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Chapter 3 - WERTERON AND KORTANIA

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LAYER 6: BLOOD

The mortal jumps down from the tower and quickly disappears unnoticed. While he walking, someone appears before him; a turquoise-colored, naked being with a bluish but white hair, white pupils, and black whites of the eyes. "Hey! How's it going, The Lord of Blood?" he says. Before the mortal can even act, the man vanishes, knocking him unconscious. When the mortal wakes, he is in the throne room of a green and white castle. He sees eight people. Two are the gray and blue men he saw in the tower, but he doesn't recognize the others. A greenish but transparent being sits on the throne, but its face is not visible. The man says, "Welcome, The Lord of Blood! We have been waiting for you for a long time. What is your name? How should we address you?" His voice is that of a young man. The mortal frowns and says, "Jamz." "My name is Jamz. But where am I? Who are you? Are you related to that purple demon? What do you want from me?" The man on the throne rises and begins to introduce everyone. The holders of the Tes of Nothingness, Felix. The holder of the Tes of Space, Luna. The holder of the Tes of Nature, Pusgurt. The holder of the Tes of Emotion, Rosalie. The holder of the Tes of Death, Kira. The holder of the Tes of Light, Stellan. The holder of the Tes of Time, Uso. And I, the holder of the Tes of Infinity and the King of this Tenerasl, Eloi. Nice to meet you, Jamz. This is Werteron. One of the 4 Tenerasl. We are Werters: that is, the Werteron council members. The other Tenerasl are Sarlion, Kortania, and Evoren, where you come from. All 4 Tenerasl are bounded to a central force called Jilid and hanged in a space called Boluk. Which is surrounded by an unbreakable material called Baz. Behind them lies the infinite unknown... As for the purple demon... His name is Zars. He is our old old friend who turned against us and now is our enemy. He is the Lord of Kortania and the holder of the Tes of Darkness. What we want from you is to kill him and end this war..." Jamz smiles and says, "You've explained enough, Eloi. I'll do anything to find that man. But one wrong move and I'll shatter our agreement into a thousand pieces." Eloi tells Stellan, "Take him to Kortania, and take Luna, Felix, and Rosalie with you." Stellan nods and they set off. (...)

LAYER 7: DARKNESS

Leaving Werteron and heading to Kortania, our group encounters a purple atmosphere, dead trees and gooey lakes. Jamz is hesitant for a moment but decides to speak. "Pleased to meet you. I'm Jamz." he says. Felix, with his single white eye and pitch-black complexion, speaks; in a voice similar to an emotionless young boy. "I'm Felix, possessor of the Tes of Nothingness." he says. In contrast to Felix, Rosalie, colorful, speaks afterwards; her voice is that of a girl the same age as Felix, but much more energetic. "I'm Rosalie! Possessor of the Tes of Emotion! Nice to meet you!" she says. Luna, whose body is imbued with the Cosmos, joins the conversation; her voice is more mature, almost like an adult but not quite. "I'm Luna. I'm already my Tes is obvious enough..." she says. "Space?" Jamz asks, but Luna doesn't answer. "Yes, Space. She's a new member, that's why she's acting so cold." Felix says. Jamz nods and says, "So, where are we going?" "Zars' castle. It's not far, don't worry. Do you see that mountain up ahead? There's a sinkhole in the middle of it, and a castle in the middle of it," Felix replies. Just then, a huge monster with its head shattered appears before them. "K-Grudged, huh? No problem." Felix thinks to himself and takes Rosalie and disappears. They've left Luna and Jamz alone to test them because both Luna and Jamz are clueless. "Where the hell are they?" Jamz says. "Stupid boy. Of course they left us alone to test our strength and knowledge." Jamz tolerates the insult and they attack. In a little moment, Luna stumbles and is about to be stepped on, but Jamz jumps on her and gets stepped on instead. "Luna...! Don't you control space?! Why don't you try opening a portal or something!" Jamz says. Luna is surprised but finally opens a portal beneath her and enters. And just as Jamz is about to enter, she closes the portal. Jamz realizes he's been betrayed and tries to remain calm because one wrong move could unleash the greater death. He must have kept his composure for too long, something awakens within him. (...)

