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Sky Warden:

race - Birdman/Half-human

Sequestered in high mountains, atop tall trees, and great canyons or in floating islands, live a race of birdmen also known as Sky wardens, evoke fear and wonder to many travellers who hear their name. Many Sky Wardens weren't originally living next to humans, yet they were forced to leave their homes on the sky islands when stronger beasts and their armies came and conquered their land. Many tried to fight back but failed due to the sheer number of creatures that were storming their hometowns. They burned, ate, tortured, raped or destroyed anything or anyone who was unlucky to stay behind or was late to evacuate from there. Doesn't matter how strong you are, you can't fight forever, your body still needs food or sleep and that's what enemies used to their advantage. Today's Sky Wardens are immigrants, refugees, scouts, explorers and farmers who try to gather resources and money to build a new shelter that they will later call home. However, due to human nature and church rules, all half-human or non-human races are discriminated against which led to many Birdman getting killed or turned into slaves.

From below, Sky wardens look much like large birds. Only when they descend to rest on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing upright, Sky wardens might reach 5 to 6 feet tall, with human-looking bodies with some areas covered in feathers. Depending on their plumage they can be higher or lower in the hierarchy. Males are brightly coloured, with feathers of red, orange, yellow, or black, yet you can meet albinos. Females have more subdued colours, usually brown or grey. Their wings can reach 2 to 4 meters.

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Their wingspan isn't accurate because they should be way bigger(Brown snake hawks wingspan is from 160 to 185 cm and they weigh from 1.5 to 2,5 kg but let's say they waited for 2kg, so if I take a Sky warden and say they weigh around 60 kg their wingspan should be starting from 48 m to 55.5 m which they won't be able to lift in any possible way) but let's throw it off on anime/different world logic.

(I was trying to find some wingspans for references and stumbled upon a site that talked about hawks wingspan(MHA/BNHA) so I borrowed some info from there, they used a different hawk. I'll add pictures of characters at the end if I remember)

**Next chapter I will describe a spell, item or material and maybe another creature. so if you want something explained live a comment**

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While Edgar's group was preparing for an incoming battle, a pair of eyes were curiously watching each move he made, each trap he prepared and what commands he gave to his trusted allies.

"Only a few days ago you were here chatting to me about what skills and race you wanted and now look at you, preparing for the upcoming battle and using your brain and knowledge to minimize losses on your side… I'm starting to regret not choosing you as my champion. Compared to those I chose, only 3 are promising and Don't blindly rely upon their skills." mumbled a small golden blob of light while looking in the mirror.

"Hey Isky what's with that face!? Did you eat Lissa's food again~?" shouted a child's voice a few meters away from a small blob of light.

"I hope you do realise that we are at a distance of 2 meters, so stop shouting and stop calling me Iska, I have a full name, which is Iskander, and the so-called Lissa is Lissandra! Why and Who tried so hard to make such a phenomenon as you to ******* appear!? Did they sacrifice a whole country for this!? It frightens me to see an 1800-year-old 'Goddess' who behaves like a child and gets away with everything she does!!"

"What did you just say!"

"OHH I'm sorry, I guess hearing stops existing at your age!?"

"Another word about my age and you'll find yourself in the infirmary!"

"You're all bark and no bite."

"That's it! I, the goddess of passion and fire, challenge you to a duel!" Screamed the small goddess while forming a pink magic circle and aiming her finger at the person whose body started to materialize in thin air.

"Blushing fire!"

'She needs to stop shouting her attack names… And what's with her naming sense!' thought Iskander while calmly raising his hand.

'magic mirror'

As soon as Iskander thought about the skills name, a yellowish barrier started to form from the mana Iskander released into the air around himself. The pink flame flew through the air and directly hit Iskander but instead of consuming him, it bounced off and flew back at the goddess.

"W-What!" Mumbled the goddess looking at her flame flying towards her, yet before it even flew halfway a water gazer appeared and blocked the fire.

"You two should stop this pointless conflict and go do your work!"

"Yeah-Yeah whatever you say big brother and you… don't think that our duel..." Said the goddess to her brother before turning around and shouting at the space where previously stood Iskander.

"ended…"

"tch, he got scared."

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Suddenly a bright light enveloped the room and in the next few seconds, a figure materialized. It took a few steps forward until it stood right in front of the table which was decorated with silver and different jewellery. At the table, you could see a silhouette of a muscular man who continually looked through papers while drinking a cup of hot coffee.

"Why did you interfere with our duel?" Stated Iskander as soon as the man looked at him.

"Isn't it a taboo for a god to interfere with a duel, I'm pretty sure you are breaking this rule the 5th or 6th times… You better start thinking about your actions, after all, we both know that you can't escape the punishment forever. If you keep breaking it, there is no guarantee you will be able to keep this position for long… And it will sadden me even more if they strip you of your name." Said Iskander with worry in his tone.

