Chapter 3: Barging In (2)
The crowd applaud at the third prince, after that the third prince with a small smile walked back to his corner but not before giving respect to the emperor and bowing.
With the third prince done the second prince was next, the second prince unlike the third prince is a man who always had a smile.
He was the exact opposite of the third prince who always had a stoic and straight face.
Not many may know it but behind the third prince's smile is a cunning young man who always gets what he wanted through schemes and ploys.
"Step up to the altar Young Prince and present yourself to the Gods." The Priest said to the second prince.
Prince Nero then with a smile stepped up to the altar, he was facing the ceremony with a calm facade but inside he was panicking, his brother already stole the limelight by being picked by a Major Arcana and if he does not get chosen by one then he would fell behind the race.
"Repeat after me." The priest said as he chanted the allegiance which the Prince Nero repeated.
Once he was done pledging his allegiance, a golden light engulfed him this light was no different than the ones before him but after the light subsided a strong smell of sulfur permeated in the air.
The surrounding became flaming hot as if they were put into an oven, the ground slightly crack and from it oozed lava.
Crack! Crack!
A red light then bursted out and blinded everone for a second and when they regained their vision they saw a symbol of a red helmet above Prince Nero's head.
The iron rod he was holding tranformed into a helmet that closely lookes similar to that of spartans.
"Another Major Arcana! Rejoice young prince you have been claimed by the God of the Underworld! Hades!" The priest with fervent loyalty shouted.
Wooo!
Once again the crowd goes wild! With two prince being claimed by a Major Arcana the future of the empire is looking bright.
Prince Nero wiped the sweat from his forehead and once again smiled, he thanked the gods and bowed and also bowed to the emperor.
The emperor only gave him a nod as a compliment but that was enough for him. He got back from his seat and looked at the eldest prince with a smug that seemingly says 'What now brother? You're the only one left,'
Now with the two prince being claimed by a Major Arcana it only comes down with the last.
Would he follow the pattern or will he fail?
The eldest prince was nervous, he could feel his entire body shake but he fought it off and stood up from his seat.
He strode towards the altar with confidence and a smile, once he was in the altar the priest approached him for the final ceremony.
"The last one," He said.
"Present yourself to the gods Young Prince." The Priest followed.
And so like any other the prince followed.
"Now repeat after me." He chanted the allegiance and Prince Gabriel repeated after him.
Once that was done the same golden light engulfed him. Tension can be felt once again in the temple, this was the last one and the most important one.
Now Prince Gabriel show your worth! They all thought.
Onec the golden light subsided a thundering rumble shook the entire temple. Lightning came out of the altar and zap at everywhere. Blue light came out from the altar and swallowed everything, the entire temple was bathed in blue light and lightning.
The older nobility activated their abilities to protect the young ones from the raging lightning, while the young one only gazed at the eldest prince in awe.
The emperor waved his hands and created a blue dome that protected him from the lightning.
Once the lightning subsided a symbol of blue lightning appeared above the prince's head, the iron rod on his hands transformed itself into a bright blue rod that contains lightning similar to that of the master bolt from percy jackson movie.
The priest started to mumble incoherent words when he saw the symbol. With tears on his eyes the priest fell on his knees, he was looking like a fanatic while looking at the lightning bolt symbol above the prince's head.
"Ahh!" He shouted in ecstasy.
"The Third Major Arcana and the Pantheon Chief!"
"Rejoice Young Prince you have been chosen by the King of the Gods! Zeus!" The Priest declared with a shout.
The entire crowd was in shambles, the older nobility started scheming at the moment it was revealed that the young prince was Zeus's chosen champion, while the young children got green due to envy.
Just like the Prince the Emperor is also a Champion of Zeus that's why Zeus is the current Pantheon Chief of the Roman Pantheon.
The emperor got up from his throne and was about to end the ceremony when suddenly the giant door of the temple swung open and from it entered a royal guard garbed in golden armor.
"What kind of disrespect is this?"
"You better have a good excuse soldier or I will have you executed." The emperor said while showing off his aura clearly stating that he was not joking.
The guard started to produce jets of sweat under his armor but he still bowed and mustered his courage to talk.
"Your majesty pardon my rudeness but there is a child out there outside the temple bearing the Golden Eagle's Emblem!" The guard shouted with all his will trying to fend off the tense atmostphere the emperor was emmitting.
Clearly the entire audience heard what the guard said and to say the least they were quite shocked.
There are no beings out there inside or outside the empire who qualifies to hold the Golden Eagle's Emblem, the only people who can have this are members of the imperial family.
So that means outside the temple there is a kid bearing the imperial family's crest who may or may not be bearing the emperor's blood.
"Ghh." Emperor Kritoff pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance and gestured at the guard.
"Bring him in." He said.
"Understood your majesty!" He bowed before going out and fetching the kid.
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