Part 1

Bam

A lady wearing a white kimono dress from the land of samurai slammed her hand on the table to quiet down the students that were so cheerful and playing around in class.

She started speaking at high volume. "I get that you girls are graduating but this is no excuse to behave like this."

"Now sit down."

Sitting down they simultaneously sighed not being happy.

"Listen up well and do not get any ideas the queen has postponed all work and therefore will have to take a break."

"Yey"

They all stood celebrating and jumping up.

Bam

"I said no funny ideas."

"Now sit back down."

"For that, your graduation party will be held at the same time as the festival and before that, you'll have to learn the true story of our heroes."

"And yes you might be wondering why you must but believe me when I say what you learned is only child story perspective."

"So, forget about complaining because I get more time to teach you about it."

"Outrageous."

Some of them started yelling and throwing tantrums.

"Yeah, this is unfair."

The teacher was fuming as these students did not even listen to her as they started saying whatever they want.

"Like am saying listen to me?"

"I don't care whether you think it's unfair or outrageous, you have five whole months before you pick your future role, and yet you complain about the history of the heroes who pathed the way for you."

"Now I'm going to start, so sit well and behave yourselves."

***

Part 2

At that time it was before the serpent wars B.S.W when the world was peaceful.

Back then this island was part of a continent known as the motherland of humanity.

It was called so because as history tells it was where humanity first begin.

Humanity stems from barbarians who left their lands to go elsewhere, and when they came here, they said their children were cursed because they were so small.

Not to say barbarians aren't humans but we are.

They are the main tree family and we branch off them, but as we like to be the center of everything we say they are barbarians you know savages and uncultured, but what they are is the giant human clan.

Thus naming ourselves the human clan or as we like humans.

A barbarian baby usually weighs 80 pounds to 200 pounds, with 80 pounds being the smallest and 200 pounds being the largest.

But these babies were 10 pounds and smaller.

In documenting the land they were in, one of their knowledgeable elders discovered everything on the land was small in comparison to their homeland.

Be it trees, grass, mountains, animals, even the sand was smaller.

And in the years when the babies grew, they were violent and mischievous.

The barbarian got into a predicament in deciding whether to kill the abominations they called children to spare them.

Not coming to a conclusion they decided to observe and see what the outcome would be when they become adults.

In the years of their development, the barbarians would lock up the little borns to see how they would cope with such situations.

As a result of the barbarians locking them up and leaving the continent, they forgot about one deceitful barbarian.

He was a radical, and he saw an opportunity when the little ones were born.

He crowned himself a king making the abominations his subject.

Lied about everything to brainwash them, and because barbarians live up to five hundred years he was a king for two centuries.

After being under the rule of a greedy, lustful, maniac for two hundred long years they overthrew him.

Waging war after war to decide the next king which never happened.

To them who lived for a few decades, their history repeated itself until blood rained from the sky.

This blood rain happened throughout the world, especially in the Balruf continent.

It is a mystery to now but some believe it was the blood of a dragon.

Now, this was not the first thing that came to mind nor what people thought because when people see blood falling from the sky, they come up with all sorts of theories.

Anyways those theories went out of the window as three body parts fell later after it.

First, was the head of a long lizard with spikes and horns, it fell on the city of gold.

This city is now called the lost city of gold, it is located in the desert dome.

The second body part fell in the place that was least expected and worst of all, the motherland of humanity it was a tail the length of 96 kilometers.

And for the last one, it was an organ.

This one is still being investigated but what is known is that this organ is responsible for unlocking the chain evolution.

A breaking point to their unending war was this long tail which divided the people and in their time of confusion, their ancestors returned.

Thanks to the barbarians making it in time before those war mongrels did something horrible.

They were educated enough to know what is bad and good, at first it took some time but peace made them think otherwise.

Hearing stories about how big the world was some decided to look for their destiny elsewhere.

The remaining ones tried to figure out what to do with the wall that was said to be the flesh of some sort of creature, but what they did not know was the reason the barbarians returned was to get rid of the tail and they were just scouts more of them would come later on.

