CHAPTER 1: SIEGE OF ILLUMINARIUM CITY

After laying siege for nearly ten millennia, the dark forces have overrun the Illuminarium Continent, ready to bring their master into the realm of Terres Nei. Led by Venganza and Seklas, their armies from land, sea, and air, the dark forces overran most of Terres Nei, feeding off the life force of its victims.

Once Illuminarium City is captured, Seklas' army will finally achieve the goal they have been plotting for over the years. Inside the flagship's throne room, Seklas and Venganza are waiting to arrive at their final assault as the airship hovers its way toward the capital.

One of the clergy generals, Zephyr Tempestas Raifujin, enters the throne room. Raifujin is the elemental priest of the Raphaelus Pillar in the western regions of the Divum Mountains. Raifujin governs all the air elementals.

Raifujin has dark Asian physical features; he is 6′4 in height and weighs at least 265 lbs. Raifujin wears futuristic yellow and white armor of Onni-Musha craftmanship.

Once Priest Raifujin reaches Venganza and Seklas' commanding seats, he bends his knee and lowers his head to show submission.

Venganza is a beautiful melanated woman with sclera black eyes, and her irises have a mauve hue. Her hair is dark as coal; a plum hue can be seen in the color spectrum with a hint of light.

Venganza is 6'5" in height and weighs at least 165 lbs. Venganza wears a long futurist midnight color nun's habit with the open front, partially revealing her midriff and cleavage. Her wardrobe gracefully hugs her hourglass shape well. Venganza's hand jewelry is a silver alloy with menacing designs.

Venganza is highly skilled in knife combat in the form of Pencak Silat and Kali Eskrima. Her weapons of choice are a jagged curved blade dagger and a short sword.

Seklas, on the other hand, wears a hooded cloak that covers his entire physique. Seklas' face is old, withered, and pale. His eyes are void black with white emotionless irises. His hand appears to be frail with twig-like fingers. He is short in appearance but very powerful and carries an iridium staff with an uncut obsidian crystal. Within the crystal appears to be a withered heart encased in purple liquid. "Master Seklas, our forces have breached the gates of Illuminarium City!"

"Perfect, kill the royal family, the priesthood, and the bothersome Fulani-Musai warriors," Seklas commanded as his white irises glared from underneath his cloak's hood. "And the citizens?" "Tell our forces to take their fill as they feast upon their souls," Seklas chuckled.

General Priest Raifujin quickly leaves to carry out his orders. Venganza gets up from her seat and begins to leave the throne room. Seklas looks over to his prized champion. "Where are you going, my dear?"

"I am going down to the surface. Why should I let our troops have all the fun?" Venganza smiled with a dark, twisted smile.

"Very well! Don't over-exert yourself as our work just began," Seklas chuckled.

Venganza took a levitating platform to descend to the surface. Venganza looked around and was pleased with all the carnage. Smoke consumes the sky, buildings are on fire, and blood and corpses litter the streets. Yet, high above, thousands of Nibiru ships controlled the skies. Venganza revered the moment as she waited years to stand again in the capital of Illuminarium City.

Venganza saw a platoon of soldiers wearing futuristic armor of indigenous tribal design, overpowering a group of hellions. These warriors are known as the Fulani-Masai. Many sects from different regions served as enforcers of the law. However, the warrior sect's number dwindled during the war.

The Fulani-Masai wears white exosuit armor with gold etchings; elemental sigils according to the region of Terres Nei they are from.

They are the royal enforcers of the Illuminarium City. The Fulani-Musai unit saw Venganza and looked with hatred. "Kill the witch!" The Fulani-Musai charged Venganza with swords and morning star weapons.

Venganza stretches her arms in a welcoming manner. "Come and experience the pain I have to offer," Venganza bolsters. Venganza pierced a look at soldiers with her black sclera and violet-colored iris, which turned to dark amber. Venganza's pupils changed when she was casting powerful and dangerous magic. Reddish-orange sigils appeared on the ground as the soldiers were near to attack. Soon after, Venganza waved her hand. "Mwili wa moto," Venganza's chant, translates to "body to flames."

