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Chapter 1 - Prologue

The world of Divine was not always a place of shifting Manna and clashing wills. Once, it sang. A harmony so profound, it resonated through every river, every mountain peak, every living soul. This was The Chant—the very breath of creation, a divine melody that wove magic into the fabric of reality and kept the encroaching darkness at bay.

But the song changed.

Centuries twisted the melody, not by discord, but by silence. A chilling quiet began to creep in, first a whisper, then a forgotten verse. Humankind, caught in its relentless pursuit of dominion and blinded by the allure of raw power, forgot the ancient pact. They delved into shadowed Manna, tearing at the delicate balance, unknowingly feeding the very void they sought to conquer.

From that burgeoning darkness, a new rhythm arose. A heartbeat of ambition, born from a human who tasted the bitter tang of negative Manna and found not poison, but purpose. He became the Devil King, a being of immense, monstrous power, whose very existence was a counter-chant, a dirge for the fading light.

Now, as the last echoes of the true Chant grow faint, Divine teeters on the precipice. Beasts, once contained, now stir with the Devil King's malevolent will. Kingdoms brace for war, scholars desperately pore over forgotten texts, and mages sense the thinning veil of magic. Yet, the answer lies not in ancient power alone, but in the unlikely hands of a young man, a student of the Magic Academy with a simple ability, whose journey is destined to awaken a forgotten power, challenge an impossible enemy, and determine if Divine will remember its song, or forever fall silent.

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