Prologue: Lan. The New Prophecy

Here is the prologue for Unities: Myths Brought Together by DarkCyberWolf.

The New Prophecy
My name is Lan Castle.

My friend Ian and a man called Reshem (that's what his nametag says) both think I am the one who is destined to lead the New Level heroes in the Prophecy of Eight against the Ouroboros.

And now Reshem was back.

''"Good morning, Lan," he said to me. He'd only just gotten used to calling me Lan. "I assume you've been paying attention to the New Level heroes?"''

''"Yeah," I told him. "The rentals are at Camp Half-Blood looking for the other four, while the other four are at Ny Ragnarok looking for the rentals. Why can't Eddie Jaden just use the scouter thing to track down the other four?"''

''"I suspect the Ouroboros is doing what it can to prevent them from finding one another," Reshem said. "So there is only one way to bring them to the same place."''

''"Have them both independently go somewhere?" I asked. "Like, a place where they both would go, and they just 'happen' to be there at the same time?"''

"Precisely. Now, Frank Zhang's grandmother once said that China was similar to Rome..."

''"Rome," I realized. "The rentals have Camp Jupiter on their side, and the other four have Mount Penglai. If we could get all eight of them to Rome at the same time..."''

''"We can unite the New Level heroes," Reshem concluded. "Of course, there is a little issue of getting all eight of them there. However, I'm pretty sure that if anyone can deliver the message, it would be me."''

''I chuckled. It felt unnatural, a reminder of how long it's been since I'd last laughed. "Yeah, it would be you."''

"I'll be back soon," Reshem said before vanishing.