So this basically gives a good bit of insight into what events went down to lead to the setting of this story.
In the years of 2020-2030, Humanity had a breakthrough in technology and began to make extremely advanced pieces of equipment. Spaceships that were able to fly faster than the speed of light came into theory and people started to prepare for the ability to cultivate other planets. Self-aware AI was created and the foundations of building robots to do our small tasks was put also put into theory. Small versions of both of these were made and were successful, showing how far science had come.
With this breakthrough in science on the technological side, other fields started to advance with leaps and bounds as well. Medicine was made that can cure cancer, Solar Energy was advanced so far that one Solar Panel could give a whole city of millions electricity. Scientist were even able to make clones of certain animals.
The whole world was at peace and all of the countries started to work together for a brighter future, the reason this happened was due to what was needed to make these advancements of Science. A new metal discovered called Naturium. It was Bright Green and pulsated when touched. The rarity of it made countries bring all their Naturium together and work towards the same goals. This caused a lot of peace treaties to be signed and soon everyone was at peace. No one knows exactly how this new metal was formed or why it suddenly came into existence but very few people asked questions.
One of the people who was asking questions was a scientist who managed to get a small chunk of Naturium and began to study it. He concluded that this metal was, in fact, a sign that Earth was in fact living and Naturium seemed to be Earth's organs. The reason he concluded this was wherever it was found and removed, the land around that area began to decay and rot. The governments covered this up but decided this would need to be studied further. The scientist's name was Kakashi Akihiko.
On the year 2031, a major vein of Naturium was found in the country of India and was to be quickly mined and be delivered to the Capital of India, New Dehli. This vein was 50 times bigger than what anyone has ever found and was priced at around 50 billion American dollars. As the miners reached the middle of the vein, an open area that resembled a room was found and a small red orb was floating in the middle of this spacious area.
Confused but filled with greed the head of the mining crew decided to take the orb for himself. He gets to the middle of the room and stretches out his hand to grab the orb. As hands finger touches the orb, a massive dark hole is formed and begins to suck the crew into it one by one. The last person in the crew was almost sucked in when everything suddenly became still again. After about 30 seconds of stillness, a massive portal is opened where the Red Orb should be. Out came what seemed to be monsters of varying degrees and numbered the same as the crew that got sucked in.
When noticed by the 10 monsters, the human was mercilessly killed and the once mining crew but now monsters began their ascent to the surface. After making it to the surface, the monsters began a murderous rampage on the humans, using an unknown power to completely thwart any use of military weaponry which this power would be later called magic. 2 of the 10 monsters were captured and studied. The head scientist for this study was Kakashi Akihiko.
This is what the humans figured out.
Dreamor- Half Bull, and Half Man. Similar to the Minotaur in Greek Legends, this monster is impervious to all forms of attacks ranged from explosions to constant fire from bullets. Dreamor also has the power to change the shape of the earth. Captured by being trapped inside of an electric cage. Seems to be weak to any forms of electricity. To be kept in the electric cage at all times.
Lilin- A humanoid creature that has the wings of a bat and a black tail plus horns to match. Similar to the Succubus, this woman looking creature is very alluring with having large breasts and attempts to lure any man she seems to his doom. Has the ability to control fire and make it appear out of thin air. Fire is so hot that it is able to melt any bullets coming at her. Weakness seems to be water and was trapped by making her unconscious by hitting her with an armored vehicle after dousing her in water. To be kept in a concrete box suspended in a chamber of water at all times.
After intense studying of these creatures, the fact that they resembled mythological legend was too uncanny and Kakashi believed there was a reason for this. These monsters could've of roamed the Earth at one point but he didn't know how they didn't destroy humanity before. During an interview with Lilin, a new discovery was found.
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(Italics is Lilin speaking and regular text is Kakashi Akihiko. They are currently talking through microphones and a speaker. A camera is also recording this interview.)
"Hello monster, Codename Lilin, this is the third time I've tried to speak with you. Do you understand me at all."
"......"
"Still silence huh, we have heard you speak before when you lure in men and then rip the heads off their bodies, tell me, why are you here."
"Mother sent us."
"Mother?"
"You call her Mother Nature but to us, she is simply Mother."
"Is the camera working Izuki? Make sure it is recording. Anyways, why would 'Mother' send you?"
"You are killing her. First she gives you humans a home after the God's have forsaken you, and this is how you treat her!"
"What do you mean by God-, What is it now Izuki! Wait, what do you mean the water temperature is rising?!"
"I will carry out mother's mission! She will not be destroyed by some petty humans!"
After this conversation, Lilin managed to escape her confinement and kill everyone within the facility but as she went to kill Kakashi Akihiko, something revolutionary happened.
