It Begins

At the young age of 24 I died. As a top assassin for Disnet Inc. I had been on countless missions and was even given the top of the line tech for combat whenever it came out. Who knew that while out on a mission I wouldn't be killed by an enemy operative, but while fighting the enemy a truck careened off of the freeway right in front of my rpg blowing up me the truck and my new expensive boat.

I spent 30 million on that dangon boat, only to die in it. My mom did say that was a stupid purchase, but it had so many gadgets, includng an all day breakfast machine. NOOO!!! Not my Donuts!!!

When I awoke I realized that I was being reborn (Probably to get revenge for my donuts). Only to then realize that this wasn't earth anymore. This world had powers. Say less. In my earlier years here I decided to take a similar approach to my life on earth.

When I was a kid on earth I was the nerdiest of nerds. Although, I did play sports and was good at it, academics was my calling. That is mostly how as a teenager I became one of the greatest thieves of all time. All my hits were well planned and detailed.

Well until I was betrayed but I don't want to think about that episode. Matter of fact, the only reason I became an assassin is because the government promised that I wouldn't do jail time and that they wouldn't tell my mom. Phew, thank God they didn't tell her.

Yet still the point is I didn't focus on my physical body until I became a thief. So here I would do the same. Well except the thieving parts as here, jail time would be the lenient sentence. Everyday I could be found reading. Although I have yet to take part in the physical training, I have built a solid foundation with the techniques through study and kata.

The main reason I did not take part in the physical activity is because I have yet to have my awakening ceremony for my powers. While also taking into consideration that I am not in the running as heir for my family, being a beefy meathead would mean manual labor for the rest of my life if I did not get one of the cool powers or if I did not get one at all.

Personally speaking I don't wanna be a pack mule for my whole life. So for most of my childhood I showed off my inteligence so I would at least get a desk job.

In this world the people don't get to choose their element, nor their powers. It is completely random, the only indicator of possibilities being family. Even then that is also unreliable as some people have received powers that have nothing to do with their bloodline.

Yet still I decided to be cautious. This also gave me a chance to read up on this world. There was recently a great war that tore the world apart literally. Instead of complete destruction the world just seemed to get many times bigger and now no one even knows where the rest of their country is. As far as the people of our kingdom knows, we were once apart of the Sunlords empire.

Still to this day we have only made contact with 2 other city-states other than our own. You would think that because of the dangerous beast, evil sects, cults, and evil people that the cities would band together under one banner for our survival, but then you would have too much faith in humanity.

All three cities have constantly been in a 3-way stand-off of domination. No one wants to submit to other peoples authority. Same old, same old.

In the great war that tore the world there were three factions the gods, elves and humans made up one faction known as the alliance. It was formed to suppress the Union which was made up of the evil gods, and their minions. In the middle of their scuffle came the beasts and the beasts gods who were just fed up with being oppressed by both of the other factions.

Caste System:

Gods

Archangels

Angels

Demi-gods

Angelic host

Elves

Humans

Minions

Strange beasts

Magical Beasts

Beasts

In the end, if you had to name a winner it would have to be the beast faction, because although all sides lost alot, it was the beasts who gained the most. They went from hiding underground, in caves and forests to terrorizing all the land.

But back to my childhood here, although I showed the bearings of an intellectual prodigy my family favored my stronger cousins and older brother. They all showed talent for the battle field which is highly prized in my family.

Although my family is only a mid-tier family, that is only due to resources and land. Because when it comes to raw fighting power even many of the hightier families fear us. This is in large part due to our abilities. The awakening ceremony is at most only successful 20% of the time so having a fighting force full of only family members is extremely rare, but our family has a success rate of 60%. This is why many suitors try to procure the hearts of maidens in my family. The only problem is that we have a low fertility rate.

Even still our family also mostly wields the dark element, which is not only a hard element to combat, it also has many advantageous qualities. On top of that the main role of our family in terms of an RPG back on earth would be of a guardian. So imagine a horde of darkness wielding tanks bearing down on you with absurd helth and many lifesteal effects.

I being born to my father's second wife didn't have too strong of a claim to the family head position nor do I want it. To be honest, depending on my power I might not even want to be a warrior. I would love a life of peacefully living as an advisor to the next head and just relax.

But now here I am in the middle of this room, trying my hardest to awaken. Just to feel something. Our family worships the moon goddess Luna who is a neutral deity. So it makes sense that in the awakening room the biggest altar is to her. No one really knows how awakenings really work as it was lost knowledge from the age of empires. Yet, everyone is positive that it has something to do with the gods.

Huh, wait what was that? Ughh, my stomach. As I began to feel sick the alters began to glow. Not one, not two, but all the altars. My first instint is to drop my blood on Luna's statue and run to get rid of this discomfort but as I reach for my dagger an interface pops up in my view.

Genetic Decoder Lvl. 1

Stats

Abilities

Inventory

Gambling

Wait, is that my genetic decoder? Back on earth these became popular after that strange epidemic ended in 2021. Basically, you could alter your genes like a video game. Your basic stats were S.A.V.I. Strength, Agility, Vitality, Intelligence. You also had the ability section where you could keep track of your skills and profession. I didn't want to get one until I was sure it wasn't the mark of that dude. Yet once I was sure I got one and it was extremely helpful in my line of work.

Yet, what are these two new options? I see the inventory looks just like in those video games but gambling? Hmm, it only has one option right now the rest are blurred out. Only a lucky draw. Ooo, if I have this why not become the strongest like in those ligh novels. The option to dictate where stats go and how much I have.

This just made this life alot more interesting. Wait, what is that light? As I look around the room I notice some lights are brighter than others. This is indicative of how strong my affinity is to that specific god. Yet, in the back there is one that shines bright one moment then grows dim over and over again. At times it is the brightest and at times it is the weakest I wonder what it means.