Arcadian Crusader

Death Star And Calamity Omens #3

A hundred years ago, the land is blossom with fire. The darkness rise and consuming people faint light from deep of their heart. Everyone tried very hard to not lose their light and fight with their beliefs until their last drop of blood.

Those darkness creatures create a flame and burn the world with a world war that nobody ever wanted. Unexpected, human derivatives losing because of their sudden attack from every corner of the world. The skies are falling, the land full of corrupted, and the sea has storm in it. No one could escape from that s*******r day.

Inside the burning fire, where everyone lose their hope, a man standing above his death. Raising people hopes and dream with kingdom's flag in his arms. While the town and capital are burning down, he use those fire to fight back and fight the darkness together.

The man with flag is the former of The Emperor Card Holder, my grand father. With his fire, the city morale fully restored and moved everyone until their last breath. An everlasting war occur that day to protect what they believe and their love with the power of light from The King's fire.

Looking at that pitiful old man make the rest of card holder moved. They came out from their hideout and tried to save the world. But far before the incident, one of The Card Holder has met the brain of this nightmare. Unfortunately, he is failed and fall to his own death. Leaving The Card that he always hold tight in his heart.

There were three more Card Holder who failed in the past while fighting the darkness. And three of them were defeated before joining The King's force. The Justice who left unknown and bewildered in a place which nobody could ever reach. The Stars fell into the depth of never ending abyss. And the third is The Death who left his throne and release the evil spirit to the world. Nobody know their whereabouts until these days.

Only eighteen of them were fighting for the world. The most supporting Card Holder that days were The Moon who unleash her unbeatable moonlight soldier and The High Priestess who gave it's magic power to strengthen everyone magic who fight alongside the light. And the rest of them were doing the hunt and savior role. For protecting the land, one must raise their beliefs in order to survive.

After three days since The King's rise, the world began to crumble. The skies falling down, making a great ruckus all over the world. The world has lost of the half the humans derivative races in one night. Most of them are the witches who couldn't evade the sudden impact of that night.

The arrows falling down from the sky, the rain of stones are flooding the land, the weather are very not stable until it causing storm with lighting inside. Everyone struggle very hard to survive that night. A night where the moon is no longer a beautiful sight and the stars looks very dim.

Until everyone realize, their long last protector was gone.

Celestial races who fight the darkness all over the eternity to protect the world is gone. They were vanished without leaving any traces. We never know The Celestial was fighting back then yet we are cursed them so much. Maybe that was the reason The Celestial never come to earth again since the first time the darkness invades.

The Card Holders stopped their action on that day. Grieving for loss, they must suffer the world without their protection for the rest of their life. Replacing their responsibility to guard and conserve the world so the eternal flame won't fade. An arrow of light and huge catastrophe become their silent witness for them replacing the responsibility. The world has elect the new rulers and the kingdom in the sky were no more.

The darkness getting berserk when knowing The Celestials were gone. But in the same time, their movement getting limited. The darkness has weakened yet they were still strong even more stronger than before. It makes the human must use their wise brain to overcome the darkness.

Slowly, the humans gain their wins. With the help from the moonlight soldier, they could overcome even more and grab the victory. The grief has become their strength because they were know, the darkness getting weakened because of the pure sacrifices. The Card Holder won't miss this opportunity given by The Celestials.

Until one years has passed, the humans gain their total victory. The darkness were no longer a big threat since. But since the pure light was gone to protect them from the darkness, The Emperor create a light from a dark matter which everyone accept.

The fire burn in their heart. Giving them values for living.

Since then, the wars and the catastrophe created by the darkness is called "Bencana Besar". Causing people great loss of their beloved and the loss of their great protector. The most remembered day all over the world. None ever want the calamity happen again.

The Card Holder use this chance to enhance every soldier they had. A great magical battle arena was created by the power of The Eighteen Card Holder. Every brave souls could use this magic to enhance their battle skills and magic with tears and blood they shed in the arena. In other means, they are being forced to unleash their maximum potential until one of them gain a victory.

"What a ridiculous jokes brought by The Card Holder" they were think. But those bad assumption suddenly gone after the first attempt the battle was held. A man in a cowboy hat open up people minds to the battle arena. There are many ways to gain victory even without forcing ones maximum potential. There's so many way to reach victory even without using any strength.

The Card Holder who saw that man is spooked. They are recognize the aura covering the man with cowboy hat as Chariot. But the man who covered is different from The Chariot they ever knew. Since then, The Chariot has been marked as deceased and replaced by the new generation. And that man is witnessed the gale guide him to become a Chariot after the card was given.

Even though he was receive the card, he never met the former The Chariot.

Once their first plan to enhance their soldier through the battle arena was accepted, they are planning to recap what was causing the darkness raising yesterday. The recap was called "Anggai Katastrofe" in other mean it was The Calamity Omens.

There is twelve things written in that Calamity Omens. The darkness getting thicker, the stone flowers bloom dark, a very long night occur, the ancient bells tolls, night time become dangerous, one of the six fairy tale will happen, the light came to the darkest city, and the second mighty being is born.

The rest four is predicted by my grand father and approval from the seventeen Card Holder. First The Card Holder will decreasing one by one, second the dim pure light will completely disappear, third the f*******n seven warrior will raise again from their seal, and fourth the fire will spread around the globe.

Luckily, The Calamity Omens was a secret between The Card Holder and their right hands. There's no one out there know about this omens. A chaos surely occur if this secret was revealed to every people in the earth.

But the twelves wasn't the worst of them all. There is one thing that my grand father hiding from the other Card Holder. And it was the information about the brain of Bencana Besar. He saw the dream where there's one Card Holder who deceive us by pretending to be an ally. The name of that deceiver is Death Star. A Celestial who snatch The Death Card.

"That is the story before the world gain it peace like today. Though, the darkness still lurking out there and even it appears in my grand father vision. As his descendant, I must accept the truths my grand father hands over. And finding a solution to escape this never ending nightmare.

"Now then, West August, The Chariot. I have a great request for you to shut our never ending nightmare and banish the next Bencana Besar calamity. Find the twenty one Card Holder around the world. Get on an adventure. Banish the darkness and prevent Bencana Besar Omens."

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"The quest has been given to you, The Chariot. Now it's up to you whether you not or accept it. I can't force you to do so since it was my selfish request." The King frown his forehead.

Andria and his sister can't hold it any longer. The King has been very nice to West August and he even sacrifices his long waiting game. They are stand up and shout their voices to The King. "I won't allow that any further, my King !"

"Your ambition is a savior for our future. How could you abort it to such a cowardice ?! I couldn't stand to a unfaithful leader as you !" shout Maria.

Unexpected, Maria words is far worse than her brother. Everyone shocked to her bluntly words which unforgiveable. Maria straight express her bad feeling towards The King and West August. She doesn't even care to her surrounding. Even Arman ready to punch her in the face if needed.

But The King didn't even enraged by her words. Otherwise, The King smile and laugh very hard when he heard Maria's word. The Queen responses to The King's emotion. She know very well his laugh and the meaning behind it. Then, she covered her face with her fan and grinning behind it.

"Now you dare to speak it out loud, aren't you ?!" The King soon calmed down and talk properly, "There's no need to worry about, my dear. You are just yet see his face right now."

Maria walk closer to The King to saw West August faces. She's shocked by seeing his dead serious face. West August didn't flinch a bit after hearing Maria protest. He keeps thinking about The King's offer. Between his excited feeling and fearful feeling there's a little bit gap he feels them both.

Not long after, he determines the answer. West August raise his head then face The King with his determined answer, "Then I've decide it. I do refuse !"

To be continued...