Chapter 4
The Twelve Seats Of Power
[3RD PERSON POV]
Somewhere in Livettia, inside of a floating castle. There are twelve seats for power that symbolize authority that represent each Kingdoms existing.
And in the large meeting room of the floating castle, those twelve seats are all filled because of an emergency meeting held.
And as someone comes in, in that meeting room that is also full with pressuring aura's of those twelve in powers, the silence in the room breaks as that someone speaks.
"T-The... subjugation team that we sent to kill the Lady Chronas is completely annihilated."
"What?!" Aside from this reaction coming from the majority of those unknown people that are sitting in the round circle of the meeting room, others just gasp in disbelief.
"But the subjugation team comprises three light-silver stagers and five dark-white stagers! How can she manage to stay alive in the hands of those powerful beings! This can't be!" One of the twelve known Vanguards let out his anger with that statement.
"I already told you, Kylos! That this is not a good plan in the first place! Now, what happened?! We didn't manage to kill her! And what's next?! Of course she will take her revenge on us!" The woman who has ember-color hair, that also part of the Vanguards, is now agitated because of the breaking news that their intel brought to them.
"Prepare your heads to be cut off, you bunch of idiots!" She continued complaining and pin-pointing the other Vanguards at fault, not calming, because how can she? When the name Chronas is the topic.
All the Vanguards that are in that meeting room know how powerful the woman is. She is a threat for each and every one of them. That's why, they also decided to ex-communicated the woman and assassinate her to keep their place in power intacted because they know, the only person on the continent that can make a fight to the Twelve Vanguards alone is that lady: Lady Chronas "The Goddess of Time and Massacre".
"What's the other report? Is that all you can give to us?" That menacing-cold tone coming from the guy that is sitting on the aisle of the meeting room replete the room with his aura causing the being who genuinely gave the report drop to the floor and choked because of the overwhelming pressure that the silver-headed guy aura in the middle releasing.
"Huh, how weak," the very youngest appointed Vanguard who always wanted to sleep during the meetings remarked as he saw the situation of the guy on the floor.
Aside from that person, all of those beings who are placed in the twelve seats don't even have the problem of managing the aura of the guy in the middle.
And as much as the guy on the floor wants to give the other half of the report. He couldn't. Because he is barely managing to keep his consciousness awake because of aura pressure.
He tries his best to look at the people in front of him that are also watching him in awe in their seats. And as he saw those eyes full of belittlement and disgust directly pointed at him, the guy smiled in disappointment to his head.
'To think that I can't manage to withstand this overwhelming aura even though, I'm already in dark-white stage... and to see that this people in front of me doesn't have any problem to ignore it... fuck... just how powerful are they? Are they even beings? Shit... I will really lose my consciousness at this point if the Head Warlord does not release his aura...'
"Hey, Quirra, you're killing Cazo. Release your aura already," The guy that is beside the guy that is being referred as the Head Warlord speaks on behalf of the guy named Cazo.
The Head Warlord pointed his silver-eyes to the guy beside him, and released a more powerful and overwhelming aura that a normal being can't withstand while giving the other guy a death glare.
The guy named Cazo choked more and his nose started to bleed.
"Are you ordering me around, now? Vice-Head Warlord Vaxzu?" That tone is full of authority coming from the Head Warlord.
The guy who possessed a silky and long-blonde hair that is also referred to as the Vice-Head Warlord Vaxzu, also released his omnipotent aura on the meeting room to show that he is not going to back down to the Head Warlord.
"I'm not ordering you, Head Warlord Quirra. I'm just saying that if you want to still hear the other half of the report, you should stop being stupid, and release already your aura because Cazo can't withstand it and he can't finish his report because of that," that remark from the Vice-Head Warlord Vaxzu make an impact on the full-esteem headed Head Warlord.
And as much as the Head-Warlord wants to keep the argument alive and not lose to the Vice-Head in any single way. He didn't do that, because as he saw the faces of the other Vanguards, who were already in a displeased state because of his own skeem to assassinate the Lady Chronas, that didn't go well completely, he let the argument slide and released already his aura that is torturing Cazo.