Amongst the humans was a half-barbarian he wasn't the only half because the old king did some nasty stuff.

And when asked how they were bigger than the other the answer was simple.

The king who ruled them was big like them and he called himself the last of his tribe the War Hammer tribe.

His name was Guten son of Chief Gulak and he talked about how they were betrayed by the other tribes and stripped of all their pride and dignity.

And it hit them like a mountain, absolute shock.

The worst tribe in their history trained these guys and they were unaware of it.

It was the biggest L they have taken so far next to giving birth to these abominations.

However, their worry about the tail took priority thus they neglected other things.

In 20 years they waited for other barbarians to come but none has come making them wonder what the hell was happening in Balruf.

Not long after, the answer came billions of snakes attracted to the dragon tail came from land and sea.

The tail was like a light in the darkest night and moths or creatures of the night were trying to see the light and coming into the place where the tail was.

These guys didn't even try but rather they escaped in every direction.

What kind of man would face an army of billions of serpents from the smallest snake known to mankind to the biggest?

And what's worse some of these serpents were 100 meters and longer.

It was a feast.

Also amongst the serpents feasting on the dragon's tail was a one-half barbarian, he was fat with short skinny arms and legs, his teeth were crooked, and as he munched on the tail he was no different from a beast.

One year later they were still eating the tail but there were fewer serpents only 39 + one-half barbarian 40 beings.

After finishing that tail all scattered in all directions going into hibernation straight away.

While the billions of snakes hunted most of the continent's population.

400 years after the blood rain, the biggest war ever known happened in the year 1000 of the Sun.

The main players were the barbarians and their king En Sala Nur who battled against giant serpents king-level monsters.

Monsters are ranked based on the threat level they pose to populations and monsters who are king level means they are at a threat level of red or higher.

But the reason why they are called kings is that they are the apex of certain species or their kind which makes them able to command their kind.

Those serpents spoke just like humans, the people of the motherland became slaves who sacrificed women to satisfy them.

Indeed mankind shows no remorse to survive going as far as to sacrifice the one he calls mother and sister.

The tyranny of these beings however did not last long as the hero king swam through oceans to slay them.

They ran and hid never to reveal themselves in fear of him and of those treacherous men they sought to bring back their masters.

For many years they conducted heinous acts abducting young girls from overseas to bring back the rule of serpents.

The hero king was not someone who would fight humans or meddle in their lives, it was up to them how they lived and for that, the weak stood their ground.

And the motherland became a two-state continent.

Women fought men, this hatred spread throughout the world as innocent people were involved.

That's where the story of our beloved hero comes in.

Our hero was born from a father who was from a land called the Tani Valley of Samurai and her mother was from a neighboring country that was called the Long Dynasty.

Her mother was a commoner who worked for a big family that was one of the ruling families in the kingdom.

And these two neighboring countries hated each other for some reason.

Her being born from two opposite worlds received the hatred of both parties.

Though she trained and fought for the recognition of people to accept her she was banned, becoming a wandering warrior.

She hid and worked as a bodyguard at a young age not fully knowing the true horrors of the world.

Her client drugged her, playing with her body, and after she was worn out he sold her to slavery.

From one house to another as a slave, she ended up in the motherland becoming a sacrifice for the Serpent Holes.

Serpent Holes are followers who want to revive the old rule of serpents on land and awaken the slumbering kings.

The slumbering kings are the 40 beings who went into hibernation after eating the flesh of the dragon.

Thanks to their hibernation they missed the slaughter of the hero king.

Back then the strongest evolved monster known to mankind was an orange-level threat and with its core, they intended to awaken one of the 40 kings' water basilisks.

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In a deep swamp in the motherlands the state of Serpent Hole there was a sacrificial ceremony being held.

Hundreds of women were decapitated and piled up together in one large platform full of blood like a dish plate, and 7 young girls were tied up together and standing above the corpses.

They were naked and prepared to be eating when the serpent woke up.

