The mages of this world possessed a ruthless side.
They would do anything to achieve perfection, to reach the end. They casually committed acts that would horrify others. Using innocent people as test subjects and reducing them to fates worse than death was commonplace.
To abandon their broken world and covet a new one, they targeted the “heroes.”
“These creatures are certainly sturdy.”
“Elder, what shall we do with this one?”
“He is the strongest of the monsters, making him perfectly suited for use as the core. You there, place it above. I will attend to him personally.”
“Yes, Elder.”
The royal mages carried out their experiments within Argio’s Grave, where the Evil God had been sealed.
Perhaps because the world was in chaos, or because no one came as far as the Evil God’s Grave to stop them, they easily performed even the acts ethical concerns had previously prevented.
“The energy is abundant in the place where the Evil God was sealed. Yes, good. This is the perfect location for us to write a new history. If we use these monsters and the Evil God’s power, dragging the chief deity down into this chaotic land will…