The book opened, revealing an ink-stained page, the first chapter of the novel. The first chapter was titled, "Darkness Enters the Mythical World of the Archipelago."
The title alone made Zorfi eager and enthusiastic to read the novel.
It tells the story of a mythical world where people carry out their respective activities and duties. The mythical world consists of various creatures: humans, animals, and mythical creatures such as demons, dragons, garudas, phoenixes, and many more. The humans there are medieval people, with a kingdom as their system of government.
The mythical world itself is not just one, but seven mythical worlds, each with its own distinct universe. A mythical god named Kiaruda Wijayakrama, known for his immense power and the most powerful, comes from the seventh world, the realm of the heavens. He created a large portal between the worlds in the heavens to foster mutual understanding and foster brotherhood between the worlds. Entry into the portal requires a person chosen by the god Kiaruda to guard the portal. These individuals are his subordinates, sent to guard the portal with their entire lives, bodies, and souls.
However, the limitation is that the portal cannot be accessed by anyone. Instead, access must be sequential, from world 1 to world 7. Despite this, all creatures, including humans, have no objections and are delighted to discover the existence of another world where they can communicate and share knowledge and experiences.
All inhabitants of the world now call God Kiaruda Wijayakrama "The God of the Seven Worlds" because he has established connections between the worlds, offering immense benefits, including the sixth and seventh worlds. The seventh world has three supernatural realms, while the sixth world only has three. These are the Underworld, the Earth Realm, and the Sky Realm (the 6th World has no Sky Realm).
The name of the god Kiaruda Wijayakrama is highly regarded by the seven worlds. When he visited one of them, he was warmly welcomed by all its inhabitants. Everyone was overjoyed to meet him.
However, this happiness was short-lived. Until a nightmare struck. The entire world was suddenly shocked by an event in the sky. Something formed a dark circle and moved like a vortex, which then spread across the sky. This caused the ceiling to darken, and the portals between worlds, which had previously been luminous, displaying images of other worlds, became dark and closed.
After the dark force successfully spread and covered the skies of the seven worlds, the dark hole simultaneously released evil spirits, which then possessed easily possessed mythical creatures, some of which, like demons, gods, or mythical creatures with high-level magical powers, were still able to resist and escape, but the dark force was extremely powerful and terrifying.
A mythical creature known for possessing superior divine powers was defeated and ultimately defeated, unable to withstand the dark power. This was none other than the god Kiaruda Wijayakrama.
The entire mythical world was nothing but a miserable darkness that brought misery to its inhabitants. Most of the mythical creatures were possessed by a dark force with glowing red eyes and began to be controlled. They then wreaked havoc on the earthly realm and the celestial realms of the seventh world.
Human kingdoms were unable to resist, forcing them to submit to this dark force for survival. The exact form of the being that unleashed the dark power remains a mystery. He did appear through a hole in the darkness of the seventh world, hovering over the seven mythical worlds under his control. His figure was shrouded in dark power, and his eyes glowed red. He then ascended to the celestial realm to ascend to the throne and established the seventh realm as the realm of the Dark God. He transformed the creatures he possessed with his power into his soldiers, and some of the evil spirits in the lower realms became his slaves and sacrifices to solidify his asceticism.
The current situation of Dewa Kiaruda and his family is unknown, but it is believed he was imprisoned by the dark being, while one of his daughters disappeared during the events in the first realm. The dark being paid no attention to him, as he had already mastered all the seven realms and no one could defeat him.
"Hell nah!"
"The story's quite interesting. It seems the reason for the merging of these worlds was inspired by mythological texts, which do have several different versions, including their names and biographies... interesting."
Chapter 1 excited Zorfi. He was already prepared for the thrill of reading the entire page.
"I think I can guess that in chapter 2, there will be some kind of prophecy or someone still alive who will fight to strengthen their powers to save the seven worlds and the three realms within the seventh world."