The suns rays reached over the cities walls beaming into the castle. The streets were filled with bustling citizen's joyful and carefree. The news from the front came yesterday the demon king is trapped inside of his castle and the siege will start today. The King has made his way over to the order of lights temple to pray for the safe return of Nagol, Son of Sivo.

Preparation's for a festival were already underway. Inside of the castle the nobles all congregated having a grand feast to celebrate the siege. Salina, the queen lifted her glass and cleared her throat, "Today marks the final battle for peace, We have all suffered greatly but I thank you for your assistants over these past ten years."

Salina's gaze glanced over everyone present. "I as the queen of Order am delighted to grant the son of Sivo a fiefdom and granting him the title of Aver!" many of the nobles gasped in disbelief Sivo was a traitor leaving the nobility to raise his child in secret.

Aver is a title that grants any -Hero- nobility equal to royalty, allowing them to marry into the royal family if they choose to. Salina was offering one of her daughters to Nagol. Establishing a relationship between the war hero and her family. The nobles squabbled for a time but settled down as the queen gave them a stern stare.

Opening her arms and turning to the double doors as they opened "I will allow Nagol, Aver, Son of Sivo to wed one of my daughters!" five women walked through the doors. Ralia the eldest a gentle woman whom spends her time weaving works of art. Nadia, the secant eldest a strong headed woman whom trained with the royal guard at the age of six, learning how to be a competent general and tactician.

Fane, a powerful mage and is usually seen as the now it all amongst the group. Kelina a mage that was gifted a unique ability, Soul song allowing her to sing magical incantations. and lastly Tania whom has just reached the age of sixteen, the youngest and rudest of the group she spent most of her days reading and learning how to be a proper wife.

The majority of the nobles were still simmering with rage but Salina is also one of the few -Holy Knight- class holders. Holy Knights are stronger than normal knights and can rival heroes, Nagol is a -Hero- and -Holy Knight- making him the strongest hero to ever exist.

Even with his ridicules power, everyone gets tired. The stronger you are the more Stamina you consume. Salina ran away at a young age to become an adventurer, she was currently the highest level in the royal family, (lvl 98). Salina motioned for the five to sit at the head of the table.

The five princesses were hailed as the kingdoms jewels. Each had spent time with Nagol and had agreed to a sort of competition. Among human royalty there is a game that is played to determine whom will be wed to a -Hero-. Taking all of the potential suitors and having them fawn over the -Hero- until he chooses one. (The kingdom of order allows for multiple woman to be wed to a single man, however he must have a level equal to the added total)

Tania kept her head up, Staring straight at her mother with a smile. Tania had taken the hero to the Mountain of Fates and was blessed by The Goddess of light and War. The goddess of light bestowed her with -Divine Bound- while the god of war gave them each a blood diamond ring.

The gem in the ring is a powerful tool capable of collecting experience and bonus stat points gradually over time, Tania did not let anyone see her stats. The goddess of light even gave her a Class.

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-Human Royalty-

-Dawn Priest-

H.P. (1,200/1,200) 50/r

M.P. (30,000/30,000) 200/r

S.P. (2,000/2,000) 50/r

LvL.50 (45%)

STR (120)

AGI (200)

DEX (200)

WIS (1,500)

INT (1,500)

CHA (1,000)

LUK (1,000)

-Spells-

-Heal- T2 (25mp) using the light to heal living beings, can be used to harm demons and undead.

-Smite- T3 (50mp) call forth the light to strike the evils of the world, weakening evil and destroying the unholy

-Divine Bond- T?? (0mp) With this bond you can feel the life of the one you love whenever you wish.

-Dawn Heal- T4 (150mp) Bring forth the light and heal your allies, destroy your enemies. Those close to you will have their souls healed.

-Dawn Smite- T5 (250mp) compel the light to attack evil at its core.

-Dawn Shield- T10 (10,000mp) Create a shield of light, protecting everything you care for. The Shield will protect the body and soul of the ones you love Shield cannot be dispelled. Shielding the remains of a corpse will allow their souls to return.