As the serpent mutants begin their transformation to welcome their new master in a pleasing form, their serpent forms a hybrid between man and snake and it was all kinds of transformation some kept their legs while others were like nagas.

A woman in a thin green dress walked barefoot.

She was holding an orb that was emitting a stench of disgusting blood.

She walked in between the serpent mutants while they stood on her left and right.

With each step the woman got closer to them the young girls shook in fear our hero included.

At the last minute when the woman was about to place the orb on the platform, the earth shook as thousands of women came firing arrows and spears at the serpent mutants.

If that orb landed on the altar a catastrophe would have happened.

Thanks to the interference of the sisterhood state the ceremony was delayed.

In no time a battle began and our hero saw the light coming for her, she was in a daze as life flashed before her eyes.

And at that moment the option of death was there or life, although she was reluctant on choosing death she wanted to fight for the girls who were alongside her.

The ones she took as a family though they never talked but knew each other's feelings as if they were sacrificial things and nothing more than an object of man's desire.

She said. "One more fight to ease my pain in this world by doing an act of righteousness."

After the battle settled the surviving girls were rescued and since our hero decided to participate she saved some lives.

They retreated into their state living the bloodied battlefield and in doing so, a person climbed out of the corps holding an orb.

It was the woman in a green dress, she placed the orb which was a core on the altar.

Minutes later the blood in the surroundings was sucked into the orb disappearing into the ground and a while later the whole area shook as a huge lizard's claws came out of the ground.

This lizard's claw was unlike any other as there were five fingers with fins attached to it.

And soon the platform broke down as a huge being came out of the ground.

In order to not be noticed by the hero king it sealed itself waiting for the day to be reawoken.

"I live!"

Taking its time to enjoy the meat before its eyes after awakening from a long slumber with an empty stomach then did the creature look its surrounding.

"Huh, what is this." It looked around in confusion as something was off.

And indeed the source of its worries the woman spoke which sparked some memories in its head.

"So, that is how you look."

"What's this? No, wait I sense his blood on you."

"Who are you." It asked as it looked at the small creature below it.

"I'm the one who awoke you and your new master."

"Ha, hahaha oh what a funny thing, you remind me of the old days."

"Yes, it was when the brute ones gave us what they called their partners or rather mates to beg for their insignificant lives."

"And you say you are my master." Suddenly its voice got agitated seeming mad.

"You know I might have let you go with your life since you woke me but I change my mind."

Before the creature could do anything a high-pitched voice entered its ears.

"Kneel"

"You lowlife, how dare you to command of such a thing."

The woman's demeanor was constantly changing like an ant refused to listen to her.

"Maybe you did not hear me correctly I said kneel before your queen."

She took out an amulet that had an emerald gem in it and she yelled.

"Kneel"

An aura of a green halo surrounded her becoming a large snake that engulfed the huge lizard.

With that, the lizard prostrated unwillingly as it could not resist.

"Now that is much better, lift me up on top of your head I wanna ride you… pet."

"Such humiliation I will surely make you pay for it."

Despite its struggles, it obeyed as commanded to.

"Much obliged slave."

She knew that this slave of hers would soon know his place in the world.

Name: Basilisk

Species: Water Basilisk

Overall Size: 184m

Diet: Humans

Threat Level: Red

One of the first evolved creatures, by drinking the blood of a dragon when it was nothing but a little lizard it mutated and gained intellect the same as a human.

And later on, when it consumed the flesh of the dragon's tail it evolved into a basilisk.

A lizard with six legs and a long tail that is forked its face resembles that of a dragon and it can go deep into the ocean.

***

Part 3

"Sub"

The girls were crying while listening to that story.

"What a horrible thing she went through." Said one of them.

"Yeah, me too I feel sad…sub. I wish I was strong so I could help her."

"You idiots stop saying nonsense, you know the rest of the story as our hero fought the evil lady and made this island you stand on."

"But teacher how did she make the island which is ten meters above sea level and those hands holding it."

"Ay ya ya ya, what have you guys been doing didn't you hear this story everywhere it's like a fairy tale?"

