Zauberheim - Kingdom of Magic RP

[Scrapmaster]

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Henry looked at the king speaking to Tibrus as he then told him that he was free to have a tour of the castle with Tibrus should he want, "I'd love that, thank you" he said with a respectul tone as Tibrus turned to him, "yes, lets go" he said to the architect, he was actually excited to be able to have a tour of the place, he was getting bored out of his mind sitting there after all, "so where should we go first?" he asked Tibrus as they were heading out.

[Oersted]

Well, things sure went from bad to worse around Seth, now he was stuck into some kind of sealed space along with other folks because of some crazy anti-order person. As thing went on Seth tried his best to stay at a distance and out of trouble, innitially hoping that this situation would resolve itself. After a while though it seemed as though things would keep going downhill from there, after the anti-order guy started making demands Seth decided tht it would be in his best interest to prepare a little something in case it became needed. Hoping to take adventage of the fact no one was paying attention to him he took out a small vial containing a clear liquid and reached for one of the pouches at his belt, taking some ingredients from it he added it to the solution in the vial, making the liquid turn a deep black, that done he corked the vial and put it into one of the larger pouches on his belt. After that he repeated the process but added a different ingredient into the vial, this time the liquid turned green and started bubbling somewhat, quickly corking that vial as well he carefully placed it into the same pouch he put the first vial in.

That done he waited, he had one hour before those two solutions broke down back into harmless mixtures and so he is in no particular hurry to used them, instead he prefered to wait for an opportunity to use them effectively. After all, he would hate for anyone to get caught in the effect radius of those two vials.

(If anyone is curious, yes, Seth's mixtures are color coded.)

[EndZoner]

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Market- Breached Barrier: Slowly Repairing
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Just about his spell hit the girl, the barrier was breached from the outside. Two things occurred so fast that he did not registered it completely. The fact that the nausea affecting his ability to focus didn't help either. A beam was struck between him and the princess. The blast was great enough to cause Word Play to stumble and the princess to fall. Though it didn't really affected the spell he casted. However, his opinion soon changed when the spell he casted was blocked by a barrier that surrounded the princess in safety. He heard a voice, turning to the direction of the voice, he was met with a familiar figure.

The man was standing outside with an opening in the barrier. Seeing that the barrier has been breached, he assumed that everyone will try to escape. If he could stall them long enough for the barrier to repair itself, nothing would change much. Though, he would be greatly outnumbered and out match if people like the hooded figure wants to enter the barrier. He decided that now is the good time to leave. It's not like the princess is safe from him.

"Oh, well looky here! If it isn't the party pooper! Decided to crash the party after I kicked you out? Well too bad! The party's over!", he stated to the hooded figure as words appear around Word Play. The words arranged themselves into a sentence that said, 'I am the wind.'.

Before casting the spell, he snaps his fingers and caused the barrier to shatter. Freeing everyone, he cast his spell and disappear into thin air. Literally... A gust of wind blew passed everyone as Word Play disappear into the air. Tracking him down with the spell he had casted is near impossible. Though, it is not advise to follow him anyway as he will cause too much trouble when in a corner. Word Play will make sure to get his answer from the princess one way or another.

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"The hell?", Brandon muttered at what had just occurred before him. However, he became surprised that he can talk again. Word Play must have lifted the spell when he left. "Holy crap, I can talk again!", he stated in shock. Though, his mood quickly soured as he realized that the masked vigilante had no trouble fighting Brandon. It frustrated him that he was significantly weaker than the vigilante. "Damn! I'm going to kick his ass when I see him!", Brandon stated angrily as he put away his Arsenal Recall into his pocket. He could use his Information Catalog to send orders to his Arsenal Recall to summon his weapons, but he couldn't get a chance since everything happened to quickly.

He didn't have time to pull out his Information Catalog after Anri and Felicie attacked Word Play's decoy. He was quickly incapacitated in no time where his life was already on the line. He rubbed his neck to make sure that the kanji symbol was off of his neck. That was way too close for comfort. "Thanks for lifting the spell, Luke.", he stated to the council member.

