"Since the tournament is in 5 days, it's also necessary you learn more about the Magic Gods now, they will be the ones granting you strength and protection." Said a woman we've never seen before. "Your original history teacher was moved to the lower grades, so I'm in charge now." She wrote a text on the blackboard which said: "PHOEBE". "My name is Phoebe, please call me 'Ms. Phoebe'."
"Enough with that, please turn your books to the 197th page." She wrote another text on the blackboard which said: "AEGIR AND MARELLA". "I'm confident that everyone knows who Aegir and Marella are, does anybody want to say who they are?"
Minerva was the first to raise her hand. "Yes, Ms. Minerva."
"Aegir is the 'God of Water Magic' whereas Marella is the 'Goddess of Water Magic'."
"Correct. So as she said, Aegir and Marella are the gods of Water Magic. They were the second pair out of six to be released from their 'Divine Prison' 499 years ago." She pulled down another blackboard with big writings on it.
"As we all know, 499 years ago, Hepha and his crew of five broke the seal that opened the gates of the Divine Prison, the first pair to be freed were Tana and Admani, the Gods of Fire Magic, and the second were Aegir and Marella. When Aegir and Marella were freed, a tsunami occurred in multiple places around the globe, the most notable being the '1 AMD Port of Uzia Disaster' (AMD - After Magic Discovery), it is believed that these series of tsunamis were to let out the anger, the frustration they've had, being locked up for so long in the Divine Prison, other than automatically releasing the mana they've stocked up for too long.
It lasted for 3 days, and during that time, the seas were very turbulent, so ships that were caught by the turbulent seas just sank and died, and since news took quite a while to arrive from landmass to landmass, it caused a cease of trade for some time."
She pointed to a drawing of a woman on the blackboard. "Can anybody tell me who this person is?" A student raised their hand, she pointed at the student. "That is Muriel."
"Very good. Muriel is the 'Queen of Water and Air Magic', she is the first of two people to be granted more than one magic element. Now, she is called the Queen of Water and Air Magic because she spent a lot of time training and duelling. She became unrivaled in her field and is considered the best water user to this day. She always went against her older brother, Keanu who always tried to talk her out of going down the path she's going. She's also known for inventing all the basic water spells we know today.
Any questions so far?" She scanned the entire classroom until Sanguinex raised her hand, she pointed at Sanguinex.
"What does her relationship with her brother have anything to do with the current topic?"
"Oh yes, I should've mentioned it earlier. At one point, she entered a big tournament in Stepanburg and won, driven to prove that she's strong enough to fight whoever steps in her way alone, she even fought her older brother in the final battle and won. This backstory is referenced a lot in tales nowadays." She switched to another blackboard filled with big writings on it.
"Back to Aegir and Marella, according to the 'Divine Chronicle', Aegir and Murella, alongside all magic gods, were the 'Twelve War Gods', and for this reason and other reasons, they were imprisoned (-or sealed) in the Divine Prison, sentenced forever until a human (-or humans) can break the seal open.
One of the other reasons they were imprisoned was because they were accused of starting a clash with other gods, it reached the surface and caused chaos for the living species, the Dunkron continent is believed to have splitted because of this clash.
Czar, the Emperor of Magic Gods took full responsibility so that he will be the only one imprisoned, however, the Divine Council refused to imprison just Czar and imprisoned all of them, when they found out they weren't the ones that started the clash and just fought back to defend themselves, it did not change anything as they still caused permanent changes in the surface."
A student raised her hand, she pointed at the student. "Which islands were created by the clash?"
"Good question. The Divine Chronicles suggest that the Abresian Island and the South Abresian Archipelago were formed by the clash 4,833 years ago, or around 4,300 BMD (Before Magic Discovery), the gods of Water and Earth Magic were the ones that caused the most destruction.
Any other questions before we switch to other gods?"
"Okay, next.. Go to the 211th page." She switched to yet another blackboard. "The amount of blackboards I can switch to is so much.. I love it." She mumbled to herself. "Okay! Now we move to Tana and Admani. Does anybody know who they are?"
Sanguinex raised her hand, Ms. Phoebe pointed at her. "Tana and Admani are the 'Gods of Fire Magic'.
