336 Reason (1/2)

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”4th Sea Master huh…” Raven murmured as he rolled the scroll and placed it back on the bookshelf. ”Never heard of him.”

”But from the language used here is extremely old. And from the contents, the promised land that they speak of must be the Divine Realm.”

”And this Master Sun, he actually brought a Dragon here. Now it makes sense how Vit'hum was capable of staying here indefinitely.”

How this Pale Bastard was able to remain here for the longest of time, was one of the mysteries that Raven hasn't solved up until now.

He knew that Dragon's aren't a native of this plane. This plane is too weak to handle the power of the dragons, and it also doesn't have the resources to raise one. That's not to say that a Dragon can't enter this place either. With their strength, they could rip off this entire land into pieces. Of course the plane had some counter measures should that happen, but this all proved that this plane shouldn't have any dragons or any of its kin.

Now, it all made sense. It turns out that someone brought a Dragon here. That information alone is enough for Raven to theorize the rest.

Albeit that the Dragon was a mere child when it was brought here, it should've mated with some of the beast here in hopes of continuing its bloodline. The Dragon that was brought here can't stay for a long period of time since it wasn't a native of this place, but the seeds it sown on this land were a different issue.

Raven didn't know how many managed to give birth but at least one survive, and that will be the ancestor of Vit'hum.

”I don't remember this plane having more of the Dragon Kin aside from Vit'hum. So long as we deal with him, we should receive the favor of this plane. Dragon Kin's are no worse than pests here. They were the ones who caused the energy of the plane to drop by a massive degree, which also caused it to become a low level plane. Without them, then little by little, this place should recover. Us humans won't be able to drain much anyway since upon stepping on a certain realm, we have to ascend.”

”And even then, its not like I'm don't have any plans for this place. What matters right now is for me to get stronger, and all of my plans will eventually fall into place.”

Raven sighed and shook his head. He then picked up another scroll and unfurled it to start reading it. Without being aware of how much time had passed, Raven became too absorbed on reading and studying the records.

He started reading the scrolls first and discovered a trend. The scrolls contained musings and entries of the 4th Sea Master on his life. Almost like a diary in a sense. These scrolls gave him a brief glance of the old civilization, back when humans had just discovered the entrance to the Divine Realm, the era when almost all humans migrated to that place and conquered it.

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”Well, they must've known that they will never come back. They probably just said those words as a lip service. The moment those people migrated, were also the same time that they were freed from their service and could start new lives. Why would they wish for them to come back? And why would they come back?”

Raven sighed and placed the scroll back to its place.

”Those who ascended the Divine Realm are the main force of this plane. They took their ancient knowledge and arts with them along with their inheritances and powerful bloodlines, leaving scraps for the people who remained here. That's where the decline started.”

”Without the Masters, no one was capable of keeping the beasts in check. The servants are too weak to interfere so they set them free in the wilds and gradually forgot about them and focused on their new lives as free people. Freedom caused them to become complacent and made them weak. On the other hand, living in the wild, the beasts were granted resources and a place to build their lairs. Not too long after that, the first Beast Horde occurred, I assume.”

”And since Humans became so weak, the reign of Demonic Beasts has started, which also caused humans to struggle and suffer. One thing lead to another and then were here.”

Raven shook his head and felt a bitter taste in his mouth. Although the entries of the 4th Sea Master didn't contain anything that happened to their servants after they left, his assumptions weren't too far fetched either. In fact, he was confident that his assumptions were correct.