Jihyo would drag me out of my grave to beat my *** if I ever die on her before our daughter is born," The older General replied with a chuckle, "We'll talk later, I'm picking up something." 

                 "Alright, Hyung," with that brief reply, the call ended between the two Generals. Nickhun took a deep breath and walks towards the opening portal. 

                "Let's get this show on the road," Nickhun stands beside Siwon and just before the portal fully opens, Two dark blades materialized behind Nickhun and glows with a red and white aura. With that, the two men walk through the portal. 

                 The scenery that greeted them was an abandoned amusement park. And its condition looked like it was at least a decade old. Nickhun tries to make a telepathic connection to the scouts he sends before he arrives at Siwon's post. "Something's wrong."

                 "What is it, sir?" Siwon examines Nickhun's face, but before he knows it, he was pushed back inside the portal.

                "SEAL THE PORTAL! ALERT THE GENERALS! THIS IS CODE CRIMSON!" Nickhun looked back at Siwon with his blades drawn at the ready and then his face becomes covered in a read battle helmet.

                 Siwon was confused at first until he himself sensed it. He can't breath, and can't utter a word for the pressure of this presence was something he never felt before. In a split second, Nickhun's blades clashed against' another while he stands between the portal and the individual that just attacked him. "CLOSE THE PORTAL! ALERT EVERYONE!" Nickhun commanded one more time before the portal finally closes.

                   As soon as the portal closes, the man person he thought was a man is actually a woman, "Hmmm.. Well, you are fast there, human," she smirks and jumps back for a distance between them. In her hand are also two blades yet a little shorter compared to Nickhun's but purple in color and slightly curved outwards. From it emits a dark aura that's enough to make anyone shake with fear. 

                 "Can't let you slip off my fingers milady," Nickhun bows his head slightly to show mock respect.

                "Haha.. you're funny," just she finishes her words, she disappeared from Nickhun's sight. A split second later their blades clashed yet again as Nickhun parried her attack the last second as she attacks from the back. Her features are exquisite and admittedly beautiful to even leave Nickhun awed slightly as he takes a closer look at her. Then again she disappears from in front of him only to appear a second later several feet away sitting on a tree.

                 "You're like me Human," she has her legs over the other while putting her hand under her chin, "An Assassin type."

                 "That might be true but I am nothing like you, demon," Nickhun then takes his stance with his blades ready as a red aura envelopes him to showcase his true power for the demon.

                "UUUUU... Someone's so excited," she clapped her hands and giggled before her eyes turned bright red, "You're right too. I am nothing like you.. and I'm gonna enjoy eating every last bit of you." Then she disappears again but this time appears almost the exact moment she disappeared to Nickhun's right. She stroke another blow with her blade, and like before Nickhun's blocks it. However, the outcome wasn't like before as his body flew towards the park after the impact of her blow. 

             The immense strength and speed only confirm the demon he is facing. "A demon Lord," Nickhun lands safely as he teleports before impact. He stands straight to see the demon female standing right in front of him. His blades again up and ready to counter the female demon. But his powers alone can't stand a matchup against a demon lord. "If she goes in for the kill, I've got no chance."

              "You're quite an annoying brat aren't you?" The female demon points her blade at him as she smirks and her body shined purple to be replaced by a purple armor that exudes dangerous energy with a Cobra at its breastplate. "I will have to finish you before he comes."

             'He?'  Nickhun wondered but his thoughts stopped processing as the female demon goes in for another attack but before it connects, instead of parrying it again like before, Nickhun steps aside a second later and lands a roundhouse kick on the demon as she missed her target. His kick sends her sprawling a few feet away. 

             "Shit!" Nickhun winced as he feels pain surging on his right leg. She managed to block his attack the last second. Nickhun immediately teleports away from the demon.

              He teleported several feet outside the amusement park. He leans his hand against one of the trees and winced once again in pain. The armor on his right foot disappears to reveal a bruised leg. "That armor was too hard to be normal," Nickhun cursed under his breath as he puts his hand over the bruise and concentrates to heal his leg. 

