Chapter 40: Continent and Its Wonders
"This book here should be enough!" I murmur, grabbing a book about this continent. I excitedly go to a table with a chair to calmly read the book, which tells the history of the continent.
’Let’s see how different it is from what I know,’ I open the book. Knowledge about the continents is interesting not only because I need to know more about where I live, but also because in the future I want to visit other continents.
"Okay, it starts with a brief quote from each continent..."
Demonic Continent = Dhalyss
Human Continent = Foryndal
Angelic Continent = Auryndor
Beast-Man Continent = Aeloria
"So far, the names for each continent are exactly the same...let’s see the history" I start reading the first part.
The Demonic Continent emerged 19,256 years ago when the ancestors of the demons inhabited this continent, which was rich in certain ores and had a high degree of magic in the environment.
Over the millennia, this caused the magic of all demons to increase several times, being a territory with a slightly tropical environment with rainy weather in some places.
However, with a 6-climate cycle throughout the year, with two months being cold, two months being hot, two months being rainy, two months being completely dry, two months being a mild climate, and two months being a calm and serene climate similar to spring.
The total size of the continent is 9.83 million km² with an extremely hostile environment with various monsters, dungeons, and dangerous forests with many ancient ruins.
The first Demon King who ruled this territory named the continent Dhalyss, a tribute to his late wife who helped create the first city on the continent.
This city was the basis for survival in this continent, which in the beginning had so many monsters that it was difficult to find a peaceful place to gather and properly organize things.
"Well, as expected..." I read the summary of what the continent is, and it is exactly what I remember from the game, of course with more details, but nothing that concerns me.
’Let’s see the Human Continent,’ I start reading the part about the Human Continent.
Named Foryndal, an honor to a myth that spoke of the fountain of eternal life, the Human Continent is a land rich in ores, forests, and other resources, with a basic climate divided into 4 seasons throughout the year.
Not much is known about how this continent was explored by humans, all that is known is that the continent has an area of 7.63 million km², being slightly smaller than the Demonic Continent and the smallest continent among the 4.
This continent has little magic, but is relatively peaceful with few monsters that are generally weak.
It is also a fertile territory, perfect for agriculture and plantations, as well as animal husbandry, because it has little magic in the environment and few monsters, allowing humans to develop culturally and technologically quickly, adapting to the environment with ease.
’Hehehe, the Human Continent seems like a great place to go,’ the summary ends here, summarizing it as a relatively safe place with beautiful views and without many threats.
"Well, it’s still within what I know, let’s see what we have on the Beast-Man territory" I murmur excitedly, moving on to the summary of them.
Aeloria, the continent of the Beast-Men, is known for its extreme and distinct climates in each city, with climates varying in each location, some cities being built in extremely cold snowy areas and others in dry and arid deserts.
Each part of the continent maintains a permanent climate that never changes, so each subspecies of Beast-Men has adapted to live in specific environments, such as the skilled hunters of the frozen areas or the resilient warriors of the desert areas.
It is a land full of magic, but with a low index of ores and high dangers with dangerous monsters, being a place where the strongest and most adapted Beast-Men reign.
The continent has a size of 13.83 million km², being the second largest continent, and despite its extreme climate in various regions, it is a relatively more peaceful land than the Demonic territory, which has many dangerous monsters.
Aeloria was the name given by the first conqueror of the Beast-Men territory, he was a Beast-Man who dominated all the tribes and territories in the past and temporarily unified the continent, naming it with the "title" of Aeloria, the land of the stormy wind.
Although he was dethroned 3 days later, being killed from behind by a traitor son, the continent still kept the name as a tribute to the ancestor.
"U-Ugh, that’s terrible...I had even forgotten they did that..." Beast-Men are a rather savage people, so it’s kind of common, but it’s not pleasant to read.
’W-Well, I’ll forget about that, it’s better to go to the last continent’ I move on to the summary of the Angelic Continent.
Auryndor, the largest continent in the world with its incredible 19.83 million km², is the land known for its unique beauty.