"What you just said will happen, but not any time soon." replied the figure in the deep voice and before Iskander could say another word, the figure continued speaking.

"Interfering with the duel is indeed a taboo, but only if both gods accepted the duel and you, my friend, didn't say anything, meaning it wasn't a duel but a mere fight. Which could have been stopped by any other god "

"And here I thought you would get caught. How do you manage to find a way to bypass the rules on every occasion, it's either that you are that skilled or you have an incredible talent from the moment you were born… probably the second one," said Iskander while whispering the last part.

"Hohoho, you never change my friend, even though I would love to chat more with you, I still have tons of work to do. Ohh yeah, before you go could you please spectate one of the newborn gods and make sure he does everything by the manual, after all, it's his first soul." shouted the muscular man

"Sure, I'll do it." and with those words, Iskander disappeared once again while waving goodbye to his old friend.

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In one of many rooms of the void, you could see a young God mentally preparing for the first soul he's about to reincarnate. His forehead was covered in sweat and his eyes were fixated on the chair in front of him.

"W-why is it taking so long, I-I thought it would take quicker for the soul to appear in this office." mumbled the young God before shifting his gaze at the clock.

"Yoo"

"Who!?" yelped the young God after hearing a voice behind him.

"My name is Iskander and I was asked to give you a small hand on your first soul so you can address me as sir, helper or Iskander. As I can see the soul hasn't appeared yet… Ahh, I see the problem, the angels who were responsible for the manual forgot to mention it. You see this blue button, you have to press it every time you want a new soul to appear in the office and yes, it's stupid but you just have to go with the flow." said Iskander to the young god.

"ohh, thank you, sir. I-is it okay to ask you something before I press it?"

"Go on"

"I heard that we could reincarnate people to any world, yet we are told to reincarnate them into a specific or random world. So why do we have to do it that way?"

"The answer is pretty simple. Firstly we are just trying to fill in the worlds where multiple people are already reincarnated and usually, God decides whether he or she follows that rule or not, it's kind of boring just to grunt them the chance to choose the world, after all, they will all go for anime or films or will just ask to get a multiverse travel system or skill and then they will ask for 2 other op powers and compete in simping, biggest harem, who is the strongest or other unnecessary things."

"I-I see"

"But if they are prepared to waste a wish for the world then you can send them there. I don't see how people would want or find it interesting to be born/appear at the same time as the main character and just follow the plot while using world level luck or some Gypsy tricks, with some magic on top, to make a girl or boy fall in love with him or her."

"Ok…"

"Well, proceed with your job and I will sit and watch." With those words, Iskander spawned some pillows and a few piggy bags to rest in the corner, while the young God was trying to gather courage in himself to press the button.

"The longer you take, the higher chance that you might get a corrupted soul and who knows what they can do~" said Iskander on purpose.

Without hesitation, the young God slammed the button, while praying to lady luck that he will get a normal or a weeb soul.

After some time they both noticed a small blue flame materialising in front of the table, The hall process of transformation took around 30 seconds yet the young God felt like he waited for eternity.

"Greetings young soul, you must be confused where you currently are, let me explain everything to y…" Politely spoke the young God before he was interrupted by a sudden scream of happiness.

"This can't be real!! So this place does exist! Let's Goooooo!!" yield the soul while doing a small happy dance which left the young God puzzled, but before he could take control of himself the happy soul jumped forward and laid on the table while grabbing his hands.

"Hello my name is Emma but you probably already know this, sorry for bamboozling you and not greeting such a mighty being like you, so can we pls go to the wishes and the world I want to be reincarnated, actually w8, yes pls w8 I need to come up with some good gold fingers and how will I look, ohh do you have a book of skills, after all, I wasn't a nerd who learned every ability and....!!!" rattled off the soul,

While she kept enumerating random things and using slang, which the young god didn't understand, the young God desperately tried to find a solution, so he shifted his gaze at Iskander in hopes of getting at least some help. Yet, what he saw didn't make it any easier.

The so-called 'helper' was rolling on the ground trying to prevent himself from bursting into laughter. Realising that he was in charge and he should do something before this circus goes any further he slammed his hand at his desk getting attention from Emma and Iskander.

"Sorry for my action but I would prefer it if you sit down here so we could discuss some things before we go to the reincarnation part." said the young God in an exhausted and irritated tone.

"Ohh sorry," said Emma while politely bowing and taking a seat right in front of the minor god.

