Arc 39 - Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace - London, UK:

Nazar and Laura appeared in the Throne Room.

As soon as they appeared, they were immediately surrounded by the Queen's Guard.

Nazar just chuckled and he was about to move, but Laura stopped him.

“Don’t.”

“Huh? ‘Don’t’ what?”

“We are here to talk not fight.”

“Can you handle this situation?”

Laura sighed. “Fine. Leave it to me.”

Laura placed her hands behind her head.

“We are here to talk to the queen.”

As Nazar heard that, he frowned.

“What are you, an idiot? Do you really think they will just let you meet the queen?”

Nazar heard a voice. He was talking to Laura, but he heard someone else’s voice instead. An unfamiliar voice.

“On the contrary, I wanted to meet you for a while now, young man.”

Nazar turned towards the voice and saw the Queen of Britain was speaking to him.

“Me?”

“Yes, you.” The queen said as she walked towards her throne.

Nazar and Laura followed her with their eyes.

“Why did you want to meet me?”

Nazar asked in confusion.

Laura lowered down her hands and the Queen’s Guard moved away from them.

“The first superhuman.”

“So, how much do you know?” Nazar asked.

The queen waved her hand and the entire room was empty. The guards had left them alone.

“About you? Not much. But the world? More than you do.”

“So, why did you let this happen?” Laura asked.

“If I remember correctly, in early 2001, a woman appeared before me. She proposed that I take control of the country behind the scenes. Besides me, no one should know about. Even the Prime Minister.” The queen explained. “She said that she proposed the same idea to other countries too. She told us that if we agree, then we should go to a meeting. We did not know where it was as we were teleported there.”

“Once we got there, she said that she had chosen the royal families of different countries to take control and if they no longer had a royal family, she chose a random person that had a connection to a king or queen in the past.” The queen continued. “She proposed the idea that we control everything behind the scenes. For example, if the PM got an order from the demon, we should go through it first and make small changes so he does not become suspicious. So, when the order from him came to destroy everything, as the ruling person, I made sure that it happens a few minutes before the order.”

Nazar and Laura listened carefully. They noticed the word ‘demon’ and Nazar wanted to interrupt, but Laura stopped him.

“She said to do this, so we might have a chance of quick recovery. One of the things we changed was the weapons. The weapons that were left behind by the soldiers and police were replicas. They did not have the power to shoot a bullet. We kept those safe. We kept the nuclear codes safe.” The queen added. “We did not know what she meant, until now.”

“You mentioned the ‘demon’, did you know who it was?”

The queen nodded. “Yes, the woman told us everything that happened.”

“So, what did she really mean?” Laura asked.

Before the queen could answer her question, Nazar spoke.

“So, if you guys had a plan in motion to fix the world, then why is it not fixed? People are struggling. Transport is down. Hospitals are down. Businesses are not operating. People are in need of food and water. I know it is not easy to do this, but at least hospitals should have been reopened.”

The queen just chuckled at what Nazar said.

“Where have been in the last few weeks?”

Nazar raised his right hand and scratched the back of his head.

“I was off-planet.”

“Did you see the world now?” The queen said with a smile on her face. “Since the first Tuesday after the war, the hospitals have been operational. Public transport was also operational. Businesses were open again. Of course, it will take a while for the people to accept the laws again, but for now, they have accepted us as their new rulers.”

“Wait, you might have it wrong,” Nazar said in a worried tone. “That Tuesday, the whole thing was different because someone manipulated the reality but it was back to normal by 1 PM.”

“Yes, but did you see the world in the last few days?”

“Hmm… I flew around the world, but only to the beautiful locations without people. And spent the rest of the days with my sister and cousin.”

Nazar then looked at Laura.

“I am as clueless as you are.”

“...??”

“Well, the first two weeks I spent it with my brother and then the third week, we are all on the moon looking after you. To be honest, I did see somethings changed, but I was too busy to pay any attention to it.”

“Are you not the boss of Internal Order? Should you not be keeping an eye on the world around you?”

