Prophesied ones?!! What the hell is going on?

  Soren looks around and finds himself in a throne room that stretched endlessly forward, vast enough to make anyone feel insignificant the moment they stepped inside. Polished marble floors reflected the light pouring in from towering stained glass windows that lined the walls, each pane depicting a man wielding a sword of light slaying what looks to be the devil himself

  As I looked towards the King three people remain by the throne one looks similar to the King himself however much younger a tall man who looks to be in his early 20s possessing the same yellow eyes as the King but having black hair. The other two people, one clad in metallic armour towering over everyone present her noir hair fitted into her neat braid but the most eerie detail about her appearance was the grotesque scar stretching across one of her piercing grey eyes, the final person looks to be an older man in his 60s dressed in a smart black suit and tie kind of similar to a butler with grey hair and a grey beard with glasses.

  ''They day that the great oracle spoke of has finally come, we have been waiting for your arrival'' exclaimed the King

  I am not the first to speak how could I with all that's going on in the span of a couple of seconds any normal person would be left dumbfounded

  Dorian opens his mouth, ''"W-Wait what do you mean prophesied? Where are we? And how did we even get here?"

  The King glances at him, ''I understand this will be confusing for you all but understand this was the will of the world for a group of talented individuals to be summoned here from your world''

  I look up at the King, my mind racing.

  "Talented?" I repeat quietly.

  Around me, I can hear the others shifting, uneasy.

  "What do you mean talented?" Sofia asks, her voice sharper than usual. "We're just students."

  The older man in the suit steps forward slightly, adjusting his glasses.

  "In your world, perhaps," he says calmly. "But here, potential is not measured the same way."

  Adrian lets out a nervous laugh. "Okay, this has to be some kind of prank, right? Hidden cameras? Social experiment?"

  No one laughs

  The King's yellow eyes settle on us once more

  "You have been chosen because each of you possesses the capacity to wield magic," he declares. "Power that this world requires."

  The word lingers in the air

  Magic

  We all look at each other that one word magic rings in our head

  The king beckons us ,''come lets see what magic each of you have the most affinity towards, Alaric go test them''

  The older man steps forward, ''Yes my King''

  He walks closer to us, ''While I'm testing all of you don't try to fight it otherwise you will feel unpleasant''

  Saying this his hand hover round the first of us to be examined Dorian the closest to him, the older man Alaric's eyes glow hen he finally speaks, ''Interesting, you possess a strong affinity to light magic''

  ''L-light magic'' Dorian says confused

  Wasting no time he goes to us one by one repeating the same movements. He goes to Noah, ''Time magic''

  Then Elena,'' physical augmentation''. He goes to all of us doing the same thing Oskar having gravity magic, Lukas water magic, Adrian earth magic, Anya water magic, Vera shadow magic and Sofia lightening magic. Finally he goes towards me the same emotionless expression worn on his face he puts his hands near my head. A foreign presence brushed against my mind, slow and deliberate, like fingers tracing the inside of my skull, interfering with my very essence. For a moment Alaric's face shifts from his lifeless expression, his mouth still the same, but his eyes widen and his hands tremble ever so slightly, a singular word escaping from under his breath

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  'Finally'

  He begins to speak louder, informing everyone that I possess a form of mental magic, Empathy Magic.

  ''I know you will have more questions so the captain of kings guard Lyra will show you around and explain what you may wish to know'' says the King

  We all begin to talk amongst ourselves while following the towering captain. I look back one last time in the direction of the King finding myself looking eyes with Alaric for a moment a creepy grin appearing on his face and just as quickly disappearing once noticing my gaze.

  We find ourselves walking towards a garden through one of the numerous hallways in the palace passing by many of what seem to be servants the curious gazes glancing over us.

