Chapter 1 - The End Of An Old Sage, The Start Of A New Life

Sparks fly, as Raymond slams his hammer against the heated metal rod. He stops working on the rod and quenches it in the water. He finishes making sure everything around him is working. The flames brighten the dimly lit room.

"Time to start my final project!" Raymond says with a soft, serious look on his face. He takes his time as he begins melting some iron. After a while he pours the molten iron into the bar mold he has. He holds out his hand above the molten metal, and carefully manipulates the Magic and Spirit energy around it, causing it to cool quicker and become much harder and more durable than regular iron. After it cools down fully he admires the shine and glow that the bar emits. He sits down on the stool in the middle of the room and begins gathering Magic, Spirit, Life and Soul Energy into the area. He lets the different types of energy mix into the area for a few minutes. Raymond starts working on crafting a sword. During the entire forging process from start to finish, he takes the energy from around the sword, and infuses it into the sword itself. After a difficult two hours and forty minutes, he manages to complete the base sword itself. He smiles softly as the base has been completed. He spends the next four hours working very precisely on the hilt and engraving on the sword. He smiles proudly as he admires the finished product. "What a marvelous beauty!" He says holding up the sword, making it glisten in the light from the moon appearing from the small window on the back wall. Raymond sets the sword down into a sword stand, and sits down in front of it. He begins gathering the different types of energy again, but this time mostly life and soul energy. A magic circle appears under and on the sword, as well as under and around his own body. He has the sword absorb all of the energy he has gathered as well as some of his own life and soul essence into the sword. This ritual process took around two hours. Raymond sits there regathering his breath after finishing. {Seems like my time has finally come.} Raymond thinks as he sighs with a soft smile. {I should probably tell everyone, even though it has been many years since I last showed myself.} He thinks as he grabs the sword and it glows brightly in response to his touch, as if it were alive. He looks at it proudly as he walks over to the stool in the middle of the room and points the sword downward, as if he were a warrior king. He waves his left hand and several magical screens appear from different angles all around him. At the same time screens begin appearing in front of everyone around the world, although see through. Many people look at him in confusion, while some watch him closely as they remember him. "Hello everyone. I'm sure you all are probably surprised. While some of you may remember me, since it has been about 80 years since I was last in public, I will introduce myself. My name is Raymond Joy Oden, some of you might know me as the person who united the world in the past. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if I was in your history books." Raymond says softly and laughs a little. Many people start recording the video, writing and typing everything that he says down for history. "The main reason I wanted to talk to you guys is because I have something extremely important to say. However, let me tell you a small bit about my life." Raymond says as he smiles softly and looks at the screen in front of him. When I was younger, I was born into a world that knew almost nothing but war and the basic needs for survival. As the years went on I learned about magic and many other forms of energy. As a result I have lived for a marvelous 7631 years. Throughout my life, I have seen how the world has changed due to the many wars. I eventually after 1739 years managed to become a Grand Sage of the world and united it. After that I took my time and learned many more things. I found myself smiling as the way culture developed as time went on. Especially in the past 67 years when advanced technology was introduced and has become world wide. I loved watching everyone have fun, and I fully hope that this continues when I'm no longer here." Raymond says and many people stop what they're doing, shocked by what he said. "I will sadly be leaving this world in a few seconds… Please enjoy yourselves!" He says with a soft smile as he stands up with both hands holding the sword, blade into the ground. His body slowly hardens and he passes leaving behind a husk of a statue. Some people stand there confused as to what just happened while others begin paying their respect in their culture. The screens slowly fade away, as the magic energy from his body flows throughout the planet, revitalizing the Nature Energy of Planet Feldoiya.

Raymond suddenly feels his mind coming back to him, along with some new memories on the other hand. He wakes up to find himself amongst a bunch of garbage. He gets up and dusts himself off, and he tries using magic, but notices that it doesn't work well.