“From now on, I will be careful.” She paused. “And don’t you have the power to check it for yourself?”

“You are right.”

(Nigh-Omnipresence. Just Present. Just UK. Hospitals and public transport. Businesses.)

Nazar’s eyes lit up with white energy.

“Woah!” Nazar said. “The hospitals are open. Public transport is open.”

(Aerial view of UK.)

“Businesses are running as usual. And people are getting on with their lives, too.”

(Turn off Nigh-Omnipresence.)

Nazar’s eyes went back to normal.

“How did you manage to do that?”

“We had plans ready as we were told by that woman. So, we just placed the laws back in motion on Tuesday and on Wednesday, we told the whole world what happened.”

“So, who is this woman you keep mentioning?”

The queen thought for a minute.

“She had blonde hair, blue eyes, white wings and always wore a white dress.”

“Aarin?” Nazar said slowly.

“Ah. Yes. That was her name. Aarin.” She paused. “Didn’t you two have a little disagreement the other day?”

“Yes, but it's resolved now.”

“Aarin?” Laura muttered under her breath. She then looked at Nazar and said, “The same woman as the other day?”

“Yes,” Nazar replied slowly as he looked down. “But something feels off in here. She never told me anything about this.”

Nazar clicked his tongue and then looked at the queen again.

“Anyway, you said that you wanted to meet me for some time. What did you mean by that?”

“Because I wanted to thank you for saving the planet on that day. And before that, I wanted to meet you because I wanted to tell you about the demon. I wanted to tell you to not get involved with him. And I am glad you didn’t.”

“How long have you known about me?”

The queen thought for a minute.

“Since the woman told us everything about you.” The queen said. “Also, once you came here, with the help of that woman, we protected you from the demon. We kept your profile as low as possible and instead sacrificed other lambs. We also helped with your escape from the facility.”

“Hmm… I knew that Aarin was working with someone to keep me safe, but I never knew it was you.” Nazar then lowered his voice. “I no longer have her memories, so I cannot confirm it.”

Nazar then placed his hand on Laura’s shoulder.

“Thanks for the help anyway.”

Both Nazar and Laura vanished into thin air.

They appeared back on the moon.

“Now, I am even more confused?” Nazar said.

“It did answer a few questions, though.”

“Well, it lowers down our problems by a little. At least we do not have to deal with the rebuilding of the world government. And this feel like a huge weight has been removed from our shoulders.”

“I think I should go and meet Aarin in heaven,” Nazar added.

“You are joking, right?”

“No,” Nazar replied immediately. “However, I will need help and I know who can help.”

As he said that, he vanished into thin air.

India:

Nazar knows someone who worked with Aarin. He is a magician named Raj. Out of the many magicians he has met, he was the one who seemed like a leader and knew more answers.

Raj was now walking in a desert. He can teleport but for some reason, he is walking. In the desert, there were destroyed houses.

Out of nowhere, Nazar appeared before him.

“Why are you walking when you can teleport?”

“I can, but I just like the idea of walking too. Plus, I teleported here just to have a walk and then leave.” Raj paused. “This where my family used to be. They were killed here with a mine. So, I come here and just stay here for a while then leave.”

“Anyway, I need your help to go to heaven.”

Raj froze in his place.

“Tha-that’s impossible,” Raj said after a little while. “Beings from lower planes of existence cannot exist in a higher plane of existence..”

Nazar smiled and said, “I know that. But I can manage. I just need to be there for 30 seconds.”

Raj shook his head.

“No, no. You don’t understand. You cannot go to a higher plane of existence.”

“I know. But it is worth a try.”

Raj sighed and thought for a while.

“So, what do you want from me?”

“Where heaven is?”

“...??” Raj was confused right now. “And what makes you think I would know where heaven is?”

“Well, I thought Aarin would have told you? Or maybe you could pinpoint the origin of your magick?”

Raj frowned when he heard that.

“That’s now how it works. Magical energies come from the space between dimensions. It is true that we were using angelic magick, but it is produced in the void between dimensions. It does not have a specific place of origin.”

