Countless years ago in an era already forgotten, there existed what was once the greatest of the three empires of that time, its majesty and prestige was immeasurable, every time its army went to the battlefield the earth trembled with its march and the enemies they trembled with terror at his presence.
It was a golden age where the name of the great empire of Rhyfel resounded throughout the continent but many years ago that glory had been forgotten.
That day "it" came and all our soldiers together with our great lord ---- fought relentlessly, our soldiers tried to save the civilians while our lord stopped "it".
In the end the only thing we saw in the end is our lord being sealed in the big palace together with "it", I and our soldiers decided to stay and we sealed the city with ----- to prevent "it" from escaping.
The days passed and the situation did not seem to be getting better since the noises coming from the great palace did not seem to end, it took a week before everything was completely silent.
It was then that it happened, the sky was covered by those terrifying but at the same time beautiful gray flames but the admiration lasted very little to say something, then for what seemed like an eternity before my eyes those gray flames descended consuming the entire city and those who dwelt in it.
Although we were consumed by that fire, we did not feel the slightest amount of pain, the bodies of Rhyfel's knights were consumed, leaving behind fragments of their souls that later fused with their armor, thus giving birth to Rhyfel's burned knights, implacable beings but nothing. compared to the true knights of Rhyfel.
For my part, my body was very weak and was easily consumed by fire but that did not mean my end, my soul was more powerful than that of the Rhyfel knights thanks to clan and class but that was not good at all, it could be said that It was one of the worst things that could have happened to me throughout the entire time of my existence.
Compared to the burnt knights of Rhyfel who simply followed their instincts like a pack of wild beasts, I had no physical means by which to manifest, merely a remnant of my soul tied to what was once my beloved city.
How much had passed since then? Hundreds? Thousands? Or hundreds of thousands of years? It had been a long time since he had stopped counting the passage of time.
Looking back my first thought back then was just a big wave of regrets, one after another they flowed endlessly in my mind but as time went by I realized how insignificant I was.
When I opened my eyes, what I saw was not the great city that was the heart of Rhyfel's great empire, but rather a ruined city inhabited by Rhyfel's knights turned into non-living who wandered aimlessly throughout the city.
Though they had lost their lives, though their bodies and minds had been consumed by that relentless and raging flame they continued their duty still they continued their duty.
With the passing of the years the city fell more and more into decay, the beautiful buildings had been reduced to mere rubble, in the end everything was turned back to ashes by him.
Not being able to bear to see the city that I once loved so much end up in a progressively more deplorable state, I induced myself into a deep sleep, each time I woke up due to various factors but things changed between each cycle in which I went to sleep.
Rhyfel's knights were elites among elites and fourth ascension beings each, the generals for their part were fifth ascension beings but now they had been reduced to unclassified beings and zero ascension beings, really, a real pity but no he could do nothing to help them out of their eternal suffering.
100 years after the incident, now the city is completely lost and only traces of its former glory remain, truly sad.
Years 389 after the incident, the monsters locked in the dungeons escaped to the surface, the largest such as trolls and wargs were quickly hunted down by Rhyfel's burnt knights within days of escaping, on the other hand the smaller monsters as the goblins managed to escape and began to reproduce.
851 years after the incident, Rhyfel's burnt knights are slowly beginning to regain their former strength, although at an extremely slow pace it is progress, for the four generals the pace at which they recover faster, I wonder why .
Year 1839 after the incident, the barrier that protects the city has been continuously weakening over the years but at the rate that it weakens there are still several thousand years before it is broken.
Years 3482 from after the incident, I wonder why she was the only one who managed to keep her conscience intact after being devoured by the fire of our lord, she faithfully waited for the inhabitants of the exterior to end our suffering.
5328 years after the incident, nothing has changed apart from the fact that the city looks more and more in ruins, those from the outside seem to have not the slightest intention of helping to give us rest.
8000 years ago or...I can't remember anymore after the incident, I've tried countless ways to end my existence or that of Rhyfel's knights but nothing seems to work.
Year ? after the incident, I've given up on finding a way to end it all.
Years ? After the incident, I have prayed relentlessly to the Gods for countless days and nights hoping they would answer my call but none have, I just have to pray more fervently... yes, this has to be...
Year ? After the incident, no matter how much I pray, it doesn't seem like the Gods care, even though we hadn't been faithful believers of them, we still respected them and complied with their laws, I don't understand why they don't want to help us...