Having a single climate throughout the continent that is extremely peaceful with almost no monsters, the climate is cool and sunny, perfect for plantations, as well as the land being rich in ores and minerals, and above all, having a tremendous amount of magic in the environment.
Being literally considered a paradise on earth, it was colonized by the angels 26,294 years ago and has become an almost perfect utopia ruled by the angels.
Thus becoming the only place in the world considered almost perfect and even divine, although the complete monopoly of the continent by the angels generates intrigue.
The name Auryndor comes from the first colonizer of the continent, a powerful angel who made great contributions to the formation of a civilization in the new territory they found.
"Ohhh...not surprising because I already knew this, but it’s still cool to see that the history is still here and even has more details than what I knew."
In the end, my continent is still exactly what I knew it was, a dangerous place full of monsters, being the most dangerous territory in terms of monsters.
"Of course...a lot is missing there, and there are some crazy little lies." Not everything there is exactly telling the truth, like the fact that the angels not only monopolize the best continent.
They also ruthlessly exterminate invaders, and charge exorbitantly for things that come from their continent and send to others, that is, their perfect territory charges absurdly high prices for any little thing they send to other places.
’If I want to travel in the future, I need a powerful, durable and fast boat, as well as a lot of money.’ The sea is also full of dangers, many marine beasts are bizarre.
I shudder just thinking about having to face a Kraken or, worse, a Leviathan. Of course it’s safer to fly, but there are no airplanes in this world as far as I remember, and the continents are quite far apart, so flying from one side to the other is exhausting and difficult.
"Well, now let’s see about the races!!" I murmur excitedly, this really catches my full attention, studying the continents is necessary, but it’s nowhere near as interesting as seeing the races.
There are many interesting things and a lot of cute stuff, especially among the Beast-Men, cat girls, foxes, wolves, and many others, it’s an infinity of interesting people.
’I would love to pet the tail of a cat girl or wolf, and it would also be cool to pet the wings of an angel.’ In the game, they say that an angel’s wings have feathers so soft and smooth that a pillow made from them would be the best pillow in the world.
"I should also be careful!" Traveling outside the continent is out of the question for now, maybe in a year it will be possible for me to take a vacation trip since the restrictions as candidates for the throne weaken and we gain more freedom.
’Damn these chains that bind my beauty!!’ If I leave the continent, the Demon King himself will come to kill me, it’s a stupid rule that even in the first year after the competition starts, no one can leave the continent.
So it’s only after a year has passed since the start of the competition for the throne that they are free to leave, and that’s why I needed the Demon King to give me a [Golden Apple] so much, because it’s something from the Angelic Continent and hard to obtain.
And since I couldn’t even go after it even if it was risky, the only viable method of obtaining it would be with Grace or maybe on the black market, but without money, buying something from the black market is impossible, and without high friendship, Grace would hardly go to another continent just to get an apple.
’One day, the whole world will know my beauty!!’ One day I will visit every famous city, in the game with Grace we explored all the continents, usually they are special encounters that Grace makes with each one at special points of each continent.
As a heroine, she has special access to all continents and should not be easily blocked, so she could take people with her to other continents, although with some rules.
"DAMN IT!!! I forgot I’m a demon..." Obtaining authorization to go to the Angelic Continent and the Beast-Men Continent will be difficult, after all, going from one continent to another without permission is like an international crime because of the intrigues between everyone.
’Damn prejudice.’ I murmur, feeling the weight of millennia of hatred, I can’t even travel easily without a bunch of permits or they’ll try to kill me.
It’s not even a trip to live, since I’m competing for the throne, my trip would last a maximum of 3 months, with me probably spending 1 month in each continent just to explore.
"What bad luck..."
"Hey, shut the fuck up, this is a library," I hear an arrogant and irritated voice speak to me, and I immediately recognize it as Marie.
"Sorry, I..."
"SHUT UP, I’M TRYING TO READ" She now yells, and I stay quiet.
’It’s better to go to another book and change places.’ I don’t want to pick a fight, especially over books, it’s better to go somewhere else.