“Well, that is disappointing,” Nazar said. “I guess I will have to find another way.”

“Why do you not summon her?”

“I was going to but then I remembered my conversation with Lucifer. He said when angels are in this plane of existence, the laws of the universe change.”

“Lucifer? As in the Lucifer?”

“Well, yes. He came to this universe a few days ago.”

Noticing the confused and terrified look on Raj’s face, Nazar did not continue.

(Dimensional travel.) Nazar thought and a power was added to him.

Dimensional travel will allow him to visit other dimensions. However, he is unsure if it will allow him to visit heaven as it is a higher plane of existence.

“So, how do I ‘get’ to heaven, now?” Nazar muttered under his breath.

He closed his eyes and thought.

(Heaven.)

When the first Nazar teleported, he thought of a quiet place and ended up there.

However, he was unsuccessful this time.

“Well, I guess I will just stick to summoning her.”

Yesterday - Tokyo, Japan:

Yakuza is one of the largest crime syndicates in Japan. They are the kind of organisation that commit many types of crimes across the nation.

Right now, a small member of the Yakuza is in a car chase with another small gang on the Rainbow Bridge of Tokyo.

Both of them are in minivans. The Yakuza is using a black minivan while the small gang is using a blue minivan.

The blue minivan is in front of the black one and one member of the gang is shooting from the passenger seat. His head is out of the window and he is shooting at the black minivan.

“” The man in the passenger seat of the blue minivan.

“”

“”

Before the gang member could finish what he was saying, the car was split in half. Everyone’s head was removed from their body.

And in less than a second, the minivan blew up on top of the bridge.

The black minivan stopped immediately.

“”

“”

“”

The black minivan was met with the same fate as the blue minivan.

As the fire was still going, the attacker showed himself.

He was wearing ninja-like outfit with two swords on his back. You could not see his face.

He stopped moving. He then went closer to the burning vehicle and started stabbing his victims.

After a little while, his sword’s silver colour was replaced with a red one.

He then used the blood on his sword and touched the ground. He then stood up after a second and there was writing on the road.

There was something written. The writing was ‘Crimson Sword was here.’

After that, he vanished. He did not teleport, but instead, he moved so fast that a sonic boom was produced.

On the other side of the city, two other small gangs were found headless. There was also a similar writing on it.

There was a similar situation in Beijing, New York, Kingstone and many other crime populated cities around the world. With the same writing.

However, the one difference was that not all the attackers wore the same outfit. They were all different. And the way the victims were killed was different. Some used speed others were killed with strength.

What is Crimson Sword?

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Heaven:

Aarin is in the Eternal Library with Stadiel, the Angel of Knowledge.

She is holding a book that is named ‘Nazar’.

“So, you want me to tell you everything I know about Nazar?”

“Yes,” Stadiel replied immediately.

“Well, it's not much.”

“It’s okay. It is better than nothing.”

Aarin sighed.

“I will tell you everything I know about him.” She paused. “His name is Nazar. He was born on the 22nd of May 2000. He can get any power he wants and there is no limit to it. He is a being of a higher state of consciousness. He likes reading and watching.”

There was a little silence. Stadiel confused about the vague information but it was more than enough for a being like this.

“Any weaknesses?”

“Not that I know of it.”

“Family?”

“Birth parents are both dead. However, he has an adoptive sister and parents.”

“Things he has done?”

“When he was young, he was experimented on from young age. Someone helped him escape and removed his memory. However, after a year, he regained his memory and focused on finding rare and powerful powers. Once he got his powers again, he trained by himself for a few months and then he wanted to live alone where no one could find him. However, his father blew up and the entire city and his mother was going to do the same.”

“During his fight with his mother, he was taken in by Zerathos again. He was taken into the experiment again.” Aarin continued. ”However, he escaped after a while and started living on the moon. Then Zerathos tried to recruit him on his side and when I told him the truth, he became my ally. With his help, we saved Earth and defeated Zerathos.”

