In Athenae, NPCs usually became the actual owners of the land, while players lived as ‘foreigners’. Because of that, even the officials and operators of Joy Co. Ltd. had a hard time predicting what would happen next. Of course, it was not all of the time, but there were cases where their predictions would go wrong.

The Sorrowful Grave of the Dead. This was a place where legends, who had once made their names known all over the world and had died an unjust death, were laid to rest. A man dressed in what seemed to be torn and ragged royal robes arrived at this place.

“Haa… Haaa…”

The man was none other than Prince Aegon, the First Prince of the Faller Kingdom. Faller Kingdom was one of the few nations that did not give in to the Great Luvien Empire. As a kingdom that had its share of powerful people, the Faller Kingdom did not want to become another’s puppet.

King Aephiro rejected the Great Luvien Empire, and the results of his actions were terrible. In just two weeks, more than half of his kingdom had been razed to the ground while many of his people died. King Aephiro was slain and most of the royal family was hunted down and exterminated.

In hopes of chasing down a legend that had been passed down in the royal family, Prince Aegon came running to the Sorrowful Grave of the Dead. For days on end, he had taken many twists and turns, avoiding the eyes of the Imperial Army before finally arriving here.

‘An army that even the gods fear will awaken for the sake of the Faller Kingdom.’ Prince Aegon continued to...