The Banquet (1)

A mighty war broke out between gods and a human, a small mere existence provoked and fought the Rulers of the world, but unlike fantasy and great heroes tales.

Man was the antagonist of this story, his objective, destroy the world and reconstruct to it's liking, he hated the god's system, so he decided to overwrite it, not caring wether his actions shall drown the world into destruction and sufferings, he pursued his dreams to the end, his friends and allied tried to dissuade him, but he didn't listen and went forward destroying and killing the world and his gods.

That was the end and the beginning of the decadence world, all this worlds where separated from the original, dragged out and isolated into a space, each of this world had their power balance and status, rules governing it, and gate keepers preventing the occupants from escaping their worlds.

At first, those imprisoned did not accept it, the fought against the Rulers governing this world but failed and as time passed people started forgetting who they where really.

This world where referred to as the Decadence world, it was born and build by the one who defeated the gods, his perception of the world was wrong and the repercussions are growing, after studying the different worlds, traveling from one to another, I came to a conclusion.

"This world is reaching saturation " she said, "I think, I with the limited time I had, I could brief you small of this world" She stood up, Nine try to stop her, but he turn his head, he feld it, they where being monitored, it wasn't only one, they where more than five.

"So, what am I really, what's my purpose in this realm?" Asked Nine, July did not look back as she moved to her work place, "your like me, we were dragged from our worlds in our most desperate situation into the decadence by an existence, I myself don't know, but one thing I realize, after meeting similar people like us" She sat down and started compiling documents, Nine stood up and headed for the exit.

"None of us where brought down here as humans, for I was brought her as a rare specie like you, a scarlet vampire " She said, and Nine left the building.

After walking out, his expression sore, this revelation implied something, the voice in his head wasn't a result of him being mad, it was real, something or someone was asking him to get stronger, for his journey has just started, he felt excited.

"Traveling between worlds, this sounds exciting " He smiled, his canine showed, mixed with his handsome face, the creepy look frightened those passing by him and made some blush at sight.

***

"So, what's your decision?" Asked July waiting at the entrance of the guild, Marilyn was scolding Hugh for not properly dressing up, Nine showed up by the door looking at the two bickering.

"When are we departing?" Asked Nine, she smiled, "very soon, but before that, we need to take care of a nuisance in disguise " She said.

"You mean that thing pretending to be a boy?" Asked Nine, July nodded, she knew that, this man most have felt it, both weren't existence of this world in the first place.

"Let's get going " Said Hugh, the entered the carriage and left, inside the carriage, Marilyn kept on speaking and Hugh answering, but Nine and July kept themselves busy by looking out the window.

"This world was reaching saturation, what did it really mean, population, information, or space?" Asked Nine.

"Lifespan" Answered July, "the smaller a world, the smaller the information it can record, and store, the population would reach a point where it can't grow any longer and end up falling instead and at that, it lifespan in a realm is considerably short, it disappears in the end to the void" Said July, Nine strangely feld a cold feeling.

"I see, in other for us to move to the next, what do we have to do?" Asked Nine.

"Isn't it obvious?" She turn and faced him, "you need to cross the three colored zone" She said

"How do we pass the red zone, we can't enter it, the curse lingering there is to dangerous and I know what I am saying " Said Nine, Hugh stared at both silent individual with a sharp gaze.

"Are you listening?" Asked Marilyn bringing back his attention to their actual topic, he smiled and continued to listen to her, "what are you telling him?" He send a mental communication to July"

"Was I supposed to say something?" She responded coldly at him, Hugh closed his eye, "we don't still know about him, let's first discuss things with Master before taking any decisions " He said.

"We don't have time for that, inform her immediately we arrive, we are starting " Said July clearly suppressing her urge to destroy the bracelet.

"What, what do you mean?" Hugh send messages but no answer came, he was already stressed to a point he was rapidly aging even though he look young.

"They is a way to cross the red zone" Said July, the carriage stopped and the exited, as the last to step out, a hand came towards him, he look at the hand and held it.

After helping her, he waited for her response, July walked and looked at the two Infront, "that's the reason for are coming here in the first place" She turn to look at Nine.

"To cross the red zone, we need a forbidden spell casted on us, in short a curse we need" Said July, "and to have that, we need to slay a resident of the red zone and eat his flesh" She said, Nine looked at her departing back and stared up the large mansion, he did not know why, at the end of this banquet, a lot of people shall maybe die, a battle was coming, but why did he feld like he was in the sight of the bad guys.