Otherworld Adventure 12 New World, Alterna 2

The cause of the isolation was due to the fact that the demons and they lived in Helaife. This continent was vast and it was situated on the eastern hemisphere.

Although demons did live on the continent it didn't mean that it was barren and desolate. The Fairy continent Faerholm was also once a part of Helaife which means, Helaife itself was an abundant land of resources.

The continent had a higher content and density of mana compared to any other continent, resulting in the demons having a greater control over mana itself.

This caused the demons to be war mongers and resulted in internal fighting among the demons from ages past until this very day.

Of course this was only limited to small and medium scale battles.

Large and continental scaled battles rarely occurred because the demons knew that without the a.s.sistance of the fairies, if they caused a huge war that destroyed the environment of the continent, it would practically cause irreversible damage.

The small and medium scaled battles were still tolerable because of the high density and content of mana unique to the Helaife Continent. The high mana content in the continent sped up the recovery of the environment after the destruction caused by the battles.

In summary, it was a very chaotic continent, but the civilization didn't lose out to the civilization of the humans and demi-humans even after the constant conflict that occurred.

The continent of ice, Aizlandia, this continent was located opposite of the Fairy continent Faerholm.

It was at the 'roof' of the world and had a climate of eternal winter. The native races of this continent were unique and they were all elementals.

The Ice Elemental Tribe and the Water Elemental Tribe and they lived in peace and harmony with one another. Because of the eternal winter, it was hard, but not impossible for other races to live there.

Examples would be the races that have an inherent ice and water const.i.tution, like the frost giants, ice elves, and water dragon type demi-humans. Even individuals who have abnormally high affinity with the water element and the derived ice element settle down there, and one such individual would be the Ice Emperor.

He was the first human to ever journey there, made friends with the Ice and water elemental natives, and established an empire of ice and water that ruled the entire continent which shared the same name as the continent.

There were in fact 2 royal bloodlines in the royal family of the empire. One was the ice royal bloodline and the other was the water royal bloodline.

This was because the Ice Emperor had married two female elementals that were direct descendants from the tribe leaders of each respective tribe.

Most people would think that this would cause conflicts to arise from the later generations down the line, but due to the traits and long lived affection of both tribes, this worry never happened.

This was also because elementals were long lived. So even though the Ice Emperor of the past had long pa.s.sed away, his two wives had brought up and guided their children in the traditions of the two tribes.

The Ice Emperor had also set down a rule that the succeeding Emperors or Empresses may only have one child each, and every generation would take turns in ruling the Empire.

So even until now, there hasn't been any conflict regarding the succession rights for emperor or empress. There were probably also other rules that the Emperor had set, but they were only known to the insiders of the empire.

The civilization level of the place wasn't primitive at all since the Ice Emperor was able to unify to the continent. In fact, their magic technology, or magi-tech for short, was far ahead the other continents.

They were able to create a sustaining barrier that used magi-tech, to keep a portion of the kingdom in a state where they were actually able to grow their own crops that required a warm-hot climate, and the people who processed this area were also none other than the Elementals themselves.

How could these cold elementals stay alive in that warm-hot area?

It was because they had also created magi-tech that allowed the water and ice elementals to live freely in that warm-hot climate that was inside the barrier.

If they could create tech for water and ice elementals, wouldn't that mean they could create tech that allowed normal races to live in the north also?

Not to mention that this magi-tech could probably also be applied to other element Elementals.

One thing that caught Cecil's interest was that they had also created an "eternal" light source.

Since it was winter all year long, that would mean that the light in the continent was only around for a few hours before dark clouds blocked the sun and a storm ensued.

Since the weather was really unpredictable, one moment it'd be sunny and in the next, there would be a huge blizzard that would rage for days on end.

They were able to create a light source that ran on a resource other than mana.

This was something that Mrs. Anna had explained to Cecil and it made him think of an energy resource like electricity.

In a world where mana was the main resource and reason that made the living condition more convenient for the people, a new energy resource could be seen as a technological and scientifically major advancement.

Since the northern continent was able to find a new energy resource other than mana that helped them with their livelihood, then that would mean the northern continent was leaps and bounds ahead from all the other continents in terms of civilization level.

Finally, the last continent is the dead continent Non. As its name suggests, it literally was a dead, uninhabitable continent.

Although it was described as such, there were in fact, still some tribes of races that still lived on the continent.

Let's say you were to draw the whole world of Alterna onto a map. The continents of Urrugdrasil and Midgard would be on the left side of the map, while the Helaife continent would be on the right side. The continents of Aizlandia and Faerholm would be on the northern and southern hemisphere respectively, the rest would be all water.

So, now you would have a huge empty s.p.a.ce right in the middle of the map, in the middle of the map would be the Dead Continent Non.

A very very long time ago, this place once had all the other continents connected to it, with the exception Faerholm.

It was a land of abundance. Resources were scattered all throughout the land with the density of mana in the atmosphere being 100 times the density it was right now on the Helaife continent.

