Lady Elena herself was born in Frontia clan which was a famous clan second only to the four great clans known for their ice attributes. Lady Elena had single attribute ice meridians and was made the young saintess. It has to be known that clans usually wouldn't allow their young saint/saintess to marry outside of their clan so it caused quite a stir when Maximus and Elena fell in love. One was a well renowned beauty already the best of the generation in her clan and as for the other while it was known that Maximus had sword meridians their grade and his personal strength wasn't known to anyone since he usually spends his time either in the beast region or in seclusion.
The two met when Elena was training in the beast region where they were caught in a situation in which only by working together could they come out alive. That's when the trust and love between them bloomed but at the time Elena Frontia was also being pursued by Brenz Tribirius the then young saint of Tribirius clan and the current clan head's brother. Though the Frontia clan didn't want Elena to marry outside the clan but because the Tribirius can was putting pressure on them they agreed. When Elena made it out of the beast region and heard the news she was furious saying her heart, body and soul belonged Maximus and she would never be with someone else. Brenz Tribirius came to know about the matter and in his anger asked for a life and death duel with Maximus to which Elena refused saying even if Maximus is weak she will only marry him and she had made her choice. Brenz in his anger called her a whore with no character and that Maximus was somebody who hid behind women. Maximus who also returned to the clan came to know about the matter and agreed for the fight with a calm smile.
The day of the duel came, many gathered for the event expecting a grand spectacle since although Maximus was unknown he still had the Ma surname and couldn't be all that weak and as for Brenz he was the Tribirius clan's current generation's best. Mathius who was the young saint of the clan at the time was ready to intervene to save Maximus's life.
Brenz Tribirius came with much fanfare for the world to see how he would crush his opponent while Maximus just calmy walked to the life and death arena as if he was taking a stroll around his garden.
Brenz started blabbering about how he would destroy Maximus and marry Elena but the moment the fight started Maximus's demeanor shifted Brenz noticed this but before he could understand what had happened the whole world turned upside-down. He didn't get what had happened but when his headless body came into view he understood that he had been decapitated and everything faded to black.
The whole arena may it be the spectators, the elders , the talents everyone was silent and in that silence only Maximus was heard where he calmy said those who bother him only death awaits and with those words he held Elena's hand and left. It was only then everyone registered what had happened and everyone exploded in excitement and murmur. Everyone was surprised that such a talented chosen was unknown till today and thought Ma clan must have been hiding him but the ones who were the most shocked were the Ma clan elders and talents who understood today that the calm and carefree Maximus was a beast in hiding and is not to be provoked.