"You can now release your divine barrier to Cazo, Armlet, thank you," The Vice-Head let out his thanks to the woman that was beside her. Who cast a high level of barrier from the poor Cazo the moment the two heads of this faction release their auras.
The woman just nodded at the Vice-Head. And with a one swing of her hand, the barrier that was protecting Cazo earlier, vanished in the air.
"Now, Cazo, you may continue giving us half of the other report," The Vice-Head ordered.
Cazo nods to his master and kneels properly to the twelve powerful beings in the continent that is in front of him.
He bowed his head as he started to speak about the other half of the report coming from the subjugation ordinance.
"E-Even though the subjugation team is completely annihilated, one of them manage to survive and die later on after he give the full report to us... and as per him, they left Lady Chronas a fatal wounds and use the sacred high-level poison spell that they receive from Lady Minerva, so they expect that the Lady Chronas will die later on, even though the subjugation plan failed," Cazo reported. Making the Vanguards who are in rattle state earlier relaxed a bit.
The Head-Warlord Quirra points his attention to the woman who is seated far away from him that is also wearing an all black armor and smiling widely after she heard that they use the sacred-spell that she gives to them.
"Minerva, how can you be so sure that the sacred-spell poison you lent to them is effective?" The Head-Warlord verifies.
The Woman named Minerva stares back at the Head-Warlord. She bites her lips first seductively before giving the Head-Warlord the reassurance.
"Don't worry my Head-Warlord, even though a goddess-considered being like Chronas will not be able to stand the effect of my powerful spell. She will die soon. You will see... hihi," that statement made the meeting room silent.
And after a moment, The Head-Warlord breaks it, "Cazo, where is that bitch last located?"
Cazo didn't make a haste response to the question of the Head-Warlord because he is not used to hear how her Lady Chronas, the true living-statement of justice and light of oppressed people, being called like that from a being like the Head-Warlord who is the very opposite of her Lady Chronas.
"I-In the Piston Forest my Lord, at the entrance of Zeus Dungeon, there is where we located the blood that is being matched to the Lady Chronas," Cazo spoke when he composed himself again.
"You mean the uncleared dungeon of Zeus? Ha! That wretched must have really lost it. She is severely wounded and is being casted by a high-spell poison and she chose to go in that place where being like us, considered dangerous because of the difficulty? Ha!" The woman with ember-like hair exclaimed again, full of unbelieving.
The Head-Warlord heaved a deep sigh before speaking again, "Cazo, create an exploration team to enter the Zeus Dungeon. We must make sure that that witch is dead."
"I will go along as well to the exploration team, and be the captain of the search," Vice-Warlord Vaxzu stood and made a statement to the other vanguard.
"Hey... why must it be you, Vice-Warlord? You can just appoint someone on us to be the captain. You are too much for this," The sleepy guy who made a say to Cazo statement earlier but in again after soundly sleeping while everyone is exchanging their thoughts earlier.
"Lucifer is right, you don't need to do anything. Count it on us and we will obey," The King of the Giants, also one of the Vanguards says.
Vice-Head smiled at two who are always there for him, before he nagged his head and be serious.
"No, Trenord and Luci. I must go to clean the mess that this beloved faction created. I must make sure that this issue will not go down to someone or else the people of this continent will loath us. I am right, Head Warlord Quirra?" He said with full of other meaning before staring at the guy beside him that is even barely managing to collect his temper.
"Vaxzu..." The Head-Warlord greeted his teeth.
The Vice-Head Warlord just ignores it and makes the first move to leave the meeting room.
"This meeting is adjourned. All of the Vanguards can now go back to their respective places," when the Vice-Head said that, one by one, the vanguards started to walk after him to leave the meeting room.
"Cazo, let's go and choose the beings for the exploration team so we can deploy as early as we can. We must make sure to clean this mess, once and for all."
"Yes, my Lord!"
To Be Continued...