2 Prologue

Third Person

It was three months after the Empire of Dawn has recovered from that sad moment of the ambush. Everything was going well, and the people started to move on from that day. They were now smiling genuinely, and even though some of them are still traumatized, they just kept on smiling and tried to forget that fearful night.

In the palace, the legendary elites gathered around the round table to discuss something important. They were all called by Queen Imea, but before that happened, they were poker faced to see one of them missing in action, as usual~

"Why is that young man always late? Where does he always go? For what reason?" Zandre said while having a firm face. He wore a white armour that matches his sword and shield that is rumored to have been made from the very first ivory to be found at Aurora's Land. He is the leader of the legendary elites! Light Zandre Frost, firstborn of the Deceased General Frost. He is also now the general of all imperial army.

"Come on brother, you know he doesn't always want to stay in one place. He kinda visits Oracle Ban lately, and no one knows why~

Even if the oracle is the one who raised him, why do I get this feeling that he isn't just looking for the oracle, but for someone else?" Sky Frost, third in rank and the younger sibling of Zandre, said. She uses blades and shurikens that was made from fine silk, but deadly as it may seem useless, but once strucked, death shall be served. She was trained by her grandfather, unlike Zandre whom was trained by their father. Both studied at Spring Academy. The school unlike Genesis who uses gears instead of magic.

"Don't think too much there Sky, you might get a headache again." Jade Aadila, fourth in rank, and he manipulates anything with limits. He can control anything with his bare hands the way he wants, with limits. He uses magic instead of gears, and is a former student at Genesis Academy. It's his alma mater.

"Anyone wants to come with me to find him then? No? Ok, so be it then." Marc Gabriel said. Second in rank, uses a sword that is said to be made from the crystals of Aurora. He topped at Spring Academy, but never chosed to lead the imperial army with no valid reason.

After talking with one another, Marc went out of the room to go look for the only person missing in action. "Now where could he be, hmm?" He said to himself and walked to where his feet will take him.

After some minutes of walking and whistling, he arrived at the cemetery. So he crept behind each tomb and hid in every single one of them, and when he found who he was looking for, he smiled happily.

He saw how Granger cleaned the tombs of his love ones as he place the flowers he bought. And by this, Marc thought that maybe he just needs space to talk to everyone, so he let him be. After a minute or two, he walked towards him.

"Visiting our family is nice... But doing it while having an important matter is not nice." He said while walking towards Granger, making the latter point his gun at the former. "Whoa! Whoa! Easy there tiger shark, I won't bite!" He laughed at Granger's moves. Granger then puts his gun back in his holster.

He is the fifth in rank, a newbie in the legendary elites, but already showed his worth. He uses a gun that makes music whenever he casts a spell, depending on the cast, some music sound sweet and nice but deadly, while others are really horrible to listen.

It is believed that the bullets of the gun was made from the blood of the phoenix itself, that when shot by the bearer, it will lead to certain death. But as long as the phoenix is not around, the trick might not be made.

"What are you even doing here?" Granger asked with an annoyed voice.

"Is that how you talk to your senior now?" He crossed his arms and raised a brow at the young man he was talking to. But after seeing no other reactions from the other, he sighed unbelievably and laughed again. "HAHA! You're really unbelievable! We need to get back to the palace, just in case you forgot, may I need to remind you about the meeting? The queen called for a meeting today, right? And you have the guts to be late? Really unbelievable!" He said and walked closer to Granger, and as usual, puts his arms around his neck and drag him away. "I'm really sorry everyone, but we really need to go now." He said and faced the tomb to bow and give his respect.

"Let me go-"

"Come on! Let's go." He didn't listen to what Granger said, and although he kept on threatening him, the other didn't budge, until they arrived at the palace.

"I said let me go!" Granger said and punched him in the gut, making him cough and loosen his grip. They have attracted attention, but Granger didn't mind about this and just left.

"I think i'm gonna need a new armour. An armor that's gonna cover my whole body. Hey! Wait for me!" He called but the former didn't even looked back and just continued walking.

He then smiled at Granger. He knew that Granger is just being like that to hide his emotions or his expressions. People might not understand why he is like that, but Marc knows. Ever since Granger joined the army, Marc have been interested to know him. He's not like the other guys out there that wants to hang out with everyone. He's like, an introvert with a reason, and that made him want to know more about him.

And when Granger became one of the legendary elites, Marc treated him like a brother and taught him things that he needs to learn in order to both fight and survive. Even if Granger doesn't want it all, he still respects his senior, so with having no choice, he just followed Marc.

Everyone in the elites doesn't even know why Marc is always tailing on Granger, but whenever they ask him, he will answer.

"I just can't let my junior be left behind!"

Making his answer weird. But little did they know, that Granger do respect Marc, as much as he respects himself. He may have not shown it to anyone, but Marc is already his idol! Because of what Marc always does to him, like, doing things which others can't do... Example of this, is the way he talks to him. Even if he doesn't want to talk, Marc will always say something to make him talk, and others can't do that.

Marc is the only one who can make things possible for him that seemed impossible to happen for others. So with that, he highly respects the second in rank. Also, after finding out about his past, where Marc topped on Spring Academy, he was more than amazed, but never did he show to anyone how he respected Marc. He was not jealous, he was not mad. He just really respected the man, but he doesn't know how to say or do it, so he just talked to him like a stranger.

To be continued~