The Five Kings: First Step

Hopian 108 Part 1 - A New Mechanical Pal

Last chapter, King Metallica and Kodan officialy became "pals", and soon afterwards Kodan got Metallica to tell him about his Emperor form. Kodan realized that the form could be the key he needs to take down the Hopian Army, and after discovering that Metallica is fairly rich- the two decided to start their revolution against the army. And of course that started with creating a massive base, and recruiting a few hundred people to their cause...

Kodan's P.O.V.

"Alright- Hice, wanna open it up for us?" I shout down to our gatekeeper himself, as me, Metallica and the other recruiting squad members are at the top of the ladder that leads to the outside-inside world. But as of now, like it should be, the entrance above us is just solid green Hesalo.

"What's the magic word?" The jerk asks as he slouches back on his chair way down below us,

"P.L.E.A.S.E. pal!" Metallica says as his head is right below my ass,

"Your paycheck." I shout down to Hice which makes him scoff, normally I wouldn't be so mean but- I've gotta be with him. The guy likes to walk over people. And especially since I'm the leader here I can't let that happen. He is being payed well though so I don't feel bad, well- payed a lot better than his old job.

Anyways I can see him mumbling something, and at the same time the Hesalo above us disappears- and now we can see the darkness of the basement that's way above us. Yeah I realized pretty quick that Hice's Blessing would be a MUST for our base, it can revert objects back to their original form, and the other way around too. Meaning that, we have an unbreakable and pretty well unfindable entrance, since it's made of the whole ass ground itself above us.

Well that depends on Hice I guess but, he's been pretty good at his job so far. Before I invited him to the base, I knew Hice as just another fellow hobo who pranked people for fun. He reverted parts of their body, or even clothes to their older states which- yeah wasn't too fun for the pranked person. Saw a girls clothes turn into literal sheep at one point due to it...

I've straightened him out though, or the money I've given him has at least.

Either way me and my other friends climb out of the hole and into the abandoned basement above us. Time to head out- wonder who we'll meet today!

Six hours later...

"Alright- that's nine new members so far, nice." I confirm as I finish writing the status of the last member we just recruited on my fancy clipboard. My writing is uh, not the greatest to say the least but it is readable.

Shitty education aside though, by status I mean what trackers we've got on our new members. The main one being emotional trackers- or... I think that's what they are? Hard to say exactly but that's about right. Using Metallica's crazy amount of Herin, as well as my connections to people here, I was able to meet with a pretty lowkey old man who's Blessing is- well to locate other people with Blessing's that have certain attributes.

...That sounds confusing. I mean ok, like for example, a guy could ask him to find someone with a Blessing that can make him smoothies or something. ANYWAYS, in my case, I asked the old man to locate someone who's Blessing can measure a persons loyalty. There were a few options, but I ended up choosing one woman who wasn't too far away-

"Blegh, that guys breath smelled like crap... not like the poor guys can afford mouthwash though. How many more people are we picking up today?" The girl herself complains as she spits onto the white neon lit up sidewalk we're walking on. Laya's her name, she got her Blessing from one of those lotteries that happen pretty often, which let's someone get a Blessing for free. Not me though, of course- thank you government.