Chapter 10. Attack on the Royal Castle
In the peaceful world of Melux, there existed a variety of species like elves, beastmen, dwarves, humans, demons, etc. Elves lived in the Great Kingdom of Fryzania, Dwarves lived in The Nation of Agnesraven, and Beastmen lived in the Beast Kingdom of Swartz, but not all humans lived in a single country as all of the other species.
The Human continent was divided into Three countries. The first was a small country located in the southern part of the continent, The Kingdom of Everhart. The second country situated just above the Kingdom of Everhart and hardly interacts with any other nation was the Kingdom of Terasmania. And lastly, the biggest and most powerful nation in the whole of Melux, The Empire of Norbury.
The Empire of Norbury was a nation that covered around 75% of the area of the human continent, the biggest continent in the entire world, while The Kingdom of Terasmania and The Kingdom of Everhart covered around 20% and 5% area of the continent, respectively.
Now, how was peace ensured when a single country held that much power in its hands for this long of a time? It was due to a blood contract made between all the countries of Melux when Demons first invaded the Mortal Realm from the Abyssal Realm.
When the Demons first invaded the Mortal realm about a millennia ago, all the countries tried to fend them off on their own, but after the fall of the Greatest Kingdom of that time, The Kingdom of Broshana; Now known as the Wasteland of Melux; they realized that they couldn't fend off the demons solely based on their forces.
So, to defend the Mortal Realm, all the remaining countries of the Mortal Realm at that time -- The Great Kingdom of Fryzania, The Nation of Agnesraven, The Beast Kingdom of Swartz, The Kingdom of Everhart, The Kingdom of Terasmania and The Kingdom of Norbury -- came together to fight off the Demonic forces, and to ensure that no one betrayed each other, a blood contract was signed among the Six Mortal Kingdoms using the Royal Blood of each country. This Blood contract came to be known as 'The Treaty of Peace'.
'The Treaty of Peace' was a simple, yet powerful contract consisted of just 3 vows that each country had to hold:
1. All the countries shall not interfere with each other's domestic and political issues.
2. All Nations must unite to fight the future demon invasion.
3. No country shall harm any other country's Royal families under any circumstances, neither now nor in the future.
If any of the vows were to be broken by any country, the treaty would be immediately nullified and the Royal bloodline of the country which broke the treaty shall suffer the Curse of Dreadborn Manifest till their bloodline exists in Melux.
Due to 'The Treaty of Peace', No one betrayed each other, and they fought off the Demons from the Mortal Realm because of the Six Heroes, all hailing from a different country, who each had the Blessing of an Elemental Sovereign.