【Ancient Holy War】

The continent of Adelan was the last continent created by Andrew, the god of creation, and when it was completed, he disappeared. The continent was once inhabited by countless intelligent creatures, dragons, elves, and so on.

I don't know one day, the demon king imprisoned by the gods of the god realm escaped, created the demon world, and continued to erode the rapid growth of the demon world of the Adelan continent, and launched an attack on the continent, it was a massacre, and the demon clan quickly occupied most of the continent with the momentum of destruction. All that could be seen on the continent was gunsmoke, war, and corpses.

When the creatures on the continent were desperate, the divine realm finally made a move, and they sent a divine envoy. The divine envoy is revered in the human world as the Holy Lord, and the Holy Lord takes ten followers and gives the largest number of human beings soul power, a kind of power from the soul, turning the souls of non-human creatures killed in battle into soul beasts, and human beings use these powers to defeat the Demon King under the leadership of the Holy Lord and his heirs, and everything is finally peaceful.

Due to the heavy losses, many races chose to go into hiding, the dwarves disappeared with an island called Vat Alheim, the dragons disappeared, the elves disappeared, and only the Terrans grew stronger. But with power came competition, and humanity eventually split into many forces, and after many years of war, the four largest forces occupied four parts of the continent and established successively. The western part of the continent is called the Netelland Empire, the Northern Atlantan Empire, the Eastern Wardio Empire, and the Southern Smilton Empire.

In the middle of the continent, it was a sacred land, and after the Holy War ended, the Holy Lord did not leave, but stayed behind to lead the heirs to establish a temple in the center of the continent surrounded by canyons. Although the Holy Lord is a god, he is not immortal, and after the death of the Holy Lord, he chose the next Holy Lord. Since then, the Templar will select outstanding soul magicians from the mainland and cultivate them in the Templar. And the Heavenly Wizard may become one of the ten heirs of the Holy Lord, and even become the successor of the Holy Lord.

【Forty years ago, Nittelland Empire, Sargeras, Tal Palace, the capital of the country】

The stately palace is like a dragon entrenched in the very center of Sargeras. It was a calm night, and the palace maids and guards shuttled through the labyrinthine corridors as usual.

Suddenly, a scream broke the silence, "Someone, there is an assassin! Catch him!" This has never happened before, the guards and the forbidden army immediately blocked the entire palace, the minister and general rushed into the emperor's bedchamber, and when he saw that the emperor was safe and sound, he was relieved, and the general Regmonta knelt down and pleaded with the emperor, "The subordinate guards are not good, please punish your majesty!" Nanso Tar, the Great Emperor of the White Night, waved his hand and said, "There is no need to punish him, just catch the assassin." "Subordinates take orders!" With that, the general and his soldiers began to search.

In a small room, a man in black covered the mouth of a palace maid, "I blame you, I said that I am not an assassin, I just came to find someone, now it's okay, how dare I go out!" "Woo woo woo...... "The palace maid wanted to say something, but she was covered and only whined. Seeing this, the young man said softly, "I can let go, but don't scream, you know!" The palace maid nodded in agreement. The young man slowly let go of his hand, but as soon as he took his hand away, the palace maid shouted, "The assassin is here!" The young man was startled and was speechless, "Why are you like this, you are really ......" I wanted to scold her, but I heard the sound of a soldier approaching outside, "Here! Rush in!" The young man could only glare at the palace maid viciously, and hurriedly escaped through the window.

"You have no way to escape! This river is called the River of Oblivion, and as the name suggests, the water of this river can make people forget everything, but this is only a general statement, its water cleanses the soul and makes it purer, but at the same time it can destroy the soul. The great general Regmonta stepped forward, pointed the long sword in his hand at the young man, and shouted: "Just take it, maybe I can save your life, and I can only do it if I resist again!" The young man was silent, just looked at him coldly. Regmonta shook his head and sighed, "Why bother, young man, you could have lived a good life, but what about your family? When the boy heard this, he suddenly became angry, picked up the stone on the ground and threw it at Regmonta with all his might, "Shut up, family, why don't you ask yourself, what happened to your family?"

"The Emperor has arrived!" said the Emperor of the White Night, dressed in fine costumes and surrounded by a group of guards, beside him a beautiful woman who was also dressed in magnificent costumes, none other than his imperial concubine, Nedriy Tarr. The White Night Emperor said to the young man in a calm tone: "Young man, what kind of grudge do I have against you, so that you came to assassinate me?" The young man's anger still did not subside, and he shouted: "I have to say a few times before you can believe me, I am not an assassin!" The White Night Emperor was puzzled, frowned, and didn't say anything more, but the imperial concubine beside him seemed extremely excited, a jade hand half-covered her mouth, trembling her body slightly, and asked slowly: "Are you...... Are you Neil?" The young man's emaciated body shook suddenly, and he covered his face with his dirty hands in a panic, shaking his head desperately and shouting, "No! I'm not! You're wrong!" The princess burst into tears and whimpered, "Neil... What are you doing here?" he said and stretched out his hand and walked slowly towards the boy. Seeing this, the boy hurriedly retreated, only to step on the air and fall into the River of Oblivion. The princess suddenly lost her face, "Neil! don't!" but it was too late, and the rushing river swallowed the boy and disappeared without a trace.

