39 The Nine Realms

Anastasia also looked at Ye Chen.

She didn't know what the mural was about but at the same time, she was also curious. Seeing the look on their faces, Ye Chen began to explain.

"This might take a long time, are you sure you still want to listen?"

They all nodded their heads.

"I wonder where should I start from? Well.... I guess I'll have to start from the very beginning. The Grun-Brintin Empire, the only human country to ever exist for more than a thousand years since it's foundation. It's the only country that has managed to conquer and control the entire world. Its military might comprises all of humanity's elites.

Its territories comprise of the 5 continents, the largest Northern Continent of Destritzia, the Eastern Continent's Sanzu Thousand Islands, the fertile Southern Continent of Freldina, The Mountainous Western Continent's Estrelda and lastly, the continent which holds the capital, The Central Continent of Brintz.

With its vast land and resources, it has managed to advance humanity's technological progress. But everything comes with a price. The freedom of its people was instead lost. Only those who were better than others in terms of skill, wits and physique had a chance to live a better life.

This was what humanity had paid in order for them to be able to live under the protection of the empire from the threats that had started appearing."

Anastasia had a very confused look, she already knew all these. "Why did you start from there? Also, I don't think that the mural was about the empire." Ye Chen then pointed at Cray, "Not everybody knows that...." Then she saw Cray's look. She was reminded that Cray lived as a nobody from a far-off zone.

Cray made a very embarrassed look as he found out that he was the only one here who doesn't know of this things. He bashfully scratched the back of his head and made a wry smile. Anastasia then apologized, "Sorry Cray, I didn't mean to... Ye Chen, please continue to where you left off."

Ye Chen then cleared his throat. "Continuing where I left off, the reason that the empire had been established was that of the appearance of the other eight realms. Different beings started appearing from portals that had randomly appeared out of nowhere.

We call this event 'Ragnarok.'

On the twelfth month of the year 2039, portals to the other different realms had caused mass panic as the beings that had been inhabiting these realms had raged war with each other, and Earth or Midgard as those from the other realms call it had little to no power to defend itself against the mysterious beings.

This all changed after a month, which was the following year 2040, at that time the humans of earth had just started to make a leap through in technology. Fortunately, that technology had been able to be harnessed in order for humans to regain some of their lost lands.

The one spearheading the group of humans were a group of people under the command of a person called Brandon.

With him, in the lead, the humans had eventually been able to create a new country. One entirely made out from the blood of their fallen comrades.

The name of the country was Grun, and eventually, they had managed to conquer the entire continent that they had been thoroughly altered by the beings who had wrecked havoc. The man who leads them became King. He was the founder of the Grun-Brintin Empire.

With the changes in the Earth, instead of the previous seven continents that it had, only five had remained. Those continents, however, had changed beyond recognition as some cities had been sunk while others had their entire countries drowned.

Eventually, the people of Earth had prepared to make a counterattack against those from the different realms only to find that the difference in power. The only reason that we humans had been able to fight back against the foreign invaders was that we are supported by this realm. The enemies that come here are weakened likewise when we come to their realms we will be weakened.

Even with our technology, we are still not able to find a way to break through that hidden barrier that was stopping our progress. However, this does not stop Earth from having communication with those from the other realms. Those realms who are at least not hostile to ours are Alfheim, the land of Elves and Nidavellir, the land of the Dwarves."

Ye Chen the made a deep breath. After giving out the background to Cray he could finally start talking about the mural.

"The Mural that you saw outside was about how you have received your bloodline."

After Ye Chen said this silence had returned to the room.

Cray was clearly shaken. He had been having a different kind of feeling towards that mural. It was as if his entire being was being called to come hither.

Seeing his reaction, Ye Chen continued with his explanation. "One of the reasons why Ragnarok had started was because of the realm called Asgard, the realm of the gods. That realm had been destroyed and was reduced to nothing but a wasteland by those of the other realms.

This resulted in the sudden rift between the nine realms. But before the fall of the gods, one of them had unleashed a seed in hopes that one day the seed shall take back its rightful place and restore peace to the nine realms.

That seed was sent to Midgard to hide and bid it's time until it cultivates enough power. The one who had received and was tasked to harness the seed was the great Einder."

This was a huge revelation to Cray!

He then remembered all of the events that had happened so far. The reason why these people had wanted to take him. All this time, he had been the possessor of this great fate.

He was silent.

He had never thought once in his life that he would be someone who could possibly be the key to something this huge. It was simply unbelievable!