"So it seems that the way Magic Energy flows in this world is rather different than Feldoiya." Raymond says as he looks at himself and notices that he has a monkey-like tail. {Now why would I have a tail?} He questions internally as he decides it would be best to go through the new memories that he noticed earlier as he was waking up. He sits there among the garbage for the next hour as he scans the new memories. He sighs and tries to use magic once more, only for him to gather very little, and then run out of stamina. "So it seems that this Planet, Ubidar, is fundamentally different when it comes to magic energy flow. I'll have to learn how that works." Raymond says as he decides to look more closely at his body. "So excluding sharing my exact name and having a very complex history, causing him to get murdered. It seems like he was rather healthy with being athletic enough." He says as he finishes looking at himself. "I guess for now I'll use Soul Magic instead." Raymond says as he snaps his fingers and cleans himself very nicely with a small breeze of wind. "Well then, I guess I'll head to this place called Zuram Toran, since it seems like I own it now that I have taken over his dying body." Ray remarks as he uses the memories of the old Raymond to make his way toward the building. After about an hour of traveling he takes a break to gather his stamina inside of a forest. {Boy, I'll have to check it out when I connect to the internet of this world, but this world seems far larger than my previous one. Also it looks like the sun has barely moved at all. Though I guess that's because the days are 56 hours long, and there are 70 minutes in an hour.} Raymond thinks as he sits down and lays against a tree gathering his breath. {This world is way too different compared to my old one.} He thinks and takes a deep breath. He senses two strange energies a little bit away from him. {Based off of their Life Energy signatures, it seems like a Dragon and a Phoenix in human form, probably a married couple.} Raymond thinks as he spots where they are, and decides to ignore them. After a few minutes he notices that they approach him a bit closer while hiding their energy. Raymond decides to stand up and look directly in their direction. "I know you two are there, so there's no use hiding yourselves." Raymond sighs and says casually as they make themselves appear rather quickly, then walk up to him. {Interesting, they also have Deity energy coming from them.} Raymond thinks making sure he stays rather serious.

"Human, I am curious as to how you were able to tell where we were?" The one with Draconic Deity energy asks as they look at him with curiosity.

"Well, since I can't sense magic energy at the moment, I've been relying on Life and Soul energy, which is much harder to hide compared to other types of energy. Also because the two of you didn't hide your Draconic or Phoenix energy." Raymond explains in simple terms.

"Ah, I guess that makes sense." The Draconic one says as he thinks about it for a little bit.

"Wait, you said you can't sense magic energy at the moment, but I don't see how it would be possible for you to ever sense it, since you don't have any magic energy within your body. What do you mean by that?" The Phoenix asks as she looks at him in slight confusion.

"Ah, that's because I know how to use and sense magic energy normally, but I don't really know how to gather or absorb magic energy. Also since I can't do that, I've been using Soul Magic to increase my senses and cast spells compared to how I'd do it with magic." Ray says as he shows them how he tries to gather magic energy but fails.

"Doesn't using Soul Magic to increase your senses cause your Lifespan to decrease?" The Dragon remarks as he looks at him out of concern.

"Ah, well yes, but that won't be a concern once I learn how to gather and absorb magic energy. Since the more Magic Energy combines with Soul and Life energy you have, it will increase your lifespan drastically." Raymond remarks instantly in response without thinking about it much.

"That's pretty much what the Blebians are trying to figure out with their research, isn't it?" The Phoenix mentions as she looks over at the Dragon.

"Now that I think about it, they did have something like that. It was quite interesting to learn about it." The Dragon says in return after thinking about it for a few seconds.

"Ah, so there are people who are researching that in this world as well." Raymond remarks casually and smiles.

"Wait, what do you mean this world?" The two of them ask simultaneously as they look at him in confusion.

"Ah, well I suppose it won't hurt since I'm sure you two are probably a part of the Mythical beings that this world has. My name is Raymond Joy Oden and I died at the age of 7631 in my world Feldoiya. When I came to, I seemed to have taken over this 20 year old body after he died due to some unfortunate circumstances. I only lived so long because I had studied the effect that magic and the many other types of energy had on the body and lifespan. At some point absorbing the surrounding magic was basically the same as breathing to me." Raymond explains with a proud look on his face.

