Tales of the Previous Age
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👤"He" existed
He is an unknown being: it is not known what he originated from, where he came from, or whether he is a living being or a machine;
or even an ‘existence that does not exist at all.’
His purpose is to create a ‘more perfect’ world.
He supports the race he has chosen in achieving a perfect civilization by giving them an absolute tool called the ‘Absolute Soul Core’.
However, because "He" is intensely obsessed with his purpose, this choice is a double-edged sword.
If a civilization does not develop into the state "He" desires, or if the Absolute Soul Core is used incorrectly,
the Absolute Soul Core will either destroy itself, or "He" will cause its power to run rampant, destroy the civilization, and reclaim the Core.
He repeated these actions countless times, and according to scholars, the Great Destruction of the Honorable Age also occurred because the owner of that Absolute Soul Core went berserk.
🧿‘Absolute Soul Core‘
It is immense power, martial force, and knowledge, as well as a record of the rise and fall of various civilizations in the past.
Special qualifications are required to use the Absolute Soul Core.
Even among those recognized as qualified, there are different ranks, and the abilities that can be used vary by rank.
The being recognized to date as the most ‘legitimate ruler’ of that Absolute Soul Core was none other than the Lord of Destruction, who brought the Great Destruction to the Honorable Age.
Failure to use the Core is said to exact a tremendous price.
Records state that when an unqualified person attempts to use the Core, their body and sense of self collapse because they cannot withstand the tremendous repulsive force.
It is also said that illegally accessing the Absolute Soul Core comes at a price, but the details are unknown.
No one except those who obtain ASC can know what this Absolute Soul Core looks like or whether it even has a physical form, and it is also rumored to be absorbed into the genes of qualified individuals and passed down through generations.
⚡‘Honorable Age‘
It is said to be the age when research into Force and Core Technology was most active.
Considering that no records of the Lost Age remain from before then,
it is regarded as the period when the most advanced civilization to date developed.
During this period, a genius scientist named Faust completed the Unified Field Theory.
The Unified Field Theory is the theory that ‘all energy converges into the force called <5th Force>,
and using it can develop human abilities to near-infinite levels.’
Research into the 5th Force thereafter caused an extreme syndrome.
From young children to the elderly on the brink of death,
they were so desperate to understand and use Force that they were practically obsessed.
Thus, as research into and understanding of Force progressed properly,
before formal educational institutions had even been established,
individuals with extraordinary abilities began to appear one after another.
They soon broke free of society's confines and the government's institutions,
and conflicts and accidents, both large and small, occurred endlessly across the world.
Those who possessed power, those who did not, those seeking power,
and those seeking to preserve the existing order—among these groups, the world's turmoil grew ever greater,
so the governments of each country ultimately established special agencies and decided to control information on all science and technology, including Force.
The governments used their military power to indiscriminately purge unauthorized psychics,
while simultaneously conducting experiments on the 5th Force for military use.
Politicians feared that someone other than themselves might possess such immense power.
This fear naturally led to research into military weapons intended to take human lives.
Various experiments were conducted under strict surveillance and security.
Ordinary people were sacrificed in reckless experiments.
Those who learned of this were enraged that the government was trying to blind and deafen them
and satisfy its own greed.
The people began protesting, demanding that the government ‘stop human experimentation immediately’ and
‘share the information’.
Faust, the discoverer of the 5th Force, also actively participated in the protests.
Faust felt intense hostility, betrayal, and disgust toward the government, which had monopolized and seized the fruits of his research contrary to its original intent.
As the protests intensified, the government appointed a pro-government scientist to represent its position
and promised, at least outwardly, to meet the people's demands,
while simultaneously framing Faust for a crime and eliminating him.
Afterward, rumors about Faust abounded—he was said to have ‘died’, ‘gone mad’,
or ‘fled overseas’—and no one could see him anymore.
The story of the genius scientist who completed unified field theory at a young age
was gradually buried by time and forgotten.
The government then actively encouraged the establishment of Academies, lawful schools for learning psychic abilities,
and Academies large and small began appearing in every country.
For the government, it was far easier to maintain control if ordinary people learned only what they were ‘permitted’ to learn.
Then one day,
all the national governments received mysterious threatening letters from people calling themselves ‘Prometheus’.
Their demands were as follows.
Governments blinded by greed and monopolizing knowledge must
disclose all information and set the people free,
and cease all military experiments being conducted for the purpose of destruction,
They declared that if these demands were not implemented, they would not hesitate to resort to terrorism.
