Year 5555
In the First Continent, Veridian
In the last 3555 years, many things have changed in Veridian. During this time, numerous Supreme Stage beings have been born, most of whom belong to the Divine Kingdom, primarily from the Heavenly Church.
Many magic towers have been built across the continent by mages, signifying the advancements in magical architecture and the growing power of spellcasters.
A new race was also brought into existence: the dwarfs. Around a thousand years ago, the Heavenly Church was conducting magical experiments on humans.
Their goal was to explore whether the power and strength of humans could be extended further while remaining in the same stage.
However, their experiments failed disastrously. The individuals subjected to these experiments suffered from a side effect: all their offspring were born as dwarfs, without exception.
Although dwarfs are at a disadvantage in terms of height, they possess an advantage over others in terms of lifespan.
Their average lifespan is about 200 years, which is significant, especially considering the fact that not many beings in the Adept Stage can reach the Master Stage and thus only have their average lifespan.
Over time, discrimination against the dwarfs escalated, and they were subjected to further experimentation by the Heavenly Church.
After centuries of struggle, dwarfs from across the world began migrating to a very large island owned by the Eldarion Kingdom, where they established their own kingdom.
This move infuriated the Eldarion Kingdom, as the island constituted more than 15 percent of its land. In response, the Eldarion Kingdom declared war on the newly founded Dwarven Kingdom.
Despite years of conflict, the Eldarion Kingdom was defeated by the dwarfs and was forced to cede the island. However, even after hundreds of years, animosity between the two kingdoms persists.
The Dwarven Kingdom has become renowned for exporting the highest quantity of weapons annually.
The dwarfs, driven by their lifestyle and interests, focus on crafting weapons, a tradition that has led to the production of arms of the finest quality.
In a parallel development, the Dark Elves, who fled during the Elven Civil War thousands of years ago and established their hidden kingdom, the Darven Kingdom, were discovered by the Elven Empire, reigniting conflict between the two.
The Dark Elves, supported by the Dwarfs, managed to stand their ground against the Elven Empire.
The Dwarfs allied with the Dark Elves, seeing a reflection of their own experiences with discrimination and societal rejection.
However, the Dark Elves faced another threat from the Beastmen, who lived along the border of their kingdom.
Unlike the Elven Empire, which harbored baseless animosity towards the Dark Elves, the Beastmen had concrete reasons for their hatred and sought the complete eradication of the Dark Elves from the world.
This animosity stemmed from the dark elves' actions during their flight from the Elven Civil War. They journeyed until they reached a very large island, where they settled by exterminating the native population, the Beastmen.
The dark elves seized approximately half of the island by slaughtering the Beastmen, igniting a deep-seated hatred among the Beastmen towards the elves.
The Beastmen continued to live in a tribal society, much like the barbarians of the north from thousands of years ago. However, what set them apart was their leadership selection process.
They chose their leader based on strength; the strongest warrior would defeat the current leader in combat to become the new ruler, establishing a hierarchy based on martial prowess.
Year 5556
By the year 5556, the Beastmen were led by a powerful ruler named Bhuak, who had ascended to power by defeating and killing the previous leader. Bhuak was an exceptionally powerful aura user, having reached the Grandmaster stage.
By the end of the year, Bhuak had succeeded in uniting all the Beastmen tribes under his command, assembling an army numbering in the millions. His singular goal was to defeat and eradicate all the dark elves, reclaiming the ancestral lands taken by them.
Year 5567
In the year 5556, the Beastmen, under the fierce leadership of Bhuak, launched a vicious assault on the dark elves, seeking to reclaim their ancestral lands. The battle that ensued was one of unparalleled brutality.
The Beastmen surged forward in waves, their numbers seemingly endless, their roars echoing through the darkened skies.
Armed with crude but deadly weapons, they clashed with the dark elves, expecting to quickly overpower them with sheer force and ferocity.
However, the dark elves, aware of what was at stake, met their attackers with a deadly resolve.
The night air was charged with magic as they unleashed powerful spells, their sorcery turning the tide of the battle with blasts of energy that cut swathes through the Beastmen ranks.
The battlefield became a scene of chaos and carnage. The ground, soaked with blood, bore witness to the ferocity of the conflict.
Bodies of fallen Beastmen littered the landscape, testament to the dark elves' fierce defense.
In the thick of battle, the dark elves' elite warriors, their blades enchanted with aura, danced through the Beastmen lines, their movements swift and lethal.
For every dark elf that fell, they claimed multiple Beastmen, their strategy and skill in combat proving superior to brute strength alone.
Bhuak, his aura a beacon of rage and power, found himself challenged by the dark elves' cunning. His brute force, while devastating, was met with guile and magical traps that sapped his strength and slowed his advance.
As the first light of dawn crept over the horizon, it revealed a battlefield transformed.
The Beastmen, their numbers drastically reduced and morale shattered, were forced to retreat.
Bhuak, witnessing the unexpected turn of events, led the remnants of his army away from the dark elves' lands, his goal of reclaiming ancestral territory thwarted.
Months after the war between the Beastmen and dark elves ended, in one of the Beastmen tribes, a woman was going through childbirth. Then, the crying of a child was heard from the hut.
But something was different about this child who was born; he remembered his previous life.
From what he knew, he was someone called ''Temujin'', or more accurately, ''Genghis Khan''.