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War of Light and Curse of Kiron city
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"Kiron was a thriving city dozens of years ago. However, after the War of Light, this city suffered from many problems." Faust said.
'War of Light?' Aizen had never heard anything about it.
"War of Light… the War that took place between the human species and the elves?" Elizabeth knew about this matter, as this event was an important point in the history of this world.
"Yes. This War brought immense damage to the human race. Several countries were destroyed, causing mass genocide. In total, we had more than 500 million deaths (humans)."
'500 million!' Aizen was surprised. A war on such a massive scale… What was the cause of the conflict? He had a lot of questions.
"Why did this War take place?" Aizen asked.
"Well, the former Emperor of the Kingdom of Chizar had stolen a treasure from the Elves, known as the Chalice of Longevity. At that time, the continent of Ulera was ruled by 4 countries, Chizar was among them. In the beginning, the other 3 countries repudiated the Emperor of Chizar's decision, however, when they saw what the Chalice of Longevity could do, they made a deal with Chizar. In exchange for sharing the Chalice's benefits, the other 3 kingdoms would help Chizar drive out any elves who attempted a war. " Faust continued his explanation.
"What were the benefits of the Chalice?" Aizen asked.
"No one knows. They say it could make someone immortal, but many say the Chalice could do much more than that. After all, elves can live for thousands of years, they didn't cause such a big war just for a Chalice that could make someone immortal."
"I agree. This Chalice shouldn't be that simple." Elizabeth said.
"That makes sense." Aizen agreed. "I suppose the 4 human kingdoms underestimated the power of the elves and ended up being destroyed?"
"Yes, that's right. The 4 kingdoms were destroyed, and the 4 Emperors were killed. However, the Chalice was also damaged, this caused a massive uprising and the elves started massacring other countries involved."
"It would be a war to the death... Salia was just a small country at that time. However, the War also came here. We had some small conflicts with the elves, and one of those conflicts happened in the city of Kiron. It was after this conflict that the Kiron city never became prosperous again."
'Maybe it is that. An elven curse?' Aizen thought. "What happened for the war to end?"
"Elves are a race with few numbers, so the human race decided to try a battle of attrition. However, that didn't work out either, as the elves were much stronger than most humans. The queen of the Elves was too strong enough to face several countries alone... At this point, the War was completely in the Elves' favor. Until..."
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"Apostles." Elizabeth said.
"Apostles?" Aizen showed a confused expression.
"Apostles of the goddess of light descended to the human world and stopped the war." Elizabeth had also been surprised when she found out about this.
Apostles are beings who decided to follow a particular God, passing on his teachings or assisting him. They are also messengers and tend to interact with the mortal world more often than the Gods.
"The strange thing about it all was… the apostles stopped the elves from killing humans." Elizabeth said.
"What's so weird about that? Aren't they just saving people?" Aizen asked.
"Things don't work that way. Elves have always been faithful to the Goddess of Light and they are to this day; however, humans were not like that. Before the war, the Goddess of Light was just another Goddess in the eyes of humans, however, After they were saved, belief in the Goddess of Light grew enormously among humans."
"You mean she did it to spread her influence?" Aizen remembered seeing a giant temple in the city of Stormwind, maybe that temple was a Church?
"I don't know. There have been other wars, but why did the Goddess of Light interfere only in this one? Even though the other wars were not as big as this one, they still had millions of dead, those lives don't matter? And why didn't she interfere before the war start?" Elizabeth hated to admit it, but in her opinion, the Gods are not great benefactors. She was a little afraid to trust the Gods.
"Hmph! This filthy Goddess just wants to be worshiped, the Church of Light is a plague to humanity." Faust said, with an expression that showed rancor.
"Wash your mouth before you speak of the Goddess!" An old man in a white robe yelled at Faust. He had been silent this whole time, but he couldn't tolerate someone mocking his Goddess.
That old man was Garlan, the man who was in charge of the city's infrastructure. He appears to be a very religious nobleman.
"Tsk! Your Goddess is-"
"Faust, shut up." Elizabeth stopped Faust from continuing his words.
Faust was silent.
"Thank you, Elizabeth-Sama." Garlan thanked him.
This rivalry between Garlan and Faust is not new. Garlan had a connection to the Church, while Faust hated the Church. After the Church of Light came into being, the nobility was very restrained.
The church has a lot of power, especially military power. As the objective of the Church of Light is salvation, many commoners who have a miserable life end up clinging to this thread of hope. In the end, the Church grew enough to stand in front of even the royal family.
Due to this, the power of the nobility was restrained, so many nobles hated the church. However, the Church also needed the nobility, so they try to live in harmony. They try...
"It's no use arguing now. We need to solve the problem." She wanted to resolve this matter as quickly as possible.
"Do you have any suggestions?" She asked Aizen.
"Well, let me investigate the matter first. I assume you're in charge of the town's agriculture. Can you show me the land?" Aizen asked the young man.
"A-Ah, T-Alright." The young man replied, a little nervous. If Aizen hadn't spoken to the young man, people wouldn't have noticed he was there.
"What is your name?" Elizabeth asked.
"Gin, ma'am. I'm the person responsible for the town's agriculture…" Gin felt small at this meeting. The truth was, his job was useless, as farming in this city was useless too.
"Gin, present the lands to Aizen later."
"Understood."
"This meeting ends here. Everyone go back to your work."
Everyone bowed to Elizabeth before leaving.
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*Sigh!*
"What do you think?" She asked.
"Well, for now, we don't have better people to put in their place, so you'll just have to put up with it."
"...I have you to help me with this."
"Heh…" Aizen smiled.