Within Throneram in the capital was the Reaper's headquarters ; a massive skyscraper with five sections that was painted in full black. The building is known as The Throne of War , it acted as the residence of all five reapers ( when Tyrelios used to reside here too) within their own domains created by ancient sorcery and magic. The five domains were all created to the liking of the Reapers; The first one being Zogo which belongs to Tyrelios, not much is known about it and it has been dormant since his departure.
The second being Alcatrazia belonging to Grim ; a land where the sun doesn't shine and that's riddled by mystery and creatures that resemble spirits without any physical form . It is only occupied by Grim.
Third is Genesis belonging to Alya ; a self-sustaining metropolis that is run on a matriarchal system with Alya being the head. Entry to outsiders is forbidden and so is unauthorized exiting to the Genesites.
Fourth is Arbiter belonging to Charios ; a vast expanse of land that houses the cream of the crop of Throneram's armed forces as well as Charios himself. It also acts as the military headquarters of the Throneram military hence keeping it safe from espionage and attacks unlike Rekonitri. A massive section of the civilian population consider it a myth.
Fifth is Faragha belonging to Ryan ; it comprises of a vast selection of ecosystems from arctic to arid and everything in between. Ryan lives here exclusively with his Drachma( Mesma and Masme) and the animals that live within their ecosystems. Access to Faragha is only available to Ryan and his Drachma anyone else cant access it save for Charios with the use of his soul weapon .
Ryan opens the portal directly to Faragha to avoid the inevitable clash between him and his sister. He finds Mesma and Masme seated beneath the massive tree that houses their houses, both of them masks off and worried looks on their faces.
" So? … What did you do?" Mesma asks Ryan his tone slightly aggressive.
" I wiped Rekonitri off of the map." Ryan replies also taking off his mask and heading towards his two subordinates.
" The question is did you want to ? Or was that just on a whim?" Mesma pushes on.
" Mesma come off it …Please." Masme says holding Mesma back from approaching Ryan.
" No . He knows my anger is validated . Masme the last time he pulled a stunt like that…"
" Was six hundred years ago." Masme interrupts her brother.
"Both of you please stop. That's enough. Mesma has every right to be angry after all one of the reasons the two of you are my Drachma is to stop a repeat of that same incident but that being said what I did today wasn't just on a whim. It was pre-meditated." Ryan says as he crouches next to the stream that runs by their treehouse and starts to wash his face.
" Then why didn't you tell us ?" Mesma counters still unconvinced.
" Because I wasn't sure all the conditions would be met. It was a fifty fifty kind of situation , if particular events had not transpired I wouldn't have taken that course of action."
" Besides six hundred years ago is a long time ago… I'm be…I learnt from my mistakes." Ryan says hesitating mid sentence.
"You do realize Alya wont be happy with this so how do you plan on handling her?" Masme chimes in glad to ease the tension between Ryan and Mesma.
"I'll cross that bridge when I get there. Right now I'm going to freshen up before I tell the two of you what my plans are. It seems that's the only way I'll put you at ease." Ryan says refering to Mesma who was doing little to hide the dissatisfaction on his face.
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"How long is that idiot going to hide in there!" Alya says in a rant. She's in The Throne of War's throneroom together with Grim and Charios. Since they learnt of Ryan's actions they had issued him a summons but he was yet to appear before them which had put Alya in a fit of rage,much to the amusement of Grim. Charios remained disinterested which for some reason also seemed to piss off Alya.
"Why don't you go and get him?"Grim asks Alya his face sporting a sly smile.
Alya responds before she processes it as sarcasm from Grim.
"The only one of us that is capable of that doesn't really seem to think of it as urgent." She says glaring at Charios.
"You and I both know that even though I can access his domain it takes a toll on me because it isn't placed within this realm not to mention once I get there without a doubt he'll draw arms to fight. Considering the mess he's gotten us into I don't think we can afford to waste our strength fighting each other."Charios responds cooly.
Alya remains quiet but the distaste in her face is still visible.
Before Grim can keep on fanning the flames of Alya's rage a portal opens infront of Ryan's chair. He appears from it and takes his seat.
