"What the f**k.." He muttered in shock as he saw what was going on
Everything was frozen in time, his parents with smiles on their faces, his little sister giggling mischievously with a piece of cake on her hands ready to smash his face.
"Are you surprised"? Came a voice, scaring him further
"Who's there"? Emmanuel said as he looked around.
From behind, a hand tapped his shoulder and his vision changed shifting to different environment.
"Seems the last one has arrived" Emmanuel heard a grumpy voice.
He suddenly felt nauseous vomiting instantly on the floor. After he had recovered,he looked up to see various unfamiliar faces looking at him out of curiosity. They too seemed confused even scared.
"Welcome, champion candidates"!! A clear voice sounded.
Following the voice, everyone including him looked up to see an old man with yellow hair standing on a podium.
Behind him were other individuals looking mysterious
"You all might be must be confused wondering how you are here away from your families and lives but I'll clear your confusions soon enough " the man continued, his voice not loud but yet audible
Seeing he had everyone's attention, he continued
"First of all, you are in the hall of champions. You might be wondering what it means so I'll explain, the hall of champions is an ancient tool designed and built by the first world champion Uranus made for the selection of gifted candidates chosen by the world's power to decide the eleven elite champions and one ultimate champion from hundreds of candidates" he said allowing the information to sink in
"The hall of champions has evolved over time from Gods, demigods and now humans. You all standing here below are candidates chosen not by your will but with the wisdom of the world's will to represent your various countries for the fight of the throne of champions. The outside world as I speak has been frozen in time and will remain as such until the battle is over"
"The countries represented by the champions will rule over the world whether covertly or openly for the next thousand years, the champions gaining ultimate prestige, and power for a thousand years"
"I am the ultimate champion for the last thousand years, King Arthur of Camelot" the old man said finally revealing a smile on his stern face
"Holy f**k..." A guy not far from Emmanuel muttered.
Emmanuel as well as hundreds of teenagers in the hall were shocked. It was too mind blowing
Obviously pleased at their reactions, Arthur continued
"And behind me are the eleven elite champions starting from my left Abraham Lincoln of the United states, Confucius of China, Napoleon Bonaparte of France, Albert Einstein of Germany, Leonardo Da Vinci of Italy, Catherine the great of Russia, Mahatma Gandhi of India, Hattori Hanzo of Japan, Admiral Yi Sun_Sin of Korea, Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Nelson Mandela of South Africa. I, King Arthur of Camelot represent the Great Britain " he listed out the individuals behind him as powerful auras burst forth from them, some gentle, some fearsome while others creepy.
"I shall now step down for Gandhi to speak to you all" Arthur said as he stepped down the podium heading towards a huge throne surrounded by eleven other smaller thrones and sat down comfortably, the others following him as they occupied their thrones leaving an old gentle man wrapped in yellow clothing on the stage.