1 Chapter 01: Flipping The Sand Clock
Darkness and Numbness.
That's all Daniel can see and feel.
Why…?
Because he has no eyes to see, no ears to hear, no tongue to taste, no nose to smell, and not even skin to feel.
He did not even have limbs or hairs on his body.
But he was alive… alive because he was not a human but a God!
He was somewhere unknown only wishing for his death as each second passed.
'I want to see something…' He thought, 'Anything… I just…'
Suddenly his mind hit a realization that made him feel excitement after hundreds of years.
'Status window!'
As he thought that a game-like screen appeared before him which he was able to see even without eyes.
{Status Window}
[Name: Daniel Lawrence
Age: 524 years
Title: The Last Earth God
Points: 23,567]
[God Title: War
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Energy: Aether]
[Level: 89
Exp: 14%
Realm: Low Great God]
[Strength: 1489
Speed: 1469
Perception: 1488
Stamina: 1431
Durability: 1485
Energy: 1481
Undistributed Stat Point: 3]
[God Power:
<The God Of War Skill Set>]
[Personal Power:
<???>
<???>
<???>
<???>]
A smile appeared on his corpse-like face as he saw the light after a hundred years but the smile soon faded away because of the unimaginable pain he felt due to moving his mere muscles.
He slowly read his status window. He could not help but feel a weird emotion while he reached the end to read about [Personal Power].
Power of Gods was divided into two parts: God's Power and Personal Power.
God's power was granted to a God depending on their Title. A fire god will have a power: Fire God Skillset which allows them to have authority over the fire which will let them control fire to different types of things.
While…
Personal power was something only a few gods can have and at max, one could only have 1 or 2 personal power since they are overpowered and have nothing to do with their God Title.
But they are locked until a certain case is satisfied. It could be something easy like breathing 10,000 times or something near impossible such as living inside the sun for 1000 years.
No one knows what is the condition until they satisfied that certain condition. It was the same for Daniel who is said to possess the highest potential since he did not have 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 personal powers!
But… even in this time where he was a corpse, he could still not see his hidden personal power.
'Just let me see my personal powers or just kill me damn it… no dying would be better now.'
As he thought that another game like screen appeared before him.
[You have satisfied the condition to see your personal powers.]
'Son of a- so you won't let me die!?'
[First power revealing… successful.]
{Eyes Of Sage}
[Power to see through anything and anyone. Even status, illusion, space, dimensions, time, and reality (depends on proficiency and mastery rank.)
Cost: Noting.
Rank: EX
Mastery: F (0/100)]
'I must say this is pretty good power but… it doesn't matter to me now. What can I even do when I can't even move, huh?'
At first, he had a little hope that he might get something that would get his organs, limbs, and skin back but he now had lost it by reading the first power.
[Second power revealing… successful.]
{Ethereal}
[Aether is the power of creation, Nether is the power of destruction but they are incompetent without each other. No one in the world except Trinity can use them combined but now… you have the power of Ethereal in your hands.
Cost: None.
Rank: ???
Mastery: F (0/100)]
[Changing energy: Aether to energy: Ethereal.]
[You have gained the power of duality.]
'Huh… I did read about ethereal before… it was a mythic thing but it was real? Damn… maybe it can help me but I have no energy to use it…'
He gained hope for a second but then lost it really quickly since he remembered that he can not use his energy to perform miracles.
[Third power revealing… successful.]
{Pocket Watch}
[You have gained the power to return to the day before you die or the morning of the day you died (depending on the scenario.)
Cost: 5 Level Decreased.
Rank: SSS+
Mastery: F (0/100)]
'This…' He felt irritated reading about this power, 'System now you are just messing with me, don't you?'
The fact he got this power despite the fact he can't even move to kill himself means the system was mocking him.
[Fourth power revealing… successful.]
{Sand Clock}
[You have gained the power to return to the time just 1 minute before the system descended on the planet Earth (Can only be used once in 500 years.)
Cost: All the levels, titles, god's powers, stats, rank, and point reset.
Rank: EX
Mastery: Cannot be upgraded.]
'W-what?' He could not stop himself from smiling, ignoring all the pain he was having due to it, 'Can I really… return?'
After so long… Daniel for the first time he felt happiness in hundreds of years… the thought he could have his limbs, organ, hair, and skin back was something he never even imagined after getting into this state.
'Personal Skill: Sand Clock active!'
He does not care about the cost as long as he can move his hands it was enough for him.
[You have used an EX rank skill: Sand Clock… you are turning the wheel of time back.]
[The system warns you that by doing this you will get the attention of the highest existence. Will you still do it? Yes/No]
'Yes. I will do it.'
He wanted to escape this hell by all means.
[...]
[System will send you back 500 years ago before the system descended on the earth.]
[Everyone in this parallel timeline will forget about your existence…]
He could see a giant sand clock in the darkness that slowly turned around emitting a bright light enough to make the darkness disappear and make him blind by the light.
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[????? grinned looking at this interesting sense.]
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…
…..
Everything was blank for Daniel right now.
He could feel his body but he dared not to move in fear that it would hurt until… a loud voice started to call his name.
"Daniel, wake up!"
He felt someone shaking him and surprisingly he did not hurt at all.