As she touched her temples, the teacher spoke.

"When half of the continent was sinking 430 years ago our hero who was turning into a stone broke the continent into half and picked it up holding it to save her sisters."

"Ohh, yeah now we remember." They all said together and laughed afterward.

"Hahaha"

The teacher laughed alongside them saying. "What a youth."

***

At the same time, the south side of the island where is divided into three sections east, west, and south.

In the western forest of Amber the creatures, there were tense as they could sense the presence of something huge.

Inside the cocoon egg of evolution, the lion was going through massive change.

His bones turned black growing in size and tough skin covered him.

The manes turned cloudy black moving like a living flame.

On the outside, the cocoon egg was 50 meters with a blue frosty fire.

Evolution does not happen on a whim, many factors accrue before an evolution.

Some factors are when facing death or the beast grows both in mind and body.

The lion's ability to fight other lions was all a result of the physical energy that allows the body to develop.

Physical energy has changed this world's laws of physics, and beasts that were once normal are now in different shapes and sizes.

It used to be that a lion was not bigger than a horse, but now it is, and beasts can destroy boulders with their claws.

Nevertheless, evolution occurs not only as a result of physical energy but also as a result of force energy.

These beings can perform supernatural feats because their cores contain force energy.

The power of nature or the elements, the ability to change sizes, have super strength, or even become invisible is all due to the combination of physical energy and force energy.

If one does not meet the qualification of physical energy one cannot evolve.

In his early years, Kerrakion was already capable of crushing boulders and fighting off hundreds of lions, and he could create a powerful force of destruction with the swing of his claws.

Physical Energy is the embodiment of physical force representing what is natural and Force energy is the outer side of nature representing unnatural phenomena like superpowers.

(We know that "Physical energy" is related to interfering with the raw physical matter (masses and bodies) and its activities, potentially and generally realizing work.

But in this world, it's on the next level being close to the supernatural.

Beasts are born with almost enhanced physical power, hearing, and all the benefits they receive as animals.

Animals grow in different ways to meet the qualification of evolution.

Like how every being on the continent Balruf is bigger than the outside world, be it the giant human clan, or beasts whether land, water, or air.

These beasts are born qualified for evolution, unlike those on other continents that must grow to become similar to those on Balruf.

So, when Kerrakion's mom was fighting those snakes and a Cavalierly of knights arrived she roared knocking them out, and it was like a supernatural power but that was a proportion to her natural being she is not evolved and cannot perform those powers.

Basically, it was a sonic sound wave of physical energy, and because she was so big and strong, even hearing her screech or roar was enough to knock someone out or kill them.

When a being's body develops to the point where it can be considered unnatural, it meets the qualification to evolve.

This is not for adapting to the environment or for survival but no it is not, it's rather to become a being that denies logic and nature.

Some are so horrendous that you would think of them as creatures from other worlds or outer space creatures.

***

As I gained awareness I could feel the pain my body was going through.

The throbbing of my veins did not stop even when the blood flow came back to normal.

I know nothing of how the insides of my body work but these piercing needles I feel seem to be nursing me.

Is this something that happens every time I grow or just in this situation?

Well, it matters not.

I'm a newborn!

Hahaha, my blood is burning just thinking about how I'll eat that blade bastard.

Is this the height of supremacy or am I being born as my true self?

No, I was never truly me before.

Kings fall and rise but my lesson showed me before you face any obstacles crush your enemies even if they are not threats.

Yes… yes, life is how you choose to see the mirror in front of you.

Confront the real you and erase it.

Because not even your shadow shell has a say in your matters.

Skirmish them in every fight.

Eat the strong kill the weak.

Grow until you are unstoppable.

The ceiling does cover what lies above it but you can break through it.

Wait who are you?

What am I, no who are you to question that?

You are not my thoughts.

Oh no, no this is not me… I see power as arrogance my fall will not be you.

I'm better than I was.

Just because I have wronged myself does not me I'm irredeemable.

Senseless killing is done by those who see black and white.

