31 New Kingdom (1/2)

Near the Southern entrance of the Capital, a small figure stood, wrapped in ragged cloth.

The cloth served its purpose of anonymity quite well, only strands of dark black hair and eyes that matched could be seen.

The Capital, a place that segregated the influential, famed and worthy from the poor common folk. There was also another separation of sorts, between Capital dwellers and Aristocrats, and of course, The deeply rooted Royalty that stood above all.

The guards looked quite keen to kick away someone with clothing like Nero's but the moment he held up a few lion coins in his grasp, the guards instantly froze.

They acted with the highest level of ignorance to their previous actions that Nero had ever seen.

Like the big man he was, he simply asked for a permanent ID token with the biggest smug on his face as if he was about snitch on these low-level cretins.

And then, he walked in, acting like he owned the place, frightening the poor guards even more. To them, it was like a disaster had struck, their jobs were on hanging on the edge, waiting to fall and collapse into oblivion just because of their pretentious attitude to this posh otherworldly character.

Inside the Capital, there was more than a noticeable difference in the details. Buildings had a grand look like wealth was abound throughout.

Beautifully tinted glass panes shone from a large, well-sculptured building.

It was this world's version of Church, called Arktel, built upon this world's largest religion, Relica.

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Relica was a religion based on historical scripts depicting higher beings who kept the world together, Like Arkan, the God of creation who made everything that takes part in a Universe.

Arkan was also known to be called the Father of Humans as he had apparently personally created Humans, unlike Rosaria, which was formed by the consequence of Cause and effect.

He had created other Demi-gods from Humans and bestowed upon them blessings for them to rise and becoming the guiding path for humanity.

God of Love, God of Deception, God of Loyalty, God of Fortitude, and etc.

He had also given up his control over the essential parts of the gears of the Universe, bestowing upon portions of the powers of the universe onto these gods.

From this, entities came into being with greater power than the Human Demi-gods.

God of Time, God of Space, Gods of various laws like God of Gravity, God of Light, God of Absence, and etc.

Arkan thus became the Father of Everything who was left with 2 Powers on him, Creation and Control of Mana, the source that gave the other Gods their powers.

Naturally, concepts of space and time, gravity and light and their corresponding Gods were kept as a secret.

In actuality, there were many hidden secrets about the history of Relica, most of which unfortunately had disappeared along with Ebenfalls, the Greatest Human Treasure.

Such knowledge was thought to be profound, bringing forth a greater understanding when comprehended. It could help cultivators achieve a state of enlightenment.

It wasn't the concepts themselves that played a big role in helping an individual advance, but the state of understanding that it brought about. In such a state, the brain was over-stimulated, making inconceivably entropic neural connections and resulting in a temporary change in the aptitude of comprehension, a hypothetical and vague aptitude concept that was thought to have an unthinkable effect, deciding whether one had the ability to advance in the later cultivation stages.

Stages far beyond the known Demon realm.

From the looks, Rosaria could be said to have an extreme level of similarity. The difference, however, was vast beyond imagination, and Nero would come to realise exactly how different both worlds were.