Lucitian and Lucitera were walking side by side down a long street, their pseudo-modern attires based on their parents' national cultures very distinct.
Lucitera wore a white and red kimono that enhanced her budding beauty, one that was surprising for adults, making them nod in appreciation, and fatal for teens her age, making them fall into a deep crush.
Meanwhile, Lucitian wore a Chinese tunic, akin to Ip Man. His was dark in color with golden buttons, and when this was added to his demeanor, which was peerlessly arrogant, he made the girls his age see stars in their eyes, swooning helplessly.
Currently, they were in Tsushima, an island near the south of the Shinoka continent. This land was special because it was copied and pasted from ancient Japanese history by the AI, being a place Eva had treated as her backyard.
Draco had his special traits and gains from his various adventures, but Eva had the Shinoka continent. This place had even been slightly invaded by Vita and Umbra, allowing its players to farm its special monsters for special rewards.
Not to mention its special classes had been incorporated into Umbra's player base, including the Shrine Maiden class for healing and support, the Samurai class for mid to close-range melee DPS, the Ninja class—which was what Bella previously had, being a long to mid-range rogue class with minor magical ability—and the Onmyoji class, which was a pure long-range magic DPS.
This land took Amaterasu as their Supreme Goddess and had their own Divine Court of beings. Whether these beings were locally generated and rose with the continent or were part of those who fled the Divine Realm at the onset of the Grey Rot invasion was unknown.
What was a fact was that Eva, as an alternate version of Amaterasu, enjoyed the same privileges as the Goddess herself here, especially since the NPC Amaterasu took her as a sister. The other Amaterasu did this because she too was tired of dealing with the continent's constant strife and warfare, practically eloping with her lover Tsukuyomi to roam the unmapped zones.
This left Eva and Umbra in charge as a stand-in up until now.
Of course, since she took charge, all that nonsense had come to an end. Now, the continent was developing rapidly under the hands of magitech and peacetime, with many more territories springing up as birth rates soared and standards of living rose crazily.
Now, Shinoka was even a tourist site for some players, especially Japanese nationals who wanted to view how their ancient country looked in a fantasy world. It was a lovely experience for them and one that had caused much growth in Shinoka's culture, especially since they were infected by the kawaii/moe culture of their future descendants.
But that was not why Lucitian and Lucitera were here. These two were inseparable since they were mere infants, and there was a significant gap between them and the other children of the Morningstar Clan due to their 'realness' and their power.
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For two brats who had access to the 100% bloodline power of infinite energy along with nominally Eternal-level power from two bloodline trees each, it was natural that they grew even more arrogant than Draco and Eva.
They had always bullied and suppressed Rosella and co, so they were often punished heavily by Eva or Shuangtian. Because of that, they often ran out of the Morningstar World since they couldn't be kept, exploring the outside world as they pleased.
This was neither of their first times in the Shinoka continent. Lucitera especially had long visited the place her mother owned and had caused significant trouble here many times while dragging Lucitian along.
They were here today because of rumors that a new civilization had crossed the seas to launch an attack here on Tsushima Isle, and the descriptions of them fit a certain group from Earth's history.
The Mongols!
This had caused Eva to furrow her brows with discontent, but in the end, she still informed Shuangtian. After all, the source continent of the Mongols could lead to the Ancient Han people of which Shuangtian was an ethnic descendant.
Lucitian and Lucitera were left speechless.
Eva was so worried that they would destroy her personal continent that she even sent down this decree ahead of time. Did she think they were destructive little beasts?!
Oh right, they were.
Carry on then.
"You may rise. What is the news from the front about the invaders?" Lucitera took the lead to speak since this was her domain.
The group rose and did not dare look upon the Heavenly Children easily, only Kazumasa being able to since he was a Lord. "Things are not good. Our Samurai's Bushido are being heavily suppressed by the so-called Dao of their Martial Artists, while our Onmyoji's talismans are being resolved by the strange spells of their cultivators."
Kazumasa shook his head wearily. "The only reason we've held out is that they don't place emphasis on healing and defense, so our Shrine Maidens are literally carrying this war for us. We've dispatched many ninjas into their fold, but they are always discovered by this so-called 'Spirit Sense' of the cultivators, so our losses in terms of espionage are also quite heavy."
His face became ugly. "Meanwhile, their men also possess a horrifying technique called 'Soul Reading,' which has caused most of our culture, technology, and tactics to be discovered by the enemy with many counters being deployed. Now, we don't even dare have any general or military officer near the battlefield, delivering orders directly from my estate."
Lucitian and Lucitera were surprised. It was really that bad? They were not tactical geniuses or military buffs, but nothing they had heard so far sounded like Tsushima stood a chance. After all, the force sent by the Mongols was just an advance party; they had yet to send a real army forward!
Seeing the looks of disdain on the faces of the two youths, Kazumasa smiled bitterly. "Heavenly Children, please do not be discouraged. Tsushima is not a military stronghold, known more for its commercial and tourism. On top of that, the force sent by the Mongolian invaders contains some of the best warriors in the vanguard, leading to a disparity."
Lucitian and Lucitera barely accepted this. Lucitian waved his hand and spoke arrogantly.
"Well, you need not worry about them anymore. Direct us to their location, and we shall make sure they never disturb you again."
His words made the eyes of the group light up. How many days had this war been going on that they prayed day and night for Divine Intervention to no avail?
"Heavenly Children, would you like an escort? If not, the location is <set of geographical coordinates>," Lord Kazumasa offered excitedly.
"Hmm, good. Wait for our good news," Lucitera replied simply, slicing open a hole in space to make a portal for the two of them.
Before she left, she happened to see a young boy who peeked out of the estate to see what his father and all the other military lords were up to. When Lucitera saw the unremarkable lad, she initially wanted to look away, but her golden-green pupils constricted when she saw the fortune cloud above his head.
A plentiful red-gold color, signifying the fortune of a continent-level protagonist!
This boy would grow up to be a dominating person who could alter the fate of the entire Shinoka Continent and possibly more!
Stepping through the portal with her dainty feet, Lucitera made sure to engrave the boy's features in her mind and also scoured the brains of those nearby for his name.
Jin Sakai.