[Phantom77]

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As the spell casted by the vigilante prepared to strike Lisia, Anri tried to jump in front of the attack in order to block it. At the same time Felicie, much like her childhood friend, rushed to Ivadi to protect him from the spell casted at him. The vampire made a barrier to the best of her ability given the current situation and tried to block the strike. Unfortunately, things didn't pan out well for the vampire, as the blast was strong enough to break through the barrier and deliver a painful blow to the heiress. She fell backwards in a silent cry of pain after trying to save Ivadi from the attack. Anri looked in shock as her friend was sent flying. Lisia's reaction was cutoff by the approaching attack, as it was apparently undaunted by the falling beam.

However at that instance, a wave of strange energy struck the ground where they were at. The blast resulted in a beam collapsing around them, knocking both the princess and the jinko student back while at the same time almost knocking the masked man of his feet. As the spell was about to hit Lisia, a strange rectangular barrier of sorts came between her and the spell nearly instantaneously. Lisia looked at the opening in the barrier that had shown the hooded figure from earlier. He was yelling at the students to escape through the opening. However, after the masked man made a few quick and snide remarks at the hooded figure he dispelled the barrier completely. After casting another spell the assailant vanished without a trace, escaping the scene entirely.

Lisia saw familiar faces among the group of people at the scene. She once again met the mercenary Ruecian who arrived on the scene with Rielle the White Magician. There was also Annabelle and the group of guards who arrived on the scene not tool long ago. The princess's attention was soon focused on her vampire friend who was on the ground with labored breathing. Anri rushed to her side immediately, "Dammit Felicie what were you thinking?! You know you couldn't have taken that hit with a barrier that weak!" Luke looked on with a worried face but noticed Brandon's show of gratitude towards his assistance. "Of course Brandon, it's no problem. I'm just glad this whole ordeal is over. But...but why did Felicie have to get hurt?"

The guards look at the heiress on the ground, there faces full of shock and worry. "Someone fetch a healer, quickly! That's the heiress of the Schwarzrosen house!"

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The mercenary walks over to the scene, looking at the fallen vampire. "That's a nasty wound you have. You shouldn't be so reckless kiddo. How would Ivadi feel if something worse had happened to you?" Felicie glances at the man recognizing him as the man she had met at the academy and Citadel. "This...this wound is nothing. A member of the Schwarzrosen family cannot be daunted so easily....guah..." Rue makes a sigh and leans over Felicie, preparing to lend his help. "Yes, I'm sure. You probably fought that man quite well, not even wavering for a moment. Here, let me see the wound. I'm not awfully adept at healing magic, but what I do know of it should help you." Rue lowers his hand over the vampire and it begins to glow with a sky blue light. Slowly her wound begins to heal.

The guards, cautious of the man, advance toward him. "Who are you? What is your purpose here?" Rue answered the guards without even staring at them. "I am a mercenary who was hired by the King to assist Ms. Rielle to find the Princess and the hooded man standing over there." He then turns to the Cloaked Wanderer, the fourth and final outside competitor of the festival tournament. "We were looking for you, you know? His Majesty was quite displeased that you didn't show up on time for the meeting. In any case I thank you for your assistance with the case."

Though he didn't show it on his face, Rue was quite worried about the students. They just fought a dangerous assailant who has it out for the Order, after all. "Are you all unharmed? That man seemed to be quite powerful. Why was he attacking you?" Asked the mercenary, still healing the vampire. Lisia uses what little strength she has to stand up a walk over to Felicie. "He wanted me to tell him about Ms. Rielle and Ms. Annabelle. He wants to kill them because they're part of the Order, which needs to be destroyed in his eyes." The guards rush to the Princess, seeing the fatigue on her face. "Princess Lisianthus, are you unharmed?! We were so worried! One of you fools fetch a healer!" Lisia tries to muster a smile and raises a hand to dismiss concern. "That's all right I'm fine, really. I wasn't harmed during the skirmish, I'm just a little worn out is all."

Lisia turns to Brandon, who was nearly about to be killed by the masked man. "Are you all right, Brandon? I hope that man didn't get to you too much."

[hothead1021]

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Things were happening quite fast in the past few minutes. the masked man attacking Ivadi, Felicie and Anri trying to protect him. the hooded figure then came and dispelled the barrier as the masked man fled. by the time he realized what was going on he heard Felicie again "This...this wound is nothing. A member of the Schwarzrosen family cannot be daunted so easily....guah..." he rushed to Felicie while the mercenary continued to heal her. when he got close, he knelt "Mistress......thank you so much...for protecting me......please.....is there anything I can do to return the favor?" he asked a little worried for her

[EndZoner]

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Brandon turn to Lisianthus and gave her a nod. "Yeah, I'm fine. Though, it ticks me off at how easy it was for that jerkoff held my life in his hand.", Brandon stated with an obvious tone of anger. "But let's not worry about me. I just want to find that asshat and beat the crap out of him before he comes back for more.", he stated before his expression became grim when he thought about something.