The answer is I'm wrong therefore I must correct what I have destroyed.

The lizard is crazy and I stand by my ideals but I must still use my pride to see the color of the world.

I'm king I kill not because of arrogance but to protect and I owe her for helping the pathetic little king who cried for life.

My blood is my law. Your land is your law.

So long as I live I'm your guard.

Mother said the earth loves those who return to her.

And my name was Kerrakion and still is.

As the Blue-Eyed King, I now wear the mantle of The Monarch of Frost.

By the sheer will of the earth, a new king was crowned and with a roar, he swore by his royal blood.

Just like how a balloon burst the cocoon exploded and within was the king of lions.

"Roar"

With his roar, he announced his rebirth.

Having a height of 8m and a length of 20m, his mane resembled a dark cloud and his right eye had a frosty blue hue with a chilling atmosphere.

A black flame on his forehead symbolizes a crown.

And at the back of his tail, the tip where the hairy tuft was supposed to be was replaced with black flames.

Now it stands to the world that a Felidaes king is born and none like him exists in the human world.

Name: Blue-Eyed King

Species: King Lion

Overall Size: 28 meters

Weight: 40,000 lbs

Diet: Carnivorous

Threat Level: Orange+

A living weapon created for breeding and fighting.

He stands to reason but is savagely cruel.

"Hahaha, I feel the power crawling through my veins."

His eyes gazed at his surroundings to find no one there.

"Who shall be the one to test my limits."

"I cannot contain the powers within me… I feel like I can sink this place to the bottom of the ocean."

OK, that may not be true but he doesn't know it yet.

"No, wait what do I sense?"

????

"This cannot be."

And at that time he came to the realization that he was not the only strong one on the island.

Because suddenly a strong pressure he never felt was covering the island from below the sea and another from above ground.

Yes, several other beings on the same level as him and two stronger presences that can stop him and they were all watching him perform his idiotic thoughts.

With his newfound power, he was blinded for a second not noticing the people who got close to him.

"Until when?"

"Heh, so you noticed." A being descended from the sky, it was a falcon with long rainbow hair on its head.

The falcon looked at him walking in a circle around him.

And from how big it was one would think he was a guinea pig facing off against a falcon.

"There is no need to be alerted."

She said her voice was that of the feminine.

And as she spoke to him he could feel the power behind her voice.

"I admit it, when the queen said to let you evolve I was against it."

"But now I see wrong. I guess I'm still not there to understand."

"Do you wanna fight us?"

"Us?" He asked in puzzlement but quickly turned around looking up at the sky.

Up, way up into the clouds, a bird was flying down so fast that it looked like a bolt of lightning was coming down.

Woosh

With wings open spread at the last time the bird landed.

Lighting swirling in its eyes it cawed making the dust clear.

"I'm Nizmania, royal guard of the queen and I need you to surrender yourself."

Saying that she lifted her long eagle claws holding an obsidian chain.

Obsidian chains are made of plutonium crystal rock, a special crystal rock mined from beneath the earth's surface.

For years it has absorbed the energy of the world becoming something that restricts ability users or evolved creatures.

At this realized he could not escape nor was it an option for him to escape as it will hurt his pride.

"You know I'm not at a disadvantage."

"We know that." Said the falcon, her eyes were on every movement he made.

"I can go with you but I will not be chained."

The eagle was not taking what he said and by her tune, she was not the type to negotiate.

"You think you are better than a dog."

"My blood, instinct, and whole being want to fight… but I wisdom with you."

"And do not taunt me woman for disgracing a king is a war."

"Hmm, I like him just like how Lady Lyla said some monsters are reasonable but hey lion do not forget your crimes."

"Yes, we know everything."

The eagle warrior got close to him she was 60 meters way bigger than him in size but that was all.

"They had to, they were rejects who denied me."

"Growl"

He dug out his claws ready to rumble.

"Oof, my lion, that is not nice."

In discomfort, the falcon remarked saying. "Do you know who they belong to?"

"Every beast evolved or not on this island belongs to her."

Like a cornered beast he was angry.