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-Skill-

-Light Champion- you are the champion of light, to serve and protect the people of the world. Light spells are easier to cast and are one rank more powerful than normal.

-Angel- You have been granted the avatar of an angel, When threatened your body will transform into an angel. Avatar is light based and will be twice as powerful as you. (Light Champion X4 strength)

-Lady in waiting- You have been wed by a god and are waiting for your beloved. You will not die or age until your beloved returns.

-Divine Blessing- Blessed by a god you are stronger than normal humans. +50 stat bonus every level (x2) +50% EXP (x2)

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The day passed with a festive mood. The nobles calmed down after thinking about how they can give gifts to coarse the hero to ally with them. The King finally returned from the light temple as the sun began to set. The royal family was standing outside of the royal castle were the hero would be teleported to after the siege.

Tania was dressed in a white silver dress made to resemble her class of Dawn Priest. No one thought it was strange for her to request the garment as it was one of the dresses used by The Order of Light. She even used her own allowance to obtain the enchanted version used by actual priests.

The sun was now behind the view of the far walls and still had some light shining to allow the festival to continue without torches. When the sun sets in the Continent of order the shadow lands have a gray morning sky. Tania sat beside her sisters waiting for the waystone to activate.

"Tania, why are you wearing that getup?" Fane watched Tania dressed like a dawn priest but thought it was just her younger sister playing dress up. "Its not a getup!" Tania hissed at her sister and drew her in close. "I wasn't going to tell you until I announced it but I got my class three months ago!" Fane eyes opened in surprise.

"Your a Dawn Priest?" Tania nodded with enthusiasm "Yep, I got it after traveling with Nagol. I didn't tell him yet." Fane straitened her poster and cleared her mind by casting -Calm- on herself several times. "Tania, Dawn priests are a powerful class and you obviously have the maturity and good sense to not tell father about this, don't do anything stupid alright?"

Tania smiled at her sister and conjured a small ball of light, changing its color to match the rainbow. "I already know how to control the light element so its alright." throwing the ball of light at a rude noble the light ball exploded into multicolored glitter making the noble look like a clown.

The princesses laughed at the noble whom ran off to change his cloths. "That was unladylike like Tania." Fane began to scold her sister but her stern face cracked and she smiled. "Now the noble has to worry about you and mother!" the two girls laughed as the festival continued.

Tania pulled out a locked and opened it inside was the blood diamond ring and a portrait of Nagol in his Magic Steel armor. His cherry blond hair was shoulder length. His blue eyes had a golden ring around his pupil with streaks of white dancing in it. Tania brushed her fingers over the portrait and the ring inside.

Five dawn priests moved forward in unison. Each carrying a banner resembling the five chairs of Light. Nagols flag stood at the front as the vanguard of the Crusade. Hera's banner had the mark of a Dawn priest. Sam's banner fluttered as the Light Mage regiment. Simons banner fluttered with the sigil of Light, healers whom took an oath of nonviolence.

Finally the last banner who's seat was recently filled by a young girl Canirus, The Argent or medium the ones who mingle with the commoners of the land and to protect the innocent no matter its form.

Simon was currently acting as the backline healer for the costal regiments fighting off pirate attacks. Canirus is in the south marsh lands healing the sick and teaching the people of the marsh how to defend themselves from the marshes monsters.

Canirus was saved by Nagol during a bandit raid and has been trained by Simon to use the light element to heal and shield becoming a -Bastion Priest-. Simon was Sivo's closest confidant and friend, Hera and Simon are the only two founders alive. Simon worships the goddess of light with reverence and passion he is the most devote out of the original five becoming a -Light Priest-.

The banners were before the waystone, and the Priests kneeled. 50 other members of the order of light stood the youngest Crusaders ready to greet their brothers in arms. Tania knew the five dawn priests. Ta, Se, La, Vu, Na. Each priest is given their name by the goddess of light after they reached level 100.

