During the middle day, in a forest overgrown with lots of trees and bushes. A young man around fourteen or fifteen years old was trying to make his own way by cutting lots of bushes.
That young man was wearing a Tang suit gray, he has brown skin and short black hair. He is about 175 cm tall which can be said to be quite high for a fourteen-year-old. And of course, he will continue to grow until the next few years.
He is William and now he is walking towards the southeast where the Glory City that Helena said is located.
Maybe you are wondering about the sudden change in William's body. And yeah... None other. This is because his Ai Assistant who named Helena.
Before this one...
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Sitting under a pretty shady tree, William took shelter while chatting with Helena about the world called 'Tales of Demons and Gods' he lived in now.
The conversation was warm enough between two of them, with Ai who had intelligence like humans, of course, made William feel like he was conversing with the real ones. It's just that she is not visible.
Helena began to take the topic and told William that a gift box had been given to him, and this only applies once in a lifetime. It could be said that after this there would be no other gift given to William.
William was a little curious about Helena's statement and agreed to accept that gift.
A medium sized box appeared shortly after William agreed. Out of curiosity he immediately reached out his right hand to the lid of the box, but something strange happened. That box disappears and immediately replaced with a notification window!
[ Age Changer ]
[ Information: This will force your body to change back to the time you were fourteen or fifteen years old. You can determine what age you want between the two. ]
[ Do you want to accept or reject? ]
That suddenly shocked William. How not, if you can return to your youth, will you reject it? Of course not, right?
In the end, William chose to restrain himself from immediately agreeing to that gift. Considering that his body is now quite strong and trained, William still does not dare to take risks for only a few small benefits
However, this world he lives now is most likely to have enough threats to hurt or even kill him. Especially the place where he is now is forest and there is a 90% chance that wild animals will pounce on him so suddenly.
If he doesn't have the strength to defend himself, won't the angel of death will pick him up soon?
That made him spend a little time discussing with Helena. He discussed what benefits he would get if he agreed to change the age of his body.
And the final result of a discussion between the two was... The benefits are more than the loss. One of those benefits is, he can make his strength and resistance to grow evenly and easier. So without further ado, William immediately agreed with that gift.
Immediately a green light enveloped William's entire body...
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One week has passed.
On this week William spent his time on trips and some food hunting here and there.
On the first day, William only got fruits, because at that time none of the animals that William could capture.
Although William was eager to eat some meat, what could William say? If you even can't catch an animal how can the concept of eating meat exist?
Anyway, now William is sitting right in front of bonfire he has made. It was night and certainly cold could be felt, so William made a bonfire to warm his body.
" Tomorrow will be a very tiring day... Surely. "William said with a sigh. He saw a towering mountain not far from where he was.
From here it will take thirty or even forty minutes to reach the very bottom of that mountain.
Glory City was William aiming for is right behind it and of course, there are two options for passing that mountain. Climbing it or walking around it.
Of course, William chose to climb rather than take a detour. Why? Because if he chooses to take a detour route, that would be to take really really long times ...
" Time to sleep, tomorrow will be a hard day. May the angel of death not pick me up when I climb tomorrow. " William said while stretching his body and began to take a sleeping position.
His eyes closed when the sound of fire sparks and soft winds sounded like beautiful music.
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Next Chapter William will arrive at Glory City.