Chapter 460 - The Empires past (2/2)

”Later on, one of the kingdoms finally couldn't wait any longer, seeing that the old Empire was getting its act together, they decided to strike while small conflicts were still happening within. It was the new Empire's first battle, and they were in shambles.

”They had learnt that it was hard to coordinate thirteen different armies, even if they were under two different banners. Only the leaders knew their men well, and if it continued, they would lose. That's when the dwarfs' invention had come into play. They had built a weapon that no one had seen before. It had changed the flow of the battle. The war was won thanks to this.

”The leader who owned the item was not on the side of the current emperor. The emperor tried his best to gain favour, but it never worked. So in the end, he tried to abuse his powers, forcing the item to his side. As long as he had seven people who agreed with him, it would not matter if he further upset this leader.

”However, the leader was smart, he had made it so, only he knew how to start the special item only he had the key. In the end, a new emperor was crowned due to this. The people wanted revenge and using the new item the dwarfs created they started to take over kingdom after kingdom, growing the Empire.

”As emperor changed the dwarfs eventually were forgotten about for their deeds they had done. Later on, the leader at the time didn't agree with conquering the continent. So they took the key and hid the weapon. Ray, the Empire didn't stop and make a truce with the other kingdoms because of the shadow, they stopped because the key to this item was lost.

”Long had they become reliant on the item's power, and they feared to start another war without it. The emperor had changed once again, and it had gone back to the old.

”Then, the second biggest event in the Empire's history happened, and that is the introduction of the black-haired man named Sera. Somehow, Alexander, who was a leader who never obtained any seats before had obtained nine of them.

”I don't know how, I don't know why, but it all happened when that man was by his side. I found out a few things, some strange things that weren't possible for a human to do. Which led me to the conclusion. The man was either a god or a demon.”

Ray already knew the answer to the last one. Listening to the story, there were a few important points Ray had picked up. The old Empire had a weapon built by the dwarfs that was strong enough to deal with other kingdoms and not worry about the shadow as a threat. However, the key was lost.

The leaders were worried about their lost powers. Perhaps this god took advantage of that, promising them all new things, showing them things humans were incapable of.

As Ray thought about it more, he was getting frustrated with these so-called gods. It was as if they were all kids, wishing to beat each other, and the humans were their tools in doing so.

The Divine being, trying to control the six contestants and now the Redwings, Sera, controlling the Empire, and whoever was behind the shadow.

Whatever was the case, Ray didn't care if they were gods or not, he wouldn't let them have thier way. If they were the gods of humans, then Ray would have considered himself the gods of dragons.

'Let's see who will win this little game.'

”Ray, do you not understand?” Roki asked, interrupting his thought. ”The reason why I'm telling you this. My family has been loyal to one of the leaders from the beginning, but one day, our current leader had run off disappeared. My family were the ones who initially held the weapon and the key, we have been keeping it a secret for generations.

”But when our leader ran off, they took the Key with them. That pendant is the key to the item. Whoever gave you that, has chosen you to be the next leader, which I fall under. So I promise, whatever you need me to do, I will do it.”

'Did this mean, Ray's mother was the old leader?'

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