Chapter 3: Prologue 2: Earth Is The Starting Point Again
-6,969th life-
After so long, never did I expect to find myself as a baby again. It was once again a deplorable state, but due to Leah's presence, it was much more tolerable than it would otherwise be. It has been a few years since I was born into this world and I just became 18 years old yesterday.
My current family was unlike any I've had in my 6,967 reincarnated lives, rich. For once I didn't have to worry about making money from the zero, not that it mattered anyway. For the last 18 years, I was focused on mastering my control over all the five main energies of totality; namely magical energy(mana), internal physical energy(Chi), mental energy(Qi), spiritual energy(soul), and external physical energy(metaphysical). Because of this, I'm able to use them all, but unfortunately, I was not able to create a proper balance between them all yet, so I can only use some of them together, but others just won't do.
Because of it, I made two charts based on how they reacted to each other:
[Advantage-Disadvantage chart
> is for superior to, < is for inferior to, >< is for opposites
Magical energy(mana) > Internal physical energy(Chi) >< mental energy(Qi) > spiritual energy(soul) > external physical energy(metaphysical) >< Magical energy(mana) < mental energy(Qi)
spiritual energy(soul) has no opposite. It is a mostly neutral force.]
[Compatibility chart
= is for compatible, -\- is for incompatible
Magical energy(mana)= internal physical energy(Chi), spiritual energy(soul)
Magical energy(mana)-\- external physical energy(metaphysical), mental energy(Qi)
Internal physical energy(Chi)= Magical energy(mana), spiritual energy(soul), external physical energy(metaphysical)
Internal physical energy(Chi)-\- mental energy(Qi)
mental energy(Qi)= spiritual energy(soul), external physical energy(metaphysical)
mental energy(Qi)-\- Magical energy(mana), Internal physical energy(Chi)
spiritual energy(soul)= Magical energy(mana), Internal physical energy(Chi), mental energy(Qi), external physical energy(metaphysical)
spiritual energy(soul)-\- None
external physical energy(metaphysical)= Internal physical energy(Chi), mental energy(Qi), spiritual energy(soul)
external physical energy(metaphysical)-\- Magical energy(mana)]
Even still, I was now a step closer to being able to master all of it. Maybe it was a coincidence or I was just lucky, but two years before I was born, this world was hit by the expansion event and became a part of the Reality Balance System, a natural law of reality that took place whenever a world was hit by the expansion event, which was also a natural law of reality.
Unfortunately, my Chaotic Evil System can't quite yet overwrite something like the Reality Balance System, so instead, it's working with it and managed to create compatibility, so I'm under two different systems. Then again, I was also under the Reality Balance System before I was sent to the Abyssal Void. Looking at my status screen was an interesting experience.
[Status screen]
[Name: Náli Erduin
Species: Human | Sub-Species: Void Human
Age: 18 years old
Sex: Male
Physique: Void Being Body
Bloodline: Void Being Lineage
Affinity: All/Any
Alignment: NE(Neutral Evil)
Class: None
Sub-Class: Student, Energy Weaver
Titles: The Host Of The Core
Position: The only son of the Erduin family
Phase: 1st
Tier:0
Ascension:0
Lv: 1
Exp: 0/5
Attributes:
Hp: 40/40
Mana: 16/16
Chi: 16/16
Qi: 16/16
Soul: 16/16
Metaphysical: 16/16
Stats:
Strength: 1(2)-(8)
Dexterity: 1(2)-(8)
Vitality: 1(2)-(8)
Stamina: ♾
Agility: 1(2)-(8)
Charisma: 8(16/Limit Break)-(64/Limit Break)
Luck: 6(12/Limit Break)-(48/Limit Break)
Energy: 1(2)-(8)
Sense: 1(2)-(8)
(Average adult human at level 1 stat is 0.5)
Stat points: 0
•Abilities:
Active: Erase, Intangibility
>Weapon arts:
>Martial arts:
Passive: Invulnerability(Level 2/6), Enhanced Condition(Level 1/2), High Lung Capacity, Basic regeneration(Level 1/3), Body Mastery, Panmnesia
>Weapon mastery: Sword, Gauntlets, Pole, Dual Wielding, Chains, Scythe,
•Resistances: Contaminant Immunity, Pain Tolerance,
•Extras: The Core
•Inventory: Empty
•Equipment: Designer clothes]
[Erase: The ability use void energy to erase a target from existence, so long as they have a lower level than the user, and enough energy is supplied]
[Intangibility: Using void energy, it is possible to erase one's tangibility for as long as enough energy is provided to maintain this state.]
[Invulnerability(Level 2/6): No damage can be made to the user's body by anything, not 30 levels above. The properties of invulnerability will all be applicable so long as the condition is met.]
