Chapter 123 - History and Geography

Trese headed his way to the library slightly drawing attention to her appearances but it lasted only a split second after being under [ Hypnosis ] their memory altered, letting her walk past them and enter the library where there weren't many people. Most of the characters written were in Japanese but Ryuu already provided her and Justine ways to read and understand them.

She explored the library to find any information about the history of the world. Trese was fascinated to uncover more about the strange lands where monsters and manner of races roam the land. 

Ryuu had already informed her about most of the history and story but decided to at least gain more in depth knowledge about the geography of the world.

"For a world without technology, I'm surprised by the amount of books they have."

Trese muttered considering the era and last of printers only made it unbelievable for them to record their history rather easily even after hundred years without improven. 

Though, it was easily replaced with people who have [ Writer ] jobs that allow them to easily record information into a paper or leather.

"They don't even use cotton paper…."

Caressing the rough texture of the book whose paper had been made from monster resources that could last longer than normal leather. 

"History of Lambda, here we go…"

Trese took a single book and began to read the content starting with simple; Once upon a time, there were two great gods in this world.

The Great black god, Diachmell. The great White god, Arazan. Nothing existed but the two of them, and nobody knew which was good and which was evil, as they began fighting each other. 

It seemed that the conflict between the two gods would go on forever, but in the end, they defeated each other simultaneously. As their bodies lay on top of each other, new gods were born from their shells.

These were known as the eleven founding gods. The Eleven god were Vida, [ Life and Love], Alda, [ Light and Law ] Zantark, [ War and Fire ], Peria,[ Water and Knowledge ], Shizarion, [ Wind and Art ], Botin, [ Earth and Craftsmanship ], Ricklent, [ Genie of Time and Magic ] Zuruwarn, [ God of Space and Creation ], Marduke [ Dragon-Emperor God ], Zerno, [ Giant God ]  and Ganpaplio, [ Beast-God ]. 

These eleven gods did not use their power to fight each other like the great gods that came before them; they worked together and created the planet Lambda. 

The eight gods of the elements created humans, modeled after themselves, and began teaching and guiding them as their followers. The dragon-emperor god Marduke created dragons, and the giant god Zerno created giants as their followers. 

To provide food for them, the beast-god Ganpaplio birthed countless birds and wild animals and released fish into the seas. 

The war-god Zantark and the goddess Botin gave birth to the Dwarf race, while the goddesses Peria and Shizarion gave birth to the Elves. 

"People" became a general term that applied to all sentient races, and the creatures that had been known as humans up until that point came to be known as humans. 

The world created by these events was peaceful. The people believed in their gods, the dragons and giants were wise; there was plenty of wildlife in the mountains for them to eat without fighting over territory and there were bountiful blessings in the sea.

However, the peace was shattered by the appearance of the Demon King Guduranis from the abyss beyond the stars.

After descending upon Lambda, Guduranis began his conquest with the evil gods who were his servants. The Demon King's tainted Mana gave birth to monsters such as Orcs and Goblins that had never existed in Lambda before, and the Demon King used them to fight the other gods.

Though the people of Lambda had polished their fighting skills for competition and hunting the wildlife that sustained them, they were thrown into chaos as they had never experienced a fight to the death and the gods were driven into a corner.

The war-god Zantark, the dragon-emperor god Marduke, the giant god Zerno and the others fought bravely with their followers and the genie Ricklent bestowed magic upon the humans and gave them commands, but they could not turn the tides of the battle. 

The beast-god Ganpaplio put up a good fight but was eventually destroyed. To fight the Demon King's forces, Zuruwarn suggests summoning heroes from other worlds.

Alda was sceptical, as he could not understand why such people would be willing to risk their lives for this one, but Vida backed it up with that bold actions were needed and that they could not rely upon Rodcorte for assistance. Zuruwarn opened a portal and the seven gods each chose their own champion.

The seven heroes taught the people techniques for fighting, gave them the knowledge to make great weapons and fought bravely at the front lines themselves.

And so, through battle after battle, the Demon King was finally destroyed and sealed away; not even a single piece of his body remained.

The evil gods that were his subordinates lost their powers; some were destroyed and others were sealed away into a death-like state. However, the final result was difficult to call a victory.

Zantark was cursed by the evil gods and fell into darkness. Peria sank into the depths of the oceans. 

Shizarion returned to the wind after it's destruction by the hands of the demon king along with Marduke who was torn to pieces and Zerno's whose heart was destroyed.

Botin was sealed deep within the earth. Ricklent and Zuruwarn entered a deep sleep to regain their power but in truth they were observing Alda's movement.

"According to Ryuu, Botin is sealed at the place where Demon King once resided and now known as Demon king Continent while Peria is pretending to be in slumber to avoid Alda." 

Indeed most Great Gods had already planned to ally themselves with Vida instead of Alda who was hoping that they would support him since the longest time he thought that vida had gone mad after witnessing her producing the vida races with the help of the evil god that he despised which caused the civil war.

However, the truth is Alda is the one who went mad in paranoia wishing to bring the world back to how it had been before the arrival of the Demon king. This is the reason for the stagnation of inversion and discovery.

"I can't find any more info….maybe there's a book about the geography of the world…here!"

Bahn Gaia is a continent in the world of Lambda. Also known as the Warhammer of Zantark, because of its T-shape. The warhammer's "handle" is separated from the head by the Boundary Mountain Range.

The "head" part of the Warhammer is divided into two: in the west is the Amid Empire, and in the east is the Orbaume Kingdom. These two countries have been fighting one another for centuries to take over the other and unite the continent.

The Orbaume Kingdom had formed from the alliance of many smaller countries that rebelled against the Amid Empire around 500 years ago.

The southern regions, or the "handle" part, is an area filled with high mountains and countless Devil's Nests inhabited by unknown, powerful monsters.

While it is unexplored territory where even Northern adventurers have never set foot, it is instead the home of the races of Vida and its many nations, protected by a barrier kept up by the gods of her faction. It's said she lies dormant here, and it's thought to be the place where the champion Zakkart faced his end for the second time.

The Boundary Mountain Range runs across the continent, dividing it in a northern part and southern part, and thus people and 'monsters'. Two tunnels run through the mountain allowing safe access to Talosheim, which is located 100km south of it.

This place is also called the Noble Orc pire where rank 11 and 12 resides that could easily decimate the kingdom of Orbaume the wishes but prefer to stay in their territory. 

While the Dark/Demon Continent is an entire continent and the ocean around it is one big Devil's Nest while the Demon King Continent had no information written in the book.

"It's not surprising since no one would dare explore suche dangerous place. Ryuu did mention that S class Adventure might be able to last long enough in such a harsh environment."

Trese said to herself while closing the book satisfied with what she had learned. Now she was interested in how gods are made.