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One day, a large hole appeared in the world, and from that hole emerged many demons. And so, the King called upon many people who may or may not have been the descendants of the Legendary Hero, Creasion, in order to defeat the Demon Lord and return the world to peace.
The King, of course, was secretly working with the demon Dezember Zwolf in order to enact a convoluted plan; create a situation to bring about a legendary hero and be remembered as a legendary king. And of course, Dezember was tricking the King for the sake of his own goals. But the King somehow didn’t expect this and no one else expected the King to make such a stupid move in the first place. Also, with the number of heroes planned to be sent, out all were confident that the Demon Lord would be found and killed somehow.
So when the reports that a “giant demon” and “a monster a large as a mountain that left devastation in its wake" came to light, these claims were underestimated. After all, defeating big dragons and odd creatures was what the adventures of legends were all about, right? The Demon King and his ilk were supposed to be super powerful, so some level destruction was unfortunate but expected. It would be tough, but the heroes would definitely be able to defeat them all, come home to a big parade, and become legendary figures remembered for all time.
That’s what everyone believed. So, the King prepared to welcome the heroes to his castle.
But then the current Demon King Ruki and a couple of her assistants, Janua Eins and a cat from the human world called Mii-chan, arrived in the Kingdom. They came to plead with the King, the heroes, the soldiers, and anyone else in the castle town that would listen. The first Demon Lord was sealed away and hadn’t been awakened yet, but his awakening was the least of their problems. The creatures that had been released weren’t normal. These monsters, called "Kaiju", were a danger to even the demon world and had been sealed away by Creasion for the protection of humans and demons alike, but now someone had released them for some reason and everyone was in danger. And it was going to take much more than swords and a heroic spirit to defeat these abominations.
There were, of course, the skeptics who refused to trust demons. The King didn’t believe Dezember would put them in that kind of danger. And there were also those who were dumbfounded and didn’t know what to think, and also plenty people who decided that this all was Not the Business of Normal Citizens like Themselves and didn't want anything to do with it. So most people resisted this idea at first or otherwise refused to act. But they didn’t take long to convince.
Not after the first human village to get hit was completely wiped off the map in mere minutes. Not after some demons fought to defend some of the escaping humans, only for everyone to get slaughtered except for the lone survivor who came to tell the tale. And especially not after a few of the more hot-headed heroes went out to hunt it and witnessed for themselves the true horror that humanity was now facing.
A creature so massive, so terrifying that they couldn’t believe what was in front of them. Almost as large as the castle, it could kill tens of soldiers with one swipe of its claws, it could swallow buildings in one bite, and its roar was powerful enough to stun all who heard it.
Everyone threw everything they had into defeating the singular monster that had appeared. Those of the Twelve demons who hadn’t been working with Dezember, and some of those who had and realized what a bad idea that was, worked alongside the heroes. The royal scientists who had been developing mecha technology for their princess created modified suits of armor and weapons. And after literal days of nonstop fighting, the Kaiju finally went down.
(And during all this, Dezember would deny any involvement. “It’s a coincidence, but that’s how it goes in legends and stories, doesn’t it?” “Think about the fame you’ll get from organizing the defense against these monsters.” And so, the King continued to trust him.)
But it was inevitable that another Kaiju would appear. And so, preparation began. The royal scientists and demons teamed up and made incredible modifications to their mecha designs, creating the “Jeagars”. Though they needed to be piloted by two compatible people, these machines were big enough and strong enough to defeat the Kaiju. The people who were originally recruited as heroes, the demons who sided with Ruki, and many others were recruited to work together on the Jaeger program in order to defeat the Kaiju and save the world.
A teenager, Alba, was one of those recruits. He was finally in a position where he could really help others, save people who needed to be saved, and become a hero. During the course of his training he would get stronger physically and mentally, get to know his fellow recruits and make friends, and hopefully find some with whom he was drift compatible so he could pilot a Jaeger and really make a difference in the fight.
And that’s…
That’s where things start to get silly.