Bayezid stood before a massive door that he felt ominous looking at.
How could he not?
This was the very first door he came out of after he was summoned to this world.
The ordinary looking door... which even after nine months Bayezid came through , was unable to tell what it really held in for him.
The guards near him unaware of his thoughts opened the huge door for him.
There were about 10 to fifteen guards other than the king's guard who knew of this portion of the palace.
All of them were bind by a secret oath to not let the secrecy of this place out to anyone.
In fact they were the only few in golden rock despite their insignificant strength to know of the great miracle of the summoning of Bayezid to this world.
But now they were not too sure if it was a great miracle after all.
The old door creaked when someone tried to open it.
The door slowly opened and was set aside to both sides.
Immediately Bayezid was met with the site of the king's guard and its captain and some mages looking confused.
Ellis was there too.
"The king is here!" "The king is here!"
The guards who opened the door said.
Soon hearing it, the guards and the mages turned around and bowed.
The captain of the king's guard then approached Bayezid.
"Your majesty... this..." the captain was unsure of what to speak next. He just turned around to look at the source of the problem.
"When... did this happen?" Bayezid asked only one question seeing the captain's stuttering.
The captain was a peak second tier and wore a viking helmet and in his back was strapped an axe that probably saw better times.
"Ten hours ago" the captain replied.
Bayezid nodded. Slowly he walked closer to the site of interest.
Suddenly he stood before a person.
"I will take care from here."
No thanks, no acknowledgements. Just a statement.
Ellis immediately stood some steps back.
Even the mere statement was just to save face that the king was on good terms with the queen.
The captain saw how Ellis showed no expression to her husband returning nor her husband showing reaction to her.
Well again he just saw that this was a reaction due to the predicament of the moment.
They were currently in the dungeons of the palace.
The dungeon was the place where criminals , some supplies were stored.
Some times rarely , it housed monsters captured in raids.
But this part of the dungeon was something not known to most people.
Some time ago , it was said that this place was used for things such as dark magic , torturing , inhumane acts and so on.
The captain even heard rumours that necromancy and cannibalism occurred down here.
This place was only cleaned a year ago when the mages claimed the place to be a perfect fit for a summoning ritual.
Even then this place was riddled with cobble webs , moss and so on.
Currently their attention wasn't to the uncleanliness of this place.
Rather to the peculiar situation in front of them.
This portion of the dungeon was massive.
It stretched hundred meters wide and was atleast 12 meters in height.
The elevated platform where the summoning circle was formed before stood at the middle.
Just in front of it now were...forty people.
All kids.
Young people barely the age of seventeen.
Some standing, some sitting on the floor , chairs , some talking among themselves while some were clearly provoking the guards.
The one thing they all had in common was their dress.
A school uniform.
One which Bayezid recognised pretty well..
Even though occupied by around only sixty people , his sounds was not clearly heard.
It took some time for the students to take notice of Bayezid but when they did , their gazes was locked on him.
The guards who were in charge of controlling the students soon bowed down to him.
Seeing their actions , the students came to the conclusion that Bayezid was probably the important person that these guards were talking about.
The guards wouldn't tell them any information until this person came about.
It frustrated them.
They didn't mistreat them. They gave them food and water and even chairs to sit on.
But being restrained for about ten hours just to wait for this person nonetheless annoyed them.
The situation they were stuck in... they needed immediate answers to it.
All the students who were sitting stood up.
All of them now saw Bayezid with questioning eyes.
Bayezid analysed them.
"Forty?"
"Yes your majesty." the captain answered from behind.
"This definitely must have took a lot of energy to summon. Who was in charge of guarding this place?" Bayezid asked with a frown.
"Guards bring him!" the captain shouted.
The guards soon brought forth a bloodied man who looked like he was on his final breath.
"A peak first tier? a formidable guard" Bayezid perfectly judged the man's aura despite it being in a state of turbulence.
The captain was amazed at Bayezid's analysing abilities but decided to comment against it.
He then proceeded to recount the account.
"Rodrigo. A young man assigned as a royal guard due to his excellent martial abilities.
The mages after the summoning wanted to observe the place for some months as it was still emitting energiya.
Soon after three months , the energiya dwindled to a measly amount and losing interest they soon moved on to better assignments.
Still on head mage Lucas's commands a guard was assigned to guard this place.
Around four months ago , the energiya in this place supposedly increased again to a large amount but not necessarily big to leak outside.
This guard instead of reporting the situation decided to cultivate the excess energiya , remarkably jumping from the middle first tier to the peak first tier in just four months."
There was silence for a minute.
Soon Bayezid turned around and looked at the students again.
They seemed to understand the language of this place.
'This is a mess. We got bunch of teenagers at our hand to handle now.' Bayezid rolled his eyes.
"I assume you guys are from Earth?" Bayezid asked in English greatly surprising the students.
There was just chattering among themselves and no one answered.
Soon from the crowd , a young man with blond hair came out.