"I'm here what do u want?"
"The audacity you have!" Alya starts off. "What was your objective in Rekonitri? And not your personal vendetta the objective we sat and decided on prior to your departure."
" To exterminate enemy forces and leave Rekonitri ready for military occupation." Ryan responds his voice calm which seems to irk Alya even more.
"Then what the hell did you do !?" Alya blurts out pissed off that Ryan is forcing her to ask the question directly. Isn't it obvious what she wants to know?
"For starters I didn't agree to fulfill your objectives. Secondly going off of your temperament I'm sure you are well aware of what I did hence I see no point in relaying old information."
Alya gives off a little scoff. She's amused. The scoff turns to a stifled laugh.
" You're right. Let me rephrase, pray tell what led you to your course of action?"
"It felt right. Besides occupying Rekonitri would have only led to the death of all the soldiers sent to occupy it. This is the better option, our point has been cut across and given a big blow to their military forces permanently. What they've lost can't be reclaimed."
"Regardless that's not how things work around here. You can't just make those decisions and leave us to clean it up. It's not your place to make such a call."
"Nor is it yours to tell me what I can and cannot do." Ryan responds cooly.
Alya laughs out loud as Ryan stands to leave.
"You self-righteous prick. You really think you're doing this in the name of saving us bloodshed! The same person who opened up a floodgate of blood on a whim six hundred years ago or have you forgotten ."
Ryan stands in the middle of the throne room and turns back to face Alya.
" I've learnt from my mistakes since then but since you insist on speaking unnecessary truths how about I tell you what everyone thinks but they're too busy kissing your ass to tell you. We both know there's no need for this war to be as stretched out as you've made it , matter of fact within four weeks we can bring all our so called enemies to their knees if we take up arms ourselves but instead you coerce and manipulate the public to enroll and "fight" for their nation. I don't know what's sadder the fact they're too stupid to see they're being used or the fact you've placed all your worth on what they think of you ,that this is a war of wits and you are the master strategist , that you'll lead them to victory… Please we all know the only way this ends is if you step out of that throne and fight but you are and have always been too much of a coward to even contemplate it."
Ryan stops and stares at Alya to see her reaction. He then turns to leave.
"I'll be taking my leave now."
"Wait!!"Alya shouted manifesting Ashera her aura weapon( A scythe that also has the tip of a spear) and throws it at Ryan's back.
VOID; INFINITY LOOP; A move by Ryan where he opens two portals leading into each other within close proximity trapping whatever goes into it within an infinite loop of going through the portals.
VOID; TRANSCENDENCE MIRROR: the infinity loop suddenly stopped and a portal appeared behind Alya's throne chucking the weapon out with immense force , piercing the back of Alya's throne and threatening to impale her. Alya reacts quickly stopping the weapon and getting off the throne.
ASHERA; SHARDS: the one scythe splits into several sharp pieces and surrounded the target (Ryan) and instantly charge towards him.
TORRENT BLADES; DEFENSE FORM; Ryan's blades controlled by aura act as shields for physical attacks by Ryan emitting aura around his body; immediately something came within the circumference of the aura his blades would either block or chop off the foreign object.
The torrent blades manage to stop all the shards charging towards Ryan's body. Alya had anticipated the defensive move from Ryan and had opted to use it as more of a distraction to close the distance between her and Ryan.
Ryan being a veteran in the battlefield could tell what Alya was planning to do before she executed her plan in completion.
GAZE; PANIC: One of Ryan's lesser used moves; it would stun a target sending them into a panic buying him some time to act. It's a lesser used move because the effects vary depending on the opponent its used on hence its more of a gamble. Under severe circumstances the opponent would fall unconscious and for those with stronger resolve they would just be stunned for a short period of time dropping their arms and remaining paralyzed. The amount of time it took would depend on the strength Ryan used and of course the skills effectiveness on its target. The skill also isn't guaranteed to work on the opponent.
Alya instantly falls to her knees dropping Ashera beside her, her face contorted in an expression of strain, she was trying to fight it.
