One of the council members stands up. "Lord Tel-" He's cut off by Telas. "I wasn't talking to you." Telas says as the man turns to dust. "Azura, what is going on?" He says as I see Azura glaring at him. "Nothing sir, just trying to prevent the death of every council member by challenging me and Kai." She says as he looks to me. He stares at me for a moment before laughing. "Oh my, it is him. I couldn't believe it when I heard it. I really thought that rumor of Azura assisting some weak kid in training and protecting him was just a big lie, but now I see I was mistaken. What the hell, he should've been able to know that without ever being told. Silvia knew everything basically. But that does raise the question of how did she not know Telas was going to ambush her? I think as Telas snaps his fingers. I jolt back into paying attention as he sighs. "Kid, what's troubling you?" He asks as I stare at him. "Well, everyone in here is saying that I've been marked by a celestial." I say as he frowns. "Is that so?" He mumbles as he summons his sword. He teleports to me and swings his sword toward me. Before I can react, he cuts across my cheek. I stare at him and he holds the blade to his face and looks at the blood on it. "Yea, you've definitely been marked." He says as he looks down to me. "Well, I know what I'm going to do." He says as he turns around. I speak up "What are you going to-" He teleports behind me. "Don't move kid." He says as I feel energy very similar in power to Silvia's flowing off of him. He's no joke. He feels just as strong as Silvia. I think as I look back. I see him bringing his sword down toward my face. Suddenly he jumps back and readies his sword. "Damn, why are you here!?" He says as I look forward. I see a girl with gold armor and silver hair standing in front of me with a sword of platinum ready. "This is my servant. He is under my protection." She says as I stare at her in awe. This is the first time I've seen her face. I think as she picks me up on her shoulder. Her energy at this range feels equal to Telas's. Suddenly we teleport away from the council men, Telas, and Azura. She sets me down when we appear. I'm in just a standard bedroom. "Don't worry, no one will come for us." She says as I stare at her. "What's your name, if I may ask?" I say as she smiles. "My name is Ceraphine." She says with a warm smile. I feel warm and joyful energy all around her. "So where are we?" I ask as she smiles. "This is my own dimension. I live here. No one can track me here." She says as I look around the room. "So you're a celestial?" I ask as she nods and stares at me. "So how long have you been awake?" I ask as she tilts her head. "What do you mean?" She replies softly. "A lot of the celestials are waking up for some reason. When did you wake up? I was told all the celestials had been in a deep slumber." I say as she scratches her chin. "I've never been asleep. Well, I mean, I sleep but not very long. The only reason celestials will go into a state of deep slumber is to recover extreme amounts of energy. All my brothers went to sleep or died after the last war." She says as I stop her. "War? What war?" I ask as she laughs. "You don't know? Oh, well around maybe 30,000 years ago we fought alongside Silvia and her servants against the manifestation of destruction and ruination. The battle lasted around 3 years and killed half the celestials. We couldn't kill it, but Silvia managed to banish it. I do fear that since she's gone the barrier is weakened enough for it to return." She says as I feel a bead of sweat roll down my cheek. I suddenly remember all my dreams. I feel my heart start racing as I take a deep breath. "Did this thing have a name?" I ask as she thinks for a moment. "It had many names, but the most common was Ragnarok." She says as I stare at her. "So if it comes back, how could we beat it?" I ask as she shrugs. "Not sure, not even Silvia could kill it. Even after taking half the energy from Celestia." She says as I shake my head. "Celestia? And how could Silvia not beat it? She ruled this entire dimension." I say as Ceraphine smirks. "Celestia was kingdom that all celestials lived in. We resided there until Ragnarok destroyed it. And to answer your 2nd question, yes she ruled this dimension, but Ragnarok didn't come from this dimension. Just like us celestials. None of us were born within her reality. We also came long before her. We had our own dimension, our own plane of existence. In total there are 5 planes. Each plane is similar but with notable differences. Ultimately, we got bored and compiled our energy and broke through the plane wall that separates the planes. To break through the wall took an enormous amount of energy. As a result we didn't have enough energy to go back." She says as I shake my head. "Then how do you know that there are 5 planes?" I ask as she laughs. "Well that's just what we assumed because when Ragnarok appeared, he ripped a hole through 5 plane walls in his last attack. The holes took years to recover, whereas the combined power of all the celestials took a mere hour to fix itself." She says as she smiles. "Just saying, if Ragnarok does come back, this plane might be completely destroyed." Ceraphine says with a slight smile.
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Of Angels and Demons: Ragnarok
Fantasia--Book 2 of 5-- 5 years have passed since the altercation with Silvia. Kai is in college trying to finally lead a normal life, but is unaware of the threat quickly closing in.
