With the sudden realization that I was gonna meet the Grandmaster right away, I felt very nervous all of a sudden. I was confused and lost, I don't know what to do, instead of planning an escape I get to meet the Grandmaster instead which is most likely Cherri's father. I clutched the ring thingy in my hands and it suddenly hovered above my head slightly tilted and it felt like a real crown but not a crown.
"N-now what do I do with the remaining 7 slots?"
"You need to collect the other remaining crown fragments to complete the set. There are the basic crown fragments which are the 4 elements: Fire, water, earth, and air, these 4 are called the inferior crown fragments and it act's as a medium for you to use the powers of the 4 elements. Then we have the 3 superior crown fragments: Devil crown fragments, god crown fragments, and last but not the least the ancient artifact crown fragments. The 3 superior crown fragments are very difficult to obtain so not all crown users have a chance to complete their crowns. Once a crown ring is completed the user is then upgraded and there will be more slots in the crown ring. A crown ring is connected to the user's soul and will be there to act as a guide in the life of a crown user."
"So what about the 8th slot? Since I already got mine..."
"Frequently a crown ring only has 7 slots but since your an accursed crown user, you have an additional slot for the accursed series of crown fragments which is the 8 deadly sins."
"So that means there are 7 more deadly sins and they're also accursed crown users...."
"We shall meet the Grandmaster now so that his highness can give you more details."
With the worried faces of Ellaine and Cherri looking at me I reassured them that it's all gonna be alright. We went past through countless corridors, we then entered a huge chamber which I assumed to be the Throne room with numerous statues that were higher than the cliff I and Cherri went to. The statues were all holding various weapons and were pure white. Along the middle of the Throne room, there was a massive red carpet spanning probably 50 feet, and at the end of it, there was a staircase leading to the throne itself where the Grandmaster sat.
"Your highness Grandmaster Edwas Huges Catalina the 5th, I have brought here your highness the accursed crown user."
"Ho...Zeksis Atlea 5th of the 8th shining generals, I applaud thee. Ho...so you're the accursed crown user eh?"
The aged Grandmaster brushed his long white beard in deep thought.
"Y-yes your highness!" I shouted nervously as the pressure in the throne room was so high.
"I shall assign thee to the special corps division.....usually we assign teams of crown users, but since your a special case we will be assigning you there with a few other special crown users and you shall work alone."
"F-father that's not fair!" Shouted the sisters.
"What do you mean not fair?! What if he hurts other crown users?! They're valuable assets to our kingdom's military force!"
"It's alright you two I-I'll be fine!"
"Well said! Thou shall start on the Special corps division as soon as possible!"
With the explanation of the Grandmaster, he suddenly coughed and several uniformed Crewmen ran and guided him backstage. I assume that the Grandmaster has some sort of sickness.
"Is the Grandmaster alright?" I asked
"The Huges family is cursed by the sin of greed, his highness ancestors made a deal with the devil who was under the sin of greed and they were unable to pay back what they owed and secluded into hiding underground which is where we are. The surface is littered with devils and the crown users are tasked with killing as many devils as possible, we are still searching for other signs of civilization on the surface of the past 150 years to no avail. The resources of our underground kingdom are dwindling every year that passes by. Countless crown users sacrificed they're life on the battlefield but none survived to come back here to report, some even disappeared into the wasteland of the surface. The curse of the Huge family is that after the 150 years the current Grandmaster/Grandmastress and his/her heir to the kingdom will be struck with a painful curse and be bedridden for the rest of they're life, they will die slowly and painfully making the host of the curse wanting to die. The current Grandmaster is still holding on in order for the kingdom to survive."
"H-he must be in pain...then I will do my best to slay demons!" I proclaimed
"That's the spirit! But for now, you will go under training with the other members of the special corps division."
Cherri and Ellaine went to the Grandmaster's chamber leaving me with Zeksis. We then got into an armory filled with various clothing and weapons. We went pass by the white armor for the normal crown users, the armor itself had many linear designs spanning from the top part down to the pants. The weapons of the normal corps were white like the armor, so it's a matching pair, weapons varied from long swords to daggers, bows, crossbows, and other sharp and blunt weapons. After admiring all the weapons we stopped at a high-security door which bombarded with alien-like locks, once opened we were greeted with the cold dry air and the feeling of dread in the atmosphere there laid a set of pitch-black armor that seems to be calling to me. With nervous fingertips, I touched the pitch-black armor and then my vision was completely blocked by a gas like thing, when I opened my eyes there was a shadowy figure which I was familiar with. It was about the same height as me and long black hair was floating at its back and its eyes were hollow except for a small white dot, a grin crept up at its face as if it had caught its prey.
"Hey~~then call me `it` that's kind of offensive." spoke the shadowy figure
The sound of it- the shadowy figure's voice was very familiar....it was the same voice as the one speaking to me before the meteorite crashed in the village!
"Nice guess! That was me speaking to you."
"W-wait I'm confused!"
"Well I mean you should be I guess.... anyway! Good job on acquiring the Nemax sword! It's your job to gather all related 8th deadly sin weapons and armor, the armor you have touched was disguised as a regular special corps division of crown users armor! That's the reason we were able to meet like this, the more of the 8th deadly sin relics you gather the more frequent we will be able to meet like this!"
"I understand, so how can I find them?"
"The Nemax sword should act as a radar pointing to any 8th deadly sin tool. The more relics you gather the more powerful you get....but there's a catch! You have to keep control of the sinister force of the relics and tame them before you go berserk or else there will be countless enormous curses that will bring chaos to this world and could spread to other worlds."
"S-sinister?! O-other worlds?! So it's probably gonna take a lot of time and effort just to collect and control the other relics of the 8th deadly sin....."
"Don't worry I'll be watching over you as much as possible and try to intervene when necessary!"
There are many things I should do....but for now I need to focus on getting stronger and gathering the relics.....so that I can beat the sin of greed and put a stop to the curse and save the Grandmaster and his 2 daughters. I should probably start training and to make use of the strange powers that I have acquired.
"By the way, what should I call you? Do you have a name or something?"
"I never thought of that and I was never given one."
"Let me think of a name for you!
A few minutes of thinking passed by and I finally thought of something!
"How about Zeichi? Do you like the sound of that?"
The shadow figure exhibited a smile out of pure happiness and tears started to form in Zeichi's eyes...or eye sockets?
"H-hey don't cry! Did I do something wrong?? I'm sorry if I did!"
"SHUT UP HUMAN!"
Zeichi then pushed me and the pitch-black gas around me started to disappear. Then for the last time in a while, I think I saw some blushing on Zeichi's face. Knowing that we won't probably meet each other for a long time I shouted to her.
"SO YOU DID LIKE IT!"
"IDIOT, STUPID!" Zeichi shouted back.
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Author's Note: Ugh.....
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