In 'The reign of the moonlight crown prince' 5 kingdoms or 'sectors' occupy large regions, each kingdom ruling territory surpassing that of continents, having specific cultures, technological advancement and way of combat different for the 5 kingdoms.
In the north, kingdom of the sea: Atlantisia. Their technological advancement has been a key role in their prosperity, buildings built with quartz, flying vehicles adoration in gold and enhanced with magic for transportation, large scale manufacturing factories that produce zero toxic waste. It's also been called the city in the skies, as their continent guardian.
The leviathan, water serpent of the north, specializing in water magic and scales that reflect the abyss of the dark depths seas coated in a potent poison excreted from its body, also boasting high conductivity with electricity, where atlanteans abuse it for their technology. Causing her to hold grudges against humanity, hence the atlanteans used technologies and magic to lift the entirety of their continent above the clouds to avoid its wrath.
In the south, thousands of snow mountain peaks soar high above the clouds, barren land with the highest rate of monster and predators roaming, uneven rocky terrain that leaves the barbarians unable to cultivate. The barbarian kingdom, Thra'gor. Their particular culture akin to warmongers cultivated within these lands, the legendary warriors also known as berserkers born from this place have been said to have fought with mortal wounds for days in the front lines to protect their brethren.
Protected by their continent guardian: the earth tortoise, specializing in earth magic, whilst it build a body that's the size of a hill, eyes that shine with the sparkle of precious minerals, jaws with the force of meteors crashing down, built with a body resistant to physical and magical damage, similar to the proud warriors it protects, where he is worshiped as their god.
Next in the west, The mystical forest: Elvenheim. At its center stands the World tree giving birth to its children the elves, releasing air that contains mana in ways similar to photosynthesize. The secluded elf species built their civilization up in the trees/roots of their mother. By being near the world tree, elves are naturally born with more proficient mana cores, generating faster mana… though light years away from elemental mana cores. Seen roaming through the forest, unicorns, griffins, those heavenly animals are a common sight in Elvenheim, attracting people to the forest to write a contract in promise of using their ability.
In Elvenheim, no one dares to cause harm to its ecosystem with their continent guardian: Fire phoenix of the west, protecting them as her kin, with affection of a mother. Her magical flames are of no harm to anyone's touch, however when provoked, setting a sea of blaze to towns in a matter of minutes are an easy task.
Lastly, in the east, the forest of martial arts: Murim, built with excellent craftsmanship, buildings constructed with woods and bamboo have a unique style compared to the rest of the other kingdoms. Orthodox sects are built high in the mountains, unorthodox sects that experiment with poison and traps, demonic cults that worship the suffering of people as fuel for fighting. Tournaments, where special techniques, hidden techniques, and people with special constitution to show their worth are praiseworthy in the eye of the Murim and their continent guardian
Loong: the wind dragon, its appearance is rarely seen, enjoying its time high above the clouds. Slithering through the sky like a giant snake dressed in silver white scales. Occasionally descending from the heavens to tournaments, blessing the champion with exceptional elixirs, people worship him as a form of purity and freedom, while some curse him as a dictator and some Ignore him altogether.
These 4 continent guardians, like it or not, have all consumed elemental mana cores which has given them the knowledge, power, and longevity to live eons. However, with one fatal flaw where they could only use their own respective element though in the highest degree like breathing.
With that said, Nero stares at the opportunity in front of him, black lighting still charging the mana core, the storm still thundering beside him, his burned feathers sheds off as the wind blows on it, weighing the pros and cons while calculating the story…
Right and the 5th kingdom… we'll get to that later.
"What can go wrong?" he shrugged.
Nero prepares himself to be struck by the black lightning charging the core, he wants to try his best to complete the operation as swiftly as possible, wanting to swiping the core out of the lightning before much damage could be done, like cutting wires in a time bomb.
Bracing himself, he raises one of his wings and covers it with a thin layer of wind magic for whatever protection he can have before swinging it towards the core. The instance feathers connected with the lightning. Nero felt the entirety of his being burned alive, the pain of being ripped to shreds was nothing compared to this; the feeling of the lightning striking him was nothing compared to this.
Nero could feel as if his brain is melting like being executed in an electric chair even though the current is between 5-20 amperes, and normal lightning having between 5000-200,000 amperes.
0.01 seconds passed, and he could feel the current rush though his blood veins, tissues, nerves. It was as if his consciousness had shrunk to the size of a cell where he observed his veins being torn apart.
0.07 seconds pass, and his consciousness returns, the wind shield is basically no more with his blood veins disintegrated. 0.09 seconds and continues the trajectory towards the core. 0.1 seconds have passed and the core has been swiped out of the lightning.
Nero's right wing is no more, the black char; the disintegrated wing; the feathers on his body still burning with embers when wind blows on it. Luckily the core drops 3 cm away from him as he drops to the floor, as shock weakens his body, however…
'I'm.. clo- i need.. to save… them…' Nero thought as his consciousness faded, just seconds away from moving on, he strengthened his resolve one last time.. Using his beak to slowly crawl towards the core, the lightning sparks are discharged where it tries to connect to protect itself… from Nero before swallowing it.