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// Chapter 2: The throne meeting. 
// Story: Rise Of The Mythic Alliance. 
// by Neutral Boy 
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Inside the castle throne room, there stood seven figures seated at their spots.

First is Alma Elma, the Heavenly Knight of Wind and Queen of the Succubi. She has long light purple hair, two horns, purple robe, green necklace, devil clothing, two

Alma's known to be mysterious by her fellow knights and lord. In her past history, Alma's mother chastised her for her immense physical power; a trait that made her a "failure as a proud succubus". As a result, Alma Elma tried to distance herself from violence as much as possible. Later on, Alma Elma took part in the battle royale for the title of . She forfeited early on, placing fourth overall in the battle. Afterwards, she became the Heavenly Knight of Wind. In the battle against the false hero, Alma lost and promises his deal for coexistence, however, as a succubus she can't promise not to cause mischief here and there, plus all the fun she can have at Grand Noah's Colosseum.

Second is Tamamo no Mae, the Heavenly Knight of Earth and Queen of the Kitsune. She has fluffy ears, mixed yellow & orange long hair, kimono dress, red crest on her upper chest, and nine tails.

Not many living species knows this, but Tamamo is rumor to be one of the six ancestors created by Alipheese the first. She is also a second mother to Alice after losing her own mother by a wrongful battle and helps guide & mentor Alice of one day being a great Monster Lord. In her battle with false hero, she losses and pledge for coexistence. Unlike the other Knights, Tamamo is actually pleased with the idea of coexistence.

Third is Erubetie, the Heavenly Knight of Water and Queen of the Slimes. She has magenta eyes, two slimy dark blue horns, magenta orb in her forehead, and her whole slimy body is blue.

Though originally a Slime, through her life Erubetie absorbed over 10,000 slime spirits and other monsters, keeping them under control with her iron will. Most willingly fused with Erubetie, but there are some who were attacked and taken by force. In the past, Erubetie became bitter over humanity's pollution of water, drastically reducing the slime population and possible areas to live in the process, making her take vengeance on the humans. However, Erubetie used to want to live with humans in peace but the numerous beings inside her may have confused her. After battling and interacting with the false hero, she has a change of heart and works towards coexistence with humans.

Fourth is Granberia, the Heavely Knight of Fire and Leader of the Dragonkin squad. She has yellow eyes, mixed red-brown short hair, dragon armor, purple cape, and her body is mixed yellow & green.

Although little is known about Granberia's past, what is known is that she was abandoned at a young age and was adopted by Salamander, who taught her Cursed Sword Skills and elemental techniques like wind, earth, and water. It didn't take long for Granberia to master swordplay and become the strongest swordsman in the world. She took part in the coronation battle royale in order to test her skills. Even if she did win the royale and loss by Alice, Granberia managed to place higher than the other Heavenly Knights in the battle royal for Monster Lord, trained even harder to surpass all obstacles. After having a few intense battles against the false hero, collapses on her knees from the battle and promises her pledge of coexistence.

Fifth is Lucretia, Queen of the Harpies and protector of Happiness Village. She has green eyes, light blue long hair, few jewelry, yellow crown, and her feathery body is mixed purple & pink.

In the past history, her race has been going down suddenly from conflict battles and each other. In order to restore her population from going extinct, Queen Harpy ordered her fellow harpies to kidnap men from Happiness Village and mate with them. When the Queen is losing to the false hero in battle, she refuses to give up the kidnapped men. Before the false hero can seal her, the kidnapped men rush to the Queen Harpy's side and defend her, revealing that they were only taken for reproduction purposes. After some heated arguments and discussions, the humans and harpies come to a conclusion: The harpies will no longer kidnap men and the women will send men from their village to marry harpies, in return the harpies must help with Happiness Village's farming and beekeeping.

Sixth is Laura, Queen of the Mermaids and protector of Port Natalia. She has dark blue eyes, silver short hair, few jewelry, and her mermaid body is mixed blue colors.

Despite having mostly bad history with the humans when she lost her only beloved human husband from suicide poison, she stops her invasion after being defeated by the false hero and his lamia partner. So Laura decides to let her race live on their own experience and choices. She also wishes to prevent another tragedy like her's from ever arising again. Now she has been trying to getting along with some humans and her daughter EI is making a few friends.

The final one on her throne seat is Alipheese the 16th. She has yellow eyes, long silver hair, red eye in her hair, purple body, jewel on her upper chest, tail lower body is mixed red & orange, and her end of the tail has a black ribbon bow.

