Aritei Densetsu Crystania

is the first volume of the Crystania Series light novel series, written by Hide Shirai and Ryo Mizuno and Illustrated by Jun Suemi. It was released under the Dengeki Bunko Imprint in August 1998.

Synopsis
The Great Rift Valley, a barren desert area. A man with a red sword came from the scorching earth. A man and his powerful ant warriors head north to Sloop, the capital of the Foresle region, in the center of northern Christania. The name of the man who is the name of the god beast kuroise is Reydon. Around that time, Kahlua, a guardian of a small village called Kerence, met a messenger from the northern kingdom of Danan, such as Tuatha and Filanne, and set out with the party aiming for sloop. To change myself, who is timid and not confident in myself. In the premonition of war, they meet and pass each other with their own thoughts. And what is Reydon's true purpose?