600 years ago, there was a great war that shook the entire world. Unlike the World Wars on Earth, the Scarlett War was not a conflict of multiple countries against other countries. It was a conflict between one country against all others.This story took place about two years before the war.Leviticus Scarlett was a half human half demon. He was always treated unfairly because of his origin. His mentality was strong and endured the abuses, until a certain event happened and made him snap.He came alone and was floating above the ocean where the Kraken dwelt below. They struck a conversation before the fighting began.“Why do you come, O king of demons?” The Kraken asked.“To kill you, ancient one.” Leviticus answered.“I know of your strength. You are not someone that I can defeat, that I know.”“Then why not surrender and die a quick death?”“You are too arrogant, king of demons. You should learn that your way of achieving your goal is pointless for the people will never agree.”“I o
“That’s the entire story.” Cobalt said as she swallowed an entire fish whole.Cobalt had just finished telling Matthew of the fight between the Scarlett King and the Kraken.“Just like that?” Matthew thought it was rather easy.“Well, Kraken mostly does mental attacks and does not specialise in offence, and against the Scarlett King, she couldn’t do much. Fighting that monster is almost impossible to win. Draco would know.”“Indeed. His ability to use both astra and magic is amazing on top of his intelligence. Although I was confident that my strength was greater, he managed to catch me off guard.” Draco said.“I see.” Matthew was amazed every time he heard of the Scarlett King’s feats. He defeated multiple powerful beings alone and brought chaos to the world, yet wished for peace. It did not make sense.“It was said that it took the entire might of the Heroes to defeat the Scarlett King, or so the books say. The truth was that there was an inside conflict between some of the children
Matthew set off with Dzy as his guide. They rode a mosasaur with armour plating to head toward the trench where the Kraken dwelt. The mosasaur was swimming really fast and it was easy to lose a grip on their reigns, but Matthew was able to hold on. They lay their bodies flat on the mosasaurs to reduce drag so that the mosasaurs can swim faster.Still, the trench was far away. On the way there, Matthew got a glimpse of the cities within the Whale Clan territory. It was near the surface and had really large houses that were spherical in shape and connected by what seemed like tubes made from bubbles. Matthew could sense people in the towns, but all their auras were dull as if they were lifeless. No, that wasn’t the correct way of describing. It was like they lacked any emotion and thought, unconscious, yet they were moving as if everything was normal.(That’s the Kraken’s doing. If she really is as Cobalt said, why do this?) Matthew thought but he saved that question for when he actuall
Shima, accompanied by a group of knights, slammed the door to the meeting room with great force.“What’s happening?” He asked the people that were present.“The Whale Clan and the Deep Clan are headed toward the capital with great speed. Reports from our scouts say they’re bringing everyone, civilians included.” Hardy answered.“Why?”“According to scouts, the Kraken is controlling them and forcing them to come here. They aren’t equipped at all aside from those that already are. Seems like this force was hastily put together, or not actually put together at all.”“By the gods. This is a much worse situation than when the Scarlett Army attacked. We don’t want to kill our people and that would be troublesome to deal with.”“Not only that, sire, there is also an armada of 50 ships coming in from the north. From their flagship, it’s the Red Eye Pirates.” Hardy added to his report.“50?! I thought they had only 20. When did they gain such numbers?”“We suspect that they joined forces with
Matthew opened his eyes and saw that he had returned to the location where he and Rose first came to this world. It was the exact same scene.“This place again. Why am I dreaming of it? What actually happened?” Matthew didn’t know that he was knocked out when he confronted the Kraken.“Matthew, son of Mark.” A voice echoed from all around. No, it was multiple voices without a source.“Who’s there?” Matthew asked.“Why, you’ve already forgotten about me? The world tree?” The voice said.Mentioning the world tree, Matthew knew who it was. It truly has been some time since then.“Yggdrasil?”“So you do remember.”“What is it? Did you bring me here?”“Hmm, you could say that. It took a great deal of effort to bring you here. Had you not been knocked out, I couldn’t have possibly met you.”“I was knocked out? How?”“You faced your fated foe while you were unprepared and were defeated quite easily.”“My… fated foe?” Matthew had so many questions that his mind was a haze now.“Yes. Leviticus
An armada of pirates were pushing through the Merman Army and were close to the capital now. The Merman Army were not able to hold them off. By their commander’s order, they retreated back and regrouped with reinforcements from the Reptile Clan’s army.Reinforcements from the Shark Clan were still quite aways so they had to hold the enemy off until then. The Red Eye Pirates were full of capable fighters especially their ship captains. Even one of the captains can create weather changing attacks.Halcyon created strong gusts of wind with each swing of his spear. The winds created massive waves that kept knocking his enemies off balance. Flying high above water, it was difficult to hit him. With his support and scouting from above, he was able to direct Morozko on where to place the rest of the crew.Kirilov had a gun for his left arm and blasted powerful jets of water out of it, puncturing holes in the bodies it hit. He held a large blade in his right hand and swung furiously at his en
The biggest ship in the armada, the Morozko’s ship ripped through any defences the Cobalt Army had with ease. Morozko commanded the ocean itself with a special pole shaped device he stole from the treasury at one point in his life. Of course, the area he could control was still limited, otherwise he could destroy the kingdom.The soldiers that were able to confront him directly were met with their demise as his strength was far superior. His skin was more durable than armour and his punch was greater than a cannon. The crew on his ship was also formidable.The capital was now within sight and Morozko commenced the barrage of cannon fire at it. Each ship was equipped with a large cannon just below the bow and it fired large balls of steels.“Fire!”BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!The steel balls were fired and flew across the water but did not hit the buildings. A barrier stop
Matthew was engaged by two opponents who were making the best of their environment. As someone who was not accustomed to underwater battle, Matthew was at a disadvantage.Utilising his new skills, Matthew was able to stand his ground. Arshild moved the shields to block all incoming attacks with Draco's guidance. Somehow, Draco was able to perceive the attacks that Matthew couldn't. Matthew didn't think much about it for now.Matthew fired beams of astra at Kirilov and it hit him though Matthew himself was not sure if it did. Blue blood was seeping out of the holes that Matthew blew in his body.(How the hell does he know where I am? My skill should be perfect!) Kirilov thought to himself.Pshew!Kirilov fired another pressured water shot at Matthew. It was blocked by one of the three shields he had around him. Matthew fired back and it almost hit Kirilov if he didn't dodge.(Not only can he tank my attacks, he's got those shields as well. And if I stop moving I'll get hit instead. Thi