Of Angels and Demons: A New Generation

Salisti

"So, where are we?" I hear a guy beside me mumble. "You are in the Kingdom of Salisti, we summoned six heroes, but we were given six. A true blessing from God." The old man in the front says as another of the random guys next to me speaks up. "So, we will be the heroes here? That means we will receive unconditional support?" He asks as the old man nods and waves for us to follow him. The six guys I don't know go first, and we follow. Moxi has the widest smile I've ever seen him have as he looks out of every window we pass. As I peek through one of the windows, I see miles upon miles of buildings and streets. From the assumption that the buildings are one or two stories tall, we seem to be twenty stories off of the ground. "We are very high up." I mumble as Lastis laughs and pushes me. "Scared of heights?" He asks as I shake my head. "Not really, I just prefer being closer to earth." I say as one of the old men look back to me. "Earth? Is that the city you came from?" He asks as I stare at him. "What is the name of this planet, sir?" I ask as he turns around and keeps walking. "Isig Mora." He replies as I stare at Aziria. We quickly go down a large spiral staircase and into a large marble room. "Ah the six her-" A man on a throne quickly stands up and stares at us. "Twelve? Why is there twelve?" He asks as the men that guided us bow down before him. "We are truly humbled, my lord. The gods have sent us twelve heroes, instead of the measly six they used to have sent us! The gods must believe we are worthy of greater protection, and greater surety that our plight will be resolved!" The man exclaims as Moxi dances a bit. "While that would be goof naturally, we only have weapons and armor for six people." The man says as he rubs his forehead and thinks to himself. "As the king of Salisti, I decree that you fight each other in a sparring match. The stronger of the six will not be receiving weapons and armor, but they will receive the funds to procure their own weapons and armor. Does this sound fair?" The king asks as the six random guys nod in agreement. As they look at us, we all smile back. "We surrender our rank. Give them the gear, we will take the funds and buy our own gear." Moxi says as the six guys stare at us, shocked. "B-but why would you turn down the weapons? Do you not want to wield the weapons of legend? That is the dream of every citizen on this planet." The king asks as Moxi shakes his head. "We don't need the weapons to be heroes. We will defend this world from." Moxi stops for a second. "Hey, king man, what are we defending this world from?" Moxi asks as the guard raise their spears and point them towards Moxi. "You will refer to him as his highness! Show some respect!" One of the guard yells as I step forward and blocks Moxi from the guards. "Sorry, but that is more important. What is the threat to this world?" I ask as the king closes his eyes. "The Sorcerer King. By the legend, he's a fallen angel that blames his fall from grace on humans and the other mortal races." The king says as I nod. "So, all we have to do is kill him?" I ask as the king nods. A few guards bring out weapons and armor and hold it. "Before we give you your gear, let you introduce yourselves." The king says as Moxi throws his fist up. "My name is Moxi, and I don't need a legendary weapon to be the best hero of all time!" He says as he bolts out of the room and through a few doors. As the doors start to shut, Lastis, Attira, Aziria, and I follow him. As we all get outside, we see Moxi staring at the city, his eyes burning with passion and desire. "Hero complex, huh?" Aziria says as Moxi laughs. "It's not a complex. I'm just destined to be a hero, a savior, or any other form of assistance to people." Moxi says as the door opens behind us. "You guys shouldn't have left. The court wizard explained that a new skill was added to us since we're here. It truly it like a video game? Fallyn says as we stare at him. "What do you mean?" Moxi asks as Fallyn sighs. "Look at the bottom of your vision, you should see a black flower. Concentrate on that and it'll bring up a statistic page for you. It shows your level, strength, speed, and other various elements. Just like a video game." Fallyn says as I notice all of us looking at our own stats. As my page pops in front of my face, I see my stats. "Level 190, Strength 2,000, Speed 2,000, Defense 2,000, Agility, 2,000, Charisma 30. What do you mean 30 for charisma!?" I yell as I see the six other guys walk out of the building. "I can't believe we have to start at level one, aren't we supposed to be the heroes? Why are we so weak?" One of them asks as another speaks up. "Well, by how I understood it. We're twice as strong as a normal human. So, a normal level one human here should have a strength attribute of around one." He says as Aziria stares confused, at her stats presumably. "So, what does all this mean? I have nothing but question marks." Aziria mumbles as she quickly looks around. "There's two weird marks at the bottom of the stats page. Look at the one on the left to show others your stats." Fallyn says as her screen appears in front of her. "Level ???, Strength ???, Speed ???, Defense???, Agility ???, Charisma 44." We all mumble as the six other guys stare on in complete confusion. "Maybe your stats are higher than this world can calculate?" Moxi suggests as Aziria shrugs and hides her stats page.