"'He' saved me. I was eternally grateful and thus swore to be in 'His' service for as long as I live."
"I joined Him' in 'His' quest for unity. It took a 1000 years for us to push back the Chaotic beings since the Winged one's had no interest in our world. After that, 'He' unified the entire human world, pushed back all the races that allied with the two races to hiding and then created the largest Empire in History."
He was getting goosebumps just from hearing 'His' history.
What a great 'Man' indeed!
"After the unification wars and creating the Empire, 'He' proclaimed himself Emperor, took on the title of 'Emperor of Light and Hope' and named the empire 'The Empire of Dawn'. For the next 3000 years, 'He' set up the empire's foundation and divided the human realm into provinces for better governance and improved it's citizen's lives."
"The continent was divided into 32 provinces. The outer layer provinces were very prosperous. The inner layer one's were a little less while the War zone was the most prosperous."
"But the War zone is named that way because the war and the occasional skirmishes against the Winged ones and the Chaotic beings that happens there."
"Only the strongest in the human world becomes the governor there. War zone is just 4 provinces, one of them being the Emperor's. His capital and the city State of Dawn also lies there."
Then her voice turned angry.
"5000 years ago, Winged one's and Chaotic beings joined hands against us. Their attacks were brutal. The Emperor was furious and ordered the creation of the largest military force ever. Every absolute beings in the human world was summoned for battle and even mortal citizens joined in huge numbers."
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He listened with bated breath.
"The army was compromised of over 50 absolute beings. The army was divided into 6 ranks
The Two Empresses
Three Heroes
7 Supreme Heads
11 Commander Generals
101 Legion Commanders
And a 11 billion strong army compromised of both mortals and transcendents. "
11 billion! He gasped.
That was twice the entire population of humans in his world.
"What rank were you?" He asked her.
"I was one of the Supreme Heads. I was the 5th Supreme Head, Celestes The Fear."
'So Celestes is her name. And her title of 'The Fear'...'
He remembered when he was falling from a tall structure and felt very afraid.
'So she can make someone go through their fears, thus the title? It's a very good ability for battle. If your enemy gets caught in this, then they are incapable to even move and free to get attacked and killed'
"So what happened then?" He asked, urging her to tell more.
Celestes replied " The army was named The Fifth Grand Coalition and The Emperor declared war on both of them at the same time. It raged on for months and their were huge sacrifices, but in the end we were able to force both of them into a draw."
'The fifth? Does that mean there were more human wars against them? And just a draw?' he was dejected.
"Yes there were 5 wars against them. I will tell you about them later. I know a draw feels underwhelming, but we were just insects against a god. Even a draw is a victory for us. The biggest contribution obviously was The Emperor. While he took on both 'The First One' and 'Chaos', we were able to push back the Winged ones."
"Since Chaotic beings live in an impenetrable realm, it was impossible to attack them. So we fought any who came out from there. I was stationed there and fought another corrupted beast with name of Ruko The Melt, 5th on the rankings. Me along with another Supreme head were successfull in killing it."
"But the Winged ones weren't that lucky. I had heard that while the Emperor was fighting against the 'The First One', their realm was unprotected. Whatever was left of the army stormed it and it was a massacre. Humans, who were always on the brink of existence, brought the Winged ones almost to extinction."
He wanted to clap his hands, but then Celestes's voice turned gloomy.
"Sadly misfortune struck. The Emperor fell against those two, sacrificing 'His' life for us. But 'His' sacrifice injured both of them so much that till now, no war has ever happened between except for the occasional skirmishes."
"After the war, The Two Empresses begin to rule 'His' Empire,waiting for 'His' return. 3000 years ago they adopted the title of Grand Empresses and passed down the throne to Emperor's favourite daughter."