Novels by wings of chaos

The Market District was massive in scale and messy in every way. Hundreds of people crowded the narrow alleys between stalls, some haggling, some arguing, and others just browsing with sharp, suspicious eyes, always questioning the price or the quality of what was being sold.Through his Death Sight, Devon could see the place was packed beyond belief. Thousands of people, a dozen powerful champions, and the cold, hollow signatures of Guardians standing evenly spaced apart, watching everything with silent vigilance.“Don’t wander off,” Grendel muttered in a low voice. “Don’t get separated, and don’t buy anything without all of us agreeing first.”They moved as one group through the main thoroughfare. Stalls lined both sides, selling anything imaginable.Weapons hung from racks on display. Swords, spears, war axes, bows and arrows, and even strange weapons Devon had never seen before. Some glowed faintly with enchantments, while others looked plain but were clearly well-crafted.Floatin

The evening meeting was more crowded than the afternoon one. All the champions were present, along with Williams, Lee, and several other key people in front of their alliance.Grendel stood at the head of the table, looking more rested than he had earlier. “Alright, reports. Devon, Seichi, what did you two pick up?”Devon explained their talk with Frida, including the warnings about the mega faction and the Market District info.“Viktor,” Grendel repeated the name while rubbing his beardy jaw. “Yeah, I know that name. A Rank, Odin’s golden boy. Strong as hell, but his ego bigger than a mountain. If he’s building a mega faction, that’s trouble.”“Should we try talking to them?” Ignatia asked. “You know, try to make friendly ties or something?”“No,” Valdris interjected from his corner. “Groups like that don’t do friendship. They want followers, subordinates. If we approach, they’ll smell weakness.”“So we just ignore them?” Seichi asked.“For now,” Grendel decided. “We stay neutral. Do

The tall woman saw them approaching and immediately straightened her posture.“Can I help you two with something?” she asked with an unfamiliar accent. Maybe somewhere Nordic or Scandinavian.“We are looking for an information exchange,” Devon directly said without any preamble. “We are trying to understand how this whole place works.”The woman studied them closely for three minutes, clearly assessing their threat level. “You two are from the Alliance, I've heard. The group that killed the Corruption Titan, right?”“Yeah, that's us,” Seichi confirmed.“Fine. I'm Frida of Freya,” she said, extending her hand in a friendly gesture. Devon shook her hand, and felt her grip was surprisingly strong for a woman.“I'm Devon of Anubis. Nice to meet you.”“Seichi of Susanoo, good to meet you too,” Seichi shook her hand.Frida nodded her head and smiled. “Come on. We’ll talk inside.”She led them inside one of the main buildings. The interior was sparse but clean. Stone floors, simple wooden fu

“Lol, stop brooding. Your sister is fine. This place has rules,” Ignatia said when she arrived and saw Devon was watching with worry to his sister.“Rules can be croken,” Devon replied without looking at her, still staring at where Raline had disappeared. “We’ve already seen that happen.”“True enough,” Ignatia admitted. “But look over there.”She pointed toward the center of the plaza, where golden figures were appearing throughout the space. They looked like soldiers made of living gold, wearing armor with no visible seams and their eyes glowed without emotions. Each one carried a spread and moved like a machine.[Zone Guardians Active][Peacekeepers authorized to enforce neutrality][Lethal force permitted against rule violators]“Those things stopped a fight earlier when we first arrived,” Ignatia said, now her voice became serious. “The guardians appeared and everyone shut up real fast.”‘Hmmm…’They were the enforcers of the rules and probably absurdly strong if they can make do

Devon watched a group of maybe thirty people appear to their left, all were human from what he could see at this distance. They were led by a tall woman with a massive two handed axe strapped across her back. The weapon looked like it weighed at least forty pounds, but she carried it like it weighed as nothing.To the right, another group of fifty people with a young champion materialized, perhaps not yet reaching twenty years old, and similar to Ignatia, flames were circling his body naturally even while standing still.‘So many people. And these are just the ones in our arrival zone…how many zones are there exactly in total?’[WELCOME TO NEUTRAL GROUND - ZONE ALPHA-7][Safe period: 90 days][No combat permitted within boundaries][Violation results in immediate elimination][Facilities available: Housing, Training Grounds, Market, Library, Medical Center]The notification appeared in every champion's vision for five seconds, giving all time to read it completely. Then it faded away

An hour later, all 472 participants, which Grendel now called them as the alliance, gathered in one particular spot in one of the arena’s sides.Devon stood with the other champions at the front, looking out at the faces of people who had fought against the Corrupted Titan beside him.Grendel was the one who did the talking, his voice could be heard in the entire arena easily with one of his abilities.“First, congratulations everyone. We all have survived the First Round and that puts all of us in the top ninety percent of all participants.”A few weak cheers rose up, but most were just listening. Everyone was exhausted to give any cheering applause right now.Grendel ignored the silence and continued. “Second, we will tell you some information. This tournament is bigger than we all may have thought. We're probably not just fighting humans, we will fight other races, with perhaps thousands of champions. But that's a guess.”Murmurs started to spread through the gathered crowd.“The g