With a quick moment, he opened his eyes and saw a man who seemed to be worried about him since he suddenly passed out inside a train.
"You bastard, you scared me!"
Daniel instantly recognized him… he may seem like he was worried about him but in reality… he was worried that he suicide due to bullying by eating a medicine.
"J-jack?"
Daniel called out the bully's name with a shaking voice not because he was scared but because he wanted to confirm whether he had tongue or not.
He pushed him away and saw his arms and legs which made a tear of happiness fall out of his eyes.
"I-I am really back!" He said out loudly with a voice showing how genuinely happy he was.
The bully was surprised by the sudden fighting back of Daniel "You bastard!" In anger despite the fact everyone was looking at them he decided to throw a punch at him.
Daniel looked at his slow punch with a grin since even in the past he was never weak but he did not want to fight back because he did not want to get into trouble in college since… he was an orphan schooler after all.
He lifted his leg which was ready to break the chin of Jack if he moved one inch forward but a man grabbed his collar from behind.
The man was pretty handsome with short military brown hair, brown eyes, a little dark skin, and a good build and height which can be easily seen through his causal t-shirt.
The man was surprised since he thought he was stopping bullying but seeing how Daniel was ready to fight back gave him a second thought.
"Are you two friends?" He asked as he let go of the man, "I am a military officer so I thought it was my duty to stop bullying but since you were fighting back… you are either a brave kid or you guys are just thugs fighting in a subway like this."
Dante, who had lived a hellish life, had no interest in his chat and stood up to go towards a girl who was doing makeup using a small mirror while the other one tried to explain that they were friends and he was just messing around with Daniel to the adult.
He took the mirror from the girl without permission and hesitation to look at his face… usually, a girl would say things about feminism and stuff but not in front of a handsome man like Daniel.
Daniel smiled looking at his face in the mirror since he finally remembered he was "very handsome" in the past.
He was a very handsome man who had long black curly hair, red ruby-like eyes, sharp facial features, fair and smooth milk-like skin, and a very well-built body with a very good height.
"Tell me… am I handsome?" He looked down at the girl and gently pulled her chin up to make her see his face clearly which made the girl flustered and stutter "I-I"
He chuckled and let go of her and returned the mirror to the girl before looking back at the bully and the adult.
"Shut up you noisy people." He said rudely which made them look at him.
"Kid that's not how you talk to your elde-" The adult was interrupted with a loud noise which rang on their noise.
"Gahhhh!!!"
Everyone screamed except Daniel and put their hand on their ears due to the pain they all felt inside their ears.
Soon the pain faded away and everyone calmed down but only for a second since a game like a screen appeared before their eyes.
[The system has descended upon the planet Earth…]
[The Earth has granted the power of Aether and Nether…]
[The Earth successfully absorbed it and has become bigger than before…]
[The Earth will suffer no bad effects due to being super close to other planets because of a sudden increase in size thanks to the system…]
[Almost every species other than ruling species: Humans will become a demon to a devil rank monster after everyone gets the tutorial quest…]
[Channing random percentage of Earth's human population into Gods…]
[Successful.]
[The Gods will be given their title and main powers after the end of Tutorial Part: I.]
[To check your current status you can say 'Status Window' and see your stats.]
[You can get stronger by killing demons.]
[The explanation is over and now you may survive purely on your instincts, luck, efforts, and skills.]
{Wordly Quest Window}
[You must survive in a world where demons hunt gods and gods hunt demons to get stronger.
Rank: Tutorial
Quest Fulfill Conditions:
Hunt 100,000 in total (0/100,000)
5000 people reach level 30 (0/5000)
Reward:
1000 points
Punishment if not cleared:
Destruction Of Earth.]
"W-what is it?"
"Is this augmented reality?"
"Bro I swear to god I have read enough novels to know where this is going."
"Well, I guess this is the end of the world."
"What is this, mommy?"
…..
Everyone has their own thoughts and point of view on the weird game like the screen which appeared before their eyes but Daniel just smiled like a psychopath.
"Time to have some fun~"
As he said that he heard screams coming from the corner of the coach which was due to a bettle that turned into a demon and became a giant due to the system.
They all screamed in fear while the adult who said he was from the army stayed calm and started to evacuate people from this coach.
Daniel took his stance to run towards the bettle to kill it like an insect but then he realized… he was no longer the great god like he used to be.
He stood back normally and decided to run towards the bathroom and lock himself there so he could check his status.
He did not care about anyone else there… he just wanted to survive and live a fun life and not the hellish life he had to go through in the future.
"Status Window."
He said calmly despite the fact he could hear screams of people from outside the bathroom.
{Status Window}
[Name: Daniel Lawrence
Age: 24 years
Title: None
Points: 0]
[God Title: None
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Energy: Ethereal]
[Level: 1
Exp: 0%
Realm: None]
[Strength: 1
Speed: 1
Perception: 1
Stamina: 2
Durability: 1
Energy: 1
Undistributed Stat Point: - ]
[God Power:
<None>]
[Personal Power:
<Eyes Of Safe>
<Ethereal>
<Pocket Watch>
<Sand Clock>]
Looking at his stats his eyes widened in surprise and confusion.
"W-what is this!?"
