The crowd gathered around a man, nearly 35 years old. Tadashi noticed that Namiyo was standing beside so he asked him about that man. "He is an alchemist!", Namiyo replied. "And... what is an alchemist?", asked Tadashi. "Alchemists are wise and intelligent people with excellent knowledge and study chemical substances and create new substances through various experiments. That's what I've heard. In your words, they are sorcerers but different. Especially not like the ones you met in Imbertha. There are very few alchemists in Vaarill. That is why a lot of people don't know about them. This is all that I know", Namiyo explained. "If you want to know more, why not ask him", He pointed towards the alchemist. People were giving him food and clothes, He was surely a special person.
After the crowd disappeared, Tadashi went to that 'alchemist' and talked to him, "Hi! I am Maruyama Tadashi. Nice to meet you". "Nice to meet you too. My name is Khurram and I am from the Muslim civilization of 'Snow Mount Valley'", said Khurram, the alchemist. "Never heard of it. where is that place?", asked Tadashi. "It is on a snowy mountain about 620km north of Vaarill City", Khurram continued, "And where are you from, here?". "I live in the 'Forests of Vaarill' but my father belongs here and my mother... she belongs to... Imbertha!", Tadashi replied. 'What! really?', Khurram was shocked. "Yes, and one thing more... She was the daughter of Kurayami who was defeated by both my parents", said Tadashi. 'No way, so you have the blood of a Demon and a human!", Khurram said. 'More of a Human. Like my father, Maruyama Ryuji, I have white hair and control of Thunder Dragon. The one and only thing given to me by my mother are her red eyes, which can see the power level of anyone, except yourself. Those eyes also turned my Thunder Dragon magic, Red! creating the most powerful magic. My Elder sister, Emiyo, had black hair like my mother and black eyes like my father, but she had a power level of 13. It means she was not able to control any kind of magic. But, my younger brother...", Tadashi stopped for a while. "What? what happened to your brother?", Khurram asked. "Maruyama Arakan, He was thin and weak. He was like my mother, with black hair, eyes, and a birthmark on his neck, the same as hers. My father said he had control of Red Fiery Wolf magic, like my mother and Kurayami. It is as strong as my magic. But, Arakan was useless. His power level was 15. He was not able to use the magic and couldn't even fight. He had knowledge of 45 fighting skills while I was, or am, able to use only 9. If he would be able to fight, He could have become the strongest person ever, even stronger than me, and could not end up dying with the rest of my family. He could protect them all, It's all his fault. If he survived that night, then I would kill him!", Tadashi raged with anger and continued, "And now, the only person who survived that night, my daughter Fumiko, is killed by Kurayami, I don't know how is he still alive". "I think I know" said Khurram.
--Note 1.4: 'Khurram' is an Islamic name, meaning delightful or happy.--
"Once a Kurayami dies, 'Aroth' has to find another worthy person to become the next Kurayami. A Kurayami can only be killed by a chosen warrior, and the Maruyama family is the one that has the biggest number of those chosen warriors. Just like your father and you. How can you tell that your daughter was killed by the new Kurayami?", asked Khurram. "Because only a Kurayami can eat a human being and can you tell me who is 'Aroth'?", said Tadashi. "Nowadays, Vaarill is the most beautiful land. But a long time ago, Imbertha was the one, the most beautiful land full of mages. The gate of Imbertha, from which people are scared, was always open back then. One day a bald man arrived at Imbertha. He won people's hearts just after his arrival. He was kind and caring but no one knew about his dark side. He was the controller of Dark Magic and soon he conquered the whole Imbertha. He converted the Master of Sorcerers, ruler of Imbertha, into a powerful demonic creature, the first Kurayami. Then the Kurayami created The Eight Akuma, ordered by their strength while first being the strongest, and a lot of demons. After that, they converted the whole land of Imbertha into hell. A group of sorcerers, the strongest mages, created protection over a small area of Imbertha using their magic and created a civilization of mages named 'Magica'. Before the demons were able to enter Vaarill, a man named Maruyama Kazama destroyed billions of demons using the legendary Maruyama Greatsword and sealed the gate of Imbertha. It was never opened till ten years ago", Khurram explained. "How do you know all this? And who are you? Because I can see your power level, which is extremely high but I cannot tell you exactly what it is because If I do, my eyes will not be able to see anything", said Tadashi.
"I am an alchemist who is different from others. Because I can use magic, the magic of Frost Eagle. Maybe that's why my power level is high. I am also a historian so I know a lot about history. My goal is to get to Imbertha and defeat Aroth", Khurram continued, "They were eighteen siblings, and my father was the youngest, one year old. The Kurayami before the previous one was forced by Aroth to marry my eldest aunt to start a dynasty of his followers, from which he could select his other Kurayami, and then others, because of this each Kurayami after other would be stronger than the previous one. To marry my eldest aunt, that Kurayami killed my father's whole family but he managed to survive because of his uncle. After my aunt gave birth to twins, she was killed by Aroth. Ten years ago, they grew up, The male twin became the next Kurayami after the previous one's death and broke the sealed gate. While the female one rebelled against Aroth and married a man who was going to kill Aroth. But they only managed to kill that Kurayami, then they escaped Imbertha and sealed the gate again. That man was Maruyama Ryuji, your father", Khurram explained this to Tadashi. He was shocked, he asked, "So you mean that my mother was your cousin?". "Yes!", said Khurram. "Okay, now I understand everything... but there is one problem. You said that my ancestor, Maruyama Kazama used the Maruyama Greatsword, so does it mean that it is real?", asked Tadashi. "Of course it is real! Did you think it is a myth? How can you?", Khurram got angry. "Sorry... sorry, but do you know where it is?", Tadashi said. "Yeah I know but I am not confirmed. I have never been there because you know, only a Maruyama can lay his hands on it", Khurram replied. "Will you take me there?", asked Tadashi. "Why not! but first, go and take a rest, it's already midnight. We will depart tomorrow", said Khurram. They shook hands and went to the hotel to sleep.