"First of all, let's start with the archenemy of our world, the Demon God and its army," said Pope Baton with a serious tone.

"Different country has their interpretation for the origin of the Demon God, for our country, we believe that the Demon God is created by the negative energy, emotion and mana of all living being in the world, meaning that as long as there's living being in this world, we will forever be forced to face the Demon God and its army. As for the reason why it can be manifested into a living being, we think the reason lies during the Blank Era, which is the era where all records and details during that 100 years have been lost completely, no books or even a single living being can remember what happened during that era."

"And that's why you guys call it the Blank Era?" asked Xiao curiously for the naming of the era.

"Yes, the previous era of the Blank Era was called the Era of Sea Exploration, the era of people crossing the sea to explore new land, pirates and sea merchants were a thing at that time, we also established a connection with countries from the east side of the world, including the Kingdom of Dong. After the Blank Era was called the Era of the First Demon God, that was when the Demon God first manifested in this world, it brought its demon army and waged war against the whole world, its godly power and the limitless numbers of its army was a terrifying sight, it was only with the power of the Heroes Band and the effort of the alliance army can we drive back the force of the Demon God," Pope Baton explained slowly and in detail for Xiao.

"I see, by the way, how many times have you guys fought with the Demon God already?" asked Xiao curiously after some history of this world from Pope Baton.

"This will be the fourth time the Demon God resurrected, it will come back to the world every 50 years, starting from this year, we have 2 more years until the Demon God finally resurrects," said Pope Baton.

"2 years, I see, thank god we still have some time until then, or else I will just be a burden to you guys, hahaha!" chuckled lightly by Xiao as he understands that the current him would only be in their way against the Demon God.

"Once again, we're sorry to bring you into the problem of our world, normally, you shouldn't be participating in the war against the Demon God army, you should be living your normal life in your world," Pope Baton said in a regretful and sorry manner.

"Well, I can't go back to my world living normally already, ever since the people in my world branded me as the murderer of my family," replied Xiao with a faint smile while thinking back the people in his world.

"I'm sorry, truly I am, I won't ask for your forgiveness and I don't know how I can amend your losses, but I'll make sure to compensate for all your needs within my power," said Pope Baton as he bows down his head to Xiao.

"It's okay, please raise your head, don't blame yourself," Xiao quickly pick Pope Baton up as he was troubled by Pope Baton's sincere apologies.

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"So, how did my brother get chosen as the candidate for the Light hero in the first place? You were saying something about the prophecy, right?" Xiao quickly shifts the topic, which Pope Baton gladly answers.

"Yes, and for that, I would need to tell you the origin of the Light Hero first," said Pope Baton as he cleared his throat for a moment before starting his explanation.

"According to the record, the Light Hero can only be found in another world, your world, the reason why is that it hasn't been found by any scholars yet, but they believe that it has something to do with the creator and the First God of our world, Aora."

(That's why this world is called the world of Aora, I wonder who named my world Earth, and why is it called it that way.)

"The only thing we know about the Light Hero is that he or she has the capability and aptitude to wield the Light element magic, which is considered the rarest among all magic element with the utmost skill, and lead us to victory against the Demon God army with ease," said Pope Baton with confident, but then he shows regret as he continues.

"Unfortunately, the Light Hero only appeared to fight with us on the previous two generations of the Heroes Band, the Demon God was aware that the power of the Light Hero has proven too strong for it to defeat, that's why it sent its minion to kill the potential candidate of the Light Hero before he or she is secured by us and develop their skills to fulfill their prophecy as the Light Hero."

"I see, so it REALLY was one of the minions of the Demon God that killed my parents and my brother, Lars kind of told me about it, but not in details," said Xiao.

"Ah, Lars Leo, the previous generation of the Lightning Hero, how did you guys meet? I'm actually eager to ask you about it," Pope Baton sparks with curiosity as he asks Xiao.

"Well, I'm not sure myself either, he just....appeared out of nowhere while I was locked up in a cell, waiting for my death sentences. Hmm....I never get to ask him about it, but I guess it's useless even if I ask him, he never tells me anything in details, he always plays around while acting like a lunatic," Xiao express his honest opinion towards Lars to Pope Baton as Pope Baton kind personality and the only person who treats Xiao with respect and kindness has earn Xiao's trust with the information he had learned so far.

"You guys called him an exiled and a madman, right? And he was a hero before? What happened to him? What caused him to become the man he is today?" asked Xiao curiously about Lars' history.

"Well, I would love to tell you about Lars as you have the obligation to learn about him, consider he is the one that brought you into our world, but please pardon me, I will need to stop here, for now, you still need plenty of rest before your body can fully recover," said warmly by Pope Baton as he notice Xiao has been resisting his drowsiness.

"Haha, I see you notice it, sorry, it appears that my body still haven't get used to the changes yet, and I know now that it was because of the mana in my body, very well then, I guess I should stop pestering you and go to sleep," Xiao bashfully scratches his hair as he chuckled in embarrassment.

"Alright, I'll excuse myself then, please rest well, Xiao, and call the guards outside if you need anything."

Pope Baton smiles back warmly and gets up from the chair, he walks away from Xiao and was about to open the door and leave the room, he turns towards Xiao and said:

"Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you something, it was one of the reasons why I came to meet you in the first place, you have a big day waiting for you tomorrow."

"Big day?" Xiao looked at Pope Baton curiously while Pope Baton beams out an exciting smile.

"Yup, tomorrow is the official day for the Heroes Assemble Ceremony."