Hey! This is me, the author. So this is the basic introduction to the world, if you know about fantasy worlds or you've seen isekai anime/ manga, then this basically just review for you and to be honest you can skim or skip through this. I only made this chapter so I don't forget any of the lore stuff I add into the world. You would understand a majority of the story without reading this so you can literally skip this if you don't feel like reading all this text. However, if you do feel like getting to know some basic understanding of the world, go ahead and read it.
Basically, this is a medieval fantasy world of monsters, and magic. Knights protect the city and wizards and sorcerers exist. Adventurer guilds hunt down monster and conquer dungeons obtaining loot and riches.
Welcome to the world of Artania.
In this world, some things are ranked, the strength of a person, the strength of a monster, the quality of a weapon, how efficient a potion is, etc. The ranking system goes from F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS and finally SSS as the highest and best rank there is. F is below average, a broken weapon, a potion that will poison you, a goblin. E is average, a normal farmer, a civilian, a poorly made weapon that can still be used but not that well, an undead. D is new solder, a trained man, a new sword made by a blacksmith, a potion that can heal small wounds, a wolf. C is a veteran solder, one who can fight many E or F ranks at once, a sword that is made by a veteran blacksmith and is good quality, an ogre. B rank is when a veteran solder is not only strong, but has good skills and is smart, a general who leads a small group of solders, a potion that can heal bigger wounds and cuts, a sword that can cut down tough monsters, a vampire. A rank is the cream of the crop, a king who leads an army, one who cuts through monster like they are butter, a wyvern. S rank is when things get serious, a single S rank could wipe out an entire nation, a lich, a dragon, a hero, a demon lord, beings that made it to the apex of mortality. SS rank, there has only been 8 SS rank ever, the supreme lich, the arch mage, the eternal dragon, the holy goddess, the reincarnator, the doom knight, the flame witch, and finally, the slime... these are beings that have gone beyond the mortal limits and are beyond humans, the closest things to being gods. One of these beings could destroy the entire world, yet the balance of power equals out due to the peace treaty of the 8 of them, if one were to betray the treaty, the other 7 would team together to suppress the traitor. You must be wonder... the SSS rank. A myth, a legend, a rank no one has achieved... and yet all 8 of the SS ranks, believe in it and devote their lives on achieving it, a rank where it transcends all of existence...
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Artania is dominated by 3 main humanoid species, the humans, the fairies and the devils (there are of course, other humanoid races, but these are the main three that take up a majority of the world). However in this world, the three species are relatively friendly towards each other, and in fact, intercourse and marriage between races is not considered taboo. There's even a specific names for the children of the different species. If a human and the fairies have a child, it's called an elf, if a fairy and a devil have a child it's called a faerie and if a human and devil have a child it's a demon. In this world demons are simply a race and not something used as a bad thing, if someone called you a demon child, it meant you were a child of a human and a devil and not meant as an insult.
Artania is governed by three gods, Satana, Verney and Artoria. In this world gods are not omnipotent beings, they are not living beings. They are massive clumps of energy that manage this world, Satana manages death by taking the soul, Verney manages reincarnation by recreating the soul, and Artoria manages birth by putting the soul into newly born bodies. The three gods are the laws of the world, and it is a common knowledge in this world. The three main species (human, devils and fairies) are descendants of the three gods, they are made of up of the energy of the gods. The devils are descendants of Satana, fairies are of Verney, and Humans are of Artoria. Though I say descendant, they are not children of the gods, the gods are not beings, they are just clumps of energy and the descendants are simply have those energies within them. The gods of our world are not the same as the gods of this world, the people in Artania have a direct connection to their gods. Because of this, religious wars aren't common and most people tend to treat other races normally, although it isn't perfect.
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