Chapter 12 Hero Candidates
Somewhere at the Capital Antares, in a dark alleyway.
"Did you hear the news?" a man said, leaning on a wall.
"Yeah, I heard the details about it and they offer unreal salaries dude" a man replied, sitting on a pile of garbage.
"Isn't this a lifetime chance to change our life?" another man asked, curious about the others decision
.
"Should we apply to become soldiers…? I heard they're accepting anyone though" the man asked.
"Let's do it, I don't want to keep living like this anymore…" a man said, his eyes full of confidence.
The three of them held their hand and slowly rose it before coming down.
They had made a promise to change their lives for the better.
"Recruitment offer?" a mysterious man muttered, leaning on a wall.
"Who..? Who are you!?" the three of them said together.
"None of your business~" the man replied.
The mysterious man quickly reached for something in his pockets, revealing a knife.
"What do you think you're doing?" a man asked, standing nervously.
"D– " SLASH! SLASH!
"R–Run!" the two of yelled, danger looming.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
The men were killed before they could even scream.
"Ah~…Killing people is the best feeling~" the man said softly, satisfied.
The man reached out for his knife, full of blood before sliding it off from his tongue.
"Becoming a soldier means–I can kill more people~" the man concluded.
"Let's go there~" the man whispered.
Emperors Residence, Capital Antares
"Your Majesty, here's the items you've requested" a man informed.
"Thank you Sebastian" I replied, thanking him.
Sebastian slowly put the items at my table neatly arranging them.
Creak. Creak. The door creaked as Sebastian opened before closing down again.
I was finally alone in my room, sitting on a chair with my own table.
The items I requested were a notebook and a bunch of pen with different ink color.
It was time to start planning on my own ahead to prepare for the future.
"Emperor's Plan" the title I chose upon writing.
The plans were as simple–I would summarize the information I remembered playing in the game and put key notes on it.
Allied Nations – a group of nations.
Antares Empire – a rising nation handled by me.
Heroes – Special human beings who absorbs mana and use them as their powers.
Mana – a mysterious energy found everywhere in this world, origins are still unknown.
Now that I was finally done writing the key points, it was time to summarize history based on the game.
The Empire's Route – The rise of Antares Empire wasn't based on luck but careful consideration.
Zhentaris Republic, the first target of Antares Empire.
Oranis, a bordering nation by the Zhentaris Republic–now laid next to our nation after we won the war.
Oranis, the next target of Antares Empire if I recalled and one of the only neutral nations.
After the Empire had won against them–they laid their eyes on another target.
The Meris Commonwealth–a member of Allied Nation and where the events dramatically rose after the Antares Empire started a war against an allied nation member again.
I briefly summarized the events as I wrote them.
Not all events were written as it was a hassle for me.
I also drew some sketches on how they looked–though my skills weren't that high, they were enough to understand for me.
"Haaahh" I let out a breath.
I shook my wrist and stretched my shoulders trying lessen the strain.
Looking back at my notes–Oranis a neutral nation who was next to our borders was our next target.
A 1 month preparation should be enough.
Hence during this time, I needed to put in effort to my plans to succeed.
I quickly stood up from chair, going my way to the door.
Creak. The door made a screeching noise as I opened it before closing down again.
I headed outside trying to find Sebastian.
"Sebastiaaaaan!" I yelled hoping to find him.
"It seems His Majesty is calling me, let's continue another time shall we?" Sebastian commented.
"It was nice talking to you Mr. Sebastian" one of the servant said.
"Majesty…wai–" Sebastian continued.
"Kugh haaah" I gasped, out of breath.
"Majesty, what brings you here?" Sebastian asked.
"Let's go–to the Antares Children Foundation!" I said to him, smiling.
"As you wish Majesty!" Sebastian replied, matching my energy.
I quickly followed Sebastian until we got into an SUV and drove around once we passed through the gate.
Somewhere else…
"Is this the Antares Army HQ?" a man muttered.
The man made his way going into the
recruitment booth at the headquarters.
"Sir, are you here to apply to become a soldier?" a female officer asked.
"Yes" the man replied.
The female officer quickly handed a fill out form to the man instructing him
"Fill out this form sir–this includes your name, age, height, weight and lastly your last occupation if you have one"
The female officer handed out a pen to him incase he didn't have one.
"Okay" the man said.
|Name: Grey Oculus|
|Age: 25|
|Height: 178 cm |
|Weight: 55 kg|
|Last Occupation: N/A|
The man wrote everything in the paper eventually handing it back to the female officer.
"I'm done writing" the man replied.
"Thank you sir–come back tomorrow at 9:00AM to officially begin your training as a soldier" the female officer reminded.
"…" the man quickly left, paying no attention.
Meanwhile…
Antares Children Foundation, Capital Antares.
"Your Majesty, what brings you here?" Katherine said, asking me.
"His Majesty is looking for individuals with talent here" Sebastian replied to my stead.
|Name: Katherine|
|Class: Support Hero|
|Rating: ★★|
|Potential: ★★|
I looked at Katherine's info panel.
Everything was still the same.
I walked around the orphanage scouting with my ability with Sebastian following
behind me.
|Name: Eric|
|Class: N/A|
|Rating: N/A|
|Potential: N/A|
"Not this one" I muttered, trying to find candidates.
|Name: Leyra|
|Class: N/A|
|Rating: N/A|
|Potential: N/A|
"Not this one either" I said, disappointed.
|Name: Zylex|
|Class: Combat Hero|
|Rating: N/A|
|Potential: ★★|
"This one is pretty decent" I thought.
I looked everywhere until a surprise came to me.
|Name: Selvia|
|Class: Combat Hero|
|Rating: N/A|
|Potential: ★★★★|
A 4 star hero candidate came right to my eyes. I had
I looked everywhere again but nothing caught my eyes.
The conclusion was already there, it was time to adopt those two candidates.
"Sebastian, find these two individuals named Zylex and Selvia" I said, ordering him.
"As you wish, Majesty" Sebastian replied respectfully.