Magus Academy — One Millennium Ago
"You have an S-rank aptitude?! That's unfair! All of us barely reached A-rank!"
"I'm Achilles," he introduced himself.
"Achilles?" one echoed, raising a brow. "That's a Greek name—but you don't look Greek…"
That was true. He was the son of a Greek king and an Eastern princess, born of two worlds and belonging fully to neither.
Among the five second-generation Earth warriors, Achilles quickly became their senior, their leader. They trained side by side, honed their abilities through countless duels, and forged bonds that felt unbreakable.
When they graduated, they did not return to quiet lives. Instead, they became the vanguard of a new era—heroes under the banner of the Xia Dynasty, marching out to unite a fractured world under Earth's banner.
And they succeeded. Nation after nation joined or fell before them. Their might reached across continents, until finally, they stood at the borders of the Greek cities—the last bastion of the old gods.
