Homura

Prologue - The Walking Genocide

"That vagabond must be killed. He was the main reason why the empire is unable to move forward with the plan."

In the central city of Viskharia located in the land of the world.

In the conference room that existed on the highest floor of the castle that pierced the sky. One of the General spoked. The Pope of the Great Nation declared.

"The Power that the Vagabond possesses transcends the power that any individual or god will have. It's far too dangerous for us as new ruler of this world!"

The 5 Generals gathered around the table and listened carefully.

Alistair the Dark Lord.

Katya the Shadow Monarch.

Lin Zheng the Hemomancer.

Aegues the Storm Dominator.

Quinn the Nightshade.

"I do agree with your opinion. The brat—no, that abominable undying creature—for some reason we need to seal him up if he can't be killed. Even with the Great Seal that was applied to him, his power still rivals the military might of an entire empire. As if he is just taking a stroll when the empire sends the military on a march. Each time he was revived, he just got stronger, and each time he took a step, we had to rewrite the defence treaties and reposition our armies. This is totally ridiculous!"

"He's like a walking genocide, huh? Even with 100,000 armies, it's really pathetic. Even with this whole year, that vagabond is just slacking off by eating, sleeping, and playing under your noses, and you can't even cut his head off."

"We are Qasimirian, the noble humans, and we use our heads properly. Just as you know, we are different from the Blood Mages, who were impatient to attack and rushed ahead without even consulting the other generals, and in the end, your army was fully annihilated by the Vagabond."

"What did you say..."

"Calm down, the both of you. If the Generals quarrel among ourself..."

"Don't act like an adult, you hypocritical woman; If you had dealt with him at Sylvania a year ago, my army wouldn't met a deadly fate."

"ENOUGH!"

The voice was calm yet processed by a heavy and profound presence that couldn't be denied.

A single word from Zenith, The Great Pope and 3 of the General that were hurling abusing each another swallowed the insult.

"Your Grace"

"It's just what has Katya said. When the 5 of us quarrel among our self, it produce a hundred harm and not a single gain. We are here today as an alliance to kill that vagabond."

A millennium ago a band of 12 people appeared and almost of the countries that existed earth were burned to ashes.

"The framework of countries has become a relic. We are no longer an alliance, but the world itself. Some brat that was moving alone to Asakaze Isle from Ming Lun is not a fret."

"Your Grace, it's like exactly like what you say."

"Hmm... I am not fretting at all here."

Aegues lowered his head after hearing the words of the Great Pope, while Lin Zheng slumped back on his seat with a vexed expression.

Judging the place has calm down once again, Zenith opened his mouth once more.

"That Vagabond cannot do something to replace us. The heart of the populace remain in the grasp of the Empire. Besides that, haven't we succeeded in sealing his power? As long the Great Seal is in place, even that man cannot fully control the power of the Phoenix as skillfully as one year ago."

"Yes exactly right."

"Quinn, is there any update on the surveillance?"

Alistair, who has been observing since broaching of the topic, broke his silence and questioned Quinn. Quinn nodded.

"Of cause the Vagabond is on board on a ship to Asakaze. The ship crew and passengers has been replaced by the army. There is not a slight chance that we will lose sight----"

The door of the conference burst open, as if it shut down Quinn's word.

"Be-Begging your pardon! Quinn-sama! An urgent message has been received from the observers."

The one that jump to the council was one of Quinn's telegraphic team.

"After the vagabond sang while playing a guitar, He broke the seal and jumped into the sea!"

"Wh, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!"

"HE JUMPED DOWN FROM THE SHIP!"

The generals fell silent.

"Don't tell me they lost him?"

"Uh... Unfortunately yes. For him to jump down from a ship to the sea without a lifeboat. No one expected it, so..."

They lost him.

The blood drained from everyone's face in the room.

And then, after the moment of stillness the room erupted into commotion.

"What the hell are you doing, you damn idiot? Make them chase him now!"

"Impossible! He dives into the high-current ocean with "undetectable magic", and even with the Mages detection skills, they can't even find him."

"That's right! There's no way regular people could do something so illogically!"

"Just rearrange the surveillance structure."

"We can't lose sight of that man, even for a second! After all the vagabond, Miyazaki Homura (宮崎　ホムラ) is a Zodiac who has the power to ruin the world."