High Queen (1)

*Huff* *Huff*

{This amount of raw magic is really difficult to handle}. My crown dissipated from my head.

[Ein Sòf] was an evolution of [Kèter'elyon]. It allowed me to manipulate magic into its purest form, connecting my mind into the collective unconscious, but to handle all that power had a price.

{My regeneration is kicking in}

My body couldn't handle that much power, so the more power I use, the more my body starts to deteriorate. Luckily for me, I'm immortal, and I have the trait Trolls Blood, and according to the system, the more points I put into [Body], the more those effects are reduced.

{After I max the mind attribute, the next one will be body}

*Bling*

~{Hmm?}~

"That's..."

In the ground where the highlord was, an object was there, round and shiny.

"The medallion is interesting; it wasn't destroyed by my [Zero]." I walked to grab it.

Once it was in my hand, I could analyze it more closely, and then I found something.

"This bastards..."

The medallion was directly connected to the magic circuit of the hole city, meaning that whoever possesses the medallion can use the magic energy of the entire city.

That is the problem. Until now, they have powered their city by extracting the special energy generated by the Medulla Jewel in a homo magi, but when that energy dryes, they die.

*Tap* *Tap* *Tap*

"Highlord!!!"

Many people in robes came to the throne room, but they only saw a man wearing a mask and robes. There were no signs of their highlord or of his warrior.

"That fool is death."

*Gasp*x10

"What?"

"No!!"

"You..."

"I'm what? I offer a solution for all your problems, and he refuses to honor his end of the deal."

"Lies!!!"

"I don't really care if all of you believe me, but now Avalon faces a crisis, and I have the solution for it."

"What?"

"What do you mean?"

"Kill him!!"

"Yes!!"x7

"STOP!!" From the entrance, a woman and more people entered the room.

*Gasp*

"Sindella, you're alive!"

"Don't kill me that easy, Julius."

"Who gives you the right to stop us traitor? He killed the highlord; he deserves death."

"As brain death as always, Aaron, right now, the city has no power."

*Gasp*

"What!?"

"Wait, the crown is not on her head!"

"You..."

"Sindella, you b***h."

"One more word, and all of you will die." A man wearing the same armor as the highlord warrior steps up in front of Sindella.

"Darius!!, you..."

"The highlord is death; there is no power, and the barrier that protects this place is going to crumble if we don't do something."

*Gasp*x10

"Like I said, I have a solution for that." The warrior finally looked at me.

"That's what Sindella told me; what do you want, Stranger?"

"Originally, I wanted her and a promise from your highlord, but now, I only want her in charge of this city."

"!?"

"What!?"

"No!!"x8

The warrior didn't react to my request like the others; it only stood there for a couple of seconds, considering all the possibilities.

"Very well, we can do that." Finally, he spoke.

"WHAT!!"x5

"Darius, you traitor, who gave you the right to decide the future of Avalon?" (Aaron)

"The same highlord you all praise, I'm the third in line of command, and if I said that she can be better than I, who will doubt me?"

He turned around to speak with the warriors that followed him.

"Any of you doubt me?"

"No sir!!!"x20

Then he looked at the others.

"So?"

"You...you..."(Aaron)

"Stop it, Aaron. We need to secure the city first. After this, we will talk. Is that fine for you, Darius?"

"Yes"

"Very well, we are leaving people."

"Yes"x9

After they left the throne room, only the warriors, Sindella, the man named Darius, and me were here.

"So, stranger, what will you do?" He looked at me, intrigued.

"Connect the engine that I brought."

"Hmm, ah, now I understand why the highlord made that decision."

"Oh, enlighten me."

"I was in charge of his security in the research lab; when they tried to activate it, it worked well, and the more they researched it, the more they got greedy, thus..."

"They made the decision to capture me."

"Yes, but for what can I see?" He looked at the throne room.

"That was a mistake."

"Indeed, well, let me do what I was supposed to do here."

"Let me accompany you."

"Me too"(Sindella)

"Be my guest."

***********

When we exited the palace-like building where the highlord resided, the city was in panic. Nothing worked, and the automatons without power were just scrap metal.

Various homo magi were helping people, and some were guiding the people to safety. Meanwhile, others were gathering at the edges of the city to maintain the concealment barrier that protected the city from the outside world.

"Let's hurry"(Sindella)

"Agreed"

"This way"(Darius)

He guided us to the research lab; it was a pretty interesting place. Here, many automatons were being researched, along with new furniture and products.In the middle of the lab was my engine; it was dismantled, and some parts were poorly put together.

(sigh)They really tried, huh."

"Will it work still?" (Sindella)

"Yeah, luckily there's no missing or broken parts." I walked to the engine to take a closer look.

"What do you need?" (Darius) moves closer to the entrance of the lab.

"Hmm...if possible, the spell matrix circuit design of the entire city."

"What for?"

"My engine will power everything, meaning that energy will flow equally, but with how you power your city in the past, this will bring too much energy to places that were not designed to."

"So, it may blow up."

"Correct"

"Very well, I will gather it then. Figo, Hugo, protect the entrance."

"Yes sir"x2

He left, leaving two guards at the entrance door.

{He doesn't trust me}

.~{Good judgement}~

I started to work on assembling my engine again, and although some parts were wrong, it wasn't so difficult to put it back together.

"Now that we are alone, stranger, tell me why me?"

"You can call me Sephiroth, at least for now. As for your question, let's just say that I'm in debt with your husband."

"Gi..giovanni!?" Her voice cracked.

"This is not the time nor the place to talk about this. Let's talk when you control the city."

After twenty minutes, the warrior Darius came back with the designs. I had already assembled the engine, so right now I'm looking at the documents that he brought.

"Well, this is a mess, comprehensible for the source of energy, but still..."

The designs consisted of unbalanced energy distribution across the city; only the palace, the barrier, and the medallion were properly powered.

"I will need to redesign the spell matrix."

"How much time will that be?"

"Hmm...two hours max, one minimum."

"Very well, Hugo tells the Magic Corps that they need to hold the barrier for at least two hours."

"Roger," the warrior named Hugo, left hurriedly.

"Figo, tell the warriors to protect the people, and these two," he said, pointing at me and Sindella.

"Roger" left the same as the other.

"What will you do, Darius?" (Sindella)

"Prepare the stage for your ascension, High Queen."

{Ha, ha, ha, I like this guy}