While half of the world is excited to watch their first solar eclipse after a century-long wait, something unexpected is happening in the northern part of the world.
Location: North-Eastern part of Ufros
Time: Noon, Event: Solar Eclipse (at second stage)
The second contact a few minutes before totality. Birds stop singing as the skies darken, and some animals may exhibit changes in eating or sleeping patterns. The slender sickle of sunlight dissolves into dozens of tiny beads that dot the rim of the Moon.
CRACK! A portal SPLITS OPEN.
A piercing scream cuts the air as a figure is hurtled out of the portal; crashing out of this dimensional rift is the one who lives and rules the dark dimension.
He takes a second to consider his surroundings. Then:
''So this is the world they created while I was in slumber.''
Looking down, he saw the village with children enjoying the solar eclipse.
''The residents of this world have a limited life span and do not possess any supernatural power at all.''
A creepy smile appeared on his face.'' That's a shame. I would've liked to fight them before destroying them.''
Changing into a human form, he approached the children.
''Creatures of this world Kneel. Kneel! — before your lord.''
He ordered the children, but they looked at the man with questions on their faces. To them, the unfamiliar language sounded like ''!@#$% ^&*&^% $#@! ".
Understanding that the children did not understand what he said, he grabbed them and glared into their eyes. He was not just glaring into their eyes, but their soul. Reading all the things they know in their life till now.
After reading their soul, he understands the world, its history, geography, and the languages people speak in different regions.
''Hey, what are you doing with my children? Release them.'' A man who is the father of the children appeared before him in an angry voice. The father rescued the children from his clutches.
Realizing what the father had done, he became furious.
''You have some nerve doing that. I will punish you for this heinous act.''
''Blah blah, who the hell are you in the first palace? And what were you doing to my children? I will call the police and arrest you in charge of a kidnapping attempt.''
'Dark skill: life-force absorption.'
As he was about to call for the police, he suddenly fell to the ground, lifeless. The children rushed to their father's body, trying to wake him up, but their father didn't respond to their call.
With this skill, not only did he extract all the soul energy from the father, but he also gained the knowledge and experience possessed by the man.
''Humph serves you right for disturbing me, but thanks for all the information. I understand more about this world, thanks to you. Let's witness what this world offers me after a long slumber.''
Dark skill: teleportation
''Hmmm?.... strange"
He tried to use his skill, but it didn't work, which confused him for a sec, but then he understood why he couldn't use his skills.
''First, I thought this world would be filled with soul energy since the beings in this world didn't use it, but it appears the situation is different. It's because the world itself possesses no energy the residents of this world can't use it.''
''What a pain. Now I have to absorb soul energy from living beings nearby.''
''Father, wake up please, father...'' He heard the two children still crying out to their father.
''Hmmm, this would work. If I transform these two noisy children into mindless chimeras, they will destroy all the vicinity, and I would gain ample soul energy to use my skills.''
''Dark skill: soul corruption.''
A curse-like aura, dark as night, flowed out from him and moved on to the direction of the children. But when it was about to touch them, suddenly it stopped and disappeared.
'Tsk'
He clicked his tongue and looked above. The solar eclipse is in its last stage, which shows his time on earth is also about to end.
"Time seems to have run out; I wished it lasted a little more. Going back would be the best option now.''
CRACK! A portal spits open with a piercing scream. He enters the portal and leaves the place.
The incident of a man who died during a solar eclipse spread all around the country. Commonly, this news would be not entertained by many, but the strangeness of this death was that no signs of harm done on the body or organ failure were found on the victim's body. But after 8 hours, he regained consciousness as if nothing had happened. From that day onwards, many started foretelling solar eclipse as a bad omen.
.......
Location: Heavens, Time: just after the solar eclipse ended
''Heavenly emperor, there is a serious matter I need your attention on.''
''What is the matter? The death god has such a serious expression on your face. Something big must have happened.''
