Everyone was living a normal life until one day(in the year 2022), the whole world was turned upside down by the sudden emergence of portals and beings who called themselves Gods. Some people started possessing superhuman/magic powers, granted to them by the so-called Gods, and were called Champions/Avatars of the Gods. These champions would participate in events called trials to test out their strengths. But human greed and desire are stronger than all else. As these champions participated in trials, those who completed the trials grew in strength while those who failed died and were replaced. Soon, more and more, humans started becoming champions, and champions that grew too strong could even award emblems, to other non-powered humans essentially making them followers of the Gods that made them Champions. But, once, someone gets a taste of power, it's bound to corrupt them, these so-called Supreme beings knew about that and that's why they chose humans as their desire is immeasurable. Soon, the world order was in chaos, those with power started imposing and oppressing the weak, and even the world government couldn't control them, as the truly strongest ones were stronger than even the nuclear missiles to the point that it seemed that nuclear missiles couldn't even scratch them! While the humans despaired, the so-called gods just laughed and enjoyed themselves at the foolishness of human desires.
As humans became strong, the concept of nations and governments grew obsolete. There existed now only three kinds of people, one chosen by the Gods aka the Champions/ Avatars, the one chosen by these Champions that is the followers, and finally, the weakest who started worshipping the gods but were neither granted the power by the Champions or by the Gods.
As the humans grew strong, they became more and more devoted to their deity(the one who granted them powers) to the point that they cannot defy its orders. The strongest and the most devoted Champion of these Gods came to be known as the Apostle. At any given time, there could be only one Apostle of that god while the rest will be followers of the God including other Champions as well. Each follower had the right to become the Apostle but only once throughout their life can they challenge the current Apostle. The Apostle can appoint followers with different ranks and so came the existence of the Order of the Gods. Each God granted different types of powers to his Champion, and the challenge to defeat the Apostle and become one is also defined as the God they serve and it doesn't necessarily have to be the battle of strength.
As each god wanted Supremacy over the other, Orders of different Gods would constantly battle one another. However, the Gods also knew that their very existence is dependent on the number of followers they have, and if there are no more followers left, they will also cease to exist, so the Strongest formed truce and decided to hold a Battle Royale every hundred years to decide the strongest God that would rule over the other Gods for 100 years. There are many Gods, weak ones have only a few myths and legends while strong ones have several.
The world now essentially was no longer divided by nations but rather by Order of the Gods, each Order became prominent in a particular area, and if smaller Orders existed, they vowed allegiance to the stronger Order as what the Gods feared most was them ceasing to exist. Slowly, As magical energy and the occurrence of portals became common knowledge, so did the existence of magic tools and equipment used by the commoners(non-powered humans). Only low-grade weapons were given to commoners as high-level ones required the consumption of mana/magical energy. The whole world structure changed and now existed around the exploration of portals to bring several minerals to build better tools and armor etc. Over the course of hundreds of years, the number of portals also stabilized, though new portals would pop up here and there which was a rare event. However, as the time of Battle Royale came closer, new portals would come up or some new events would occur, so that the strongest can train themselves and fight in the battle Royale( not necessarily show of strength) through several small events within the royale to make their deity the strongest and ruler of all Gods for the next 100 years.
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Over time, knowledge of several Gods was lost as there left no followers to follow them, as they cease to exist.
800 years later :
Well, the world has now mostly stabilized, magic and existence are now synchronous with one another. However, slums where people cannot use magic and live in sub-par conditions exist. There are several kingdoms and empires. Each empire or kingdom has a central Order followed by the Royal family whereas several smaller Orders exist in the kingdom. The main occupation now is that of adventurers/hunters who hunt in the portals and bring out minerals. essentials rocks and stones. These adventurers are mostly new Champions or followers appointed by the experienced Champions or even the commoners who aim to gain the blessings of the Gods and become stronger and earn a decent living.
The Kingdoms lay emphasis on blood relations where the Royal family is the bloodline of the first Apostle and the current Apostle is chosen among the fellow children of the Royal Family. Children from a young age are trained and made followers of the central Order. The noble children from other orders are also allowed to compete, however upon losing they must give up their own God and start worshipping the central order. They can, however, choose not to compete and remain a noble or aristocrat and will be given a small land to govern and will follow the current Apostle and King. If the child of another noble is able to win against the children of the Royal Bloodline, they too get the right to challenge the current King and Apostle. The Empire is different in the sense that "they follow the original guideline" and allow anyone to compete within the same Order against the Current Apostle but in order to become the emperor, the current Apostle must defeat the other Apostles of different orders to showcase their strength. Thus, one can say that in the kingdoms, the Central Order and its God cannot be challenged or smaller Orders follow the central Order, whereas the Empire is made from Orders that are more or less equal in standing and anyone of the current Apostle can become the emperor. However, one thing to remember is that the God of the Central Order holds the right to decide what type of match will happen within the empire or kingdom
Thus, every hundred years when a Battle royale happens, Only one, the King or Emperor from his respective kingdom or empire participates in the Battle Royale.
Several professions exist other than being adventurers such as doctors, nurses, butlers, engineers, merchants, etc. Every profession, however, is affected by the adventurers or grows around them like merchants they trade with the materials found in the portals, which lead to dungeons, these dungeons can be forests, deserts, mansions, or some old kingdom so the adventurers need to prepare accordingly. Even doctors and nurses that treat patients can be retired adventurers or even commoners assisting doctors or even doctors themselves.
Most people consider the adventurer and Champion as noble positions and while many do receive blessings, many don't and these people can easily become prey to monsters in the dungeons.
Since the arrival of Gods, each person irrespective of his type whether he be a Champion, follower, or commoner, can see his own stats through a screen known as a status window.
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So, guys, that's it for the initial info I wanted to give you all, So read it everyone, and do tell me in the comments what you liked and what you didn't like in here. I really appreciate honest feedback but keep it civil :). Anyways the next chapters will be longer, this was just like a little info session kind of thing, so I'll hear from you guys in the next chapter.