Chapter 17: Thunder wolf (2)
The beast kings, as the humans called them, were six beasts who reached Legend against all odds amongst their races.
The world changed when mana was introduced. Once, there were seven continents, each bustling with human civilization. But when mana flooded the earth, the balance of power shifted irreversibly.
The beasts, who once cowered in the shadow of humanity’s dominance, began to rise. At first, animals grew larger and more intelligent, and some even developed powers once thought to be the stuff of myths. Then came the real change. They began to fight.
Unlike humans, who built at least tried to form alliances and empires in these struggling times, the beasts lacked unity. Their path to power was solitary, brutal, and unforgiving.
Any creature nearing the threshold of the Legend rank—a pinnacle of strength and authority—found itself hunted by others as if the natural order of the world sought to prevent their rise. Yet, some survived, clawed, and fought to the top against all odds. These were the Beast Kings, rulers of their respective territories, forces of nature that even humanity feared.
South America was the first to fall. When the Earth Gorilla ascended to the Legend rank, it didn’t just dominate—it annihilated. Entire cities were swallowed by jungles and crushed under landslides. The continent became a death zone where no human settlement could stand. The government sent scouts to observe and map the borders of the gorilla’s dominion, but even those expeditions rarely returned. South America was lost, its borders barricaded to keep the beasts from spilling into North America.
The other continents fared little better. Each became the domain of a Beast King, whose power rivaled even the mightiest human clans.
In North America, the Seven-Tail fox rose. Masters of the seven fundamental elements—water, fire, wind, earth, lightning, light, and darkness—ruled a land fractured by storms and mana-rich chaos. It was here the fallen Thunder clan once stood and held its stance against the authority of the seven-tailed fox.
Africa became the home of the Thunder Wolf, a creature wielding chaos lightning—an uncontrollable force of destruction that scorched anything it touched. The Earth Clan stood, trying desperately to keep humanity alive on a continent where survival was brutal.
In Asia, near the stronghold of the Fire Clans, the Ice Eagle spread its frozen dominion. Wherever it soared, the land below turned into an icy grave, a wasteland that no fire could melt.
Antarctica, once a barren and desolate place now home to the water clans, became the territory of the Sea Serpent. This beast ruled the vast oceans, its power over water making it an unstoppable force in the icy seas.