A few days later, a gorgeous carriage galloped on the field path, and the carriage was inlaid with a tiger head logo made of gold and precious stones, which was the symbol of the Hale family, one of the four major families of the Neterland Empire, the Hale family is the richest family in the empire and even the entire continent, the Hale family is the hero of the empire's founding, in charge of the empire's commerce, and nearly half of the country's goods and currency have to pass through the Hale family's chamber of commerce. There were three people in the carriage, a middle-aged man, a young man, and Neil. The middle-aged man looked at Neil carefully, and said lightly: "If you fall into the Forgotten River and don't die, you will definitely be able to have a great creation, although he is extremely weak at this time, but his soul is very clear and powerful. The young man patted Neil on the face and said slowly, "Father, what should we do with him." The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "Send him to the temple and serve the family in the future, it is better to let him be your bodyguard, you will be the head of the family in the future, and you can't do without a strong guard." The young man thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes." ”

The carriage galloped over the uninhabited wilderness, and the dust raised flew all over the sky and slowly fell, only the carriage gradually drifted away.

【Present・National Capital Sargeras-Hale Chamber of Commerce Headquarters】

Most of the eastern part of the palace in the center of Sargeras is the business district of the Hale family, which is full of merchants all year round, and today it is a gathering of celebrities, because this day is the five-year "Hale Day" of the Hale family, and on this day the leaders of the chambers of commerce of all provinces and cities come here to participate in the reception and share the fruits of the five years. Not only that, but today is the eighteenth birthday of Ash Hale, the young head of the Hale family.

On the crowded street, there are two people who are very eye-catching. Both of them were dressed in fine clothes, a young man with shiny silver-white long hair, pale golden eyes, a scarlet mark on the center of his eyebrows, a handsome face, and a shallow smile at the corner of his mouth that could only be described as exquisite, and the other behind him was a burly old man, with short hair like steel needles, a thick beard, and a sharp sword in his black eyes, which pierced people's hearts.

"Grandpa Lancher, we're going to hurry, we'll start right away. The young man did not look back, but looked at the crowd in the street. Lan Che smiled slightly, and said to the young man: "Young Master Eshi, didn't you say that you wanted to see the shop, I didn't prepare the carriage, and now you are good, and you are full." Esie pouted and muttered quietly, "Who knew the Chamber of Commerce was so far from home." Lancher, of course, could hear what Ash had said, and the smile on his face grew even bigger.

The headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce is built in a stone pagoda called Babel, and legend has it that there is a Tower of Babel that leads to the divine realm, but now this is a stone pagoda built by the Hale family with only a dozen floors. At the entrance of the stone tower stood two rows of graceful and good-looking manners, and among them, a fat man reprimanded them: "You all pay attention, today is the birthday of Master Eshy, you are all smart, you know! If you get into trouble, hmph, you know, the people in the army are not gentlemen!" The ladies nodded again and again, not daring to disobey. "Then why don't you go to work!" The fat man yelled with two small eyes.

"It's finally here, Grandpa Lancher, hurry up!" Esch was instantly excited when he saw the Tower of Babel. When the fat man saw Eshy, he immediately greeted him and bowed to Ash with a smile, "Young master, the drinking party is ready, just waiting for you to come." Ash looked at the man's round face, his eyes narrowed, and finally he held back a sentence, "Uncle Jack, you're fat again." The man was stunned for a moment, and then smiled. Lancher burst out laughing when he heard Ashie's words. Jack also laughed when he saw Lancher, and laughed at himself: "Big butler, even you laugh at me, it seems that I really should lose weight." With that, he bent down and stretched out his hand to invite the two of them to take a seat, "Young master, butler, please take a seat." ”

The most important thing in the cocktail party is not the meal, but the ball, where the owners of the chamber of commerce communicate with other people, maybe they can enhance some friendship, which is beneficial to both parties. At the ball, some people are dancing on the dance floor, while many more are drinking wine glasses. But Eich, the protagonist of the drinking party, was absent-minded and kept looking towards the entrance, as if he was waiting for someone. Not long after, I thought I was wearing a long white dress, and my long red hair was unusually eye-catching, and the color was like the morning glow reflecting the snow without powder. Seeing her, Ash instantly came to his senses, stood up and waved to her, shouting, "Kiyokage, here!" Kiyokage was the woman's name. Qingying smiled at Ash, and a smile overwhelmed the city. Ash handed over a glass of Mia red wine, and Qingying took a small sip gently, the picture was too beautiful. Esy smiled and said to Qingying: "Qingying, my father said that when I am an adult, I can find a beloved woman to marry, you see, I am already an adult, so ......" Saying that, Esy clapped his hands, and a maid came up with a silver plate, and there was a sapphire ring lying quietly on the plate, Esie held the ring in his left hand, put his right hand on his heart, knelt on one knee, and said slowly: "Qingying, marry me." Everyone around clapped their hands and coaxed, "Marry him!" Marry him...... Qingying looked around, his face flushed, he took a deep breath, nodded with a smile, and said softly: "Hmm." The scene boiled instantly. Ash hugged Kiyoying tightly, refusing to let go.

Suddenly, the smile on Eshi's face froze, and his eyes widened with horror. He pushed Kiyoei away, looking down to see Kiyokage holding a dagger in his hand and stabbing Eshkei's heart, blood staining Eshkei's clothes and Kiyokage's hand. This sudden change made everyone stunned, and no one reacted for a while. There was a special force in the dagger that raged in Eshi's body, causing Eich to lose his strength in an instant, and he could only keep shaking. Qingying pulled out his dagger, turned around, and disappeared. At this time, everyone woke up and was in chaos. Lan Che immediately hugged the fallen Eshy, stroked his delicate face, and said tremblingly: "Ash, don't scare Grandpa, you'll be fine, trust me." Ash took Lancher's hand, handed the ring to Lancher, and said, "Grandpa Lancher...... Put the ring ...... Give Pure Shadow ...... Don't hurt her......" said and lost consciousness.