For years to come, people would still consider the things that happened in the Listen Wastes on the 7th day of the 3rd month of the Double Land Calendar year 12,691 as a symbolic event of the upcoming war.
Today, the Three Great countries announced that they changed the calendar. After more than ten thousand years, the powerful countries in the world decided to change it.
1st day of 1st month of the New Era Calendar Year 1.
They called it New Era. Thereâs just one reason. The opening of the seven continents of the Great World Imperium was getting near. Right now, the great barrier in the Demonâs Land was turning weak to the point that they could pass through it. They also announced to everyone the invasion of the Demonâs Land.
They knew that they couldnât hide it forever. The demons that were sealed in the Listen Wastes were going to be free. The barrier wouldnât be able to hold it for a long time.
Everyone was shaken when they heard the news about the demons. A large country already fell at the hands of those demons and they were going to continue their conquest soon. Thatâs why the countries that were close to Listen Wastes formed a meeting to talk about the demons.
Even god-level powerhouses would be forced to join the battle as two god-level already died in the Listen Wastes. They knew that they had to work together to avoid great casualties.
Year 1, 22nd day of the 1st month of the New Era Calendar...
The Mechanic Country managed to defeat the Sy and Distrok. Both nations were large countries and housed god-level powerhouses. This win solidified the Mechanic Countryâs position in one of the top large countries.
This piece of news also gathered the attention of the people across the whole continent of Giza. The military power of Mechanic Country was overwhelming.
Aside from that, the Mechanic Country announced that they were going to send their forces to fight the demons. The demons were too far from them so they wouldnât felt the war for the time being. Only people in the eastern part of the continent would feel the war against demons. Also, the Three Great Countries wouldnât let the demons go to the western part cause they donât want to bring the war to their side. They will fight the demons in the eastern part.
It means that the eastern part of the continent will become a battlefield.
...
In the Prison World...
Souta stepped forward inside the huge cell. He saw a man with messy black hair and had huge physique. The man was full of scars across his body and he didnât have any clothes to cover his body parts.
Thick and heavy chains were binding his four limbs. The chains were 1 meter thick and has enchantment all over it. Violet-colored veins were thumping in this skin as if itâs going to burst at any moment.
The man lifted his head and looked at Souta. He slowly opened his mouth and said, "Who are you?"
This one was speaking Norman language so Souta could understand him.
Souta didnât answer the man as he kept observing this man. Even though this man was tightly bound and looked exhausted, Souta could feel thick bloodl.u.s.t coming out of his body.
âThis man was poisoned...â Sayaâs voice sounded in his mind.
âYeah...â Souta nodded at her. He approached the man and swung his sword.
Swoosh!
The chains fell and it caused a loud sound in the whole room.
The man shook his body and every chain fell down. He was freed and he didnât know why. He looked at Souta and asked, "Why?"
"I donât need anything from you except from one thing... I freed you because I want you to wrecked havoc in this world." Souta said to the man.
"Iâve been in this world for more than thirty years and this is the first time that I got freed from those chains..." The man said while looking at the thick chains on the ground. He then explained, "But I donât think I could do it. Iâve been poisoned and it seeped into my mana pool so I couldnât use my peak strength to do what you want."
"I know that youâve been poisoned but itâs fine. Just do what I tell you... Iâve already freed all the prisoners above so follow them..." Souta said to the man before he turned around and left the room.
He went to the other cell and slashed the door once again.
Bang!
The man simply followed Souta and watched him went to the other cell. The way Souta cut the door made it looks like it wasnât tough at all. Aside from the sharp sword, he also realized that Souta possessed great strength.
The person inside the second cell was a thin old man. The old man was a demi. A grasshopper demi. Some parts of his body were like grasshoppers.
This type of demi looks like a monster than him. The only difference was that they couldnât evolve nor form a monster orb. There were other demis that looks like a monster.
The only basis of being a monster wasnât from the appearance but the characteristics to evolve and create a monster orb. Thatâs what makes a creature called a monster.
"Hehe~ Iâm finally free... After 46 years..."
The old man laughed as he stretched his body. His condition was the same as the man before but the bloodl.u.s.t that he possessed was thicker.
"Be careful. That man is Franklin. A mass murderer that killed all the people in an entire nation before... He enjoyed killing and fighting more than anything else."
The man said while looking at the old man warily.
The old man raised his eyebrows as he looked at the n.a.k.e.d man behind Souta. "You know me?"
"Who wouldnât know a dangerous man like you?" The man replied.
"Oh, I see now... I remember you too." The old man smiled and said, "Youâre one of the rebels that fought the Great Astley Empire decades ago, right? Torkez, one of the people that give the empire so much trouble. So you got defeated too..."
"Yeah, my homeworld became a subsidiary world of the Great Astley Empire. Our population is being controlled and men of our world are being forced to work just like the other subsidiary world." Torkez nodded with a gloomy expression.
The old man who was named Franklin glanced at Souta and asked, "And who might be our savior. No ordinary man could enter this place easily."
Souta glanced at him and said, "Just go away and kill all the guards up there. Your appearance makes me disgusted."
Franklin and Torkez were both n.a.k.e.d. The guards stripped out their clothes so that they couldnât hide anything.
"Oh! Iâm getting curious..." The smile on Franklinâs face grew wider.
Souta turned around and went to the last cell but then he stopped and looked at the two. "Just do what I tell you... I will find an antidote to the poison in your body later."
"Oh...? If I donât do it then what will happen to me." Franklin said with a smile on his face.
"Iâll kill you," Souta said before he turned to the last cell. He slashed his sword on the door just like before.
Franklin and Torkez were curious about the person inside it so they looked over. Everything was isolated inside the prison. They couldnât even hear anything aside from their breath and heart. It was too quiet so they didnât know everything thatâs happening outside.
But then... What they saw inside the last cell shocked them. It wasnât a person but a thirty-meter giant creature. A creature with greenish scales and sharp claws. It had a pair of wings on its back and a pair of horns on top of its head.
It was a dragon...
âTo think that thereâs a dragon in this kind of place...â Sayaâs voice sounded in his head.
âItâs not surprising. According to Lydia, the Great Astley Empire had a record of slaying dragons.â Souta replied to her as he approached the dragon.
Just like the two prisoners before, the dragonâs limbs were bound by thick and heavy chains.
Franklin and Torkez were shocked when they saw the dragon inside the cell. They didnât expect it at all. A legendary creature was before their eyes.
The dragon opened its eyes as Souta approached it. It slowly opened its mouth and said, "Are you one of them...?"
"No, how can you not feel it? Iâm a monster just like you... A monster."
Souta said using the monster language and it shook the dragon.
"How can you use the- no, donât tell me you had?" The dragon said in shock as it raised its head and looked at Souta.
"Oh? A third evolution..."
Souta guessed as he couldnât feel anything from the dragon aside from a little bit of best feram. He also realized that he was wearing the [Bracelet of Silencing] that could hide his energy. Yuko only felt it because of their connections.
"Iâll free you..."