Only 100 dawn priests are present at any given time. all of them served the order of light, just like Holy Knights. Holy knights had no limit but were almost completely unable to cast normal magic. Each Holy Knight has one unique ability. currently 150 holly knights serve the order of light. 50 are with Nagol, while the others are with Simon and Canirus.

Tania watched in awe as she noticed the armor unique to Holy Knights. 10 of the new crusaders were wearing it, 35 wore normal Crusader armor while 5 had robes of the Light Magi. this batch of crusaders are the best of their class. over 1,000 crusaders are trained yearly. only 50 will be allowed to join the crusade each year. The rest return to their studies and training until they are ready to join the 50,000 strong order. 10,000 of the current crusaders are with Nagol.

Salina stood and used magic to raise her voice. "The Sun has set and the day has been laid to rest!, Let the light of our passion bring forth the Dawn!!" an attendant beside her raised a bow of gold to the queen. Taking it she raised it to the heavens and a magical arrow of light materialized as she let go of the bowstring.

The arrow flew to the sky and exploded in a glories light torches and braziers set before sunset were drawing in the light. soon the unlit streets were filled with the healthy glow of light. Many of the citizens cheered while the younger ones gasped in shock. Sivo's bow of light was given to the current king by Sivo, and is used only on special occasions like the crowning of a new king or the death of a hero.

Tania and the royal family sat like statues with the Order of lights priests they would guard the Waystone through the night. The city of order was filled with joy, The light from the bow would allow them to always be at max H.P. S.P. and M.P. many warriors trained during this time.

Tania manipulated her M.P. to become light apparitions, to dance with the children. it would normally take 100mp to sustain the illusions but tonight she could train her Magic control without worry. The King and queen meditated for most of the night, Tania's sisters also meditated and occasionally cast their spells into the sky.

The sky was so peaceful the moon shinned with its radiance. Tania felt her bond but strangely it was muddied and dull. This usually happened when the hero was low on M.P. and his soul weakened slightly. His M.P. usually was near empty due to all of the fighting and mana he needed to use to empower his armor and sword.

thinking nothing of it she hummed a song sung by Nagol "Winter comes again it comes, its cold embrace holds the land, sleep my sun for your day is done... Rest for now, my warmth and life. Rest for now, and I will sing my song, if you your lullaby... Sleep my light! Dream of sheep!, rest for me, my restless sun... When you wake I'll sing my song, and you your lullaby... Lay me down, my morning light, let me rest in your embrace... Sing me a song, the night it done! when you sing know a reaver sleeps..."

Tania's memories shifted to the first time she had met Nagol.

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-4 years ago-

"Princess..." Nogal stood above Tania armed and cautiously watching his surroundings. opening her eyes she saw Nagol and his Holy Knight armor. "..n..waa?" wiping the sleep from her eyes Tania sat up. Quickly moving Nagol scooped the princess up and ran from the tent.

Behind them several Golems chassed them. Tania was wade awake and screamed in fear, the golems were shaped like wolves and drenched in blood. Fires raged around them as the camp was set on fire by several mages. Royal guards attempted to fight the overwhelming number of golems.

Nagol's breath was even and calm running away from the fight. several times nagol imbued mana into his gauntlet and a bolt of magic would shoot out destroying any golem that would attack them. In front of them a mage fell from the sky and casted -Stone Spear- Nagol shifted his body and took the stone spear to his side.

Blood splattered onto the ground, Nagol using the spears impact to send his body backwards he summersaulted and threw his imbued sword at the mage. landing on his side he kept the princess above him to prevent harm the princess yelped at the sudden movement, the mage fell as he clutched at the fiery sword burning through his body.

several golems fell but many more still fought. Nagol clutched his side and imbued mana into his wristband his wound slowly closed. getting up he imbued mana into his right ring finger and his sword flew into his hand. Moving forward he held the princess with his free hand and charged forward imbuing mana into his armored boots.

