Tales of Astora: Legacy

Chapter 9: Lakyus

Chapter 9: Lakyus

The next morning, Alastor was on his way to the studies to see Mephisto.

Following their discussion the previous day, Mephisto would teach him about politics between all kingdoms, Noroeth on the basics of magic and theories, Naberius on close combat and survival skills, Amelia on magic battle. As for Azurus, the slime told him that Alastor was not ready yet for his lessons yet so he needed to become stronger to do so. Looking at the slime, Alastor had some doubts as Azurus seemed to never take things seriously. Perhaps it would be better for Alastor to focus on the others for now.

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Alastor's POV

"So Alastor, tell me all you know about Astora." Mephisto asked me.

"The world of Astora is divided three main continents: Ragna, Oros and Mara.

In the North is Ragna. Ragna is where the demons have retreated back a few centuries ago after the war. Since then, other races have multiples times try to eradicate all demons completely but there have not been any successful attempts because of the harsh climate and terrains which proved to be very difficult to pass by.

Oros is the dragon continent to the West. Compared to Ragna, it is slightly smaller but the creatures who live there are extremely powerful. That is not to take in account the roaming dragons. While dragons are solitary creatures, they are rules by the dragon council in a similar manner to the other nations.

Mara is the biggest continent as it is ten times bigger than Ragna. Located to the south of Ragna. It's where all the rest of the Primes races live." I bragged about my knowledge.

"Good. What can you tell me about the Prime races"

"The race with the biggest population is the human. However they are divided into three kingdoms: to the North lies the kingdom of Ceadric. South of Ceadric we have Zagon Empire. The two countries have been in a feud since the last few decades and it is likely possible for a war to break out between the two. The last country, sharing the borders with the other two is the Theocracy of Light, ruled by the Church of Light, under the Pope. Together these three take the northern half of the Mara Continent. Compared to others races, human may lack in physical strength or magic affinity but they have proved to be the most ambitious and many great heros in history were human.

The second race is the elf, renown for their affinity with magic and nature. Unlike human, there is only one elf kingdom, Malatas. But while they may seem united, the elves are divided into two faction: Solona and Luna.

The third is the beastman. The beastman doesn't have a country as they are divided in clans and tribes. Most of these tribes are located in the plains and mountains to the east of Malatas.

The dwarf race is the most unfortunate one. They used to live near the volcanoes to the South east of Mara but after the eruptions of these volcanoes, the dwarf were spread among all others countries or even the dragon continent. Because of this the dwarf no longer has a country for themselves.

The celestials don't live on any continent. In fact they live in a flying island which never stays at the same place for long. Even though they are small in numbers, they compensate with an exceedingly long life expectancy.

Finally the dragon. They are known as the strongest race thanks to their natural magic resistance and scales hard as steel. Aside from that, I don't personally know much about them as they are usually solitary and quite secretive."

As I ended my speech, Mephisto clapped his hands to congratulate me.

"You already covered the basics. I am glad! This means I can jump to the next part. About the demon race. Now Alastor tell me! In your opinion what is a demon?"