"Pooofffff!!!"
A black smoke covered the whole face of Law. He accidentally dropped 2 mL of Hydrogen Peroxide in the beaker that made their experiment explode.
"What have you done?!" Ren can't helped but to look horrified knowing that the solution that he pulled an all-nighter to make was now gone.
"Bro! I'm so sorry I swear I followed the manual. Also, can you be concerned with my face first?" Law argued.
"It was supposed to be 2 mL H2O not 2 mL H2O2! Besides, we have to submit this tomorrow. I deprived my sleep last night for this. Let me see your face." Ren touched Law's face and look at him sternly. "What the heck. You look like an idiot version of Einstein. Haha. Wash your face with running water and mild soap for fifteen minutes and you should be okay."
Law immediately went to the washroom to wash his face while Ren remained at the Lab table with black lines on his face. He was staring horribly at their ruined chemical solution. Tomorrow is the deadline and it took them 24 hours at most in doing the experiment.
Ren and Law are freshmen Engineering students at a top university in their country. They met each other at the freshmen orientation along with the Fine Art student Troy. The three of them have been close since. Also, they have been quietly popular among freshmen because of their good looks.
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Meanwhile in the mighty Kingdom of Beahll.
"Your highness, the green ogres are attacking the west farm again." A soldier urgently alerted the King.
"Call my son Lucas and tell him to get rid of these. At once!" The King commanded.
Prince Lucas heard the summons and went to the West farms immediately. He and four of his chosen personal knights fought the green ogres that always try to attack the farms for food. They have easily slain all these "pests", as the prince called it. The farmers were amazed as they have finished the problem with such ease as if it was just mosquitoes.
"Prince Lucas! Thanks for saving us." One of the farmers in the crowd shouted.
"Pheww... It was nothing. It's an insult to my powers if I even shed a sweat to these things." Prince Lucas boastfully muttered.
The Prince is famous for being a strong warrior of their Kingdom. He is about six feet tall, has a lean muscled built and a very handsome face. It is just that some fellows at the Kingdom described him as rude, boastful, ruthless, short-tempered and has a very low social skill. Although the King, his father, sees him as a reliable son and worthy of the throne in the future.
"Lucas, the King wants to see you as soon as long as we are done here." Lord Greg, one of his knights told him.
As they went to the Kingdom, they immediately went to the throne room where his mother, father and their Kingdom's high mage are there.
"Yohohoho! My sweet Lulu is here." Queen Celia was very happy to see his son. She is said to be the most beautiful lady in the whole kingdom. She is quite the cheerful character and loves teasing his sons as if they were babies. Prince Lucas describes her as childish.
Prince Lucas blushed when he heard the word Lulu. "Father, you called me."
"Yes, son. Old Arthur here has a very important announcement for everyone of us. The safety of the Kingdom is at stake here. Old Arthur, if you may."
"Yes, my Lord. I am here to announce that the Fates warned us of the rise of the Demon Lord in the south. He will turn the whole Kingdom and the whole planet into darkness unless he is subdued. Only a hero from another world is destined to defeat him." Old Arthur said loudly.
"Are you sure I can't defeat him?" Prince Arthur asked as he was a little bit insulted of the prophecy."
"I'm sorry Prince Lucas. But the signus are directly from the Fates itself and it is never wrong. But do not fret, for you will play a big role in this. We need you for the summoning."
"How?"
"In order for the summoning ritual to be successful, we need a blood of a royal one with high level of mana. Also, we need you to be the hero's anchor to this world. You will be connected."
"So if we will be connected and I will be the anchor. The hero is still under my powers and credibility right?" The prince protested.
"If we think that way, my Lord. Yes." Old Arthur replied.
"When are we doing this?"
"Tonight at full moon my Lord."
"Yohohoho!" Queen Celia laugh while covering her mouth with her fan. She smiled as if there is something going on in her mind. "It is happening.", she murmured.
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"Bro, what are we gonna do now?" Law was in panicked while talking to Ren.
Ren badly wants to throw Law in the window now but he just sighed. "Of course we have to repeat it. We have to pull an all-nighter again and if we are lucky enough, we can make it in time for tomorrow."
"We? Bro, I am really sorry. You know I am grounded now, right? Dad will kill me if I go home late." Ren argued.
Now Ren really wants to strangle him, "I'm really going to kill you. You are grounded because you are stupid. Who does not not lock their door while having sex?"
"That is what bothered you? The lock?" Law laughed but changed his face to evil smile. "My Renren, aren't you cuter today?" He round his arm to Ren's shoulders. "I know you can do this alone. Besides, I might just get in your way. So can you do this without me please. Hihi." He stared at him with puppy eyes.
Ren sighed. "Step away. Do I have a choice? You are grounded. But you do all the lab preps - both glasswares and equipment, now. I'll just sleep in the lounge for a while."
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"My Lord, the preparations are ready, we can now start the ritual."
Under the beautiful moonlight, Old Arthur was in his black robes while chanting the spell.
The King, Queen Celia, Prince Lucas and his four knights are present.
The magic circle and the pentagram inside glowed white lights as the moonlight strikes directly at it.
"O thy light that swallows the darkness. Make thy path among the worlds and summon thee. I call thy hero who shall slain thy evil and purge the upcoming darkness!"
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Ren remained at the Lab in the middle of the night. It is good for him to be a member of the science guild of their university because it gives him extra privilege. He was a bit tired though because it is his second night doing this. He began setting up the flame and mixing the chemical solutions according to the manual.
He knew it was a no-no to drink coffee while making an experiment but he needed to stay awake, so he did it anyway.
While he was happily doing his job. He looked at the window pane and saw a weird glass bottle with a sparkling solution inside. He is always the curious guy so he picked it up. He found it awesome because it is sparkling inside -as if it was magic. He put it beside his coffee mug.
Suddenly, the floor begun shaking for an unknown reason.
"What the heck? An earthquake? Seriously? In my deadline?"
He turned off the flame. The floor shook more violently. "What the f*ck!" The shaking of the surrounding was so violent that all of his experiment solution spilled over along with his coffee. On top of that, the glass with the sparkling liquid broke. He tried to catch the vial, which made his fingers bled. The droplets of blood mixed in to the sparkling liquid along with his coffee and experiment.
"Seriously?!!! I'm going to fail. Huhu." Ren said while he was trying to find his balance in the earthquake.
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"Lord Lucas, it's the time to drop your blood in the magic circle." Old Arthur shouted.
Prince Lucas unsheathed his knife and slit one of his finger. As the blood dropped, the white light turned red. A hole appeared above them like some sort of other dimension.
"O thy blood, be the chain and anchor of thy worlds. Lead thy hero of light. MAGNUS LUMINOS!"
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As Ren's whole world starts to get dizzy. He bumped his head on the floor and his blood was everywhere. He knew he was dying. Everything was happening rapidly but there was a single thought in his mind, "I wish I could my life a little bit more. The everything went black. He is dead. Suddenly, the pool of liquid mixtures on the floor glowed and a portal above appeared.
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A cute young man in white lab robe laid unconscious in the middle of the magic circle.
All of them stared at him in awe and amazement. Prince Arthur's eyes was glowing at what he was seeing.
"The summoning is a success!" Old Arthur shouted in delight.
"Oh my! He is beautiful!" Queen Celia said with excitement.
Ren started to get conscious. His world is spinning. When he focused his eyes. His heart skipped a bit. " Who are you guys?"