Tania watched the holy knight in awe, normally enchantments would dissipate after using them once. Holy knights could use magic items and enchantments without damaging them. The crusader continued to mow down anyone who tried to stop him. Soon they reached a clearing and the Knight pulled out a magic crystal.

It was enchanted with two spells, Greater Blink and Signal. Greater blink would allow one person to blink a days worth of distance away while Signal would send a magical signal to a person you had met before hand. The crusader fort Valor was half a day away.

Imbuing mana into the crystal the knight was about activate the enchantment when three mages burst through the forests brush casting dispel and silence. The crystal shattered and Nagol quickly pulled forth a scroll and commanded the air around it to cast its spell.

The spell enveloped the princess and created a T8 barrier and T6 invisibility. Nagol let the princess down and motioned for her to hide, while lifting his sword to fight the three mages. "Fool! you think you can hide her from us!" Nagol swept his sword and entered a defensive stance.

Fifteen golems burst from the ground and rushed at Nagol. Sweeping his sword while imbuing the natural magic in the air he lit his sword with a fire. It was weaker than when he imbued it with his own mana but being silenced locked his M.P. from being used.

The swords fire lashed out several feet from him and started to burn the rocky golems. The heat softened them for his blade, cutting through three golems with ease. His chest plate glowed with mana and he blinked forward to one of the mages. The mage rolled forward and cast -Magic Bolt- three magical bolts flew at Nagol.

Sweeping his sword forward the flame clashed with the mages T3 barrier. Bringing his blade down he imbued its hilt creating his own barrier. The magical bolts cracked the magical shield but it held. The mage blinked twice away from Nagol. "You cant save her boy!" the older mage of the three stepped forward and cast -Stone Arrow- T4.

35 arrows of stone clashed into the cracked shield. The shield broke as half the arrows finally destroyed it. Nagol Released the mana in his boots and was sent forward at a blinding speed. Four of the arrows crashed into him but the spell his boots were using was known as -Greater Charge- a T5 spell that forced the body of its user forward ignoring everything to send its user 50ft forward.

shooting past the mage, his blade cut through his T3 barrier and decapitated the mage, blood splattered on his silvery armor. The two mages cast a joint spell -Iron Spears- a T5 spell. 5 iron spears flew at Nagol. all five landed on his body skewering his already bloody body.

Using what little mana he could muster from the air he imbued his Swords pommel the Silence spell dissipated and Nagol cast his Ability at the two mages. 5 holes appeared on the mages chests and they fell. Nagol's mana and stamina was drained leaving him with 5 M.P. and 35 S.P.

Falling down his wounds healed but the strain from casting his ability was to much. Mercy was a unique spell, costing M.P. and S.P. to cast. If cast on an enemy it would deal the same amount of damage received and heal the user. Casting Mercy allowed one to take the pain and ailments of another, while casting it in reverse you would feel the collective pain of yourself and the ones you cast it on. If they died you would feel like you had also died.

Tania gasped as three T4-5 mages were killed by a -Holy Knight- she had heard they were insanely powerful when armed with their Holy armor and weapons. noticing the blood and guts of the three mages Tania vomited her dinner, Seven of her royal guards emerged from the forest. 5 Knights Rank 3-5 and 2 Battle Mages Rank 3 and T4-5.

"Quickly Heal the Crusader!" Hearing the princesses voice one of the battle mages rushed forward and began to heal Nagol. the rest of the Royal guards ran to form a protective wall around Tania. "My lady forgive me, We have driven the Stone Mages back but they will return we must move quickly!"

The battle mage was an old bodyguard named Lucy she has served as Tania's personal bodyguard since she was three. Nodding her head Lucy grabbed Tania and rushed forward. The last battle mage used levitate on Nagol and ran beside Lucy. The group ran for the entire night until they reached Valor a Crusader Temple that was expecting their arrival.

Tania refused to leave the Crusader alone, one of the dawn priest's present looked after him and blessed the Crusader. Taking the crusaders armband the dawn priest froze in fear. "Call the diviner at once!" a messenger boy quickly ran from the room to get the diviner.

