If Enyo had been elevated to apostle because of war,
then Akropolis had simply risen because of his own talent.
The Lizardman's history was older than the elves'. In the age of dragons, they were synonymous with the Short-lived Races.
That was an age before the sun had been born. The world was shrouded in darkness, with only a solitary moon. Marshes, oceans, and wastelands covered the entire world. In that humid, sweltering darkness, there were only three major racial categories: the Scaled Ones, the Winged Ones, and the Mammalian Ones. All kinds of strange creatures gathered together, communicating with one another without needing language or writing.
Snakefolk, Lizardmen, and Harpies were all ancient races that existed in that era.
Dragons were the darlings of that age because they had all inherited the bloodline of the Lord of Scales and Feathers, the God of Scales and Feathers. Thus, dragons could transform into countless forms, becoming any race they pleased, and possessed incredibly long—almost infinite—lifespans.
Akropolis was the first to discover that if one extracted Blood of Leaping from a snakefolk's blood, it could make wounds heal. If one extracted Blood of Stillness, however, it became a deadly poison that stopped the heart as soon as blood was drawn.
He realized that everything in the world possessed duality, and that poison and medicine could transform into one another. Thus, he received the blessing of the power of Equilibrium and embarked on the path of concocting potions... In that sense, he could be called the oldest alchemist. This was also why both alchemists and Physicians could refine potions.
Yet when he made potions, he did not pursue "why this happens." He cared more about "how to achieve it." Thus, he gradually deviated from the Equilibrium Path toward the Path of Adaptation, earning