Under a huge banyan tree, several kids were listening to an old woman who was telling the story of the great demon king. She had a head full of white hair and a kind smile which gave off the wisdom of her age.
Looking at the little ones who were listening to her attentively, she continued with an approving nod.
"In the ancient times, our world was ruled by elemental beings. During that time, we humans were slaves to them. Compared to us humans who had attribute-less magic cores, elemental beings had attributed cores which were one hundred times stronger than ours."
"It cannot be said they mistreated us completely, if not for the protection from the elemental beings, we would have become food for the magical beasts which roamed the world at that time. This relationship between humans and elemental beings would have continued like this, but one incident broke the peace of the world once and for all."
"During a ritual conducted by the elemental beings to please the primordial gods, they used ten thousand humans as sacrifice, leaving the entire human race in fear and anger."
"The elemental beings did not care much about this though, for them we humans were just livestock, which should be protected since they could be used for free labour. As they predicted, all the commotion died down in just a few days and the world began working as usual."
"But what no one expected was that a human boy, who lost his family because of their cruelty, would leave the human settlements and venture deep into the forest in search of a way to seek revenge for his loved ones."
"He roamed the forest for years, constantly battling magical beasts and honing his skills to the maximum. During this time he found out a hidden talent of the human race, the ability to combine different elements to give birth to a much stronger element , which was comparable to the elemental cores of the elemental beings."
"He called it the Chaos element, which paved a body cultivation path unique to us humans."
"After five hundred years, that man appeared in front of the world as a completely different person. Like a devil he hunted the elemental beings."
"Men, women, kids or even newborns he hunted them without any hesitation or mercy. even the primordial gods of the elemental beings who tried to stop this massacre died under his blade like common people"
"An entire race was wiped out from the face of the world by that one person. Over the years that followed, that man came to be known throughout the world as the great demon king, the sovereign ruler of the entire world."
"In the end, all the primordial gods descended to the world to put an end to this cruel dictator. The demon king's army and the primordial gods clashed with one another, nearly destroying the entire world under their godly powers."
"The war between the demons and gods continued for five long years. In the end, both sides were destroyed completely. The ten generals of the demon king were killed and their bodies were sealed in the Demon Sealing Mountain."
"The demon king's body was cut into one thousand pieces and thrown into the cosmic sea, never to appear in the world again. "
"Even though the primordial gods won the battle, they also paid a heavy price for this victory."
"Most of them died. The few who survived were heavily injured or exhausted. In the end, they began living on earth with the normal humans. over generations, they entered into marital relationships and gave birth to powerful humans, who became the new rulers of this world "
"Humans we see today are descendants of those primordial gods. And the mountain we are staying in is the place where the ten demon generals are sealed for eternity. According to the ancient records, it was due to the power of the seal in the mountain, that no matter what your cultivation outside Demon Sealing Mountain is, inside you can only have power equivalent to a mortal realm cultivator," the old woman finished her story with a long sigh.
"Grandma, I heard that sacred beasts in the Demon Sealing Mountain are born from the blood of the ten demon generals. And if anyone can make them their shaman spirit, then they will awaken the divine ability of the demon generals. Is it true?" one of the little boys who appeared to be around twelve years old asked curiously.
The old woman nodded her head, "It is true, but hunting a sacred beast is extremely dangerous. Even in history, all those who did so succeeded only by pure luck..."
Just as she was about to speak more, one burly man ran towards the banyan tree with an anxious look on his face, "Great Elder Lilly, we are under attack. The blood fiends have captured our hunting team. They are demanding ten soul capturing crystals for their release."
Lilly frowned, "Which team is captured?"
"Eagles. They sent a message that the captain of the team will be burned in their blood pond until their demand is satisfied," the burly man said with gritted teeth.
"My sister..." The relaxed expression on Draven's face was replaced by terror when he heard this.
He ran towards the old woman and fell on his knees, "Please grandma, rescue my sister. They will kill her..."
Lilly looked at the little boy who was kneeling and crying before her with heartache. She helped the boy up and consoled him, "Don't worry, grandma will go there immediately. Even if we have to give up one thousand soul capturing crystals, I will bring her back..."
Draven wiped the tears from his eyes and nodded. Lilly patted the boy's head and left with the burly man.
Draven's parents had died in a beast tide four years ago. From then on, it was his elder sister who looked after him. Being the captain of one of the famous hunting teams of the Heavenly Hand Tribe, she was a tenth stage mortal realm cultivator and had some name in the village.
So even though Draven lost his parents, she did not let him feel the void created by their absence.
Now when he heard his big sister was in danger, Draven's heart felt as though someone was squeezing it.