Tania was frightened Diviners could speak through the soul and communicate with other diviners. "What is happening?!" the dawn priest turned to Tania and shook her head "This boy is a judicator." lifting the arm band Tania looked confused "Judicator?"

The dawn priest sighed and turned to watch Nagol, "His name is Nagol and he is the son of Sivo, His status alone makes him a figure head, but he is a Holy Knight and possesses the armband of a judicator; an heir to the Order of light." Tania's eyes widened an heir to the order of light, the most powerful organization in the kingdom.

The door burst open as a white robed man entered his eyes were clear white and showed no emotion. "Inform our lady of the boys condition and request that The Light Magi purge the location of these rebels. The diviner closed his eyes his staff shined white and when he opened his eyes they flickered light and slowly returned to their clear white appearance.

Several days passed until two people entered the room yelling at each other. "I told you he was not ready!, He needs more training throwing him into battle so soon will only get him Killed!" the mage was furious and his body emanated raw mana. the woman beside him ignored him walking forward and placing her hand on the boy. "And I told you he is a Holy Knight that has passed his Rank 3 trails and T4 Enchantment classes."

The mage threw up his arms and blinked on the other side of the boy. "Look here Hera I may have promised Sivo that I would train him but I don't approve of your blatant disregard!, He didn't even passed his Element and Math Classes!" Hera turned to the mage and threw a sneer "He is a Warrior by nature and nothing you say or do will ever change that!, He is ready and he needs to see the world for what it is!"

Hera's fist slammed into the table beside her breaking it without even turning to see the tables splintered remains she turned to the dawn priest that was now shaking. "What is his current condition?" the dawn priest cleared her throat and moved forward handing a paper to Hera, "His body is showing signs of improvement but he was under the effects of -Mana Burn- -Extreme Overexertion- -Mental Strain- -Deaths Door 8- -Shock- -Coma- -Punctured lung- and several cases of -Broken Bone-"

taking a deep breath she continued "We were able to heal -Punctured lung- and the -Broken Bone- lowering -Deaths Door 8- to -Deaths Door 7- our medical staff uncovered that his heart stopped beating for a minuet before he could be somewhat healed and stabilized. We believe his injures were even greater, taking into account that Mana Burn requires the user to cast 2 or 3 spells that exceed their expertise we believe he cast Mercy in reverse 2-3 times and imbued his Blink plate, Charge Boots, Blade abilities, and a Retreated stone that shattered." pulling out a tray it held many small shards of spikes, "We removed these from his left hand."

While the priest was talking another table was brought in and the Dawn Priest placed the tray on it. "We have also confirmed that he manipulated Natural mana and is currently fighting off the chaotic elements mana that is in corrupting his M.P. regeneration slowing his recovery."

Hera clenched her fist several times blood leaked from her hand as she dug into her own flesh. Casting an ability is dangerous its level of skill needed is unknown, but some have been categorized Mercy is considered a T10 spell and would normally kill its user. Nagol was indeed at deaths door, Falling to her knees she Prayed to the goddess of light and Fares to bring her Child home.

Sam covered his face and shook his head, his eyes were wet and his mouth quivered. Blinking several times he ended up on the roof of the building and cast several T9-10 spells at the sky screaming and cursing. Tania watched in terror from the corner. Hera and Sam were the two most powerful warriors/spell casters in the country. Tania had met Sivo and Hera once, she quickly knew that Hera was Nagols mother.

running over to the woman who was pleading with the gods she wrapped her arms around the Dawn priest leader, and wept with her. Humming filled the air as light filtered in through the window. Light mana streamed into Nagol raising his body Hera continued to pray.

The light took on Nagols voice and hummed a song, his body warped and light covered him his status slowly returned to normal. the humming stopped and a small golden tattoo lay on his chest, he opened his mouth and song a song. it was the Reevers lullaby...

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