Several hours later, we began to see buildings pass by below us.On the horizon, was probably the largest city I had ever seen.It spread out before us and towards the center, we could see huge towers reaching into the sky."What...is all of this?" Isabella said curiously."This is the biggest city I've ever seen..." I said quietly."Do you still want to jump out of this thing, Mizik?""I think so. I'm not sure where these people could be taking us. I'm feeling a bit paranoid. That girl keeps staring at me for some reason..." I said as I glanced at the woman.She had been watching me for some time and I wasn't sure why.Not in a perverted sort of way... But it's almost like she expected me to do something. I didn't like it."Then we're agreed. Let's get out of here as soon as we pass over the city."We waited a while longer until we were above the city and then decided it was time to go.Isabella stepped towards the door and slid it open. As soon as she did the machine stopped moving
"This is the third time I've been behind bars and I'm still only fifteen," I said."At least it wasn't your fault the first two times, my love.""Wait...are you saying this is my fault?" I asked worriedly."Of course not! I wouldn't blame you for this! Although you did kill that...police officer?""He shot first, though. It was self-defense!" "I understand, Mizik."I laid back on the small bed in the cell we were in and put my hand over my eyes.At least they gave us new clothes...Our old clothes were falling apart at this point and Michael was nice enough to get us something new to wear.He was...good at determining Isabella's size just by looking at her. If I learned he was some kind of pervert, I wouldn't be surprised. He had me try on clothes by myself, however. Currently, Isabella and I were wearing a type of pants called 'jeans'. We were wearing simple shirts as well. After he gave us our clothes, we left to get changed in the bathroom.This world had bathrooms as well. Alt
We were allowed to leave the cell and passed by several groups of officers on the way out. We followed Michael outside and got into one of the wheeled machines.They were called 'cars', apparently.This one was longer than most of them and we sat in the back. It was actually quite luxurious."Where are you taking us?" Isabella asked. "I already told you, didn't I? We're going to see Iris. We'll be going to the central building here I'm Florence. That's where the rest of us are, currently.""Do they know about us?" I asked."Uhh...yeah? That's why they came here...? Gavin and Leiso were pissed, but I told them you two were alright. Dante is looking forward to meeting you, as well.""Are Gavin and Leiso going to attack us on sight?" I asked.Seemed like a reasonable question..."I dunno. They could, if you catch them in a bad mood, but more than likely, they won't if they were told not to. Still, your girlfriend should keep her shield at the ready. That thing is HARD!""Excuse me, Mizi
"Excuse me?" Isabella said. "What do you mean by that...?""You will face one of us in battle. If you succeed, we will consider you strong enough to help us out. If you fail, we will send you away," Dante said."If you send us away, does that mean we have to freeze to death when winter rolls around?" I asked."You mean go back to your...treehouse...? That, I can't answer. It depends on what Iris wants to do. She could send you to a divine realm and they would sort you out from there. Likely, you would be sent back to Avernia regardless of its current state," Dante said as he motioned towards the woman on the throne behind him.I looked up at the teal-haired woman and she smiled at me.I couldn't tell if it was friendly or not...But...the prospect of being sent back to Avernia absolutely terrified me. That world was lost and we would be sent to our doom in such a scenario."But if you prove useful, Iris should be able to grant you a blessing to help you get past the language barrier.
"How do you want to do this?" I asked Isabella."Stay behind me. I'll take their attacks and-""You think we're stupid enough to just hit that shield of yours while your boyfriend kills us?" Gavin said, interrupting Isabella."Indeed. After the display you showed, we have determined that attacking you is pointless. We will be aiming for that boy instead. Once he is dealt with, your resolve will be shattered. You will die here together," Leiso said coldly.She adopted a fighting stance and several iron spikes rose from the ground around her and Gavin.They were soon covered in water and then levitated while being pointed at us.I could feel a breeze blowing and several sparks erupted around Gavin.Why can't we just talk things out?"Are you two really so against us?" I asked."I may have gone easy on you because you are children, but you're still otherworlders. You don't belong here," Leiso said."I'm gonna enjoy blowing you two to bits!" Gavin growled angrily.Isabella raised her shie
Several hours later, we were sitting and waiting for the Enforcers to finish helping the authorities.The carnage in the arena was too much for some of the regular police officers and the Enforcers felt it necessary to aid them. They were curious as to why it didn't bother us, but...We simply told them that we'd seen much worse in the past. And that was an understatement for someone like me. I still remembered the Lorelei sewers among other things like the Iratus estate, as well.Not to mention...the horror we went through before we came here with the shadow dragon and the dwarven city.Gore and carnage didn't really bother us anymore.Eventually, everything was in order and Yakon was taken to a special holding facility where he would be interrogated. We were brought back to the Enforcer HQ to have a talk with everyone.We stood in front of the five of them and Iris sat on her throne in the back."Enforcers, I propose that we add these two to our ranks. With their strength, we would
After the two of us exited the awakening room, we spoke at length with Dante.In short, he recorded as much information about us as possible before sending off several documents.The goal was to have our personal information recorded in a sort of system for government use. Since we were obligated to provide the information, we did so without hesitation. It was very reminiscent of the arcane library connected to the adventurers guild except with technology and not magic.Dante still had to write everything down for us. We could now read and understand speech in any language. But writing the language was still another story entirely. Until we learned to write, we would have to have other people do it for us. One of the issues that came up was our birth dates.In Avernia, I had been born later in the year. In the autumn season. Isabella had been born a month later but two years prior. When we left Avernia, it was springtime. It was already late in the summer here on Ignitus. Dante de
In the week leading up towards our enrollment in the academy, Leiso took to training us. I made it a point to speak to her about an ability that Vengeance had, shapeshifting weapon.Once she learned that I had such a power, she began to also help me understand how the weapons on Ignitus worked.They had many different types of projectile, explosive, and even energy weapons that fired a superheated substance called 'plasma'. Just like what Yakon had been using.They even had weapons that fired heated light called laser rifles.Since it would be impossible to learn about these things in a single week, Leiso decided to put some of them on hold. After all, the technology in Avernia was extremely primitive compared to what they had on Ignitus. I didn't have the faintest idea of how any of it functioned.Still, I would be learning how to build, deconstruct, and preform maintenance on all of these weapons from both Leiso and specialist engineers that built them for a living.In between the