Second week of August, Boudercircle, a region in Bricttany that had a tourist spot that was the symbol of the region, a set of stone rectangles circled vertically and more horizontally on top, in the middle a gigantic drop-shaped polished stone, no one knew for sure who had created this monument, but it was thousands of years old. A group of Bricttany Royal Guard mages were being massacred by Maynard and Beatrice who were with a group of ten elite stroiko mages powered by Ohana's serum.
Leading the bricttany Royal Guard was Sir Gregor McNaught, mage-lord[1][2], his eyes were hazel, his hair pale hazel, his skin fair. He was 40 years old, a man of regal and noble bearing, a mage of thunder and cataclysms. The Mage-Lords uniform was like an oil blue overcoat full of details and the Bricttany Royal Guard crest on both sides of the breastplate, wide shoulder pads, at the front from the waist down was open with a pair of very well-matched black tactical pants, on the back there is also the coat of arms of the Bricttany Royal Guard.[3].
– Bastards, how dare you attack this holy place... I've already sent for reinforcements, you won't escape... Serial Thunder Strike Line. - Conjured Gregor that raising his hands to the sky unleashes a series of violent bursts of lightning and thunder more and more numerous, he caused up to 300 hits of magical thunder per second, his opponents had to dodge agilely, but were hit. Sir Gregor was one of the most powerful mages in Bricttany.
The fight continued, Gregor's warriors tried to keep up against Maynard's and Beatrice's warriors, and he took a risk against them both, but they individually were already as or even stronger than he, he was cutting a streak to survive.
– Sir Gregor, you are a legend within the British Royal Guard, but you are lost and your reinforcements will not arrive in time darling, we will have already killed you... Dark Omen Storm. –Conjured Beatrice unleashing a slashing gale of black wind blades to tear apart the enemy.
– I think you're wrong dear… Null and Void! – Conjured Morrigan who arrived at the scene of emergency casting a spell that was involved in Beatrice's blow and nullified it.
– Morrigan, thank you very much for this help. – Gregor said that he was already very hurt from the fight.
– I imagine they are very strong, leaving you in this situation is not easy. – Morrigan said with an intimate smile.
– We are strong enough to kill you… Morrigan Shadow, one of Celestia's 3GLWM… Spiteful Rock. – Conjured Maynard who launched three hundred long, sharp earth projectiles full of brutal thorns along its entire length and launched them at high speed against the legendary mage.
– We have orders to destroy the 3GLWM at all costs... Dangerous Fligth Of Ill Omen. – Conjured Beatrice who launched a flurry of owls made of dark wind vigorous and sharp as blades.
The two blows were very convergent and together they managed to hit Morrigan even as she tried to dodge, managed to do some damage, hit some cuts on her shoulder and a slight wound in the side.
– I see, you are strong, but now you will see why they call me a legendary mage… Ophidian Monstersity Of Shadows. – Conjured Morrigan touching the ground and from the ground emerging giant serpents of violent darkness. cunning, swift and poisonous.
Morrigan went to fight accompanied by these two turbocharged shadow snakes, she moved showing that she was a direct fighter when she needed to, she moved nimbly and dark snakes that came out of her arms jumping up on her opponents, Morrigan could make these snakes explode in an explosion of darkness giving a high impact, she showed that she deserved her nickname, she was killing their subordinates, it was easy for her.
– This woman... We can't with her yet, better to retreat. – Maynard suggested that he was already bruised with cuts, bruises and explosive damage.
– Even with the serum we took… How much power does this woman have? – Beatrice said fearful for feeling in her skin the strength of Morrigan who was fighting to kill.
The two flee, they were the only survivors of their teams. Morrigan went to see Gregor's condition.
– The advantage of being a necromancer is not having to hold back, it's just killing and interrogating the soul... You haven't changed anything all this time. – Gregor laughed getting up.
– You know it's my way, and those two, their blows hurt me, weak they are not, even by my standards they are strong, I would give them master mage level easily. – Morrigan said looking at that with an analytical look.
– And not ordinary master mages, master mages of the good ones, one of them was just about to kill me, the two of them together, I was only managing to buy time... What does Madame Stroika want with Boudercircle? I need to go give my report to the Grand Master. – Said Gregor.
– Unfortunately I can't even help you with that, the medical mage is Otrera, not me... But I have an idea what she wanted, Gregor, I'm coming, but anything, just call me. – Morrigan said with good humor.
– Of course… And your laboratory, it's safe, very hidden, only the Grand Master and I know where it is, you can rest assured. – Said Gregor.
– Thank you so much, old friend! – Morrigan said, had been Gregor who helped her settle in Bricttany to disappear.
***
Royal Guard Tower, Morrigan arrived and went to talk to Otrera about what had happened, something was on her mind and she knew her friend would agree.
– The thing must be serious, they hit quite a blow on you, class SS+[4]. – Said Otrera, analyzing Morrigan's injuries, they weren't serious, but knowing her level, she knew how much power had to be used to do even that to her.
– And the worst was that they were two very strong mages… Maynard and Beatrice, both deserters from the British Royal Guard, they already had rewards on their heads, but I had them as class S+ criminals, they show themselves class SS+. – Morrigan said.
– Class SS+ are Celestia's high-level master mages, we are SSX+[5], Astaroth was SSX. – Said Otrera.
– And the worst, you don't even know… I'm sure now, she's going after the others. – Morrigan said.
– We can't postpone it anymore, we have to tell them the whole truth. – Said Otrera.
– I think too, the truth about our last mission before we left Celestia. – Morrigan said somewhat reflective and remembering the past.
***
Otrera had summoned all the mages and Queen Aria, they were all in the meeting room, they were wondering what the three legendary mages had to say, they were together in front of everyone.
