Phantom Guardians|Episode 5|

"How the hell can we trust you?! You just came out of nowhere, you're as suspicious as that Ivan fellow. Who knows, you could be one of the 4 royal assassins as well!!" Violet yelled.

"No need to yell young one, you can choose to either trust me or not, but either way, I saved both of your asses, and that's a fact.." Friedrich smiled.

"Don't play nice with us! Who are you with? Why'd you help us? How come you can summon phantom guardians too!? Answer me!!" Violet yelled again.

"Looks like you're not gonna stop yelling eh? Ok then. If you want answers, then why not come by our headquarters. Its located somewhere in the city not far from here." Friedrich pointed at the beautiful city they saw before.

"Fine, but I still don't trust you.." Violet said


"The hell you doing!? It could be a trap!" Shiroi smacked Violet on the head.

"I don't care, I need answers! I want to know about these 'phantom guardians'. I wanna know how to summon them! I wanna know what's my purpose in this life!!!" Violet screamed.

"Fine, whatever. But if we get trapped and somehow manage to escape, you owe me a soda." Shiroi laughed.

.:The Path leading to the City of the Phantom Sanctuary Guild:.

On the way to the city, more rogue phantom guardians appeared. About 10 of them ambushed Violet,Shiroi and Friedrich.

"Stand back both of you, I'll handle this."

Friedrich grabbed his scimitar from the scabbard on his waist and pointed it infront of him. He closed his eyes and muttered "Phantom Invocation!"

His scimitar glowed and the blade started to turn from silver to golden.

"Blade of Anubis, give me your strength!"

Friedrich started slashing all 10 rogue phantom guardians in such a fast motion that Violet and Shiroi couldn't see what was going on. When the dust settled, all 10 of them were dead and their body parts were slashed off everywhere. Blue-ish green phantom blood splattered everywhere and pools of the blood appeared on the dead bodies.

Violet and Shiroi were shocked and couldn't say a word. Friedrich spun his scimitar once to cleanse it from the blood and sheathed it back in its scabbard. "Now, shall we continue our journey towards the city?" he smiled.



As they were walking, Shiroi was curious and he stopped. "Can I ask just one question?" he said
Friedrich stopped and turned around, "Hmm? What is it?"
"What are the royal assassins?"
Friedrich took his glasses off and massaged the bridge of his nose lightly, "They're the assassins that work directly for the P.O.W's master. The highest ranking of all assassins working for the highest ranking leader of that organisation basically.

The 4 Royal Assassins of the Phantom Outcast Warriors. The top assassins that work directly for the Phantom Outcast Warriors' leader. These are assassins that were chosen for their high skill level and their mastery of each of their own Phantom Guardians. They're also ranked within themselves.

The Ace of Spades. The highest ranking of the 4 Royal Assassins.
The King of Hearts. Second highest ranking.
The Queen of Clovers. Second lowest ranking
The Jack of Diamonds. The lowest ranking of the 4.

Each of them wields a weapon that they have mastered and a highly experienced Phantom Guardian that they have self trained.

"To counter the 4 royal assassins, the P.S.G has their own division that resembles them. The Maverick Revolvers. And yours truly is one of them." Friedrich said while chuckling to himself.

"Wow, that was a long lecture..and how come I heard Ivan say you were one of the highest ranking professor?" Shiroi asked while scratching his back
"You should stop asking question if you don't want long answers smartass." Forked Tongue said.

"That's something that I cannot answer yet. You will have to wait till we reach the sanctuary." Friedrich replied.


"Why hasn't anyone answered my question? WHAT ARE PHANTOM GUARDIANS?!" Violet demanded an answer.


"Sheeesh Violet, you didn't have to scream you know." Shiroi said while digging his ear with his pinky.

"You're impatient aren't you?" Friedrich said. "Ok fine, I'll only answer this last question. No more questions until we get to the sanctuary."

"Fine by me." Violet said.

"Phantom Guardians. They're spectral souls that everyone in this world has. They are born from the emotions that we build over the span of our lifetime. Each Phantom Guardian has a different personality and differing powers. They can damage humans while humans cannot do anything to them unless they use methods that bypass the regular laws of phantom physics(whatever that is..) Phantom Guardians are actually born inside a human host. Inside, most Phantom Guardians just lay dormant and asleep, being inactive, until it is somehow awoken by any number of ways. The most common is when the host's emotions and feelings become so strong that they cannot be kept in anymore, the guardian will then be activated and awoken.

Once a guardian is awake, it can do one of two things. Stay inside the host until it thinks its the right time to come out or come out and try to take over the host, this will usually result in both the host and the guardian dead since the guardian has to share the same life force with the host. If the host dies, the guardian dies with it.

If the guardian decides to wait for the right time to come out, it's usually when the host is in danger and going to be killed. The guardian will then come out and aid the host. The host will then be able to summon the guardian if it has mastered the guardian's summoning technique. The technique differs and varies from each guardian. The host will from then onwards be called a phantom wielder whether he/she knows how to summon their guardian or not, it does not matter.

Rogue Phantom Guardians are guardians that are able to survive after killing their own hosts. It is quite uncommon for this to happen but the P.O.W has somehow found a way to enable this. RPG's become weak once their host dies and start to go wild and berserk. To keep themselves sane and strong, they usually target humans that have dormant PG's. They will rip open the host and eat the PG while it is still sleeping.

Phantom Guardians come in different shapes and sizes. Their powers and abilities differ from each other too. An experienced PG is usually much much stronger from an inexperienced PG. PG's that reach a certain stage that they cannot improve themselves anymore will then evolve to a higher stage that usually retains some of their old attributes while gaining new powers and abilities.

And there you have it, everything you need to know about Phantom Guardians." Friedrich said.


"Ok you know what, I take back what I said before, THIS takes the cake for being one heck of a long lecture!" Shiroi sighed after taking in all the information.

"So that's what Phantom Guardians are..finally one of my major question, answered in full. Thank you." Violet slightly bowed her head.
"Now that you know what we really are, why don't you challenge yourself to really put in an effort to summon me eh?" White Katana teased Violet.


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"Wait, so..Ivan was one of the strongest assassin?!" Shiroi said with his mouth gaping open.



Everyone smacked their forehead....