Yggdrasil - The Devil and The World Tree

-One-

It has been almost fifty years since the world of Luto had faced a great darkness which brought its people to the end of their existence as creatures from the nether realm known as demons. The people of Luto had suffered for a long time in the time of darkness from these demons.

But one day as if they came when they were truly needed two heroes had come out of nowhere to fight off this blight from these lands.

The first was a man named Lord Patrick Bahamut, who was a skill martial artist who was trained by the dragons. In his time, he was known as world’s strongest human.

The second man who swore to fight off the blight was a man named Robert Alistair, who was skilled with a sword and was given the name The Dragon Swordsman, he was also a powerful Esper User.

An Esper is a special type of human that was created from the Esper User and a spiritual being. An Esper can transform into a weapon that can be used by their user in combat. Robert’s Esper was a young woman named Terra Godslayer, and she was known as the bane of evil.

They would travel the world for many years helping those in need. But one day they reached the end of their journey. They find the source of the darkness a very powerful and strong demon. They would go into a hard-fought battle with this vile creature and in the end they would come out victorious from this battle and restore peace to the lands of Luto, but this was not the end as the creature in a last resort would explode to take its slayers with them.

When the dust cleared both Patrick and Robert would look in shock and horror as they saw that Terra had saved them sacrificing her own life for theirs. Robert would mourn her death.

After the battle and peace restored to the world, Robert would mysteriously disappear never to be seen again not even by his family and for Patrick, he would go on and live the rest of his day in peace and began to teach his knowledge to next generation after him until he would pass away with loved ones present and in peace.

Patrick would also create with some other a new way to prevent another age of darkness, he would make an organization called The Demon Hunters Association, or simply the DHA to help fight the future demon threats that one day will happen.

Patrick’s story may have been over, but a new one was now unfolding. This is the story of The Devil and The World Tree. The Story of The Delinquent Devil, Ryze Alistair…

-Two-

In the present day, in the Royal City of New Lotham in the busy city streets where our tale begins. Where a young man was in search for someone. He was wearing a school uniform which belong to the Royal Lotham Academy, which was in a dark blue color. He had messy black hair with light-colored skin. He had dark purple eyes. This Young man was named Cyrus Alistair, and he is the grandson of Robert Alistair and Patrick Bahamut. Cyrus was looking through the busy streets in search of someone.

Where the hell is he? If mother finds out he is skipping again, she going to kill me too,” Cyrus in deep thought as he looked through the busy street.

Cyrus looks around for a bit before he would spot the young man he has been searching for. He looked just like Cyrus, but he had spiky brown hair with light-colored skin with a bit of a tan. He had sky blue eyes. He wore same school uniform, but it was a bit messy as if he did not care to wear the uniform. This young man name is Ryze Alistair, and he is the older twin brother, and he is a bit of a delinquent when it comes to his school.

“RYZE!” Cyrus shouted to get Ryze’s attention.

Ryze turns and looks and would give a sigh as he was trying to give Cyrus earlier, but he found him.

“Hey, school is this way,” Cyrus said as he got closer to Ryze.

“Yeah, about that. I think today I am going to skip school,” Ryze would respond to him.

“What? You know that would be the fourth in a row this week?” Cyrus questioned him as he heard that.

“Your right, you know maybe I am better off just to quit school. I never like it any way,” Ryze said as he turned back around and walk away from his brother.

“Hey, wait… Damn it. Well, I give up on him. He can deal with mother later when he comes home,” Cyrus as he turns and begin to walk to school’s direction.

-Three-

Ryze would appear in front of building which was an arcade full of games. He tends to come here when he skips school as of late.

“I guess it time to see if I can beat my own high score today,” Ryze said as he had cash to play a couple of games in there.

Ryze would enter the arcade which magically teleported him without noticing as it seems someone has paid attention to where he has been going since he has been skipping school a lot lately.

-Four-

He would find himself at the academy inside his home classroom in school looking very confused on how he got here.

“Huh? How the hell did I end up here?”

Before Ryze began to think about how he would end up here in this room, he would hear someone come behind him. Ryze turned to look and would see it was his twin brother, Cyrus, who would enter the classroom they stood in.

“Oh, Ryze? Did you change your mind about coming to school today?” Cyrus asked as he thought Ryze was skipping.

“No, it just I appeared here. I was about to enter the arcade and then I appeared here,” Ryze tells him what has happened on why he was here in school now.

“It sounds like maybe someone has put a curse on you or something?” Cyrus would begin to theorize on what is going on with Ryze.

