\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everyone! Listen up!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d A man with greying hair yelled to an audience of what appeared to be royal soldiers. They were the Monte Cristons.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have word from the Seekers,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the man proclaimed as the audience began to halt their chatter to eachother. The seekers were important.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Seekers have informed us of the new location of the Phoenix Soul.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d There were hushed gasps in the crowd.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Soul has reincarnated in Dexterity.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nAt this, the crowd’s voices roared with yells, shouts, profane comments, and objections. So many things were being said at once that deciphering any of it would have been impossible.<\/p>\n
Dexterity was a country of outlaws. Uncivilized and in a constant civil war. It was mostly blockaded from the rest of the world, although the walls had begun to degrade. Hundreds of years a go, Dexterity had been established to throw all the most dangerous and most vicious criminals into. Over time, the country had developed into its own community, established its own government. It even had public schools. However, it was years behind the civilization of other countries. It didn’t have half the technology of the others, and that alone made the country a world of its own.
\nNeedless to say, no one wanted to go there.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Calm down!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The speaker shouted, pounding his fist on his podium. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Calm yourselves!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nThe clamor of the audience began to cease. That was, until one man spoke above the crowd.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Can we not simply leave her there?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the anonymous man questioned. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If she self detonates, the country will be destroyed.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
The old man behind the podium frowned. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Are you suggesting, Oberon, that Dexterity must<\/em> be destroyed?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The room went quiet.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am merely implying, Sir, that the world may be no worse if we did not pursue this particular reincarnation,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The younger man named Oberon replied.<\/p>\n The older man gasped with disgust. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have dedicated our lives to stop the Prophecies,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the old man continued, his hands gripping the podium with such strength that his knuckles had turned white. The crowd began to murmur again. It was clear none of them wanted to leave the country of Monte Cristo. <\/p>\n Infuriated, the speaker began to scream. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is the duty of the Monte Cristons to–\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n One man stepped forward through the crowd. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I will do it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he stated, interrupting the speaker. He was wearing a white long sleeved shirt, black vest with gold trim, black pants and a cape of the same color. His shoes were black with gold toes, and he carried a golden hilted rapier inside an ornate scabbard at his side.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I will go to Dexterity.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n His name was Edmond Dantes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"series":[30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.khat.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Are we not Monte Cristons?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he shouted.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Is it not our duty to our country to save any<\/em> country or city from the curse of the Phoenix?! Our very nation was founded on the task!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The room remained quiet as a look of disparity reigned from the crowd.<\/p>\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Even if it includes a country we may not be particularly fond of, it is our duty<\/em> to protect them from this Soul. And it is our honor<\/em> that will allow us to continue our venture \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to accomplish our mission \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to kill the Phoenix Soul!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The man behind the podium glared at his citizens.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Now who will go to this foreign land to collect the Phoenix? Who will brave Dexterity?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n