Blood Wardens

"The WHAT?!" Half of the humans there yelled in surprise before laughing their eyes out. "An official kingdom where monsters and humans could live together? Absolute madness!" One of the orcs asked, which was strange coming from him since he was living with humans at this current point in time. "Well, call me a magic man because I got permission from the king of another kingdom to build this kingdom of mine, and I'm going around to see if I can add more people to our ranks. Right now, it's just me, the two, technically three, people behind me, and some friends I left back home. Now, I'm openly ready to accept you as a part of our kingdom, as long as you don't destroy the place." Aaron explained, bringing the attention of almost everyone there. Although there were a few who still weren't convinced that Aaron was telling the truth.

"You can set up a shop, a restaurant, a whole business, whatever you want. I'll even help you if you wish. After all, the person ruling a kingdom should help their citizens, although I've heard of some kings that don't do that, and it quite frankly doesn't sit right with me. After all, if you have the balls to try and run a kingdom, you should try and do your best to make sure that you keep the people happy." Aaron commented as an illusion of the kingdom appeared around them, scaring both the humans and the orcs. They had never been put into such an effect of illusion before.

"This is what our kingdom looks like. Nothing like anything you've seen before, is it?" Aaron asked, as remember, the city is an exact part of Crystet's home city on the exploded planet, so it was nothing like the other places on this planet. "Most monsters are unintelligent, and I want to prove that we can be civil. After all, you've all probably interacted with a beast that acts only on instincts. The Basilisk may be considered as such a thing, but I killed something else. It is a better example of a mindless inhuman monster." Aaron explained as a recreation of the monster appeared beside him.

It was a black-skinned humanoid, but its skin was stained by blood. This was the monster that continually poured blood from almost every part of its body. The one that Aaron had killed not long after coming to this world. "That monster...a Blood Warden..." Spod whispered to himself as he stood up and quickly backed away, and Aaron just barely picked it up. "Spod, was it? What do you mean by Blood Warden? You make it sound like it'd be a hard thing to kill." Aaron asked Spod, who froze for a second. "You DIDN'T think it was hard?! What the hell kind of stuff are you on? That's one of the strongest unintelligent monsters that exist. It only is formed when a human gains too much magical power. Their instincts overcome them, and their mana goes rampant, turning them into Blood Wardens. Only around five of them can exist at one time without the world we know collapsing. When four of them are alive at one time, monsters like The Basilisk are created, and that's simply an offshoot of their power. Those things are probably the most powerful thing you could test yourself against." Spod responded in fear as Aaron smirked.

"Damn, so that means I'm much more powerful than a Blood Warden, huh? I wonder why I haven't become one. This planet's rules are different to the others, and I love it. I never expected this." Aaron whispered to himself, nobody bar Sciat picking it up as he let out a smirk. "Well, that means I'm more of a threat than a Blood Warden. After all, I killed it with relative ease." Aaron explained as the illusion of the city and the recreation of the monster disappeared. "So, you've seen the city from an illusion, and I've told you of what you'll be allowed to do. So, what do you think of the proposition I've laid out for you?" Aaron asked the humans and the orcs, expecting a very negative answer, as due to his...let's say chaotic...entrance, he hadn't given a good impression.

"Honestly, since you killed The Basilisk, I don't think most of us be moving to your city. We can now move around freely, and that means we can finally go around and explore. We've been trapped in this place for years, barely surviving off of stuff we've found during the night. The Basilisk slept at night, and during that time, we'd go out and kill things like wild pigs and sheep. Then we'd cook them here. It's how we lived for the past few years, but now we can go out to explore, so forgive us if it seems wrong for us to not want to be tied to one location." One of the humans explained as almost every other person murmured in agreement. There was just one person who didn't feel the same way about things. It was a human, and he appeared to be around fifteen years old, and he was arguably the youngest looking person there.

"I personally think it might be nice to go along with him. I mean, he's powerful enough to defeat a Blood Warden and The Basilisk, which we've never been able to harm. Plus, he can teach us new skills, new magic and help us if anyone ever becomes a Blood Warden. There are so many advantages to having him on our side, and he can teach us things. Think about it. How hard was it to learn how to fight, huh? How hard was it to craft our own weapons? Spod's weapon is the best we ever .ade, and even then, it's an iron axe!" The human exclaimed as the others realised what they would miss out on, but they were still conflicted on the matter.

"Human, tell me your name," Aaron asked the child, who stared him directly in the eyes and gave him his name.

"My name is Jude!" The human replied as Aaron smiled. "Well then, Jude, come with me. I have a lot to teach you."