"Hey, if that guy used, what's it called, Word Magic? Doesn't that mean he's even more dangerous if he finds out our full name? From his demands, he keep demanding for the full names of the Orderites. I think he said something about learning about their crimes when he finds out their names? If that's the case, then you're in more danger than ever before. Out of all of us, you're the one with big reputation in this group and it won't be any trouble for him to learn your full name. For all we know, he could make you his pet by using your full name. Unless you have a maiden name that you kept to yourself all this time and never shared with us.", Brandon stated to the princess.

At his words, some of the guards began to worry at this new development. Word Magic is a rather vague and powerful ability. One can do almost anything with it as long one wrote it out. If what the future arms-dealer is true, then the princess is never safe if the masked vigilante is out loose. The captain of the guards walked over to the princess, "Your Highness, I believe now is a good time to go to your father. I'm sure he's worried about where you are when you were confronting your assailant.", he said to the princess.

[Creator_Drake]

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Leading the man named Henry back to the Hall, Tibrus glanced at the man as he opened the door to a side hall.

"Well lad, I'll take you first to the Mural Hall. The hall itself was designed by my great-grandfather who also presided over it's construction. The purpose of this hall is to commemorate significant events in our country's history; The Great Founding, The Daemon Crusades, The Battle of Fallen Hills and even The Plague from a near decade past have a mural for the event." They passed both servants and soldiers as they crossed the side hall, the side windows offering a splendid view of the kingdom around.

"Each Mural has before it a steel plate with a description of the event. The First Court Wizard Thrandak devised a spell so that each plate will act like a roll of parchment when being engraved. No matter how much or how little is written of the event there will always be room for the tale. The real kicker is the size of the plates." They soon came to a pair of doors similar in make to those of the Grand Chamber but did not share the same height.

Walking through the pair would see a hall as magnificent as the Chamber. Great arch's of ivory coloured stone held the ceiling above in contrast to the dark marble tiles on the floor beneath their feet. Along the walls the murals rested undisturbed, high enough that any visitors would have to look up slightly to see all of each painting.

Between the murals rested large alabaster columns carved with expert precision. Unlit torches hung high along the column face, a foot above the suits of armour placed before the column. The suits themselves would show the steady design transitions that occurred through the years. Each was in pristine condition, as if when they were first worn, thanks to the magic that preserved them.

Before each column was a small altar that held the steel plate mentioned earlier. It looked as wide as regular parchment and was near perfectly square in shape.

With a proud smile on his face Tibrus gestured with an arm.

"Welcome lad, to the Mural Hall."

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The figure gave no reaction or comment to the masked man's taunts before he disappeared in a gust of wind. The Wanderer kept the barrier up till the masked Order-Hunter had released his trap. Dropping his arms the figure merely gave a cursory glance over the street as he walked with an easy gait.

He cast his hooded gaze towards the mercenary as he healed the apparent Vampire heiress of the Schwarzrosen house. Seeing as the man had her healing under control the figure did not disturb the merc's concentration. He stopped at the merc's comment however.

"You are most welcome, I too appreciate the aid you provided. As for the King, I'm sure he will be willing to let go of his displeasure when learning of my actions concerning his daughter's safety just now." Upon hearing the Princess's explanation for the Masked one's actions, the figure shook his head slightly while looking to the sky a moment.

"Such a foolish boy..." The comment was a mere whisper on the wind, only those like the Jinko would hear it. He listened to the rest of the conversation, silently agreeing with the assumption made by the boy named Brandon. He did interject however once the guard had approached the princess.

"Do not forget however that despite his power he can still be wounded and therefore beaten. He looked much worse for wear compared to when I was sent out of his spell. One of you must have discovered a weakness to his magic, invaluable information when confronting him again."

