Badass

"Can anyone tell me what the fuck is happening right now ?" Shouted a man dressed in Royal garments with brown hair and eyes.

This man was Almond Drazen Fiore, current emperor of the Fiore empire.

Those against whom he was shouting glanced at each other before one of them stepped forward and bowed deeply to the emperor.

"Sorry my liege, but we don't know what is happening, no one has ever seen something like that happen, so-"

"Stop with the excuse!" Cut the emperor, making the mage in front of him squirm from fright.

'You will pay me for this!' promised the mage as he furtively glanced at his colleagues behind him.

They have been summoned to the throne room the moment the smoke started to coalesce to form those pillars.

This mage that just spoke was actually a newbie that was eager to climb the ranks and those seniors of his had tricked him knowing this fact about him.

Just now when the emperor asked what was happening, they had coaxed him mentally telling him that he should be the one to speak, that the emperor liked people's that quickly responded to his inquiries and if he were to be the one to speak he will be in the emperor good grace, however, from the look the emperor was giving him currently, he understood that those f*cker just used him as their scapegoat.

"Can you at least locate the origin of this phenomenon?" Asked the emperor.

"S-Sorry, but the thickness of the smoke in the air made it impossible to find the location-"

"SCRAM!" shouted the emperor, fighting the urge to kill those useless mages.

After the mages had left and the throne room quickly descended into calmness, one of the knight standings beside the throne asked:

"What are your orders ?"

"Tell the soldiers to be on guard at all time and to increase the level of security in the whole empire, also, tell them to verify anyone entering or exiting the empire" ordered the emperor as he stood from his throne.

He glanced at the knight and added :

"Prepare your men for war, I don't know what the hell this was, but I'm sure that others kingdoms and empires won't miss this chance to strike at us".

"It will be done as you ordered" bowed the knight before exiting the throne room.

Emperor Almond glanced at the human made of smoke through the large window in the room and sighed.

'Why do I have a bad feeling about this ?' wondered the emperor.

If only he could know at this moment the response to his question, he would have done anything to find the one responsible for what was currently happening, even if he had to sell his children.

Alas...

***

Like emperor Almond had said, the moment the different kings and emperors remarked what was happening in the Fiore empire, they started to make their moves to destabilize the empire.

In the minds of those cunning leaders, there was no way they would overlook such an opportunity. The instigator of this phenomenon might even be an enemy of the Fiore empire; if that were the case, then, there was no better time than now to strike.

And so, behind a closed door, all the strong forces on the continent started to make their moves.

Without even knowing it, by just one move that he didn't even do purposefully, Alex triggered a shift in the entire continent's geopolitical situation.

***

"Doesn't this person depicted by the smoke look similar?" Wondered Violette as she looked at the human made of smoke.

"Now that you mention it, I also have this strange feeling, like I know who this person is" replied Viviane.

They were currently on another shopping spree with Grace, Ava, Amelia and Anna.

Candace didn't come with them as like Scarlett she was a bookworm, so she was pretty close to her, which is why that she preferred to stay with Scarlett.

As for Eleanor, no one knew what she was doing right now.

'It's true that it does look familiar' thought Alice as she looked at the human made of smoke.

'Let's try, perhaps I'll be able to identify who it is,' thought Alice, activating her god's eyes.

However, what she saw greatly stunned her.

'Dad ?'

***

While great turmoil was happening on the whole of the continent, the one causing it could be seen sitting in a meditative stance.

The speed at which the smoke swirled around him had started to slow down, at the same time, in the sky his depiction made of smoke started to dissipate, the sky returning to its natural color.

When the surrounding smoke had vanished, Alex opened his eyes.

When he opened them, Alex's eyes flashed with a blinding white light, and simultaneously, a mark appeared at the back of his hand, flashing with the same light as his eyes.

When the light had finally subsided from his eyes, Alex was fully awakened.

The first thing he noticed was a soft light emanating from the back of his hand. He glanced down and observed the mark that had appeared, then grinned.

"Looks kind of badass"