9 THRONES

CHAPTER 1: THE MONSTER BOY

In the island nation located on earth, there is a small town that does not have any specificity compared to other cities.

In the city, there is a small house located in the suburbs.

"Mother, sorry! Vann will not make the mother angry anymore, Vann must have followed what the mother said!", the sound of the cry of the little boy was heard from the house.

The neighbors of the house must have heard the screams, but they just acted as if they didn't know because they knew that the woman who lived in this house was pretty crazy.

Previously the person who lived in this house was a good family without any problems.

A few years ago, the husband and wife separated.

It is not known where her husband went, the person who lived in this house was only a 5-year-old boy and his mother who was about 30 years old.

The boy was named Vann Trone, a child who had short red hair and red eyes that almost never met in the population of this country.

The sound of crying child cries is always heard from this house, the neighbors know that his mother often hit the child.

At first the neighbors tried to persuade her mother not to hurt her son again, but amid the persuasion, the neighbors were terrified of the mother's attitude.

The boy's mother always screamed like a madman that the child was not her child but a monster child, the neighbors were convinced that this madness of her mother was most likely due to the departure of her husband.

Frightened neighbors no longer dared to meet the child's mother, although they heard the cries and cries of the mother and child every day, they were always ignorant.

In the house, a little boy with short red hair and about 5 years old was lying on the floor crying in fear.

On the entire body of the child there are traces of wounds from blows to scratches.

On top of the child there is his mother who is now pressing the neck of the child is very strong using her own hands, because her neck is pressed so the child named Vann is difficult to breathe. If it continues like this, it's only a matter of time until Vann dies from suffocation.

Without caring for her child who might be about to die, the 30-year-old woman shouted "Silent! Giving birth is a mistake! You're not a human child, you're a monster! How could I possibly give birth to a monster child like you? How come? Die up! A monster child like you would rather not exist in this world".

Vann could feel that the pressure on his neck was getting stronger, he who had almost lost consciousness could only continue crying "Mother, sorry! Sorry Vann--".

But, no matter how much Vann cried, her mother did not remove her hand from Vann's neck.

When Vann sensed that he was very near death, he heard that the door of this house was opened violently and followed by a loud shout "You think what are you doing to our son? I don't mind you letting me out of this place, but as long as you dare to hurt our son, I won't let you go so easily-".

Before Vann could figure out what was going on, he felt like his consciousness was gone.

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"Kriyiv".

Vann opened his eyes slowly and stared at the noisy alarm clock above his bed.

After turning off the alarm clock, Vann stood up from his bed and breathed.

Again he dreamed of the incident 12 years ago, where he almost died.

It was fortunate that his father had arrived on time that day, otherwise Vann would not have been able to stand here alive.

Although to this day Vann still does not know the reason why his father ever left him with his mother, but a sure thing is that Vann knows that his father cares about him.

Vann opened the door of his room and walked down the stairs to the dining room.

Vann now lives in a villa that is quite luxurious in a small town, even the neighborhood around where he lives is a collection of villas that become home to the richest people in the city.

When he reached the dining room, Vann found a loaf of bread that had been prepared on the table with jam.

Vann's father was always in his room, but he had a strange rule that the tv in the dining room should always be turned on even if no one was watching. When Vann asked him why he was doing this, his father replied that he could always listen to the news on time.

Although Vann felt that the action was very strange and only spent money due to electricity costs, but his father set this rule stubbornly so that Vann did not refuse because his father was a person who made money.

Vann watched the news on tv while eating bread that was already wearing jam, currently a beautiful woman aged 30 years is a figure who is being interviewed on tv.

"Miss Irula, what do the throne holders think about the massive attack by monsters yesterday?", asked the interviewer.

Vann knew this figure of a woman, Irula was none other than part of the 15 Emperors who helped the throne holders protect this world.

About 15 years ago, suddenly there were 9 giant pillars in various places on earth.

Every day, there were countless monsters emerging from this pillar that attacked humans.

The governments of various countries work together to combine their military forces to overcome these monsters, but every time they fight, the human side is always defeated.

In the beginning there were only 9 pillars that appeared, but over time the number of pillars continued to increase which made the death of humans more and more.

Although the new pillars appear no larger than the 9 pillars that appeared the earliest, but this resulted in greater casualties on the human side.

When the military power could no longer overcome it and the humans were in the midst of despair, the figure of 9 people sitting on their thrones appeared on each pillar.

These 9 people sat on their thrones and flew over the sky without using any technology, they repelled the monsters back towards the pillars and gave the hope of victory to the humans.

The 9 throne holders even gave fatal injuries to the 9 main pillars, according to some who saw firsthand, that day, the, 9 monster figures who control the main pillar and fight against 9 throne holders.

Despite successfully inflicting fatal injuries, the throne holders still failed to destroy the entire pillar as well as some of them were also injured which made them decide to reconcile temporarily.

During this time of peace, the number of pillars and monsters belonging to the enemy continued to grow. This made the throne holders decide to form various academies that train humans to cultivate and then have the power to fight monsters to destroy their own pillars without the help of throne holders.

However, the resources that the throne holders can provide are very limited because humans cannot cultivate without the help of resources and knowledge of the throne holders.

Therefore, only the most talented people could have a chance of cultivating and fighting monsters.

Among the billions of humans on earth, there were at most only 1 million people who had the chance to cultivate, they were the ones who had the best talent in the world.

The throne holders are also not interested in power or managing all the academies that currently number in the hundreds around the world, hence they formed 15 Emperors who were the 15 strongest figures under the throne holders.

Except for the great war that could threaten the world, the throne holders almost never appeared in front of the people or television, they let the 15 Emperors replace their positions to train people to fight monsters.

There is some news that throne holders do this because the aura in their bodies is too frightening due to the power they have. So, if someone is too long with the throne holder, then they will go crazy because of the frightening aura.

The truth of the news is not yet known, but some people are quite convinced of this so that the reason that causes the throne holders is not often seen in front of everyone's eyes.

Therefore, almost all the throne holders have no family except the 4th and 9th throne holders.

But based on the news, the family of the 4th throne holder has been destroyed because his family was afraid and became crazy due to the pressure possessed by the 4th throne holder.

Losing his family, the 4th throne holder was devastated which left him never to go to war again.

Now, the 15 Emperors were figures who spoke of representing the throne holders in front of the people, especially the matter regarding the monster invaders.

This Irula was part of the 15 Emperors who worked for the 7th throne holder, he was dubbed as the Illusory Emperor.

Although the figure of the 9 throne holders was almost never seen again, the respect people had towards them was still very strong. Even the people still respected 9 throne holders more than 15 Emperors.

Among all those people, Vann also had so much respect for the throne holders that he was so interested in this news.