  Lyra stops in the middle of the garden a small open fields is where we seem to be bundles of beautiful plants surround us as I look up there also seems to be a dome of glass allowing light to shrine through. She turns around to us usually upbeat, '' Wow, amazing, so cool, I cant believe I'm in charge to oversee all of you, you guys were prophesied by the great oracle you know, Oh wait but you wouldn't know because your not from here. Silly me''

  Wow she's a complete opposite to how she looks I think while she continues to ramble on with our classmates. This all happen quite fast. So we have all been transported to another world where magic exists, like those books that Oscar guy always reads.... Magic ,huh , this is exciting isn't it.

  Lyra looks over to me, ''Hey aren't you listening its rude to not pay attention when a lady is speaking you know'' Saying this she moves away at lightning speed around 10 metres ahead sparks of electricity left behind her as if she teleported.

  We are all left speechless. This really is a different world isn't it.

  ''I suppose I should do my job now should I, Ok lets me explain to all of you this is a different world and all blah blah blah and magic exists here and so far, as we know it only six ranks are known to exist''

  ''Ranks?'' Anya says

  ''Yeah ranks, oh wait you guys wouldn't know that as well, Ahh I'm being so stupid. Basically ranks are like a whole knew level that gives you more power than the one before, majority of the population who are mages will exist at ranks 1 and 2 and more talented individuals will normally spend a large portion of their life remaining at 3. Beyond that Rank 4 is a whole new qualitative breakthrough where only the elites of the world will break through. Like yours truly. Me!''

  Oskar asks, ''I just want to ask, you said only the elites of the world jump from rank 3 to 4 why is that?''

  Lyra look ups thinking, then responds, ''To try and put it simply as you advance the ranks of magic each mage will have a more diverse set of magic. So say for example, at ranks 1 to 2 two people may both use water magic, at these early stages the spells they use will be pretty similar however from rank 3 onwards this requires the mages to develop something called magic techniques which to put is simply a whole arsenal of magic spells used to create a singular move, or as I call them technique''

  She carries on, ''Only really talented individuals really create these techniques, its what separates and creates a power gap for mages who are the same rank, just know at rank 4 it requires something special to happen to truly advance but if any of you ever make it to that stage you will be informed as such.''

  Noah begins to ask ''You said that they are 6 ranks so what are the other 2?''

  Lyra puts her hands on her head, ''Ah yes, how could I forget again, well today there are only five rank 5s who are alive. one of them is the King who you have all met and the other 4 are all leaders of their respective Kingdoms''

  ''And finally Rank 6 the rank which has only been seen once in history, only achieved by the great hero, the man on par with the heavens, Great Hero Valerian Solace''

  Lyra pulls out a map,'' Here look let me show you something cool!'' she starts the point at what looks to be like an island surrounded by light

  ''An island?'' I say confused

  Her eyes light up speaking with her chest pumped out, ''That's the island the Great Hero created sacrificing his life to protect the world''

  Dorian's eyes open slightly wider,'' Sacrificed his life''

  Lyra replies, ''That island used to be connected to the main continent, the people who were alive during the Great Hero's era used to call it the devils continent, a place thriving with millions of monstrous raised by the Great Enemy, Death incarnate, the demon king who raised a massive army of his own to try eradicate the world. The Hero with his dying breath forced himself to advance to the next rank (Rank 6) giving himself godly power and with a singular strike separated the devils continent from the mainland killing the demon king.''

  ''You see that wall of light surrounding the devils continent that's the aftermath of the Great Hero's dying strike which stops any monsters from leaving the island''

  I point towards the map, ''So I assume we are in the Stormguard Kingdom what are these other places around us''

  Lyra point to a desert east towards the Stormguard kingdom which is positioned to the west of the main continent, ''That's the Holy Kingdom led by Lucedor Valmont, I wouldn't get involved with him he's a bit of a nutjob if you ask me, to the north is the northern kingdom led by Valeria Pyrrhen its quite cold there, to the south of us is the Zephyr Kingdom and finally neighbouring us not to far away is the Veyrden Kingdom led by Queen Seraphine, we are quite friendly with them maybe you'll get to meet them''

  She claps her hand together, ''Alright that's enough explaining for today now all of you will create your first mana core and advance to rank 1!''