Reign Of The Blood King: Rain Ch 9 "The Persona Spell"

Reign Of The Blood King: Rain Ch 9 "The Persona Spell"
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Ramses's laugh echoed throughout the plaza. it was insane as it was unsettling. the normally emotionless expression was gone, what was there now was a twisted smile and unfocused eyes.
Rain instinctively took a step back and was getting ready to run. but before he could take the first step, the laughter stopped. then as if it didn't happen Ramses spoke like normal. but the madness was still in his eyes. Rain could feel it in his gaze, it was hardly different from a wild animal looking at its next meal.

"Child, before you can rest again I want you to learn one spell."

Rain swallowed his saliva. he was scared but before he could run he heard, no he felt that there was... 'someone' inside him telling him.

<Shhh it's... okay... hush, hush little one... this man won't hurt you...>

it was soft, it was kind, it was cruel, and it was... familiar. almost as if it was his own but it wasn't. it was like he could feel the intent of this person just from her(?) voice. but he knew, he couldn't explain how but he knew this voice was telling the truth. he calmed down even if a little and spoke.

"y-yes... what do I do?"

"It's called the Persona spell. can you guess why?"

"is-"

"it's unique for every person. for some it doesn't even look like an spell. I'm sure you would have got it. Now let me explain how spells work.

the chant, now you'll only need to chant for the first few times after that you should be able to cast the spell without it.

Most spells need targets but I'm sure you can figure out how to point the spell towards the guy in front of you.

now repeat this chant.
Ka Ni Persona Nef Toe Ra Ko To
Remember to hold the accent on 'Nef' alright you try."

Rain took a deep breath in.

"Ka Ni Persona Nef Toe Ra Ko To"

with every word from Rain's mouth, a rune formed out of nothingness. the runes were dark blue and they glowed softly. But as he said 'To' all of the runes exploded throwing Rain on his back. onto the hard stone floor.

"You may rest when you can perform the spell."

Ramses said, his gaze the same as before. Rain was in pain from falling but he still got up. And he tried again. To get the same result, again he was thrown onto the floor.

back on his back. he got up and tried again. Then he fell again and he would get up again. And it repeated for who knows how long.

Ramses watched Rain, never for a second taking his eyes off him. though the maid left to get some tea for Ramses. but she was back shortly.

Till finally, it worked. He was able to finish the chant.

Then the runes that hovered over Rain's head shot up into the sky.

It was a clear blue sky.

Not anymore.

Now it was dark. Clouds formed around what looked like the entire sky you almost couldn't see. Then it rained, it rained so hard you might think it'd cause flooding.

Ramses and the maid were dripping wet, but Rain. Was dry.

At first, Ramses wasn't impressed, as it was apparent on his wet dripping face.

"MASSSSSSSTER!!! L-L-L-LOOK OVER THERE!!!!"

Ramses followed the maid's gaze and what he saw made his mouth open in surprise.

The canyon that the castle was build in was infamous for its war history. Every major kingdom had a battle here at least once. Even small kingdoms had a skirmish or two here.

every inch of that canyon was wet, and everywhere it was wet the ground would break and split.

Hands of bone and rotting flesh would break out of their graves. Thousands if not a hundred thousand corpses dug them themselves out of their grave.

Humans, centaurs, elves, dwarfs, lizardmen, dragonkin, plant people, mermaids, ogres, goblins, vampires, werewolves, and lamias were only a few of the what looked to be endless amounts of undead.

 It was In the center of the canyon though that the most astonishing creature rose.

Cracks in the earth bigger then homes   Began to show the creature's bones.

"What! It can't be! They are extinct!"

Ramses exclaimed shouting. The surprise clear on his face. Like he was seeing a ghost, or a monster from a story.

Its head broke out as if it's finally free of its cage. Two wings of bone and giant claws that could rip apart anything. It's head with a large horn and sharp fangs.

It was a skeletal dragon.

"SKIIIIIIIIIIIIII"

The high pitch roar tore though the sky. Every living thing had covered its ears to dampen the sound enough if a little.

The only person who wasn't affected was Rain. But even so, Rain had started to wobble before fainting. While Ramses was staring out the window the maid caught Rain before he hit the ground.

The second he was caught by the maid all the undead. Bowed, Towards Where Rain was.

Ramses' limbs couldn't move. His face twitched, in something like excitement. His lips opened ever so softly, and twisted laughs of madness came from him.
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Reign Of The Blood King: Rain Ch 8 "Books and the growth stone"

Reign Of The Blood King: Rain Ch 8 "Books and the growth stone"

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Humans are weird creatures, they can be the salvation or damnation of anything that crosses their path. I think only the human can show such kindness... or cruelty. Why is it that these creatures have the reign of this world? Unable even to decide if they are united or divided, they can treat their fellow man like an enemy because of the color of his skin. Yes, human are very weird creatures, Yet time and time again they have pushed back the Beast-kin and the Elves. And established kingdoms throughout the known world. I think the thing I detested most about them is-

Rain closed the book entitled "humans through the eyes of another race". It was something he found in the night while he was crying. He didn't get far into it only a chapter or two. Every chapter was written by a different race so the reader could see just how humans were viewed. He wasn't very interested until he noticed a race that wasn't named. All it had for the race's name was (??????). The more he read the more the writer seemed to hate humans. Then Rain had stopped reading, he let out a sigh with a saddened face.