This place was the paradise of all the races and once upon a time, all the races of the world lived on this continent in harmony.

As for how the continent had turned dead, there were many theories and speculations.

While most of these were all over the place, the oldest theory, one that Cecil found most agreeable, was one that actually spoke of a cause that was outside the realm of legends and G.o.ds.

The theory stated that located right in the middle of the continent of Non was a huge sky-piercing mountain. It was thousands of meters taller than the World Tree Urrugdrasil and it was said that this mountain hadn't existed at the start.

It had suddenly fallen from the sky in a blaze and smashed right into the center of the Non Continent, resulting in the destruction of life and landscape of the continent. The once connected landma.s.ses then split into 3 and drifted away due to the resulting shockwave.

The thousands of races that were once living on the Non Continent went extinct and millions upon millions of plant, animal and monster species were wiped out of existence.

The survivors of the initial impact and the cataclysmic after-effects weren't lucky enough to be able to hitch a ride off the continent when the other 3 landma.s.ses had broken off.

Most of these survivors were actually situated far from the center, so until this day they had to adapt and survive on that dead and barren continent.

The land ma.s.s of the continent is twice the size of all 5 continents put together, to the point if you drew the continents together on a map, the Non Continent would be considered the mainland while the rest could only be considered islands that dotted around it.
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At present, most of the races and tribes that survived past the test of time and adapted to the desolate environment, now only live on the outer edges of the continent. While the inner to central areas are dominated by the surviving monsters that mutated and adapted to the desolate environments.

It was literally a continent where death was everywhere, even the surviving tribes fight against one another for the scarce resources.

Not to mention that they all have to be worried about the strange and powerful monsters that occasional hunt after them.

The people of the mega continent are nomadic. They travel all around the vast outer edges of the continent to hunt for resources. Some powerful tribes have actually managed to gain a foothold in the mid-section, but none dare venture into the inner and central areas.

Also, maybe because of the impact from the apocalyptic meteor, there was no longer any elemental type mana present on the Non Continent.

This meant that all the inhabitants of the continent have no access to fire, water, earth, wind, and other elemental attribute type magic.

Probably due to the impact from the meteor, the surviving people over there are adept at using Void and Non-elemental mana and magics.

The concept of Void magic is not well studied and there are few to none who actually use this type of magic, in the other continents. Even throughout history, there were no records of famous people who were actually adept at using Void magic.

The non-elemental magic is magic used to strengthen the body and it's applied by infusing mana into the organs, muscles, tendons, nerves, and blood of the caster.

It gives the user enhanced strength, endurance, agility, processing speed which results in smoother control over the body for a period of time.

Most warriors use these types of magic but instead of using non-elemental mana, they use techniques with similar effects using elemental mana. Using non-elemental would result in a more balanced and all-encompa.s.sing effect than with using elemental mana.

Using elemental mana would cause differing effects depending on the type of mana being used. Fire would result in greater strength and explosive power, water results in greater defense, earth results in better endurance and wind results in greater speed.

The people on the Non Continent take it a step further, the effects they apply to their body's almost make them super human, but at the cost of a higher metabolism rate.

This meant that if they use the spell or technique for too long, they might just die from bodily exhaustion, starvation, dehydration, etc. or in other words, nutrition deficiency.

Cecil at first thought that it was pretty cool that you could suddenly go 'Super', but then he heard from Mr. Zaki that the after-effects and consequences of going 'super' was really scary.

One such after-effect turns the caster into a gluttonous starving monster that'll consume anything they see that could be used to re-balance the nutritional deficit in their bodies.

The after-effect caused the user to eat and eat until they're satisfied. If they can't find any food, they'll clean out a whole area of resources.

Remember that the resources of the Non continent were already scarce, so these "monsters" are actually treated as hostile over there. Sometimes in the worst case scenarios, the affected may even start cannibalizing their own tribe. It was a double-edged sword.

"... Okay, that was the last one!" said Lucia happily.

"Oh. That was fast, time for the next book."

Hearing such despairing words, Lucia began to whine.

"Noooo~"

"Hurry, hurry. The faster you read, the quicker it'll end."

"Cel~…"

"Come on, I'll brush your tails later okay?"

"Really? Yay! Alright, next one's about magic right?"

"Yup."

After Cecil successfully 'bribed' Lucia to read the next book, they take a short break, consuming the snacks and drinks that Mr. Zaki brought.

Finis.h.i.+ng their short break, Lucia grabs another thick book from the small pile of books on the table.

"Here, it is!"

"This isn't the Introduction to Magic... for dummies is it?"

"Of course not, we already read that last week."

"Good. Which is this then?"

"How to use Magic for dummies?"

"… Why the 'dummies' part?"

"Oh, I just added that because Cel's an idiot?"

"Seriously???"

"Kuhuhuhu~"

After their light banter, Lucia adjusts to a more relaxed posture before she began reading.

'Finally, the main course.'

Thinking such, Cecil listens intently and prepares to jot down notes.