One of them was living among humans as the king of a powerful kingdom. It had concealed its true nature so perfectly that not even the greatest experts suspected the truth. To the people, it was merely a ruthless monarch who ruled with an iron fist. Nobody knew that beneath the royal robes and noble appearance lurked a terrifying soul beast whose age exceeded ten million years.
Four others had taken a different path. They had established themselves as divine beings and were worshiped throughout various regions of the world. Countless followers prayed before their temples every day, offering faith and devotion to creatures they believed to be gods. None of those worshipers understood that the objects of their reverence were not deities at all, but ancient anomalies that had escaped the control of the world's natural order.
