Our laughter quickly halted as we approached the meeting area. Here we go. We walked in to a room filled with people that were all silent. You could only hear the sound of our boots hitting the hard stone floor. We took our seats and shortly after our operations commander came in. This guy was a master at winning fights and wars and we had a huge one impending on our little nation. I zoned out for a lot of the meeting because I really only have one job. To protect my magikera. Kane. Basically magikera are mages but we had to be cool and use are own names or whatever. Peoples eye color now depicts what they are. Magikera all have green eyes and the brighter there are the more powerful they are. I had rare eyes that all the shields have. Gray eyes that are so light that they almost look white. There was some loner guy that actually had pure white iris's. He doesn't protect a mage in specific he just helps protect everyone. I don't even know his name just his ID number on the comms. Plus he was always kinda staring at me. Watching me during trainings and meetings and stuff. I was horribly ripped away from my daydreaming when they started talking about times. Suddenly back in the moment I was horrified to hear that the enemy managed to get within one days travel time from us undetected.
One day! Focus Arty! Focus! This shit is real now.
I put all my power into listening the commander.
"I've already set the defenses so here is how we are going to win." He proclaimed. "First the Artillary squad will take out their humans from points A,B and C. Elite squad 3 you will take out their first line magikera. Elite squad 2 you will focus on defense, healing and ammunition. Elite squad 1 Xander will be joining you making you a team of 7. While all this goes off your magikera will fly you to the rear, Xander will provide a charm to make you untraceable as you move. Once he removes the cast you are on full offense. Cut down everybody. Xander is your leader for this mission."
The white iris guy stood up and bowed his head accepting his role. So Xander is his name...
FOCUS YOU A.D.D IDIOT!
After a few questions and notes added the briefing was adjourned and off I went with Kane. I had a very terrible feeling in the gut that something very, very awful was about to take place. My mind raced trying to figure out how they got here so fast and without us noticing. We have the strongest nation and the best defenses. Something is wrong but what? What technology could they have? What magikera did they find? Then something hit me hard. My nation has the nickname Lucifer's land. The underworld, or some just call it hell. We got those from our military power. I swear the non militia members here are very kind. But what got me was the other nation attacking us has the nickname "The Holy Grail". Someone has a twisted sense of humor. They are called that because they are a prosperous nation. Great land and resources. Many magikera. That terrible feeling suddenly solidified in me. This fight was going to be of the proclaimed heaven and hell of our world.