[Scrapmaster]

---The Mural hall---

Henry was certainly dumbfounded at the sight of the hall, he had seen things that matched it in beauty and style only a few times during his life, and this one was certainly one of them which he would not forget anytime soon, "Im amazed by the scenery, thats you can be sure of sir Architect, your family built this castle from the ground up am I right?" he asked Tibrus with curiosity in his tone, although he already knew the answer, but he was used to not think too much on answers given to him.
Inspecting the steel plates and armors in display, certainly preserved through magic, he couldn't help but ask Tibrus a question "Armors may give protection, but the best armors give something else as well...were these armors enchanted during the time they were worn? I mean enchanting armors are much more difficult than enchanting weapons, although its possible to do so to great effect nonetheless, my people in Heide don't enchant armor, only a few selected weapons are enchanted, every citizen is given magic powers at their 'baptism', and in that, we learn to conjure weapons and armor from the element given to us" he said as he extended his right arm as it was quickly engulfed in a dark aura as a metalic pitch black arm plate could be seen on him, emanating strong aura from it, it quickly disappeared though "just so that we can have effective armor at all times" he said to Tibrus, but looked at him with curiosity as he still waited for his question to be answered

[KillMoves]

The situation had resolved without Rielle's intervention which she found most pleasant. The Vampire sustained an injury and the masked Order hunter had escaped but other than that, the storm had passed. "I like this. I didn't have to lift a finger." Rielle commented to her companion.
"Yay ignorance!" Annabelle cheerfully replied.

The two women then saw Ruecian try to heal the wounded Vampire. "Hey Elle, you're from the king right?" She then pointed to Felicie. "You might wanna do something about that. You know, to improve relations."
Rielle could not believe the cannibal's words. After the fall of the previous Demon Lord, monsters were her greatest enemies. But there was a point though, it would help if the local higher-ups were on her side. "Hmph, fine. But if you tell El Cero..." Her words trailed off as she spun and disappeared into a white light.

A white light appeared before Ruecian and Felicie and when it dissipated, it was Rielle the White Witch. "Need a hand there Arcana boy?" She then held her hands over the Vampire. "Laeh." With that, Felicie began to heal more rapidly.

MEANWHILE

Assassin watched the scene unfold until he felt something in his pockets. He pulled it out and it was a slip of paper basically telling him not to intervene. He did not need an ominous warning to refrain from interfering. Assassin was a little annoyed that the writer likely thought him as an idiot who would rush into a vague situation. Returning his gaze to the scene, he saw the students were now back and with them was a masked man who wore a white version of his clothes.

The masked man suddenly disappeared and right after, the remaining gathered their bearings. The two villainesses were still present but since it appeared they are allied with the students, attacking them would be foolish and suicidal. Assassin withdrew from the aftermath. Though he wondered how Annabelle escaped the authorities.

[Phantom77]

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Felicie looks up in surprise as she sees the White Witch healing her. The woman did give her a few friendly glances her way back at the Citadel, though the vampire could somewhat tell that they were all insincere. She could still feel a little bit of malice coming off the woman, though it'd be best just to leave it alone for now. Rielle was healing her after all.

Ruecian continues to look at Felicie even while Rielle is on the scene. "Sure, any help would be greatly appreciated Ms. White Witch." Felicie looks at Ivadi, who is eternally grateful for being saved by her. "You have to buy me as may gifts as I want. And also, you...have to promise me to get stronger. A weak servant is a useless servant."

Lisia turns to the guards who advise her to return to the castle. "Actually, I'd like to stay with my friends a bit longer. If need be, please tell my father I'm truly sorry." The Princess walks over to the potion shop owner, who was also put in danger by the masked man. "As the Crowned Princess, I deeply apologize for the misfortune that has befallen your shop. If there is anything I can do to assist you, just say the word." The Princess was well-known to be very kind to the city populace and she was just when someone was wronged.

The Cloaked Wanderer's question's is heard by all. However, the students were the only ones who could answer, having been the ones who fought the man for the longest time. "Yes, we able to find a weakness in the masked man's power. Ivadi said something about using words that have more than one meaning against him." Felicie rolls over slightly in order for the hooded man to hear her words.

"Don't roll around so much, you'll make it harder for Ms. Leonardo and I to heal you." Felicie grew slightly piqued at the mercenary's words, but adopted a small smile nonetheless. "You know Mr. Mercenary, it really irritates me when someone I just recently met tells me what to do. Perhaps I should focus on taking you out at the tournament." The mercenary makes a small chuckle at the vampire words. "Oh dear, sounds like I'm in trouble. Best not lower my guard, then."

