Royal Guard Tower, Otrera's office, there were the owner of the office and Maeve who had just arrived at the place.
– Good Morning! Needing to talk to me? – Maeve said presenting himself for the service.
– Yes, an emergency, Sephiro Prison Island, several prisoners managed to free themselves in a rebellion and regain their powers, there are some very high level mages, I need you to go there and put them in place, it can take two squads with two captains if you need. – Said Otrera calm and practical.
– Got it, I'm going right now, but I'll only need three mages, my paladins and they're part of my personal squad. – Maeve said sure of her abilities.
– I don't want to underestimate your skills, but the Island is full of highly dangerous criminals and even prisoners of war who were defeated at high costs, it has logistical support already on the island of the prison guards, but I don't know if it's just the four of you will do it. – Said Otrera analytical and sincere.
– I can handle it alone, the prison is in the middle of the sea... And make no mistake, you three are not the only talented ones from the last war, but your brightness ended up overshadowing the others, just sit and watch the show. – Laughed Maeve leaving.
– Maeve, I'll trust you, please don't die. – Said Otrera who gave a vote of confidence to the Aquarius mage.
– You will not regret. – Maeve smiled.
***
Sephiro Prison Island, an island of 200km2 where in the center of it there was a maximum security prison for criminal mages and prisoners of war, they had their powers nullified there, but they managed to buy some guards and started a revolution there, things were ugly. The prison itself was 10km2 in a feudal fortification pattern, plus the defense towers that prevented prisoners from escaping, the sunbathing yards, twenty-two cell sessions, each session having 200 cells, each cell holding up to 10 prisoners. The installations were quadratic with a very well done design, several levels, floors and textures, it was even a fortress centered in the middle of the island, but a group of almost two thousand prisoners managed to transpose the area of the prison and went to one of the island's beaches to try to steal the ships from the Guarda Real marina to escape.
Maeve had arrived on the island with her squad of three paladins who were also her apprentices.
William Waves, 22, his eyes were green, his hair black and cut in a military cut, his skin was brown. Specialist in water magic.
Theodore Falls, 22, his eyes were brown, bald, and his skin was brown; their magic was water, more specifically, boiling water techniques.
Fiorella Frost, 22, her eyes were blue, her hair short and white, her skin white; her specialty was ice magic.
– Fiorella, Theodore and William, you will help the prison guards to contain the fugitives, I will deal with the beach criminals. - Maeve said with conviction.
– Lady Maeve, there are almost two thousand mages there, even though they have been without their powers for a long time, there are still two thousand opponents. – Fiorella said scared.
– Child, don't worry, the sea is my territory, I'll have finished with them before you take care of yours. – Laughed Maeve.
– If you guarantee, let's go. – William said.
– Fiorella in command in our separate mission? – Theodore asked.
– Yes, and remember don't hesitate to kill if they don't cooperate. – Maeve specified.
So her pupils went into the woods to get to the prison and already on the sand of the beach Maeve had her own problems to deal with, two thousand highly dangerous criminal mages.
– Kill the Royal Guard bitch! – Shouted one of the prisoners who recognizes the mage by her uniform, then several unleashed various spells and projectiles against her, even grenades.
– TSC! Alice's Mirror. – Conjured Maeve almost with disdain, it was one of 15 divine techniques, generated a plasma shield in front of the mage that redirected all energy, projectiles and grenades back to the prisoners at full strength, several were seriously injured and at least 150 died just in time. – Who is next? –
The mages decided to leave with everything and leading the revolt were three mages, a big and blond one, a slender female brunette and also C'reist who had been sent there a few days ago.
– You can't against all of us. – Said the brunette demonstrating skill with black thunder.
– We will destroy you. – Said the blonde who proved to be a physical reinforcement mage.
– Let's make a master mage barbecue. – Said C'reist launching bombardments of flames.
– Fools. – Maeve said, she would go all out in the fight, she was really exceptional, she drew water from the sea conjuring shots in the form of dragons hitting the thousands of fugitive mages and could deal with the three main ones at the same time.
Maeve threw a series of ice saws, jumped back and threw a mega water whip into the sand that rained sand and had cut about 15 mages in half. Then C'reist launched a gale of flame; the dark-haired mage sent a series of projectile punches of black lightning; the blonde tried to crush Maeve, but one by one she deflected the blows and proved superior.
