Synthetic Survivor: Machine Age

The faint light of the two celestial bodies orbiting the world shone through the monastery, illuminating the vivid images on the stained glass windows. The light shone on the large circle in the middle, revealing from the darkness the imagery of vile beasts and symbols of worship used by the Freetan Theocracy. The pope was on his knees, his hands were clasped as he prayed to the gods and goddesses of magic.

His lips moved to the words he was speaking in his thoughts, the pope was a middle-aged man of frail stature, he wore a white cassock with attached Pellegrini and a pectoral cross suspended from a gold cord. He also wore a papal tiara with the image of a dragon embroidered on it. The dragon was blue in color and resembled the coat of arms of the Freetan Theocracy and its connections to the Goddess of Blue Magic.

The pope was alone, he continued to pray for half an hour without rest. Ten elite mages were outside the monastery, keeping guard of the praying pope. The ten elite mages were a part of the Papal Scripture, an elite group of mages dedicated to solely serving and protecting the pope of the theocracy and carry out his orders without question.

The leader of the scripture was Vilvintine Requina, a beautiful woman of great stature with blue eyes and white skin, she was a devote follower of the theocracy and the sole survivor of the Requina Dynasty. She wore a golden armor which was enhanced by a magic curse embedded on the c.h.e.s.t plate. She had a wide knowledge of spells and magic itself, coupled with her fast reflexes and high mobility, she was the perfect mage assassin.

Vilvintine stood at the main entrance of the monastery, her eyes were fixated to the door as she focused her magic on her senses. Focusing one's inner magic power on a specific attribute would greatly improve one's attribute as long as the magic power is not overused or depleted. There were no intruders for tonight.

The Pope finished his prayers and stood from the middle of the circle, he clapped his hands to call the ten mages outside. Vilvintine and the nine other mages quickly went inside the room and formed a line. They bowed to the pope as the pope summoned a chair behind him and sat down.

The pope looked disappointed, he was looking directly at Vilvintine, Vilvintine ignored the pope's gazes.

"The Goddess visited me" The pope announced, the news stunned the Papal Scripture, it was a rare occasion for a deity to visit a mortal, even the pope! they were all amazed and frightened at the same time.

"She warned me, of a coming danger" The pope's voice was deep and felt greasy.

"The criminal sect known as the Yuhin Magic Association has summoned demons into our land" One of the mages lifted his head and said with confidence.

"We can take them on, demons are of no-"

"Your ignorance baffles me Theo, why can't you see through the stereotypes labeled by society" The pope's voice was stern, the mage bowed his head and apologized.

"These demons were made of metal, strong metal and possess magic we have never seen before. The goddess warned that these demons were once vanquished by the holy hosts of angels and confined to their world, now they've been unleashed against us"

The Papal Scripture began to feel a sense of unease.

"These demons of metal have already taken a settlement from Yuhin, a coming storm will soon cleanse the Yuhin Kingdom of its people"

The pope turned to look at Vilvintine.

"Vilvintine, for being the most outstanding mmage in the theocracy, I order you to stall this evil by whatever means necessary. Bring the Papal Scripture with you"

Vilvintine gave out a faint shout and went on her knees, the rest of the mages followed suit. The pope was mostly confident he could stave off this demonic invasion. But he was unprepared to face the storm that would soon blow through the continent like a hurricane with monstrous winds.

The Papal Scripture were dismissed and they left the pope alone. The pope sat quiet, he seemed to be waiting for someone.

A blue orb of light slowly manifested above him, the orb had small shards flowing around it. The orb then slowly took the shape of a beautiful woman of fine physique, her ample c.h.e.s.t and curved waists were perfectly balanced as a blue dress of magnificence covered her exposed toils. The woman shined blue and stared at the pope, the pope looked up and a smile came out of his face.

"Goddess Of Blue Magic"

The woman slowly descended to the ground. She was smiling as she frisked her fingers and summoned a small fan. She fluttered the fan towards her and remained standing.

"This place is confining" The goddess complained.

The pope could only nod and offer her some tea he made from magic.

"Magic tea? I've grown tired of it. Let's go forward with the matters currently at hand" The goddess' voice was stern, dwarfing even that of the pope. The pope sipped on the magic tea instead and listen to the goddess.

"I can't believe the fools in Yuhin managed to summon those vile beasts into our world. And I am mostly disappointed in you and your theocracy. We deities entrusted you to maintain the magic law we passed down on your world, how could you be so laid back?"

"It was only a minor setback, we never expected the criminal sect to actually succeed in opening a portal"

"Hah, call it what you will, what they've done was not only break one of the 12 sacred laws, they summoned the demons we vanquished to hell"

Another smile appeared on the pope's face.

"They'll be no match against our magic casters, a simple tier 6 spell will close that portal"

The goddess sighed in disappointment.

"You underestimate them too much, I'll let you learn in your own accord. For now, continue whatever you're planning with the Papal Scripture. We deities won't intervene until you failed if you do fail to make sure you are no longer breathing. The punishment will be eternal if you do"

"Very well"