"Who?"

Suddenly the eagle jumped on him.

"Caw"

Boom lighting trailed after him as he jumped dodging her attacks.

It was a chain of explosions after another as the lighting was heaving the ground.

"What is up with you I said I don't wanna fight."

"Are you chickening out on me now?"

She was angry as she expected the monster to give everything at his disposal or maybe she wasn't taking him seriously, and because of that, he thinks he was not in danger.

"Is that so then have at it."

"Lighting Feathers"

She swooped on him using her feathers as projectiles.

They were hard as steel and were imbued with lighting making them pierce hard objects like a hot knife going through butter.

Sensing this he squatted down and jumped like a string.

"Ice Shield"

While jumping he created a flat round of ice shield protecting his behind.

Bam

The ice shield was broken into pieces as the lighting feathers followed him.

Dodging the feathers he landed swinging his claws as a massive wave of ice froze the feathers that were coming back at him.

He took a long look at the eagle and seeing that she was hell-bent on fighting he sighed.

"If that is the lady's wish."

"Ha, you are saying you were playing with me."

The eagle was furries as she transformed into her hybrid form a tall woman covered in feathers from head to tail except for the hands and feet as they were five-finger claws and huge wings behind her back.

She took out a whip that was tied to her waist.

"Crackle"

Lighting cracked infusing with the whip. "Here I come."

As she was about to go down and whip him to submission, she stopped midair hovering.

She looked around and saw nothing. "Huh, where did he disappear to?"

"Nizmania!" The falcon started to fly into where she was in a panic.

"Huh." She was still confused about what was going on.

Woosh

Above her she suddenly saw the shadow of a huge creature, she was in a daze not able to move as sweat dripped off her in buckets.

All she could think about was I'm done for as the great figure of a lion was jumping on her from above without her awareness.

What he did was while she was transforming he tensed up all his muscles and moved at a greater speed than sound.

It was un-presented as he seemed like teleporting only a shadow of him could be seen and that was not his body but rather an afterimage.

Coming from above her his arms were spread and nothing could stop him from ending her in many ways whether it is smashing her to the ground or slashing her into pieces.

But he chose to slam her into the ground lightly and it was enough to put her in bed for days because, unlike a normal person who would just die straight away, she is an awakened warrior.

He grabbed her by the wings and slammed her down.

Boom

The ground was struck.

Splash, she spurted blood having some of her bones broken.

"You monster!" the falcon swooped in pudding her head into his side which pushed him but he did not resist.

He was pushed a few feats away nothing serious happened to him.

Turning back to her human form she took out a storage bag that was containing little red berries.

Vital berries are red berries when eaten heal the person temporarily.

It is used in emergencies to stop blood and keep the body in a state of semi-conscious, though the person must be treated immediately before they lose vitality.

"She is f…" before he could finish he was interrupted.

"Shut up!"

"She is fine what is wrong with you I never meant to hurt her."

"Hurt, her I said shut up… don't you see what you did." With tears in her eyes, she glared at him.

"Okay, I will head to where my kind are so if you would excuse me."

"No, you will go nowhere the queen wishes for your presence, and unless you want to be an enemy you can delay this more."

Silence the place was utterly silenced he couldn't refute her nor did he intend to.

With that, he waited for her to treat her friend.

Having wrapped some healing potions and bandages around her for ten minutes, she picked her up carrying her on her shoulder. Her face morphed into the appearance of a predator bird with long red peaks, and wings sprouted from her back.

"Follow me to the white jungle the queen would be there in half an hour."

Without his reply, she rose soaring into the sky.

"Ahh, I don't even know what to make of that."

After contemplating for some time and trying to figure out a way to fly he created a pair of ice wings.

A further ten minutes passed in which he tried to fly, but he was unable to do so.

"Argh"

Frustrated he jumped and used his ice power to create snowflakes to walk on while in mid-air.

"Ice Steps"

He laughed when he stepped onto the snowflakes while running in the sky, not remembering how he failed to fly when he created ice wings.

End of Chapter 9