He had golden eyes that greatly complimented his blond hair, pale smooth white skin and a gorgeous face. The kind to get all the stares in a small pond like school and big pond like the world alike.
"We are." He answered in stead of everyone.
"You are?"
"Kai. Kai Ravenheart."
Even in this unknown situation the kid named Kai had a glint in his eyes.
"Um... Tell me Kai...what happened to you guys? how did you come here?"
Before Kai opened his mouth to say something , a guy spoke out from the crowd.
"That is something you are supposed to tell us, you bastard."
"..."
Bayezid cocked his head to see the guy who called him a bastard.
It was kid with earrings and tattoos.
With white hair , a clean face , he looked handsome.
But the sadist, malice , dark thoughts in his heart couldn't be hidden as it oozed out without restraint.
Soon the guy approached Bayezid without a care in the world with his hands in pocket.
Just as he was inches away from him , he punched him in the face.
*Pow*
a clear sound resounded in the empty dungeon.
Some of the students gasped, put their hands in front of their mouths.
"Asmodeus!" Kai shouted at him.
"What do you think you are doing?"
Kai approached Asmodues and restrained both of his hands.
But suddenly he sensed some liquid at Asmodeus's left hand.
The liquid was constantly pouring to the ground.
Suddenly Asmodeus fell to the ground kneeling.
"Ah!"
He screamed in pain.
"Fuck! Fuck!"
he wriggled on the ground despite Kai controlling him to the best of his abilities.
Bayezid just looked at Asmodeus who was wincing in pain.
Soon gesturing to some guards , they soon came and used some bandages on Asmodeus's hand.
All of his resistance was gone under the powerful hands of the guard.
He looked at Kai who was watching with a wary glance.
"How old are you guys?" Bayezid asked casually after some time.
"Seve...Seventeen."
"Hmm... Im pretty sure you have heard of Newtons's third law right?"
All of the students saw him strangely.
"For every action , there is an equivalent and opposite reaction."
"But on observation , I would like to add another statement to it.
The strength of the reaction is enhanced when hitting a strong object."
Bayezid said calmly but one could see a smirk on his face.
Asmodeus who already had been wounded in just a minute soon stood up and took Bayezid by his collar.
"You think this is a joke you bastard? Making us wait for ten hours and you come swinging your hands as though nothing had happened and expect us to answer you instead of you answering us like you are supposed to."
The previous pain seemed to be gone completely almost like magic. But the boy was oblivious to that.
Bayezid sighing looked at the boy.
Soon Bayezid slid his index finger across his throat.
Sound of unseating a sword was heard.
Asmodeus frowned but soon turned behind and saw the guard who wounded him with bandages approaching with a sword.
Soon letting out the collar of Bayezid, Asmodeus stuttered.
"Hey... you... what do you think you are doing... stay behind... STAY BEHIND!" he almost screamed at the end faltering to the ground.
Time seemed to slow down for Asmodeus as the guard approached him with heavy steps.
"Help!" he shouted to his gang from school who just stood there with blank expressions as though they had nothing to with this.
'Shit'
Asmodeus tried to stand up and run but something was not letting him.
What was it?
He was the strongest guy in school besides Kai.
Everywhere he went with his gang, everyone would cower. Even the teachers couldn't say anything about it.
What did he not have?
He had good grades , was strong , popular , had respect in school , was rich...
Even that Kai bastard who was although better than him in all other aspects except wealth never came in his way although he preached of justice!
Then again a boy who was already perfect at the age of 17 felt as though he was falling short of something.
Something he didn't know he had in him.
Fear... Great fear...
Just how comical it was.
To be summoned to another world out of thin air... without being said answers to but still going to die without knowing the cause.
Asmodeus just closed his eyes. He thought that closing his eyes would somehow reduce the pain of being beheaded.
But even after some time , he felt nothing.
Did the guard kill him painlessly?
Was he already dead? was he even alive at the first place?
Soon a scream was heard and it ended in a heartbeat.
Asmodeus opened his eyes and almost puked after seeing what happened.
The same could be said for the other students as well who found it hard to stand on their feet.
The guard with the bloodied face was laying there with his head not attached to his body.
"Captain...
The head... send it to the wretch's family.
As for the body... I heard as of late many crows and vultures have been visiting our capital. It would only be gracious of us to let the visitors have a good meal."
There was utter silence when Bayezid uttered those words.
"As you say." saying those words , some guards went on to do the work.
Bayezid turned around and saw Asmodeus who was currently out of his wits.
"You were saying?" Bayezid asked to him shaking him off his reverie.
Asmodeus without saying a word just backed off to a corner.
Kai tried to help him but Asmodeus slapped his hand away.
When the crowd stabilised, Bayezid addressed them again.
"See, I'm not your enemy." he began on a heavy note.
"As , you have probably guessed , I was also in the same situation as you guys and was transported to this world.
Yes, transported as like those people in isekai genre."
