Chapter 1

I don't know what happened how I got here or why I have a feeling I died I have memories of a place called earth but it is hazy I lived in America in the state of Pennsylvania but my name, family, or friends I don't remember any of it.

It's weird I have all the knowledge I had when I was alive history, math, and science but anything that would be related to me other than that is a blur.

I'm in this tight suffocating place it's dark wet I just don't know what it is my consciousness fades in and out one moment I'm awake the next it's nothingness.

I'm confused and mad but there's nothing for me to do except listen to the noises that I occasionally hear it's boring I spent who knows how long in this place every day is the same it could be minutes it could be months I don't fucking know?

I just went along with it though until one day I awoke to loud sounds echoing outside the sound of screams and roars then I felt everything shaking like a force pushing me back I then heard a shrill cry and everything seemed to get wetter and I had more trouble breathing.

I was terrified but there is nothing I can do I'm trapped here it was hard to breathe but not by much so I just dealt with it for what felt like an eternity I heard nothing but shouting and loud bangs but it eventually died down.

I heard mumbling and talking that led to sobbing I couldn't take it anymore I kicked furiously but that action seemed to cause silence outside the murmuring began again.

I then felt something push on me I wriggled around trying to stop whatever was doing that which it did however I was then assaulted by a blinding light the warm liquid that covered me previously increased suddenly so much so I had great difficulty breathing thankfully it started to flow away from me like water running out a faucet.

I was pulled in the same direction and saw numerous men all around me they wore animal pelts and had dirt-covered ragged clothes their clothes made them look like a mix between cavemen and poor village people their bodies were chiseled and full of scars.

Fresh blood painted their bodies it looked like a mixture of their own blood and a bunch of other creatures they look exhausted it's clear they had been in a big battle the bodies of countless monsters littered the ground along with ruined houses and the corpses of other villagers.

Their expressions were a mix of shock and curiosity they talked in a language I couldn't understand but I knew it was about me because they all were staring closely there were only a couple of them about five and all of them were pretty badly hurt.

They clutched tightly onto weapons that looked old and worn out one had a spear another a long sword the biggest one had a mace the weapons were chipped and cracked and covered in blood.

A guy was holding me he looked old he had a big busy grey beard and was otherwise bald from his face he looked like he was in his eighties but he wasn't frail or weak in the slightest he was built like an ox with huge bulging muscles his skin was bronze and rough like leather with many scars and cuts.

He reminded me of an old Barbarian general who had seen countless battles he held me in both hands laying next to him was a large battle-ax he looked at me a bit differently than the others his gaze was serious and intense he eventually stopped looking at me he gave me to another guy who looked like a middle-aged uncle who he shouted at the guy ran towards a group of people mostly women and children.

The middle-aged uncle gave me to an old grey-haired women who looked to be in her sixties she gave me an odd look but held me nonetheless.

The villagers then got to work rebuilding their houses and burying the other dead villagers they also collected the dead animal corpses and began skinning them they all did it all in a quick and orderly fashion like this happened many times before.

The following night everyone was laughing and eating large pieces of meat and drinking wine I was still being held by the old woman she talked with two other grey-haired women while I was cursing in my mind and wishing for all this to end thankfully I fell asleep.

I woke up in the morning in an old crib in some house I didn't know what was happening but I am assuming I died and reincarnated even though I don't remember dying before but then again I remember much but just whatever I'm tired so, for now, I'm just gonna rest.

(5-year time skip)

In a village located in a large valley surrounded by a dense forest, a youth was walking around in a daze he had fair skin that was clear and smooth without a single blemish and long thick silky black hair that reached down to his lower back but what was most interesting was his bright golden eyes that seemed to glow this is me.

By the way new update, my name is Jin which means gold I got that name because of my golden eyes but I digress I was, in fact, reborn into a new world but it's nothing like in manga or anime I live in a tiny village inside a large mostly uninhabited valley there are no other villages around for miles so we're all alone here and another fun fact this village has less than one hundred people and is surrounded on all sides by dense wilderness full of dangerous monsters.

Everyone here is tough and battle-hardened I mean you kinda have to be to survive here we are attacked by monsters almost every day so the people here are always on edge we hunt and gather herbs to get by we also grow some crops but not many.

Every day is a struggle but for those that don't work like me because I'm five, we receive rations which are just dried meat and water I have no parents because I'm an orphan my father was a hunter but he died before I was born as for my mom she was killed in a beast tide which is like a stampede of monsters that happens some times about a hundred monsters attack and she died.

