*TENSED WORLD!*

A Month Ago,

The System of Doom made its second announcement on 1st January 2090. 

After five centuries, Orion has once again heard the mysterious voice which was filled with malicious intentions of evil beings, instead of being monotonous like last time.

***PEOPLE OF ORION! BEWARE OF THE UPCOMING DOOM!***

***UNDER THE WILL OF HEAVEN, THE HEROES AND THE DEMONS KING HAS BEEN CHOSEN!***

***COUNTDOWN TILL THE COLLAPSE:40 DAYS, 23 HOURS, 59 MINUTES, 59 SECONDS....***

On that day, every being on Orion saw the deep red words hanging on the Sky!

Be it Humans, Demons, Dragons or The mighty Elves, All of them felt an immense amount of fear towards the unknown!

The world was plunged in chaos for two days straight before the leaders of their respective races had a meeting at the top of Tiamat, The Headquarters of Neo guild.

The Leaders present at the meeting were:

-Shi Yi(Male), Emperor of Divine Alliance. Guild master of guild 'Regalia of faith'

-Alan Moorhead(Male), Emperor of Oceania. Guild master of guild 'Dreamtime seeker' a.k.a 'Eingana.

-Gregory Rasputin(Male), Emperor of Avropa. Guild master of guild 'The sky father'.

-Amara Moyo(Female), Empress of Alkebulan. Guild master of guild 'Serene Night'.

-Edgar Smith(Male), Emperor of Zuania. Guild master of guild 'The Champions!'.

-Amon(Male), Emperor of Niflheim. Guild master of guild 'Hell Dwellers'.

-Darksmoke(Male), Dragon king. Guild master of guild ' Vanguard of Sky'.

-Arwen(Female), Priestess of Elves. The guild master of the guild 'The Magus Abode.'

-Thorin Hammerhead(Male), Dwarven King of Norgod. Guild master of guild 'The Blacksmith Guild.'

-Ares Astrophel(Male), Guild Master of Merchant Guild and current head of the Astrophel family.

All of these amazing people contribute eighty percent of strength to Orion while the rest twenty percent came from The leader of Neo guild, the only Diamond rank guild of Orion, Ophelia Abaddon.

A girl with a huge potential to reach the Zenith of Mortal realm, The Demi-god realm! 

While humanity and other races have been nurturing many old 'monsters' till the last six centuries, none of them managed to reach the Demigod realm. They never managed to tear the great wall of the Saint realm!

Ophelia was born with a physique known as the Empress of flames! Since birth, she could manipulate flame according to her will. Far surpassing any fire mage at the Diamond level!

Most importantly! It doesn't cost any mana! The Flame itself heed her orders like an obedient servant. Her powers were akin to an authority.

Due to which, with the support of her peak Saint realm Grandfather, She became the youngest president in the History of Orion!

At the mere age of 18, She stands at the equal footing with other top powerhouses of the World!

It wouldn't be wrong to say, 'Ophelia is the pioneer of the younger generation!' 

She was really the most successful teenager before the announcement from system of Doom. After the announcement, there has been a great shift in the attitude of the races of the world.

Before, Ophelia was an individual with the hopes of breaking through the mortal peak. However, with the arrival of the Heroes and the Demon king, it had changed.

If not for the lack of knowledge about these professions, many if not all would have left to nurture their respective Heroes.

And, yes! There are multiple heroes! Each major faction will awaken a hero while the demon race would welcome the birth of 'The Demon King'.

Just this name alone was enough for other races to ally themselves to kill all demons! Causing a huge war to be broken out in Orion. Fortunately, Orion does not allow any conflicts.

Click!

"Good evening everyone!" The silence of the room was finally broken by the arrival of a beautiful girl in her teens. She looked at everyone's faces and greeted them coldly after sitting firmly on her seat in the middle.

None of the people present objected to her cold greeting, they only nodded their head and waited for the girl to say something.

The girl, Ophelia Abaddon, played with her open crimson hairs that were long enough to reach her waist. They were straight and silky, giving a wild aura to Ophelia who was wearing a red jacket over her white t-shirt and black jeans which further increased her fierceness. 

Her entire being was covered with an invisible shield of fire elements, threatening the lives of malicious peoples.

A few moments later, She looked towards others and spoke in a casual tone, "We all know about today's purpose. The reminder of 'Doom' had arrived timely as predicted by all of our ancestors. At-least we aren't totally clueless about the future. As for the Heroes and... The Demon King, I want to know your thoughts about it."

Her words echoed in the entire room and everyone listened to it very seriously.

Everyone thought for a while before Amara Moyo broke the silence, "I think we shall nurture the heroes and get more intel about this 'Demon king'. Although both of them are unstable factors, from our understanding of good and evil, we could assume that the heroes mustn't be a threat to Orion. As for the Demon king? We first test him."

Ophelia raised her eyes to look at Amara, trying to probe her. Although she didn't say it directly, her words were clearly hinting to be wary of Demons.

"We agree with her."x7 

Except for Ares Astrophel and Amon, everyone else agreed to Amara's suggestion as it was their collective decision. Amon's lack of support was understandable as this decision was against his race. However, Astrophel's silence made others to look at him.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Ophelia asked him in a respectful tone, "Uncle Ares, Please?"

Her words caused a wave of confusion among the crowd. They were unable to find out the reason for Ophelia's display of newfound respect for the Astrophels. They couldn't believe their ears that this little pepper would ever address anyone respectfully other than her Old man.

Amidst the confusion of others, Ares explained in his signature plain yet pleasant to hear tone, "We shouldn't discriminate between races due to preconceived notions. My Old man had already discussed this issue with everyone's ancestor and Old Merlin. Henceforth, they decided to nurture both heroes and Demon King impartially at the Merlin Academy, away from the political center of Orion."

His words stunned the crowd except Ophelia who inwardly smiled after glancing at the others shocked faces. Due to the fact that everyone's a leader of their respective races, they immersed themselves out from their momentary shock before looking at each other.

Using the legendary technique of Eye communication! 

It lasted for a moment before all except Amon, Ares and Ophelia said, "We agree to the elders' decision."

After stating that, they stood rooted to their seat, showing no signs of further communication.

"Sigh* To think you really hate us demons that much? Alright! Demons have decided to leave the Alliance. As for 'Merlin Academy' and Our Demon King? We will send him/her to Sol." He paused for a while before continuing , "I just hope none of you would try to do anything funny against him/her right?"

Leaving these words behind, Amon disappeared from his seat. Meanwhile, others looked at each other's faces before sighing.

Witnessing the event, Ophelia coldly stared at the seven leaders before going away. Despite her lack of mannerism, The Seven leaders didn't speak their thoughts. Even they knew that this unexpected withdrawal of the Demon race from the alliance was the consequence of their constant discrimination towards demons.

Feeling guilty about this event, they all left together through their own teleportation rings while Ares Astrophel walked down from Tiamat and went to his home through his favorite car, unconcerned by the withdrawal of the demon race from the Alliance of mortals.

It wasn't due to his lack of wealth; rather, he felt more comfortable in his car designed by his son.

>>>>Next Day<<<<

The world found that one of the pillars of Mortal's Myriad Alliance, the Demon race, had left it.

It almost plunged the world into madness!

Fortunately, the leaders of their respective countries published the statement to calm the peoples. Yet they stayed silent about the demon's sudden withdrawal. 

Hence, Orion got a temporary peace that was as strange and awkward as it could be...