              "That looks like it hurts," the demon female's voice snapped Nickhun's attention away from his leg. She was leaning on another tree unscathed after blocking his attack, "You should put some ice on it."

                Nickhun's armor came back on his leg and he puts his blades at the ready this time. 'I can't keep running now, she'll get to me anyway.' His body then starts to exude a grey aura around him with a red streak mixed in. 

                "Now that's what I'm talking about," The demon lady also took a ready stance, "Entertain me hum...."

               Before she could finish her words, Nikchun had already launched at inhumane speed towards her. It surprises her, no one has ever been this fast before. Her reaction was too late as her right hand was cut clean off. 

               "Ahhhhh... You son of a..." she wailed in pain but again before she finishes her sentence, the lighting of strong caliber shot off from Nikchun's blades and hits the demon square on her chest which sends several feet away and breaking through the trees. 

                 'She's not dead even if any demon would be obliterated by now,' Nickhun says to himself as he teleports away from where she is. 'Better escape while I have the chance.' Nickhun was about to teleport away when a hand lands on his shoulder.

                 "Going somewhere?" The voice he hears is definitely different from the female demon's but his presence is a thousandfold different from her. Nickhun only managed to turn his head to look the owner of the hand because his whole body couldn't move or react at all. The being before he has the same presence of a demon but not a demon Nickhun has ever seen before. "Why don't you sit down?" Just as the words left out of his strong demon's mouth, Nickhun falls to his knees as if he loses all the feeling from his leg.

                  Nickhun couldn't move his body at all. This demon has a very dangerous and deadly presence that dwarfed the female demon's presence by hundreds of folds. The demon squats down to look at Nickhun with an eerie smile on his face, he looks like any other high leveled demon lord. He looks human but his eyes showcase death and danger. "So you're a General huh?" he then sits in front of Nickhun as if nothing had actually happened.

                   "Who... are... you?" Nickhun speaks in a stutter as his ability to speak also seem to stop.

                  "Oh! Hahaha, how rude of me," he laughs as if it's a funny situation, "I'm called Kim Soohyun, well at least that's the name I take so you humans can say them without difficulty. My demon name is too hard for you to spell."

                  "My Prince," the female demon returned from behind the man and immediately got down on her knees.

                  "You played your prey a little too long Hyorin," his tone changed and beads of sweat trickle down Nickhun's forehead, "Leave my sight." And without any words to say, she disappears from their sight.

                  "Where were we?" yet again his tone changed as his eyes came back to stare into Nickhun's, "Ah yes, if I'm not mistaken there's suppose to be 5 of you. Hahaha.. Jiyong's plan to separate you all before I arrive was quite clever, that way both these lords can stay alive. You 5 are quite a big deal when I get the news in Netherworld."

                  He examines Nickhun's face and chuckles, "But you're nothing," he flicked his right hand and Nickhun's right arm came clean off from his shoulder. "And I've seen your fight, you're not escaping anymore." As he stands up, ignoring Nickhun's wail of pain, Nickhun's body also rises from off the ground to a few feet from off the ground. Another flick of his wrist and both of Nickhun's legs and remaining arm came clean off. Another wail of pain escapes Nickhun's mouth as he floats mid-air with no ability to do anything at all.

                    "I'm pretty sure you're friends will come looking for you," again that eerie smile stays plastered on his face as he drops Nickhun to the ground as if he was a ragdoll. He then kneels right beside Nickhun's body and whispers, "Let's see how  long your friends will last with me."

                 Fear and grim befalls upon Nickhun's face as his body again floats off the ground and launched into the air right above the amusement park. His body was still wincing in extreme pain as he looks on ahead to see a portal opening not so far away from the amusement park. He gathers his strength to shout, "NO!!!! DON'T COME HERE! GO BACK!!"