GUARDIAN OF THE END

[ Hmm… It seems like this book is going to tell us about all the details on the different races of Clover and some kind of prophecies associated with them. It's written in an ancient language that I will have to decipher. ]

'Good thing they created an index page.' Jason commented while staring at the first page of the book Seshat had handed him.

It turned out to be an index page written in a language only decipherable by the system.

[ Its written similar to the few words of demonic language I have observed. ] The system commented. [ Speaking of that, did you realize that you have been speaking the demon language ever since you appeared in the demon continent? ]

'Huh?'

[ Its a package deal that comes with me and the other guardians, I think. I didn't realize it at first either but you have been speaking and understanding demon language ever since you stepped here. ]

Jason was surprised to discover such information but after looking at the book again, he started wondering what other knowledge he could receive from it.

'How long will it take for you to decipher it?'

[ Since it seems pretty similar to the current language, I guess it's an older version of the current language. I can translate the whole thing in thirty minutes. You can start reading it after two minutes. ]

Jason nodded and relaxed on the bed. He patiently waited for the system to translate the first bunch of pages before starting to read.

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In the beginning, all races had their own realms to live on. All of these realms barely had any contact with each other and didn't bother with the other realms. However, an event occurred on the demon realm which lead to all of them combining together.

Clover came into being and all the races were given their different continents to live on, ones which were much smaller as compared to their own realms. Each race started looking for ways to conquer the other continents.

Soon enough, wars were waging all around Clover with each race trying to get more space for their people. Amidst the chaos, numerous divinities were used to call upon various gods in order to win the war for one side.

When one God belonging to the original Clover, something that had existed millenniums before the realms were different, looked at the war, his blood started boiling.

In anger, he descended on the realm in his true form and put an end to the fight at once. No other living was able to oppose his power, leading to the war ending in neither side's victory.

The god knew that even if the current generation didn't fight again, things in the future would still go wrong. He had also used a lot of his divine energy to directly descend on the world and had also broken many laws.

The rebuttal from that wasn't going to be easy to bare. So, to make sure the future generations were safe again, he talked with the most peaceful people of each race and created various power holders.

They were the nine guardians for the humans, the seven sins for the demons, five spirits for the demi-humans, four branches of the world tree for the Elves and two master builders for the dwarfs.

All of them were handed with the job of protecting the realm and the people from a chaotic war in the future and were even backed up by gods offering special divinities.

That was how the first set of protectors came into being alongside another person called the 'balance creator'. The job of the balance creator was to simply ensure harmony between all and prevent any outer realm threats from attacking Clover.

The balance creator, however, was a job that couldn't be passed on easily like the other protectors post. A balance creator could only die once he passed on his post to someone considered worthy by the special divinity left by the god of that realm.

Thus, there were many instances where a balance creator would have to spend centuries waiting for someone worthy to appear.

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Jason paused when he noticed that the system was still translating the remainder of the pages. The back story of the world was much more interesting than what Jason had originally thought of.

'Hestia, do you know about all this?'

[ I know about what happened on the demon realm and how it resulted in the creation of Clover. After that, I am blank until the moment I woke up on Animolis. ]

'I see…'

Once the further pages had been translated, Jason began reading again.

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The guardians of the human race are the biggest in number. A guardian refers to the strongest person belonging to one of the nine realms surrounding Clover.

Guardians also require a human vessel to work. Other beasts and living beings from the nine realms can step into Clover and can form contracts with other humans as well to stay on Clover. f𝘳ℯℯ𝙬𝒆𝚋𝓷oν𝑒Ɩ.c𝑜m

However, the nine guardians can only choose those below the age of twenty to be their vessel and once they have broken a contract, they will be kicked out of the realm for a few years.

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'I guess the force that ensures this is disappearing.' Jason observed.

After all, Hecate had never gone away from Clover and was still present on the realm.

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The seven sins are demons with divinities and patron gods related to their sins. They can only be born in the families of the previous sins, meaning that only those that share the specific bloodline can become sins.

Their powers are also considered curse and will go out of hand lest they abuse it too much. The first demon king had made this part clear.

Next are the five demi-human spirits, which in a way, are similar to the guardians. Five spirits exist on the realm of Clover, the Azure Dragon, The Ash Phoenix, The Alpine Tiger, The Tundra Snake and the Blood Fox.

These spirits are naturally born inside demi-humans or can possess them later on in life. However, unlike the guardians, they can inherit their users and even force their will on them to a certain extent.

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After them are the four branches of the world tree which represents the four main direction. Each branch has supreme level of life magic and can control winds to a great extent.

It is rumored that the branches can also talk to those in the afterlife and can use necromancy but it hasn't been proved yet. Their powers are directly passed onto the next generation by the previous generation.

At last are the two master builders of the dwarf race which can create almost anything one can imagine, including destructive objects.

To keep their powers in control, the more destructive an object they will create, an equal amount of their life span will be exchanged for it.

The master builders are chosen by a pair of hammers which are said to grant another protection power which was kept hidden from the rest of the world as per the dwarf king's wishes.

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Jason reached the end of the translated part before he would have to wait again. With a sigh, he read the last part of the currently translated pages.

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To make sure that you can gain access to one of these powers, the basic requirement is to have the blood of any of these races. Those with the blood of two species can gain the special powers of both races.

More information on these is provided in the prophecy section ahead.