The whole arena was in cheers as they awaited the contestants.
"Good day everyone,can the contestants please make their way to the floor,Kyle Hamilton and Nuza Nuro"The announcer yelled.
"Did I hear Kyle Hamilton, isn't he the only son of the Duke,Mark Hamilton"
A voice from the crowd shouted.
"I bet he's going to win,after all he is royalty"
"I don't think so"
"Oh yeah,I bet 20 bucks,he is going to win"
"Fine"
Kyle tried his best to ignore the bickering going on in the crowd and looked forward at his opponent,Nuza.
He analysed Nuza from head to toe surprised when he saw tattoos of insects on his skin.
"Let the match begin" the announcer yelled.
Kyle looked at Nuza as held out his hands and insects swarmed out to him,he created an earth wall and the insects collided head on with the wall.
Nuza sent out swarms of insects towards Kyle but he created a hand made from heart and swatted the insects down.
The hand held Nuza as he struggled furiously to release himself but it was futile,he was trapped.
"The match is over,Kyle Hamilton is undoubtedly the owner" the announcer yelled.
"Ha,you owe me 20 bucks"
"Man what was that,it didn't even take ten minutes"
"What did you expect from the duke's son"
"No,the match was not fair considering their abilities"
"Guess it wasn't the insect user's luck"
Kyle ignored the voices from the crowd as he walked up to his friends.
"You did it Kyle,I knew you would"
Liana hugged him her hands encircling his neck.
He nodded and placed her down,he looked at Evette her gold eyes glaring at him.
"You're the duke's son,I can't believe it,you didn't tell us" she snapped at him.
"What are you talking about,I thought you knew"
"Well i didn't,did you Vi,Ci"
Kyle looked at both girls as they shook their head.
"Look I'm sorry I didn't tell you"
"I don't need your damned sorry"
She was practically glaring daggers at him.
"I don't get why you're taking this to heart like this..." He was cut short when she pushed him making her way past him.
"Out of my way,snaky motherfucker"
"What did you just call me?"but she was gone. He looked at the others to see that they were all surprised,well all except Ciara.
Her eyes scanned everyone before her calm voice spoke up"Evette has some history with the duke"leaving everyone shocked, Kyle seemed to be the most surprised.
"What happened?"he asked her and Liana frowned "that's not your business my darling,you have nothing to do with it" she placed her palm on his cheek.
Kyle frowned at this"Excuse you I'm going to go freshen up"
Liana looked at his retreating figure and clenched her fist.
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"I can't believe it,he was the son of the Duke" Evette shot a flame ball at the wall. Her body was literally on fire, she was too engrossed in her anger to release that she was gradually setting everywhere on fire.
That is till she smelt smoke,she came back to her senses to see that Ciara had used her water to put out the flames.
"Ciara,what are you doing here"
"Incase you haven't figured, you're in OUR room" she said emphasizing the fact that the room was theirs.
She looked around to see that her flames had burnt some things.
"I'm sorry Ci"
She nodded"Look E,I'm not going to tell you to forgive or forget,that's on you"her eyes looked dead serious.
"what I am going to tell you is that you should do what makes you happy"her expression softened.
Evette smiled at this.
"Now,why don't we spar,put your flames to work"Ciara looked at Evette but she didn't miss the slightest upturn of her lips.
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"Asher"a voice called out and when he turned around to see who the voice belonged to,he froze.
"Mila" it came out more of a whisper as he fell on one knee his face touching the floor "It's an honor to meet a supreme god"
"Get up Asher"she sat on a chair and crossed her legs "I have to tell you something" she continued.
"Oh yes your supreme"
"Don't call me that"
He sat down on the chair facing her,
"What brings you here supreme guardian,how are you even here,aren't you dead?"He leaned into the chair.
"Yes I am,this is my spirit,anyways pay attention this kingdom is in great danger"she sat straight.
Asher face flashed from surprise to worry.
Mila seemed to read his mind"but don't worry that priestly head of yours,luckily the supreme gods that died,their souls have been attached to people in this world."
"All of them that would mean Alaster's soul would have also been attached.
"Yes, that's where the danger is,I don't know why the others' souls have not awoken except Ezra and I,but I think Alaster wants to continue with what he couldn't finish"
"The war?"
"You know about that?"
"Well in the history books but none have ever explained it in details"
"Well,it's good you have a supreme god in your midst,and not just anyone one who received first hand experience"she stood up her beautiful black gown sweeping the floor.
"Alaster was one of the gods who was assigned to watch over the relationship between humans along with Ezra and I,he did so dutifully but Alaster has always been a difficult person,he fell in love with a human,I think her name was Keira"she put a hand on her chin.
Asher's eyes widened"the books never mentioned anything about it"
"The Fates made it that way, anyways then it wasn't forbidden nor was it exactly common for gods to fall in love,I remember him confronting Ezra and I about it"
"What did you tell him?"
