The Alderian continent had a vast territory, in which Argariz, the country of the demons, once was the Argariz Empire; the fall of the empire was provoked when from a great mountain range descended the humans who, driven by their greed, explored with the desire to find new territories. The demons drove the humans out of their lands, and then they returned with a huge army of thousands of wizards and warriors, desolated the villages and smaller towns near the mountain ranges, killed as many men as they could and kidnapped the women and children as spoils of war; that first invasion was repelled by Moraf Primero, the most powerful demon emperor that the kingdom of demons ever had, he commanded an army of demons, which was equivalent to half of the enemy army that camped at the foot of the mountain, it was a fierce battle that lasted three days and four nights, because the emperor did not allow the fatigue to placate them, his objective was to eradicate or expel the invaders, and in the end he achieved it; However, two decades later, the emperor Moraf was poisoned, and the title was acquired by Esmid the third, the fourth brother of the emperor, who executed almost all the sons of his brother, since Moraf, the third son of Moraf the first managed to escape and a civil war was formed, which lasted more than three decades; achieving in the end the accession to the throne of Moraf the second.
After defeating his uncle, he publicly executed him for having conspired with the enemy to seize power. However, the Argariz Empire had already lost a third of its territory to the humans, territory that Esmid the third had granted them in exchange for military support.
Moraf the second tried to recover the lands, but he realized his mistake, the humans outnumbered them, and he lost another portion of the territory; in the end he retreated and protected his borders for five decades, then he ceded his empire to Asgor the third, he trusted in the talent of his son, Asgor the third protected the borders for more than a century; It was with the son of Asgor the third, Densar the first, that the empire disappeared as such, because confident in the power they had acquired, he organized three attempts of conquests, causing great losses to the Argariz empire, in the end he was overthrown by the imperial ministers who renounced the name empire, creating the Argariz Republic.
"This is the historical perspective of demons; I imagine that humans must have shaped their own historical perspective, regarding the war between humans and demons," Mart thought as he closed the book he was reading in the library.
He then walked over to the student in charge of the library.
-Hello Emy, I wish to borrow these two books.
Emy took the books and registered them in a magic crystal and then said to her in her muffled voice:
-Student Mart Sevec, you requested the book entitled "Demonic Power Scales" and "Marrac Mountains (territory description)."
-Correct. -Said Mart as he received the books and left the library.
-Hello, I went to look for you in the classroom and you weren't there. -Selis expressed with a shy tone.
-That's right, I didn't pay you the two silver coins for yesterday's lunch, I'm sorry. -Evans expressed, at the same time that he took out three silver coins from his magic bag and handed them to Selis.
Then Marc walked away quietly with his books at his side, Selis raised her hand wanting to say something to him, but she didn't dare.
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In the cafeteria.
"It is a rather particular political system, the ministers run the republican council in the capital, but the great noble houses that survived the fall of the empire kept their territories and practically govern them with autonomy, and in return they deliver to the council 15% of the products, treasures, obtained throughout the year."
Evans found himself eating and thinking about part of what he had read in the books, as he knew that his lack of information could take its toll, because he had only read the first chapter of the novel "The Rise of a Hero".
-Hi Mart, what are you doing eating here? -It was the question asked by Serp, a demon with green eyes and blue sclerae, beige skin, light green hair and an athletic body.
"Where else am I going to eat?", Marc replied in his mind.
-Tell me, what's going on? -Mart asked, feigning disinterest, as that was not at all uncommon behavior for a despicable and irresponsible person.
-I thought we were going to work together in the Marrac Mountains.
"Why do you make it sound like we were going to commit a crime? What kind of friends did Mart have?", as he could not find answers for himself, he only replied to Serp:
-I formed another group; it will be another time.
Mart got up, and walked away from the cafeteria, while Serp's gaze darkened at the sight of him to then mutter:
-Bastard, you think you can use us and then leave; no, without proper compensation.
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"Apparently you made some troublesome friends," thought Mart who subtly watched Serp as he walked away.
"I must read these books tonight, then go to bed."
Mart went into his room, took a bath, put on a sweater and grey sleeping pants, sat down at the desk, he was going to read the book "Marrac Mountains (territory description)"; but suddenly he started thinking.
"Year XX32, isn't it seven years before that so-called hero finishes us off? The rise of the hero? You mean it cost him, that human who after graduating from the Alexandrian Academy acquired transcendental power what is he doing right now?"
Mart stood up and began to walk in circles, there was a great concern, if the country of the demons fell he did not have a good future ahead, the time he spent in his modern world, and the history classes he received back then, allowed him to have an idea of how bad the survivors of the fallen countries, nations, kingdoms or empires had it.
"Moraf, Moraf; right, it is the name of the antagonist who faced with perseverance until his last breath to Arian Istariar, who managed to defeat him with the power of love and friendship What is Moraf doing right now? Does he have imperial blood?
The more he thought the more he forgot about the books on the desk.