He was tired and though he didn't look out the window, he felt it was late. Rain put the book on the desk and laid down. Maybe he was tired from the walk here or maybe he was tired from crying, either way, he fell asleep quickly.

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When Rain woke up his nose twitched to the smell of warm food. When he sat up in his bed he followed the scent to the desk in his room. On his desk was a plate with a warm slice of bread and next to it was hot soup. He quickly went to the desk and started eating.

Delicious...

Rain thought, he never had such soft bread and had only ever eaten one kind of soup. Soon the food was all gone. Satisfied he sat back in the chair then he saw a note under the bowl. It said

(Child, 

when you wake up and finish eating come down to the study. I have some things to give you. And then we shall begin your training.

Ramses.)

When he opened the door of his room he jumped when he saw a woman? no, it was only half human. it didn't have legs. it has a tail. it was a woman with half the body of a snake. she was a lamia. but the thing that surprised Rain the most was that she was wearing a maid uniform. she was even dusting an old armor stand. He was speechless all he could do was stare in disbelief at the lamia cleaning in front of him. Then the lamia began to lightly hit the armor stand with a duster.

'Pow Pow'

Then she turned and saw Rain, she had been cleaning humming a happy tune and smiling but when their eyes met she froze. The lamia drop the duster and they continued to stare at each other for a short time when

"There you are, what are you doing? It's just the maid stop staring at her. Now come child, it's this way to the study."

When Ramses started talking it brought both Rain and the lamia back to reality. Rain quickly shook his head in disbelief and the lamia made a quick bow and ran off as fast as she could slither with her hands high in the air.

Still in a slight daze from what he just saw he followed Ramses into a room full of books. There was also several small tables around the room. But what caught Rain's attention was a large table in the center of the room.

It had three books on it, all of them were black.

"Here you may pick one of these grimoires, I have picked these especially for you. Oh and Though I say you pick think of it more as it picks you. just look at these books you'll know when it's yours."

"Ah... okay..."

Rain said as he looked at the books, though the books gave an ominous aura Rain didn't feel a connection with any of them. he gazes at the books and still felt nothing.

"Teacher... it's not working..."

Ramses glared at Rain with a cold stare. Then one by one he picked up the black books and threw them into the fireplace.

"good, I would have been disappointed if you had picked one of these books. I believe one of these would be more for you."

as he talked he pulled put another three books and placed them on the table. but these were different from the books before. none of them had titles but still had the place for them on their covers. but most of all they leaked pure magic power. instead of black they each had different colors, the one to the left was yellow. in the middle dark blue, and last to the right was red.

"ah, you don't need to feel anything with them. as long as you can read the title it means it has accepted you."

Rain looked over the books again nothing happened. he reached out his hand to touch the red book. but his hand was drawn to the blue one. when his finger felt the cover it wasn't cold like the books on the shelves, it was warm. like a sunny day at the sea. then water shot from the book and flooded the entire room in seconds. Rain couldn't breathe, but for some reason Ramses was fine. now that he look he wasn't caught in the current he just was standing in place. but this didn't change that he couldn't breathe. he opened his mouth to breath but he chokes on the water.

he grabbed the table in front of him and saw the books again. except now the blue book had a title. Rain was going to pass out soon from suffocating. with his vision starting to black he grabbed the book and a voice came from it.

<HUMAN, SAY MY NAME AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS MY MASTER.>

Rain looked at the book and with no breath he shouted all loud as he could.

"Saltanat etmek aşktır!!!"

then as if the water that filled the room was never there it was gone. Rain gasped for air as he fell to the floor.

"well-done child, you many head back to your room and rest for an hour. when you're done resting go to the plaza."

he panted and tried to stand only to fall again, after one or two more tries. he got up and started walking to his room. when he got to the door of his room he felt someone watching him. he turned and looked at the end of the hallway and saw the lamia from before staring at him from the corner of the hallway.

"what?"

when Rain spoke the lamia jumped and ran off again. not really sure what just happened he walked inside his room and fell asleep the moment he laid down.

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Rain woke up to a duster being poked in his side.

"ssssir Rain... you have to wake up..."

still feeling tired he sat up slowly. when he look it was the lamia maid who had woke him.

"Wha...?"

"Mister Ramsssses is waiting for you in the plaza!"


how long did I sleep Rain thought, as he quickly got up and started running to the plaza. he ran inside and he saw Ramses sitting down in a chair.

