Azuria officially joined Cathgul alliance, this brought troves of letters to Paxius (now with long hair) and he replied to all of them respectfully. It took a week to get everything done and it was time for them to head to Falshurx. Paxius and Nytri are in the parking lot under the castle before a luxury tank, the space inside was twice the normal size. It's painted gold and dark purple with Azuria's flag hoisted on the truck/tank and embedded on all sides. This tank is also armed to the teeth but the weapons are hidden.
Nytri and Paxius enters the truck and an automaton drives them out of the castle, the reach the highway and eventually exit the Azuria heading towards Falshurx. Paxius is slumped in the chair with a filled glass beside him, "I hope to get this over with quickly."
Nytri chuckles, "Now who hates leaving the house?"
Paxius shrugs, "Still better than you in that regard. Anyway, I picked on some royal etiquette you need to know."
"What's that?" Nytri asks and Paxius replies, "Apparently, royalty have more names to them in Falshurx. Commoners have a single name, nobles have 2 and royalty have 3 or more depending on their ego. You need an additional one."
Nytri raises a brow, "What about you then? Don't you need more names?"
Paxius shrugs, "I can stick with King of Azuria." Nytri replies, "But-" And Paxius cuts him off, "Besides the ruler, all others are expected to mention their full name." He grins.
"Urgh," Nytri groans, "How about Elnore? I read it in a book about a powerful mage."
Paxius raises a brow, "You mean the legendary mage Elnora Flitona? I guess that'll suffice since you've already master runes. That'll work." He gives her a thumbs up.
Nytri sighs, "Guess my name is Nytri Alcore Elnora." She glances at him, "You know, you could add uncle Agreth to your name since he named you to begin with."
Paxius shakes his head, "He is my master, until he bestows it to I cannot." Nytri nods and they continue to Falshurx. The pass waterfalls and rivers with the vehicle which could travel on land and sea. They reached the border of Falshurx deep in the night and chose to wait till morning before entering. Nytri went to a bunk bed in the vehicle and relaxed, Paxius was fast asleep.
The automaton walks to Nytri's bedside, "Great one, I have brought tea." Nytri looks at it, "Thanks." And she drinks tea. The automaton makes a weird face like suppressed joy of some kind.
Dawn arrives and the vehicles starts driving to a checkpoint along the border. Azuria constructed this so some people may be allowed to leave since not all are citizens of the nation. The vehicle drives through the checkpoint entering Falshurx, the land before them is not what they expected.
Nytri looks out the window, "How can it deteriorate so quickly in just a few weeks?" The lands look desolate with dead trees and some parts bare, some trees are seen but only in the distance.
"Falshurx channeled 70% of their budget into weapons and unnecessary stuff." Paxius speaks, "They never considered keeping their environment rich so famine was a common occurrence without the gods involvement. The gods probably kept this going since the people relied on them more even if they imported a lot." Paxius is drinking a cup of chocolate and it's formed a mustache on his mouth. Nytri looks at him and tries to suppress her laughter, Paxius looks at her confused, "What?"
Nytri looks over the land, "Ma~n, talk about fall from grace. A few weeks without their gods and this happens? I guess they're dumb to not think of making themselves better than to keep kissing feet." She sits back down and a screen opens before her doing whatever it is. The vehicle had already been seen so it had been reported to the castle.
The arrive before the capital of the city and the vehicle honks loud attracting their attention, people look around and those at the gates are ready for battle (They think it's a smaller Arachnid). But the Azurian flag flies high on the vehicle so they lower their weapons. The engine revs creating dust behind it then it zooms forward with full speed. Thrusters appear below the vehicle and it floats into the air passing over the gates towards the castle in the center of the city. Everyone comes out to look at this great beast flying in the sky as it owns it all.
The vehicle reaches the front gates of the castle where the road is big enough and slowly descends. It drives a bit forward to the gate and turns with its side facing the castle. At this moment, the queen and some nobles are already outside on the stairs watching this spectacle unfold.
The side door opens with cloud coming out of it giving it a special effect then a voice shouts through the speakers, "BEHOLD, THE KING AND PRINCESS OF AZURIA HAS ARRIVED!" Nytri and Paxius facepalms wondering whose idea it was to add that feature. The most people bow though they look up to see the faces of the people coming out. Few nobles and queen didn't bow.
The automaton walks out, "Introducing the King of Azuria, His Majesty King Paxius Alcore The VII!" Paxius walks majestically out of the vehicle and the wind blows his long hair showing his beauty to the crowd. A few, "Aww!" escapes from the crowd, he shows his smile with 'the look' making some ladies fall. Even the queen is left blushing.