Rue then turns to Ivadi after hearing the vampire's tidbit about the vigilante. "Is that true, boy? Did you find a weakness in his magic? If so, then we're all ears" The mercenary also realizes that Rielle and Annabelle seem to be at the center all of this. "You know, that man seems to be quite interested in you. So much so that the he is willing to harm innocent students to get to you. Now you know we can't have that so I suggest we come up with a counter strategy as soon as possible. The students shouldn't have their piece of mind sacrificed because of this bastard's obsession with tracking you two down."

[hothead1021]

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Ivadi was happy when Felicie turned to him"You have to buy me as may gifts as I want. And also, you...have to promise me to get stronger. A weak servant is a useless servant." she said as Ivadi chuckes "Very well mistress...i'll get stronger..." he said smiling warmly at her as she spoke with the wanderer. when she said something about finding the Masked Mans weakness Rue turned to Ivadi "Is that true, boy? Did you find a weakness in his magic? If so, then we're all ears" he asked as Ivadi nods "My father told me this, While Word Magic is one of the most versatile and powerful magics, it is also VERY open to interpenetration due to its power coming from the words you use. knowing this you can practically use their magic back at them. for example, when he wrote "Automatic Scribe" on his arms, I pointed out that Scribe can also be used to describe the act of cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument. when that happened the kanji he wrote on his arms literally cut itself into his arms making him bleed." he explained "due to this, if the Masked man realizes that the opponent knows the weakness, he'll be forced to write longer sentences to prevent interpretation but that ALSO allows us a little more time to act against him.

[KillMoves]

As Rielle was healing the Vampire, Ruecian asked why the masked man was after her and Annabelle. "Well the man's an anti-Order and me and blondie over there are Order members. You do the math." Rielle answered. "As for a counter strategy... Well I'm not very good at that department. Have a manhunt for him maybe?"

Ruecian asked the boy named Ivadi if he had discovered a weakness. The student gave one hefty answer but there was something there that caught Rielle's ears. Apparently the word magic the masked man can be reinterpreted, making him write more specifically which would take more time. That was something new and very useful to the White Witch. "So the words the Order hunter's using is open to interpretation?" She repeated before emitting a quiet but sinister chuckle.

MEANWHILE

Assassin had finally reached the Seraph Academy dormitories only to find the young Peter outside carrying a bag. "Oh hey Assassin." Peter greeted. "I'm all ready for our combat training today. You didn't forget, did you?" Assassin remembered that he had training sessions with the boy to not only train the student in close combat but to train himself as well and keep him sharp.

Assassin lied by shaking his head and so the two went to their secret place of training: the empty space behind Seraph Academy.

[Oersted]

In the end it seemed his mixtures would not be needed as the masked man fled, after that Seth was surprised that the princess apologized to him for the trouble causing Seth to shake his head slowly "There's not really a need for you to apologize for what happened. In the end, I was only delayed in closing my shop for the day." he said, not really bothered by what happened, there was no damage to neither him or his property and the only person that was injured seemed to be in good hands so he didn't see anything to complain about. After that, unless someone needed something of him Seth would enter his shop and go finish up closing his shop before heading out by the back door.

[EndZoner]

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Turning his attention from the group, Brandon began making his way to the small puddle of blood that Ivadi had made after injuring Word Play in his own game. Pulling out his Arsenal Recall, he use it to summon one of his inventions to him. "Recall Essence Hound", he ordered. No later after saying that, a yellow flash of light appeared in front of him and it produced as interesting product. Before him is what best described is a large mechanical dog with the tails, ears and snout. The canine is composed of the same material as all of his other inventions. Meaning that it is very durable. Its appearance is slick and have lines all over it that glows when activated. It acts like a bloodhound, but instead of sniffing blood, it can sniff anything from scent to magical signatures to life force and track the target anywhere. It also has a secondary function of phasing out of reality and into another to follow its targets. That's why he calls it Essence Hound since it trackdown anyone as long it has something to start off with. In short, he has the best tracker in the kingdom, or in his opinion at least.

