"Long ago, there were Seven Regions that had major conflict with one another. Each region was ruled by a King and each King had their own distinctive ability. The Red King, Blue King, Yellow King, Green King, Orange King, Indigo King, and the Violet King were once the most powerful known in the area. They noticed their conflicts were only hurting their people so they decided to unite and create a Super Continent named the Infinite Frontier. It is known that this continent is a pathway to all other continents in the world. You can't reach any other continent without passing through the Infinite Front-"
"Yeah listen, we don't care about the history of this dumb Continent." My friend said then yawned. "Right, Asin?"
I shrugged and kept looking out the window of the plane we were in. "I would like to know more. Besides we won't make it to my mother if we don't know what to really expect from this place. For all we know this could be our last stop."
My friend who seemed pretty indifferent about learning about the Frontier is named Einhart. He is my closest friend and my right hand man. We've known each other since we were kids.
The person who tried to teach him is named Penelope. She's an elven girl Einhart and I met along the way of our adventure.
We are heading to the Frontier to meet up with my mother, who is a renown researcher and scientist. She's been studying upon the different energies and auras. Her main goal is to create an aura that could be strong enough to make someone a Deity or at the very least Godlike. My mom knows her goal is extremely dangerous and will get her killed one day, but she is so determined that I can't help but to respect her work.
"Anyway, long story short, the Infinite Frontier is a unified continent that now sees itself in a bit of trial and tribulation." Penelope said.
"What do you mean? What's wrong with the Frontier?" I asked and looked at Penelope.
"Apparently the Dark Domain has been causing a bit of trouble for the Frontier. The people of the Frontier have experienced nothing but strife and struggle with the new kings in power. It is said a third party is in play but no one knows who it is." Penelope answered.
I looked back out the window then looked surprised hearing an explosion. We looked at the other window and noticed our left wing was taken down. I stood up and heard the alarms.
"Mayday! Mayday! Our left wing has been shot down!" The pilot yelled. "Evacuate the plane immediately!"
Penelope, Einhart, and I got up quickly and grabbed our gliding gear then the pilot opened the doors then we jumped out and activated our gliding gear and we soared in the air. We noticed the plane getting cut in half. An explosion happened and we noticed a massive Mecha flying out of the smoke and looked at us. The Mecha aimed its arm cannon at us then fired a massive beam at us. We dodged it and prepared ourselves for battle.
We flew to the Mecha and tried to attack it, but the Mecha countered all three of us then swiped its arm then blew us all away. I groaned loudly in pain as I was sent flying backwards. Penelope and Einhart also got separated as we were crashing backwards. I groaned as I crashed through a giant rock formation then descended to the ground.
I couldn't keep my eyes open. 'Fuck...Is this the end of me already..? Mom...'
I tried to get up then my body gave up and my eyes closed.
.....
"Is he okay?" A voice said.
"Hard to say. His body has some unnatural recovery speed. We barely had to do anything." Another voice said.
"Look he's waking up." A third voice called out.
I slowly opened my eyes and looked around then sat up. I noticed I was laying on a bed inside a building. "What the hell..? Where am I..?"
"Hey, are you alright? You had some nasty bruises on you before we found you." A male voice said to me.
I looked at him and rubbed my eyes. "Who are you..?"
"Hmph. No thank you? I told you we should've left him for the beasts." A woman said.
I looked at the woman and got out of bed slowly. "Sorry...Thank you all for saving me."
They all nodded and watched me to make sure I was good enough to move around.
"Anyway, my name is Allat. I am the First Paragon, I was sent down from the Divine Domain to come protect the people of the world from the Dark Domain. Currently you are in the country, Reigoku. It's named after the King of the Region. All the regions are named after the Kings." Allat explained.
"I see, my name is Asin Lasslow. I'm here to meet up with my mother. The only problem is she never specified where she would be in the Frontier." I said.
"Hm. We can help you." Allat said.
"We barely know him. For all we know he could be working for the Dark Domain!" A woman said.
"Astrall, I sense no Underworld Energy from him. Even if he was sent by them, he wouldn't be able to even beat our weakest member of the Paragons." Allat said.
