There was once a crisis that befell the world.
In that world, there were nine kingdoms in one
continent. With their exquisite military balance, they, the nine kingdoms, had built
the world in a transitory peace. It was only ten years ago that the peace
collapsed.
It was around that time that the evil dragon
appeared in the frigid lands of the North. The evil dragon that alighted upon
one northern kingdom was named, Colchis, and feared by all. As if it were
reaping the ear of a rice plant, the dragon had eaten and scattered the people with
ease; driving the kingdom to the brink of destruction. At that conjuncture,
several kingdoms joined forces and raised an army to subjugate the evil dragon.
However, on prairie the evil dragon was an invincible
being. Its black-luster scales were much harder than steel making the evil
dragon impenetrable by the bolts of ballistae. From an altitude that neither
swords nor spears could reach, the evil dragon could disembogue a red-hot
breath that could melt their steel weaponry and cremate the people in an
instant.
The war against it had concluded too
one-sidedly with the destruction of the joint kingdom alliance. On the other
hand, the evil dragon was furious with the result. Humans, its food and toys,
had bared their fangs at it. This was unforgivable.
Without languor the evil dragon had immediately
reached the kingdom’s capital, incinerating the castle together with all of the
statespersons. Unsatiated, it had even spread its wings to the neighbouring countries,
devastating all settlements that met its sight.
As a result of this event, three northern kingdoms
had crumbled in the blink of an eye. Following their downfall, the remaining
six kingdoms had no choice but to accept that the world was in a crisis.
However, there was nothing they could do. Even
with a large army, they could not leave a single scratch on the evil dragon’s body.
Then how could they possibly subjugate the evil dragon? Furthermore, if they
failed to slay the dragon, it would burn down all of the kingdoms in
retaliation.
If they all mobilised their armed forces for another
joint army, there would be a reprisal. That is to say, without their armies,
the fighting power protecting each kingdom would be insufficient. The kingdoms’
leaders who were concerned with this dilemma had finally found a solution.
They selected a single person who possessed the
greatest fighting power from each kingdom. These six individuals were to be
inserted into an independent, wandering squad that had no ties to the kingdoms
but possessed the purpose of slaying the evil dragon. In the hopes that the
dragon would not see an independent squad as an act of war against it, the
kingdoms could place their faith in the six and fortify their own kingdoms with
what little respite they had bought.
In stagnating their own main armed forces, they
had believed that the small squad could act in secret, gaining the element of
surprise. The shortcoming of a smaller number could be compensated if the team
fought within the cave that the dragon claimed as its lair. They, the kingdoms,
had considered that it would be easier to deal with the evil dragon inside the
cave, because it could not fly to the sky if it was within the cave.
Thus, six heroes were chosen from each kingdom.
From one of the six kingdoms, a human hero who
held a holy sword—Lyell;
From one of the six kingdoms, a dwarven warrior
who held a sacred shield—Gadols1;