His inventions immediately pounced on his and began licking his face, leaving behind large amount of saliva on his face, though it's actually condensed magical energy in the form of a liquid that have healing properties, he finds it to be annoying at times. It's one of his... unpredictable results. He wanted to branch out from weapons and create an inorganic companion that doesn't require sustenance and not as fragile as its organic counterpart. To be honest, he was thinking about hounds the most and it may have been his own fault. Though it didn't matter since he got a great tracker to track down Word Play. Another bonus is that it occasionally act like a domesticated dog and is friendly to others. However, it seems that it can since the emotions of others and will be aware of their intentions when confronting them. It's a pretty good guard dog as well as it has teeth that can rip through steel and has a jaw that can crush stones. It also have it's only generator inside of it that allows it to be active indefinitely. He let it roam the warehouse that he keeps his inventions to keep intruders out, so he never deactivate it. All in all, it's a pretty good dog.

Gently pushing the mechanical dog away from him, he began speaking to it. "Alright, that's enough. I miss you too.", he muttered so that no one else hears him. "I know we barely see each other, but school can be a pain. Now, I know you don't want to listen to me make excuses, but I need a favor.", Brandon stated to his invention, "I need you register the blood and be ready to track the source down.", he stated as he gestured to the puddle of blood.

The dog barked happily before it began licking the puddle of blood. Within seconds, the dog has registered the blood and could now locate Word Play wherever he is. The dog happily as it completed it first task of the day and attempted to lick Brandon's face once more. Prepared for it, he gently pushed the dog's snout away from him as he did not want the blood on his face.

"I know, I know. I'm happy you registered the blood.", he stated as he directed the dog to a guard captain. "Hey, I have a way to track down that mask guy.", Brandon stated as he turn his attention on his dog, "The dog with me can track him down to wherever he is. Though, I should tell you that you shouldn't track him down now.", he suggested.

The guard was unnerved the animatronic, though he listened to Brandon's words. "And why shouldn't we?", the captain asked.

"Because the last thing we want is to corner him. Chances are that he'll do something reckless when you guys corner him. No telling what he might do.", Brandon explained. After a brief pause, the guard captain nodded in response. "Good, you can take my dog and have him on standby.", he stated as the mechanical dog went over to the guard captain's side. "I should also tell you that it tends to get distracted at times. It likes kids so it'll play with them and ignore most of your orders.", Brandon added before adding something more, "Before I forget, you should keep it away from the criminals you got locked up. It can literally sense the intentions of others, and if it's evil, it'll try to maul them to death. Don't worry, it'll ignore those with good or neutral intentions.", he stated. He ignored the sweat that rolled down the guard captains head. "I'll leave it in your care for now. Good luck.", Brandon stated before petting his dog and leaving.

Making his way back to the group, he noticed that Lisianthus was apologizing to the shopkeeper of the potion shop. "Wow, you really need to find a better moment to apologize in. It's obvious that it's that masked guy's fault that caused the problem here.", Brandon stated, "So when can we actually find something fun to do? I came here to pass the time and I got mad, ticked off and annoyed as hell instead.", he added.

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At an abandoned storage facility, a strong gust of wind blew into it. The wind swirled into a miniature tornado before forming into something else. When the miniature tornado disappear, Word Play appeared in its place. However, he collapsed to the floor from exhaustion. Breathing heavily, he mustered enough strength to write one more sentence with his magic.

What is the name of the princess of Zauberheim?

Moments later, his question became an answer. The ink that made up his question reshaped into his answer.

Lisianthus von Zauberheim

Smiling at his answer, he soon passed out from exhaustion.

[Phantom77]

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Lisia sees Brandon summon one of his inventions, a autonomous dog of sorts, to aid the guards in their search for the masked assailant. The future arms dealer then suggests that the students actually find something fun to do. Luke, still shaken from the ordeal, believes differently. " Brandon, we all just got through fighting for our lives. That man could've killed you, you know? Felicie is hurt and worst of all that mad man is still on the loose. Perhaps it would be best if we all went home for the day and lay low." Even Anri, who is always looking forward to any fight, begins to agree with the boy. "As much as I would like to show that masked freak a thing or two, I think Luke has a point. All of us fought him at once and we could even lay a hand on him. We we're only able to damage him because Ivadi found a loophole in his magic. Dammit all I hate feeling powerless, but we should act carefully for the time being."

"Princess with all due respect, I must insist that you return to the royal palace immediately. Everyone for the most part is fine, yes, but that may not be the case in the future. As the merc previously stated we need to devise a plan of action. I know you care for your friends and people, but you must be aware that your life is not your own."

