Chapter One

“It is with pride that I give you my blessing today! All of you trained vigorously to fight in this war and defend your empire. To arms my guardians, and may the Holy Light shine over you!”

Azeria’s voice resounded all over the Heaven’s Empire, inspiring the army of angels gathered in front of her. They were newcomers, impatient to take part in the war and make a name for themselves, but the most eager of them was Axel.

He was staring at Azeria with big blue eyes, excited to finally finish the training he undertook his whole life. His specialization was in great swords as he never understood the need of a shield or magic, he just wanted to fight with brutal strength.

A great light was radiating from the place where Azeria stood. She was the guardian of the empire and could never leave the throne room as that was the place where the first angel was created and given the task to guard the city. All the guardians were invincible, therefore the name of the eternal war that could never be won by anyone.

Floating above a sharp pyramid, the seraphim Azeria was inspiring everyone to fight and to protect the city and their principles, to never let yourself be corrupted and to defend the innocent.

Gracious as always, the guardian was dressed in a white dress and her blonde hair was covering her shoulders. She was gazing over her territory with her yellow eyes, maintaining an unyielding figure.

“We are the peacekeepers of this land, we shall not rest until all evil has been purged! Praise the Holy Light and you won’t be forsaken!” cried out Azeria.

“Praise the Holy Light!” shouted the army in response.

The Heaven Empire’s capital was a city floating above a village in the north-eastern part of the land of Zerallya. The city was filled with buildings made from crystal, always radiating lights in its surroundings.

This was a war that started since the creation of the land and it was still a mystery why the guardians were created, by who, and what was the point of fighting in a conflict that would never end. Even so, this didn’t diminish the will of the existing empires to conquer more and more cities, to corrupt or defend the existing humans.

“Axel, it’s time to go, hurry up!” shouted an angel towards the day-dreaming fighter.

“Oh, yeah, sorry, I was too caught in the moment.”

He was rushing towards the girl that called for him. She had black hair that contrasted with her white skin and her blue eyes looked like they could easily pierce you.

“I’m here Evonia, no need to get mad”, laughed Axel while shrugging off the tension accumulated.

“Finally! Let’s go meet the others and then get our tasks from the commanding officer.”

Reaching the recruits barracks, they met with the other two members of their party. One of them was Lyzor, a red headed rogue, specialized on archery. He had a kind face, smiling as he saw his friends nearing his position.

“Hello friends. Excited about our first assignment?”

“You bet we are! We shall purge all the evil and destroy the Hell and Undead capitals!” shouted Axel, obviously over excited.

“Calm down mongrel, or I’ll have to chill you out myself”, responded Evonia, unimpressed by his monumental goals, and threating him with a frostbolt pulsating in her hand.

“I’m not afraid of your puny magic, I’ll fight you here and now!”

“Anyway Lyzor, where is Thaedian?” asked the frost mage, ignoring Axel’s tantrum.

A heavy figure landed near them, closing his majestic golden wings. Thaedian was a warrior, specialized in fighting with a sword and protecting the others with a shield.

“I’m here, you impatient lot.” laughed the paladin.

“Thaedian! We’re ready for the first assignment, let’s kick some demonic butt!” responded Axel.

“Easy there youngster, we’re not to fight demonic or undead forces for some time. Our first job for now is to investigate a village near the border of our empire, apparently it was attacked by some goblins.”

“Goblins? We trained this much for some dwarf, green creatures?” the disappointment was clear in Axel’s voice.

“Don’t look so deflated young man, let’s repel those goblins for now, it won’t be as easy as you make it look like.”

The group quickly stocked on supplies, readied their weapons and armors and they were on their way to the village, flying in the blue, clear sky.

Everything was peaceful around the capital, the angels were strolling the streets or flying around the village underneath them, however at the borders the battles were raging on, whether they were fighting demons or undeads to protect the realm.

Tall towers were erected around the city, serving as observatories and the beacon of light that was Azeria could be seen from anywhere in the land.

It didn’t take much for them to arrive at their destination. The flight tired them a little, however they were on guard for the dangerous goblins that were threatening the peace of the people living there.

“Come out goblins, let’s get this over with!” shouted Axel, impaling his sword in the ground.

“Shut up idiot! We were supposed to do this as silent as possible!” snapped Evonia, annoyed by Axel’s arrogance.

“This is odd though, were are the goblins? Or the humans at that matter?” asked Thaedian, glancing around the buildings.

“I guess they got scared when they saw us flying in the sky” chuckled Axel.

“Aren’t you the wiseman of the realm … and the people living in this village? They ran in the demon’s realm, asking for protection from us?” remarked Evonia, rolling her eyes.

“Help! Please, someone help me!”. A voice pierced the silence, prompting the party to run towards the center of the village, where the voice was coming from.

Arriving at the scene, they gasped at the sight that was in from of them. A mountain of humans bodies was formed near the church of the village, and streams of blood were pouring out of them. On top of the bodies, Eryna was sitting proudly, sipping a cup filled with the blood of her victims.

“My, my… isn’t this my lucky day…” purred the succubus, glancing at the shocked angels sitting on front of her.