"Now let me summarise some things for you. If a living being dies of whatever reason there could be, it will be given a chance to reincarnate or transmigrate so it could live again. Yet your options don't end there. You can choose to be judged so you can go to hell or heaven. If it is hell, you will stay there for the time equal to the amount you sinned or if it's heaven, you are free to do whatever you want for an unlimited time, but you can only choose to reincarnate after you spend a thousand years there. Now you won't be able to choose the world in which you can reincarnate, therefore only your luck will determine where you will appear, yet you can use 1 wish to change it. On top of that your appearance, health and states will be random and yes you can use 1 wish to change that."

"Before you ask me any questions please spin the wheel."

With the snap of his fingers, A huge wheel appeared next to the soul and different names started materialising on it.

"Just touch it and it will start spinning, the hall process might take 1 minute or more, the reason for that is that there are more than thousands of worlds you can reincarnate to."

Emma quickly touched the wheel and sat down while the wheel began spinning at high speed. After 1 minute the wheel started to slow down and the arrow was about to land on MCU when it suddenly spun to the left landing on a different world. Emma was confused about why the wheel span to the left when it was about to stop on MCU.

The young God who was watching this silently turned his head towards Iskander who was happily drinking some wine while eating cheese.

"Well this is unexpected *Koff Koff*…" mumbled the Young God while staring right at Iskander

"As you probably understood, you are going to be reborn into a world called Wonowonsono…"

"Stop!" Shouted Emma while interpreting the God in front of her

"I can see and read this abomination... Can you explain to me what this world is and how it works?"

"This is one of the multiple worlds, which was created by a strong goddess as a sandbox to entertain herself. The planet which you could currently see is named Remorse and it's the size of Jupiter. Remorse has over 80 continents, each continent has a unique environment one year on Earth will be equal to 6 on Remorse, the average day will last 24 hours. Also, it's a magical world that contains thousands of different life forms from mere insects to monsters big as mountains with different variations of plants, it also has dungeons, human civilisation, monster cities or forts, sky islands, underwater and underground cities. If you choose to reincarnate in it you will have to choose your race but it will cost a wish if you want to customise it, for example, add a pair of wings or get a fire-resistance skill from the moment you are born and the rest of the wishes can be used to get skills or items. When you are done choosing you will be sent to the world as a baby or as an adult if you choose so, yet I have to warn you, your look will be random. All creatures of this world get a system that allows viewing their states, skills or items on them, yet if you are a monster you can see your next evolution, but the current system is bugged and won't always display stuff for example it won't tell you that you levelled up, got exp, can evolve, took damage, display your stats or just won't activate. Any questions?" Spoke the young God in a monotone voice while not forgetting to ask her a question at the end.

"Ok… What do you mean by dungeons? I know what it is, but what type of dungeon are we talking about or the way it functions and stuff."

"Well, all dungeons come in different sizes and shapes, some will be connected to the element making only certain creatures spawn with few exceptions and there will be multiple traps and riddles you need to solve, some dungeons my spread for god knows how far, with multiple levels, to enter a dungeon you either stumble onto it by mistake or find a portal, each dungeon will have a dungeon master, a dungeon boss, mini-boss, different monsters and a dungeon guardian."

"What or Who is this dungeon guardian?"

"It's usually a creature which was chosen by a dungeon as Its' vessel, usually it means that a dungeon core will merge with the creature it chose and both will benefit from it. The creature will be given enormous strength and some other buns or golden fingers, while the dungeon core will get the vessel where it can safely rest or hide, if both the Boss and Dungeon master fails, by that I mean it will go inside the creature."

"Go inside?"

"In other words, The creature will become its' living armour"

"So what will happen if a creature dies?"

"The dungeon core will either die or come out in a weakened state, Yet if it does live, its future will be doomed because humans will use it as a battery to charge their artefacts or make a weapon out of it."

"Ohh… Well, are there any restrictions on skills I can choose?"

"Yes, there are quite a few prohibited skills."

"Like?"

"Overpowered skills or wishes which will put you in huge advantage at the start, for example, Saitama's strength or Goku's Ki."

"That's not that bad then, can I choose skills before I choose my race?"

"Go ahead."

"I want Mangekyo Sharingan, My customizable Bankai and a System!" Stated the soul while looking upwards… However, the reply never came, so she shifted her gaze at the god who just stood there while looking at her with dead eyes.

"No"

"What!!! but you said…" started to shout Emma towards the god who simply raised his hand.

"First two skills are too strong and you already have a system in that world, even if I dare think about granting them to you that goddess will kill me."

"But compared to Saitama's strength or Goku's Ki, those skills look more like a joke."

"I should've explained differently, so let's make it easier for both of us you either have to start from the beginning and level them up or choose skills from this book or use 1 wish to go to the different world"

"You know what, going to another world sounds better, but 1 wish! That's a rip-off!!"

"Deal with it."

"But… AHH fine, which world can I swap to?"

"Your choice."

"Yes! I want to go…"

**45 minutes later**

"Ahhhhhhh!"

