A cruel fate

Today I decided to make use of the library, as a story can teach important lessons.

The books I chose to read were classical fantasy stories.

They were about princes and peasants, rich and poor, healthy and sick.

One would even perhaps find a story similar to their life here.

The reason I chose this type specifically was really simple.

My mother liked to tell me these stories before bed and when I was sick.

I looked at the cover as a pause seemed to befall the world, my eyes unfocused as they were seemingly looking for something that wasn't there.

This silence felt different from the previous ones.

It was calm, warm, and welcoming, like a mother's embrace.

The small breeze was able to make the man twitch slightly as he was reminded of a memory from long ago.

His eyes that were black seemed ever so bright and his face could be considered only average to become flawless like a beautiful painting.

An image that would make any woman shudder and have their heart tremble.

After a while, I recovered from my weird,dream-like state.

I looked at the books as a sad smile appeared on my face.

{Fate is cruel, heh}

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I looked at the ceiling as I was contemplating my next moves, the next choices that I will make.

What will the future hold for me?

Is it a longer path, where I will succeed in my endeavors or is it my imminent death?

I began to get dressed as I looked in the mirror.

If I am to fail then everything I did so far, everyone that was taken from me would become mere memories that will fade with my soul.

I have to become stronger so I could get my revenge and go even further.

To continue threading my path, the path to absolute control.

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I need more energy to get enough points for more boosts.

Thinking of this I realized I needed to get into the technological field.

So I went to countless shops and bought enough books on the subject and started reading and memorizing them.

Instead of starting from zero why not use the already-discovered knowledge?

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1 week passed and I managed to learn everything from this field, at least what was allowed to the public.

For more, I need to get into those secret government labs.

Thinking of this I decided to postpone that since it would truly mean the start of a world war, and that would power up the chosen one a lot faster.

To start inventing or even upgrading already existing machines I need a facility equipped for that.

Fortunately I have the underworld for that.

Criminals, arms traffickers, slave markets, everything you need, you can find there.

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A middle-aged man wearing a military uniform was supervising a facility.

They were making weapons, vehicles, and even tools for scavenging destroyed vehicles.

This facility belonged to one of the most powerful overlords of the underworld.

Suddenly a soundwave passed through the whole facility and before the guards could realize everything went black.

The same thing happened all over the facilities in different countries.

Since the poor countries needed money the most that are where the majority of the overlords built their fabrics.

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In 3 weeks I "got" 30 facilities with a free workforce.

The enslavement art was one that used sound waves to rewrite one's brains and make them obedient servants that would rather kill themselves than betray their masters.

I was lucky to find a demon that "kindly" offered me this art in exchange for his "valuable" life.

So in the next 4 months, I began experimenting and combining new concepts, modifying already existing technology.

The results were pretty good since I managed to upgrade the classical solar panels and improved their energy conversion speed and capacity, I even made their waste and building materials a lot cheaper since a lot of the materials used in their creation were unnecessary.

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1 year passed and the results were mostly satisfactory.

I was able to upgrade a concept that made my overall training speed faster.

The bad news was that a rank 3 being is seemingly touring the planet.

I am almost at the border of rank 3 and it wouldn't take much to become a true rank 3 being but this sudden visitor is putting a lot of pressure on me.

Since a rank 3 being can travel in space their moving speed is truly monstrous.

I wouldn't be able to catch one even if I put all of my power into it.

The distance between worlds is immense, so the speed required to travel between them in an acceptable amount of time is not something that can be taken lightly.

I couldn't get close to that existence since it would notice me but I could feel their energy scanning the whole planet.

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After a month I was finally ready to advance to rank 3 so I prepared myself and started.

In the middle of a desert, where one would be barely able to find any life a huge beam shoot through the sky and shattered the clouds.

It looked like a saint wanting to ascend the heavens, a truly beautiful view as one could witness this from thousands of kilometers.

On a small insula on the other side of the planet, a woman dressed in red and black robes was eating a kind of fruit and talking to some of the most important people on the planet when she suddenly looked in the distance.

A man asked as she said some words that made them shudder before departing in a flash of light.

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When the beam of light finally disappeared a huge circular crater was left there as if a meteorite landed and one could see a silhouette walk out of the hole.

His face was of a level of handsomeness unseen in this world as his body was perfectly sculpted.

With long dark hair and red and black eyes, he scanned the surroundings with a wide smile on his face.