The Seer

On a military base hidden in an unnamed valley, Target and Nameless Agent walked towards a large airship looking building. The building looked like a blip carrying a large battleship. It was enormous and at first sight, one would take it for an actual airship that was ready to battle invaders. Viewing from above the valley, no activity could be seen in the valley. It was simply empty with birds perching on trees. One would only witness the greatness of the place upon entering it. The entire base however looked like a miniature city.

The two walked on in silence for a few minutes before Target broke their silence. "You were part of them, weren't you?" he asked looking towards Nameless Agent.

"Part of who?" Nameless Agent stared at him in confusion.

"Those who went on that expedition. The one that almost destroyed humanity"

"What expedition? I have no idea what you are talking about." Nameless Agent feigns ignorance. Deep down, the question really startled him. It came out of nowhere and wasn't a question he expected anyone to ask. But he didn't show any emotions and just continued walking.

"Why doesn't anybody want to talk about it?"

Nameless Agent frowned and his face twitched beneath the mask. He turned to Target and dismissively said "Target stop spouting all sort of nonsense around me. I'm getting sick of it". Without paying him any more attention, he walked away leaving him behind.

Target stared at the back of the departing Agent with a long sigh before deciding to follow. He quickly caught up yelled towards him trying to get his full attention this time. "Why is everyone ignoring me when raise this topic huh? You, Wei Long, everyone is just pretending all this is over when those infected are ticking time bomb right in front of us" he furiously declared drawing the attention of all nearby.

Target couldn't keep his emotions in check any longer. He was so angry he didn't realize he had just said something he shouldn't have. But it was too late to regret now.

BOOM!

Before he could say any more, an explosion rocked the entire valley. The battleship looking building exploded with a black mist like substance. It looked mist but it wasn't. As everyone watched, the mist like substance began to spread to all corners of the valley.

Upon seeing the phenomenon, Nameless Agent and Target looked at each other and without a word began running towards the exit of the valley with all the strength they could gather. A highspeed aircraft exited the black mist and hovered in front of the two as the cargo door slowly opened.

They both run in without hesitation and it sped out of the base. Back in the base others were running towards the exit of the valley whiles the curious ones stood inspecting the mist. Within 30 seconds after the jet exited the base, the entire base was shrouded in the black mist.

Within the blink of an eye, the black mist like substance disappeared, taking along with it the base and everything within. Looking at the base from outside now, one would only see a big crater in the earth. One that resembles something being forcefully gouged out of the ground.

In the deepest part of an ancient looking underground building, a large conference table is surrounded by ten people. These ten were all in red robes with hoods. Upon the robes were golden looking characters that looked like runes. Due to how dark the room was, one could barely see the faces of all present. Unlike normal conference rooms, there were no chairs in there hence they all stood looking towards an open door.

A figure walks in slowly carrying a small red crystal orb about the size of an egg. Unlike the others, his robe was pitch black and he had a mask on his face. As he approached the table, one of the men spoke to him "Mr Seer do you have anything to tell us?"

"If I didn't would I be here?" the seer said in annoyance.

"Please sir do not take it the wrong way. I was merely..." before he could finish, he was cut off by a stern look. He swallowed hard and did not say anymore.

The seer placed the orb on the table and began chanting in an unknown language very quickly while lifting his head. As he spoke, the red orb shone brightly for a few seconds before gradually dimming.

The seer lowered his head and continued his incantations silently for close to half an hour with the orb shining and dimming continuously within that period. After he was done, he looked at them coldly and said "Fourteen years from now, seven young heroes are going to be birthed in Camcot city. These seven would have the power to ascend, and they will foil your plans."

The faces of all those there began to twitch as their foreheads were covered in cold sweat. They began to stare at each other without saying anything. One could tell how scared they were. For them, it was the worst news they could ever receive.

A mysterious smile crept onto the face of the seer and he thought [Finally, the time has almost come for me to get rid of these bloody ingrates]

"Do you happen to know who this seven are? Like their names or where they stay or what they look like?" one of the red robed figures asked.

[Of course I don't. Even if I did, I wouldn't tell the likes of you]

But he didn't dare say that. He turned to the one who spoke and coldly said "What do I look like, a recording machine or a time traveler? I only see figures and occurrences I don't see faces or whatever the hell you are asking for. Seriously you ask for too much"

The face of the speaker looked glum as she said "Is there perhaps anyway to deal with the problem. I'm pretty sure there should be a way"

"Look here lady, what you are asking of me is impossible. How about you go find someone else to help with that instead of trying to drive me crazy asking for the impossible"

She gnashed her teeth fighting the urge to yell at him. After all he was the best seer there is. She didn't want to p@#s him off so she just had to hold in all that anger and pretend nothing had happened. She taught [You just wait old man. When this is all over, I'm coming for your head]

With a wry smile, she said "How about the occurrences. Is there any that might help us locate them?"

He hesitated a bit and said "There is in fact one"

Hearing this, they all felt a bit relieved at the thought of being able to locate and eliminate the aforementioned threats. Another quickly said "Well tell us then"

He looked at then with disdain and proceeded by saying "A storm will rage and the earth will quake. Their presence would cause the sun to be blocked by the moon and the ocean to invade the lands. The true master of fire shall be birthed there and all eight shall ascend"

"What's that supposed to mean?" one man asked calmly. His face however was the complete opposite.

"You would know when the time comes" he said and proceeded to leave without looking back.