"Ah, perfect timing child.for today there's only one thing. all you have to do is fill this stone with your mana."

"But I don't know how to."

"don't think, just do."

Rain sat down and picked up the stone.

Teacher said I need to fill it right? so what if I think of it like water filling a cup?

as Rain thought the stone began to glow and explode. then came the runes and then the formed words.

<RAIN, YOUR POWER IN ONE YEARS TIME IS, [ADROIT COSMOS ARCHMAGE]>

"HAHAHAHA You'll be as strong as me? HAHAHA in a year? HAHAHAHA this... HAHA this is FANTASTIC! HAHAHAHA"
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Reign Of The Blood King: Bluebell Ch 7 "Talks and Learning"

Reign Of The Blood King: Bluebell Ch 7 "Talks and Learning"
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It's my fault.

I'm the reason Rain's gone. it's because of me. I wasn't strong enough, I couldn't even help. I should have helped mama and papa. maybe if I did they'd be here. they wouldn't be...

I have to get stronger. I won't let anyone else leave me. Mister David said that I can be stronger. he said that I can be really strong. he said, that one day I'll be strong enough to fight the Evil King.

He said the Evil King took Rain. that if I'm strong enough I can get him back. I'll work really hard so wait for me Rain, I'll save you.

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"Miss Bluebell, Miss Forestwood, I have brought some tea." (Maid)

"oh? thank you" (Feya)

"Yes thank you Maid-san" (Bluebell)

as the maid puts down the cups Feya straightens her back and asked me.

"Bell, are you sure you want to do this? I mean if David wasn't a King he'd be an idiot. you don't have to do this you know." (Feya)

"If I didn't do this then what would happen to Rain." (Bluebell)

"he'll be fine I'm sure-" (Feya)

"Feya can you look me in the eyes and promise me he'll be ok?" (Bluebell)

with a dishearted face she shakes her head no. I smile as best I can and say

"Don't worry Feya, I'll be ok." (Bluebell)

tears start to well up in Feya's eyes, she wipes them and says

"Alright, but I'm going with you!" (Feya)

"Okay!" (Bluebell)
I say almost crying myself.
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It's been almost a week since Rain disappeared, its weird not seeing him. no, I should focus on the task at hand. okay, Teacher was telling me the category system for mages. if I remember, it was something like this.

Magician - The lowest category a mage can be, people in this category can barely use even the most basic of spells.

Mage - The most common category of mages you'll see are this kind. they can use all basic spells but most of them have a higher compatible with certain elements. which allows them to excel in using magic of that element.

Arch-mage - It's very rare to see someone get to this category, most kingdoms would kill to get their hands on one. It's said that an Arch-mage can control the weather with a snap of their finger.

Vis-Mage - No human has ever reached this category before. So no one really knows just how strong someone in it is. but people believe that even the strongest Archmage couldn't do so much and scratch a Vis-mage.

each of the four categories has three ranks, the rank helps someone know how close or far they are from the next category.

Mortal - The lowest rank, people in this rank are a beginner or are just weak.

Adroit - the most widely seen, everyone in this rank is average. as long you were in the Mage category and had this rank you could defend yourself from most threats.

Earthbound - If someone reached this rank they are at the peek of the category they're in. they're either going to move to the next category soon or have reached the limit of the category they are in.

when calling someone's category and rank, you say the rank then their compatible with their element then you say their category. For example, if someone was of the Mage category had an Air compatible and was of the Adroit rank. you'd call them an [Adroit Air Mage]

my Teacher, named Mukaru is an [Earthbound Light/Dark Mage] now that I can use basic magic like 'Small Flame' or 'Reader Light'  she's having me take a basic test everyone takes. It's called a 'category growth' test.

"Now remember this is nothing to be afraid of, all you have to do is pour a little bit of your mana into this rock." (Mukaru)

she said with a smile. Mukaru is really strong, she said if I work hard I can be as strong as her. okay, I'll pour in some mana... slowly.

"now remember this test will only tell us how strong you're going to be in one year. so don't get your hopes up too high." (Mukaru)

"what would be a good result?" (bluebell)

"hmm... I think maybe an [Earthbound Magician] would be a pretty good result, no maybe that's a little too high. well, no matter what it is you'll get stronger then what this rock says. on the bright side even if you get a low score it tells you your compatible so you'll know what element that's for you." (Mukaru)

"oh! Okay!" (bluebell)

when I fill the small rock with my mana it starts to glow and float. then it exploded. I quickly look at Mukaru but she gave me a 'that's suppose to happen' look. then runes start forming from the piece of rocks. and they started to float. They then formed words.

"here it is" (Mukaru)

<BLUEBELL, YOUR POWER IN ONE YEARS TIME IS. [MORTAL UNIVERSE ARCHMAGE]>

"huh?" (Mukaru)

"ehh?" (bluebell)

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author note: if your wondering Mukaru's name is a mix of the Japanese words for colorless and bright. you'll understand later why this is important.
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