PURGE; REAPER'S DUE: a move by Ryan where he concentrates a vast amount of destructive aura into a thin line shot from between his thumb, index and ring fingers.
"Ryan !!" Charios shouted stepping out of his seat content with the entertainment which was now turning into an execution, "That's enough you've proven your point."
He takes a step forth to intervene but falls into a portal that suddenly opens on the floor. An Infinity loop by Ryan.
Ryan releases his folded middle finger; the trigger for releasing the reaper's due. From short range the attack was enough to take Alya out of commission for a long time or even kill her but it went right beside her neck taking with it some strands of her hair as it went straight for the largest and central throne in the room. The tiny beam of blue light completely obliterated the throne and blasted a massive hole on the wall behind it letting the midday sunlight flood into the room which previously had a tint of several colors from the large frosted glass windows. Outside the spectacle had caused a panic.
Two soldiers, Drachma under Alya thinking the Throne of War was under attack quickly headed toward the gaping hole on the massive skyscraper flying in from the outside. They were me t with a sight that they honestly couldn't believe was real. Their superior , Alya , on her knees her face a labyrinth of wrinkles created by fear replacing the usual stoic and confident expression on her face while The Dreamtaker towers over her glaring down on her through his mask. For the two soldiers this was the closest they had ever gotten to him and they already wanted to go as far as possible from his presence. His aura was terrifying, intense and filled with bloodlust.
"There is a reason that my rank on the battlefield outweighs yours and my name alone instills fear in the minds of sentient beings everywhere. Even in places where I have never been nor your name heard. The next time you raise arms against me remember I hold no compassion for you regardless of the fact that you are my sister." Ryan said still towering over the still stunned Alya.
Ryan releases Charios from the infinity loop before turning to leave. Charios wanted to say something but the nausea from falling into an infinite hole forced him back into his seat.
In a last minute fit of anger and frustration Alya picks up Ashera and throws it at Ryan.
ASHERA; TITAN PIERCE: the scythe / spear cut through the air with such immense force that it pushed anything around it out of the way except for whatever its tip was heading towards.
VOID; TRANSCENDENCE MIRROR: Ashera went into the portal Ryan had opened and came out harboring double the speed and force only this time it was facing Alya.
Ashera's spear tip makes slight contact with Alya's forehead before it stops dead in its tracks; Grim had stepped in and caught Ashera before it split open Alya's head. Both Ashera and Grim's arm were still shaking from the amount of force behind the Titan pierce move. Ryan opens himself a portal and leaves the throneroom. The two drachma take this as their cue to excuse themselves before Alya has a chance to register their presence.
"Where is that little brat going! He almost killed me!" Alya said her shock quickly being replaced with anger.
"Technically you almost killed yourself" Grim said bluntly as he dropped Ashera next to Alya. She makes an angry snarl like sound in response as she stands up.
"He's crossing lines. That was a blatant attempt at my life not to mention the pompous threats. Who does he think he is ?!" Alya says her voice indicating she's still in a rage.
"You attacked first." Grim says as he takes he sits on his throne looking at Alya who is still fixed to the same spot.
"Is that why you didn't intervene earlier?"Charios asks. "A misguided form of primal justice."
"No. I didn't intervene earlier because between all of us he's more of an assassin type hence by observing the amount of bloodlust he was exhibiting I deduced he was going to attack without holding back but not kill her. When he put up the portal that returned your titan pierce though his bloodlust disappeared suddenly. He knew it would've split your skull open if you didn't stop it , that's the reason you sent it his way afterall."
"Arguing about this now is pointless. We need to take advantage of what he's done, the original plan was to have our troops occupy Rekonitri but with this development the best we can do is dispatch teams to encroach on Cargeantian territory not to mention we need to prepare for the upcoming war festival." Charios says trying to diffuse the situation by changing the subject.
"Do what you will." Grim says his tone conveying disinterest as he stands and leaves the room.
"That only leaves your deliberation on the matter Alya."
"Do whatever you think is best I'm leaving." And with that Alya stormed off leaving Charios in the room alone.