"How..... How can you create fire out of nothing! I don't understand!"
"It is simple, we 'monsters' have learned how to use our potential to the fullest whereas you humans could never figure it out."
Fire began to engulf the body of Kakashi Akihiko but an orb of white light seemed to be surrounding and protecting him. The fire began to fade away without Lilin's command but she quickly realized what was going on.
"Tch, why are you here of all people?"
A figure made of the white light came through a wall and appeared before Lilin and Kakashi Akihiko. He picked up the unconscious Kakashi Akihiko and seemed to be looking at Lilin. A distorted voice came from the Light.
"M͡͏y ̛͢͞c͘͏re҉at̷͝i͞o̴̶n͡s̨̕ ̷̸w҉͠i͢͡l̛l ̵͜n͢͠o̡t ͟b̵͝e̴̷ ̷̛d͢e͝s̸͝t̨r̶̕ò͞y͏e̶̢d ̵̷͝s͏́ơ e̡͡a̕͏s͝ily.̨̀͢ ͘̕I̴̕ ŕ̨͡e͘҉s̛͝t̡͜͡r̵̢͟à̴͏i̡̛҉n̶͝e̴̡d̶̢ ̨͠t͡͏h̨͘eì͞͠r͢ ̛͟p͞҉o҉w҉er̕s̢̛ ̴̡̢f̧ò̵͠r͏͞ a ̕ŗ̕e̵͢as͏o͢͝n͢ ҉b̡͢u̴͟͞ţ͏̡ ́̀it́́ ş̵é̡̕em̨͠s̨͜ ͘͢y̨͠o̡͘͡ư̶r͘ ̸͝Mo҉̸́t̢h͢ęr hà͡͞s ͟fo҉rc͟ȩ̸d͟͜ m͏̡y̸ ̨h̕ąnd."
A blinding light emits from within Kakashi Akihiko as the original humanoid figure of light disappears into him. With his new found powers, Kakashi Akihiko was able to kill Lilin and also kill Dreamor, who was locked up still. One of his newfound abilities was that he can awake the potential inside of someone, which he did on a global scale. Anyone with the potential, or now known as Affinity, to use the same power as Kakashi Akihiko was bathed in intense light and was awoken to their powers. These powers would be called Magic.
Not everyone had Affinity for Magic though. Only about 1/3 of the world's population had Affinity for Magic and only 1/100,000 of these people could actually use Magic. Kakashi studied magic and the different types. With his studies, he was able to make the Magic system that is used in the present day. The categories in this system were Fire, Ground, Water, Wind, Dark, Light, Physical, Mental, and Soul. More will be learned about each category as the actual story progresses.
With Humans having Magic, they were able to defeat the final 8 monsters and restore peace to the world. 10 major contributors to the defeat of these monsters were called The 10 Lords. These people had the best Magic Affinity and were able to lead their respective militias to victory against the monsters. Akihiko, who was the leader of The 10 Lords and was the best user of light magic, decided that this was not the end of the assault Mother Nature had in store for them. He decided that if the next generation of children were able to use Magic, then he should make schools to be able to train them for another attack. The Nature's Bane would also be created which was essentially an army made for defeating Mother Nature.
Thousands of colleges were made throughout all of the continents, yes even Antarctica for Ice magic users, and were prepared for the training of the next generation but something bad happened. It was discovered that if 2 people with the Affinity for Magic had a child, the child would die at an early age for reasons unknown. This caused panic throughout humanity because the question was raised, "What if the next generation can't use magic?". The only solution was for someone with the Affinity for Magic would have a child with someone who didn't. Another thing that was discovered was that even if your parents didn't have an Affinity for Magic, you still could.
As the worry for the next generation faded away, Akihiko disappeared completely. Though the loss of the original magic user was heartbreaking, humanity continued to persevere forward and gave him a global holiday and a school of Magic in his name. This school would become the school known for making the best magic users and would ultimately be the Number 1 school for magic in general.
With the passing of 20 years after the disappearance of Kakashi Akihiko, only 5 attacks from Mother Nature had been made but were stopped by the original 10 Lords. Humanity became more and more prepared each time and even discovered new uses from Magic, like creating things. There was one problem in the world though. Crime. Not everyone who could use Magic was a nice person and crime skyrocketed, which is why the 10 Lords created The Defenders of All. This was essentially the Magic police. Each school offered training for this new group of people so the world could be a better place. They also started offering classes on Creation which made the group called The Creators. These people would basically just create things with their magic.
Now the year is 2158, 127 years after the first encounter with Mother Nature and Humanity is still living strong.
Hope you enjoyed the prologue.