I looked at the woman who seemed to be Astrall. "Have you all been tricked before? Is that why you're on edge?"
"We have had a person in the group become Anti on us. We must always remain vigilant! Anyway, the name is Sodin. I am the Guardian of the Paragons." The other man smiled at me and nodded.
"I am Ioki. My job is to also protect the Paragons with my divine power." The second woman smiled at me.
Astrall crossed her arms. "Since we are all being nice to him, I guess I can also be a bit nice to him. My name is Astrall, the second strongest of the Paragons."
I looked at them all. "Only four of you?"
"There are more, but think of them as the second line. We are the first in command plus the others can't really fight off the Dark Beasts like we can. Speaking of which, have you ever encountered a Dark Beast before?" Allat asked.
"No." I answered.
"Hmm...You said you are supposed to meet your mother correct?" Allat asked.
"Correct." I nodded.
"We have to make sure that you're ready enough to venture around the Frontier alone. I noticed you had a weapon with you. A nodachi it looked like." Allat said.
"My father gave me that sword. He was a powerful samurai from where I was from. I will always cherish it since he's no longer alive." I said then walked to my sword that was against the wall. I looked at Allat and the others. "I have to find my mother. I won't let any of these Dark Beasts or whatever stop me from doing that."
"But you don't even know how strong they are. You can't just rush head first into battle against them!" Astrall said.
"I couldn't care less if they are strong. If I could survive getting blown away across the Frontier by a massive Mecha, I can survive a few Beasts." I said.
"Wait a Giant Mecha? What did it look like?" Sodin asked.
"Well it was certainly a black Mecha which had some serious dark energy. It had arm cannons and it targeted me and my friends out of nowhere. We were supposed to land in some city but I am here." I explained.
"He met Midnight. We've been looking for that Mecha for weeks so we can destroy it. That Mecha is being controlled by the King of Reigoku. How did you survive though? A hit from Midnight at your power level should've killed you." Ioki looked at me.
"I guess the pure determination to live? I don't know. I'm just happy to still be alive." I answered.
"Alright I have an idea. How about we all give him a test? It should be pretty easy for you since we won't be going all out at all. I don't think you're ready to take on a Full Power Paragon." Allat said.
"What's the test?" I asked.
"We are in the southern parts of Reigoku. Currently we are in Eidrameda. There are four towers in the four directions, North Tower, South Tower, East Tower, and West Tower. Your mission is to come to all four towers to defeat us. We will have our weaker members challenge you along the way as well so you can gain some battle experience. There is no time limit so go at your own pace. Sound good?" Allat asked.
"I believe so." I nodded.
"Alright, Paragons! Head to your towers!" Allat commanded.
The four warped away, leaving me alone in the room by myself. I sat down on the bed and closed my eyes. I thought about the experience I went through before coming here.
"Why did it attack us?" I asked myself.
....
Einhart walked around a forest and checked his phone only to see there was no service where he was. "Dammit..? Where am I? Asin!! Penelope!! Where the hell are you two?!"
He kept roaming around until he noticed an end to the trail. He walked ahead and noticed he was in a city. He looked around in awe and took his first steps into the city.
"What the heck..? This is one big city.." Einhart said then noticed this was the city we were supposed to be in. "Wait this is it! Maybe they are here!"
.....
Penelope screamed as she was running away from a beast that was chasing her. She tripped and fell to the ground. She grunted as she stood up and heard the beast's roar. She turned around and panicked.
"Freeze!" She bellowed and blasted the beast with ice magic.
The beast was unaffected and growled at Penelope. It lunged itself at her then let out a pained roar as it was struck by a powerful strike. A male landed on the ground then picked Penelope up bridal style then dashed off at high speeds.
"These Dark Beasts aren't affected by normal magic. The only people who can beat them are those with some form of Divine Power." The man said.
"W-Who are you?" Penelope asked as she held onto the man.
"You can call me Zero." The man said and kept running off.
.....
I stood up from the bed after resting for a bit longer then walked out the room then soon walked out the building. "Alright...Let's do this."