hundred years ago.
2030
The world has always believed it was the strongest. And whenever someone thinks that way, everything goes wrong. History teaches us that. And in 2030, that's exactly what happened.Back then, humans were progressing day by day. Technology. Science. Cities. Everything. They thought there was nothing more powerful than them. But then something small happened. Just a small thing. And in their arrogance, humans ignored it completely.A bird killed a cat.That's it. Nothing big. Animals do that. They hunt. It's natural.But then...Then a dog bit a man. Viciously. That man got rabies. Then another animal attacked. Then a third. Then a tenth. Then hundreds. Then thousands.And suddenly...One night. Just one night.Every single animal in an entire city. All of them. Wolves. Lions. Tigers. Bears. Elephants. Everything. They suddenly organized and attacked the people.They were different.Completely different. They moved differently. They thought differently. They were intelligent. They weren't animals anymore. They were killers. Organized. Like soldiers.That first night, in one small city, 20,000 people died.20,000. In one night.The world woke up. Governments trembled. The military was sent. Tanks. Helicopters. Everything that could kill, everything was sent.But the animals didn't fear. They were stronger. Faster. Smarter."What is this?" the scientists asked. With fear. Real fear for the first time."Evolution," someone said. "This is strange. Sudden. For some reason."But nobody could understand. Nobody knew why this was happening. Why did the animals suddenly become intelligent? Why were they ready to fight humans?Just six months.In just six months.60 million people were already dead. All over the world. Everywhere.Chaos. Fear. Death.Cities went empty. People hid underground. The streets became like ghost towns. And on those streets? Only animals. Animals that weren't animals anymore. The ones people would later call "Beastmen." But back then, they didn't have a name. Back then, they were just monsters.The armies failed. Badly.Their guns weren't working. The Beastmen's skin was too hard. Impenetrable. Bullets from tanks couldn't pierce through them. Some missiles worked, but most didn't.The government gave up. Surrendered. And fell into deep despair.Nuclear bombs. That was the only way left.The government seriously considered it. They would end everything with nuclear bombs. They'd destroy their own countries. But they'd kill the Beastmen too.But then...Something strange happened.A woman appeared.Nobody knew her name. Nobody knew where she came from. She just appeared. And on her body...There was fire.Real fire. Fierce. Hot. Burning. Not an illusion. Real.And she...She alone.Just one woman.Stopped an entire Beastmen army.Fire came from her hands. Real fire. And she was killing the Beastmen. With her hands. With the help of fire.The world was watching. Witnessing the impossible."What is this?" the world screamed. "Is this even possible?"But it was possible. And it was happening.People saw it and said: "Power."This was power. Elemental Power. Something that came from within a human being.And then...Then more strange things happened.Other people came. One by one. A man who could control water. Another man who could shoot lightning into the sky. A woman who could heal the wounded. An old man who could shake the earth.They were called "Awakened."They had real power. Elemental Power. Fire. Water. Lightning. Earth. Wind. And so many other things.Humanity got hope again. And they started teaching many people. How to awaken their power. How to use it.But hope...Hope was just a beginning.Because then started 20 years of brutal war.Awakened humans vs Beastmen.And this war seemed like it would never end. It felt like it could never end.In the first year, millions died. Cities were destroyed. In the second year, Delhi burned halfway. In the third year, Mumbai drowned in water. In the fourth year, everything went silent. Everything broke.And in other parts of the world? Something was happening there too. Countries that didn't have any Awakened people... they were gone. Sri Lanka. Many small countries. Just disappeared into water. Pakistan was half destroyed.But the Awakened people didn't stop fighting. Neither did the Beastmen.There was no victory.There was no defeat.Just death. Millions of deaths.And the Beastmen? They kept evolving. They kept getting stronger.This went on for 31 years.In 2060.Both sides were exhausted. Completely exhausted. Killing and dying. It all had to end.There were long, bitter negotiations."We can't destroy each other," someone said."Yeah. We can't win. We can't lose either," the other one replied."So what do we do?""Peace. Just peace."And finally..."The Treaty of Coexistence" was signed.The Beastmen got their own country. The Western Hemisphere. Dense forests. Mountains. The land of nature.Humans got the Eastern Hemisphere. Cities. Technology. Civilization.And in between? Neutral Zones. Empty land. Buffer zones. So nobody could suddenly attack.Peace came.But this peace...It was fragile. Very fragile. Built on fear. A fake peace. Sweet on the outside, poisonous on the inside.To make this peace stronger, both sides came together and created one massive plan.An academy.The Grand Academy.A place where children of both humans and Beastmen would come. They'd live together. They'd learn. They'd understand each other.But in this academy, ordinary people didn't get in. No. Only the chosen ones came. Strong Beastmen. Strong humans. The Awakened. Only the best.But nobody really knew much about Beastmen customs.What did the humans do on their side?They built more academies in their territories.First Academy: Royal Academy.This was the most prestigious. Only children of Royal Families came here. The families that first used the Elements. These families were very powerful. Some Royal Families were completely destroyed. All their knowledge was lost. But the ones that survived started teaching the other humans. Ice. Water. Fire. Everything.Second Academy: Middle-Level Academy.This was for users of stronger Elements. The Awakened ones, but normal ones. Not too weak, not too strong.Third Academy: Lower-Level Academy.This taught new people. The ones who just got Awakened. The new ones. The weak ones. They learned how to control their power.Awakened children started getting trained. They were taught how to use their power. How to control it.And this is still happening now. It's been going on until 2130.