The world-shaking battle fought east of E-Rantel between the Re-Estize Kingdom, the Sorcerer Kingdom, and the Baharuth Empire had an impact on this world and the nations across this land that was undoubtedly as terrifying and profound as a magnitude-twelve earthquake!
Because of it, the Re-Estize Kingdom and the Baharuth Empire, both of which had participated in the war and suffered losses, realized for the first time that powerful beings—or, more precisely, powerful spellcasters—could shake the structure of the world, and that the rules of war had quietly changed.
After that battle, people learned for the first time that above the seemingly supreme power of royal authority and national machinery, there was actually something else capable of standing above all living beings.
That something was unmatched power!
Of course, perhaps it could no longer be called the power of mortals. It was an existence akin to a god...
But actually, the people of this world had heard of similar existences before.
For example, the Six Great Gods, who descended upon this world six hundred years ago, rescued humanity from the Abhuman predators, and established human nations; the Eight Greed Kings, who suddenly appeared five hundred years ago, spread Tier Magic across the world, severely wounded the strongest dragons of the time, briefly unified the continent through overwhelming power, and established a nation; and the Thirteen Heroes, who took part in the "Demon God War" more than two hundred years ago, with some of them still surviving to this day.
However, by now, the glory of the Six Great Gods, Eight Greed Kings, and Thirteen Heroes had all withered away like flowers that bloomed only once, replaced by the "Black and White Archmages" who now dominated the human world!
Yes, the "Black and White Archmages" were the titles that adventurers, governments,