New Start

In the next morning Henry woke up inside his big luxurious bed. He sighed and accepted the fact, that what happened yesterday wasn't a dream. When he stood up and opened the wardrobe to put clothes on, the maids suddenly entered and took over. Henry was helpless and let them do their work.

After he took a bath and put a new set of clothes he started to wander inside the castle. He got used to have at least 4 Royal Knights protecting him all the time. He asked the Royal Knights where the warriors trained and they left the palace and entered the barracks, that weren't far away. When he entered the training grounds he was greeted by hundreds of bare chested warriors training in the cold.

When they saw the new face with a silver crown on his head and the Royal Knights escorting that person, all warriors stopped training and dropped down to their knees.

"LONG LIVE THE KING!"

Their shouting sounded like a thunderclap.

Henry felt his blood rushing to his head, 'Damn this is awesome!'

He started to take off his clothes and his upper body was exposed to the cold weather. He went to the weights and started to lift them.

Everyone was stupefied by his actions.

He stopped for a moment for a moment, turning around, facing the warriors and said, "What are you all doing? Continue to train!"

It took a moment until they all understood the order.

"YES, YOUR MAJESTY!"

After shouting the warriors started to train even harder. Their bodies were filled with new vitality and determination.

Henry looked at the Royal Knights that were still in a daze, "You too, you need to become stronger if you want to protect me."

"OF COURSE, YOUR MAJESTY!"

Like that they all trained together, lifting weights, running rounds and sparring with each other.

A few hours later Henry returned to the castle to refresh and took another bath. He ordered to call Minister Rlorio.

After waiting for 30 minutes the old Minister Rlorio arrived in front of Henry and bowed down.

"Your Majesty, you called for me?"

"Yes, I want you to announce that in three day will be a gathering outside the city, everyone is welcomed to come."

Minister Rlorio was slightly surprised, but nodded and went straight away to fulfill Henry's order.

Henry trained the next 3 days with the warriors, gaining more of their respect for him. Henry didn't slack off at all and trained just as hard as them. He changed everyday between one half of the Royal Knights and the other half that he took with him to train.

Henry did even some secret training at the night. He felt the Ki inside him growing minimal in the last 3 days. He took some Royal Knights with him at night and headed to a desolate spot behind the city. There he summoned his Blood Grimoire. This time the grimoire was floating right in front of him. He walked a few steps away and the grimoire followed him.

Henry smiled, he had thought a lot about his Gift and came up with some theories about its use. Now was the time to test them.

He closed his eyes and his fantasy run wild, he thought about magic and visualled a spell inside his mind. Suddenly the Ki inside his body acted up. He opened his eyes and held out his red hand.

*BOOM*

A large phantom created from blood red Ki that looked exactly like him appeared and held out its large hand the same way Henry did. The place under the phantoms hand seemed to be under some kind of pressure. The air turned heavy and blood red streaks of Ki rained down on the ground.

It only lasted for 5 seconds and almost all the Ki inside his body was sucked dry. He felt his body grow weak, but a silly smile was plastered on his face. He was staring at the Blood Grimoire in front of him. On the first page appeared a picture that looked exactly the same as the skill he just created.

Blood Suppression Cage

That was the name of his new skill.

Henry hit the jackpot. Now he knew how to use his Gift and could start to improve it.

He went back where the 20 Royal Knights were waiting for him and went back to the castle.

He gave some other orders to prepare for the gathering.

...

The night before of the gathering, Henry was alone in his bedroom drinking some wine. He looked at his new face in the mirror. His hair was smooth and silver colored and reached to his neck.His eyes had the same ice-blue color like the rest of the people in his kingdom. He looked like an 18 years old teen, with his body reaching 1.86 meters height. His muscles were alright and his abs looked perfect.

The next day a massive amount of people gathered outside of the city. They were ecstatic because their first King was gonna held a speech.

On the newly build podium were already people standing. They were General Urobion, Minister Rlorio and Ancestral Priest Manuel, the three pillars of the kingdom.

The massive crowd turned silent when they saw a young man with a shiny silver armor, mixed with ice walked up the podium. The youth had usual smooth silver hair and a silver crown on his head.

The three bowed down to Henry an took stand behind him.

Henry walked to the front, facing the massive crowd of people.

'Oh my God!'

Henry felt pressured. He closed his eyes for a moment and started to talk when he opened them.

"Hello everyone, I'm Henry Genereux, the new King. I used the last three days to think about a lot of things. I know that you didn't had it easy until now. But the bad time is over, I'm here now."

The crowd was so silent that one could even hear a pin drop. The people looked at him with so much hope, hope for a better future.

Henry snapped his finger and four Royal Knights came up and showed a big flag to the crowd. The background was ice-blue, in the middle was a big red moon and a mighty black dragon above it. The black dragon had ice-blue eyes and it looked like it was about to swallow the big red moon.

"From this day forth, this shall be our Kingdoms Emblem. The sign that represents the Oblivion Kingdom!"

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The crowd exploded with cheers. It was a long suppressed cheer. They finally got a King, an Emblem, a Name. They cheered and shouted frantic. The older people started to cry. After so many years of fleeing and hiding in this god forsaken place...

Tears leaked the eyes from the three old pillars behind Henry. Their emotions took over and a long lost pride emerged inside them.

Henry lifted his hand and the crowd turned silent again. They looked at Henry as if he was a God.

"There will be many changes in the future. But I will announce the most important change now myself. Woman were banned from becoming warriors or officials until now, that will change. From this day on all woman that wish to become warriors can apply to the army. Of course only if they are talented in killing our enemies! Our Oblivion Kingdom does not suppress any kind of talent! We will evolve and revenge the past huminilation! People of the Kingdom of Oblivion are you with me?"

Everyone was first shocked but the last part of Henry's speech triggered something deep inside them. Gnashing their teeths and clenching their fists they responded.

"HAIL KING HENRY, LONG LIVE THE OBLIVION KINGDOM!!!"

The whole place was trembling, one could almost touch the determination in the air.

Henry was savoring this overwhelming scene, it branded itself inside his mind and he would never forget this moment. A new start.

Yes baby!

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