"But , I was not frustrated nor panicking like some of you when I arrived at this place.
Rather I proceeded forward with rationale.
Who knows what might have happened if I acted like unwise? probably my head wouldn't have rested on my shoulders."
This time around , a girl stepped out from the crowd.
The girl was extremely beautiful with icy blue eyes and black hair.
She had a badge on her uniform named "Head Girl".
In Fact kai had the opposite badge named "Head boy".
"So what are we supposed to do now?
You say we have been transported to this world, not kidnapped or anything."
Her face clearly implicated suspicions and didn't seem to trust Bayezid one bit...
"Hmm...
For now , I think you all deserve some rest as I'm sure staying in this dungeon for ten hours have taken a toll on your mental.
The information about this world and the general plan would be conveyed to you shortly after.
"You will guided by the guards now to your rooms."
Like that without letting anyone say anything further, Bayezid instructed the guards to escort the students to their rooms.
Only Kai stayed behind as per Bayezid's instructions.
The two then went to Bayezid's office where Kai narrated the whole story.
According to it , they were students and were returning back to school after a fulfilling ten day trip in Japan by plane.
Suddenly as they were laughing , talking to each other , a strange circle enclosed them.
They were unable to leave their compartment nor where they allowed to push the emergency button.
He said no matter how much force they gave , the emergency button wouldn't budge...
Before they could realise what was happening , a blinding light covered their visions and their heads were sucked in something.
Essentially the same story as Bayezid's.
They didn't meet a goddess in between or any entities.
There were no variables in their stories.
Everyone had also received a system without exception and according to Kai's accounts , it was more or less similar to bayezid's system except it was power focused not dynasty focused or whatever.
Everyone had a same system but their talents differed.
"The guards can't understand English but nevertheless don't talk excess about the system and reveal the existence of the system just to anyone as the concept of system is something foreign here."
"Hmm... understood. But what are we supposed to do?"
During the conversation , Bayezid had told Kai important information about the world they were in and such.
Kai now pretty much knew the important information about the world.
"The rooms that you have been assigned is inside the Goffrey's tower , a tower just reserved for guests and such.
It is just like a dorm and has a spacious hall where everyone can meet.
I want you to convey the information I have told you to your fellow ones.
Tomorrow, I will assign a tutor who will teach you the script of the language.
At most it would take you all a day or two to learn it.
For a week , you are supposed to read the important books assigned to you by the librarian in rotation.
The next sets of plans , I will convey to you."
Suddenly Bayezid stood up and went near kai.
He put his hands on Kai's shoulders.
"My guy, according to my knowledge , there is no way of going back to our world.
I don't desire to control you all nor dictate how you would proceed with this circumstance.
You can choose to live in this world or try to find a way to go back to Earth.
But regardless remember , as fellow denizens of Earth we must stick together in this world which has new laws and orders.
For now I entrust the care of your friends to you."
---
A week later---
A big mansion stood against all forces trying to bring it down.
It occupied most of the space in the small town.
Currently inside a room in the mansion , a man with spectacles frowned while reading a letter.
"What is this bullshit?"
He asked while looking at his butler.
"Exactly as the letter states your lord." the butler replied seriously.
"You fool! I know that... just what exactly is this or what are they planning...hiding..."
The man stood up and went to stand by the window.
The town 's poor infrastructure was evident form there.
"A single person I could understand... even that looked like a well articulated lie but now forty? is this for real?"
He asked to not particularly anyone.
Three days ago , it was stated that Bayezid had returned with almost forty young people to his palace.
According to him after he had left the military camp a week ago , he saw these talents without any background toiling away doing works unfitting of their talents.
He stated that if these forty people learned directly under the crown , they could provide to be great assets.
Everyone as the news spread just thought that the king was foolish and was just doing this with inexperience and did it just on a whim.
But everyone could not see the bigger picture.
While the stories were different , the circumstances were the same...
People appearing out of thin air , said to achieve greatness and guide Erlands...
The letter stated the same exact thing.
It was a guard's interrogation after being bribed.
According to the guard, the king had arrived to the palace on the next day's early morning after he had departed from the military camp...
He didn't see the forty people entering the palace, and he knew the best as he was one of the entrance guard...
At the first place no one knew why Bayezid left the military camp so early when he was supposed to stay for an entire week...
The general bastard wouldn't covey the reason why as well...
He was mostly aloof and only communicated with Duke Sophia and saw the other faction members as akin to dust...
Only thing Johnson knew was that something big was happening in the background and he was not intended to be a part of it...
Turning around, he asked his butler.
"Do the others know about this?"
"From our intel , they have already started their investigation...
But Duke Sophia..."
"It's not a problem. For now cooperate with the others to find an answer.
We will stop once Duke Sophia gives the command to do so."
Johnson was an overweight man but still one could see the cunningness in him.
His eyes had a glint in them.
"We cannot falter. We are already too deep in the waters."