"We told him he should do whatever makes him happy and he did he frequently visited her,what he didn't know was that her heart already belonged to someone else and she was to be married to him,when he found out he was furious and tried to separate them"
She looked at Asher from her peripheral vision and saw that he seemed to be following her.
She continued "They eventually got married,Alaster was furious"
"What did he do?"
"He killed her husband shortly after she had her first child"
Asher's eyes looked as though we're about to burst with how wide they were becoming.
"He killed her?"
"Yes he did,when other gods found out, they were angry, especially the gods of nature,I remember both the gods of life and death being beyond angry, telling him he was not in power to kill the human husband,they took him took him to the Fates and they were furious"
"What did they do to him"
"They stripped him the title of supreme god from him and cleared all memories of him from humans, all memories Kiera had of him were erased"
"Why did he kill her husband?"
"He couldn't accept the fact that she would never love him the way he did, eventually Ezra found out after he came back,he rewinded time and stopped the man from dying but the Fates curse was already done"
"Ezra must be powerful"
"That's an understatement,all the gods were proud of him but Alaster held a grudge against him and all the other gods, getting into fights with us over trivial matters,the seven of us had it way much more"
"Seven of you?"Asher had an inquisitive look.
"Yes, Rielle,Rena,Ryxs,Fiera, Kyrios,Ezra and I."
"Why was Kyrios involved, wasn't he one of the gods in charge of the dark fae realm"
"Yes he was but news travels fast, Kyrios had always been an ethical person regardless of his dark nature,he found what Alaster did revolting."
Asher nodded and she continued.
"Alaster got so angry he made a deal with the god of forbidden magic, Demos,he would give his heart to him provided he could get his revenge,and that's how Alaster obtained demon blood magic, before Rielle was the only god that could manipulate blood"
"What did he do after"
"Well, Alaster's power was once gravitational control but when the Fates found out that he had dabbled in forbidden magic,the took it away from him,true to his world Demos opened a portal and all kind of weird killing objects came out taking different forms,some took the forms of dragons,some snakes and others"
"He came up with a proposal that the Fates should make Kiera fall for him or he would destroy this kingdom,the Fates refused of course,it wasn't in Kiera's fate to fall in love with a god"
"He started destroying the kingdom and the gods of this kingdom came to help"
"gods of the kingdom"Alaster spoke after being silent all this while.
"Yes,Rena,Rhea,Fiera,Rielle,Ezra and I
were assigned over this kingdom but Kyrios also came to fight"
"What of other gods?"
"They couldn't leave their jobs just because of one single kingdom,well everything was well until he manifested the forbidden magic fully turning into a demon,Rena and Fiera sacrificed themselves to protect us,my child and I were about to be killed but Ezra intervened sending my child to the future,he,Rhea,Rielle and Kyrios ended up saving the Kingdom but they died"
"What happened to Alaster?"
"He died too,the Fates assigned our souls to people here so that we didn't die completely making it possible for us to get our bodies back but forbidden magic did the same for Alaster"
"How?"
"When gods die which is rare,magic gems are made and are scattered across realms, whoever has been assigned the soul of a supreme god will awaken if he has contact with magic gems although sometimes people do so before having them and others even though they have them don't awaken till something triggers them"
"Okay"
"The problem is that Alaster has his own gem and he knows where the others are,but there's a good part"
"Which is?"
"Only someone with five magic gems can open the door for the creatures of the forbidden realm,the Fates also made it that each of our magic stones could bring us back"
"How?"
"Somewhere in this kingdom are statues of all the gods that died and a slot for the magic gem,if our magic gems are put there all the dead gods will revive and we can finally seal Alaster away"
"Do you have your magic gem?"
"Yes,Ezra and I were able to get a hold of our own"
"So why didn't you put it there?"Asher looked at her.
She shook her head "only people who our souls have been assigned to can enter there"
"Does that mean the person who has Alaster's soul can also access there"
"Yes,we need to make sure he doesn't have access to there and also make sure that he doesn't get up to five gems to open the door "
"How do we do that,we don't even know where the gems are"
"We don't do anything,my son and his friends will, although Kyrios' gem is in the realm of dark faes,his soul has also been assigned to a dark fae too"
"Your son?,the one Ezra sent in time"
"Yes,it's quite funny our souls were also assigned to him, he has both our magic gems but we haven't awoken in him, he thinks he has no powers but his body is just having a hard time adjusting to Ezra and I's powers, he'll soon awaken"
"That's good"
"When he does that the magic gems will also awaken and he'll be able to tell where the rest are"
"So what do I have to do with any of this"
"You're the high priest,tell the royals that danger is coming and the winners of this abilities tournament should be sent to retrieve the magic stones,they are the only ones that can"
"What if your son and his friends aren't the winners"
"I know they'll win,I didn't marry the supreme god of time for nothing"she winked before disappearing leaving Asher surprised.
"She's just like what the books say"