From far up above in the vast blue sky.

There was a smiling young man and a little girl wearing clothing made out of plants trapped in a sphere of blue light.

She looked towards the young man.

"Maya, is that the capital of the demonic beasts?"

Serra asked her.

"Yes, my master. That is Grouvin, the city where Demon Lord Arsin lives."

"Hoh... I should pay him a visit then. Time to go down a bit."

Serra and the blue sphere descended down.

They landed to a deserted forest area.

"Maya, stay here. Wait for me to come back."

With that Serra disappeared.

Within the Grouvin Castle.

In the Throne Room, there was a devilishly handsome young man with white hair and pale skin.

He had demonic red eyes.

He was Demon Lord Arsin. A Rank 15 Demonic Beast.

He was in his Throne Room. It was a luxurious room with dark red decorations.

A terrifying demonic beast who gained intelligence and established an army of his own in the world and desired the world.

There were numerous powerful creatures located near his throne. All of them Demonic Beasts.

"How goes the war?"

A valient looking war general spoke.

"My lord, we are currently fighting against the humans in the Zordia continent. Grekko is leading our troops there."

He spoke in a fiery voice.

"As for the Astlan continent?"

"My lord, we've gathered some success and captured their twin princesses. Eisel and Meileen Recquir. They are at our prison right now."

"Good."

Demon Lord Arsin smiled.

"We'll force the Recquir Empire to hand over the Leviathan Frostblade."

The creatures there began to snicker and laugh.

"Oh dear...You actually captured two of my own? And you're even intending on stealing my Leviathan Frostblade? I suppose I should stop this then."

A calm young voice broke the laughter of the creatures.

"Whose there!?"

The fiery red man roared.

The other creatures began to snarl and emit their auras as they looked around.

"Hmm...Who are you, little boy?"

The Demon Lord stared at the boy in front of him.

He had light blue hair and was a young man.

"Me? I'm from the Recquir Empire. I heard something interesting here so I decided to stop you."

He casually replied.

"Insolent fool!"

The red man roared and charged out.

The other creatures charged out as well.

"Too hasty."

Serra spoke then disappeared just as the creatures were about to reach him.

*Crashed*

"Ugh!"

"Hmm... You have some ability."

The Demon Lord spoke.

"My lord, no need for you to act! We're enough to deal with this bastard!"

The red man roared.

He charged out again.

He raised his fist and his fist began to glow fiery red.

Serra smiled.

Just as he was about to reach him, Serra stopped him with a finger.

Immediately, the true energy within that fist faded away.

"Too weak."

Serra spoke.

With a thought, he launched the man back and he flew and crashed through a wall.

"Is that all you have?"

Serra took a closer look at the man.

"A Pyre Drake... And Rank 12 too? Interesting. You must've taken at least seven thousand years to reach this far. I suppose the level of power in this world hasn't declined that much."

Serra laughed.

"What did you say!? How could you know about me!?"

The red man roared.

The Demon Lord gazed at Serra and spoke.

"Enough Luik. Leave him to me."

"But my lord!"

The red man began to protest.

"Enough! You can't defeat him."

With that, Luik stopped but glared at Serra.

"Who are you human?"

"Me? My name is Serra Recquir."

Serra introduced himself without much thought.

"Serra Recquir... Where have I heard that name before..."

The Demon Lord pondered.

Immediately, the door opened and a beautiful woman with nine tails ran out.

"Sirene? Why did you come here?"

The Demon Lord spoke.

But the woman did not answer and turned to stare at the young man.

"It can't be... I thought that this aura was familiar but I didn't think I'd see you again."

She spoke with tears coming through her eyes.

"You know him?"

The Demon Lord spoke.

His attendants looked incrediously towards her.

"Hmm... You are... Aren't you that little fox from before?"

Serra looked at her with some surprise as well as delight.

But his remark drew some shock from the Demon Lord as well as his attendants.

Little fox? He dared to address the left arm of the Demon Lord, Lady Sirene, who commanded the 2nd Legion of the Demon Lord as "little fox"!?

What was his relationship with her!?

"Master! I've missed you so much for thousands of years!"

She immediately leapt and hugged Serra.

She eagerly rubbed her face on him.

The attendants were shocked once again.

"Sirene, can you introduce who he is?"

The Demon Lord spoke quite surprised that one of his trusted generals would do such a thing.

"Yes... This is Serra, founder of the Recquir Empire and the one who conquered this world."

With that introduction, the entire room was shocked and stunned.

The legendary founder who reigned as the ruler of the world thousands of years before!?

"That's impossible! How could you be alive? Serra Recquir perished thousands of years ago!"

"Ah, that's wrong. I never died."

Serra wryly explained.

"I merely left this world and ascended to the Higher Planes."

"What!? Higher Planes!?"

They were shocked.

They were shocked that the legendary being who reigned supreme in the world was still alive and well.

"That's correct. After you pass the realm of Emperors, you can sense the worlds laws. If you can sense and master a Law, you can ascend to the Higher Planes on your own."

Serra spoke casually but the listeners were stunned and shocked. There was a realm above the Emperor realm?