4 New dawn, new day, new life

After Michael left the domain...

Aurora was still staring at the portal

''What do you think of him, Aurora?''

A calm but deep voice resounded, filling the white space and reverberating in the void.

Without delay, Aurora got to her kness, answering the voice respectfully.

--He is hiding something, my lord.- She sad

''Perhaps...'' The voice said in a light tone.

''His future is shrouded in darkness, Aurora.''

--My lord!! - She got up on her feet and spoke angrily.

--You should've warned me earlier, i would have killed him on the spot! Humans are unreliable!

''He-'' Just when she was about to talk again, the voice interruped her.

''And that's why i didn't speak, Aurora.'' The voice patiently explained, paused for a short moment and then continued.

''The future is uncertain, we must give him the benefit of the doubt.''

''Also, Samael is full of tricks and you know better than to convey the sentence without first judging the facts.''

The voice lectured the Angel.

She hurriedly got down on her knees again

--Of course, my lord. Pardon my short sightedness.

''Aurora, watch him carefully.''

''Make sure Lucifer can't reach or influence him.''

--This servant obeys.

--But... my lord, may i ask ?

''Ho? how unusual of you...'' The voice had a tinge of curiosity

''You want to know why would i go to such lengths for a human ?'' The voice declared, as if seeing through her.

--Yes, my lord.

''That's because i see potential in him. When i created humans, i made it so they would have infinite potential and now, they've got the means to ascend to our realm of existence.''

''You also saw it, he already has a powerful Soul. How powerful would he be once he ascends ? aren't you curious ?'' The voice said before disappearing in the void, leaving the speechless Aurora her thoughts.

***

Michael looked around and all he could see were trees. Green as far as the eyes could reach, no signal of civilization.

Suddenly, a incredible pressure descended on his shoulders as his knees started bending until finally touching the ground.

While panting heavily, he heard a DING on his head and a message popped up.

[Ascension system: Welcome to Earth 2.0!]

[Michael Nightingale, baptism will begin in 10 minutes. For the next 24 hours you will be incapacitated. It's advised for the player to find a safe place.]

'Safe place your mother. I can't even stand properly, what the fuck is this ?' Michael thought and recalled what Aurora had told him about the current state of affairs on Earth.

Gritting his teeth, he urged all the muscles in his body and after a few seconds, mustered the strength to get on his feet.

And so, he walked...

Gasping even heavier than before and on the verge of collapsing, he managed to find a giant tree.

The tree was at least 100 meters tall and 10 meters thick. It's base had roots as big as cars, looking carefully he found a root with a hole in it and hurriedly crawled into it.

Breathing heavily he suddenly heard screeches.

Looking ahead, he found a pair of red eyes, staring at him menacingly.

[Mutated Brown Spider Lv. 6]

Michael didn't panic.

With his right hand he urged his belt, a dimensional rift cracked and a celestial silver blade appeared on his right hand.

The blade wasn't big enough to be called a sword and it wan't small enough to be called a dagger as well.

''The perfect length for a shortsword'' Michael mumbled, looking at the creature.

The sword shone brightly and illuminated the hole for a second, just enough for Michael to take a look at what lays ahead.

It had 8 hairy legs, the size of a basket ball and it's fangs were dripping with a suspicious green liquid.

''Poison''. Michael thought, he delayed no longer and dashed towards the spider as the spider dashed to his encounter.

No tricks, no games.

Adrenaline steeling his resolve, Michael mustered his last ounce of strength as he attacked.

Slashing vertically as if venting all the pent up frustrations, Michael let out a growl as he cut the spider in half and an exclamation appeared over the spider's head.

If this was a RPG, one would probably say something like ''wow, critical hit!'' (AN: it isn't ? >.>)

[You have killed a Mutated Brown Spider Lv. 6]

[You have acquired a beast core]

He then fell to his knees, exhausted, just in time to hear another DING on his head.

[The baptism has begun, user might feel slightly uncomfortable during the process.]

Michael then felt a indescribable pain assalting his senses as he fell to the ground immediately.

His body contorted into uncanny shapes no human body was supposed to.

He felt like his body was being torn apart, bit by bit.

Such agony was not a thing meant for humans to endure.

''Ahhh!'' His screams echoed through the forest. Powerful soul energy fluctuations could be felt from his body. Mutated beasts all around the forest dared not approach.

The screams continued for about 5 hours untill Michael couldn't take it anymore and fainted.

***

On the next morning...

Michael woke up and his entire body felt surreal. His muscles were refreshed and he could feel the power packed within them.

[Baptism completed!]

A DING resounded.

Michael then oppened his status screen.

Michael Nightingale

Level: 2

Class: none

Race: Human

Status: 1 point left

STR: 13

AGI: 13

VIT: 13

INT: 13

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

''So this is alma... Alltogether with [Greed] i've got 13 on every stat, this feels great.'' He said while oppening and closing his left hand

He then shifted his gaze to the blade at hand.

[Blade of Orion(Sealed)]: ???

Crit: +30%

Special Effect: has 1% chance of triggering Heaven's Wrath and instakilling the target.

Upgrade: Requires player to be level 20 and 1 Star Fragment.

''So that's how it is. Indeed, that spider didn't seem so easy to kill.'' Michael sighed.

''Well, no pain no gain.''

''Let's take a look at that skill now.''

[Blade Mastery]: Knowledge on manipulating any blade based weapon is greatly inscreased. Grade: Passive Unique

Special Effect¹: Shoddy sword intent (active)

Special Effect²: Basic sword intent(requirements not met)

Special Effect³: Average sword intent(requirements not met)

Special effect[4]: Advanced sword intent(requirements not met)

''Well, well. Christmas came early..'' He said with a devilish smile as he left the giant tree root.

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AN: I promess to release 3 more chapters later on! cya