Is this really a Game?!

Reign only saw a flash of light before he had to close his eyes, he could feel his body floating as time passed, he didn't know where he was or what was happening but the bright light was still there as he could feel it even with his eyes closed. He struggled for a bit as the brightness was becoming more and more uncomfortable before suddenly disappearing.

Reign could feel that he was standing on solid ground, his eyes were still closed thanks to what happened earlier but he could feel murmurs all around him. Simply by using his mana sense he was able to sense that there were tens of people around him, ranging from weak to incredibly strong, there were even 2 people that had more mana than him.

Slowly he opens his eyes and observes his surroundings, he was currently standing in a great hall, the ceiling was over 10 meters high and large chandeliers could be seen hanging from them. The chandeliers were either purely made out of gold or they were simply coated with it, Reign wasn't able to tell just by looking at them.

Reign was currently standing at the center of the hall, there was a magical circle around him and it was slowly losing its luster, the magical inscriptions that had formed it scattering into nothingness. The hall was about 6 meters wide and over 60 meters long, a long beautiful carpet was in the hall and it ran along almost the whole length of the great hall. The walls were decorated with beautiful wooden carvings and statues that shone thanks to the chandeliers.

The great hall was filled with people and Reign immediately started observing them, there were guards posted around the hall and for now, it didn't look like anyone was hostile to him as the guards were simply standing straight while observing him like the others. In front of him was a long staircase that led to a throne upon which a man was sitting, the middle-aged man was built well, broad shoulders, a thick neck, and a muscular body were easily visible even when the man was wearing robes and a cape. His long, curly black hair fell all the way down to his nose and hid a small portion of the sharp black eyes the man had.

On his right side sat an enchanting woman, her long white hair looked like it was made of silk, her eyes were bright green and she had sharp facial features. Just by looking at her one would be able to tell that she was someone of high standing, her elegance was obvious but there was no arrogance that could be spotted.

On the left side of the muscular man were a young man and a young woman, the two were sitting in exquisite wooden chairs, although they fell short compared to the two thrones on their right side. The boy had similar features to the woman on the right side, his hair was of medium length and was straight, and he had a sharp jawline and eyes that were similar to the man on the throne.

The girl however had long black hair and a soft gaze, her facial features were a bit softer compared to the other three and she stared at Reign with interest. It was clear to Reign that the people there were the king and his family, he didn't know what kind of a kingdom he was in or anything else, but it was quite obvious as there was no other reason a person would sit on a huge throne while an incredibly powerful man was standing right behind him.

The man that stood behind the king had short brown hair, he had a slim build, and didn't look powerful at all at first glance, his warm smile could even make someone underestimate the person greatly. Reign of course didn't do such a thing as the two people he had sensed that were potentially even stronger than he was the king and the man behind him, the two were incredibly powerful and even he wasn't certain whether he could defeat them or not.

The woman next to the king wasn't a pushover either as Reign could feel that she was almost as powerful as he was. The many guards and people that looked like nobles and government officials were all observing him with great interest as the king slowly got up from his throne.

The king said nothing and simply started walking down the stairs, each of his steps reverberated through the hall as the noise from the crowd disappeared. The king's footsteps were the only thing that could be heard in the great hall as he slowly made his way toward Reign. Both men stared at each other before the king was finally only 1 meter away from Reign.

He seized Reign up and Reign did the same, after about a minute had passed the king suddenly moved, he punched at Reign with incredible speed as the latter barely managed to move his head and avoid the attack, before he could relax the king attacked again, in a short span of 3 seconds the two had exchanged a flurry of attacks, it was obvious however that the king had a slight advantage and soon they stopped and separated.

Neither one used any mana during the attacks as it was obvious that the king was merely testing Reign, he simply wanted to see how powerful the new reinforcement they had gained was. The kingdom had after all used a lot of their resources and power in order to get the system to send them someone to help in the war against their enemy, they had been slowly losing the war against a coalition of smaller kingdoms around them and needed some help.

In order to do so, the kingdom went to the system, their planet had integrated with the system for a couple of years now and since they had magic even before the system arrived they were able to not have their entire planet changed like Earth, instead, it had only about doubled in size and more monsters were present.

The many kingdoms and empires were still there and they quickly worked together in order to suppress the monsters, of course even with the joint efforts of all of them the monsters were still able to hold some territory, and the situation was further made worse after some kingdoms and empires thought that it was enough and that the monsters would never have the chance to rise up and stabbed their allies in the back.

Soon the whole planet was engulfed in war, kingdoms fell and new ones rose up all the time. The number of people that had died so far was in the tens of millions at the very least. Wars were never-ending on the planet now, the monsters were slowly gaining more and more power while all the other races simply killed and weakened one another. The kingdom Reign had found himself in was called the Kingdom of Riplas, it was one of the biggest kingdoms in the nearby area and as such, it had become the target of the surrounding smaller kingdoms that didn't want to see it grow further.

Riplas was known in the area as the kingdom with a highly organized military and big food exports, luckily for the kingdom the area it was founded in had incredibly fertile soil. In the beginning, Riplas was more well known as a kingdom that exported food, they didn't even focus on their army until they were attacked the first time. Many died and even the nobles were almost completely decimated, ever since then the kingdom put a lot more focus on growing a powerful army with all the money they were receiving thanks to the food and mineral exports.

Decades later the kingdom rose up to become one of the areas strongest, of course in the scope of the whole world they were still weak, even empires would fall thanks to the great war that took place, for an empire to be formed it needed to have at least as much land as the whole area where the kingdom of Riplas was located at, 3 big kingdoms and 7 smaller ones were there, compared to one empire though they were nothing, a speck of dust.

An empire had many people that were above the first evolution, there were even those that had gone through the 4th evolution, only such beings were considered to be powerful in the world of Elijeon. Of course, that was not something that was important now, both the kingdom of Riplas and Reign was simply far too weak to meet such people right now.

After finishing the short exhibition, both Reign and the king shook hands, the powerful respected the powerful and even the king who had gone through the first evolution still had a great deal of respect for Reign. He knew that the young man in front of him had not gone through the first evolution and yet he was still so powerful, there were only a handful of people in the kingdom that could go one on one against him.