All Chapters of THE KINGDOM OF VALERIS : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The Birth of ValerisBefore Valeris, there was only land.Vast. Untamed. Divided.Fairies ruled the forests where the trees seemed to touch the heavens. Werewolves held the mountains. Witches, vampires, fallen angels, and demons each claimed lands of their own. They all had magic, but magic alone could never unite them.For centuries, they stayed apart.Until one man refused to accept a world divided forever by blood and power.No one knows where he came from. Some say he was a wandering mage from a nameless village. Others say he descended from a bloodline that vanished long before Valeris began. History remembers only what he did. He travelled from territory to territory, meeting rulers, warriors, and ordinary people. He saw kingdoms fighting over land while common folk suffered. And he decided to build something greater than a kingdom.A realm.At its heart, he founded a city where magic, royalty, trade, and knowledge could meet.Valeris Capital.Around it rose six great kingdoms:

THE ONE WHO KEPT TRYINGA year passed.Valeris Capital changed with the seasons. The towers grew taller, new academies opened, and the banners of the six Magical Knight Orders flew across the busy streets.But inside the Riven Estate, one thing stayed the same.Kevin Riven was still training."Again."He stood in the middle of the training yard. He was sixteen now, taller and stronger than the little boy who used to struggle to get up after losing control. But his magic was as stubborn as ever.He raised his hand. A faint glow wrapped around his fingers."Come on..."The energy gathered. For a moment it looked stable.Then it twisted."Wait..."BOOM!The blast threw him across the yard. He hit the ground, and dust covered his clothes.The instructor sighed. "Your control is still unstable."Kevin slowly stood. "I know.""You've been training for years.""I know.""You should have improved more by now."Kevin said nothing.The instructor studied him for a moment, then turned away. "Tak

I WON'T GIVE UPThe river was quiet.Too quiet.Moonlight stretched across the water, broken only by the occasional ripple from the night breeze.Kevin Riven sat alone on the bank, still wearing the ceremonial clothes he'd put on that morning. The same clothes he had worn when everyone expected him to awaken his Codex. The same ones he had worn when nothing happened.He stared at his reflection in the water. Eighteen years old. No Codex, no recognition, no future anyone believed in.He picked up a small stone and threw it in.Plop.The reflection broke apart."Maybe they're right," he said.The words felt strange coming from him. For years, whenever someone called him weak, he trained harder. Whenever someone laughed, he trained harder. Whenever he failed, he got back up.But today was different. Today the whole kingdom had watched him fail. His family, the nobles, the young mages, everyone. And beside him had stood Arena, the prodigy, the girl with the four-point Codex.Kevin lowered

THE MARKThe health clinic was unusually quiet.Kevin sat on a wooden bench outside the treatment room, his head against the wall. His shoulder throbbed from being thrown into the trees. His ribs were sore, his hands were covered in small cuts, and he hadn't slept properly in two nights.Through the half-open door, the stranger lay unconscious on a bed while a healer moved quietly around him."Will he be alright?""He lost a lot of blood, but he's stable now." She glanced at Kevin. "You should be resting too.""I'll be fine.""You're covered in injuries.""I've had worse.""That isn't reassuring."Kevin smiled weakly. She shook her head and went back to work.He leaned back and his mind returned to the forest. The creature. The Codex. The five points.And the stranger's face when he saw it.Kevin had read about every kind of Codex he could find: rare forms, ancient records, magical attributes. Nothing like his had ever appeared in any of them. It floated beside him now, quiet and calm

LEARNING TO FIGHTMorning came earlier than Kevin expected.He stood in the training yard behind the Riven estate, staring at the wooden targets lined across the field. The five-point Codex floated beside him. On his shoulder sat Veyr, wings folded, crimson eyes half-closed.Kevin glanced sideways. "You're awake?""I've been awake.""You look asleep.""I can look however I want."Kevin shook his head. "You're going to be difficult, aren't you?""Very."Veyr flew up and hovered in front of him. "Now show me what you can do.""I thought you said I needed to learn.""I did.""Then teach me."Veyr landed back on his shoulder. "No.""No?""You teach yourself.""Then what's the point of having you?"Veyr smiled. "I'll tell you when you're doing something stupid.""So you're here to criticise me.""Exactly."Kevin laughed. He turned to the targets and opened the Codex. The pages stirred in the morning breeze. He remembered the first spell he'd used in the forest, the crimson energy, and rais