Nytri tilts her head looking at Paxius in thought, "So that's why he let his hair grow….." She makes a razor from ARMORED SHELL, "I'm certain Lyra also prefers his hair shorter." The razor has a cold glint. Paxius feels a chill but uncertain of why, he walks forward and waits at the side.
The automaton clears his throat, "And now, the princess of Azuria. Princess Nytri Elnora Alcore!" Nytri steps out of the vehicle and the wind blows into her face bringing her attention to a fan attached to the vehicle. Nytri moves her hair from her face with a cold look in her eyes...a guard drops his shield after staring so much. Nytri smiles a little and you could see some people bleeding from the nose.
A noble walks past the queen ignoring her authority as the monarch and approaches Nytri, "My princess, your beauty far outshines any I have ever seen. Your eyes, like the stars in the night sky-" He reaches his hand to try and kiss Nytri's hand.
A hand grabs the head of the noble, he freezes in fear feeling a wave of bloodlust behind him preventing him from turning around with his haughty attitude. Paxius speaks with a low tone but those close can hear, "First, don't you dare touch her especially right in my face!" he strengthens his grip, "Second, you show such disrespect to your monarch plainly before everyone here, should I consider your actions as treason? Against your queen and Azuria?"
This is the first time the noble has felt death's breath on his neck, he knew he messed up big time. Everyone became tense wondering what to do, the queen descends the stairs. She bows her head lightly, "Please do overlook this incident, I will personally oversee his punishment."
Paxius releases his grip with a charming smile, he looks at Nytri and has a wry smile. Nytri is looking at her appearance and her thoughts, "…..I just chose a purple jacket with red pants…is it that good? I couldn't find King to get his opinion, I guess I did a good job." She smiles and there's the clanging sound of hearts.
Paxius wraps his hand around Nytri's shoulder, "Just go with the flow and everything will be alright. A simple shirt for me and that's that."
Nytri sighs, "You guys have it easy, you can make anything fit for a formal event. I need to start learning to wear dresses and fast, but meh." She shrugs.
Everyone is astound by how close the father-daughter duo is, the duo walk before the queen. She smiles, "Please, let me welcome you to the capital. Do come in." She turns and starts walking occasionally glancing at Paxius with a conflicted look for some reason.
Nytri takes a few steps on the stairs and stops for a moment with Paxius, Paxius remans as is but is alert. Nytri looks up into the clouds and time slows down to a stop, "Reality Control > Illusory > ALTER EGO > ME." Nytri using her EP caused it to leak a little so the people around for a moment felt the glare of a titan.
With time frozen, a being similar to Nytri so much that Nytri has 9 visions now (7 are clones, 1 is her and new one is ALTER EGO). The Alter Ego moves based on Nytri's thoughts and spreads her wings and flies like lightening to the sky. The Alter Ego arrives right before a goddess looking at her right in the eye, "So this is the threat I sensed. Though a god, seems she could deal some damage."
The appearance of the goddess is: pale white skin, silver hair, blue eyes, about 1.7 meters in height, clad in silver light leather armor.
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- Reality Control > Illusory > ALTER EGO: Active skill that allows Nytri to create replicas of individuals with all or similar strength to the original. Alter Egos below Calamity rank can be replicated with 100% capabilities of the original. Alter Egos in Calamity rank can be replicated with 80% to 10% depending on level of target. Alter Ego of self (Nytri) can be replicated but needs Nytri's attention to control the body.
- Alter Egos: Constantly uses EP to maintain and more EP to use skills and abilities. Perfect for dealing with anyone below Calamity rank since they'll just fight themselves or tens of themselves with little EP drain.
- It costs a lot of EP since Calamities/Rulers themselves have an enormous amount of EP that needs to be replicated for it to work. This requirement is why the strength is often weaker and against some Calamities, they just blow it away like Ryu did when Nytri first tried it.
- Nytri keeps her clones active all round out of habit, they're working on something or just kicking back so she gets more enjoyment after she Synchronizes her memory with them. The inactive clones are in the Nexusphere either asleep or managing stuff or also having fun.
- It is entirely possible to possess a construct from the Nexusphere and control it in real life like a video game.
- Detection: A skill that detects those capable of causing damage to the user. It doesn't pick up entities incapable of harming the user. That is why Nytri's detection misses over 98% of the gods and devils, a lot of Azurian Calamities have trouble with this.
- Paxius: Despite refusing to become a Calamity because he has no desire to fight, it doesn't mean he's any weaker. He has a skill that constantly doubles his physical stats as a passive in a fight, unlike Nytri who has to consciously use SoP to gain such boosts. When Nytri's power increases beyond what her body can handle she reverts to Mist but doesn't get weaker. Paxius on the other hand just keeps going. He's proof of lord ranks having a shot at actually standing up to a Calamity/Ruler.
- Some Azurites have skills capable of restraining Calamities/Ruler and in some circumstances….win.
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