Ruecian removes his hand from above the wound on Felicie, now having done all he can to mend the injury. "I'm afraid I'll have to second that notion. You students should go home. Felicie's condition could've been a lot worse and while your tenacity is to be admired, it won't help you defeat an opponent who skill and experience surpasses your own." The mercenary walks over to the Princess and Brandon. A stern seriousness shows on his face. "Princess, Ms. Rielle and I will escort you to the royal palace. The King instructed me to take you home, and I make it a rule to never disappoint an employer."

Rue turns to the Cloaked Wanderer, the other person he was instructed to find by the King. "That goes for you to, Cloaked Wanderer. The King wishes for all outside competitors to meet with him at the castle. Come with us to meet His Majesty." The swordsman looks around to assess the current state of affairs one last time. He then prepares to leave with the Princess. "Ms. Rielle, if you are done healing that student I suggest we leave for the palace. Best not to keep a father waiting."

Lisia eventually slumps her head and looks at the ground, as she knows that the merc holds truth in his words. That, and the fact that displeasing her father the King was the last thing on Lisia's mind persuaded her to go along with the advise given to her. "Very well, I hear you, mercenary. I will return to the palace. Captain, please promise me that the police force will keep my friends safe and ensure that no more innocent people are inconvenienced." The captain salutes by lowering his head and crossing one arm over his chest. "You have my word as a captain of the royal police that no harm will come to your friends or the general public. No go on, get home and put your father's mind at ease." The guard faces Rue with stern face of his own. "I'll leave her in your hands, sellsword. If his Majesty trusts you, then so do I." Rue confirms the man's statement with a simple nod.

Lisia looks at her friends one last time before preparing to leave. "I'm so sorry that this all happen. It's strange really, it happened so suddenly. I pray that when this is all over we can really have fun and enjoy the festival." All of her friends respond with nods and smiles, though Anri decides to speak up. "Don't worry about Lisia, just keep yourself safe. No telling what that freak has up his sleeve."

"Well, ready to depart, Wanderer?" Rue says as he glances at the hooded man.

[hothead1021]

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Everything was settling down as Brandon suggested they all head home to rest. the guards and the wanderer convinced Lisia to return home. she didn't want to go with them, but everyone was right. she left us all with her parting words, hoping that we could have time to enjoy the festival later but everyone agreed to keep safe. with her departure, Ivadi helped Felicie up to her feet "Shall I, escort you home today milady?" he asked her

[Creator_Drake]

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Mural Hall
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Tibrus gave a light but hearty chuckle at Henry's dumbfounded look. Watching as the man moved to give one of the armours a closer look, the Architect gave a nod to himself; coming to this hall first had been the right choice. Hearing the question and explanation Tibrus raised a brow.

"An interesting question lad but no, not all these armours were enchanted at the time they were worn." Gesturing with a hand he bade the warrior to follow. Walking past another 3 columns they came to a suit of armour that had a more drastic change in looks compared to the others. While the others had looked relatively similar to one another, this set was the most drastic compared. The shoulder pauldrons were at least an extra half the size as its predecessors while the helmet looked far more angular and pointed. Instead of the regular steel grey all metal components of the armour had a noticeable blue tinge to it, which made the fist size rose coloured gem stand out from the middle of the chest plate.

"It wasn't until the Second King of Zauberheim came into power near 400 years ago that any request for enchanted armour had been made. This was a result of the First King nearly losing an arm during his last battle as King. The wounds he sustained however proved too much, his armour cut through by an enchanted sword. He had named his son the Second King before passing on soon after.

Grief for his fathers death had turned into a determination to not see anyone wounded in battle from enchanted weapons, and so the King had turned to the Court Mage and Smith's Guild to craft a set of armour to protect its wearer from enchanted weapons and the like. What you see here is the first prototype after a full 3 years and 7 months of hard work and research." With a disappointed sigh Tibrus shook his head while gazing at the armour.

"While the armour had worked just as they wanted, our economy at the time couldn't handle creating such armour for the entire army, nor would it have been time effective. Due to this the King shelved the idea and instead placed the Kingdom's focus on creating the best Academy for Magical learning there is." Looking towards the Mural closest to them one would see a grand painting of the Academy being constructed. The construction looked about half way done.