“The reality was changed and so he had to kill his young cousin to save everyone. But then he later resurrected her under his own power. He was then taken by Jabalot Empire and was killed over and over again. Once he had the chance to die completely and never return, but apparently, it was not a place to his liking. So, I helped him and tried to heal him but I was unable to do so.”

“However, a mysterious being came and healed him in an instant. After he was healed, the king of Vanaha Empire came to Earth with an artificial angel and wanted to kill him. And after that, I don’t really know what happened.” Aarin added.

“Thank you for all the information.” Stadiel with a smile on his face.

The man then closed the book and all the information were recorded in it. However, unlike the other books, this one did not even fill a single page.

Aarin felt something at that moment. She was being summoned again.

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Today - unknown planet - Andromeda Galaxy:

A planet that never sees the light of the day. A planet that has no living beings on it. A planet that is full of rocks and nothing else. On this planet, there is always wind and it is very cold here.

A small spaceship lands on it. The prince of Vanaha Empire leaves the spaceship.

Once he leaves the spaceship, he sees a few other small spaceships.

He walks past beyond the spaceships and after a few meters, there is a small doorway to a cave underground.

He slides down in that doorway and reaches the bottom of it.

There is a single light. A faint light. A light created from fire. A small ball of fire was hanging in the air. There was nothing around it.

After sliding down, he walked for a few meters towards the faint light that got brighter and brighter as he got closer.

Kiet Xehz walked towards the ball of fire.

As he walked closer, a few other figures started to appear. The prince of Duluria Empire, Hial. A priestess from Chochica Empire, Lian. The prince of Outox Empire, Weq. And Reaper, the deadliest assassin in the known galaxy.

“” Kiet said as soon as he came to their view.

“” Lian said with a smile on her face.

“” Hial added.

They had their translators on, so there were no language barriers.

“”

“”

Kiet then looked around and his smile vanished.

“” Kiet took a little pause. “”

Kiet looked at each of the people in front of him.

“” Hial said. “”

“” Lian paused. “”

“”

They all looked at Reaper.

“” Weq asked.

“”

“”

“” Hial asked in confusion.

“” Reaper said. “”

“” Kiet said in a confused tone.

“”

“”

Upon hearing Hial’s question, the Reaper smiled.

“”

“”

The Reaper just shrugged.

“”

Everyone went silent when they heard Weq’ question.

“”

They all looked at Kiet blankly.

“”

“” Lian asked.

“”

“”

“”

These questions floated in the small cave.

“”

“” Hial asked.

He then exchanged gazes with Weq and Lian and they shrugged too. They did not know who this person is.

“” Reaper asked.

“” Kiet replied immediately. “”

“” Reaper asked.

“” Kiet paused. “”

“”

“” He paused. “”

“” Hial asked.

“”

“” Reaper asked.

“”

Kiet paused for a little while.

“”

“” Lian asked.

“”

There was a little silence and they all had questions. And most of them were regarding this other man in the room. They could not really focus on the matter at hand.

“” Hial paused. “”

“”

“” Weq said.

A smile appeared on Kiet’s face. “”

They all froze in their tracks.

“”

“”

“”

“” The Reaper said. “”

“”

Reaper sighed.

“” Kiet paused. “”

Before he could finish, Kiet received a call from someone. He tapped his palm and a communication transmitter appeared.

It was from his father, Iket.

Kiet was in complete shock when he saw that, but he recovered pretty quickly.

“”

Kiet started to sweat nervously as he tried to come up with an excuse.

“”

Kiet took too long to answer, so Iket spoke.

“”

Kiet froze in shock once more.

“”

Upon hearing that, Iket placed a blank expression on his face for a second and then laughed.

“”

After that, he hung up. It was not Iket who hung up, but Kiet. He looked at each one in the room and knew that it will all be over soon. For all of them, unless someone extremely powerful joins the battle.

“”

Upon hearing Kiet’s proposal, they all nodded.

“” Hial said.

“” He paused. “”

As Kiet said that, they nodded and left. They left their spaceships and teleported out instead. They all went in their separate ways.