LAYER 8: EMOTION

Luna delivers the news of Jamz's death to Felix and Rosalie via the portal. Before Felix and Rosalie can even react to the news, they feel the ground shake with the sound of thunder, and Jamz appears beside them, with his yellow, spiky hair, broken yellow armor, shrouded in shimmering pieces, yellowish skin, his left eye white, and his right eye yellow. Felix and Rosalie brace themselves because an incredible surge of willpower has occurred. Jamz stitches up the five fingers of his right hand, transforming them into an electric sword. "How... are you alive!?" Luna exclaims. Jamz turns his head towards Luna, lunges forward, and throws her away with a clenched fist. While Luna is shocked by the pain, Jamz stabs her in the back with his sword and slams her to the ground with his fist. Luna gets up, breathless, and braces herself. Jamz descends and is knocked to the ground by Rosalie's fist. "Stay down!" Rosalie shouts. Felix arrives and supports Luna. Jamz creates an electrical explosion, sending all three of them flying, sewing up the four fingers of both his hands and transforming them into small daggers. He lunges at Luna, but they fist-bump. Felix's punches are incredibly powerful, breaking Jamz's left hand. Jamz retreats and sews up two fingers of his left hand. He begins to use his hand like a laser weapon. Rosalie comes from behind, and Felix protects Luna. Sensing his surroundings, Jamz switches to the single finger and transforms his hand into a gun, but Rosalie acts quickly. "Sword of the Heart!" she cries, and with a sword resembling a blooming rose with a rose stem, she cuts off his head. But the sword only passes through Jamz's head. Not harmful. Jamz's hands begin to tremble because he is losing his composure. "Chains of Nothingness!" Jamz's hands are bound by pitch-black chains emerging from the ground. This is one of Felix's powers. Jamz completely loses his composure, returns to his former color, and collapses to the ground. After a while, he wakes up and asks what happened. Rosalie then begins to tell her story. (...)

LAYER 9: TES

"A Tes is a type of crystal containing Temserals that gives it its power, surrounded by another crystal called a "Utes" that acts as a shield. Each Tes contains a Temseral that gives it its power. They all have their own emotions, but each Temseral has a specific, higher emotion. Since the Tes of Blood houses five different Tes... one of their Temserals merged with your emotion. It must be Tes of Electricity. Considering how calm you are while fighting, the answer is obvious." says Rosalie. Jamz understands, but has many questions. "I want you to explain the Tes thing in detail... If I'm getting into this, I need to be informed, right?" Felix begins to speak. "'Will' and "Grudge'. It's the system from which power comes. It's also known as 'Energy'.We can also call them positive energy and negative energy. Will consists of all your positive thoughts, experiences, and actions. As you might guess, grudge is the complete opposite. Also, a person fighting with their will has limits because they are sane, but grudge is the complete opposite. Because you act on instinct and don't think, you fight until you're broken. Tes are also made of this energy. I'm not saying Temserals, I'm saying Tes. Temserals transfer their power to Tes and choose someone to inhabit. In this way, Tes become one with the chosen ones. The timing of Tes' activation is always changing because Temserals choose it: at the birth of the chosen one, as a child, as an old person, or after the chosen one dies. And of course, there are the owners of Tes who got it without it being created within, like King Eloi and you." he concludes. All of this sounds very familiar to Jamz, as if he'd read it somewhere. Rosalie continues, "Also, sometimes Tes don't let go of their Temserals and become a single body. You could think of it as having evolved. Of course, it's not, but I can't think of an example. I'd say Temserals who have their own Tes." Jamz shakes his head and they continue on their way. (...)

LAYER 10: KORTANIA

"So... is there a ranking system here?" asks Jamz. Rosalie interjects, "Of course. There are ten different ranks. J, S, W, K, and E. These five are divided into Willful and Grudgeful. J stands for Jolat level, meaning the level of Jilid council members. There aren't many at this level. As an example of a J-Willful, I can give King Eloi; as an example of a J-Grudgeful, I can give Lord Zars. S represents the Sards/Sarlionians, W the Werts/Werteronians, K the Korts/Kortanians, and E the Evors/Evorenians. I am a W-Willful, for example. The one we saw earlier was a K-Grudgeful." While Rosalie is speaking, an S-Grudgeful, almost 4 meters tall, with a long neck, long arms, short legs and tail, resembling a lizard, leaps down from above, interrupting her. "An S-Grudgeful?" says Felix. "My name is Haerdon." "Zars's right hand," she says in a feminine, trembling voice. "I've come to kill you on his orders, The Lord of Blood..." Before the team can even understand what's happening, the battle begins once more. Everyone attacks but it's difficult to repel her. "This woman really is Zars' right hand!" Luna exclaims. "That's a woman?!" Jamz asks to nobody. Luna falls to the ground, Felix lunges at her but he too falls. Rosalie is about to plunge her heart sword when she falls. Haerdon sits on top of Jamz. She transforms her hand into an axe and says, "You're even more handsome up close," and cuts off Jamz's right arm. Jamz screams in agony and suddenly finds himself in a black room. A figure with a red body enters the room and says, "What must you do now, Jamz?" "Are you a Temseral?" Jamz replies, "Yes, exactly. You will name me, Jamz." The Temseral says. Jamz says, "I understand. Your name will be Furoy, that was my father's name. I was going to give it to my son when I had one but it seems it's yours." Furoy continues. "Understood. You're half dead right now. If you give me your body, I'll fix your left arm and modify you. If you want, I can also finish off that monstrous creature. Of course, it's your decision." Furoy says. Jamz finally replies, "You saved me in that tower. I'm grateful" and lends his body. (...)

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