"22 years. It took 22 years to build the Academy at the time, and even then the building covered just over half the amount of property the current build has. It had been argued at the time, training young mages and warriors the ways of Magic would be more cost effective than creating the armours for the army, and they were proven right. Today, every soldier with even the smallest potential for magic takes a few classes to learn some basic spells that have helped keep our lads alive in battle." For a moment the man's mind seemed to venture elsewhere as he trailed off, gazing at the old mural.

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Market - Potion Shop
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After speaking his piece the Wanderer simply kept silent, letting the others take control of the conversation. The mechanical dog that was summoned did rouse attention, the figure gazing at the machine for a time before looking forward. Hearing the mercenary speak to him, the figure turned to give the man a nod.

"Indeed. Let us be off then." Without another word the man turned down the street and began walking towards the castle, going at an easy stroll.

[Scrapmaster]

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Henry listened intently to Tibrus's explanation as he then saw the unique armor, he was certainly impressed...a bit at the sight of it, he listened to the rest of Tibrus's explanation silently but paying attention, "I see...so thats how this kingdom became known as the most magic influential one in the large area it resides, I must say the story is impressive, now that you've shared some, I might share some of heide as well...well you see, you know its a militaristic town and all, it was originally a mining town, its mines were rich with valuable stones which were higly proffitable, you see...well a mining town needs protection, and the leader of the guard took his chance that the mining town had no leader, and took place as it, defecting from the capital that governed us, they fought back, valiantly and effectively, we had a mine with valuable stones and a small army to boot, but our victory really was set in stone when in the mine, were found the 'palestones' small stones that would awaken magical powers in whoever it chose, it would insert itself into the user's chest, painful, but leaving no wound and awakening in him, magic powers of a certain element, the elements would vary from light...to dark...to even chaos magic...and even illusion magic and transmutation, you see with this found power, and the army's skill in battle, we fought back and won our independence, soon after...years later conquering the nation that once ruled over us and driving it to the ground, taking the hold of the land to ourselves, you see, the armors weren't helping against magic and enchanted weapons either...but the thing is, the palestones give the wearer magic...and this magic can be used in a variety of ways...so it was then used in order for soldiers to conjure their own magic armor during combat to protect them, increasing and enhancing their strenght all the same when using it, and giving good protection to boot, summoning weapons was also easily done and to this day all Heidenians learn to conjure armors and weapons from their specific element since childhood, as well as learning how to fight at the same age, thats how Heide became the dominant kingdom in my continent." he told Tibrus some of his kingdom's history, as he walked along with him
"we have also beaten back the order in the war known as the 'far cry', but thats another story entirely...also beaten back the mamono faction as well, do you wish to hear about them? or could you explain some more about what happened after the second king's rule?" he asked him

[KillMoves]

The two outsiders were just about done with healing the Vampire and now they had to return to the castle with the Princess and the Cloaked Wanderer in tow. The cloaked person started walking towards the destination which caught Rielle's attention. "Hey buddy!" Rielle called out to the man before he could get far and snapping her fingers in the air. A moment after, portals appeared beneath Ruecian, Lisianthus, the Cloaked Wanderer and Rielle which they quickly sunk into.

The four people would find themselves landing in the throne room on their feet but their balance might be off. Rielle turned to the Cloaked Wanderer. "Beats walking, right?"

ELSEWHERE

Annabelle saw her companion and three others disappear into one of Rielle's portals. The cannibal figured she should leave the scene before someone begins suspecting her. She nonchalantly walked away from the area, realizing how lucky she was that the group that had come to save the shopkeeper fought amongst themselves instead of teaming up on her.

But she knew she was not gonna meet that shopkeeper ever again unless the circumstances are right.

[EndZoner]

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Market
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Brandon clicked his tongue in annoyance when the princess and the outsiders left. Just when he decided to hang out with others, some bullshit occurred and ruin the mood. Letting out an annoyed sigh, he decided now is a good time to go home. "I'm going home. Might as well prepare myself for the tournament.", he muttered to the group before he began walking away from the group to return to his home. Though, he stopped himself when he remembered something. Walking over to the guard captain again, "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you something. When you're ready to find that masked asshole, just tell my dog that you're ready. It'll send me a message to come to you guys and track that vigilant moron down.", he said to the guard captain before he nodded at Brandon. With that done, he began walking home.