– What is the reason for this extraordinary meeting? I was about to leave for Bricttany to see the queen for trade deals. – Said the queen in her sapphire blue taier and elegant hat.
– Queen, we guarantee that it is important, all the other Grand Masters and the presidents, prime ministers and monarchs have to be equally advised... Madame Stroika is not only back, but she is behind the other gods, the 7 Ohana's brothers, she wants to leave Celestia reduced to rubble. – Said Otrera serious, calm and remembering the damage and horrors that a single goddess had already caused.
– Are there others like Ohana? I thought she was unique. – Said Ethan.
– No, we knew there were others, but not where they were. – Pondered George.
– Yes, there are eight in total, their origin on this planet dates back to the dawn of civilization at least ten thousand years ago, they are gods from another universe, from the primordial universe, minions of a goddess called Pelupdus, she is said to be the entity most powerful of all the multiverse, she sends minions to different worlds bringing chaos, destruction and death, the reason we don't know for sure, but probably she is a conqueror, maybe she wants to rewrite the multiverse and needs to destroy some worlds for the process to be easier... Ohana and the others come in, historical records point to their use in the past, alien deities to the planet who helped nations conquer each other, but the pantheonic gods banded together to seal them into tokens and scattered around the world, Bricttany, for example, used Ohana and the others as a secret weapon to subdue Celestia during the revolution, but the other gods were considered at the time only as avatars derived from Ohana. Madame Stroika managed to steal Ohana's token and set her free and the rest you know about what happened in World War VI... As far as we can understand from the writings the Royal Guard Island was created by the redeeming goddesses, in the primordial universe generation after generation of gods the "Olympians" and the other primordial pantheons fight against the empire of Pelupdus, everything we are doing here is just an arm of a war that crosses the entire multiverse. – Morrigan said, she showed to have a very large knowledge not only about his universe, but the multiverse itself.
– It's not the first time we've dealt with a multiversal incident, didn't you once go to another universe after some fugitive mages and help some "Heroes of Hera" some years ago? – Margareth pondered thoughtfully.
– Yes, but believe me, it's a lot heavier, we're talking about a problem with the true gods of the multiverse, we need to do whatever it takes to preserve our world... Thinking about it after the war, before we left Celestia, we hunted the other seven tokens, the three of us gathered our skills, knowledge as well as historical records and cultural legends, found them, sealed them further and hid them all over Celestia, then left. – Edward said.
– What? – All the other master mages and the queen got scared.
– You mean there are seven gods of these woe of Ohana level spread across the country? – Said the queen worried.
– Yes, to leave them in safe and isolated places so that no one else uses them, no one would dare mess with Celestia after the VI World War. – Edward said thinking about the extent of the fame of legendary mage.
– And Stroika is hunting these tokens, she wants to use all the power she can to destroy us, I have to admit, it was an impressive ballistic measure. – Teresa said.
– If you're talking to us after all this time, it's because buckshot comes around. – Kristen said.
– We have reason to believe she's after the tokens and it won't be long before she gets tired of looking through the historical sites and will turn her eyes to us, Boudercircle was one of the places we found one of the tokens, so she's tracking the divine energy signature, we've camouflaged it well, but she'll put two and two together in no time. – Said Otrera.
– I understand, we will have to have teams ready to protect the tokens. – Maeve said.
– Let's not take the tokens, let's leave them where they are, but if we realize she's finding the places we'll send the teams to defend the tokens, if we go after now we'd leave it stamped where all the tokens are. – Edward pointed out.
– I understand, but there is something that makes me curious to this day… Everyone talks about how you won the war, but how did you defeat a goddess? – Nora said curiously.
– With Supreme Sealing: Perferct Form, one of the most powerful techniques among the 15 divine techniques, they were passed down to us by the redeeming goddesses in person for an emergency ordeal on the battlefield, we use this technique, it is not normally considered one of the 15 because we've given it that name, the Supreme Sealing technique is divided into three categories, Hellish, Heavenly and Token, each traps the target in a different place, we seal it in three dimensions, and Astaroth sacrificed himself to hold it for her not to run away, he not only died, he sacrificed himself using every ounce of magic to keep her there, but we can't deny that we had a helping hand from the zodiac's power to extend our sealing. – Otrera said remembering the day of the final fight.
– I see, I imagine the power this has demanded... And I see that we are on the brink of a new war, it will use everything in its power to destroy us, we need to be very attentive to all this chaos... The network of The contacts she's built over the years after the war have turned out to be frighteningly large, and with the people and resources to give us trouble, make no mistake things aren't going to be so calm going forward. – Said the queen Aria.
– But isn't that what we're here for? Stop this madness, we're just revealing what we've done as a safety measure as it could be about to become a potential danger, we'll all together put an end to Madame Stroika's threat and fix Ohana and everyone else. – Said Otrera resolute and sure of what she was saying.
– Apparently things are going to be lively around here! – Ethan laughed.
The atmosphere was more tense, it was palpable that Madame Stroika had a plan, allies and many dangers, the Royal Guard of Celestia finds itself in a level of tension that it hasn't seen in ten years.
[1] Mage-lord is the equivalent of "master mage" within the Bricttany Royal Guard.
[2] The "Royal Guard" institute itself is very old, dating back at least 10,000 years, a system that works within the nations of a world that still cherishes the institute of royalty Celestia instituted during her revolution.
[3] The Coat of Arms is a luxurious orb with angelic wings on the sides, a crown at the back and an epicenter of light in the center.
[4] A mage's power rating is determined by the scale: D, C, B, A, S, S+, SS, SS+, SSX, SSX+
[5] The Three Great Legendary Warrior Mages are the only mages who are placed as SSX+ level mages.