"You know... Although Marcus was a huge bag of crap, he told us something that I didn't know. He talked about Bartholomew Henry Allen, your ancestor. He said that the first Armageddon happened due to the Flash. He said that the alien was worried about his impulsive use of time travel to create a Flashpoint. So, like what is this Armageddon caused by? Is it an alien invasion or something? We have experienced those things before, so it shouldn't be a problem if all of us joins forces, right?" Tom asked me.
"Yes, every Armageddon we have faced were all invasions or big world shaking rebellions and all, but the fact is this one is far bigger than you can imagine. The things that are going to invade us are not just simple aliens. When a soul travels to a different universe, it cracks the wall separating the different universes and that wall is the place where the worst creatures in the entire multiverse live. That hole in that wall is the entrance to hell. This was a theory made by one of the greatest magician and summoner John Constantine. I am not too sure about his theory but some say our Earth, which is Earth-5 had one of the most intelligent versions of him. We could ask him for help if we can find him actually," I explained.
John Constantine of Earth-5 made so many contracts with demons that he became near immortal, according to the folklore he still walks this Earth till this day.
"But even if we find him... If I mean if he is alive. What are the odds that he could help us?" Sylvia asked.
"Good question... I don't know. Alfred told me that he is a bit crazy, so we shouldn't really on his help even if we find him," I replied.
I would rather make a deal with the devil than trust Constantine. Alfred is always right about things like these.
"I think you can should learn a bit of magic if you want to get his help... Who knows he might get impressed and not try to kill you on spot..." Ryuk commented.
'Is he that experienced?' I asked him.
"Yep, especially when it comes to speedsters, he almost never let's his guard down around them. Remember kiddo, no matter how smart or fast you are never underestimate a old man with a career where men die early. He was an exorcist before he took up magic... you can't even think of underestimating someone like that. I don't want your story to end like that," Ryuk explained, to which I nodded my head.
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Paragon
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Training Grounds
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After the two hours lunch break, all the students were called to the training grounds. The academy had seperate training grounds for every school, they was attached to the back sides of the schools.
As we went to our seperate ways, I felt an uncomfortable feeling as if someone was looking at me. I wasn't sure if that person was looking at me particularly but I didn't turn to check. There were many cameras surrounding the school, if that person was a higher up then I don't want to alert them yet.
The one who was watching me didn't linger for much longer though, as I walked in the training grounds it went away.
Whoever was keeping an eye on me is in this room... Fuck... How am I supposed to find someone who is keeping an eye on me in the middle of seven hundred students? Atleast it's better than searching someone among four thousand students.
The training ground had different sections for each types of metas and races, well not particularly. It's more like the training ground was divided into different parts according to their stats, to make us practice what we are good at. However, there was a huge wooden box in the middle of the room which confused most of the students, many were trying to guess what was inside of it while some attempted to open it but soon gave up since they didn't want to cause any trouble and get expelled on the very first day.
After every students had entered the room, a twenty foot tall man with white hair, brown eyes and a huge mustache wearing a dotted green uniform entered the room. Yes, you have heard me right... He is a literal giant even when compared to the tall humans.
Meet Edward Thompson, a distant relative of the Allen family.
'Now that I look at him, I think I made him a bit too big for a human,' I thought while trying to avoid eye contact with him.
"You think?! How could you even label someone like that as a human? This is why children shouldn't write novels!" Ryuk shouted in my ears.
'I mean giants are like twenty meters tall atleast so... can't really call him a giant,' I remarked at my mistake.