Chapter 5
“There shall be a child who will unite the Ameuthe and Conrid Continents as one”
“A child will be born in the near future possessing immense talent. He has the ability to conquer 2 continents and will be known as the World's Ruler”
“A new King of Humanity will be born in this barren world”
On the same day 3 prophets uttered a prophecy.
It shook every continent. There were only 7 prophets in the entire world.
There can only be 7, not one more. At times there are less, but there are never more than 7 at the same time.
Now nearly half of them had prophecies of the same thing.
Prophets each had their own unique method to see the future, it meant there was almost never an overlap between prophecies. If two prophecies overlapped, it meant something truly big was about to happen.
The prophet residing in Dabaira Empire had another vision.
“The new King of Humanity is among the children of Grand Duke Montaro Angevin. I can’t tell which, there seems to be something covering the identity”
The world exploded.
Even those who don’t listen to prophets heard of it. It was the birth of a new King of Humanity.
There are only a few Kings of Humanity recorded in history, on average, there is one every once a ten thousand years.
Their might was unmatched, they had no rivals, and they stood on the pinnacle of all life.
However the world was shocked once more when they found out the King of Humanity had another identity. Saint.
From the explanations of the prophet, it was clear that the Saint they talked about was not the church’s Saints.
No, it was much more.
Hermia, who was neglected as she wasn’t the heir, was suddenly spoiled rotten.
Arjun was directly appointed as an honorary elder in the Celestial Palace. Even if he was merely 3, the Emperor insisted, declaring if he didn’t do as much he wouldn’t be respecting the future King of Humanity.
As for Grand Duke Angevin, he was at a loss with what to do.
Although he was kind to his children, he was called the Crazed Devil in the battlefield. In fact, he loved to fight. But the neighboring countries all proposed an alliance, saying the countless deaths were a necessary sacrifice for this peace.
When he wanted to duel people, they respectfully declined, not wishing to harm him in any way possible, even if it was just a scratch.
Unable to leave for the battlefield he stayed home.
Later on though, he was thankful, he had neglected his wife and could finally give her the love and attention she deserved.
He regained his passion and eventually had 3 more children.
Kannon, Mirst and Lea.
Each time he had another child, at first the citizens cheered, however when Mirst was born the world was more like: “Come on, another one?”
When they had Lea, the world was simply tired: “Now we have another one who could be the King of Humanity, at least at the start there were only 2, now how do we know who the hell the ‘Saint’ is? Don't tell me you’re going to have a 6th?”
It was especially frustrating that there was no way to tell who was the Saint.
In fact, some people even considered kidnapping the wife so Montaro couldn’t have more children.
Pure intentions though, most definitely not because his wife was almost otherworldly beautiful.
Soon the unease from the 5 children vanished because a new prophecy had come.
A way to determine if the child was the Saint or not.
“Once the Saint becomes 16 years old, he shall awaken his abilities and start his conquest”
“The day the King of Humanity turns 16, he will awaken his latent powers and begin his reign”
“All praise the almighty Ael for his eterna- Ack, why’d you hit me? Fine. Anyway the saint kid right? He’s bound to die”
3 Prophets once more foretold a future of the same subject.
However the last prophecy stunned the entire planet. Ignoring the fact that the prophet was hit by his maid during the broadcast, the content had a vastly different tone.
In fact, it had shocked the other prophets too, causing them to try and peer at the future again.
What had he seen that they have not?
It became so bad that the Blicsoca Empire offered to lend its armies to raise the security around the city and mansions.
After this became known kingdoms and empires from the Ameuthe continent began gathering their military forces and stationed them all in the Dabaira Empire.
Who cared about their own national security when the life of the King of Humanity was in danger?
The King of Humanity meant long periods of complete peace and prosperity.
The economy would flourish, the culture would bloom. A King of Humanity was a figure of respect, although their authority would lessen, the kings and emperors wished to serve under a King of Humanity, as it meant eternal recognition in the historical records.
Even the air was filled with patrols, the griffin air forces of the Blicsoca Empire, the reason for their absolute superiority.
There were also the wyvern forces of the Umranth kingdom from the Conrid Continent.
The many kingdoms and empires spared no effort at all, leaving their own territory practically defenceless.
Arjun was covered head to toe in priceless lifesaving artifacts, and he wasn’t the only one.
It was a phenomenon which only happened once a blue moon, it could only happen due to the legendary ‘King of Humanity’.
Years passed by, Arjun was not the King of Humanity.
Hermia was not the King of Humanity.
The world was growing restless, wondering if they had to wait 9 years, until Lea turned 16.
One by one the kingdoms and some empires withdrew their troops. The years with practically no public security gave a lot of opportunities for bandits and the underworld grew with unprecedented speed. If they kept their military for even longer, their kingdom would collapse.
However an incident took place. During the chaos of soldiers moving out, some very unwilling as they already built an entire life here, some even starting families, Arjun was assassinated.
Some didn’t care much, it wasn’t the King of Humanity, but others saw the truth. It meant the King of Humanity could be assassinated the same way.
The many rulers were in a bind, they were already at their limits, any longer and they themselves might be assassinated by the underworld forces.
There were long discussions. However in the end they decided to recall their armies.
Not even a week later, Hermia was assassinated.