In her past young life, Alice lost her mother from the wandering human company and kill only two of them, leading to her despising humanity while growing up. When battling Ilias one day, she lost consciousness and wakes to meet a boy named Luka. Despite at first being cold and bitter towards Luka, she eventually did felt a good bond with him and journey together for coexistence. Even also comforting each other from their bad memories and fight together in battle against their enemies. In the final battle, Ilias has been defeated and her remaining angels retreated away from Earth to the Heaven. There was a big victory celebration against the angels and chimeras, but at the cost of some lives, including one false hero who all these times has wished for coexistence and peace. So the humans and monster have arranged a funeral for him at his birth home in the repairing Ilias Village along with his angel halo sword. One year later, Alice miraculously gave birth to four children. Two of which are lamia male and female while the other two are humans being male and female. She hasn't moved on completely from her lover's death.

Even her own fellow loyal knights and friends have notice this as she also didn't get much sleep. They can sometimes hear her screaming and crying over her deceased lover. Even if they didn't want to admit it in front of everyone, but they took a liking to Luka and some of the monsters did fell in love with him. So they also felt Alice's pain when the monsters and humans didn't want Luka to die at such a young age.

Anyway, the meeting in the throne is met with some silence before one of the monsters spoke.

"How is the human boy and Ilias doing today Alma?" Lucretia asked to Alma.

"The boy is still sleeping unconscious and Ilias has awaken this morning." Alma answers back.

"From what I found in his memory, his full name is Sid Harbor and he's a runaway slave."

Everyone's eyes were widen in surprise except for Granberia who's growling a little bit.

"I'm sure our beloved friend would like to speak more, right Granberia~?"

All the monsters turns their heads to Granberia as Alice raised and eyebrow.

"Is there something you wish to talking about?" Alice asked her friend.

Granberia didn't answer for a minute before she stand up, sighs, and scratches her head.

"Yes and you won't like it of what I'm about to tell you all."



Meanwhile. . .



Not far away from the throne room, two of Tamamo's kitsune soldiers are patrolling the castle.

The first one is Kitsu. A two-tailed kitsune, short silver hair, magenta eyes, and medium kimono.

The second one is Nanabi. A seven-tailed kitsune & centaur, kimono on her upper human body, mixed yellow & green short hair, along the same color as her lower fox body.

Kitsu is currently relaxing on her friend's back and enjoying some humming music.

Nanabi stops when she spots someone guarding the door to the unconscious human.

The two kitsune see a knight girl name Cecil guard at the door. She has blue eyes, blonde medium pony tail hair, black clothing, and two bracelets on her wrists.

"Cecil!" Kitsu yells out, jumping off her friend's back and hugging Cecil.

Cecil looks at the two kitsune and smiles as she pats Kitsu's head.

"Hey there Kitsu and Nanabi." Cecil said while Kitsu purrs and Nanabi nods then sits down.

"What are you doing here Cecil?"

"I'm actually here guarding the human while Erubetie and Alma are in the meeting."

While the three were having some good talk, Nanabi's ears perk up when she felt something coming from the door room. She stands up and glares at the door, getting the attention of her two friends.

"Something wrong Nanabi?" Cecil asked her friend.

"I hear something, a presence on the other side of the door and it's dangerous."

Nanabi, Cecil, and Kitsu look toward a strange presence when they heard something growl.

Not knowing on what to do, Cecel turns her head to Kitsu.

"Kitsu, I need you to get the others while me and Nanabi handle this."

Her friend nods as she runs off to call for help as Cecil and Nanabi wait in their battle stance.

When there was no sound for a minute, the door suddenly flew towards them as they dodge in time to see it destroyed in pieces and crumbles. They both turn to see a possessed human with red eyes glaring at them.

"Alright whoever you are, let the boy go and face me like a real warrior."

Cecil uses her sword to swipe at his legs, but he jumps and tries to stomp at her back. She rolls away just in time and kicks his back, only it didn't damage him or got a pain reaction.

'I guess you're not gonna let go that easily.' Her mind said.

Cecil swung her sword at him again, but he caught it with one hand. He lets go of her sword and kicks her hard in the stomach away from him to the halls. He turns and goes to punch Nanabi, only to get blocked by her tails as she uses them to constrict the possessed boy to hold him down, but he easily escapes her grasp and goes to attack again. Cecil gets up to her fighting stance, wipes the blood off her mouth and runs to join in Nanabi's aid.

"Okay then, have at thee! Thunder Thrust!"