The Vidis Empire lay in the heart of the continent and was also humanity's foremost line of defense against Demon Power.
Several centuries ago, Demon Power had first appeared on this continent. Countless docile animals and magical beasts had turned overnight into savage, bloodthirsty monsters. Even mindless plants had become laden with deadly toxins. Natural disasters came without end, and human calamities followed one after another. Humanity at the time seemed to have fallen into madness. Wars erupted between nations for no reason at all, and people zealously destroyed everything they could destroy. This wave of madness began at the continent's northernmost edge and spread southward. By the time the continent's wise men finally realized that something terrifying had happened, it seemed too late to undo it. Monsters ravaged the human world, humanity's wars never ceased, and even many mysterious races that never showed themselves before ordinary people appeared on all manner of frenzied battlefields...
An old history book of unknown authorship recorded it this way: "Continental Calendar, Year 1041. Frenzy shrouded our world, and destruction swept across the entire continent, as though this world were holding a mad feast of self-destruction. And yesterday, I personally killed every member of my family..."
This plague-like disaster had spread at incredible speed to the heart of the continent—the Vidis Empire.
Then, the tide of destruction was contained.
The Vidis Empire lay in the central region of the entire Old Continent. It was an old empire built primarily on agriculture. Though it could be counted among the continent's great powers, Vidis had always been founded upon agriculture. It possessed few metal deposits within its borders and had always kept a low profile militarily. Thus, Vidis was not a nation with formidable military strength. It had only maintained its status as an international power