[Enhanced Condition(Level 1/2): A 4x multiplayer is added to the user overall, at all times.]
[Body Mastery: The user can use their body to 100% of its capabilities.]
[High Lung Capacity: The human body should only be able to survive without oxygen for a maximum of 6 minutes. This allows the user to do 10x that.]
[Basic regeneration(Level 1/3): The user can heal small wounds or minor injuries in a manner of minutes at worse. Bigger injuries or wounds could still be fatal if not properly treated.]
[Contaminant Immunity: The user is immune to poisons, toxins, venoms, viruses, dirtiness, bacteria, parasites, pathogens, allergens, etc.]
[Pain Tolerance: The user's pain is suppressed and decently inferior to the damage suffered.]
It seems everything is in order, and even though it could have been better if I didn't take it easy if there is one thing I learned from all those lives, it's that I have time, and I don't have stress over every second lost.
This earth I live in right now resembles the one I first lived on quite a lot, and it's honestly a bit weird, but not much else. People here have grown used to the changes brought about by the Reality Balance System, and a new profession for the awakened individual with superhuman abilities, known as Slayer arose from that, though the general public likes to call the heroes. Not only that, Slayers who did not fully abide by the law and did things like killing criminals were instead referred to as anti-heroes. There were also vigilantes which were the awakened individual who weren't registered as Slayers, despite doing the work one would. Finally, on the other end of the spectrum, there were villains, awakened individuals who used their abilities to commit crimes.
Lastly, as a result of the expansion event and the reason, the Reality Balance System took action, the existence of Endrots, beings whose very nature urged them to cause chaos and destruction. They are monsters that just start appearing wherever the expansion event takes place, and their only known objective is the takeover of everything there is as well as the destruction of anything that shows resistance. To make things worse, they see themselves as the most perfect beings to have ever existed, and even the Endrots with the intelligence to communicate will not speak to lesser life forms, like anything else in existence that isn't them, unless they decide to acknowledge you.
During my days as a hero, I had to deal with low-born Endrots a few times and honestly, I would rather fight the demon kings. Even low-born Endrots come with inborn stamina and vitality for 3 years without having to consume anything else, and these low-borns are birthed by their queens in batches of millions. Not only that, but they are also able to adapt and mutate to any environment at extremely alarming rates. Oh, there's also monsters and other creatures, but Endrots are definitely the most dangerous.
There are a few reasons why beings as dangerous as them haven't been exterminated yet and among those, one can't forget the fact that they have an army of basically inexhaustible soldiers numbering at least in the tens of millions, not forgetting they are quick to adapt and become stronger. Plus, I don't know how strong anything beyond low born is and I'm already worried. Finally, I heard that Endrots are rumored to worship beings so beyond our comprehension that the Celestial beings at the high end of things, decided it was not worth it to exterminate them. So, yeah quite the problematic enemy to have.
Luckily, so far there seems to be no word about their presence on earth yet. Then again, Endrots are at their core mutating shapeshifters and only a few characteristics make them recognizable. From what I know, they have three irises in each eye, of which at least two will have a shape other than circular. They always have additional body members in relation to whatever species are in their current environment, and their aura or energy frequency is very specific, always recognize if you've come across it before.
Their greatest weakness is that they can't change their shape at will and only as a natural result of their experiences as they adapt to it. That's as much as I know about them since they were never my focus or something I had to deal with that much. After all, I only fought 26 of them in the 59,420 years I spent as a hero before I was banished. All the rest was information I learned from someone else.
Why do I care? Because these things will be an obstacle in my conquest, and maybe even my revenge, plus if I find a way to tame them, wouldn't I have a nigh perfect army? Oh well, let's leave that for later.
My daily life consisted of going to school and then coming back home, where I would slightly interact with my family, before going back to my training or at least that was it for the last 12 years. Now that I had completed the first part of my training, I had to put my focus on the next part, recognition. If I truly want to control things, I first need a public figure face and name. In other words, I need a hero persona, especially as a precaution in case something goes wrong. Of course, I only plan to do any work until I find someone I can use as my hero persona instead... That's when it hit me! I just have to groom my some of my classmates into being what I need. For now, I don't want to put too much time into this so just getting three of them, one to be a hero, one to be an anti-hero, and another to be a vigilante is more than enough.
With that in mind, I went to school ready to choose my targets from whoever I found to be the most suitable for each function, depending on their abilities. After all, being a hero was more than just saving people, one needed a certain air and at least hero-like powers to get to the top... The charm would also help with it. The same could be said about the other two positions, one needed a certain type of skillset to fit the image, perfectly enough to reach the top.
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