"Well, that would explain why your life force seemed all over the place." The Phoenix remarks as she sighs.

"I'm guessing you share the same name as the boy then?" The Dragon asks out of curiosity.

"Yes, the boy had the same exact name as me. Is this a common occurrence for this world?" Raymond questions with a slight sparkle in his eye.

"Not really, it's just the reason why this probably doesn't surprise us is because there is someone among the mythical beings who was brought into this world the same exact way. Which is why I have a feeling that you will bring great things to this world." The Dragon says with a smile after explaining.

"Maybe, I don't really know what I plan on doing." Raymond remarks as he looks around a little. {Though it is good to know that someone else has gone through it, even if it is one of the mythical beings that rarely show themselves.} He thinks as he looks at the two of them.

"That reminds me, I was wondering how many mythical beings there are? Looking through this kid's memories it seems like the world only knows about 87 mythical beings, and they seem to be pretty sure that there is more. Is there a reason for that?" Raymond questions, pondering why they aren't more of them.

"Well, we mythical beings are quite different from the rest of the world. Almost none of us are the same species. There are about 150 total at the moment, though since we aren't the same species none of us can mate since even though we're all categorized as Vivi, the same species, we are all unique." The Dragon explains as he looks over at Phoenix.

"Interesting." Raymond remarks as he looks at the two of them. {That's strange, back in my world a Dragon and a Phoenix could have children, but the children wouldn't be able to reproduce themselves. Their Life Essence is rather similar…} He questions as he observes them.

"Is something wrong?" Phoenix questions as she notices he went quiet.

"Well, could I ask the two of you to stand and face each other while meditating for a few minutes?" Raymond requests of the two of them. The Dragon and Phoenix look at each other.

"I mean I don't mind, but can we ask why you want us to do that?" Phoenix says and questions as she looks over at Dragon and he nods in agreement.

"Well in my world different yet similar species such as Dragons and Phoenixes were able to mate but their children weren't fertile and couldn't reproduce themselves. However I want to check your Life Essence, the two of you have such a similar essence, so if I am able to check properly I can confirm whether or not the two of you would be able to reproduce with each other. Though it's not certain." Raymond explains in much detail. The Dragon and Phoenix look at each other, and smile out of relief and start tearing up a little.

"Please do! We will gladly cooperate with you!" The Dragon says with a determined look in his eyes as his body begins glistening with wetness.

"Yes, we have been in love for the past 237 years. We were always disappointed that we couldn't have children. So even if it's a small possibility we want to find out if we can have children!" The Phoenix says as her body starts heating up, burning with a flame of passion.

"However, while I can sense Life Essence right now, I won't be able to scan it properly since I don't know how to use the magic of this world. So I was wondering if before we start, can you teach me how to use magic?" Raymond asks, smiling at their determination.

"That's alright." The Dragon says as he nods. "So can I ask how you've been trying to gather magic?" He asks as he looks over at Raymond.

"Well, what I used to do in my old world to gather magic is I would try to gather it using the natural Magic energy within my body, but it doesn't seem to work." Raymond says as he attempts it before them only to fail once more.

"I've been meaning to question this, but it seems like the way you're trying to use magic is the same as the way Blebians use magic, not Humans. Were you a Blebian in your old world?" The Phoenix asks after watching how he tried to use magic more closely.

"No, in my old world I was 100% Human, my world didn't really have any other species besides Humans and Elves. Though, the humans in my world didn't have a tail." Raymond remarks as he unwraps his tail from his waist and looks at it.

"I see, so that's probably why you're struggling." The Dragon says with a smile, laughing a little. "In that case it's a simple fix. We simply need to change your magic gathering and absorbing technique from your old Human and our Blebian type, to a Human of this world." he says as he continues to smile.

