Translator: AnubisTL
New Era Year 258.
Garos Ignis—the Lord of the Crimson Wings, whose full majesty and might had yet to be truly revealed—sank into a long, silent dragon sleep deep within the Red Maple Valley of the Frontierlands.
At this moment, he was like a dark fire lurking in the depths of the earth's magma, concealing all his sharpness and silently accumulating power enough to burn the heavens and rend the earth. No one could foresee what colossal waves would be stirred in the future of this world because of him.
New Era Year 259.
Nausir, the Elven Empire located on the Arcadia Continent, witnessed a moment worthy of being recorded in history.
The Emerald Star-Vessel, a top-tier magical exploration ship built by the Empire over several generations with countless resources, successfully captured signs of life fluctuations from a distant alien planet in the boundless and cold, deep starry sky.
Shortly thereafter, the Nausir High Council solemnly announced to the entire world:
Planet Bernardo is not alone in the universe.
The Elves' advance diplomatic mission has already set out, attempting to establish an initial bridge of communication with the intelligent life on another planet.
That same year, the Ironforged Tribe's other two pillars—Iron Dragon Solgorn and Red Dragon Samantha—also fell into slumber.
A temporary power vacuum emerged in the upper echelons of Dragon Valley.
The tribe strictly followed Garos's instructions given before his slumber, continuing their strategy of steady and cautious advancement, retracting their claws and fangs to consolidate their foundation.
New Era Year 260.
The wild orc empire of Cantum, amidst the thunderous roar of war songs and horns, utterly reduced the Pillar of the Clouds—the last giant citadel on the Theresia Continent—to ruins.
They sounded the ultimate horn of conquest, swearing to unify all of Theresia's lands with iron and blood.
The giantkin, who had once dwelled in vast numbers across this continent, were forced to abandon their ancestral homelands.
They crossed perilous mountain ranges and braved the treacherous depths of the violent currents, eventually scattering to every corner of Bernardo Planet as exiled children of a lost race.
New Era Year 263.
Within the Lothurn Federation, long-simmering tensions and ambitions erupted like a long-suppressed volcano.
With the tacit approval and even instigation of the kingdoms pulling the strings from behind the scenes, the major duchies tore up all peace agreements and formally declared war on one another.
Beacon fires and war flames swept across the entire federation almost in an instant.
Countless legions of steel clashed brutally across the vast lands. Destructive magical radiance and the cold torrent of weapons wove together into an incomparably cruel yet magnificent tapestry of war, fully drawing back the curtain on the Federation's civil war.
In the same year, the Federation's control over its borderlands, such as the Sierre Wilderness, further weakened, and order teetered on the brink of collapse.
Meanwhile, in the Dragon Valley of the Ironforged Tribe, the blue dragon Heliam and the red dragon Cahill ended their long dragon sleep, awakening one after another. Their roars once again shook the valley.
New Era Year 265.
A secret, capable of shaking the entire dragon race and causing immense unease among the few mortals who knew the truth, quietly spread—almost all metallic dragons of adult age and above had returned to their respective birth Dragon Realms.
The root of this unrest pointed directly to the ancient dragon Sky-Veiling Wings.
He had long been in his twilight years, nearing extinction.
The metallic dragons were attempting to gather the strength of their entire race to perform a powerful ritual, hoping to help this ancient dragon break through the final boundary of life and death, step into the Realm of Immortality, and prolong his life.
In the same year, a powerful and ferocious magical beast of unknown origin attacked Creekwood Town, only to be torn to shreds by a dragon pack.
New Era Year 268.
Heatherfell, the ancient dragon renowned as the End of Winter, White Dragon of Myriad Spells, launched a ferocious assault on the Dragon Realm where the metallic dragons congregated. Her intent was to sabotage the ritual that would determine the fate of the Sky-Veiling Wings.
The battle raged with such intensity that no one witnessed its full course. Yet, its aftershocks shook the world.
In the distant outer seas, an unimaginable, bone-chilling frost utterly froze the waters, transforming them into a silent, boundless ice plain. Then, a violent surge of energy shattered the ice, unleashing colossal waves that inundated countless coastal regions and triggered global climatic anomalies and ecological disasters.
As for the ultimate outcome of this draconic civil war, it remains shrouded in mist, its truth known to none.
New Era Year 270.
The King of the Northern Barbarians, ruler of the Permafrost Tundra, and his ancestral rival, the Frost Giant King, fought to a mutual death in a final, decisive battle to determine the tundra's destiny.
The impact of their struggle, combined with the shifting ecology and climate, sent a devastating cold front sweeping south, transforming nearly the entire Frontierlands into a polar wasteland.
In the same year, the drastic environmental upheaval triggered tremors in the deep spatial dimensions, causing the unstable expansion of the abyssal rifts.
An unprecedentedly vast army of demons surged from the expanding rift, inflicting heavy losses on the Ironforged Tribe. Half-Centaur Elvie and Serpentfolk Blademaster Naris led their forces in a bloody defense, holding the line until reinforcements of dragons and other familiar bosses arrived. Together, they repelled the demonic tide, reaping a massive harvest of precious demonic materials in the process.
New Era Year 273.
A cataclysmic upheaval struck the Kingdom of Lothurn.
The aged King passed away, and the Second Prince, who had long been lurking in the shadows, launched a bloody coup with the force of a thunderbolt. Before the cold Iron Throne, he personally slew his elder brother, the first in line for the throne, paving his path to power with the blood of his own kin.
This brutal act, defying both human morality and the laws of the kingdom, shocked the entire nation. The new king's legitimacy was severely questioned by nearly every social class.
The Kingdom of Ribos, which had long remained a silent observer, issued a high-profile declaration of war almost on the same day the new king was crowned. "In the name of the Holy King, and in the name of restoring order to the Federation," they formally declared war on the Kingdom of Lothurn.
With this, the five great kingdoms of the Federation completely fractured, splitting into three opposing factions.
The federation's civil war escalated fully, entering a new, more chaotic and brutal phase.
That same year, as environmental conditions worsened globally, vast herds of beasts in the Frontierlands were forced to migrate or perished in droves. Vegetation withered on a massive scale, and resources dwindled by the day. The Ironforged Tribe's development in the Frontierlands ground to a near complete halt.
Though the Iron Dragon Solgorn and the Red Dragon Samantha awakened this year, they chose to remain dormant, biding their time.
New Era Year 274.
The Holden Empire, the human empire and hegemon of the Atlantis Continent.
While the Elven Empire looked upward, exploring the starry skies and the Material Plane, the Holden Empire's high command resolved to look downward, seeking breakthroughs in power from other planes.
Defying the fierce opposition and stern warnings of the state religion, the Holy See of the Morning Sun, the Emperor made the final decision to approve the highly controversial Abyss Development Project.
The empire's elite legions began a massive deployment, fortifying the rifts that connected to the bottomless abyss. They sought to expand these rifts further, excavating power from the abyssal plane.
In the same year, within the Ironforged Tribe's Dragon Valley, the black dragon Seraphina and the green dragon Ludwig officially entered their juvenile stage, a period of rapid growth in power, bringing new vitality to the tribe.
(End of the Chapter)
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