8 Chapter 8 – A simple guide to the world (2/2)

Monsters all had an amazing level of adaptability. If a monster with a fire attribute was placed in an environment of water, 1 out of 1000 would be able to change its attribute to suit the environment it lived in. and 1/100,000 even has a chance of gaining the ability of both attributes.

Though these numbers sounded big. The fact that they were capable of such rapid evolution is a marvel in itself.

The universe always gave equally. Though these monsters were not smart they had tougher bodies and higher adaptability.

The second danger that this world posed to its humanoid races were fiends.

Fiends were other realm creatures. They would constantly open cracks in the dimension to enter the continent.

Fiends were an abnormality of the world. They were smart and sinister creatures with bodies that were on the same level to a humanoid three levels higher. These were just low-level fiends.

Fiends had levels in their ranks as well. The higher their level was the smarter and more powerful they could be.

Wars with Fiends were distant. Rifts in space that would allow Fiends to pass through had become more sparse.

Only low-level fiend attacks have been registered in the past few decades. The extent to their power had been forgotten with time but the various races still remained vigilant to them.

The gordian continent was an ancient continent with a long-standing history in this world.

Housing various different humanoid races it was a hotbed of cultures.

The continent has seen its fair share of events and wars but the most prominent one was one that took place 500 years ago. This war set the political distribution that currently exists on the continent.

A portal was opened by the fiends during that time in the centre of the continent.

In the east, the soaring and tide kingdoms formed an alliance and requested the help of the forest of the elves for reinforcements. This was known as the Soaring tides alliance and is present to date.

In the west, the ignition and stone kingdoms formed an alliance and requested the help of the dwarf volcanic plateau for reinforcements. This was known as the ignited stone alliance and is present to date.

The north was home to the illumination empire. This empire held the strongest position in the war as its fighter's trained mostly in the light attribute. This was the bane of the Fiends. The war solidified their independence but they also lost their king in it.

The crown prince of the time was praised as a genius with unmatched potential. Instead of taking on the throne and continuing the age-old traditions of the land. He effectively demolished the monarchy and set up a council of elders that would overlook the empire.

Strength and intelligence were the requirements set for one to become a member of the elder council.

Research into space type tools became the major concern after the portal was established and as such, to spur on innovation in society. The prince also introduced the concept of monetary support to inventors.

Anyone, whether they were farmers or rich nobles. If they were able to invent anything that could further enhance efficiency in any field of work, would be granted monetary compensation by the empire. The most money going to people who would make advances in space dimension research.

Thus, the empire had single-handedly not only ensured years of prosperity to itself but also ushered in an age of technological advancement.

The alliances could not watch by and let the empire completely surpass them. They began implementing the same system in their kingdoms. However, some kingdoms still maintained a form of monarchy even if just a figurehead.

Within three decades of the portal opening and endless streams of fiends rushing into this world. The three major powers of the kingdom had found a way to seal it.

The war had displayed the threat of the fiends to the Kingdoms. To avoid further conflict between nations a pact was signed by the two alliances and the empire.

The kingdom was thus divided into seven major parts. The illumination empire in the north, The soaring tides alliance in the east, The elven forest southeast to the soaring tides alliance, the ignited stone alliance to the west, the dwarven volcanic plateau northwest, the unruled plains to the south and finally at the centre was a desolate patch of land that was left after the war.

The land still leaked traces of fiend aura from the sealed portal and as such became unusable for miles.

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Coming to the end of the summary Adam let out a sigh of delight. 'what an incredible world I have stepped into!'

This was a world of magic and monsters. Dungeons only made it a paradise for a game addict like himself.

'i have previously lived an easy life. Nothing special happened and I enjoyed it. This time will be different! I have been given another chance. The world is practically screaming at me to live a life of adventure. This time I will take on hardships if I have to but one thing is for sure…. It will be an interesting life!'