Ms. Phoebe nodded. "Very good. Tana and Admani are the gods of Fire Magic, they were the first pair out of six to be freed from the Divine Prison, the following disasters that occurred were mostly wildfires everywhere, even in cold places, mind you, this one also lasted for 3 days, the worst of it was seen in the 1 AMD Raenili Wildfire, where the Great Raenili Forest in the Kingdom of Raenil saw 70% of the forest burning down, thousands or even hundreds of thousands of species died, a lot went extinct.
As for how they acted, Tana and Admani were considered to be the warfreaks of the Twelve War Gods, they always settled things with fighting which caused some very minor damages to the surface, but this got the Twelve War Gods in trouble a lot of times.
The Divine Chronicle states that the clash happened when Admani was provoked by another god, Tana joined in to help Admani, followed by the other magic gods, and so on.
As for its first user, it was a woman named Roxana, she was part of Hepha's crew and gained Fire and Light Magic. She's better known as the Queen of Fire and Light Magic and is by far the most powerful fire user, she created all the basic fire spells we know today..
Any questions before we switch? We'll be doing faster summaries for each magic god and we'll get back to it in detail tomorrow."
Nobody responded.
"Okay." She switched to yet another blackboard.. How many blackboards are there!?
"Next, Daichi and Tierra. Daichi and Tierra are the 'Gods of Earth Magic', they were the fourth out of six pairs to be freed from the Divine Prison, they are also linked to physical strength.
Up next, when they were freed, a lot of earthquakes, weak ones to strong ones occurred around the world for 3 days, it left a lot of settlements devastated alongside the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the most notable in our country being the 1 AMD Port of Uzia Earthquake, a day later, it was followed by the black out we'll soon speak of following the release of Ner and Nora.
Now, are there any questions? I'll give you some time to write all of this down before we move to the next." The class did not respond, all of them glued to their papers as they wrote everything from the blackboard.
She switched to the last blackboard available. "Okay, the last we'll talk about for today is Zephyrus and Nasima. Can anybody tell me who Zephyrus and Nasima are?"
Sévir yawned, the yawn echoed through the classroom and caught the attention of Ms. Phoebe.
"Yes? What is your answer?" She pointed at Sévir.
Ugh, really? My yawn was that loud? He sighed silently as he stood up, Minerva smiled and gave him a slight nudge in the shoulder.
"Uh.. Zephyrus and Nasima are the Gods of Air Magic." He sat down.
"Good. Zephyrus and Nasima are the gods of Air Magic, Zephyrus is the god whereas Nasima is the goddess.
This pair was the third of six pairs to be freed, their 3 days of calamity resulted in very strong winds around the world which mostly led to tornadoes of many sizes, this devastated many communities, destroying their home and destroying their agriculture, the tornadoes were so strong to the point where all citizens that could be evacuated, were evacuated the very second news spread around that a tornado was incoming, by the time they returned, their settlements were barely recognizable.
Anyways, these gods were considered the coolest out of the Twelve War Gods, so whenever one of the war gods got in trouble, either Zephyrus and Nasima were sent out to diffuse the situation and get them back, since getting in trouble in the gods' place, wherever it is, meant facing the Divine Council where they will decide whether you will be punished or not."
She pointed at a drawing of a man on the blackboard. "This is Keanu, the brother of Muriel and the second air magic user, the world knows him better as the 'King of Air Magic'. Keanu was a former spy and a former knight serving under the Mirohian Empire, which is an ocean away for those who don't know,
When Keanu gained his magic, he trained hard to be able to assist his younger sister in times of need, most likely because he and his sister remained when their parents died in battle, but there's not that much information about it." Minerva took a quick glance at Sévir.
"So, just like the other pioneers, Keanu invented all the basic air spells we know of today. Any questions?" The class did not respond.
"Alrighty then, that will be all for today, we'll continue this discussion tomorrow with more detail." She closed her book while she headed towards the door. "I'll see you tomorrow." She left.
A huge sigh escaped Sévir's mouth as he slouched. "..I hate studying.."
Minerva smiled. "Now, don't be like that, studying is the foundation of society, the more you study, the more you learn things that you can use in the future.. Don't you think so? Well, that's pretty much the point of studying."
"Uhuh. Well, let's get going, Zephyr must be waiting for us by now." Sanguinex stood up.
Minerva folded her papers, slipping it through her pockets as she stood up. ""Come on, stand up." She swiped her finger up.
Another sigh escaped his mouth, grabbing the papers as he stood up. "Okay.. Let's go. Sanguine, don't stick with us."
"..Yes, yes, I know." She rolled her eyes.