The new world, selected for the Trial of Gods, was the world that was inhabited by multiple species. However, most prominent amongst them were the Demons.
The world didn't have the Sun, which was why it was mostly dark. However, thanks to the magic, there was light at places.
The Demons and the Humans lived together in the world, working with one another for the most part. It was the usual norm for this world and no one found it odd. There were no large-scale fights between the two groups.
While the Demons were considered the Warrior Class because of their strength, the humans were mostly the business and merchant class of this world. Despite that, there was no concept of money in this world.
A few young gods, who had just turned adults, were sent to this distant world as part of their trials. And this was what started it all.
Through the memories of the person, Karyk also got to see just what that world was like. It was quite a unique experience for him to see a world that was so innocent, yet also seemingly advanced. No one locked their doors here. Since there was no money, there was no greed either.
However, things started changing with the arrival of the New Gods.
The trials that the new gods had received were usually different from person to person. However, this time, they were coexistent.
The Trial each god received was to establish their own kingdom in this primitive society, teach the people the art of war, and slowly conquer the entire world, defeating the Kingdoms of other young gods. It was all to be done without revealing their abilities to the outsiders. It was a race to the top.
Even though it was a rule that no one could use their abilities, the young gods rarely took that seriously. All of them used everything they had to succeed.
Karyk saw the young God first explore the religion that was assigned to him. The area was mostly filled with the Demons, and it lay on the Southern side of the continent.
The young God quickly realized that the religion had a strong influence on the people and decided to use it to his advantage. Not only was this area filled with Demons who were stronger than humans, but this was also strategically at an advantage.
However, it was also hard to suddenly become their King. However, he didn't want to fail this trial. So he used the best tactic that he could think of... divide and rule.
He himself killed some Demons in the region, and made it appear as if it was the work of the humans.
Seeing the tricks used by the young God whose memories he experienced, Karyk was impressed as well as taken aback. This was certainly the fastest way to the goal.
A year passed, and he kept using his tricks, slowly yet steadily instigating people. At the same time, he placed fear in the hearts of the people towards the unknown.
The other gods also tried similar methods. The world where people were peacefully living their lives was slowly turned into hell, just because the young gods wanted to win a test.
The test was about taking the gods' skills into consideration, but it slowly became a game where the humans and the Demons became a pawn and nothing more.
And the biggest pawn came out as a young demon, who had lost his entire family, to the tricks of the man whose memories Gabriel was experiencing.
The young demon didn't realize that he was helping his enemy, not realizing that the person was behind everything. The name of that young demon was... Ezekiel.
Karyk experienced the memories of the God who Ezekiel worked for. However, he had no control over his actions. It was like history was replaying for him to watch.
The young God used Ezekiel and all the others to his advantage, always keeping them in the dark.
The world where everyone lived like brothers had become a battlefield where everyone was willing to stab everyone in the back.
In the war between the gods, there were no friends...no family... No clans. Demons were made to fight their own Kin from other kingdoms, along with humans. It was the same for humans.
The war raged on for multiple years, as the number of people who were killed kept increasing with each passing day.
That's how it went, until most of the gods were out, leaving only two Kingdoms in the entire world. One belonging to the God known as Aizel whose memories Karyk experienced. On the other side was another god, known as Tien.
Ezekiel had lost everything in this war. He became nothing more than a cold blooded killer, and the most well known name in the entire war, even in the other Kingdom.
He had no aim... No purpose. He even forgot why he was fighting. So many years had passed since he lost his family. He still didn't know who killed his family. All he knew was that every day, there was a new battle where he had to kill.
He had to take lives, kill the people that used to be friends... It was as if he was completely brainwashed by Aizel to the point that he even stopped thinking about everything.
He didn't care about the consequences of his actions anymore, he just followed orders without question. But deep down, he knew that something was wrong. He longed for the days where he could live without fear and without bloodshed. He just couldn't understand where things went wrong...
And then, finally it came...the day for the much awaited final war. The war between the last two kingdoms...
One side was Aizel, who conquered the entire south, even after facing so many other gods. On the other side was Tien who had conquered the North.
The battle was fierce and lasted for days. The ground shook with the force of their armies colliding, the sound of swords clashing and screams of the wounded filled the air. It was a display of power and might, a fight to the death.
However, after a long battle, the victor finally emerged... It was Aizen.
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