Year 1: after the emperor ordered Alexander and his other generals to prepare for a possible war, they secretly trained and gave limited information about the demons to their best elite and loyal soldiers under them. Due to both of his parents being busy with their respective tasks, Alex celebrated his 11th birthday with Sana in the forest where he trains, at the same time Alex broke through the 6th realm(peak level).
Year 2: After investigating thoroughly and secretly, Emperor Barbados still didn't find enough information to even launch a battle much less a war but he was patient as he knows gaining secret information is hard. Alex celebrated his 12th birthday but unlike last year Kevin and Tughat where there to celebrate with him which causes Alex's heart to warm up. Alex then broke through the 7th realm(peak level).
Year 3: With no new information being acquired Emperor Barbados ordered his elite spies to try harder to gather more information about the demon race's current situation. Alex announces to his family and friends that he will be going to seclusion to train in the forest.
Year 4: This year was the year that Emperor Barbados finally got information about the situation in the demon realm, as it turns out the demon emperor who was weakened by the war 100 years ago decided to go into seclusion to heal leaving the throne empty. Greedy demons then took the opportunity and waged war against each other to take the throne and become demon emperor. After mastering all the weapons he bought, Alex obtained the title {Weapon Master} which can allow him to sense weapon spirits and their emotions, this title also allow his personal weapons to manifest weapon spirits.
{Weapon Spirits can enchance the weapon it is residing, weapons that have weapon spirits is significantly stronger than those without}
Year 5: Emperor Barbados ordered his 4 generals to start fully preparing for a war now as he wants to take advantage of the chaos in the demon realm. Alex broke through the 8th realm(peak).
Year 6: The barbarians allied with the angels, elves, and dwarves for reasons unknown which shocked some races causing them to send their respective spies to find out why this alliance happened.
Year 7: Finally after 7 years of preparation, Emperor Barbados and the respective envoys of the angels, elves, and dwarves declared war on the demon realm.
Year 8: Alex broke through the 9th realm(low level), after declaring war on the demons, the army of the four races established four portals that connects to the outer periphery of the demon realm signaling the start of the first battle of this war.