The soldier's skin bubbles under intense heat. The soldier fell to the ground as flames consumed them in seconds. The only remains of the victims were ash, amber, and screams of agony filled the dilapidated streets.

Venganza smiled as she looked at her victims as their charred remains of amber and ash blew away in the wind. Nothing was left of the soldiers but their armor and weapons.

"Is there another that wishes to confront me? I welcome the challenge," Venganza yelled.

In their last act of desperation, the last remaining royal guards attack Venganza with elemental rifles. Blasts of arc, cryo, and flame bombard a protection barrier, deflecting all attacks. Venganza laughs at the royal guards failed attack, yet she awards their efforts with a spell. The air around her becomes frigid. "Imikhonto yomoya wefriji, thobela ubizo lwam," Venganza chanted.

Venganza summons ice spikes that rise from the ground to impale her enemies high above her. Venganza smiles as she looks at the blood trickling down. Venganza looked at her hellion soldiers with a gleeful smile. "Take your fill until your heart's content."

The beastly soldiers feasted on the victim's souls before devouring their flesh. Venganza looked around and saw surviving Illuminarium citizens fleeing toward the Lemurian Palace. The building has a Prambanan design, with a large tower that extends high into the clouds. This construct is the home of the royal family and the council. Venganza and her army followed the pursuit.

Venganza is an extremely powerful magi-warrior who is a master of short blades weaponry. Venganza displayed both her magic and knife-fighting abilities. With only a curved, jagged dagger and her magic arsenal, many fell victim to the Dark Ichalocha. After Venganza and her five clergy generals finished killing the last platoon of soldiers that stood in their way. The Nibiru forces pushed forward to the throne room, which is the crystal tower's central support column.

Once Venganza and her minions secure the throne room, Seklas is escorted by his minion guards. Two hellion troops carried an obsidian trunk. "Well done, my pupils. Today we stand at a glorious moment. The eve of a new age," Seklas gloats. "It has been so long since I stood in this room," Venganza stated. The Viscountess whisked away the king and queen's throne seats in front of the tower's base column with just a wave of her hand. "Where is the Royal Family," Seklas asked. "They have fled the city." "Where to," Seklas asked as he had an irritated look.

Venganza sashayed to the pillar column and caressed it with her hands; before pressing her forehead against it and closing her eyes. The witch took a deep breath in a moment of clarity. A fragmented memory of an ancient king appears to her, which causes her to open her eyes with delight.

"It doesn't matter where the royal family goes! This world is ending anyway. I shall soon have what I want. Have you brought them?"

Seklas snaps his fingers for his minions to lay the obsidian chest at Venganza's feet and open the chest. Venganza reaches inside the chest and holds six obsidian crystals.

"Excellent," Venganza smiled. Venganza turned towards her six generals of the elemental clergy. "Each of you take a crystal and empower it with your souls," Venganza commanded.

The Elemental Clergy Generals; Infritus Pelus, Zephyr Tempestas Raifujin, Sheji Afua, Mazumi Varun, and the Azaeleaus rebus pillar guardian twins Priest Angra and Priestess Mainyu; all took a crystal and surrounded the column, forming a six-point star parameter. Venganza takes her crystal and lounges it deep within the crystal's base column. All the generals follow Venganza's actions as they implant the crystal in the base column.

Venganza and the generals encircle the support column and join hands. They all chant a spell to transfer their souls into the support column. "We are the willing souls whom we offer thee. We surrender our vessels of mind, body, and spirit. We use our power to burn away the veil of this realm," Venganza chanted.

Soon after, Venganza's and the generals' eyes illuminate, and the colors of their aura emit the color of the element they embody. Energy soon transfers from the clergy general's body into the dark crystals. All the dark crystals light up with each color of the five elements the priestess represents. The base column soon turns from vibrant bluish to a dark purplish tint. Venganza channels her ethereal magic into the support column. A cosmic beam expulses from the tower and into the heavens above the realm. A fabric of space is torn in the cosmic dimensional veil. Seklas looks at the priestess with the utmost content.

"Ilaldaoboth, my heer, my heer, u seun, u nederige dienaar omhels u terugkeer," The words translate to "Ilaldaoboth, my lord, my lord, your son, your humble servant embraces your return, Seklas replied in the eve of his final victory.