— The Chronicle of —AilgardAilgard: Two Breaths, One Abyss❧ Prologue ❧The Edge of the Crimson SeaThere are places where even the wind loses its way. The western edge of the continent, or the beginning of the east. Standing there, one can hear the screams of the world's logic. The blue waves stop here. Beyond lies a sea of death where boiling blood and twisted magic dance in entanglement.赤 眼 海People call it the 'Crimson Eye Sea'. When the curse, flowing from the cracks of an ancient wound, became the sea, the land was divided in two. Occidentar in the west built castles with steel and spells, while Orientia in the east forged paths with breath and flow. In a thousand years of silence, the 'Blood-Red Eye' at the center of the Crimson Sea is about to open its eyes again.❧ Chapter 1 ❧Occidentar, the Western ContinentThe Empire of Steel and SorceryThe air in Occidentar is heavy with the smell of iron and ozone. It is a land where swordsmanship and magic coexist paradoxically. In Luktar, the capital of the Belzaryon Empire, golden sun spires rise, and the streets are filled with vitality."Only the sword can cleave the truth."Knights of the Astalite family swear by this, while mages of the Noctis family study visions in the darkness. The Kingdom of Kaldrea to the north reveres steel and discipline, and Meridius to the south thrives on commerce and contracts. At the apex of all these powers lies the goal of crossing the Crimson Eye Sea.❧ Chapter 2 ❧Orientia, the Eastern ContinentThe Martial World of Breath and FlowA land without the noise of machines or the echo of incantations. A land where only the wind and breaths exist, Orientia. The Tianxiaolian Empire lies beneath the Milky Way, and its warriors believe in Qi."The sword is a vessel that holds the Dao..."The blue sword energy of the Taoist masters of Mount Wudang, the explosive power of the warriors of the Snow Mountain White Tiger Kingdom, the dialogue with nature by the Taoist masters of the Qingyan Kingdom, and the hidden weapons of the assassins of the Crimson Eye Sea. The path from a novice to a peak master (Heavenly Realm). If the west was a civilization built up, the east was a civilization that flowed.❧ Chapter 3 ❧Severed History, The Crimson VoyageThe Crimson VoyageOn the day the 'Bridge of Heaven' was built over the Crimson Eye Sea, East and West met for the first time. However, on the day the great fleet of the Belzaryon Empire set sail, the sea opened its crimson maw and swallowed everything."Of the thousands of ships, only a tattered flag returned."That was the disaster known as the Crimson Voyage. Since that day, the Crimson Eye Sea has become even more ferocious, and for 500 years, the two continents have dismissed each other as myth. But the century of silence is drawing to a close.❧ Chapter 4 ❧The Age of AwakeningThe Age of AwakeningMages from the western continent and diviners from the eastern continent sensed a strange wave."When sword and Qi breathe as one,
The Crimson Eye opens the way."Along with this rumor, strange events are occurring all over the world, and the whereabouts of the forgotten 'Heavenly Steel Secret Manual' are being discussed. Heroes from various regions, such as Archelon, Duke Kalev, and the sect leader of Wudang, have begun to move. The fate that has slept for 500 years is about to awaken.EpilogueNow you step into this chaotic era.
Do you have a steel sword at your waist, or the sash of an old martial arts uniform?
Do you have Solar coins in your pocket, or a merchant's bill of exchange?No matter which continent you choose, all roads lead to the Crimson Eye Sea.History is ready to be rewrittenA new epic of heroes, written in blood.- THE END OF PROLOGUE -