Chapter 1933: Slaying a King
About one hundred and thirty years ago, humanity began attempting various expeditions.
For the first time, they discovered Ancient Stone Tablets engraved with information about Abyssal Demons amid the ruins. The information recorded on the tablets greatly expanded humanity's understanding of Abyssal Demons in a short period of time.
It included their races, communities, beliefs, ranks, and the rules of the Abyssal Demon World, such as the Deed War.
The Whisper Knight Order was primarily responsible for deciphering the information on the tablets.
Among the information acquired at the time, the most important concerned the matter of 'Abyssal Demon ranks'...
Due to the existence of rank classifications and each rank's connection to "truth,"
humanity realized an important fact: if a large-scale war were ever to erupt between humans and Abyssal Demons, the key factor determining the winning situation would by no means be numbers, but rank.
Therefore,
when the Whisper Knight Order later deciphered the concept of "Old Kings" and their ranks,
the Holy City Council began reconsidering the matter of 'human survival and freedom.' They began wondering why such powerful Old Kings had not simply exterminated all humans, but had deliberately preserved the three main cities.
An entirely new understanding and worldview began to take shape.
This also led to the early creation of an important plan: the Great Expedition.
However,
on the tablet that recorded the Old Kings and their rank classifications,
the Old Kings were divided into three ranks.
Each rank was distinguished through images and special writing.
The commonly used terms lower-ranking, middle-ranking, and high-ranking were merely simplified titles intended to make them easier to accept and understand.
When humanity first read the information on the tablet, they were utterly shocked. The heads of every Knight Order, the royal family, and