CHAPTER 3 : HUMANS, BEASTMEN AND DEVILS
“Long ago, God created three races, humans, beastmen and devils. For each race, he created separate worlds. Earth for humans, Olymzeus for beastmen and Patala (Also known as hell) for devils. All of these three races started living peacefully in their own worlds. But, it was just the calm before a terrifying storm.
“The beastmen and the humans were friendly towards each other. Whereas, the devils always considered themselves as the superior of the three races. Once, they were invited to Earth for a friendly reunion between the three races. While visiting Earth, the devils were mesmerized by its beauty. They never knew that such a beautiful world could even exist. They couldn’t accept the fact that a low species like humans were the ones living there.
“So the conflict started between humans and devils, and a deadly war broke out which continued for more than a year. This war was later known as the great war of Ragnarok.
“The war was so brutal that more than hundred million soldiers lost their lives. Humans tried their absolute best to defend their world from the devils. However, the devils, who were the strongest of the three races, easily overpowered them. When all hopes were shattered and the devils almost won the war, the beastmen entered the battle. The beastmen and the humans formed an alliance and worked together to launch a counterattack against the devils. Even though devils were strong, they were surprised by the unique strategies and attacks used by the human-beastmen allied force. Eventually, they were defeated and were forced to withdraw from the war. The humans were relieved and they promised to repay their huge debt to beastmen in the future. So they signed a blood pact with the humans giving the beastmen the authority to summon humans as they please, if they ever encountered a future crisis.
“A million years passed. Earth was at complete peace. Slowly, the humans forgot almost everything about the existence of other two races, and also the great war of Ragnarok.”
“But why did we forget‽” asked Ashwathama with curiosity.
Griffin continued, “No one knows why. Maybe, over the years, the information was lost somewhere and it wasn’t passed on to the next generation properly. Or maybe, they received some kind of curse which was unknown to us. That was all about the humans. But, on the other hand, our story was not as peaceful as theirs.
“After the war of Ragnarok, the devils were furious about their defeat. But rather than the humans, their grudge shifted towards the beastmen. If beastmen didn’t interfere with the war, they would be the ones ruling over Earth. So they decided to obliterate the beastmen before attacking the earth once again. But, this time they changed their strategy. Rather than launching a huge war, they launched small attacks all across Olymzeus. In response, the beastmen didn’t hold back either. Each time the devils attacked, the beastmen fought back and protected their land.
“And to this day, the cold war is still going on. However, over the past five hundred years, the devils have slowly started to overpower us. At present, they have already occupied more than 40 percent of our world. And our reports confirm that within the next two years, they are preparing to launch an all out war, which will be even more brutal than the great war of Ragnarok.
“Even though we beastmen take pride in our strength, the truth remains, that we are backed into a corner at present. So, as a last resort to protect our world, we had no choice but to take outside help. So, we decided to summon young humans who could be used as soldiers in this war.”
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If Ashwa heard this story from anyone else at any other time and place, he would never believe a single word of the story. But, in this life or death situation, he had no doubt about the fact that everything Griffin said was the truth.
“So, that means all those mysterious disappearances of teenagers, that the news channels always showed, were the result of your summoning.” Ashwa said with a soft voice.
“Indeed. We used the blood pact contract and summoned twenty thousand humans in the last year. And you were the last person to be summoned. We were very hopeful that we would train these fifty thousand humans to convert them into perfect soldiers. But, we never expected what was about to happen..”
“Why what happened after that?” Ashwa asked.
Griffin’s facial expressions suddenly changed. Until now, he was looking calm and was speaking very gently. But, all of sudden he became angry and loud. He shouted, “You got some nerves asking me that. Ms. Deliah, why don’t you tell him what happened after that. After all, you saw it with your own eyes. Didn’t you?”
“As you wish my king…” Deliah started describing the incident.
It happened two days ago on Skeleton island, a deserted island on an ocean of lava. This island was generally used for the training purpose of new recruits. However, all the training was suspended for the time being.
King Griffin along with the think tank of Olymzeus had decided to keep the summoned humans on this island for the time being. And Deliah was in charge of taking care of them. After traveling for eight hours, Deliah finally arrived there.
“Ah! I hate this place. It brings back bad memories. It’s good that the humans aren’t awake yet. Otherwise, it will be totally chaotic. ” Deliah thought in her mind. Deliah saw a lot of soldiers stationed there. King Griffin had already sent these soldiers to support her. There were about a thousand of them.
“Alright then. Grisha, Alan, Ruphia set out the camps here and take care of the humans. If anyone wakes up, feed them those pills. I am going to get some food supplies. I will be back in an hour. Soldiers help them build the camps ” Deliah ordered her officers and left the camp along with twenty soldiers.
After an hour and half she returned. “I am exhausted. It took more time than I thought. I am dying for a hot spring bath. Woof!
“What is this?!” Deliah was dumbstruck to see the frightening sight in front of her. The island was filled with a rotten smell. The ground was turned into a pool of blood. “Men wait here” , Deliah ordered. Numerous corpses lied on her left and right as she walked towards the rotten smell. “Grisha, Alan, what’s happening here? Ruphia where are you? She screamed while running. Suddenly, her right leg hit something. As she looked down, she saw the decapitated head of Alan. Towards the right, she found the hairband of Ruphia which was covered in blood. She kept running forward, while somehow holding back her tears. As she moved forward, the rotten smell of corpse became denser.
After running for a while, Deliah finally stopped. She never imagined to witness such a sight in her life. Before her, was a mountain of corpses which included the bodies of Grisha and Ruphia. And, on top of them stood a black entity. It was quite unclear. So Deliah moved some steps forward.
His body was covered with darkness. A red evil aura was flowing from his cold eyes. He had two black wings on his back and a pair of horns on his head. It became crystal clear that he was a devil. He looked at Deliah and showed a sinister smile. Deliah was burning in rage. She wanted to draw her sword and cut him into pieces. However, she couldn’t move a single muscle as if she was frozen in fear. While walking towards her, the devil stopped smiling and before saying anything, he collapsed. The wings and horns disappeared. His red eyes turned normal. And the darkness from his body disappeared. He turned into a normal human. It was none other than Ashwa.
CHAPTER 3 END
SOMETHING EXTRA BEFORE THE NEXT CHAPTER
Name : Griffin the third
Role : Ruler of Olymzeus
Age : 64
Hobby : Fishing
Favorite Food : Stuffed fish with refined wine