– Slicing "Watercane". – Conjured Maeve that caused a powerful water hurricane with appendages that looked like water swords, the hurricane spun at 60,000 km/h furiously destroying everything in its path, only the Royal Guard marina seemed to be spared by the summoner's will, several mages were taken and torn apart by the spell, including the blonde and the brunette.
Maeve then insisted on killing C'reist in direct combat using water claws, a furious move and then beheaded him, there were still about six hundred mages coming with everything, but she would straighten it out in a moment.
– Aquarius: Wrath Of The Seven Seas. – Conjured Maeve, she made the sea enrage, a typhoon formed from the water and current, it was something that made a mega tsunami look like a toy, they were all taken away, killed or drowned, or crushed, shredded, sliced or worse, Maeve wasn't kidding, she made mincemeat out of mages who gave trouble for Royal Guard to capture, and alone.
Maeve then left for Sephiro Prison properly, there she found her students demonstrating that they really were her students, they had eliminated the fugitives with an exceptional skill. Then they all went to talk to Fabio, the person responsible for the prison, the one in charge of the place.
Fabio Gallard, captain of the Royal Guard and warden of Sephiro Prison, his eyes were bicolor like the eyes of all Gallards, his hair white, medium and white, his skin white.
– Ms. Maeve, thank you very much for your help, by my calculations, we still have about three hundred prisoners, 2,345 were killed in that rebellion, considering the totality that managed to escape to the beach and those we slaughtered here, I bet they won't try anything else, the Royal Guard mages who helped them will also be duly punished. – Said the warden.
– I see, we just came to give you a helping hand, apparently you're going to need a helping hand here until they send you steady reinforcements. – Maeve said.
– Yes ma'am, it would be good, until we understand how they circumvented the security, even with internal help, the protocols are very advanced and secure. – Fabio said.
– I see, Fiorella and the other two will stay and help you, I have a word with the Grand Mistress. – Maeve said.
– See you soon, master! – Said Maeve's students.
– See you, fellows. – Maeve smiled.
***
Maeve returned to the Royal Guard Tower with a teleport seal, then went to see Otrera, she looked like she had just left a meeting with Anitta and Nora, walked past the two of them greeting them and entered the Grand Mistress's room.
– So, what did you think? – Maeve said smugly, but with reasons for that.
– Honestly, I'm impressed how quickly you dealt with them, and that spell at the end, what a touch of class. – Laughed Otrera.
– I told you, you were not the only prodigies of that war, but you gained much more prominence... We are not here for nothing. – Maeve said.
– You're right, many others deserved to be highlighted… Teresa, you, and others, Ava Hardrock herself who died saving so many, but you weren't all rebellious like Teresa. – Commented Otrera.
– "Tete" is stressed and proud, a prodigy who became captain exceptionally early, when others more special than her showed up she freaked out, but I was a paladin, a paladin just like you three, not to mention that sometime later I became captain too and the position Aquarius was busy, so I didn't have much to do, except train and get stronger, she became addicted to whiskey, a couple of years ago she managed to stop it. – Maeve commented. – No wonder they call me the fourth legendary mage. –
– I see, I just wanted to congratulate you... With time I can see your abilities, and I admit, they surpassed my expectations, but don't underestimate us, we are not simple prodigies, you would be surprised by what the three of us can do... And Maeve you really seem to approach our level more than the others, so I want to ask for your help in a secret mission. – Said Otrera mysterious.
– I'm honored, what kind of mission? – Maeve asked.
– SSX+, not only dangerous but sacred to us master mages, something we might need up front against Madame Stroika, I have a bad feeling. – Otrera said mysteriously about the mission, she herself was reflective about.
– I will comply with the greatest honor, Grand Mistress! – Maeve said smiling.
Maeve was happy, had been recognized and impressed a mage of such reputation and contemporary career, life tried to guide them along different paths, but that didn't stop their paths from crossing and seeing how each one developed in its own way, that moment was golden for both of them. For Otrera it was good to see that her departure from Celestia didn't leave her without capable defenders and for Maeve that she deserved to be ranked as the heroes of WWVI.