The Five Kings: First Step

Hopian 87 Part 1 - Against all Odds

A/N: Yo! Just wanted to announce a quick patch note to the story lol. Two chapters ago Prósopsi mentioned that the continent is going to be on lockdown. However thanks to the help of Torkuda that's been changed to all citizens having to practice evacuating their homes. When this will start hasn't been revealed yet though.

Also, yes this chapter is split into two again- I hope it isn't annoying or anything. Just don't like posting 4k word chapters anymore since there's no bookmark system on wattpad or anything for the readers.

Last chapter, the quartet along with Marlox's new bounties were revealed to the world. While many were happy about the revalations, many were angry, with some even trying to attack the "Four Holiday's" AKA the Commander's of the Hopian Army as well as Prósopsi. After long hours of unsuccessful searching, we then look into the lives and concerns of the them...

The morning after the continental meeting...

Seric's P.O.V.

"As pal #3 would say, R.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.S.E. and shine pals, it's 9 AM already!" King Metalli-... no Metallic shouts out to wake us up from the hallway outside my room...

Last night my hands were obviously still oozing flames due to my- my horrid situation. So, since Metallic noticed that the last time I let my flames drip onto myself I couldn't regenerate the burns... he got Marlox and Amandeath to "safeproof" the spare hospital bed in the house for me. Not like I cared either way, but I couldn't write my memories of Habram down either so...

"Shit- my hands hurt... plus I think I cut my face on the head hole here... guess it was nice for him to care though. But no, I NEED to start planning here- d-don't I? I feel awful though, I don't know..." I think to myself as I'm still lying under my bed's turqoise sheets, with my flame dripping hands being taped to the bottom plastic frames of the bed. And of course my favourite part, my face is positioned down inside a crappy hole through the bed so that I wouldn't vomit on myself in my sleep... apparently that's more important than choking on them.

Anyways yeah, sure a real "comfy" night, even now I'm still forced to look down at the dirty tiled floor and at the few spiders crawling on it from up here. Not like I would've slept much either way... though I did manage to for a bit surprisingly, and without any nightmares.

"So, so Habram DIDN'T do anything to me in my sleep this time? But... why would he just once then? I-I can't remember now, was it- oh God no I knew this would happen, shit! What did he say in that dream now..." I think to myself but stop as I hear the door behind my suddenly open.

"Yooo. You're free to go now prisoner... I shall unlock you from your mighty two Herin restraints. ......Hah that was a joke, guess not a real funny one to you though..." I can hear Amandeath say from behind me as I only mumble a "hey" in response, and at the same time she grabs my right wrist and starts to pull the tape off of me.

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"Hm... ahhhh- oh shit. The Hopian Army made a news article or something... Seric if you can talk how do you click to like, get on it or whatever again? If you can't that's cool too, I guess..." Amandeath asks with a yawn as she's sitting at Marlox's big but slim computer and eating the fried eggs Metallic made for us there. Don't get how she's not embarrassed about being in her underwear and bra though even if she does sleep in them. ...Anyways last time I checked she was using her one free hand to touch the screen, so it works like a tablet then I guess...?

Meanwhile I'm sitting at the small glass kitchen table alone as I stare down at my food, with my fingers still dripping a few blue flames into the floor every once in a while...