Primordial Soul's Rebirth

Melanochelys.

A word that meant black tortoise.

People would just wave it off as a not-so-strong empire as it was ranked 3rd, but if they did so, then they are complete and utter fools.

The black tortoise empire was considered the most mysterious out of all the empires.

No one knew how many powerhouses they had, nor was anyone aware of the relationship among the inhabitants of that empire.

The only thing known about them was that they preferred to live in peace, just like their guardian beast, or guardian deity, as they call it.

Unlike the Golden Dragon, the guardian of Dracaris, the black tortoise wasn't that strong at attacking.

But its defenses and mind attacks were so strong that even if its notions of living in peace went against the golden dragon, it was never attacked.

Even the mighty golden dragon was a bit hesitant about attacking the black tortoise, and that was the sole reason why the citizens of the Empire of Melanochelys lived in peace, without the fear of being attacked by dragons.

The citizens, however, were not as simple as they seemed.

They, just like their guardian deity, were not ones to go down easily.

The Empire of Melanochelys consisted of many high races, such as the Dryards, the race known to have the highest affinity for nature.

A force of nature that could turn the whole flora against their opponents.

They had the ability to control trees and plants.

But they were not the only major beings in the Empire of Melanochelys.

There were the Elves, a race that is known to be almost equal to the Dragons and the Vampires in terms of mana affinity.

Then there were the Dwarves, a group known for their masterful craftsmanship.

With just the help of this particular race, any force could win a war.

The weapons created by the dwarves were enough to turn the tide of any battle since a battle was not fought with just brute force.

Weapons mattered as well.

Weapons with a stronger presence—a presence strong enough to freeze the enemies—are something that anyone would wish to have.

Yet not everyone could have them.

The dwarves rarely make weapons for anyone other than the citizens of the Empire of Melanochelys.

Over all of these, the fact that even now, the number of top-ranking powerhouses in the Empire of Melanochelys is unknown has made every other Empire wary of them.

After the Empire of Melanochelys came the Empire of Pheonixia, also known as the fallen empire.

The main force of this empire was the Phoenix race.

The descendants of the guardian beast of the empire.

They were strong—strong enough to fight toe-to-toe against the dragons.

They were the only beings alive other than the vampires that could fight the dragons head-on.

The Empire of Phoenixia had phoenixes as their main force, but that didn't mean they just had phoenixes.

The Empire housed all kinds of spirits.

Fire, water, wind, earth, etc.

All kinds of elementals and spirits were welcomed into the empire, and many did live there.

Water spirits would do better if they lived in the seas, but that didn't mean that they couldn't live on land.

There were many water sources on the land if all they wanted was water.

So, every kind of spirit and fire elemental beast was welcomed into the empire.

This empire once used to be ranked 2nd among the empires, but now it is 4th ranked because of an incident in the past.

They were strong—much more so because of the phoenix—but still, they were ranked 4.
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There was a reason for that, but it can be discussed later.

For now, let's focus on the last terrestrial empire.

Solaria: The Human Empire.

This empire was ranked last for many reasons, but the most glaring one was the fact that the strongest being in this empire was a legendary 3-ranker.

The human empire was once part of the black tortoise empire.

But due to the greed of a human hero wanting to have the whole empire for himself, the humans were kicked out of the Melanochelys Empire.

Yes, it was a bit cruel to kick an entire race out of the empire, but that was not without a reason.

The humans had done many deeds unworthy of a peace-loving race.

They enslaved other beings in the empire, which was considered the worst crime in Melanochelys.

They would try to take over the kingdoms surrounding their kingdoms, and once they won the war, they would turn the inhibitors of that kingdom into their slaves.

The humans were warned again and again, but they never listened; the actions of the hero of humanity were like the nail to the coffin.

The council of the Melanochelys decided to banish humans.

But as tenacious as they were, the humans established a new kingdom with the hero as their empire.

The hero of humanity, the first emperor, was strong—very strong, even.

He was a mythical ranker, but one day he vanished mysteriously, leaving the empire in shambles.

Even with the hero of humanity, the Empire of Solaria was ranked last, so after the mysterious disappearance of the hero, their strength just fell lower and lower.

Now they are so weak that the demons treat them as playthings to pass their time.

Humans live a life so miserable that they don't even have a say in when they get to live and when they get to die.

Their entire lifespan depends on the demons, and being an empire that is situated right next to the demon empire doesn't help at all.

But for some reason, the higher-ups of the Solarius empire had been happy for a few days.

Their eyes, which had gone lifeless due to the hopelessness of the situation they were in, now had a newfound ember of hope burning inside of them.

Just like the demon king, a new hero had been born or summoned.

But that was not all; as the party of the hero of humanity, the people who are supposed to be his supporters are not someone to be scoffed at.

One of them is so monstrous that, for a long while, the priest wasn't even sure who the real hero was.

If not for the righteous words of the hero and his eyes filled with determination to protect humanity, they would've mistaken the black-haired and blue-eyed girl to be the hero due to the sheer moment she carried.

But that didn't lessen their excitement, since they were finally going to have someone to fight for them—someone who wasn't an average Joe and had monstrous potential.

They were celebrating, just like the demon empire, but they were unaware of the fact that the new demon lord was not something just any hero could defeat.

They didn't even realize that their hopes about the hero killing the demon king, just like the previous one, were going to be nothing but a fantasy.

'Now tell me, what did you mean by your words earlier?'

Alex, the center of all this, on the other hand, was talking to someone in his head.

His tone was curious, as he questioned inwardly.

What was he talking about?

Well, on to the next chapter for that.

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