''Yes, while we could not see the human world during the solar eclipse, a human died an untimely death. The strangest thing was that his soul disappeared instead of going to hell or the cycle of rebirth. When I used the system to locate his soul, the system always showed errors, as if his soul had disappeared from this world completely. The system shows information about his past but not about the present or future. The cause of death is also unknown.''
''How could such an incident happen in just a few minutes? We will think about it later. What is the status of his body? Has it been cremated already?''
''No, it still has some time before cremation. I suggest quick action; otherwise, it would be too late.''
''Use the system and create a new empty soul and fill the information about that man in it and transfer it to his body as soon as possible.''
''Yes, creation of a new soul will take some time by will be ready before the cremation.''
The death god left to complete the job assigned to him. Leaving the heavenly emperor alone, thinking about the strange incident that occurred.
'It must be the entity that the trinity warned me about. There is no explanation for this strange phenomenon other than that,' The heavenly emperor thought inwardly.
'I must prepare for it before it is too late.'
''Guards'' He stood up from his throne and called the guards.
''What is the order heavenly emperor?'' The guard inquired.
''Relay my message to all the gods, goddesses, and generals. Tell them to prepare for battle as war is going to break out soon.''
''Yes, my lord'' The guard bowed and left for the duty he had been bestowed.
''Whoever you are, I will not allow you to end humanity,'' The heavenly emperor declared with full conviction.
......
Ten years later, war broke out between the humans and the creatures from the dark dimension that appeared from a portal in the north. They were led by the king of the dark dimension demon god Valgror Valseriom himself.
As none of the human's weapons affected the demons, he concurred with most of the northern continent in just one month. The humans were driven into a corner and prayed the god to help them in this crisis.
Answering their prayers, the gods descended from the heavens to the earth. A fierce war broke out between the heavens, the demon, and humans. The gods not only protect humans but also taught them skills and provided weapons that could kill a demon.
The war lasted for 2000 years, resulting in massive casualties from each side. The humans were reduced to 75000 while gods lost lower-rank gods and half of the mid-rank gods. From the demon's side, the majority of the demon generals were killed or injured enough that they couldn't take part in the battle, leaving Valgror alone to fight.
But Valgror alone was overwhelming them all. During the power struggle, the trinity intervened when gods were about to be affiliated. The shock waves produced in the battle between the trinity and Valgros were overwhelming, resulting in the tectonic plates shifting, which changed the geography of the entire world.
Ultimately, Valgror launched his ultimate skill, his trump card Chaos Time Corruption. This skill devoured the time itself. It was a difficult decision for them either to defeat Valgror or to stop his skill. When everything seems lost, the preserver comes up with a plan to seal Valgror in a time loop by reversing the effects of Valgror's own skill.
While lord maheshwara keeps Valgror at bay with the help of the destruction energy, the preserver, with the creator's use, reversed the effects of his skill, evidently saving the time of the whole universe.
Valgror was sealed in the time loop. But there is still the aftermath of the war to deal with. After the king was sealed, the demon army and some generals flew into the dark dimension.
Because of the portal being opened for a long time, the dimensional boundaries between the words became thin enough for powerful demons to pass through them easily.
As gods had exhausted their energy in a thousand-year-long fight, the trinity decided that humans protect the world themselves with the powers borrowed from the gods.
The gods selected 1000 humans suitable to host their powers. The selected humans could manipulate soul energy as the gods do but at a lower scale. This new species of humans were called Majin, the beings who can control natural or supernatural forces through soul energy.
They created a new dimension for them, which they named Overworld. The Overworld was between the heavens and earth and filled with natural and soul energy. Its layout is the exact copy of the earth before the war. They built temples, which became the link between the planet and the Overworld.
The hierarchy in the Overworld was: the three principal clans (spawn of the trinity) at the top, the eight celestial clans, and several small elemental clans.
......
The gods returned to the heavens to recover their strength. Majins protected humanity from demons and natural calamities for years. They established business relations with the human society, which would help them in their missions.