501 years ago.... Year 2024
In the beautiful moonlit night, devoid of clouds so the stars may shine, A loud thunderous boom is heard from the sky. James Mrakilin, falling from the sky as he struggles to get Ares's spear that has impaled him, out of his chest. Seno jumps into James, blasting him with Fire magic, not allowing him to remove the impaled spear.
James Mrakilin was Blonde with Deep blue eyes, wearing a Grey jacket over a white shirt and black pants.
James fell into a pond and painfully swam to a shore. He laid back on a rock. Even though his powers would ease the pain a bit and heal him quickly, James felt like it was his end. William jumped in front of James. William was blonde, brown hair and somewhere in his 20's by looks. He and the other Mrakilins, excluding James, were wearing what seemed to be protective armor.
William bent down to James's eye level and placed his hand on James's shoulder.
"I'm sorry James. But it had to be'' William told James. The other 4 Mraklins jumped behind William and watched the two. William took his hand of from James's shoulder
James's eyes blurred, his body grew weaker, he was bleeding profusely from the impaled area and the head. Blood dripped onto the sand. James, with his last bit of energy, put his hand on William's shoulder, pulled him in and whispered,
"I'll return... one day and you... have to answer.... For what you've done..."
William stood up, James's hand dropped to the floor. William turned and walked towards the 4 Mrakilins. William stopped and turned around
"Goodbye Old-Friend" said William
Except Serani, the other Mrakilins walked back. Then Serani quickly blitzed in front of James, dealing the final death blow to him.
DAY - 2
A News Company goes Live and The Anchor Begins,
"As we all know, In the city of Veloria, The Contest of Champions is held in the name of the Great James Mrakilin, One of the 6 Mrakilins who'd died 500 years ago. But now, in a shocking twist, a contender known as 'Vashrak' has challenged the Mrakilins, incapacitated Guards in front of the public and stolen James Mrakilins Ring of Power. Witnesses say that Ares Mrakilin tried to stop the man but the man disappeared into thin air. More on that in a bit."
Present day-The Mrakilin Headquarters:
"So... this Vashrak. He commanded the James Mrakilin Ring. How?" Seno began, asking the Mrakilins who sat in the round table.
"Maybe he really is James Mrakilin. He told us he'd return, didn't he?" Serani asked anxiously.
"Improbable." Ares said, he continued "I impaled James Mrakilin in the Heart. Any attempt to revive him medically should've happened within 5 minutes of the impalement."
"You're missing the point. We preserved the body, didn't we? Let's go check it out then." Arcano asked.
All of them fell silent. The fear of the force that was James Mrakilin, being revived somehow, was a thing of nightmares.
William stood up and placed his hand on the table and spoke.
"It is highly likely that James Mrakilin has not returned. We all watched him die, and buried him. Whoever this Vashrak is and however he'd able to control the ring, we might find answers to these questions in James Mrakilin's old chamber and his grave."
The 5 Mraklins split into 2 groups.
William, Serani and Arcano went to James's Old Chamber
Ares and Seno went to James's Grave
William and the other 2 stood in front of a Giant, dusty door in a dimly lit hallway. Each of the Mrakilin had their dorms in the Hallways of the Headquarters but only once, after James Mraklin's death did they enter his dorm.
William pushes the heavy doors open with both hands and inside, was a room filled with books, decaying papers and a huge window in the middle of the wall, allowing natural light to seep in and show the dust and cobwebs the place had accumulated.
William recalls how he and James were the first to create the Mraklins Headquarters from this very room and expanded from here. William takes a deep breath.
"Let's see what we can find" William tells the group
In another part of the Cyberpunk City of Veloria, Ares and Seno go to the Hall of Champions. The hall is adorned with the Faces and names of previous Contest Champions and their coffins when they died from natural causes.
"How long has it been since we came here?" Ares asked Seno as they walked down the huge hallway.
"About 200 Years, give or take a 10" Seno replied, not even looking back at Ares.
"What if it really was James? Would he forgive us?" Ares asked
Seno stopped in his tracks. Seno replies, "We ambushed him, killed him in cold blood" He turns to face Ares and continued,
"And if it IS him, then he just came back to kill us so, NO Ares, He's not going to forgive us for KILLING him!"
Ares was angry that Seno kept shouting at him. He clenched his fist but didn't say anything. Seno sighed and continued onwards to the End of the Hallway, where the coffin of James Mrakilin lay.
In a Panel near the coffin, Seno placed his ring on a hole that was perfectly shaped for the ring. The coffin opened, dust flew from the coffin inside and all that remained of James Mrakilin was Bones.
"So, It's not James Mrakilin?" Ares asked
Seno replied, "We don't have enough evidence to say whether he's back or not but one fact remains. James Mrakilin's body has not been reawoken."
Seno closes the Coffin and heads back to the exit but Ares just stands there, looking at the statue of James Mrakilin above his Coffin. Ares remembers, clear as day, when James Mrakilin gave him his red ring and chose him to 'Make the world a Better place'.
Seno shouts at Ares to come back and Ares snaps out of it to follow Seno back to the exit.
Back to William and his team, William looks around to check for any clues, But to no avail. He looks to the huge Window, in nostalgia.... But immediately notices something off. There's a single sheet of paper next to the window but it's not old or decomposed like the rest of the papers and books in the room. The paper looked brand new, white and clean with something written on it.
William rushes to look at the paper, tripping over some books and getting the attention of Serani and Arcano. William looks at the Paper, It has an illustration of 7 rings in a circle.
Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Pink, Orange and... White?
Orange was for Ares,
Red for Arcano,
Green for Seno,
Yellow for William,
Pink for Serani,
And Blue for James
But who was White?
And it shows all 7 rings forming into one Ring and Under the illustration is a sentence,
"One Ring to rule them all"
William shouts at Arcano, "Arcano! Use your magic to tell me when this was written!"
Arcano complies immediately, never had he seen William in such a panic. Arcano casts his time magic on the piece of paper. Arcano gulps and looks at William.
"The Writing is 3 Days old Will" Arcano says.
Serani hands William a book handwritten by James. "Here, check the handwriting!" Serani shouts. William opens a page from the worn out book and compares the handwriting.
The Three Mrakilins, The strongest and undefeated of the Age, felt fear in their very souls. The Handwriting was exactly the same.
The Conqueror of Worlds had Awakened and It was Their fault!
YOU ARE READING
The Contest of Champions
ActionWhen James Mrakilin is Killed by his own team over a crime he hadn't committed, he's reincarnated 500 years later to get his revenge but to do that, he must defeat his team mates one by one until he gets to the top.