"I see, so different species use Magic differently. That's good to know." {I can probably make use of that knowledge for the future somehow.} Raymond says and thinks as he smiles gaining new knowledge.

"So what you want to do is try and sense the Natural Magic of the World around you first, and then slowly gather the energy around you and absorb it into your body. It works best the less or more of your senses you use." The Phoenix explains as she enjoys herself watching Raymond have fun.

"So I can use less senses." Raymond says softly to himself and looks around. He walks up to the tree he was leaning up against earlier and sits down. Closing his eyes, he begins meditating. Using Soul Energy, he fully shuts down all of his senses instantly and continues meditating for a few minutes. The two of them watch him closely, intrigued by what he just did. He senses nothing, and just sits there in emptiness. He relaxes himself, slowly and fully stops all of his thoughts as well. For a split second he senses the magic energy of this world and latches onto that with everything he has causing Magic Energy to surge around him at immense speed. Though it gets absorbed by him just as fast. He circulates the Magic energy around his body at the same time that it enters his body, quickly creating an internal magic flow within his heart and veins all over his body. After doing that for a few minutes he manages to gather more Magic energy from the surrounding area using the magic from within his body just like he used to in his old world. The Build of energy causes a large surge of energy as he regains all of his senses, but releases a gigantic burst of Magic Energy, destroying the surrounding forest. This causes the Phoenix and Dragon to jump back in order to avoid the energy burst. It managed to kick up a bunch of dust, but after it settles, Raymond jumps up in happiness as he floats there in midair. "YES! I Succeeded!" Ray says beaming with happiness. The Dragon and Phoenix walk back over to him and look at the destruction left behind by the Surge of Energy.

"I'm sorry but did you just combine the technique of the Blebians with the Humans?" The Dragon questions as he admires the destruction left behind.

"That was quite a large amount of Magic, and you don't seem like you were affected. What type of person were you in your old world?" Phoenix remarks as she sees the magic residing inside of his body, and circulating constantly without a problem.

"Oh, well I was called many things back in my world. I have been called A Tactician, a Blacksmith, a Tailor, A Teacher, a Soldier, General, Captain, A Cultivator, A Magician, A Martial Artist, King of The World, though Most people just called me an Old Sage. I have forgotten most of the things people used to call me over the many years." Raymond explains with a proud look in his eyes. "Also yes, I combined the way I

"I see so you've already changed the fate of an entire planet before." The Dragon says with a soft smile as he looks over at Phoenix. The two of them nod at each other, then look back at Raymond. "Raymond, you've intrigued the two of us very much, so before you scan our Life Essence, we would like to properly introduce ourselves." The Dragon says with a soft look. "My name is Aquazol, and I'm the Mythical being known as the Ancient Dragon God Of Water." The Dragon says as he introduces himself with a smile.

"My name is Blazemora, and I am the Mythical being known as the Hard To Kill Fire God." The Phoenix says as she introduces herself. Raymond smiles at the two of them. He holds out his hand for a hand shake.

"My name is Raymond Joy Oden, and I am known as the Failure of the Oden Family, it's a pleasure to meet all of you." Raymond says as he shakes their hands and they all look at each other for a few seconds, then laugh.

"That's some luck you got there!" Aquazol says as he finishes laughing.

"Damn, that's not what I was expecting you to say at all." Blazemora says after she finishes laughing, then tries to relax herself.

"I wish I could explain more of this boy's life, but it's way too complicated even for someone like me." Raymond sighs, then looks at the two of them. He waits about a minute for the two of them to fully settle down and relax. "Well, then are the two of you ready?" Ray asks as the two of them nod. He directs the two of them to sit with their backs against each other and sits in a position that they would do for mediating. Raymond starts gathering a large amount of magic energy for the next three minutes and has the magic circulate around Aquazol and Blazemora. He waves his left hand and a magic screen appears in front of him. He manipulates the magic energy circulating around them into very thin threads and has it scan their life essence without damaging it. Ray begins looking at the details appearing on the screen, and starts searching for a certain similarity between the two of them. He spends the next thirty two minutes searching, until he comes across a certain life essence detail. He smiles brightly as he instantly releases all of the magic circulating around them and keeps the magic screen out. "I've found the answer!" Raymond says brightly as the two of them get up. The two of them look at him with much anticipation, awaiting his response. "I managed to find your life essence regarding reproduction and they are similar enough that if you two were to have children, they will indeed be fertile. Though they will become a mix between the two of you and essentially become a new species." Raymond explains to the two of them with a soft smile. Aquazol collapses on his knees with tears in his eyes.