Years ? After the incident, I have prayed for so many years to all the Gods I know but nothing has taken effect, they just watch me for a few weeks before disappearing and returning to the years, I don't understand the reason for all this.
Years ? after the incident, we once in life had great respect for the Gods and even our lord held them in some esteem, I hope you listen to my prayers, I hope it's really like that...
Years ? after the incident, after having prayed for so many years and without any of my prayers having been answered, I finally realized, no, rather, I just looked at something that I ignored for so long, the Gods have abandoned us there is no hope left.
Year ? after the incident, now i just watch the starry sky every night without doing anything else, in this endless agony the starry sky is the only thing i still feel like doing.
Year ? after the incident, the real stars are beautiful but at the same time their beauty is sad and tragic, to shine they are continuously consumed until they finally cease to exist.
Year ? After the incident, I would like to be a star and shine with a great brilliance that can be seen from all corners of this vast universe.
Years ? after the incident, the stars are beautiful but at the same time brave, you have the courage and determination enough to burn your own existence in order to shine even for a couple of million years.
Year ? after the incident, sometimes I wonder if having lived something or not was really worth it, even if by living that something my life is lost in the process, I really wonder if it was worth it...
Year ? after the incident, the universe is truly unfair for denying us the right to eternal rest, truly unfair...
Year ? After the incident, the frequency with which I induce prolonged dreams has gradually increased.
Year ? After the incident, the barrier that protects the city has been weakening faster and faster, I estimate that in less than 500 years it will be completely broken.
Year ? After the incident, the manna leaking from the great palace is getting stronger and more intense, the awakening of what was once our lord is getting closer.
Year ? after the incident, today when i woke up from one of my dreams i found an unclassified human in the outer ring, i don't know how he got there but he won't last long anyway.
Year ? after the incident, the human has become stronger and became a zero ascension existence but still that is not enough to survive on Rhyfel.
Year ? after the incident, the human is a necromancer and has been using skeletons for support, he consumes his flesh and blood for sustenance while he drinks water from the well that contains a corpse, i feel it won't last long.
Year ? after the incident, the human possesses absurd regeneration abilities that rival third ascension beings focused on regeneration.
Year ? After the incident, the human's mind is slowly collapsing, if the mind collapses the body will follow soon after.
Year ? after the incident, the human has become strong and has created a small army with the burnt knights of Rhyfel using a necromancy spell unknown to me.
How long has it been since I've become so interested in anything other than my death? I suppose millennia have passed but seeing the human grow and fight against his destiny is interesting, even knowing that he could die trying, he continues to fight firmly, truly interesting.
The human has grown wonderfully but I don't think he can continue to call it human since he became he turned into a noble vampire but I don't know how pure his blood is, it seems that the Gods took an interest in him and they plan to use him as their pawn.
The vampire has become stronger and stronger but his mind is increasingly unstable, I don't know why he fights so desperately if in the end he may not be able to get what he is looking for so much.
It's been a few years since I started watching that vampire grow up and I can safely say that he is not talented, he can't even be classified as an average talent, he is someone who has no talent at all but for some unknown reason he managed to change that and getting the [Gun Lord] talent just like our lord…
The vampire is getting closer and closer to a mental breakdown but now it looks like he will wage all out war with the burnt knights of Rhyfel who reside in the middle ring, I wonder how the conflict will play out.
The vampire in the conflict looked like he was going to lose but he used the power of the abyss in exchange for his life, if it's like I think she knows what I know he'll have a lot of trouble.
It seems that the vampire wants to face Keiran in order to obtain the fragments of the seal that opens the great palace, even with his current strength he is no match for Keiran.
Just as he had thought, he died under one of Keiran's sword techniques, it's a pity but fate wanted it that way and I can't do anything, in the end this was going to happen sooner or later.
The vampire... he rose from the dead, so she intervened, according to what she had heard she wanted to ascend as the Goddess of the nether but she did not have the main requirement, to be loved by the nether so she could not ascend and the vampire if it's a loved one, if she revived him that vampire has an important role in her plans.
In the end I showed myself to him and he only felt fear and distrust, that is naturally the natural result but I still feel a little disappointed since I have accompanied him throughout his journey even if he did not know it but therein lies the problem, he did not know that I had accompanied him.
These few years have been more interesting and I have felt more alive than in all the millennia I have lived, now I understand why the stars burn themselves in order to shine, the feeling of having been able to experience something even knowing that it could mean your end it's truly magical