Ryze would begin to think a bit before he would say who was the one that has put this strange curse on him, “It has to be Nightingale that has done this to me.”

“Yes, I think you may be right on that one,” Cyrus seemed to think so as well now that Ryze said it.

“To think that witch would do this to me,” Ryze seemed very angry on this revelation.

“Well, what can you do?”

“I’ll just have to leave from here then,” Ryze as he goes and leaves out the classroom door.

Cyrus watches as Ryze leave the classroom on for Ryze, by magic would appear coming in the door from the back of the classroom.

“Huh? Damn, she must have made where I can’t leave this room,” Ryze seems more surprised again.

“It seems she wants you to go to school. She must be talking to mother about it.”

“Great, I guess I have no choice then,” Ryze, who seems to have given up and sits at his desk.

Cyrus sets his bag on his desk, “Well, School not that bad. We have only two years of it left, Ryze.”

“I just don’t care for this learning shit anymore. I think I want to become a hunter just like gramps was.”

“Well, Mom at least wants you to finish school first. Plus, Anna would want you to finish as well.”

“Anna, it been six years since we forge a contract and she is still in elementary. I also think she does not want to be a weapon that kills creature,” Ryze explains about his Esper, Anna. “What do you think she was before she was a spirit?”

“That is unknown. She probably does not even remember being a spirit before she gained a form,” Cyrus using his knowledge of Esper.

“Right. I can barely remember making it in the first place.”

“That is normal. When a contract form between a Human and Esper, the contract tends to be kept secret. You also had Esper Sickness after which is an after effect of forging a contract with an Esper,” Cyrus explained.

“Right, I was sick for weeks.”

They would see a young man enter the classroom, it was another student, who they both knew from chilDHAod. He was around the same height as them. He wore the same uniform as them, he wore a red armband on his right arm on his bicep which said “Class President.” He had black hair with light color skin. His eyes were green and were like emeralds. He was a noble in the city of New Lotham, his name is Johan Ripply and he also been friends with these two since chilDHAod.

“Good morning, Johan,” Cyrus greets him.

“Morning, Cyrus…and Ryze? He I thought you would be skipping again,” Johan as he saw them.

“Not today it seems, Nightingale has put a curse on me,” Ryze explain his situation.

“I guess she not playing around. Well, if you need help with anything. I am glad to help you out,” Johan smiled.

“Thanks, but I won’t need it. You have always been a good friend to me. You’re not like those other noble scumbags in school,” Ryze appreciates his offer.

“It not always about the money or where you are born. We are all the same, we are people trying to survive life in our own way,” Johan explained his view.

“You have a point there,” Ryze seems to agree with him.

They would see someone else enter the classroom a man who was slightly older at least in his early twenties. He wore a black causal suit with a white dress shirt underneath. He wore a blue tie with a pin of a gold tree on it. He wore dress pants that matched with black dress shoes. He had black spiky hair with light-colored skin with blue eyes which he wore black tinted sunglasses over.

This was Ryze and Cyrus’ Elder Brother. His name is Judas Alistair, and he was a Demon Hunter for his trade and a very famous one called The Sword of New Lotham.

“Oh, this is a surprise. I had no idea you would be here today, Bro?” Cyrus asked as he saw Judas enter the class.

“Yeah, Miss Nightingale asked if I could sub in today in this class. But I think it is to watch our favorite troublemaker if I am honest,” Judas as he walks to the teacher desk and sits in the chair and puts his feet up.

“So, she got me a babysitter in other words,” Ryze responded.

“Yeah, at least it me and no one strict on you,” Judas continues. “I tried to explain to both mother and miss Nightingale about you just quitting school and becoming a hunter like me. You could have joined the DHA right now if they agreed to it.”

“Yeah, I wished they listen to you.”

“I feel you, but once mom gets pissed off and she don’t stop that easy. It is feeling a bit hot today. Ryze, be a good younger brother and open a window before I melt like ice cream,” Judas as he starts to sweat.

Ryze would get up and do what he was asked by Judas and begin to open one of the windows of the room, but before he thought about opening another window. Ryze would go outside through the open window which was not affected by the curse he has.

“Oh?” Cyrus questioned as he saw this.

“I guess it don’t work on the windows here. I see you guys later, I’m out of this dump,” Ryze as he takes off from school.

“Well, I guess he found a way out. He not dumb as he looks it seems,” Judas comments as he watches Ryze leaves school.