Chapter 3. Awakening

"I am...not dead?" The voice of certain youth echoed throughout the place he was in. The place was white and there seems to be nothing besides the youth.

While the place had no other color than pure white, the youth had colors indicating he doesn't belong to this place. He had short black eyes, a small nose, small black eyes, and white skin. Though he was sitting, one could know he wasn't particularly tall, around 160cm, and from his appearance, he would be around 16 to 18. He wore a white shirt under a dark blueish suit and black shoes.

"Where is this?" The youth asked himself while looking around. There was nothing.

But soon a certain entity formed out of nowhere. He was tall and wore a white gown. His face was unseeable since he hid it with a hoodie of his white gown.

"Who are you?" The youth was startled by the sudden appearance of the entity.

"I'm a servant of the great one, The Chosen One." The entity's voice sounded smooth and soothing.

"The Chosen One? Who? Me?" the youth asked. He didn't believe what he heard and what he was experiencing. It felt like he had become the protagonist of the isekai novel. He could remember he had died due to a car accident which was the common setting of the isekai novel.

"I died, right?" The youth calmed down and asked curiously.

"Unfortunately, yes." The entity sounded empathetic.

"Will I reincarnate in another world or will I go straight to hell?" The youth asked.

"That's you to decide whether you want to reincarnate or you want to go to hell." The entity replied.

"If so, can I choose to transfer?"

"Transfer?" The entity was puzzled by the question.

"Yeah. I want to transfer to someone's dead body."

"You want to become undead?" The entity asked.

"No. The dead body must be died not too long ago. That way I can relive without becoming an undead." The youth snorted.

"That's possible. What kind of ability do you want?" The entity asked.

"Well, let me think." The youth began to think very hard. He wanted a CHEAT. He wanted to become the strongest existence in the new world.

"What about 'System'?" The entity suggested.

The youth's eyes shone brightly after hearing the word, 'System'.

'How could I forget about the great system?' he thought. He knew the system was clearly the best choice out there. He read lots of novels that featured the concept 'System', like S... Leveling or My...System. All main protagonists of the 'System' featured novel will eventually become the strongest thanks to the system they have and he liked that idea. Plus if he has a system he doesn't need to have prior knowledge about the world he is going to reincarnate in, The System will teach him.

"Can I?" The youth asked the entity with eyes full of hopes.

"Of course." The entity said with a warm tone.

Even though the youth didn't need to have prior knowledge he decided to ask about the world he is going to reincarnate. It wasn't due to being cautious but a curiosity.

"The planet you are going to reincarnate has the same name as the planet you come from, The Earth. It was just like your earth about 20 years ago. But now this earth has more advanced technologies and has grasped the concept of the aetherium tech..." While the entity was explaining he was interrupted by the youth.

"What is aetherium?" The youth asked.

"Aetherium is the element that gives living creatures and minerals the power of magic. You can think it of as mana. And about magic. It's different from what you thought. When someone is born they will have the inborn ability in them. The inborn ability will stay dormant as long as your body doesn't come into contact with the mana. You know all sentient being is unique. But not all inborn is unique meaning there could two or more sentient with the same inborn. But the higher ranking the inborn, it has a lesser chance that there are 2 or more users at the same time..." once again the entity's explaining was interrupted.

"Can you explain about the rankings?"

"Of course. There are 5 levels in total. Level 1 being the weakest and level 5 being the strongest. Also..."

"Which level will the system fall into?"

"Probably around high-end level 4."

"Level 4? Not 5?"

"Yes. Level 5 inborn magic is very rare. There are only 2 in total in the world you are going to reincarnate. And their power is absolute, unlike the system."

"Can I choose level 5 inborn instead of the system?"

"Unfortunately, we can't."

"Is that so." The youth was disappointed. He was disappointed by that. "But why?"

"Because The Great One has level 5 inborn himself. So he can't give you level 5 magic. But don't worry. Most living beings have level 3 magic at most. That's also true for the earth." The entity encouraged the youth.

"Wait. From what you said can I assume that there are other beings in the universe?"

The entity was puzzled by his stupid question. The entity thought why wouldn't there be other civilizations in the vast universe. Also, the entity himself was a resident of that universe.

"Of course." The entity hid his puzzled expression and just smiled.

"Will they follow the same power level?"

"That's what I said just now." The entity was appreciating the stupidness of the youth.

"Then without further ado let's send you to the new world." The entity cheerfully said and snapped his finger.

After the entity snapped his finger, the youth found himself in an unfamiliar room.

The youth inspected the room and realized he was in the hospital. He immediately understood the real owner of the body had just died now and he took the owner's place.

Without wasting time, the youth said "System."

Suddenly transparent rectangle thing appeared in front of him, hovering in the air. The youth immediately knew it was the system.

[User: Mallory Das

Magic: None

Job: None

Level: 1

EXP: 0/100

HP: 100%

MP: 100%

STR: 4

AGL: 4

STA: 3

Skill: None]

Even though he knew his stats were low, he still looked at the system with great expectations since he knew he will soon become the strongest.

While he was thinking about his future, the entity was in front of The Great One.

"I sent him." The entity said the person who was in front of him, seating on his throne.

"What about others? Did you sent them as well?" The Great One asked.

"Yes, Milord." The entity bowed.

"Finally, my plan is sailing." The so-called great one smirked.