Reaper of the Martial World

Book 11: Chapter 17: To Be (2)

Dyon noticed that the elder never finished his thoughts on the Mysteries of Beginning. He seamlessly changed the subject with an expert ease. Even Dyon almost missed it all together.

That said, Dyon still understood what the elder was getting at. Whatever this ‘Mysteries of Beginning’ was, when understood to a deep enough level, it became obvious to the one who comprehended it that the origins of their Mortal and Immortal Planes weren’t so clear.

Would all of existence disappear once the Mortal and Immortal Planes died out? Dyon couldn’t even wrap his head around such a concept.

What about the Heavens? Why was it so obsessed with evolution to the point where it pitted its people against each other with the Ancient Battlefield?

These were all questions Dyon didn’t have an answer to, so he could only ignore them and ask this instead.

Why was it that the Elven Queen only appeared amidst the elves? Why was there such an imbalance of power?

“This is just a misconception.” The dwarven elder responded. “The Elven title wasn’t originally a race. The elves took the name on because it suited them well, but an elf doesn’t have to inherit the title.

“Well, even I may be wrong. Maybe Elven really was a race of people beneath the World Tree, I can’t be entirely certain of the details. All I do know is that the title itself came from the World Tree. The elves happened to birth the first Queen, so they took the title for themselves. There were many dwarven women who also gained this constitution.”

Dyon’s gaze flashed with enlightenment, so that was the case. He had been half worried that there would be some hidden Dwarven King constitution that disappeared after the dwarves entered the Ancient Battlefield. He wouldn’t like to fall out with the dwarves because they sought after his wife, that would be a massive deal breaker. historical

“As for whether or not an Elven Queen could repair what we once lost, I can’t be sure…”

Only Dyon knew that the elves of the past were nothing like they were now. Many of them didn’t even have tamed beasts of their own. It was only recently that Ri began to help them go back to their roots with the help of the World Tree. They definitely wouldn’t care as much as they had in the past about the actions of the dwarves. At least… in the short term.

If the dwarves and elves came back together as one, it would only be a matter of time before those same problems began to creep up once more. It was only a matter of time before they inevitable came to blows once more.

It was only now that Dyon understood asking the World Tree about the fallout of the dwarves was useless. Since they only collapsed long after an Elven Queen hadn’t appeared in several generations, the World Tree had no way of knowing the truth.

“How did you contact the World Tree in the first place?” Dyon asked curiously.

“This, well…” The elder pondered for a moment as though trying to remember. “… Between every Era, there is a transition period. A new pinnacle race isn’t built in a day, after all. However, the transition period between the Primordial and Golden Eras was decidedly long. Very long.

“As you might already know, the transition between the Chaos and Primordial Eras was exceedingly fast. This was because it was the Angels themselves that defeated the Titans, so they had already existed.

“However, things were different for us. The Angels slowly and steadily declined, leading to a chaotic period of countless wars vying for supremacy.

“At the time, our two races were a simple human tribe. We did control a few quadrants, but we could only be considered to be middle of the pack, only being a 6^th Level Planet Grade Empire.”

Dyon’s lips twitched slightly.

That was considered middle of the pack? That must mean there were super Empires that controlled thousands of quadrants back then. That was the only way to reach the star grade… One must control 1000 quadrants to reach that level. As for the 6^th Level Planet Grade, that controlled 600 quadrants.

That alone was a level above the Nephilim Alliance. But they were actually one Clan!

“Back then, since there had only been two Eras before, the people of that time called it the Warring Era. It wasn’t yet set in stone that an Era would be defined by its pinnacle human race, so it was a title everyone accepted.

“This chaos was part of the reason for the rise of the Dark Phoenixes. They swept up so much power in that time that many believed this new Era would be ruled by beasts and not humans.

“It wasn’t as though this hadn’t happened before. Before the Chaos Era, beasts were the overlords of our mortal plane. This was something many often forgot…

“But that was when a drastic change occurred. There was the sudden rise of the Jafari Clan.”

Dyon’s pupils constricted.

He remembered his grand teacher saying that he knew nothing of the second trial because he was only born after the Primordial Era. But, he also said that he wasn’t part of the Golden Era either, and could only be considered to have existed in between them.

It was only now Dyon truly understood what his grand teacher meant. The Jafari Clan had actually risen to power during the little spoken about Warring Era!