The government dismissed this as nonsense, but a terrorist attack really did occur.
Psychic science laboratories and pro-government academies in countries around the world were destroyed.
Convinced that academies dissatisfied with the government were behind it, the governments of each country
formed the ‘Terror Eradication Alliance’ and began a sweeping crackdown on Academy institutions.
It was the prelude to a bloody chapter.
Alongside Prometheus's terrorism, the struggle between the government and the people continued,
and as revelations continued that ‘even children had been used in human experiments to create military weapons’,
a massive bloodshed eventually broke out.
Then one day.
When the people, exhausted from a brutal war with neither victors nor vanquished,
were exhausted, the Great Destruction occurred.
💥‘The Great Destruction, and Saint Valentine‘
The Great Destruction lasted for 7 days.
According to legend, monsters never before seen in the world
appeared endlessly from the skies and the earth, destroying civilization and harming people,
while global natural disasters, tidal waves, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and more occurred at the same time.
No one knew why this had happened or who had caused it,
and humanity died without knowing anything. The knowledge of Honorable Energy, whose value was beyond price,
and the flourishing culture and arts all vanished,
while the remaining goods and various records were buried deep beneath the fractured earth.
During the Great Destruction period, even transcendent ability users could not use any power,
and people, terrified, lost their lives while putting up meaningless resistance.
All of these events became known through the 7 Sages, who saved the people after the Great Destruction.
The 7 Sages came from the Academy of Saint Valentine, and the title of Saint was
added after Valentine’s death.
Saint Valentine suddenly appeared when Academies were springing up everywhere,
and founded a small Academy.
Regardless of their origins, he accepted people with great potential
and trained them to become transcendent ability users.
Among his disciples, the seven who had achieved the greatest accomplishments
followed the will of Saint Valentine after his death and
led the people, and they soon came to be called the 7 Sages.
Saint Valentine claimed that the Great Destruction that day had been brought about by a being called the Lord of Destruction.
He used the name Lord of Destruction so ordinary people could intuitively understand it,
but he also uttered the incomprehensible claim that it was the King of Destruction and, at the same time, the King of Creation.
He said that the Lord of Destruction would not stop destroying the world until it completely returned to nothingness,
and so Saint Valentine decided to sacrifice himself to Seal the Lord of Destruction.
It is said that at the moment of the Lord of Destruction’s Seal, two disciples were beside Saint Valentine,
but nothing is known about whether they were among the 7 Sages, or, if so, which ones they were.
Through Saint Valentine’s sacrifice, the world was saved from the brink of extinction,
and the survivors followed the 7 Sages, the guardians of civilization,
migrating to Nevareth, the land of a civilization forgotten because of the past Lost Age, where they established a new civilization.
The people of Nevareth today decided to call the ancestors who created modern Nevareth despite all hardships
Nevareth Frontier.
🚶‘Those Who Set Out, Nevareth Frontier’
Saint Valentine is said to have issued a warning just before losing his life after using Seal on the Lord of Destruction.
It was a prophecy that the Lord of Destruction would be resurrected 1,000 years later, when Saint Valentine’s power ran out.
The Sage Tower, sensing that the time foretold in the prophecy was approaching,
set up the Special Administration Colony on each continent under the leadership of Sage Sirius.
Special Administration Colony sites were established in places on each continent known for their harsh climates,
and capable Officers and Instructors were dispatched to train new warriors in preparation for the Lord of Destruction’s future resurrection.
The Sage Tower also began revealing various forbidden teachings of Honorable Energy that had previously been withheld from ordinary people, and encouraged all Nevarethians to train their bodies and minds.
As a result, warriors deeply interested in training in Force gathered at the Special Administration Colony.
Whether the Lord of Destruction truly existed or would really return when the time came,
or whether we too would face the Great Destruction as in the Honorable Age,
none of it was certain, but the warriors did not want to miss any information about Force.
At this time, a volcanic eruption occurred on Exilian Island, which had long been abandoned,
Sage Sirius ordered that a Special Administration Colony be established there as well.
And as soon as Port Lux, the fourth Special Administration Colony on Exilian Island, was established,
Sage Sirius suddenly disappeared.
As Sage Tower searched for the next Sage Sirius, believing that he had already died,
the story begins with a series of mass disappearances across the continent.
Captain Mark, who lives in Desert Scream, the Special Administration Colony of Huan Continent,
calls you the ‘Warrior's Star’ he had been waiting for
and asks you to help Patren and his companions, who have set out following their destiny, save the world.
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