Reincarnated World Setting -
**World Name:** Velgrith
**Type:** A massive island continent surrounded by an ocean.
**Creators:**
* 1 Planet-Level Goddess (The original creator goddess) - Elmyria
* 6 Elemental Gods (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Dark Magic)
* 1 Secret Cosmic-Level God (The Observer)
**Human Kingdoms:**
* **East:** Ironwood Kingdom (Ruled by a Human King)
* **North:** Slivewood Kingdom (Ruled by a Human Queen)
* **West:** Mistwood Kingdom (Ruled by a Human King)
* **South:** Flarewood Kingdom (Ruled by a Human King)
**Demon Empire:**
* In the central hub lies a Demon Empire ruled by a Great Demon Lord.
* Each human kingdom is infiltrated by a local Demon Lord.
* (Each human kingdom has some territory owned by Demons.)
* (Note: Demon King and Demon Lord are considered synonymous.)
**Additional Plot:**
* Two of the Elemental Gods (Lightning and Dark Magic) betrayed the planet-level goddess Elmyria.
* The first hero was summoned 100 years ago to stop the demons.
* Although the hero was victorious, he went quiet and is now secretly manipulating humans using the demons.
* History records him as a savior, but he is actually a secret villain.
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**[Scene - Year 201 of the Velgrith Federation. A small wooden house - Deep in the human territory forests - Eastern Ironwood Kingdom]**
A storm raged across the sky. Lightning split the clouds, roaring like a beast.
Inside a small room, the cry of a newborn baby echoed softly, but unlike other babies, it seemed to fall silent quickly.
The baby's eyes fluttered open.
Not light blue.
Not green.
A dark purple, with silver hair.
His body was wrapped in a warm, soft light blanket. But in his chest...
> *It feels like an old dream.*
Something was different.
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"It's a boy!" an aged former adventurer shouted, with tired eyes.
His resilient former adventurer wife smiled, covered in sweat.
> "Let's name him..." she whispered,
"Kuro, because his eyes are so dark."
> "Kuro... Kuro Velgrith," the father repeated.
[Darken Velgrith - MC's Father - Retired A-Rank Adventurer. Black hair, blue eyes. Skilled in magic and swordsmanship. Lyra Velgrith - MC's Mother - Retired A-Rank Adventurer. Silver hair, purple eyes. Skilled in healing spells and other magic.]
(Extra: The adventurer ranks in the world of Velgrith are: F-Rank, E-Rank, D-Rank, C-Rank, B-Rank, A-Rank, S-Rank, S+-Rank, and S++-Rank. It is very difficult for ordinary people to reach A-Rank. The summoned First Hero's rank was S+, and all 5 Demon Lords are S-Rank. No one has ever reached S++-Rank.)
The baby did not cry.
He just stared at the ceiling without blinking.
> *"This is not Earth..."*
Kiyoshi's thoughts fragmented.
> *"Didn't I die? I saved the kitten... and her, didn't I...?"*
*"So this is... another world...? Isekai...?"*
> *"Another chance...?"*
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**[Scene - Year 205 of the Velgrith Federation, Kuro age 4 - Hidden Potential]**
Kuro grew up quickly.
He could walk and talk by age 1. He was reading by 3. By age 4, he was memorizing magic incantation circles from old books left in the room.
His parents - retired adventurers of the Ironwood Kingdom - treated him kindly but were not suspicious of anything.
When he asked about Mana, they laughed. When he tried to recite basic fire magic spells, they thought it was cute.
"Mana is a type of energy floating in the atmosphere, Kuro. You're still too young to control this. But if you are born with enough Mana in your body, then I think you could control it."
"And in magic, there are six main types, Kuro. The four basic elements: Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, and the intangible elements: Lightning and Dark Magic. Dark Magic is further divided into two types: Human-use and Demon-use. There is another type as well, it's called High Magic."
"Using Mana, we utilize those magics, Kuro."
Words echoing in Kuro's ears.
But behind their backs...
> *Kuro was already controlling shadows.*
He could already slow down time.
Deep within his body, a profound darkness pulsed like a second heart.
He hid everything.
> *"Let them think I'm normal."*
*"The last time I showed the truth... I lost everything."*
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**[Cutscene - Ironwood Kingdom - The Demon Lord's Watchers Stir]**
Beyond the capital, in the far east, in the cursed Nal'Zhar forest, a horned idol opened its glowing red eyes.
The Eastern Demon Lord Asmodai.
> *"This power... has returned."*
His underlings bowed in the shadowy gloom.
> *"According to reports... a child was born during the lightning storm... his eyes are not natural."*
The Demon Lord drove his claws into a stone pillar.
> *"The remnants of the Dark Gods are re-emerging... We believed the hero destroyed them and died after the war 100 years ago."*
A cold smile spread across his face.
> *"It might be the reincarnation of the Dark Magic God."*
> "Find the child," he roared. "Before the humans do."
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**[Scene - A Hidden Truth - World History]**
Back in the room, Kuro stared intently at the pages of a large, open old book.
> *"Over 100 years ago... the First Hero, summoned from another world."*
*"Defeated the demons and destroyed the two Demon Gods, Lightning and Dark Magic."*
*"The humans survived. But why is everything still broken?"*
(The reason is that the current world of Velgrith is still under the control of demons. The first summoned hero collaborated with the demons and has been manipulating humans for over a hundred years.)
He turned the page.
> *It says nothing about betrayal. Nothing about the out-of-control gods who disappeared. Just fairy tales of lies.*
> "Lies," Kuro whispered. History written by survivors is just another form of propaganda.
But whenever he saw those two names, something within him reacted-
The Lightning God Raikenzul
The Dark God Umbryas
> *Their magic did not completely disappear.*
*It sank into the bones of the demon - and was lost into the spirits of the demons.*
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**[Cutscene - Year 207 of the Velgrith Federation, Age 6 - Midnight in the human territory forest]**
Kuro stood alone in the forest behind his house, his breathing calm, his eyes glowing with a bright purple light.
He raised his hand.
A magic incantation circle - complex, ancient, untaught magic.
The shadows around him stirred. The air crackled.
> *Time stopped.*
For 3 seconds.
He dropped to one knee, sweating.
> "Not stable yet."
But he smiled.
His first smile since birth.
Not one of happiness, but of calculation.
> *"I can already use the magic that even the gods once feared."*
> *"This world has no justice, just like the last one."*
> *"But now, I can create it."*
> *Not as Kuro.*
> *But as something else...*
> *As Shujin.*
> *The Master of Shadows.*
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✦ **To be continued...**