"Aqua" Blazemora says as she puts her arms around him and smiles softly. "I didn't know you were looking forward to finding out if we could have children that much." She says with a soft look on her face as she tears up a little. Raymond smiles as he swipes his finger dispersing the magic screen and watches the two of them bond. After a little bit, Ray notices the destruction of the land he caused.

{Well now, I didn't mean to do that, I should probably fix this up.} Raymond thinks as he smiles and holds out his right hand in the air. He quickly gathers a bunch of Nature Energy and absorbs it into his body and combines it with the magic circulating throughout his body. Ray holds out both hands in opposite directions to his sides and releases a bunch of energy, most of it flowing into the ground. After a few minutes the land naturally begins growing new grass and plants slowly returning to how it was before.

"I guess the term Sage is rather suitable for you." Aquazol says as he gets up, no longer crying.

"I agree, since I've never seen someone able to use magic to restore nature." Blazemora remarks with a smile on her face.

"Well, I have lived 7631 years, which is quite a long time for a human." Raymond says with a smile on his face as he turns around and looks at the two of them. "I'm also glad I was able to help the two of you, and I thank you for helping me!" He says with a thumbs up.

"We would like to thank you as well!" Aquazol says as the two of them walk up to him and give him a hug. After a few seconds they stop hugging and the two of them look at each other and smile softly.

"I guess we'll fly back to our kingdoms then." Blazemora says and Aquazol nods in agreement.

"Hold on a second, I have a gift for you before you go." Raymond says as he begins explaining something to the two of them for the next twenty minutes. He smiles as he writes down something on a piece of paper and hands one to each of them. "Well then I hope you guys have a good time, I hope to see the two of you again at some point." Raymond says as he smiles and they all wave at each other and he vanishes, teleporting away. The two of them look at each other and smile.

"Well then, I'll have to thank him for teaching us a new technique. However I have to go now, I'll see you later Aqua." Blazemora says as she smiles softly as she leans forward and kisses him on the cheek, then vanishes teleporting away.

"Damn, she sure used it to her advantage rather quickly." Aquazol sighs happily with a smile on his face. "I'll have to thank him next time for teaching us how to Teleport." Aqua says as he looks at the Nature around him beaming with energy from Raymond magic, then vanishes, teleporting away.

Aquazol appears inside the Royal Castle of the Aqua Kingdom under the Weslire Ocean.

"I didn't expect you to appear out of nowhere, but based off of that smile, I take it that something pretty good happened while you were out?" Princess Ziana says as she walks over to him.

"Well, one thing's for sure, I made a new friend, so I would say something good happened." Aquazol says as he says. After a little bit the rest of the Princes and Princesses join the two of them as he explains what happened while he was out, without going into his past from another world.

Blazemora appears before everyone at the Royal Dining hall inside the Royal Palace of the Flame Kingdom. The King smiles as he looks over at her and sees her smiling.

"Since you made such an interesting entrance and are smiling, I take it you had fun while you were out?" The King asks as he enjoys his meal. Blazemora smiles as she begins explaining the events to everyone in the dining hall, omitting things about him being from another world.

Raymond appears in the middle of an open field with a soft breeze blowing against his hair. He spots Zuram Toran a little bit away from him. As he continues to look around he stops suddenly as he detects an ominous energy. He focuses on where the energy is coming from only to find it following behind a girl running along the dirt path heading to Zuram Toran.

"Well Fuck!" Raymond says as he quickly teleports to her.