The Great War
In the ancient era, the world was ruled by chaos.
Among the countless races that walked the land, one rose above all — the Demon Race.
Proud and powerful, they believed themselves to be the supreme beings of creation.
Driven by arrogance, the demons waged endless war against the weaker races —
humans, elves, dwarves, goblins, and many others.
Entire kingdoms fell before their dark magic, and the world drowned in despair.
But the oppressed refused to vanish quietly.
For the first time in history, the races of light united — forming the Grand Alliance to resist the tide of darkness.
Yet even together, their combined strength was no match for the overwhelming power of the demons.
In their desperation, they turned to the heavens for aid.
Their prayers reached the Divine Rulers — celestial entities who guarded the balance of the universe itself.
Moved by the mortals' resolve, the Divine Rulers sent forth their champions: archangels and divine warriors, who descended to the mortal realm.
With divine magic on their side, the tide of war finally shifted.
The demons were pushed back, their legions shattered, and the Alliance stood victorious.
But victory came at a price.
The Demon Lord, enraged by the fall of his kin, emerged from the Abyss —
a being whose power could rival even the gods.
With a single command, he unleashed devastation that erased mountains and burned the skies.
Half of the Alliance perished in a single night, and even the Divine Rulers' armies faltered.
Knowing that the world itself would soon be consumed, the Thirteen Divine Rulers descended together for the first and only time in history.
They fought for seven days and seven nights — the clash between divinity and the abyss tearing the heavens apart.
In the end, the Demon Lord was finally subdued…
but his soul could not be destroyed.
Thus, the Thirteen sealed him away using the most forbidden relic in existence —
The Book of Abyssal Chains.
The Book's Curse
The Book of Abyssal Chains was not a weapon of mercy.
It was a prison of eternal torment — a void where the trapped soul would relive its pain, regrets, and failures without end.
Satisfied, the Divine Rulers buried the relic deep within an unmarked temple, erasing its name from history.
Centuries passed.
The temple fell into ruins, and the book was rediscovered by adventurers who had no idea of its true nature.
It was later stored in a royal library — where it gathered dust for generations.
One night, an archbishop found it.
He was a man of status but not of faith — a seeker of lost knowledge and forbidden magic.
Unlike others, he recognized the markings on the book and realized what it might be.
Driven by greed and curiosity, he took it home to study in secret.
As he examined the book under candlelight, the runes began to move — forming words made of shadow.
"You can see me, mortal?"
Startled, the old man whispered,
"A-are you the demon... trapped within?"
The words twisted again:
"I can grant you power — knowledge from ten thousand years ago.
All I ask… use your holy magic. Shatter this seal."
Tempted by the promise of forbidden wisdom, the archbishop obeyed.
He poured holy magic into the relic — and the Book of Abyssal Chains shattered.
But instead of releasing a monster, a newborn child appeared from the fragments.
The demon's undying essence had been reborn in its weakest, most fragile state — an infant.
The archbishop froze.
He could sense an impossible amount of mana inside the child, greater than any human alive.
Fearing he had resurrected the ancient demon itself, he panicked.
He used another sealing artifact he had recovered from the ruins — a lesser Sealing Book — and trapped the child inside.
Then, desperate to hide what he had done, he handed the sealed infant to a corrupt aristocrat he knew, one involved in slave smuggling.
He ordered the aristocrat to "dispose" of the book during a trade caravan bound for the farthest reaches of the kingdom.
But fate had other plans.