"Why was it so hard!! I thought the first soul will be more approachable than that girl!"

"That's why you should never tell them of other options and give them a choice, trust me, it will make your life easier."

"But-t I have to follow the regulations."

"More than half of gods forgot about that stupid regulation after a couple of reincarnations, you know it's just too tiring to argue with humans about their wishes so just make it look like they don't have a choice."

"Sure..."

"And… If you look to the left a little bit, you have a yellow button that lets you preview the soul before it enters your office, if it's a troublesome soul just reincarnate it and randomly give him/her power as well as appearance."

"But, what about regulations?"

"Brooo, just forget about that regulation… trust me it will save your nerves."

"Yes sir."

"Well, good luck with your next soul and I'm gonna go sleep somewhere."

"Excuse me! Can you tell me what went great and what didn't in my first 'meeting'?"

"I'll get somebody to send you the review of your work until then have a good day"

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Somewhere in the caves, you could see two small creatures digging rabbit holes

"Edgar, how many more holes do we need to dig? I'm tired and my legs hurt."

"Riku, tell me honestly, what is more, important to you, digging holes or your life?"

"My life! What else did you want me to answer you baka!?"

"Then stop complaining and dig! we only need to dig another hundred or so holes."

"Ahh fine but as soon as we finish digging we have an hour-long rest!!"

"Oh, yes, how right are you about a small break, you cannot imagine how much I agree with your idea!! How about we quickly finish digging and then go and do nothing for an hour while our enemies are getting closer and closer to our position, actually you can just go and have a nap right now and when you will wake up, you will see them standing above you while preparing their weapons to kill you!" screamed Edgar with notes of sarcasm at Riku throw their mental link

"See My idea is… Wait a second... I don't want to die yet!!"

"THEN KEEP DIGGING!!!!!"

"Ok,ok,ok chill out, I'm digging" mumbled Riku while looking at the holes they made with hoopless eyes.

"If you keep on thinking that you will fail, then you will fail because you are lowering your hope and underestimating yourself. Try to think that we have a trump card in our sleeves and we have a high chance of winning due to our preparations and you will feel better," said Edgar while trying to motivate Riku

"Thanks, Edgar... it just… I don't want to die again."

"Well, I can understand what you feel after all nobody wants to die and be put into the void again, but think about it that way, the God who reincarnated me said that our road never ends, meaning we can get reincarnated again and again starting new journies, so we shouldn't worry about dying that much…No, don't try to die on purpose... Just try not to die."

After a small pose, Edgar continued.

"And we can always wish to be reincarnated together if you want of course." Said Edgar while digging the new hole

"We can!?"

"Yep"

"How!?"

"We might need to waste a wish."

"Nice!"

"Thanks, Edgar for something similar to a motivational speech. Can I ask you a quick question?"

"Go ahead."

"There are two. Firstly, how big are our chances of winning and how come you can stay calm all the time."

"It depends on the situation but I would say 70 to 80 per cent if we land our first strike successfully if we miss around 50 to 60 per cent and about how I can stay calm all the time, let's just say I had lots of experience in my past life." replayed Edgar while having a small chuckle

"The only thing we have to do is make them bleed."

"Why?"

"Have a think and then answer me, actually I'll give you a small hint when I fought in the crystal arena the salamanders were able to find me by…"

"Smell and blood marks!!!"

"Yep, It will attract predators, we just have to wait and be the third party, that's why we are building traps, the longer they take to reach us the more monsters will attack them from behind and in such a tunnel fighting multiple monsters will be hard. Let's try not to forget that we have you with your explosion shots. If they decide to target monsters, just shout at them. If they decide to target you, I and imps will give you time to reposition, while monsters will pressure them from behind. I will also dig a big pit in the ground to prevent them from moving forwards, forcing them to jump, leaving them vulnerable. Let's hope that they can't walk on air."

"I feel quite stupid now for not recognising this," mumbled Riku

"How about this, make 10 more holes and you can have a rest and then go help imps, after all, you are our key to victory."

"Thank you!!" screamed Riku with tears in his eyes.

*Bam*

"stop acting like a child!"

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"Hey Drake, do you think we'll meet a strong boss in this dungeon?"

"Of course not, have you seen how weak these monsters are? The best thing we should expect is an E or F rank boss. Wait a second, is my beloved archer worried about me!"

"Just shut up already! We are in the dungeon and we must stay focused our scot just returned let's hear what she says" shouted A heavily armoured man

"I went around the dungeon and found a tunnel over that bridge, most like the boss room. However, I couldn't go in due to 3 salamanders devouring corpses of ims at the entrance."

"Good, let's move out and be done with this dungeon before other groups will enter it and steal our loot."

"Yes, Cap." shouted all members of the group.

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