I however survived those guys I saw when I was born saw me kick in my mother's belly so they thought I was alive and cut me out which is a good thing otherwise I would have suffocated in there that's why they looked shocked when they first saw me because I was still alive.

Also, it was because I'm not normal when a baby is born they are small have no hair, and their eyes are closed right but not me I was twice the size had hair and my golden eyes were wide open.

Growing up these past few years I've proven I am even stranger so think about how big your usual five-year-old is about three feet tall little bigger no not me I'm almost five feet tall twice the size as normal and I'm way stronger too.

Even though I'm five I'm very athletic I'm as strong as an ox or maybe even stronger I can do things like crush stone and destroy wood with my bare hands even the adults think I'm a freak because of my strength everyone avoids me but I don't care in my old life I was an anti-social introvert so I'm used to being alone.

I was walking around the outside of the village which was a huge wooden wall with guards positioned around it looking out for monsters I grew bored and walked back to my house only to be hit by a rock but I didn't flinch or even falter I just coldly looked over to see three older boys twelve years old I didn't know their names but I knew them because they bullied me often.

"Hey, pretty boy how did you like that you freak,"

"You show him Curtis pretty boys like him should just die,"

"He's nothing but a freak five years old and already stronger than an adult he's a complete monster,"

They insulted me like this a lot and threw stones at me but it's not like they hurt me these guys were too weak the reason why they bully me is because of my looks I have delicate feminine features that make me look incredibly attractive all the young girls in the village think I'm hot even some of the older ones that's the reason these assholes bully me because they are ugly bumpkins.

These guys can't hurt me though so I just don't care about them I walked into my small shack while those fools laughed and made fun of me I sat down on my old worn-out bed which was all the furniture I had but I don't care got my own house even though it's tiny I'm just happy to have a place to sleep.

For the first five years of my life that old lady took care of me but when I learned to talk and walk she kicked me out so they put me in this new house which is a small one-story house with one room I have a bed and two large clay jars one with my food one with my water when I run out I go and get more from the village rations guy.

That's it nothing else other than the clothes on my back and my sandals don't need nothing else don't want nothing else I'm fine with just this when I'm not taking my walks I'm inside working out doing light exercises my life is boring and simple just the way I like it.

I have tried to find out more about the world but most people don't talk to me so It's kind of hard to find information about this place thankfully the village chief the old bearded guy I saw when I was born told me some really important information.

First, the world is full of many intelligent races and humans are at the bottom but it doesn't surprise me humans are pretty weak the four most powerful races are the dragon race, the demon race, the beastkin, and the titan race which are also called the giants.

They divided the world into four pieces the dragon empire, the demon empire, the beast empire, and the titan empire all those other races alley themselves with the four big empires.

We humans aren't allied with any empire because we are useless in their eyes while we humans boast greater intelligence than most races we are weaker than most of them too having lower magical ability than most races with only one in a thousand having any talent.

That's right magic this world has magic but strangely it's also a cultivation world let me explain there are fighters who practice battle arts that increase their physical strength and mages that practice meditation techniques to increase their magical abilities.

Fighters learn skills while magicians learn spells both have the same ranking system it goes from the 1st grade to the 10th grade this is the same for monsters from 1st-grade monsters to 10th-grade monsters.

The humans in this world are few with a population of little more than a million in the world far less than most races another thing is humans don't live in big cities or have massive kingdoms we mostly live in villages like this one or live as slaves for the other races.

Luckily we live in the dragon empire the place the dragon race rules over they aren't as racist as the other four major races the demons race sees humans as worthless insects and enslaves or kills us whenever they see us the titans think in the same way but they just kill and don't enslave but the beastkin aren't bad there actually the nicest race to humans.

In the beast empire, humans are no different than any other race they may not treat us as equals but they don't kill or enslave us either and they don't mock or look down on us as much as the dragon race does because those two races don't kill or enslave humans most live in the dragon or beast empires.

The dragon empire is split into ten nations the nation were in is the fire dragon nation the capital of which is located only a five days travel away from here the only humans that live there are either magicians or knights in the military the others live in no-name villages like this one.

I find all this so fascinating or whatever but for a five-year-old like me, none of that matters for now I'll just spend my days taking nice walks around the village and exercising hopefully something will happen soon though cause I'm bored out of my mind.